[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!

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! 

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!

Medan Ikan Bakar @ Jalan Bellamy

Price Range	Budget
Type of Cuisine	Malay (Grilled seafood)
Recommended For	As the title suggests, a good plate (or two!) of ikan bakar!
Catphobia-Friendly	Not surprisingly, there are WAY too many jumpy cats around

When talking about ikan bakar in KL, the first place that undoubtedly comes to mind is Jalan Bellamy. Super crowded at lunch time, this place is so popular with the KL working crowd that many have admitted to leaving the office way before lunchtime just to eat at this place (which is actually a smart move, considering the fact that if you reach the place later than 12pm, you can join the looooong queue of waiting for an empty table).

Hajjah Mona Asam Pedas @ Taman Kota Laksamana, Melaka

Price Range	Budget
Type of Cuisine	Malay
Recommended For	You, if you’re looking for the best asam pedas in Melaka
Catphobia-Friendly	Noooo! =(

Among the many, MANY must-try foods of Melaka, asam pedas remains (for us, at least) the one most sought after, yet the most elusive of all. We are really quite the cerewet when it comes to asam pedas (we minorly griped about this in this post), and the spicy and sour balance has to be just right.

Ee Ji Ban Restaurant @ Taman Melaka Raya

Price Range	Mid-range
Type of Cuisine	Chinese, Nyonya
Recommended For	Muslims who want a taste of the famous chicken rice balls
Catphobia-Friendly	Yep! =)

Whichever Malaccan food guides you consult, there will inevitably be a suggestion to try the state’s famed chicken rice balls (which is essentially chicken rice, just rolled up into balls). The problem is though, it is extremely hard to find halal chicken rice balls that are actually sedap!  Fortunately for us, we found out about Ee Ji Ban Restaurant being one of the halal restaurants serving chicken rice balls in Malacca!

It’s been said that reason it tastes so good here is due to the fact that the chicken rice balls are not rolled mechanically, but by hand. We’re not quite sure how that affects the taste, but anything (lovingly) handmade is always better than something popped out by a soulless machine right? ;)

Mimpi Muor @ Mutiara Damansara

Price Range	: Mid-range
Type of Cuisine	: Malay (Johorean)
Recommended For	: Assam pedas-ers
Catphobia-Friendly	: Yep, no cats!

Assam pedas is truly one of the greatest Malay dishes ever created. It’s amazing what wonders a combination of tamarind, belacan and chilli in a pot can do! Add the daun kesum and you’ve got yourself a heavenly fragrant accompaniment to your rice =)

Finding the perfect assam pedas, however, was quite a daunting task. We’ve come across a lot of places where the gravy is too cair, and there are even some places that make us wonder how they could call it assam pedas if the gravy is neither sour OR spicy! (More accurately, they often taste like water, except that it’s red and has lacklustre bits of daun kesum floating around in it).

Enter Mimpi Muor! The restaurant, tucked away in the relatively quieter side of Mutiara Damansara, specialises in assam pedas. You can choose from four huge belanga of assam pedas, depending on your fish preference: pari, jenahak, merah, and fish head.