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.

Battered Fish & Chip, REXKL, Kuala Lumpur

Read about these guys located at Chinatown (REXKL, 80 Jalan Sultan, 50000 Kuala Lumpur).

According to them, perch is used for their fish.

Cut of the fish was a little thin and soft. Detected a slight "muddiness" in the flavour. I prefer the firm and flaky texture from haddock and cod. Not a fan of their batter too.

The lemon & mint mushy peas were refreshing though and it was my favourite thing together with the chips from all the food we got here.

Curry sauce had texture like it was made with melted potatoes.

Pickled eggs are available here.

Something call posh prawn sandwich. Not bad tasting with the dill-y salad inside but there weren't much prawns. I got reminded of the prawn roll from Market Grill. This one here felt like the less posh version compared to what Market Grill did.

Madam Kwan's, KLCC, Kuala Lumpur

Haven't eaten at Madam Kwan's for a very long time. The last time might have been that one at Mid Valley. This was us getting re-acquainted at KLCC (Lot 420 / 421 , Level 4, Suria KLCC, 50088 Kuala Lumpur).

Was looking forward to a robust and creamy teh tarik from them. It's adequately milky but not as kaw (😂) as I was imagining. The first description that came to mind was the description 'textbook teh tarik'. To be cautioned that you and I may have used different textbooks while schooling 😂. Didn't suck. In fact it passed muster. Drinkable.

What's really good was their petai fried rice. Calling it petai fried rice was a bit of a misnomer because what stood out apart from the stink beans was the deliciously umami and shrimpy sambal they used for the fry.

Pretty big portion too.

Green chilli on the side had a lot less heat than I thought. But it's kinda good with the fried rice.

This was our first nasi lemak from Madam Kwan's. Never had it before. Closest thing to it we've tried was the one from the defunct Grandma's. It's not a bad rendition but after the recent Together Nasi Lemak and having tried the likes of Village Park, I don't think I'll put this at the top of my list.

Otak otak's chunky and has bits of fish inside. I wanted to describe them as being similar to Muar otah but these didn't taste like those.

Didn't think much of their fruit rojak. I'm surprised that with so much sesame seeds and crush peanuts, very little of those flavours came through. No you tiao also. The fruit consisted of just sour crunchy mangoes and equally sour pineapples - unless one counted chunks of turnips and cucumber as fruits. Tau pok was dry and crunchy like biscuits.

Ice coffee's thick but not fragrant.

Liked their ice campur better than I thought I would. The shaven ice was topped with rose syrup and milk. So it's bandung-y.

Surprised to find a bunch of cashews and raisins in there.

Sausage KL Cafe & Deli, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur

Breakfast at Sausage KL Cafe & Deli (Ground Floor Holiday Place Hotel, Jalan Ampang, Taman U Thant, 55000 Kuala Lumpur). They're a non-Halal all day English breakfast shop sequestered at the back of Holiday Place Hotel. Think house made sausages and pastries that clog your arteries.

We had a Builder's Breakfast which was a variation of their breakfast plate with some oat-y tasting black pudding with the works - grilled tomatoes, house made pork sausage, some back bacon, fried eggs, hash brown and fried bread. Hearty and greasy like it looked.

Some Gammon steak and eggs. Ham's a little dry and chewy. Their hash browns were pretty good with a light crisp on the exterior.

A side of beans and Dark Hart Lorne which was a Lorne sausage with black pudding in the middle.

A little sugar with the grilled tomatoes was nice.

So was maple syrup with the Gammon, eggs and and grilled pineapple.

Pudu Pasar Wanton Mee, Jalan Pasar Baharu, Kuala Lumpur

This stall (at the wet market, Jalan Pasar Baharu, Pudu, Kuala Lumpur 55100) is apparently pretty well known. Folks come over for their wanton mee and curry noodles and they only operate from 7.30pm in the evening. Not open on Sundays and Mondays.

Carrot and kedondong juice. The former is also known in these parts as buah long long or ambarella - a sour fruit with a flavour similar to guava but a lot more astringent. Some milk was snuck into the carrot juice and it's pretty pleasant.

We were here for their wanton mee and curry noodles. But we weren't kidding ourselves about the real reason. It's the char siew which we were after.

Deserves another shot even though the photos didn't do the char siew justice.

Wanton mee's okay tasting. Curry noodle's gravy was pretty lemak, had a bit of heat from the sambal and yet pretty drinkable through the richness in my opinion. YMMV though.

The name for the style of char siew served at Pudu Pasar Wanton Mee is 'glass char siew' or 玻璃叉烧. These type of char siew is not unique to this stall. They're named that way from the glazed and glossy surface on the exterior of the barbequed pork. Typically honey sweet with a smokiness from the burnt/caramelized bits. The char siew was served slightly warm which made the fatty layers inside melty. I'm ranking this in the same leagues as Char Siew Yoong. 

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Together Nasi Lemak, Food Place @ Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur

Came across Together Nasi Lemak (Food Place, Lot 1.29.01 – Lot 1.29.04, Pavilion KL, 168 Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur) from social media a couple of years back and have been curious about them. They have a few outposts around in KL. What they're known for is pork nasi lemak. Specifically one with pork belly berempah.

Fuck me the rice was spectacular! This was heart clogging santan infusion paired with adequate salting which resulted in a delicious lemak savouriness. Sambal's expectedly sweet and spicy with notes from onion and anchovies. Pork belly berempah tasted much like how it sounded. One can imagine the commonly found berempah flavouring on crisp pork belly instead of chicken. Pretty tasty and meaty.

This was dumpling season and there's currently a nasi lemak zhang which featured pork rendang and salted egg. Nice. 👍🏼 Not much of the coconut flavour coming through though because of the rendang, sambal and salted egg. 

Note that the stall is at Food Place and not Food Republic.