Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Chef Tony's Popcorn


1st discovered thousands years ago
by Native Americans in North America,

One of the oldest forms of corn:
evidence of existence from 3600 B.C. was found in New Mexico,


Here we have for today,
The Popcorn!!!

Golden Screen Cinema (GSC) Caramel Popcorn,

Planet Popcorn (星球工坊手工現做爆米花),
originated from Taipei, Taiwan 111.
founded since 2010.
The brand caption for Planet Popcorn.  
The choices of satisfactory flavor for Planet Popcorn.

Garrett Popcorn,
handmade daily in old-fashioned copper kettles using only the highest-quality ingredients,
founded since 1949.
The Signature Flavors for Garret Popcorn.

However,
the Main Character/ Hero is
Chef Tony's Popcorn.
Not just popcorn,
Chef Tony's Popcorn is a gourmet popcorn.

They named it as "Your Tub of Happiness!"
from Manila, Philippines,
to Singapore,
and finally to Malaysia.
Chef Tony's Popcorn- Your Tubs of Happiness

With no preservative and no artificial flavors,
only natural ingredients harvest the recipes,
including The Best natural ingredients from part of the world:
GMO-free corn kernels,
real cheeses, chocolates, honey and whole nuts from US, Europe and Japan.

Amazing gourmet flavors that you would crave for,
sweet-salty,
sweet-creamy-nutty,
cheesy,
or chocolatey,
even really salty-buttery.

Rich macha Green Tea from Japan,
Dark chocolates from Belgium,
even a blend of herbs from charming, romantic France,
and nuts and cheese from the USA! 

Sure you wondering where I hunted this popcorn???
Here you go.
Level 2, Fahrenheit 88, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
Besides that,
you might also hunt the popcorn in
Johor (KSL City Mall, Sutera Mall, Jusco Taman University UG Floor, & AEON Bukit Indah),
Kuala Lumpur (Fahrenheit 88 & Wangsa Walk)
, and Sabah (1 Borneo Mall, & City Mall)

These 2 are the best seller
and I, personally, highly recommended this for those who love sweet , creamy-buttery,  & nutty flavors.
For each corn kernel pop in your mouth,
1st- the Parmesan buttery aroma pop into your nose stimulating your olfaction.
2nd- the sweet, creamy taste pop into your taste bud stimulating your saliva secretion.
3rd- the rich white chocolate chocolatey enhance your taste buds stimulation.

Belgian Butter with Whole Walnuts.
Salty-creamy-


4 tubs of popcorn cost me about RM 120.




Monday, June 18, 2012

Tong Pak Fu (糖百府)

The 7th branch of Tong Pak Fu(糖百府) in
The Mines Shopping Complex.
Half store tucked in the restaurant lot,
while another half of open concept store,
just beside The Mines River Cruise.
Open concept of Tong Pak Fu in The Mines,
decorated with loads of white & orange colored wooden chairs.
Tong Pak Fu(糖百府) is a unique dessert specialist
which won the Award Winning Dessert from Hong Kong.
Tong Pak Fu was awarded for winning snow ice series
and their best sellers- traditional hot dessert.
Obviously,
Tong Pak Fu(糖百府) 
is one of the famous & popular dessert houses originate from Hong Kong.

This will be the front cover for the menu.
The menu of Tong Pak Fu.

Milk Snow Ice (RM 7.80),
Chocolate Snow Ice (RM 7.80),
Almond Snow Ice (RM 7.80),
Guava Snow Ice (RM 8.80),
Coffee Snow Ice (RM 7.80),
Ginger Snow Ice (RM 8.80)
Mango & Milk Snow Ice (RM 8.80),
and,
not to forget my favourite,
D24 Durian Snow Ice (RM 9.80) 
& Tracka Durian Snow Ice (RM 11.80).
With the name of Award Winning Snow Ice,
I decided to tried one of them.

Without second thought, I order this-
Tracka Durian Snow Ice (竹脚榴莲飘香),
though it was pricey for dessert.
RM 11.80 for regular.

MUST TRY!
No. 1 Tracka Durian Snow Ice.
My friend then ordered the hot dessert.

On the other hand,
my friend ordered the Traditional Hot Dessert.
I do tease her look just like grandma, 
who love to take traditional hot dessert.

Aromatic, smooth & rich taste of Black Glutinous Rice Cream
with Coconut Milk (紫米露)
RM 5.80. 

She said: "Nice. I like it."

Besides that,
we also ordered the snack food recommended by the BOSS.
However,
it might take 15 minutes for preparation.
So please be patience while waiting the dessert to get serve.

Glutinous Rice Balls with Black Sesame & Peanut Toppings
麻甩(芝麻糖不甩)
RM 4.80


There is promotion going around with the traditional hot dessert & glutinous rice balls
when I visited the store.
"Choose any items from SNACK FOOD selection, 
top up RM 3.00 to get a TRADITIONAL HOT DESSERT."
(Monday - Friday, 10.00am - 3.00pm)


STUDENT!!!
Don't forget to bring your Student Card as proof to enjoy 10% discount.

Some recommendation on the Best Seller Menu. 

Zen Q Desserts@仙Q甜品專賣店


Recently,
there are jungles of dessert shops appear in the market,
springing up like mushrooms after the rain.

SNOWFLAKE: Taiwanese Dessert Secrets

糖百府 Tong Pak Fu Dessert

许留山

Meet Fresh 鲜芋仙,

and,

Zen Q Desserts@Q甜品專賣店


嚴選古早手工,幸福好滋味.”
“Offering traditional handmade Taiwanese desserts that are set to tempt your palates!”


There are wide ranges of desserts and drinks,
Grass Jelly series,
Barley series,
Red Bean Soup series,
Shaved Ice series,
Sago series,
Iced Tea series & Freshly made series.
Grass Jelly? Barley? Red Bean? Sago?
I always get headache when come to ordering...
However,
The main or core dessert will be the Grass Jelly series,
which is the仙草冰.

Therefore,
this is what I order,
“ZenQ Signature”!

soft and smooth Grass Jelly ice,
topped on with a layer of Guan Xi Grass Jelly
and complemented with chewy brown sugar coated Pearls
and the jelly-textured starch noodles.
Not forgetting also ZenQ’s handmade Q Yuan
(Taro Q Yuan which is made from fresh Taro, Sweet Potato Q Yuan which is made from Sweet Potato and also Matcha flavored Q Yuan).

In fact,
you can actually choose for your own ice,
Grass Jelly ice, Matcha ice, or Soya ice.
Personally,
I love the Matcha ice,
especially eaten with the Cafe Cream provided upon serving.
I add 2 cream though...
hehe!!!

The Zen Q Signature I ordered that day come with all Matcha flavored Q Yuan;
I think their Taro & Sweet Potato Q Yuan out of stock.
Besides that, it take quite some times to serve as they are still cooking the Q Yuan .
Hence, the Q Yuan ended up not fully cook and kinda hard to chew.
My friend ordered for the Red Bean Soup Signature.  
Red Bean Soup series,
made from the highest quality Ping Dong Wan Dan red beans,
and slowly cooked to perfection.
Coupled also with Pearls, Starch noodles and also Q Yuan.




She is so satisfied with the dessert.
and she claimed that she preferred this shop compared to XXX,
except for the harden Q Yuan.


Sunday, June 17, 2012

Carls' Junior


Final exam is like the passport to the journey of holidays,
and like the ticket for the journey back to hometown.
Hence,
After struggling for 1 months,
I officially got my “passport” and “ticket” for HOLIDAYS!!!

My very first destination was Sunway Pyramid Leisure Mall.

Look!!!
What food have I hunted today?
Carls’ Junior!!!
An American fast food chain that is famous for charbroiled hamburgers.

A little history here…
Carls’ Junior is a fast food outlet which had first established in America,
and now in Malaysia (since 2007).

For my information,
It can be found in 1-Utama Shopping Complex,
Midvalley Megamall,
Sunway Pyramid,
Mines Shopping Fair
and Pavilion KL Shopping Complex.

“There is a wide variety of specialty burgers that you don’t get from McDonalds;
Though they might be similar to Burger King (BK),
but they have better burgers and complete with better fries.”

This is what I order,
Western Bacon Cheese Burger,

1 Charbroiled All-Beef Patties,
2 Strips of Bacon,
Slice of Melted American Cheese,
Crispy Onion Rings
and Tangy BBQ Sauce on a Toasted Sesame Seed Bun.

This cost me RM 18.00 for combo meal,
with fries and free flow drink.
Just add addition RM1.50 to have medium combo,
and add addition RM3.00 to have large combo.  

Hand-Brewed Chicken,
This is what my friend have as she doesn't not take beef.
Another two friends who look so into their burgers.
This looks similar to the post-tornado attack scenery.
Here,
I'm gonna share some tips on how I filled up my burger.
There will also be free flow of sliced tomatoes, onions, and seasoned-chili,
and the salsa sauce provided at the small bar.
Filled and add up this to your burger for better enjoyment,
of cause, 
this depend on personal favor and taste.
Not to forget to mention,
add on some black pepper too.
Depending on your taste and favor,
filled up your burger with some slices of tomatoes, onions and  seasoned-chili, and the salsa sauce. 
Black pepper and salt holder come with small piece of note,
"size doesn't matter"??!!