Old Spice Café at M City – 10 March 2018

We were passing by the main entrance at M City and saw this café. We checked out the menu and decided to give it a try since it’s new. 

The café was quite quiet at the time (and on another occasion I visited since). It was quite easy to get a table. They serve fusion food, i.e. local Malaysian, Western and World cuisines. 

The menu:-

We ordered the following:-

Breakfast set – RM19.80, comes with 2 hash browns, 2 small roasted tomatoes, baked beans, 1 fried egg, fried mushrooms, 2 sausages, 2 stripes of beef bacon and 4 triangle toasts with butter. It’s very normal meal, but tasted good. The best will be the crispy hash browns.

Singapore Fried Meehon (Seafood) – RM14.90, the portion was huge when it came and I thought I would not be able to finish it. There were small prawns (not like in the picture of the menu), squibs, cut celery, spring onions, carrot and slice red chilly fried with the meehoon. It was actually quite good and I finished it all. It's not spicy but you can request for cut chillies.  

Roti Jala and Curry Chicken - RM8.90. As you can see, 5 roti jala and not many pieces of chicken and only 1 potato. The curry was not too spicy. It tasted alright. 

Nasi with Ayam Masak Merah set dinner – RM18.90, comes with acar, iced lemon tea and 1 scoop of ice cream. The Ayam Masak Merah was not spicy although it looked very red and spicy. It was quite good dish. Again, not enough of chicken for you to finish that mountain rice!

The service of this restaurant is good. Perhaps as there were not many customers. When I was looking around the café, I was told that if you order from an apartment within M City, they will deliver the food to your doorstep for free.

Not many tables, just imagine if it's a full house

The ambience of the café was good and it was nicely decorated with lots of things from the UK. They even have a huge projector on their wall for you to watch shows (no sound though). The price is on the slightly high side but overall, I will come back here again as the food was not too bad.

The details of the restauarant:

Old Spice Café, M City

R05-G Old Spice Café

326 Jalan Ampang

50430 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03- 2715 8123

Mobile: 019-691 2815

Email: info@oldspicecafe.my

Opens everyday from 9am-2am

Bake O' Cake, M City

As we were walking around M City at Jalan Ampang to get to know the building better, we stumbled upon Bake O'Cake. This restaurant is situated on the ground floor, nearby the main entrance to the building. You won't miss it as you will be able to see their BIG yellow sign. We entered the restaurant as my little girl wanted to have some cupcakes and we wanted to have our dinner. 

We sat down and we were told that this restaurant had just opened for business that day, as in 18 February 2017. Everything was so brand new, with a simple and chic interior. 

Inside the restaurant

Pictures of cakes and bakers

They served breakfast, Western and a few local dishes. The menu below:

We ordered:

Kids Meal RM15.00. A combination of all kids' favourites; nuggets, french fries, meatballs and spaghetti and 1 cupcake of your choice from the cupcake counter. A very good combination for all kids. However, the spaghetti was a little bit spicy for my 4 year-old and insufficient sauce. 

Grilled Chicken Burger RM23.00. As you can see the chicken burger is not a patty burger and it's chicken  meat, marinated and served with french fries. 

BBQ Chicken Salad RM20.00. Salad consisted of sliced lettuce, corn, onion, red pepper and grilled sliced chicken topped with  BBQ and white dressing (couldn't actually tell which dressing it was)

My little girl chose the pink icing vanilla cupcake for her kids' meal. The vanilla cupcake was a bit dry. 

She decided to order another cupcake for RM6.00. This one was with blue icing and chocolate cake. The icing was smooth and the chocolate cupcake was moist. I do recommend this cupcake.  

Since it was the restaurant's opening, we were treated to a complimentary dessert (banana, caramel, cream biscuit). It was very nice, 1st layer of cream, caramel and banana on the 2nd layer and and crushed biscuit right at the bottom.  

Iced Cappuccino RM13.00. If you don't like sweet, then this is not for you. I like it as it was to my taste. 

Apart from food and beverages, as the name suggest, they sell:-

(a) a slice of cake (depending on which one you choose) cost around RM15.00 - RM17.00 per slice
(b) whole cake for RM130.00
(c) cupcakes and cookies- 1 for RM6.00 and 12 for RM60.00
(d) bread and buns that cost RM5.00 and above (depending on what you choose)

Cake and cupcake counter

Breads and buns

Selection of cupcakes

Cookies counter situated near the cashier 

All the dishes were of reasonable portion. Since it was their soft opening, we were also given 10% discount on the total bill. Not sure how long the promotion will last. I do recommend you to check out this restaurant. 

Details of the restaurant:

Bake O' Cake
R11-G, M City Residency
No.326 Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03- 2722 7501
Website: www.bakeocake.com.my
Opens daily from 9.00 a.m till 11.00p.m.

Food Truck

I’ve been working at Lebuh Pasar area for the past 11 years and I must say, I don’t know where to eat anymore.

The emergence of food trucks this year in front of HSBC Bank (headquarters) at Lebuh Ampang, gave me happiness as I know where to get fast and reasonable food.

Here are the food trucks that are there every day during my lunchtime:-

Mat Rock Nasi Kunyit

Menu and the price

This was the 1^st food truck that appeared in front of HSBC. This truck sells Nasi Kunyit Ayam (Chicken), Daging (Beef), Sotong (Squids) and Udang (Prawn). So far, I’ve only tried Nasi Kunyit Ayam and it’s delicious. The rice comes with the meat you order, vegetables (carrots, long beans and onions) and black kicap (thick soya sauce) on top of it. If you want additional fried egg, just add on RM1.00 for it. Sambal (spicy chili paste) is optional. As for some people, they may find that the kunyit meat itself is already spicy, so therefore no additional Sambal. I do recommend you to try the food at this food truck.   

Be prepared for the long queue........

Ayam Kunyit RM5.00

Foodex

Menu and prices by the side of the truck

 

Salad and sandwich fridge

Their packaging

Foodex food truck only arrived in October 2016. This truck is always park nearby Mat Rock. Foodex only sells Western food; i.e. sandwiches, salads, spaghetti and chicken chop. Overall, the portion is reasonable but if you are a big eater, you may find it not sufficient. The price is very reasonable and the taste is good. I do recommend you to try the food at this food truck.

There will be a queue but not as long as Mat Rock Nasi Kunyit

Spaghetti Bolognese with chicken RM8.90, without chicken RM6.90. The sauce is nice but sometimes, watery. Chicken was already pre-cooked so when they put it on top, it's already cold

Spaghetti with mushroom sauce and beef bacon RM6.90 (promotional price),  RM8.90 (original price). The portion for this spaghetti is huge, creamy sauce but at times, can be slight watery. Also,  reasonable portion of beef bacon.  I do recommend this.  

These are the things that come with chicken chop. Choose either black pepper or mushroom sauce

Grilled Chicken chop with black pepper sauce RM8.90. The chicken is juicy and the mashed potato tasted like being made from powder. Overall, I wouldn't complain much as it's not too bad

Hanjuku Tamago & Potato Sandwich RM3.50 . Tasted like ordinary egg sandwich. Nothing special

The packaging for your fresh salad 

Corn Fed Chicken Salad RM6.90. It comes with lettuce, onions, red and green peppers, cherry tomatoes, topped with chicken,  sweet vinegar, thousand island and mayonnaise as dressings. The salad is very fresh and with the mixture of the dressings, it tasted good. I do recommend this salad.

Pak Cu Jambu (guava)

I wouldn’t call this a food truck, more of a motorbike and a table store. Pak Cu used to have a small outlet together with burger store outside Central Market. I was buying from them for a good few years. They disappeared without telling me where they went. After a year or so, they came back and started selling their jambus in front of HSBC. This so called “food motorbike” came to HSBC first, then Mat Rock and Foodex. They are still selling their guavas cheap, 2 sliced guava for RM1.00. I will always order RM2.00 as I won’t get the satisfaction of having RM1.00 guava. The "assam" (prune powder) that goes with the guava tasted very good and I love the "assam" so much. To me, I would say it's the best "assam". Apart from guavas, they also sell Cincau (grass jelly drink), pink and green guava juices.    

Be prepared for the long queue........

Cincau (grass jelly drink) RM1.00 for one

Guava RM2.00 for 4 slices

Looks nice from the top

There is another food truck that sells burgers, sausages, chicken nuggets and fish balls in sticks, fried banana fritter, currypuff and drinks. Honestly, so far I only tried their fried banana fritters and they tasted good. 

No name for this food truck

Fried banana fritters, 5 pieces for RM2.00