Ampang Yong Tow Foo (at Jalan Imbi)

Even before I moved to KL, I've been coming to this stall for its Yong Tow Foo (yong tau fu).

Now that I'm here, I still do come here - for it does serve really fresh and affordable yong tow foo. And which are pretty delicious too!

There's a range of the dishes - and usually I'll take one of each.. like the stuffed ladyfingers, chillies, bitter gourd and fried sui kow.

The ones that I usually take extra are the rather huge stuffed brinjal and the must-try stuffed tau fu. These are usually amongst the best selling items here and sometimes they do run out if late.

Btw this stall is located at the open air hawkers centre.. which is beside the Honda Showroom (and diagonally opposite the 7-11). It is the busiest stall at the area!

It opens from evening (bout 6pm) daily but closes on every Tuesday.

This is one of the top ten KL food stalls I like, and have recommended it to both my local and tourist friends - with good feedback!! :)

How I Celebrated Mother's Day 2013

It's not often that I spend time with my mum.. with her being in hometown Malacca, and me here in KL.

While we do meet up every month or so, but still.. that never seems enough. Weekends are always short!!

So, when Mother's Day came.. I thought I'd spend some time with mum. The idea was simple - to just spend time :)

And so, I went back to hometown Malacca on the Saturday. This is quite something for me, as I was just back in Malacca the previous weekend for voting. And to go back again is quite unexpected for me!

But, well I (surprisingly) did :)

The first thing we did on Mother's Day was to go to the temple and we then went to buy some pineapple tarts. I know these has nothing much to do with Mother's Day, right...

We then headed for lunch at this newly discovered restaurant, Baboon.. which is located in Hereen Street (aka Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock). 

This to me, was the highlight.. as it was the "Mother's Day" lunch for us.. though it's just burgers. But well, good burgers at a very lovely restaurant it was!

After lunch, we went back home to rest (Malacca weather is as always - hot!). 

Then in the early evening, we went for a movie. I've already watched all the blockbusters currently showing.. except for Star Trek. So, we went to watched this movie. 

I've never been much of a Star Trek fan, and well.. this movie kinda confirms it - for it's always bout the ship! It wasn't bad but just not in my favourite list. Mum however seemed to enjoy it more, so that was good. 

Post movie, was time for dinner. We tried going to one of the Japanese restaurants mum wanted to go, but that was full. In fact, lots of restaurants were full on that day. Wonder if it was because it's Sunday, or because it's Mother's Day or many tourist just haven't left the city!

But anyway, we just headed to one of the other nearby restaurants.. and it happen to be this Taiwan inspired restaurant. Which btw has a logo of cute Polar Bears as its theme.

The food was pretty standard - "Taiwanese" style. I kinda enjoyed it but this time round, mum wasn't so into it though.

Then it was back to home. And before going to bed, we had mum's own cooking of white fungus (and more) dessert. It was a nice ending to Mother's Day.

This wasn't a big day with lots of events or something really fanciful, but I enjoyed this day.. having spent my time with mum. Maybe, I might just consider going back Malacca more often? :)

KL's Best Burger: My Burger Lab!

I love burgers. And tell me a good burger joint, and I'll definitely go try it out.Well, so the story goes for the oh-so-popular My Burger Lab.

The thing is, this “fast food” restaurant has been opened close to a year now.. but it took me a while to visit it. Stories of its long queue just puts me off.. no matter how much I've heard bout it.

But well, time has passed.. and I thought it was a good time to visit the restaurant.

And well, secondly, my friend, an avid food lover “swears” by this burger joint.

So, when he invited me again - I knew I jumped on board. 

The time to meet was 430pm, half an hour earlier than the opening time. To him, it's better to queue before the opening than once it's opened. 

And he is right. We were lucky to be the 3rd group in queue. Soon, the queue started to form.. all the way from the shop to a few rows down. 

And at about 5pm sharp, the "gates" were opened.. and we started to queue behind the counter. The mistake we made - we kinda forgot to "book" a seat.. and soon tables were being filled up. But lucky us, we managed to squeze with some fellow burger fans. 

Btw, there's a host of burgers listed on the menu.. but the popular one is probably Beef The Hulk and Popular Mess. The names already sound good, right? :)

All of us added RM6 for fries and bottomless soda (self service). 

Honestly, I couldn't wait to eat them burgers. I just wanted to see how good the burgers were.. with the queue plus my friend's recommendation already confirming that this should be good.. But the question is how good? 

And so, the burgers came, and I sinked my teeth into those black buns (chracoal buns). And OMG, it is really good!

The meat is tender and juicy. The buns are soft. And added with cheese, the rather simple dish.. is simply the bomb!

I got to admit, my curiousity is answered. My Burger Lab deserves its tagline to be the best burger joint in KL... even better than my previous review of Malaysia's best Ramly burger. 

And that comes from one who eats quite a fair bit of burgers around the city. But hey, don't just trust me.. why not check it out yourself? :)

Very satisfied burger fans!

My friend Mark who introduced My Burger Lab, with gf. 

For me - I can't wait to go back again. Those burgers are tempting!!

Address:

14, Jalan 21/22, SeaPark, 46300 PJ, Selangor. 

Opens Tuesdays - Sundays, 5-11pm. 

*They state on the website that the burgers are from grass fed Australian beef. Don't other beef come from grass fed too? :)

Malaysian Tsunami (Pakatan Rally)

My black tee.. for the night!

The 58 Ubah (Black 505) carnival like gathering yesterday was awesome!

Friend, Ben CMX and me - our first time attending such a rally

I sat with fellow Malaysians of different races and ages from youngsters to even the older generation.. all of us listening and cheering the speakers as they came one by one on stage.

The crowd was massive. We sat in the middle of the field!

Full of Malaysians, of all races, religion and background.. young and old!!

Malays who sat beside me. Cheers :)

Many big names gave their speeches including Rafizi, Nurul Izzah, Lim Kit Siang and of course Anwar Ibrahim!

The speakers of all Pakatan parties spoke mainly in our Bahasa Kebangsaa, with some English. They mainly shared the fraud issues that happened, and the need to elect a winning government - one that has won the Rakyat's popular vote!

The crowd has been very supportive and responsive, cheering with the MC and them.. to the words like "ubah", "reformasi", "ini kalilah", etc.

Before dispersing, the huge crowd (some estimate 50000-65000) sang the national anthem together!

The post event was just as great - I met some friends and took photos with fellow Malaysians - some in "masks", some holding banners, many in black tees.

Bumped into my Indian friends. Like his tee!

Someone grabbed my shoulder in when in the field, giving me a shock (was thinking it was gonna be a fight).. but no lah, it was my friends!! :)

At the end before leaving, a Malay guy came up to me and friend.. shook our hands and said "I have Chinese friends". Nice gesture :)

Pakatan Rakyat may not have "won" to form a new government, but if there's one thing in this whole GE.. Is that it has brought us Malaysians even much closer than before.

Personally Pakatan Rakyat can take credit for that. Just see the turnout that supported them!!

They don't need slogans with mega advertising but instead just pure intentions to help Malaysians of all races!!

To that - I say, Syabas!!