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 =) 

Oriental Group Set @ Beyond Veggie, 1 Utama

Price: RM94.70 

Cuisine: Asian vegetarian

Pork-free

  

We’re not usually fans of mock meat, but we gotta hand it to Beyond Veggie... their vegetarian spread totally exceeded our expectations!

Greenlicious @ 10 Boulevard

Price Range: Mains average around RM18ish

Cuisine: Health food, with a focus on vegan and vegetarian options

Pork-free

Oh, happy day! We’ve found a vegan-friendly eatery super near to home, yay! =)

And an excellent eatery at that! We were absolutely floored by the incredible colours and flavours that filled up our dining table. Yep, this is most definitely our jam!

Little Yum Yum @ Kota Damansara

Price Range : Mid-range 

Cuisine : Nyonya

Catphobia Friendly? : Yes
Halal

What started out as a wife's unbridled affection for her husband by learning the intricate ways of Nyonya cooking from her mother-in-law, is now one of the top Nyonya restaurants in town! 

Dao Kia @ One Utama

Price Range : Budget 

Cuisine : Soy drinks and desserts 

Recommended For : A vegan snack 

Catphobia Friendly? : Yes 

Favourite post-lunch desserts, right here! Who can say no to Dao Kia's silky smooth soy puddings? 

Kampong Kravers @ Damansara Kim

Price Range : Budget 

Cuisine : Snacks and desserts (karipap is the specialty here) 

Recommended For : Tea-time snack 

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes 

Fancy having a karipap version of pineapple tarts? How about sweet durian custard stuffed into karipaps? 

If you answered yes to the above, Kampong Kravers deserves a spot on your makan list! Specialising in the art of making karipaps, the unassuming cafe provides a wide selection of this staple Malaysian snack! 

Sukiya @ Kota Damansara

Price Range : Budget 
Cuisine : Japanese (Fast food) 
Recommended For : Casual meals 
Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes 

The bright facade of Sukiya caught out attention and drew us in for dinner a few nights back; welcomed warmly by very Japanese-sounding staff, we stood at the self-service counter and had fond flashbacks of Yoshinoya! 

Veggies Gyudon

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).

Set Lunch @ Little Taiwan, One Utama

Price Range : Mid-range 

Cuisine : Taiwanese   

Recommended For : When you’re super hungry!  

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes

A walk around One Utama in determination to find exciting lunch sets to add to our list ended deliciously at Little Taiwan. The set menu can get quite confusing, as there were a few different types of sets on offer, but at least there’s a huge selection to choose from!

Charms Cafe @ One Utama

Price Range : Mid-range

Cuisine : Asian & Western   

Recommended For : Great for a pre/post-movie meal; just steps away from TGV

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes

The beautifully-decorated Charms has always stood out among the electronics and clothing stores that mostly occupy that old wing/new wing limbo on the top floor of OU. To say that it’s unnoticeable would be a complete lie, but the truth behind our avoidance of the restaurant stems from the fact that Julie used to work there after Form 5, while waiting for college to start. Not that there was anything wrong with the food, but it’s just awkward to have your colleagues suddenly serve you food, isn’t it? You’d feel like you should take the plates back to the kitchen after your meal or something (which, of course, you won’t be doing because you’re now a customer).

myBurgerLab @ Seapark

Price Range : Mid-range

Cuisine : Good burgers

Recommended For : Young diners in small groups (not a great place to dine at with impatient parents and screaming  young kids, but thankfully, there’s the tapau option)

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes

It was only a matter of time before we surrendered to the most-frequently tagged eatery on our respective Instagrams. The #beautifulmess and #foodporn on our feeds at 7.41pm on a Sunday night were the hashtags that broke the camel’s back.

Carnaval Churrascaria @ Damansara Jaya

Price Range : Splurge 
Cuisine : Brazilian 
Recommended For : Filling up the carnivore quota 
Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes 

Having been heavily inspired by Latin American culture these past few weeks, what with our salsa nights and digging around for obscure Chayanne films, it was not surprising that we would end up on the doorstep of Carnaval Churrascaria, vying for a taste of a true Brazilian feast! 

Angsana Risoles @ Kelana Jaya

Price Range : Budget

Cuisine : Malay (Snacks)

Recommended For : Sinful treats to be tapau-ed back to the office for teatime

Catphobia-Friendly? : It actually is!

It seems that every time we lunch at Kuay Teow Auntie Gemuk, somehow or other we will end up at Angsana Risoles, somehow or other we will be returning to the car with a heaving brown bag full of piping hot risoles, and somehow or other the brown bag is emptied much too quickly. It’s as if we’ve fallen under a spell… of risoles?

Bahn Baguette @ One Utama

Price Range: Mid-range 

Cuisine : Vietnamese 
Recommended For : An exotic alternative to Subway 
Catphobia-Friendly? : Very! 


We seem to be rather receptive to Vietnamese cuisine lately, and our current favourite haunt of the Viet kind: Bahn Baguette! Being colonized by the French has greatly impacted the foodscapes of Vietnam, where such treats as baguettes are a common sight. Couple that with fresh Vietnamese flavours and you’ve got yourself an effortlessly beautiful fusion of East and West.

Bahn Baguette, in our eyes, serves as an exotic alternative to Subway. They offer interesting daily promotions as well:

Set Lunch @ Opika Restaurant, One Utama

Price Range : Mid-range 

Cuisine : Organic 
Recommended For : When you want something healthy without busting your wallet 
Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes 

In keeping with our current hobby of scouring the best places for set lunches, we present to you: Opika! If you are a frequent OU visitor, no doubt you would have seen their colourful vege-fruits pillar wraps all around. If you haven’t actually tried it, having a taste of their set lunch may give you a clear idea of what you can expect from Opika.

Sate Madura @ Jalan Masjid, Kayu Ara

Price Range : Budget 
Cuisine : Indonesian (Madurese)
Recommended For : Satay cravings
Catphobia-Friendly? : At times, yes =)


Sate Madura is, quite simply, one of our favourite Indonesian discoveries. Madurese cuisine is similar to East Javanese cuisine, probably due to their geographical proximity: it is characterised by the omnipresence of kicap manis and liberal usage of chilli in its dishes. 

Ayam Penyet RIA @ Sunway Mentari Business Park

Price Range : Budget

Cuisine : Indonesian 
Recommended For : Penyet-related cravings 
Catphobia-Friendly? : Yeah! No cats around! 


Who doesn't love ayam penyet? Tender, crispy and spicy all at once, the quintessential East Javanese dish has (unsurprisingly) garnered a remarkable following among KLites. East Javanese cuisine is known for being especially spicy, and you can definitely feel the kick here at Ayam Penyet RIA. We have been coming to this outlet ever since our college days, and leave extremely satisfied every time! 

Essentially, ayam penyet is an interesting upgrade to the traditional fried chicken. The fact that it is bashed with a pestle and marinated in a medley of spices before being fried makes the chicken meat incredibly succulent! The crispy crust and its addictive habuk creates interesting texture, and makes the fried chicken all the more delicious. 

Ayam Penyet (RM 8)

Food Foundry @ Happy Mansion, Section 17

Price Range : Mid-range 

Cuisine : Western, Desserts 
Recommended For : Awesome mille crepes
Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes, thank goodness! 

Okay, so we've raved on and on and ON about how obsessed we are with mille crepe here. And well, why wouldn't we? The delicate pastry is so lovingly-made, with all its dainty layers, and effortlessly hits the sweet spot. 

Mille crepe is potentially becoming the new macaroon, as is evident by its sudden hushed popularity. Before each random cafe decides to start serving them, it may help to head to Food Foundry to know what it's actually supposed to taste like. 

Free Boost Juice Crush & Starbucks Grande Frappuccino for Earth Hour 2012

So, us being us, even for Earth Hour our main focus is still on food. Specifically, FREE food! (Can we get any more Malaysian?) 

And these are some promos that we've come across so far! Firstly, you can check out Boost Juice's Earth Hour Free Boost... It works similar to their What's Your Name promo, but the twist this time is that you can claim a free drink if your name contains any of these letters: 'O', 'U' and 'T'. 

So, if your name is, say... Bob, or Julie, head on down to any Boost Juice outlet in KL between 7.30pm to 8.30 pm tonight! All you have to do is just show your IC =) 

After that, make your way to the nearest Starbucks, check in on Foursquare, and grab  yourself a free grande Frappuccino! This one is pretty straight-forward and won't make you wish your parents had named you Azharo instead ;) 

Happy claiming and enjoying your free drinks, and may you guys have a great Earth Hour! 

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