Chocolate Nicecream Recipe

We had a whole lot of bananas in the kitchen today and decided to try creating a chocolate version of our favourite nicecream recipe!

Sushi Tei @ Tropicana City Mall

Price Range: A full meal here costs an average of RM50 onwards per person 

Cuisine: Japanese  

Pork-free

Nothing's worse than meal time approaching and you're bombarded with the question, "What to eat?" 

This time around, we let our pocket full of Worthy Book vouchers decide where to head to, and we ended up with a pleasant meal at Sushi Tei =) 

Softsrve @ Damansara Uptown

Price Range: Each cup is upwards of RM8

Cuisine: Soft serve!

Pork-free

These smokin’ soft serves with churros sticking out of them have been taunting us on Instagram for far too long!

We finally gave these cups of heaven a try... and now, we’ll be the ones spamming people’s feeds with these photogenic desserts muahahaha!

How To Make Ice Cream Using Only 1 Ingredient!

Phew, the weather’s been extra warm lately, hasn’t it? Beat the heat with this cool little recipe! 

The best part? You don't need a fully-stocked pantry either! All you need is one magical ingredient =) 

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! 

Tweet to Eat at the Nuffnang FoodFest!

Tweet to eat? What a fascinating concept! 

We are stoked about the upcoming Nuffnang FoodFest (#NNFoodFest) happening this October, and can't wait to explore a concept very much new to us: social media currency! Yep, your smartphone is all you need at this wallets-not-required food celebration (might wanna bring along a powerbank though!). 

Intrigued? Save the date: 

Date: 5th of October 2013 (Saturday) Time: 4.00PM – 10.00PM Venue: Blue Atrium, Sunway Pyramid

The food fest will feature a huge array of delicacies, with around 50 food stalls to choose from, for the convenience of its attendees to savour local and international favourites all in one place. Besides tweeting and eating (tweating?), there will also be cooking competitions and food photography workshops to appeal to the fervent foodie. 

We'll keep you updated once we hear more news about the Nuffnang FoodFest, so stay tuned! In the meantime, you can also heead on over to www.nnfoodfest.com for more info. If you're keen to attend, RSVP here! 

Save the date, and we'll see you there! =) 

Ben & Jerry's @ Omotesando Hills, Tokyo

Price Range : Mid-range
Cuisine : Ice Cream
Recommended For : The novelty of ingesting freshly-scooped B&J's 
Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes 

We turned absolutely green with envy when we heard the beloved ice cream brand had opened their flagship store in this colourful Japanese city last year. It seems unreal that a year later we would be traipsing around the Omotesando streets and ending up on Ben & Jerry's welcoming doorstep. 

Quan Ice Cream & Coffee House @ Pandan Indah

Price Range : Budget

Cuisine : Asian, Western, Desserts

Recommended For : A wholesomely satisfying meal

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes, thankfully!

There are some places that are just too darn awesome that you don’t even know where to even begin gushing about them... Quan Ice Cream & Coffee House’s range of foods far exceeds its humble name, ranging from rice dishes, to rainy-day-friendly soup noodles, to surprisingly commendable Western favourites. As if the mains are not attractive enough, they also serve an extensive line of desserts, plus super interesting beverages!

Damas Sweets @ Ampang Point

Price Range: Mid-range

Cuisine: Middle Eastern (Desserts)

Recommended For: Sweets craving of the Arabic kind

Catphobia-Friendly?: Yeah!

So, evidently, we’re highly inspired by Arabic foods at the moment. You’ve got your mains, you’ve got your Arabic coffee and tea. Now all we need to complete the course: desserts! Baklava and the gang seem to have risen in popularity along with the sudden increase in Arabic restaurants in Malaysia. Ten years back (after a glorious makan trip to Istanbul) it was almost impossible for us to find passable baklavas in KL, passable being delicious and affordable. Now, lucky for us, there are such places like Damas Sweets =)

Mukha @ Taman Tun Dr Ismail

Price Range : Mid-range 

Cuisine : Arabic-influenced cafe foods 

Recommended For: Lengthy lunches and chilled nights 

Catphobia-Friendly? : Quite =) 

Somehow small, kitschy (we wonder how many times we’ve used that word in our blog so far…. Another word count we’re wondering: flavourful) cafes seem to be mushrooming in every nook and cranny of the city, giving us more options to fuel our fondness for mismatched furniture and chalkboard menus (an added plus to the growing number of indie-ish cafes: more places for us to pass baseless judgements on hipsters from the back of our coffee cups. It’s a terribly fun hobby that, try as we may, we can’t quit. We’ll try harder).

Happy World Nutella Day!

Not only is this Sunday followed by a holiday Monday (and Tuesday!), it is also World Nutella Day (yes, it's a real thing!)! How much more awesome can today get? On behalf of the Nutella nuts here at BLD, we hope you have yourselves a Nutella-filled day! 

Just a heads up, if you're feeling like celebrating with some Buy 1 Free 1 Nutella Ice Cream, head over to these outlets later today! 

- The Bee @ Publika 

- Marmalade Cafe 

- Fat Spoon Cafe @ Damansara Uptown 

- WHISK Espresso Bar + Bake Shop @ Empire Gallery & 1 Utama 

- Simply Mel's @ Avenue 1, Bangsar South 

Rawa Steamboat @ Taman Gaya, Johor Bahru

Budget Range	Budget
Type of Cuisine	Steamboat and Grill (Buffet)
Recommended For	Really (like, REALLY) hungry people
Catphobia-Friendly	Yes. Hardly any cats around

There are days when you can find the strength to say no to your favourite slice of cake.  And then there are some days when the glutton in you is unleashed and you feel like devouring every living thing in your path. When you’re having days such as the latter, Rawa Steamboat will be waiting for you happily! At only RM18 per head, the buffet truly satisfies.

Living Food Bistro & Cafe @ Wisma Tan & Tan

Price Range	: Mid-range
Type of Cuisine	: Organic
Recommended For	: A feel-good, guilt-free wholesome meal
Catphobia-Friendly	: Yep!

We were invited to try this latest addition to the growing list of healthy eateries in KL by the cafe’s gracious owner, Philip, and we are still reeling from the experience. Yes, we’ve had our fair share of organic meals, but none comes close to Living Food! When asked what makes the food at this cafe so organic, Philip, ever ready with his interesting explanations, informed us, “We go beyond organic. It’s not just about how the ingredients are grown, but more importantly, what ingredients are actually used.”

Jogoya Japanese Buffet Restaurant @ Starhill Gallery

Price Range	: Splurge
Type of Cuisine	: Japanese Buffet
Recommended For	: Proper food indulgence of the Japanese kind
Catphobia-Friendly	: Definitely!

 We take our penchant for Japanese food seriously, and at Jogoya, it is evident that they do too! There’s steam floating off each of their buffets counters, either from freshly-cooked dishes, or from mounds of ice keeping their seafood super fresh!

The restaurant is rather large, with each counter offering one mouth-watering dish after another, that we literally didn’t know where to start! When in doubt, always go for the sashimi! The sashimi here is pure perfection. The slices are thick and meaty, and with each bite you can feel the firmness of the fresh fish sinking under your teeth. The salmon is of course a no-brainer must-have but their butter fish sashimi is the best we’ve ever had, like ever! It literally melts in your mouth, as it should.

The Korean oysters we had were about as big as our palms (and some even bigger), and they are so fleshy and huge and incredibly fresh. Topped with a spritz of lemon juice, it is an obese piece of heaven just waiting to pleasure your tastebuds.