1. I forgot when did I go to this place LOL so a few things may have changed.
2. Basically in KL there are a few spots to get decent ikan bakar (grilled fish) but here at Jalan Bellamy is considered one of the favoured spots because it's in the city centre, affordable and the food are fairly delicious.
3. The selection varies and the choices are quite ample. The sauce they use to coat the seafood before grilling is sweet, a little bit spicy and if that's not enough, they have a couple of selections of dipping sauce for you to enjoy.
4. Here's a short video of my experience there:
5. Additional information to share with you if you're planning to give this place a try:
a) The place is normally packed so come early before lunch time.
b) There are a few restaurants but one stood out to be the most packed. I suggest you try that particular one.
c) A mosque is located just in front of the restaurants thus making it convenient for Muslim customers to perform their prayers.
d) There's a stall selling durian ice cream also in front of the restaurants. BUY it. It;s delicious :P
6. Address: Lorong Bellamy & Jalan Istana, Bukit Petaling, 50460 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
In the world we are living in this day and age, all of us seem to be very busy and on the move throughout the week. Either with work or school, we sometimes find it tricky to decide on what to eat that is cheap, quick and convenient to adjust to our hectic schedules.
Many defer to buying meals as this will save a lot of time but at the same time forgetting the extra cost they are spending and lacking the concern with the nutritional content of the food they buy. Cooking your own meal shouldn't be such a hassle if you plan it well. Plus, this will allow us to include in the healthy components to our meal and yes, this will save us a lot of money too!
Chicken and Egg Wrap is one of the perfect meals that is packed with good proteins that will fill you up instantly and last for a long time. You can make a bunch of them at one time to be frozen and you will have your meals for the week already sorted. Find out on how to do this below!
1 tsp of paprika, garlic powder, cumin, salt, pepper and white pepper
Olive oil
5 Tortilla bread
INSTRUCTIONS
In a bowl, marinade the chicken breasts with the mixture of olive oil, paprika, garlic powder, cumin, salt and pepper. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the marinade set in the fridge between 30 minutes to 2 hours.
Chop onions and capsicum as well as red cabbage and set them aside.
Get your pan nice and hot on medium high heat and drizzle some olive oil in the pan. Then throw in the chopped onions and capsicum. Stir once in a while and let cook till the onions are caramelised and the capsicum soften up a little bit. Set them aside.
In the same pan, pour some more olive oil and grill the marinaded chicken breast for roughly 5-7 minutes on each side depending on how thick they are. Once they are cooked, take them out and set them aside to rest for a couple of minutes and start slicing them into thin strips.
In the same pan again, pour a tad more olive oil and add in your eggs. Season with some salt and white pepper and start making your scrambled eggs. Once done, set them aside.
Time to assemble: Place a tortilla bread on top of a piece of aluminium foil. Add a small portion of each and everything (red cabbage, onions and capsicum, chicken strips and eggs) on the tortilla and then slowly roll/fold it all together, tucking in both sides and secure the entire wrap with the aluminium foil.
Repeat step 6 for the other 4 wraps.
Once completed, store all the wraps in a ziploc bag. Place the bag in the freezer for your weekly consumption.
SUGGESTIONS
I live in the hot tropical country of Malaysia and the frozen wraps will definitely be 'defrosted' by lunch time. If you're in the colder climate, I suggest you cover the wrap with tissue and reheat it in a microwave in your office pantry.
Do not add any condiment in the wrap to be frozen as this will make the wrap soggy. Pack the condiment in a separate container and turn it as a dip for your wrap instead.
You can also make your own flat bread instead of using the store-bought tortilla. The recipe for the flatbread could be read HERE.
The longer you marinade the chicken, the better it will taste.
The process of folding the wrap requires practice. Look on Youtube for some tutorials.
Alor Setar is said to be one of the best places in Malaysia to get delicious and mouthwatering food. Whenever and wherever you are in Alor Setar, you can always have ample choices of food varieties to fill you up either for a big full-filling meal or for even just a casual snack in between them. Not only these are easily to find but most of them are very cheap and affordable. Cheap and tasty, what more do you want, people?! LOL
Now, the list for famous stalls and restaurants in Alor Setar to find good food just seems endless. Everyone always have their favourite joints to get their meals. Below are my personal favorite places to eat whenever I am in Alor Setar.
You can also watch the full food experience below!
ROTI JALA/ ROTI KIRAI STADIUM
For breakfast, rather than having your typical roti canai or nasi lemak, having a huge folded roti jala at the Darul Aman Stadium would be a treat! They are very crispy on the outside and soft on the inside are perfectly served with a slightly sweet and spicy chicken or beef curry gravy.
PRICE: RM2.50 (plain), RM3.50 (special – with an egg).
GULAI IKAN TEMENUNG, KUALA KEDAH
As most Malaysians eat rice in their meals for lunch, having lunch at Kuala Kedah where they serve rice with fresh fish such as mackerel and snapper cooked in a thick and rich curry gravy is definitely to die for! As located near the jetty at the sea, the restaurant prepares the curry earlier on and will chuck in the fresh fish in the gravy before serving them hot to the customers. This ensures that the fish is still fresh, moist, soft and heavenly delicious! Simply by having plain rice with the fish curry will make you come back for more!
PRICE: VERY CHEAP. I don’t know the breakdowns for each dish but for 3 medium-sized mackerels, 2 pieces of snapper, one fried egg and half of a salted egg, it only cost RM27. Yes, including 3 plates of rice and drinks!
MEE ABU
Mee Abu is certainly one of the best restaurants to get satisfying and delicious fried noodles. The restaurant usually prepares the fired noodles in a large batch (rather than cooking them one by one to fit your order). The cook will finish off the serving with how you want the fried noodles to be – such as the spiciness level or with or without vegetables. What’s amazing about the fried noodles here is the quantity of noodles as well as what they put into the dish. They are generous with the quantity of noodles and fried tofu and adding some cuts of soft flour fritters as well as chunks of sliced spleen. Not only it taste great, but this dish will certainly make you full!
PRICE: RM5.50
MEE HAMID
Mee Hamid is also famous for their fried noodles. The noodles are cooked slowly and are mixed together with a nut based gravy. This create a rich flavor to the dish and coats the noodles to produce a gooey texture to it. What makes this dish stands out is that apart from some sliced spleen and fried tofu, they also put in cubes of potato and both soft and crispy flour fritters that all go incredibly well together. These bits of ingredients just make the dish rich in flavours and textures! The crispiness of the crispy flour fritters just makes this dish even more exciting! Genius. Simply genius!
PRICE: RM5
NASI LEMAK ROYALE
A trip to Alor Setar would not be complete if you don’t have the famous Nasi Lemak Royale. This is the perfect dinner meal. Not to be confused with the ordinary nasi lemak (coconut milk rice) the rice here is nothing like that as it consists of aromatic, spiced, yellowish soft and fluffy rice that is then mixed with some spoonful of delicious thick and rich curry and dhal gravies. You can choose to have it together either with the proteins of your choice (chicken, prawns, squid, and salted egg to name a few) as well as some veggies. The rice itself is rich and delicious. The MIXTURE from the different gravies just creates a rich, spicy, sweet and salty taste that will leave you addicted in each and every single bite of the meal.
This dish is great to be eaten at their stall but trust me, if you want an even more amazing eating experience, have it packed to takeaway and let it ‘rest’ for a few minutes first. This will cause the ingredients to be mixed and glued together that will just elevate the greatness of the flavours!
It’s not a fancy nor a pretty meal. It is a sloppy dish and you’ll get sloppy eating this, but THAT is just part of the Nasi Lemak Royale experience.
PRICE: RM7 (with a piece of chicken and extra rice and gravy!)
This list is beneficial if you have a full day to spend in Alor Setar. You can easily have everything on this list from breakfast, tea time to dinner!
Flatbread or tortilla is said to be one of the oldest forms of bread in human history. Not only it is so quick and easy to make, but it also very delicious. It can be eaten in many ways. Whether dipping in your favourite curry gravy or turning them into a complete wrap packed with awesome flavours!
Most recipes out there include the use of oil or butter but this recipe is based on the very basic of ingredients. It's healthier and very convenient for you all to give a go at this.
You can also find the similar recipe for chapatiHERE.
INGREDIENTS
2 Cups of plain flour
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking powder
1 Cup of warm water
SEE THE VIDEO ON HOW TO MAKE THIS BELOW.
INSTRUCTIONS
In a bowl, add in the flour together with salt and baking powder. Give a quick stir.
Pour in 1/4 of the warm water and mix with the flour. Repeat this step until you use up all the water (4 times) and you'll end with a manageable sticky flour.
Knead for 5 - 10 minutes until you get a smooth soft dough.
Divide the dough into 5 and let them rest in the bowl for 15 - 20 minutes, covered with a warm cloth.
On a flat surface, sprinkle some flour.
Flatten the small dough and start kneading until you get a thin, round shape dough.
On a medium heat, place the rolled dough on the pan.
In roughly 30 seconds to a minute you'd see bubbles started to form on the dough and the colour will change.
Flip and cook on the other side for another 30 seconds or so while patting down on where bubbles are formed to release the air from the bread.
Done and enjoy!
SUGGESTIONS
REFERRING TO STEP 2, TRUST ME, DO NOT ADD IN THE WATER ALL AT ONCE AS THIS WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO KNEAD THE DOUGH.
While kneading the dough, if you must, adjust by adding in some more flour if the dough is too sticky or add in a little bit more water if the dough is too dry.
Forming the dough to a round shape requires skills and experience. Do not get frustrated if you do not end up one. It took me at least 20 attempts to be able to get one acceptable round tortilla.
If you're making them in a large quantity, do cover the ones you have finished cooking under a cloth or in a container to ensure moisture of the bread won't evaporate, thus keeping them soft to eat.
If you're making the breads for later consumption, keep them in an air tight sealed bag and store them in the fridge.
In December last year, my friends and I were in Arau,
Perlis. We were there for a quick one-night pit stop at our friend’s place,
Syuk before making our trip to Hat Yai. Before our visit to Perlis, Syuk had
already settled on to take us to Mat Rock Der Restaurant at Kuala Perlis for a
highly-rated seafood dinner.
1.Getting There
It was just a 20-minute drive to get us from Arau to
Kuala Perlis. So if you are from Arau, distance shouldn’t be much of a problem.
Restaurant Address:
2 Gerai MPK, Persisiran Pantai
02000 Kuala Perlis, Perlis
Malaysia
2.Parking
No proper parking is available there. So you just
have to park your car at the side of the road but make sure you park properly as
the surrounding area is quite dark and vehicles seem to be moving quite fast.
3.The Restaurant
It is just a medium-sized stall with small number of
tables available. When we were there it was fully packed. I suggest that you
make a reservation first before dining, just like Syuk did.
4.The Food
Portion? We ordered the portion for 6 people. Our
small table was piled up with quite a huge spread! We were barely able to get
every plate on it. But we were hungry and it looked like it wasn’t enough LOL. #NafsuMakanLOL
Fresh? Oh, yes it definitely was!
Taste? The seafood were prepared in a balanced
flavoured, not overpowering spices. Not spicy and not too salty, not too sweet.
Everything was well balanced. I prefer it that way as it draws out the fresh
sweet flavours of the seafood itself.
One of my favourites
Yummy!
Love this!
Crispy fried squid!
5.Price
For the seafood set for the portion of six people
plus rice for 8 servings (YES WE NEEDED MORE LOL), everything was totalled up
to around RM 120 inclusive of drinks.
So that’s about RM 20 per person. For me, with the quantity and freshness of the
seafood, THAT was cheap.
6.Rating
7.5/10. I
have not experienced any other shell out dining elsewhere so I have nowhere
else to compare to. But I really enjoyed the food there and totally recommend
for others to try whenever they are nearby. Thanks Syuk for bringing us there!
Fried rice is a very common dish throughout most
parts of Asia. It is the best way to reuse leftover cooked rice. There are no
limits on what you can put into the dish. You can choose to put any proteins or
vegetables you desire that will make this dish as one complete meal. Fried rice
has so many varieties. Some are mild in flavour, and some are spicy – just like
how many Malaysians love to have their fried rice. This spicy fried rice recipe is one of Malaysians
favourites. It is spicy of course but what’s best about this recipe is how easy
and simple it is for one to cook. There are of course other more ingredients can
be incorporated into this dish to elevate it to the next level, but this is for
us lazy bums out there who want to have something delicious but very simple to
make.
INGREDIENTS
Cooked rice – from a cup of uncooked rice
1 shallot, 7 cloves of garlic and 7 bird’s eyes
chilies - pounded/blended
1 tsp of
fish sauce
1 egg
Few strips of boneless chicken – chopped
Half a handful of dried anchovies
Cabbage – roughly chopped
4 tbsp of
oil
Salt and pepper for seasoning
INSTRUCTIONS
Cook
rice and let it cool down for a bit.
Heat
wok with vegetable oil on medium heat.
Fry
the dried anchovies and once cooked, take it out and let it sit on a plate to
be used later.
Put
in your pounded/blended shallot, garlic and bird’s eyes chilies into the wok and
stir for a couple of minutes.
Add
in the chopped chicken and stir until they are cooked. Pour in the fish sauce
and mix.
Set
the chicken to one side of the wok. Add in one egg.
Season
with salt and pepper.
Put
in the cooked rice and mix.
Add
chopped cabbage and the fried dried anchovies and mix everything together well.
Suggestion: Have this
dish with an additional fried egg and some fried fish crackers!
Bear in mind, that this
dish is quite spicy. So if you can’t handle the heat, please omit or
reduce the use of the bird’s eyes chillies. You can add more if you want
it to be spicier!
You can always use
other kinds of vegetables such as carrots and green peas.
It would be nicer to use
prawns instead of chicken.
If you want a touch of
sweetness to the dish, you can include about a tbsp of sweet soy sauce.
