Num Num Fun

The llaollao is basically an ice cream parlor with only one flavor of ice cream 😀 , but with a few dozen toppings. Okay, they do have shakes, but I think most people always get ice cream. The yogurt soft serve isn’t bad. There are three topping categories: fruit, sauces, and crunchy. I recently had … Read more

Muar was more of a chance discovery via Google while I was sitting in Sao Nam. The restaurant itself is almost unrecognizable as such, very unassuming. But after a few dishes on the menu intrigued me, I went and didn’t regret it. There was butter kailan (fried vegetables), then the crispy egg with rice, and … Read more

I wanted meat again and there were two options: in the Pavilion or in Changkat. But since it was raining I opted for the short route. The Empire is on the 6th floor and pretty easy to find. I had the set menu even though they also had a 150 day dry aged dish on … Read more

I’m off my usual path. Sao Nam is a Vietnamese restaurant. The menu is quite funny, as it sometimes even includes the recipe for each dish. I ordered mangosteen with shrimp salad and orange duck. Unfortunately, they didn’t have either, so I went back to the ‘classics’: spring rolls and beef noodle soup, along with … Read more

And once again ‘Arabic’, shawarma (we call it kebab). After last night, I was hungry for something light before dinner, so I opted for a shawarma, and here for the Damascus (2.5k reviews on Google). The place is almost always full, and there’s always a line outside (unlike all the others). You get a number … Read more

After walking past a dozen Arabic restaurants almost every day for the past three weeks, I decided on one: Tahrbush (it had the most reviews on Google). I ordered a salad (my first green salad in weeks 😀 ), hummus and aide (it’s called something different here), and an ayran to drink. The salad was … Read more