Izakaya and Miss Y Bakery & Cafe

Another Japanese themed restaurant in town! Izakaya @ Icom Square offers reasonable lunch sets with wide array of choices during weekdays. I went twice, once on weekdays and once on the weekend. Salmon Teppanyaki set and Tori Teriyaki set is only RM16 per set. All set comes with a few tiny side dishes and drinks. If you opt for normal sets on the menu (not lunch set), the side dishes are slightly different and no free drink given. The price is higher and the portion seems to be almost the same with lunch set. Strongly recommended to try their weekdays lunch sets instead going on weekends or other dining time

You will be given these when you dine in Izakaya. I was like a "suaku" when I saw it this. It was actually a dried towel. When you place the towel into the petite water pond, the towel will absorb water and expand into a wet towel. Watch the following video for further understanding.

It's RM0.50 per towel

Check out the wet towel

Watch this video for a clearer picture on how the towel absorbs and expands

Spacious and comfortable looking of the restaurant

I had Kamo Nanban Soba (Soba with duck meat) (around RM18++)

The portion was really small that I had to steal some foods from my companion

Yakiniku Don Set RM30 (Beef set)

The set comprises of a bowl of rice (small serving but great as there's lots of foods in the set itself), half cooked egg, chawanmushi, salad bowl, miso sowl, some side dishes (lady finger, fried fish & fried bittergourd) and dessert of the day 

 Set lunch during the weekdays. 

Having sweet tooth after the lunch...

Miss Y Bakery & Cafe

German Cheesecake RM9

I love it as it's not too sweet and light.

Apple Crumble RM3.50

Not up to my liking though =(

Sukha

Went back to Sukha to try their pasta series =)

Menu on chalkboard

Spinach Carbonara RM20

Taste was okay and portion was just nice for 1 medium eater 

LSB Charcoal Waffle RM15

The caramel was less burnt as compared with previous visit but still could taste the bitter taste too. Their vanilla ice-cream was very unsatisfactory because I could taste the tang of the 'fridge odor'! They might have some problems storing their ice-cream in the fridge or the one I had might be the balance stock =(

There's no more free flow of drinking water in the place anymore. Pasta portion was trimmed down too as last time I went there I was stunned with their generous portion. I wonder what happen to the management? =( Sorry no more third time!

Yummy Yang @ Icom Square

Went to Yummy Yang at Icom Square for three times. Once for a drink and twice for meals. The pricing was affordable but the portion was not too huge. I wanted to order the Japanese Cheese Cake for the first two visits but not available. I called to reserve for the cake for the third time to avoid disappointment. Funny that they have plenty of cheese cakes the third time I went there.

Iced Green Milk Tea

Iced Thai Green Milk RM5 & Portugese Egg Tart RM2.50

I still prefer Portugese Egg Tart from Hong Kong Puff though. The Thai green milk tea is served in bucket of ice. If you don't like the milk tea to be too cold, just remove it from the ice bucket. The milk tea is too sweet!

Bolognese RM14.90

Minced Beef with tomato sauce.

The bolognese is awful. It's too sourish =(

Alfredo Chicken RM18.90

grilled chicken breasts with served with fries, cheesy mashed potato, side salad & creamy dip

the chicken is a bit dried on the surface

Japanese Cheese Cake RM15

the cheese cake is good, creamy yet fluffy and light! The cake size wasn't too big, nice for 4 people sharing but a bit too big for couples especially after meal!

Greek Lamb Chop served with side salad, mashed potato, fries and peppermint dip RM22.90

the lamb shoulder has more bones than the meat =(

Chicken carbonara, salute garlic and leek finish with cream sauce  RM 15.90

The carbonara was great. The creamy sauce was rich and the pasta they used was thicker and paired perfectly with the carbonara sauce.

Fourth time? Probably not as I had a one week plus stomach flu after the third visit. 

Do enjoy the menu photos that I took on my first visit! 

Ayam Penyet RM4.90

Anniversary deal from a shop that share the same place with Pezzo at Jalan Simpang Tiga. It's located somewhere opposite The Spring Shopping Mall and the police station.

It's at the Cita Rasa Shop? Not quite sure of the exact name though.

Ayam Penyet RM4.90

At the price of RM4.90, the taste and serving was pretty decent. There's nothing more to complain!

Molten Salted Egg Yolk Croissant from Hungry Dino

Went to Kai Joo Lane Night Market and purchased the limited Molten Salted Egg Yolk Croissant from Hungry Dino. Their ordering system was impressive as the staff placed the order using an Ipad and noted down your name into the system as well for ease reference during food collection.

They also provided you with a piece of disposable hand glove and tissue paper together with the croissant. Sweet and caring =)

Molten Salted Egg Yolk Croissant RM6

The croissant was petite. The taste was however, disappointing as it was very much similar with the Chinese Dim Sum Liu Sha Bao (Chinese Molten Salted Egg Yolk Bun). Beware when you eat the croissant as the salted egg yolk custard will flow out profusely. Not likely to repurchase though =(

Seremban Pan Mee Stall at Ice Buddy Cafe

The famous Seremban pan mee stall is located at Ice Buddy Cafe @MJC. The stall offers a variety of Pan Mee dishes such as soup, dry, braised, fried type and lots more. Most people went to that particular coffee shop patronizing the pan mee stall. Business is good and do expect a long wait especially during weekends! 

Dry Pan Mee with Fried Egg RM5.50

Taste was good with the runny egg yolks but serving was pathetic (even for small eater like me!)

Howi Pan Mee Cafe

I used to eat a lot of Pan Mee back in my 3.5 years in Serdang. Back in Kuching, I have hard time to find a good bowl of pan mee. Howi Pan Mee Cafe is another Pan Mee specialty cafe in Kuching. I went there for a breakfast after a run in a random Sunday morning.

The menu:

Normal Pan Mee RM5

Ginger Chicken Pan Mee RM6

To my disappointment, the serving of the bowl looked big but the ingredients portion was rather pathetic. Despite being a pan mee specialty cafe, the standard and food quality of Howi Pan Mee Cafe was only on average and still couldn't beat the pan mee stall at Ice Buddy Cafe, MJC.

New Happy Cafe 新快乐园茶室

New Happy Cafe 新快乐园茶室 at Jalan Ang Cheng Ho serves lots of decent Foochow specialties. Help yourself with the all the condiments (chilli, soya sauce) and also the most highlighted red wine to complement your Foochow dishes! You can also request for add on seafood and other special ingredients to go along with the dishes but of course with added price too =)

Tomato Kueh Tiao with eggs RM 6

a little too sweet for my liking 

"Pao Fan" 泡饭 Rice with soup RM6

plain rice dipped in soup with plenty of veggies, eggs, meat slices, fish balls, black fungus

The portion was generous. I wish I can have the soup separated. Rice served with a bowl of soup?? Lolx

NH Nutri Grains Instant Multi Mix Grains with Purple Sweet Potato

Purple is one of my top favorite color. NH Nutri Grains newly launched purplish drink - Instant Multi Mix Grains with Purple Sweet Potato quickly caught my attention. One can redeem free trial pack of the multi mix grains at Watsons store by presenting the Watsons membership card. Too bad that I went to a few Watsons store in Kuching and there were no more free samples to redeem.

I was tempting to try the drink before purchase the whole case, thus I sent a message through Facebook to NH Nutri Grains. Sadly they did not able to send me some samples privately.

Nevertheless, I went to the store and get myself the NH Nutri Grains purplish health drink.

I bought it at RM73 (1kg, priced at RM78, RM5 off by using in store promo voucher) at Watsons store in Kuching.

Love the love shape plastic spoon that came together with the Instant Multi Mix Grains. I did not want to open the tin in frequent so I transferred some multi mix grains into another container to retain its freshness. 

a cup of hot NH Nutri Grains and matcha cheese tart from Egg Tart Workshop for breakfast =) 

It's a very convenient health drink as you are just required to mix 1 scoop of the multi mix grains with 100ml of cold/hot water. The drink is sweetened so no additional sugar/condensed milk is needed. It's not a new taste for me as I'm a regular brown rice, cereal and oats drinker. The purplish NH Nutri Grains is a delicious and wholesome alternative health drink choice apart from our usual choice of drinks such as Milo, cereal drink, coffee or tea.

Customized Passport Holders from Giftideas2U

I came across a stall (Giftideas2U) selling customized passport holders/wallet/purse at Chew Jetty during my last trip to Penang. I was attracted to its vibrant and colorful selection. I decided to purchase one although we can easily find cheaper and greater deals at other places especially in Bangkok =)

My personalized lilac wallet

 RM35 (free 1 charm & name engraved)

I topped out another RM6 to have my name engraved in 3D instead of normal one.

Wallet RM29 + 3 x 3D alphabets (RM2 x 3pcs) 

They do offer delivery with charges to  places in Malaysia (with min purchase). After came back to Kuching, my sister contacted them on delivery the customized passport holders to Kuching. They didn't have much color selection especially those common color. I picked the blue color passport holder and added one additional charm. RM103 for three passport holders inclusive delivery charges (and added charms).

My two personalized wallet & passport holder

So if you happened to find personalized wallet/passport holder in Malaysia, do check out Giftideas2U. They might not provide prompt and best services but from my experiences, they are reliable =)