Food Review - Burger Bar

Name

Burger Bar 

Food

Burger Joint

Location

Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park

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Getting There & Parking
This place is located within the Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park enclave. So the parking situation would be the same as for Misaki Udon.

Ambience
The place is clean and well-lit. The decor is simple and un-cluttered.In fact, I was told it kind of reminded people of the dining places in Seoul.


The place is a little unusual and you can see this the moment you enter the place. This is because the Cashier/Order Counter is right at the front of the shop and diners must place their orders & PAY before entering to secure their table and seats. I say unusual because I thought this only happens for fast-food outlets. So, when I encountered that, I was a little put off.

Presentation
Nicely plated on square white china. However, the plates are a little too small as I find that tiny scraps of food keep falling off the plate.

Food/Taste
The pork patties were obviously home-made. Thick and juicy and extremely irresistible. I have never seen them on sale anywhere before. Just describing them is making me salivate.

The portion is also quite generous as even without the fries, I found myself quite full & satisfied with just the burger alone!

I for one am very glad that this place serves pork burgers (Sorry Ninja Joe)! I know there are a couple around but there should be more of these places because pork is SO GOOD!

But altho' they look pretty good, I was a little taken aback by the amount of oil that was still on the buns as they were served. I think almost everyone eats burgers with their fingers but when I picked it up, my fingers were drenched in oil.

Variety
They have quite an extensive menu, with burgers to suit all kinds of diners. They have Chicken, Beef & Pork burgers. They also have a tiny pasta section plus 1 Hot Dog item - the Double Jumbo Hotdog (RM14.90) - a delectable Taiwan Style sausage wrapped in minced pork and then served on a bun.

Some of the items have a very deliberately Oriental slant to them:
- Char Siew (BBQ Pork) Chicken/Pork Burger
- Teriyaki Chicken/Pork Burger
- Nam Yu (Fermented Tofu) Chicken/Pork Burger

VFM
As boutique burger bars spring up all over the Klang Valley, the prices are pretty competitive. They are not cheap coz at an average of RM15 a pop, for just the burger, I could've gotten 2 Burger King Meal Sets with fries & drinks. Altho' here, diners have the option to "make it a meal" by adding on RM4 for the fries and drink.

Food Review - Misaki Udon (Kuchai)

Name

Misaki Udon (Halal) - Closed on Wed nights

Food

Japanese Cuisine

Location

Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park

Getting there

It's located at a secluded quieter end corner of the Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park or if you are there on Wed nights, it's at the edge of the Kuchai Pasar Malam. Be aware also that on Wed nights, the night of the Pasar Malam, it won't be open.
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You may need to drive around a couple of times around the commercial area before you can locate it but it isn't hard to do so as the place is brightly lit with a giant bowl of Udon Noodles right in front of the shop.

Parking

As the place is located in an enclave of shops, including various other dining/food shops, there are lots of street parking spaces in front of the shops.

Ambience
Despite its no-frills concept and small space (I think the place can only seat about 25-30 people at a time) I quite like this place as it's also clean & brightly lit. 

I also like the way the placed the cashier together with the kitchen at the back rather than in the front right next to the door like in most places.

Service

The wait staff (I believe they're either Myanmarese or Filipinos) is really responsive and attend to us very quickly every time we dine there. Diners are given the menu and a piece of paper for the items to be written down at your leisure for your order to be taken & processed. Yes, this is a method that's getting more and more popular.

There was once when we were there, the lady boss was also there. She was very young and pretty. I think she was trying to make some changes to the menu & kitchen and after we had our meal, she had the kitchen prepare a couple of Tempura items for us to try out. She told us that these items will soon be part of their new menu.

Presentation

I love how the food is served, although it's nothing special as many other Japanese-themed eateries also use these type of plastic serving bowls - big and generous looking.

So upon food presentation, diners are already made to think that their meals are large-portioned and has great value for money. 

It's not restaurant food but it's not exactly fast food either as we need to wait about 10-15 minutes each time we eat there, regardless of the dining crowd size, but the bright side to that is that you know that the food actually needs to be cooked.

Variety

There are enough choices from both the hot and cold noodles for diners to try on their visits. Diners can also choose either to have their noodles (Soba or Udon) dry or with soup. Plus, there are a number of side items like scallops, baby octopi (octopuses?), jellyfish, Chawan Mushi (Steamed Egg) etc. Diners who want more of the good stuff like seaweed or Fujok (Soya Sheets) can add on as well.

The noodles I usually order is the Dry Cha Cheong (meat sauce) Udon (RM6).

We usually order the deep fried chicken chunks (RM3) and the Marinated scallops (RM4) with our noodles whenever we're there.

Taste 

All the items that we've tried were very flavourful. I have no doubt that all the other items that we have not tried yet would be equally as good.

The deep fried chicken chunks are always piping hot whenever we order them.

Value for Money 

The noodles are very affordable & are good value for money (at RM5-9 per bowl) and considering it is Japanese cuisine, it's fair to even call it cheap.

Overall

Simple & fuss-free. More importantly, clean, affordable & delicious. This is an ideal place for everybody, from families to young couples or a group of friends as there are enough items for people with differing tastes and enough variety to warrant return visits and at prices that are really budget friendly.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Food Review - Kuchai Yong Tau Foo

Name
Kuchai Yong Tau Foo (B’Fast/Lunch only)
I still have not found a good YTF stall that opens at night. If you know of one (or more), do let me know!
Address
Corner of Jalan 2/116B, Kuchai Entrepreneurs’ Park
Food
Yong Tau Foo/Jue Cheong Fun
Location
Kuchai

Getting there
You may come from any direction. Just drive toward the Kuchai Entrepreneurs’ Park from the Jalan Kuchai Lama Traffic Light Junction. After the junction, head straight where you will see lots of shop lots on both sides, and on the 2nd left turning, turn left there. There’s a row of shop lots on your left. This place is right at the left corner at the end of the road (and corner of a T-Junction).
Parking
Parking is a little haphazard as is generally so for the entire Kuchai Entrepreneurs’ Park but with a little patience, you will eventually find a spot within walking distance.

Service
Well, this is a typical Chinese-Styled coffee shop, so there is no service per se. You go to the stall you fancy and order directly from them.

The stall is divided into 2 sections:
- one for the Jue Cheong Fun (JCF)
- one for the Yong Tau Foo (where you can pick the variety and pieces you want)
The food delivery if quick and fuss-free.

Ambience
This place honestly needs a little clean up. Not a place that would attract diners based on appearance or cleanliness.
Taste
This stall serves pretty good YTF. One of the better ones I would say. The JCF is also good. The noodles are pretty smooth. The crunchy fried shrimp garnish on top of the JCF is really the good stuff that I can’t get enough of.

Presentation
Pretty standard. Dry items come dry and wet items come with the soup.
Variety
The standard YTF items incl: - YTF
- Jau YTF (Fried Tofu)
- Jau Fujok (Fried Bean curd skin)
- Jau Sui-gow (Fried Sui-gow)
- Yong Kok Tow (Ladies’ Fingers)
- Ai Gua (Brinjal)
- Lat Jiu (Chillies)
- Yue Dan (Fish Balls)
- Fu Gua (Bittergourd)
- Jue Pei (Pork Skin – This item is not quite standard and is personally one of my favorite items. This stall’s variety stuffs the Jue Pei with generous portions of fish paste and then lightly fried. LOVE THIS)

I order a plate of Jue Cheong Fun to round off the meal. There are 2 types of Jue Cheong Fun:
- Standard sweet and chili sauce
- Light curry soup

Value for Money
It’s RM0.90/pc. Higher than most YTF stalls. However, the pieces are larger than the ones you get at Ampang. So, a little compromise there.

It’s pretty decent for what would be considered a fairly healthy meal but it still loses out (but only by the skin of the teeth) to my all-time favorite YTF stall at Petaling Street.

Overall
The fact that the stall also sells Jue Cheong Fun makes it a solid combo stall to visit & try.