BRYCG @ Off Jalan Ampang, KL

Price Range: A bit on the high side (mains are about  RM25 onwards)

Cuisine: New Orleans favourites

Pork-free

Had one too many Eggs Benedict for brunch already? Change up the mid-morning meal plans with the best of Creole cooking!

Nasi Ulam Cikgu @ Kampung Kraftangan, Kota Bharu

Price Range: Budget

Cuisine: Nasi campur, Kelantanese style

Halal

If lunch doesn’t count to you if rice is not involved, then you’d appreciate this fuss-free eatery famed for rice with ulam and assorted lauk (like the legendary giant keli!)

Kopitiam Kita @ Jalan Pengkalan Chepa, Kota Bharu

Price Range: Budget

Cuisine: Kopitiam fare

Halal

The best breakfast to kickstart your morning in Kota Bharu ought to be a wholesome meal of Roti Titab and a cuppa smooth, rich Kopi O!

Classmate Buddy Set @ Ecole P, Damansara Uptown

Update: This restaurant has closed permanently =( 

Price: RM127.20 for this 4-pax set (but you can get it at up to 22%off via KindMeal!)

Cuisine: Fusion

Pork-free

A fun dinner idea: having a primary school-themed meal set served in a space decked out to look like a bilik darjah. 

The evening involved us retrieving cutleries from our Spiderman school bag, and playing lawan pemadam.

Nasi Campur Iga Set @ Waroeng Iga, 1 Utama

When the craving for something wholesome with a spicy twist hits (a highly specific craving but a very real craving nonetheless…), this impressive rice set at the much-loved Indonesian eatery ranks high on our priority list.

Not letting its namesake down, Waroeng Iga is a crowd favourite in 1 Utama for their tender, flavourful Indonesian-style beef ribs (iga)!

Bonjour Garden @ The Intermark, Jln Tun Razak

Price Range: Mains range from RM14 to RM48

Cuisine: Pasta, pizza, sandwiches, pastries

Pork-free

When stumped on a place for dinner, we’ve found ourselves heading to this quaint little bakery-cafe way too often. Have you tried the food here? Oh yes, then you’d know what we mean!  

Mix & Match Set Menu @ Sushi King

Price Range: Mid-range

Cuisine: Japanese

Catphobia-Friendly?: Yes

Pork-free (refer to note at the end of the post for further clarification)

Our peak levels of indecisiveness usually strike the moment we step into a Japanese restaurant. Every single thing on the menu is amazing but there’s only so much stomach space (and not forgetting budget!) to go by. To go with the salmon don or the tenpura udon? The saba kabayaki or the salmon karaage?

So we dropped by Sushi King the other day after a long time, and found that they’ve introduced a Mix and Match Set – smaller portions of Japanese favourites that you can have as a set! Perfect!

Franco @ 1Utama

Price Range : Slightly splurge-y (mains are mostly RM20 and above) 

Cuisine: Japanese-French fusion 

Cat-phobia-Friendly?: Yes 

Pork-free (some dishes have traces of alcohol, which they highlight in the menu)  

Franco has got it going on in this busy street in OU for quite a while now, though some may have known it by its previous label, Miam Miam. We're sincerely glad Franco won the name battle ;) 

Mikey's New York Pizza @ Publika

Price Range: Mid-range

Cuisine: Pizza

Cat-phobia Friendly?: Yes

Pork-Free

We’ve been bidding ‘How you doin’?’ to Joey’s pizzas for far too long. A worrying habit, we realize. Stop taunting us, Joey!

Lucky for us, we can now put our Friends rerun binges on hold and say hello to a proper fold-in-half-to-fit-in-your-mouth piece of New York pizza!

[Ramadhan Buffet Review] M Cafe by Meesha Sukira @ Plaza Damansara

Price Range: Mid-range

Cuisine: Malay

Cat-phobia Friendly?: Yes

Pork-Free

Oh yes, it’s that time of the year already! With Ramadhan just around the corner, so begins our buka puasa reviews to ease your meal-planning this June =) A big thank you to Food Ink for introducing this cozy little café to us!

Wanderlust @ Solaris Mont Kiara

Price Range: Mid-range

Cuisine: Fusion

Cat-phobia Friendly?: Yes

Pork-Free

True to its name, Wanderlust introduces a world of flavours in each adventurous dish served. Thanks to Food Ink, the tongue traveller in us spent the balmy afternoon happily traipsing from one creative culinary interpretation to another!

The Bites Cafe @ Lake Fields Sg Besi

Price Range : Mid-range

Cuisine : Western 

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yep!

Pork-Free

Whenever we try a new restaurant, the first bite would usually determine whether or not we were in for a good time. Aptly enough, every single bite at Bites is hypnotic, exciting, and satisfying right to the very end.

Ayam Kampung Publika @ Damansara Perdana

Price Range : Budget

Cuisine : Malay  

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes, despite it being open air!

Halal

We were having this discussion the other day on the ultimate test to see whether someone truly knows you or not: if they can buy you a plate of nasi campur that contains all the lauk you would’ve picked yourself, you’ve got yourself a soul mate!

Anyways, on a slightly unrelated note...for a less daunting nasi campur dining option, check out Ayam Kampung Publika! 

Fikcles @ Taman Tun Dr Ismail

Price: Mid-range 

Cuisine: Western 

Catphobia-Friendly?: Yes 

Halal

At a glance, Fikcles fits right in with the current quirky café troupe with its adorably-painted façade and its coffee-scented interior. But scan through the menu and you’ll find this genius creation that sets this cosy café significantly apart:

Tasty Chapathi @ Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur

Price: Mid-range 

Cuisine : Indian (with a good range of vegetarian options!) 

Catphobia-Friendly?: Yes

Pork-Free 

You know one of those restaurants where everything that arrives on your dinner table are perfect tens, no misses? Tasty Chapati is one of those rare gems for us, and is possibly our favourite place for soulful Indian dishes right now (we have had our iftar 3 times here within the span of 1.5 weeks, if that says anything). 

FIQS Gastronomy @ SS19, Subang Jaya

Price : Mid-range 
Cuisine : Fine dining-ish 
Recommended For : Enjoying expertly crafted foods without the pretentious frou-frou setting
Catphobia Friendly?: Yes siree! 

Fancy foods in a comfy, casual space? You're looking for FIQS Gastronomy. Tucked away in a random corner of SS19, the unassuming little eatery is truly a breath of fresh air! 

The menu is delicate and thoughtful, and we had quite the debate trying to decide on our dinner dishes! 

Sizzling Brownie with Oreo Ice Cream @ Acme Bar & Coffee, The Troika

Price Range : Mid-range   

Cuisine : Western 

Recommended For : Idling over coffee and cake, watching the hurried city go by 

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes

Too many times we have had to listen to awestruck stories of this wondrous creation, and too many times we kept telling ourselves we urgently needed to swing by Acme Bar & Coffee and see what the fuss is about! 

We are happy to report that our procrastination has finally come to a complete halt. The Sizzling Brownie with Oreo Ice Cream (RM 19) is, easily, one of the most genius offerings to grace the foodscapes of KL! 

Breakfast Sets @ Tappers Cafe, Damansara Uptown

Price Range : Mid-range   

Cuisine : Western selections for their breakfast sets

Recommended For : A morning meal out that's cosy enough for alone time or with company

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes

Funnily enough, it's not too easy to find poached eggs for breakfast around Taman Tun area (besides the magnificent ones at Mukha). Turning to Foursquare for help, we were pointed to an unlikely destination for good, runny poached eggs... A big hurray for Tappers Cafe! 

Dim Sum A La Carte Buffet Brunch @ China Treasures, Sime Darby Convention Centre

Price Range : Mid-range   

Cuisine : Dim Sum

Recommended For : Good halal dim sums! 

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes

One of our biggest struggles when it comes to food (makan oso got struggles! First world problems habis!) has always been finding good halal dim sums!   

For a reasonable RM50++ per person, China Treasures ends the search for us with its utterly satisfying a la carte buffet, with over 48 different dim sum dishes to choose from! 

We Finally Caught Up with Royal Post's Coffee Truck!

Price Range : Mid-range  

Cuisine : Coffee!        

Recommended For : A cup of coffee that comes with a challenge

Catphobia-Friendly? : Depending on the location, we suppose  

After months of stalking Royal Post’ Instagram uploads, we rounded the corner to work today and were ecstatic to find the signature red-white-black coffee truck parked in front of the office! Finally, we were able to give this elusive traveling cup of coffee a try! (You know how we love them elusive eats, from our Humble Chef-stalking days).