Pasadena Burger & Coffee, Lot 10, Kuala Lumpur

Pasadena Burger (Level 4 Lot 10, 50 Jalan Sultan Ismail, Bukit Bintang, 50250 Kuala Lumpur) was one of a handful of recommended burger joints. 

Got the one with blue cheese.

It's a miss for me. Meat was fine but there's too much going on between the buns - like the bacon, caramelized onions, sliced cheese, crispy cheese and sauce that in my opinion was muddling up the blue cheese.

I figured that getting their basic minus sauce plus blue cheese will probably be the best way to go. We'll see about coming back.

Claymug Coffee, Wisma Cosway, Kuala Lumpur

Came across Claymug Coffee (Lot G65 Wisma Cosway, 88 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur) and stopped for some after beef noodles at Mama Lek.

While we witnessed the brewing done in actual clay pots, we couldn't tell what exactly about the process that made them different. What we could tell though, was that it tasted similar to the Hainanese coffee back home and it wasn't particularly aromatic.

Mama Lek (แม่เล็ก), Wisma Cosway, Kuala Lumpur

Thai beef noodle shop (Lot G-37 Wisma Cosway, 88 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur). Isaan styled apparently.

Green tea was milky. Not bad though.

This was a bowl of sen lek (rice noodles) with mixed beef parts. Broth was rich & deep in a sweet & savoury manner, steeped in their blend of warm spices. Thankfully, it was more savoury than sweet.

Amidst the mixed cuts which included sliced beef, tripe, beef balls, brisket and tendon, we also found some tongue. First time encountering them in Thai beef noodles. Enjoyable bowl. Would love to come back again.

Mr Naan & Mrs Idly, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur

Catchy name there (190 Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, tel : +60 17-762 9070). Though for a restaurant with idly in the name, I was expecting them to open early enough for breakfast. 

Nice salty spicy masala lassi with cumin and a bit of burn on the throat.

Wanted a go with their special idly even though I had a good idea how it tasted. What with the nice drizzle of ghee and all. The texture's a little less dense than what I'm used to though. Still delicious with the chutneys and tangy sambar.

Their dal tadka was delicious. Believe it or not, it was deliciously savoury in a manner that reminded me of fried chicken. With a bit of heat as well. Nice one. 👍🏼

Some cheese naan to go with their dal. Good pairing if I might say so.

Vegetable briyani was well spiced and moreish. Portion didn't look huge but it was pretty filling.

Masala tea's milky and a little weak on the spice.

Restoran Jiang He (江河炸鸡饭), Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur

Restoran Jiang He (49 Jalan Padang, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur) was mentioned somewhere and we wanted to find out for ourselves how good their fried chicken rice might be. Google has strung up a complicated geotagged address (No. 49, Jalan Padang Walter Grenier, off, Jln Imbi, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur) to their location.  

I have absolutely no idea why Walter Grenier had to be mentioned in that mess of an address aside from the fact that Jalan Padang is in between Jalan Walter Grenier and Lorong Walter Grenier. 🤯 Enlighten me anyone?

Anywayyss...chicken rice. Not bad. Rice was savoury, pretty well flavoured and had a light hint of ginger which I didn't even mind. Paired nicely with their garlicky & limey chilli.

The mentioned fried chicken was a sizeable meaty battered thigh. The brining has gone all the way into the meat. Nice. Will be Back.

There's been a bunch of conflicting information online on their operating hours. As of this visit, the word from the proprietress is Mon - Sat from 9am.

Pulut bun from the You Tiao stall @ Food Republic in Pavilion KL

Found these at the you tiao stall at Food Republic in the basement of Pavilion (168 Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur).

These were different from the ones at Shou Yi Fried Fritters at Food Opera at ION Orchard. There's a higher sweet glutinous rice to bread ratio which made this much less bready. Being breadier also gave them a better chew texture. I kinda like both.