Bangkok Wasabe @ Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya

Even though economy is bad, it seems that more and more people are venturing into food and beverage industry. Looking at Dataran Sunway, you should see something new (restaurants/cafes) every other week such as this Bangkok Wasabe. They offer lavish Thai gourmet in a cozy and relaxed atmosphere. Every dish is served with exquisite crockery and fine cutlery made with tradition in mind.

Crunchy Thai Spring Rolls, Yummy….. crispy, freshly fried and hot. Best eaten with sweet Thai chili sauce.

Deep Fried Beancurd in Claypot. It is cooked in a Thai style and I find it nothing special to shout over this dish. Pretty normal but tasted alright.

Another vegetable dish is the Stir Fried Baby Kailan with Salted Fish. Also another average dish. But luckily, not very salted.

Next, the Stir Fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts. The chicken is deep fried first then stir fried it together with the cashew nuts. They put some dried chilies, so the overall dish is a bit hot and tasty.

Green Curry Chicken, The portion is pretty generous though - lots of chunks of chicken and vegetables. Just nice for 2 people to share…… the gravy is very delicious and great with white rice. However, it’s a bit too hot for a patron that can’t stand spiciness.

Deep Fried Garoupa topped with Sweet & Sour Sauce. The fish itself is already taste good; the fish is crunchy and succulent. Sauce is also good as they used many pineapple cubes to create the sourness to the dish. Nice!

Here, it is a friendly and humble little restaurant. Overall, they serve a numbers of mouth-watering Thai foods not only to the locals, but also thai food lovers outside Petaling Jaya.

Food Review

Food Type: Thai (Halal)
Address: No. 16-1, Jalan PJU 5/15, Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel: +603-6156 7078
Price: Average: RM25 per pax
Operating Hours: Daily

Taste Rating: 8.5/10
Ambiance Rating: 8.5/10
Service Rating: 7/10
Value Rating: 6.5/10

Overall Rating: 7.6/10

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Kay’s Garden Café & Restaurant @ The Waterfront, Desa Parkcity, Kuala Lumpur

Kay’s Garden is actually more than just a café, it has an interesting décor, a fusion of westernize and Asian elements. It's got a simple yet nice, exotic look and exudes a calm ambiance. The café is got a very nice lake view, and this café is located in a new area, the Desa Parkcity in The Waterfront shopping complex.

For your information, this café is newly opened for just about a couple of months and actually their official grand opening date is this coming 8th May 2009.

To the food tasting, referring to the picture below (in clockwise), there are Ice Lemon Honey (coolly), Ice Chocolate (using pure coco, bitter..), Mango Indulgence (refreshing and nice), a glass of water and Strawberry tea (interesting drink).

Next, the Spicy Seafood Pasta, the taste is abit bland and lack of salt, maybe…. Still, the dish is passable…

Then the Black Pepper Sautéed Chicken with Fried Rice, the chicken is tender and generous amount of gravy to go along with the fried rice (if not because of the gravy, the fried rice is abit dry and bland).

Sweet and Sour Chicken Rice, the chicken is fried and cooked with sugar, pineapple, onions, cucumber and tomatoes which gives a nice crispy texture. Fried rice is still the same, plain and dry…..

Grilled Lamb – Option A – with Mint Sauce (nice sauce actually), the lamb is quite tender and juicy serves with corn, fries, vegetable and broccoli.

Option B – with Mushroom Sauce, the sauce is so so saja and nothing to praise about it.

Seafood Fried Noodle (Udon), the noodle is fried with soya sauce comes with prawns, squids, clams and fish. No doubt it’s a nice dish.

Pepperoni Pizza, round bread that covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce, topped with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese. This is actually tasty and yummy.

Tom Yam Seafood Meehoon, the Tom Yam soup is kinda average only. With the basic seafood ingredients, it’s not bad and not a good dish.

Next, the Nyonya Fried Rice with Fried Chicken Wing, Nyonya food was developed by the Peranakan people of Malaysia and Singapore. It uses mainly Chinese ingredients but blends them with South-East Asian spices such as coconut milk, lemon grass, turmeric, screwpine leaves, chillies and sambal. It can be considered as a blend of Chinese and Malay cooking. So their fried rice is a blend of Chinese and Malay style, that is spicy and aroma…..tangy…..

Teriyaki Chicken, the chef using the cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which the chicken is broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade. Cover with sesame seeds, the chicken is sweet and tangy. The dish is also serves with mashed potato and vegetable.

Lastly, the Chicken Pita, is a popular Greek fast food consisting of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer. It may be served on the skewer for eating out of hand, in a pita sandwich with garnishes and sauces. In this case, their chicken is deep fried and covers with lettuce and veges then garnished with mayo. Overall, this pita is good.

Food Review

Food Type: Western, Italian, Malaysian, Thai, Fusion, Chinese (Pork-Free)
Address: FF-06, First Floor, The Waterfront @ Parkcity, No. 5, Persiaran Residen, Desa Parkcity, 52200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +603-6280 8431
Price: Average RM20 per pax
Operating Hours: Sunday to Thursday (10.00am-11pm), Friday, Saturday & Public Holidays (10.00am-12.00am)

Taste Rating: 7.5/10
Ambiance Rating: 8/10
Service Rating: 8/10
Value Rating: 7/10

Overall Rating: 7.6/10

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Sri Thai Restaurant @ Jalan Barat, Petaling Jaya

Sri Thai Restaurant is located right opposite PJ Hilton and this place is one of the established and favorable to many patrons for many years. Sri Thai offers sumptuous Thai gourmet in a cozy and relaxed atmosphere. It got a retro-feel. Every dish is served with exquisite crockery and fine cutlery made with tradition in mind but quite pricey.

Tom yum is a soup originating from Thailand. It is perhaps one of the most famous dishes in Thai Cuisine. It is widely served in neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, and has been popularized around the world. In Sri Thai, their Tom Yam Soup has its distinct hot and sour flavors, with fragrant herbs and consists of prawns, chicken, fish and squid. Their broth is made of stock and fresh ingredients such as lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, shallots, lime juice, fish sauce, tamarind, slices of ginger and crushed chili peppers.

Pandan chicken, or (gai ob bai toey), is a Thai dish with chicken wrapped in pandan leaves and fried. The chicken is very tender and flavorful. Yummmmmyyy…

Next dish, the Siamese Steamed Fish. The Fish is fresh and taste a bit tangy, sour and spicy. The gravy is alright and oklar.

Fried Fish Pancake, the fish is marinated with herbs and spices then deep fried in hot wok. Tender, juicy and scrumptious.

Stir-Fried Broccoli with Mushroom, this dish is delicious and it’s nice.

Thai-Style Omelet, got lot of chili and just a simple and normal dish.

Thai-Style Otak-Otak, their chef mixing up the fish paste with a mixture of spices including chilies, garlic, shallots, turmeric, lemon grass and coconut milk. The mixture is then wrapped in a banana leaf that has been softened by steaming. Taste wise is very nice actually, texture is soft and tasty.

Tab Tim Grob (Red Rubies), a Thai dessert, combine with sugar syrup, coconut milk and rose, then scoop a couple of spoonfuls of the water chestnuts fill it with coconut milk mixture. Before serving to patrons, add some ice and serve immediately. Tasty!

Food Review

Food Type: Thai (Halal)
Address: No. 21 B & C, Jalan Barat, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Price: Average RM37 per pax
Tel: +603-7956 3535
Operating Hours: Daily (12pm-3pm, 6pm-10.30pm)

Taste Rating: 8.5/10
Ambiance Rating: 8/10
Service Rating: 8.5/10
Value Rating: 5/10

Overall Rating: 7.5/10

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Yu Ai Restaurant @ Jalan Segambut Utara, Kuala Lumpur

There is one restaurant in Segambut has been around for quite sometimes and they are famous for seafood noodle. Some of you might have heard about the Segambut seafood noodle and if you are a seafood lover, maybe you have heard about this Yu Ai Restaurant. Do you know what does this Chinese characters - 友爱 means? 友 = Friend & 爱 = Love. So, it’s ‘Friend’s Love’. Today’s highlight will be ‘Friend’s Love’ Restaurant, which offer more than a friendship, but friendly & loving seafood noodles. However, the service is quite bad actually, food serving is fast though but the attitude of the waiter is not friendly and sour demeanor.

The restaurant is located at Jalan Segambut. To get there, you have to take the Jalan Duta - Segambut Highway until you reach the roundabout. Take the 12 o’clock exit and hang a left at the T-junction traffic light. At the first traffic light, turn right. There is a row of shop houses along the left side of the main road. The restaurant is towards the end of the shop lots. Find a parking spot if you can and head on in

They serve 3 types of soup based, clear, curry and tom yam. They also have fish head noodle and dry noodle. So, within minutes a steaming hot bowl of curry seafood noodles appears before you, its rich and aroma. Seafood such as squids, clams, mussels, fish slices (not fresh) and prawns fill the bowl to the brim that you can hardly see the noodles. A little unctuous, but there’s no denying that the creamy rich broth is flavorful and spicy too. If you want spicier, they provide chili paste in a container on every table, all you crazy people who loves to have their food overly spicy need not be worried.


Here’s the big bowl of Clear Soup Seafood Noodle. The ingredients are prawns (At least 3), mussels (Quite a number), clams (Quite a number), fishes (a few only, but found it not fresh at all), squids & some seaweed. Overall, it’s delightful and just oklar…


Last but not least, Tom Yam Seafood Noodle, which is also laden with a ridiculous amount of seafood, and find that the tom yam soup to be extremely thick and flavorful. It’s very spicy, for patrons that can’t take too spicy, can opt for clear broth.


Yu Ai also has a branch in SS2 Petaling Jaya, behind Restoran Kayu (Nasi Kandar). However, it is believe that there is not much business or turnover. Maybe the food’s not as good as the main branch.

Food Review

Food Type: Malaysian, Chinese, Thai, Fusion (Pork-Free)
Address: No. 42, Jalan Segambut Utara, 51200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +6012-335 5563
Price: Average RM15 per bowl
Operating Hours: Daily (8am-5pm)

Taste Rating: 7.5/10
Ambiance Rating: 5/10
Service Rating: 5/10
Value Rating: 6/10

Overall Rating: 5.9/10

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Prince Café @ SS2, Petaling Jaya

As many patrons aware, SS2 has quite a number of cafés/eateries and many have come and go. Just about couple years ago, a Hong Kong eatery has opened up in SS2 and it is Prince Café, which serves a range of variety of food and drinks similar to Kim Gary or Wong Kok Char Chan Teng. It has indoor with air-condition and outdoor for smokers. Prince Café also provides free WiFi for internet lovers and enjoy board games with friends while having a nice yamcha session.

As a Hong Kong eatery, no doubt that patrons should order the all time favorite drinks, the 'Hong Kong' Style Cold "Yin Yong (Teh + Coffee)….

In Prince Café, they provide a very competitive set lunch menu too all patrons, which comes with a drink and soup. The Mushroom soup is one of the choices and this soup is a total letdown. The soup was cold, and tasted like canned mushroom soup.

The Fried Rice with Salt Egg, is actually not bad. Rice is fragrant but portion is kinda small.

Next the Curry Pork Chop with Rice, basically the pork chop is presentable, but the pork is not tender at all and the curry sauce is not aroma, not spicy, and just an average dish.

The chicken chop baked rice with cheese and curry sauce is pretty standard if you compare to Kim Gary, the curry sauce doesn’t taste like curry sauce at all. However, the overall taste and dish is pretty decent and the pork slice is quite appetizing.

Last but not least, the Chocolate Banana Milk Shake, refreshing and tasty.

Food Review

Food Type: Malaysian, Chinese, Thai, Korean, Japanese and Western (Non-Halal)
Address: No. 58 & 60, Jalan SS2/67, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: +603-7874 3995
Price: Average RM16 per pax
Operating Hours: Sunday to Thursday (10am-1am), Friday & Saturday (10am-2am)

Taste Rating: 6/10
Ambiance Rating: 7.5/10
Service Rating: 7/10
Value Rating: 8/10

Overall Rating: 7.1/10

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Station Kopitiam @ Cineleisure, Petaling Jaya

In Cineleisure, there are many cafés and restaurants. So many patrons would seek the best value and quality food, therefore you may pass by this restaurant called Station Kopitiam. This restaurant located on the Lower Ground floor of Cineleisure.

With almost 100 items to choose from, with an extensive selection of Thai, Western, Malay and Chinese food, patrons will have a hard time choosing what to eat. The price is quite reasonable and cheap actually, though the same can’t be said about the food.

Before talking about the food, let’s evaluate the services they provided. First, they do not have enough waiters in the restaurant, which results – food ordering process, asking for chili/additional orders, asking for bills and etc…….are very sluggish or in simply term, they are not properly trained. Talk about training, the waiters here speak very little or no English/Malay at all. And the management is so bad that their head waiter who believes is a Bangladeshi wasn't so helpful either because he just stood there with his back turned, minding his own business at the cash register. Every time, call for service using their high tech 'door-bell-like' system, the head waiter automatically shuts the bell down without even turning his head to look at who is calling for service.

Back to the food topic, the Chicken Chop serves with French Fried, cut tomato & cucumber and coleslaw. The chicken chop itself is crispy but taste a bit like frozen food from supermarket. The black pepper sauce... errr... taste weird... Fries are alright but the coleslaw is terrible, taste bitter and sour….yuck!

Next the Cantonese Kuey Teow, it takes only one word to describe this dish….. TASTELESS. Basically the gravy is cooked with 2 types of ingredient, water and corn flour. Furthermore, the kuey teow is not well cooked. Probably the worst Cantonese Kuew Teow in town..

Food Review

Food Type: Chinese, Malaysian, Thai, Western & Fusion (Halal)
Address: No.2, Jln PJU11/5, Mutiara Damansara, 47800 PJ.
Price: Average RM9 per pax
Operating Hours: Daily

Taste Rating: 2.5/10
Ambiance Rating: 4/10
Service Rating: 0/10
Value Rating: 8/10

Overall Rating: 3.6/10

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