Saturday, August 17, 2019

Starters Lab @ Havelock

Starters Lab
721 Havelock Road
S169645

Open 8.30am to 5pm

Note
- all breads are sour dough, whether loaves or normal bread looking ones like milk white
- made 1st visit on Sat, 1pm and was full with counter seats available but only serving smoked salmon s/w and 3 cheese s/w + 20 min wait + people cancelling order. So, we left with a take away of rosemary lemon sea salt sour dough ($10 for half loaf)
- made 2nd visit on Sun, 9am and place was only 20% full and food was served within 5 minutes
- self-serve water tap and utensils
- ordered morning bun ($4.50), avo bawang toast ($12) and cappucino ($6) for 2 pax @ $22.50






Avo Bawang Toast $12 
- avocado, fried shallots, srirachi

Morning bun $4.50 
- flaky outside and soft bread inside (cross between croissant crust and cinnamon roll filling)

!Capuccino $6

View towards door from counter seat

View of kitchen from counter seat ( bread baking)

View of kitchen from counter seat (scones)

Front display counter on Saturday, 1pm

Front display counter on Sunday, 9am

Baguette

Morning Bun ($4.50)

Banana bread

Scones ($5) in background and bread takeaway after cafe 5pm closing

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Siaw Kah Spicy Hot Soup @ Kajang

Siaw Kah Spicy Hot Aoup
274 Jalan Berjaya 9
Taman Berjaya
Sungai Chua
43000 Kajang

Note
- arrived at 6.30pm and tables were 70% full already
- soup ingredients includes choice of pork, chicken, pork liver, pork intestine and pig stomach
- soup is similar to peppery bak kut teh, without the herbal taste and includes 冬菜,chinese wine, peppercorn, ginger slices
- spring roll is similar to the nonya  hei zou but more bland
- 1 soup, 1 veg, 1 spring, 1 drink, 1 rice for 2 pax @ RM38/S$13





Spicy hot soup RM13/S$4

Stir fried kangkong RM7/S$2

Spring roll RM13/S$4

Siaw Kah Spicy Hot Soup menu @ Kajang

Price is not included in menu











Kwong Wah Chendol @ KL

Kwong Wah Chendol
Happy Mansion
13/17 Petaling Jaya
Open 11am to 6pm

Note
- most crowded shop with the longest queue in Happy Mansion
- came on Sun, 3pm, waited about 15 min for chendol and finished in 5 min
- nice and refreshing






Chendol RM5.50 / S$1.80


Butter + Beans Cafe @ KL

Butter + Beans cafe
Happy Mansion
13/17 Petaling Jaya

Note 
- limited seat indoors (7 tables) and outdoors (3 tables + 4 counter seats)
- more a coffee place with limited cakes & pastries
- came on Sun, 2.30pm and got an outdoor table but later moved to indoor table
- nice place to chill on a hot Sunday afternoon






Capuccino RM11/S$4 
Freshly squeezed Apple, Carrot, Orange juice RM14/S$5

Cafes @ Happy Mansion, KL

Cafes @ Happy Mansion
Section 17/13 
Petaling Jaya 46400


Note
- 1970s apartment with cafes and eateries on ground level
- street level parking was full on Sun, 2pm so we parked along the street
- Pizza Mansion was quite full and long queues were spotted at Kwong Wah Chendol
- listed below are the eateries that were open on Sun, 2pm
- checkout a review here:

https://klfoodie.com/10-secret-cafes-to-visit-at-happy-mansion-petaling-jaya/

Happy Mansion right building

Happy Mansion left building 

Butter + Beans
- beverages and limited cakes/pastries

Pizza Mansion

Muse


Yumcha

Food Foundry

Patisserie


Kwong Wah Chendol