MTR 1924, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur

First meal back in KL was at MTR 1924 in Brickfields (69 Jalan Thambipillay, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, tel : +60 3-2276 4924).

Came across a Thatte idli which wasn't on the menu in the branch back home. These are were larger than the regular versions and had lentils, peas and a bit of coriander in them. The answer to the unasked questions is, yes, that's a little container of ghee to be drizzled over the steamed rice cake before you ate them.

Trying their special mini meal for the first time - this platter included starches like white rice, curd rice, bisibele bath and a buttery masala dosa (each order gets a choice between dosa and poori). To add on, some vegetables and sagu along with sambar/rasam, chutneys, kesari and payasam. The last two are desserts.

Awesome melange of flavours and textures. Also pretty filling.

Chilled and sweet badam milk infused with saffron and cardamom to help quench the heat.

A few days later......

We came back for breakfast. A decision from a leap of faith was made here. 😬 Compared to the rendition back home, the rava idli here was absolutely loaded with coriander! 😲 But these did not have much coriander flavour. In fact, those flavours were faint. Never understood how they made that happen but now we know this works for us. These were also larger than the ones back home.

Their podi idli was also pretty large and thickly coated with the cheesy/salty/spicy podi. Yummy 

Delicious benne masala dosa here.

Hot badam milk.

Breakfast at Old Chang Kee in Changi Airport Terminal 3

Getting breakfast from Old Chang Kee at T3's transit area.

Passable braised bee hoon with fried bean curd skin and egg. The sambal on the side is the same one they use for nasi lemak so it's a little sweet and onion-y. 

I've only just known that they have a potato only puff. Just curried potatoes inside. Tasted much the same as their regular curry-o down to the pastry but for the chicken. Not bad.

Kopi siu dai's suprisingly decent.

Saizeriya, Century Square

Dinner at Saizeriya (#03-32/33 Century Square, 2 Tampines Central 5). Tried a couple of items which I've not seen on their menu before.

Asparagus with egg mayo was not great. The texture was a little spongy and the crunch was soft. Like they were over boiled or something. Not a fan of their egg mayo as well.

Black truffle mushroom pasta. Supposedly black truffle cream sauce.

This is how it can be improved. The noodles seem to be a little softer than the other outlets I've eaten at.

The other thing I've never noticed on the menu is prosciutto di Parma on their pizza. Paid to top up with extra cheese. It's actually not bad tasting.

Rat tails noodling from Ah Xi Prawn Crackers 4 years later...

In between then and now, I've probably gotten these rats tail noodles/bee tai bak/老鼠粉 probably just a few times. Nothing's change since. Greasy fried noodles, hash brown, egg and their garlicky chicken cutlet. The adjective I used was 'serviceable'. Still is. Ate this with the best sauce. There was a queue getting this so people do like their food.

Ollella's durian kueh dada at Takashimaya's Food Fiesta 2025

We were intrigued by this sign at Ollella's booth at Takashimaya's Food Fiesta.

A box of 2.

Nice. The shredded coconut lent texture while the durian puree added flavour.

Cheese telur banjir-ed from Prata Saga Sambal Berlada

That's an egg cheese prata from Prata Saga Sambal Berlada (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六). I asked for mutton curry to be ladled over and that came with squiggly slivers of lamb fat. Fat that incorporated their lamb-y flavour with the cheese and spicy sweet sambal. 😋