LUMU Beerhouse & Filipino Kitchen @ Manila, Philippines.

Came here for lunch and came back the next day for dinner. Was so impressed with the food. Lunch was to cure my hangover, found out the food was so good, came back for dinner next day.

We ordered the usuals, some sisigs, adobo and bistek tagalog. Garlic fried rice was a favourite.

I reckon my favourite would be the bistek tagalong, beef strips cooked in soy sauce, calamansi and onions. Drench the garlic fried rice in the gravy, ahhhh superb.

The sisigs here are done nicely, goes damn well with beers. Food here is indeed good. I love it.

LUMU Beerhouse & Filipino Kitchen,
Greenbelt 3, Makati City,
Manila, Philippines.

Manam Comfort Filipino @ Manila, Philippines.

Fresh from a hangover, needed to load back on some nutrients. Did a quick google search and we decided to check out this place at Greenbelt 2.

The beef dish ah damn it, I can't recall. Total comfort food, garlic rice, fried egg with runny yolk, gosh knows what's that vege and awesome beef goodness. Superb.

The pancit/noodles was not bad, but maybe after the beef and adobo dish, the broth was a bit salty for me. Yup below is the lamb adobo and garlic rice, I ordered the smallest portion, hence 3 pieces. Oh man the lamb adobo was good, tender and with nice fatty bits. The gravy was addictive, I keep pairing it with the garlic rice.

By the time the corned beef sisig came out, I was pretty much done and needed my bed again. Had one two bites out of it, yummy! I had to take away this dish with some leftover garlic rice, not gonna waste one bit of it. Food is indeed good.

Manam Comfort Filipino,
Greenbelt 2, Makati City,
Manila, Philippines.

Soon Kee Seafood Noodle @ Cheras, KL, Malaysia.

If you're looking for a seafood noodle joint, this would be your best bet.

I ordered the whole lot, everything mixed in. From prawns, lala, oysters, slice fish, fishballs. We ordered some tofu and fish cake for starters.

Dry ramen with a dollop of chilli. The noodles were nice and springy, the chilli was a killer. Soup was clear and had a nice depth to it. The seafood ingredients were fresh, especially the oysters. Parking here can be a bitch but it's well worth it.

Soon Kee Seafood Noodle,
Cheras, KL, Malaysia.

Little Eat Stall @ Pudu, KL, Malaysia.

Alright, about time I got myself here. This stall rotates the menu every different day, so choose your day carefully. It'll either be the fish head noodle soup, Ipoh hor fun, lam mee, pork noodle or porridge. Yeah and I came here twice in a week to try the Ipoh hor fun and fish noodle.

The Ipoh hor fun is good, tender succulent juicy chicken. Soup was good as well plus with the smooth koew teow. I slurped down the whole bowl. I made a mistake though, totally forgot to order the taugeh dish.

Yup I byo a bottle of chinese wine to go with the slice fish soup noodle. The fish paste was sold out, and this was about 1215pm ya. The waiting time for the fish soup compared to the days when they serve the hor fun, sigh. Think hor fun took like 15 mins for the dish to be served to me. This one took about 45 mins. Anyway back to the fish story, boy is it damn good. I guess that's why a lot of people come here in droves for it. It is damn good.

Little Eat Stall,
Pudu, KL, Malaysia.

Melawis Char Koew Teow @ Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.

I was running some errands in Klang, contacted some friends for breakfast. Got kidnapped afterwards to join their errands to do some charity work. Consolation they brought me here for late lunch.

And this is one of the famous ckt in Klang Valley. Yups the hyped is all good, ckt is good. I'm a sucker for a black ckt and they do it slightly wet here. Just right up my palate.

If you're one of those that like the black ckt soya sauce based, this is a best bet if you're in Klang.

Melawis Char Koew Teow,
Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.

Lubuk Bangku Cafe @ Bangsar, KL, Malaysia.

Time for a heavy lunch and off we check out this place for some Malay rice. Boy is this place packed, this is true testament as if you serve good food, people would come from all over.

There was only three of us, two being first timers, we went nut in the ordering department. Must order would be the daging salai masak lemak(smoked beef in spicy yellow gravy). We had some omelettes, some taugeh and ulam for a balanced diet.

Weird dish on the menu was butter chicken, totally non malay but heck it sure tasted good. Oh top right in the pic is this beef dish, absolutely gorgeous, meat was super soft and tender.

Some catfish, ayam kampung two styles, one fried and the other drenched in sambal hijau.

The daging salai, superb. Mannn, no wonder this place is full with people, food here is extremely good. Been a long time since I've tasted some really good malay rice with dishes.


Lubuk Bangku Cafe,
Bangsar, KL, Malaysia.

Gerai Udang Galah Mak Ngah @ Kuala Rompin, Pahang, Malaysia.

On the way back from Pulau Tioman we stopped by to check out this stretch of r&r famous for their udang galah. Decided to go for Mak Ngah based on google hits. They have all sorts of udang galah cooked in different style and also fresh/frozen for you to tapau back.

Ordered the fresh water prawn cooked in spicy style, dollop of mix gravy on white rice with half a salted egg. My first time trying this type of cooking, ie udang galah malay style. Not bad, but I reckon gotta try a few more times different shops to see the difference and see what is good and what is mediocre.

Gerai Udang Galah Mak Ngah,
Kampung Leban Condong,
Kuala Rompin, Pahang,
Malaysia.