Nasi Lemak - Mdm Kwan, The Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur

Address : Mdm Kwan, The Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur
My Score: 9/10

Madam Kwan is a popular restaurant in KL, many of our friends know about and had recommended it to us.
We were lucky to be able to meet her in person, and our whole family took a photo with her! She is 76 and comes to the restaurant every day wearing a round hat. If you see her please help us say hello and tell her our baby girl was the one who keeps wanting to give her her sausage roll. :)

OK, back to the food. One thing about Malaysia is the Nasi Lemak all tastes so so  nice (no surprise actually)! Even the average breakfast place near our hotel that we just walked in one day sells very fragrant Nasi Lemak. So it was quite a surprise that we actually find that Madam Kwan's Nasi Lemak clearly distinguishes itself on the 1st mouthful!

From the very 1st mouthful of the rich, fragrant coconut rice, we detected something different. It was not JUST more coconut milk in the rice. We were very sure there is some other ingredient mixed in with the coconut milk, but we couldn't figure out what it was. But whatever it was, it made the rice even more fragrant and even more tasty! The accompanying ikan bilis and curry chicken are all high quality "accompaniments", but beside the unique rice fragrant, we can't really remember much about it! :p

As a side note, they have another Nasi Bojari, which we tried too. Also very good! The beef rendang comes in strips and is so tasty, you keep wanting to put a few slice in between each mouthful of rice to chew it with! But as always, I would like to just concentrate on THE BEST food in each restaurant, and that would be the Nasi Lemak! :p

If you are in KL, this is a definitely must try! Besides, it is not as expensive as some of the other restaurants in The Pavilion!

Fried Prawn Noodle - 742a Tampine St 72

Location : Blk 742a, Tampines St 72
My score : 8/10

I happen onto this stall by chance! They used to have a very good 煮炒 that sells one of the best Sambal Fried Rice (most sambal fried rice nowadays have no fragrant sambal smell and taste just like "chili fried rice", some doesn't even taste spicy!). Anyway, I was thinking of buying something simple as I pass by, when I saw this new stall.

What caught my eye initially was the leave they used, just like the ones in Food Republic. I love the food republic fried prawn noodle as well, so I thought I'd give it a try. No regrets man! The leafy fragrance adds to the 古早味 feeling of childhood, and the 火候 is just nice, allowing you to taste the fried fragrance and yet not overly fried. Prawn is fresh and slightly sweet. The gravy (sauce, whatever you call it) taste great too, nicely mixed in with the prawn, thick and tasty! What's great about it too is that I am the type who doesn't like LOTS of pork oil cube （猪油） in my food, can't stand the smell! This prawn noodle is THAT exactly! So some people who loves pork oil cube might not like this - be forewarned.


The only thing that I didn't like was that the coffee shop is not air-con. So I don't really feel like going there for lunch! Most likely "poong kos" if I crave for it in a hot afternoon! :p