There’s been this quaint little Japanese pastry shop that has been really catching my eye everytime I walk past and I finally got a chance to visit. It’s Kotsu Kotsu and it’s located in Sri Hartamas Square, serving up unique Japanese cakes inspired by the culture of “Omiyage”, the Japanese equivalent of Balik Kampung and bringing back regional snacks and souvenirs. The main point that they seem to be highlighting is the use of their “Backen Oven” from Japan. It’s an oven that costs around MYR360,000 and helps retain moisture in the sponge cake, giving it a light and moist texture.

Tan Cha has been everywhere on my Instagram feeds (more because of advertisements than anything). It really is everywhere talking about how they have received the award for being in the Michelin Guide 2022. Here’s what I thought of the restaurant on my visit there a few weeks ago.

As you will see across a lot of my blog posts, I generally write about restaurants that I have positive reviews for. However, at times, like in this case, I NEED to share certain negative stories about restaurants - just so people know about these issues, and restaurants can either respond appropriately for next time or continue being disappointing.

I’ve seen this ramen place a few times when I’ve been around Eco Botanic, so I thought it was worth a try one of these days, so I made a trip there for dinner with my girlfriend! Here’s what I thought of the place!

I’ve heard a lot of stories about this 18 year old Nasi Lemak place and I just couldn’t resist the temptation to explore and I guess find out a bit more about it. There aren’t too many English references for it, so I thought that putting this up would be helpful to people eating in the area!

Another one of those top places to go on the Burpple Top 100 for Kuala Lumpur restaurants in 2019, so I decided to pay it a visit. Slightly by chance because me and my sister actually wanted to go to After Black - happened to be closed on the day - so we saw Garage 51 a few shop lots up.

Continuing along with my food adventures around Eco Botanic, today’s blog is on The Banana Leaf Kitchen! This is actually a restaurant that is part of the DCG Group (same group as Spice Kitchen & Marco Polo Bukit Indah).

Guoma Express is a steamboat -esque restaurant with a pretty unique characteristic - you have a small steamboat in front of you just for yourself! No more fighting with friends for which soup and dishes you want inside your dishes, this place is for all those people who like slightly stranger combinations but are shy to ask for it! XD

Another addition to the already crowded Eco Botanic space, Oven & Fried Chicken is a restaurant serving up chicken in various forms (fried, oven baked, etc.) and loads of other traditional Korean dishes (Jajjang Noodles, Kimchi Jeon, Bibimbap, etc.). Here’s what I thought of it!

Lots of new restaurants opening up in Eco Botanic, so that’s more food for me to go and try! Today I’ll be talking about PiringMu, which is a Peranakan restaurant with a branch in both Bukit Indah and Eco Botanic.

KFC has a new addition to their special promotions menu, and it is none other than the KFC Ghost Pepper Zinger and KFC Ghost Pepper Twister. I recently headed down to a nearby KFC to try it out, and here are my thoughts on the new burger.

With a white & clean concept, Openwork Johor Bahru is one of those ‘hipster cafes’ that you wanna go ‘for the gram’. Wide open spaces and a fusion menu concept is what you expect when you go to Openwork for a meal.

Eko Botani is an area that is quickly blossiming into a food hub for all Johoreans, and this time I’m talking about a new Yakitori restaurant, Kushiyaki Kim San Restaurant, in the square.

Nasi Lemak might not really be the first thing you think of when you think of Kluang, but this is a pretty famous restaurant in Kluang, attracting crowds from all over.

KFC are having a new promotion now, and it is for their brand new Spicy Gochujang Crunch! Being a really big fan of KFC (my favourite fast food restaurant), I decided to head over there to try this new promotion.