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My first culinary achievement where people finally believed that I could cook was with a dish called baked rendang chicken. The star attraction in that rich spicy recipe was lemongrass. It’s amazing that something that’s classified as a grass and looks so uninteresting can produce such a sweet smelling fragrance.
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Huh? A Whiff Of Lemongrass?
My first culinary achievement where people finally believed that I could cook was with a dish called baked rendang chicken. The star attraction in that rich spicy recipe was lemongrass. It’s amazing that something that’s classified as a grass and looks so uninteresting can produce such a sweet smelling fragrance.Lemongrass is widely used an an herb in Malaysian cooking. Malaysian food is something that I have taken for granted for too long. But when I leave home for long periods of time, I miss it. And when friends from other countries visit and rave about Malaysian food, I am filled with pride.
Enter a whiff of lemongrass; a long overdue blog that is dedicated to the rich array of Malaysian food that I’ve come to love. Together with my friends, we formed a foodies club called quite unimaginatively, “The Makan Club”. Don’t blame us, we’re accountants.
We’re proud of our food and we welcome you to explore with us as we bring to you our food findings - orgasmic, good, bad and vomit-inducing - from rat-infested alleys to five-star restaurants. Bouquets would be lovely; brickbats will be taken in the spirit they are delivered.
Selamat menjamu selera, or as they say in English, get your laughing gear round the nosh!
Who is Lyrical Lemongrass?
- Lyrical Lemongrass
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- An accountant who enjoys a good bite, with or without teeth. Still searching for the perfect sashimi, but will life end when it is found?
We Are The Makan Club
The Makan Club (aka Lab Rats)
Ecstatic Eeyore
Knows the owners of 83 different food places on a first name basis. Also known as our ring leader. Has a shrine for Eeyore.
Pretty Pui
An expert on crustaceans. The cooked kind only.
Smokin' SOB
Loves his booze, ciggies, sambal and the stock market.
Bouncing Barbie
Enjoys bouncing on her mattress. Able to identify 126 types of dim sum in her dreams.
Lyrical Lemongrass
Loves her margarita dearly, but will give it up anytime for the siew yoke in Pudu.
Bizzy Bertie
Founder and loyal member of the lard noodles fan club. Has since recruited 3 enthusiastic members from the other side.
Charlie Cempedak
Bak kut teh and his wife both share top points. Shhh. Don't tell his wife.
Not In The Makan Club, But Is A Frequent Companion
The Bald Eagle
Metrosexual, handsome and bald. Loves his mother's mutton curry but is often forced to admit that his wife's cooking is better for the sake of marital bliss. The gym is his second home. Married to a luscious, sexy bombshell.
A Whiff Of Lemongrass Food Tour - Google Map
Eating establishments - Wish list
- Anjappar, Bangsar - chettinad cuisine
- Attic, Bangsar
- Azim's Burger Shack, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail
- Bak Kut Teh – Sungei Way/SS3
- Bangkok Tom Yam, PJ Old Town
- Banquet, Bangsar Village II
- Beef Noodle Specialist – Opposite Lai Foong, KL
- Beef Noodle – Lai Foong, KL
- Bijou, Mont Kiara
- Bisou, Asian Heritage Row
- Brickfields - Lido - char koay teow & pan mee
- Cafe Cafe, KL
- Cameo, 10 Semantan
- Cava, Bangsar
- Char Siew – Salak South
- Chicken Cuisine, Glenmarie - curry chee cheong fun
- Chuan Kee Sea-food Restaurant (PGRM) (Vinegar Pork Leg, authentic Hakka dishes) – PGRM
- Chung Sam Restaurant, Old Klang Road - asam fish
- Chynna, KL Hilton - dim sum
- Chynna, KL Hilton - Sunday Discovery
- Cilantro, Ampang - french japanese fine dining
- Clan, Sri Petaling - dim sum
- Crystal Jade Restaurant Lot 10 - la mian and siu long pau
- Cupcakes by Audrey
- Daily Grind, Bangsar Village
- De Foodland Seafood Restaurant - crabs
- Dim Sum – Jln Ipoh
- Dim Sum – Marco Polo
- Eat Work Shop, Glenmarie, Shah Alam
- Famous Seremban Favourites Restaurant
- Fatty Gan, Paramount - Bak Kut Teh
- Fish Head – Jalan Chan Sow Lin
- Fit For 2, Bangsar
- Fogal Meat Market, Plaza Damas
- Foh San, Ipoh - dim sum
- Food Foundry - mille crepe cake
- Foong Foong - Ampang yong tau foo
- Gobo Upstairs, Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur
- Goon Wah - XO fish head noodles and claypot lou shue fun
- Gopala Vegetarian Restaurant, Brickfields
- Groove Junction, Desa Sri Hartamas
- Hainanese Pork Chop – (in front of HSBC, clock tower)
- Hajime Japanese Restaurant, Jln Damai
- Har Mee (Mee Yoke) – PJ State
- Heun Kee, Pudu - claypot chicken rice
- Hon Kee porridge, Off Petaling Street
- Hong Kee Tim Sum, Damansara Jaya
- House+Co, Bangsar Shopping Centre
- Hung Kee, Jalan Loke Yew - Wantan Mee
- Hup Yick - Mee suah ginger wine chicken
- Iketeru, KL Hilton - fugu
- Iketeru, KL Hilton - omakase
- Imbi Palace Restaurant - Dim Sum
- Izakaya Ichiban, Hartamas Shopping Centre
- Japanese Dining Sun, Chijmes, Singapore
- Japanese Dining Sun, Chijmes, Singapore
- Jarrod & Rawlins, Damansara Heights
- Just Heavenly Pleasures, Damansara Heights - cakes
- Kampachi @ Pavilion KL
- King Crab, PJ
- Kokopelli Travellers Bistro, PJ
- Kong Heng, Ipoh - popiah, hor fun, satay
- Koong Noodle House – Shaw Parade
- Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant, Subang
- Laundry Bar, The Curve
- Lawanya food stall, Brickfields
- Lian Bee, Jln Cheng Lock - hokkien mee
- Loke Fook Moon Restaurant
- Ma Maison French Restaurant, Ampang
- Magnificent Fish & Chips Bar, Changkat Bukit Bintang
- Marmalade, Bangsar Village II
- Max! Kitchen & Wines
- Max! Kitchen & Wines - degustation menu
- Mei King - Lam Mee
- Meng Kee, Glenmarie - char siew
- Meng Kee, Jalan Alor - grilled fish and squid
- Mizu, Japanese Fine Dining, Bangsar Village I
- Mr. Ho's Fine Foods - siew yoke
- Mui Hiong Salt Fish Delicacy
- My Elephant, Section 17
- Nadeje Patisserie, Malacca
- Nasi Kandar – Jalan TAR
- Nasi lemak - San Peng
- Neroteca, Somerset residences - Italian
- O & S Restaurant, Paramount Garden, PJ
- Old China Cafe - one dish nyonya meals
- Old China Cafe - pork dishes
- Opus Bistro, Bangsar
- Pan Mee – Jalan TAR
- Pan Mee – Lorong Hj Taib
- Pantai Seafood, Kg Sg Kayu Ara - seafood
- Petaling Street hor fun with shredded chicken & prawn wantan
- Pick n Brew, Glenmarie
- Pik Wah Restaurant
- Pork Noodles – Peking Hotel
- Porridge – Batu Caves
- Prawn mee a.k.a. lard noodles - Jalan San Peng
- Prawn Noodle (Mee Yoke Style) – Pudu (near Fire station)
- Precious Old China - nyonya food
- Pun Chun, Bidor - duck noodles
- Qba, Westin Kuala Lumpur
- Red Ginger, Mid Valley North Point
- Red Leaf Restaurant, Loke Yew - fish head noodles
- Red Velvet by Aida
- Restoran Malaysia - kajang satay
- Roast Duck – Cheras
- Roast Duck – Taman Maluri, KL
- Roast Goose – Wei Kee, Pudu
- Robson Heights Seafood Restaurant
- Rojak Bellamy
- Saigon Village, Jln Imbi
- Sang Har Mee - Green View, PJ
- Sang Har Mee / Beef Noodle – Soo Kee, Jalan Imbi
- Sang Har Mee – backlane, Jalan Silang
- Saravanaa Bhavan, Bangsar Baru - indian vegetarian
- Sate Kajang Haji Samuri, Damansara Uptown
- Scoop Ten Dessert House - tong sui
- Seafood Noodles – Segambut
- Sek Yuen Restaurant
- Sek Yuen Restaurant - more dishes
- Shanghai 10, Bangsar
- Sin Kee, Brickfields
- Siu Siu Restaurant - Syed Putra
- Siu Siu Restaurant, Jln Sg Besi
- Soo Kee, Ampang - char siew
- South Indian Aiyer Restaurant - indian vegetarian
- Sri Nirwana Maju, Bangsar - banana leaf rice
- Stan's Assam & Garam
- Sungai Besi Wantan Mee
- Teck Kee, Subang Permai - bak kut teh and ginger wine chicken
- Teo Chew Meng - mee suah tow
- Teochew Porridge Restaurant, SS2
- Teochew restaurant (Dim sum) – 2148 3452
- The Simple Life, Wheelock Place, Singapore
- Tong Kee, Pudu - egg tarts
- Tu-Long, Midvalley
- Umai-ya Japanese Restaurant, Damansara Perdana
- Village Park Restaurant, Damansara Utama
- Vintry, Damansara Heights
- Vishal Food & Catering, Brickfields - chettinad cuisine
- Wantan Noodle – Kun Kee
- William's, Taman Mayang Jaya
- Wine Cellar, Bangsar
- Wong Ah Wah, Jalan Alor - grilled chicken wings
- Wong Kee, Pudu - siew yoke
- Woo Lan Restaurant, Brickfields
- Woo Lan, Brickfields - various dishes
- Woo Pin, Taman Desa - fish head noodles
- Yap Hup Kee - chee cheong fun and yong tau foo
- Yau Kee Restaurant, Kampar - chicken curry bun
- Yik Kee – Tmn Tun
- Yut Kee - roti babi
Blog Archive
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February
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- Lian Bee, Jalan Cheng Lock - Hokkien Mee
- Meng Kee, Jalan Alor - grilled fish and sotong
- Wong Ah Wah, Jalan Alor - grilled chicken wings
- Imbi Palace Restaurant - Dim Sum
- Hung Kee, Jalan Loke Yew - Wantan Mee
- Chinese New Year Potluck Party
- Woo Lan, Brickfields - my favourite dishes
- Meme: 5 Things You Don't Know About Me
- Gong Xi Fa Cai!
- O & S Restaurant, Paramount Garden, PJ
- Woo Pin - Fish head noodles
- San Peng - Nasi lemak
- Old China Cafe, Petaling Street (Part 2 of 2)
- Anjappar - Chettinad cuisine
- Humpday Ramblings
- Rojak Bellamy
- Old China Cafe, Petaling Street (Part 1 of 2)
- Sek Yuen Restaurant
- Iketeru, KL Hilton
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5 comments:
Gong Hei Fatt Choy to you and hope the piggie year brings you lots of joy and happiness!
May the Piggy Year brings you endless fortune, food and health. Gong Xi Fa Chai!
May you have a blessed CNY and good health !!!
Cool pix! Happy CNY!
precious pea, jason, malaysianfoodguide and boo_licious: Thanks, and happy CNY to you guys too. Have a good one!
Boo_licious: Thanks, I'd like to think that my photo taking skills are improving, although my Makan Club is still unimpressed. They're a demanding lot. lol.
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