From a small stall connected with Kapten (steamboat shop in SS15, Subang Jaya), into a franchise around Klang Valley, Sangkaya is now famous for its coconut ice cream. Why is it famous? 

Because they produce their own coconut ice cream, which is incredibly smooth and creamy to your taste buds. If you aren't a fan of coconut, this may change your mind. You'll probably get mind blown on how good this taste like (like seriously).

This is from Sangkaya Sunway Pyramid (it's situated under an escalator). Got a picture of their menu which had grown tremendously from just selling coconut ice cream. They sell two types of ice cream now, the 'coconut ice cream' (which is their best seller, duh?) and 'cha yen ice cream' which the coconut ice cream is infused with Thai milk tea. They sell it in a cone with two scoops for RM3.10, in a cup with three scoops for RM7.30 and their signature which is presented in a coconut shell with six scoops of their delicious ice cream for RM10.50. The prices are actually not pretty bad for some artisan ice cream (comparing to Haagen Dazs and the others okay). Frankly, they do not charge for the topping cause its a do-it-yourself topping thing (you can see a photo below of what that meant). Not only ice cream they are selling, now they are also selling chendol, coconut water (from opening the coconut shell that they are gonna use for their signature ice cream), the 'real' coconut shake (this is unbelievably delicious, YOU HAVE TO TRY IT) and bottled R.O. water which has their label on it haha.

Rating for Sangkaya: 9/10

Price: RM 4-11 (not bad for an after meal dessert)

By: Farina

 Having charcoal buns..Sounds weird no? But, it tastes sooooooo good. BurgerLab, situated right outside of Sunway University's gate, offers variety flavours of burgers with their signature charcoal buns. Yes, you heard it right, CHARCOAL BUNS. Apparently, charcoal buns are a healthier, according to pyroenergen.com. They stated that charcoal have more than 400 kinds of minerals and hundreds of medicinal benefits and effects for our health. It absorbs harmful matters including bad smell particles simultaneously and also, generates negative ions. Negative ions begin to work in the parasympathetic nervous system, which relaxes the mind and body.

 Picture above is a set meal from BurgerLab. The burger is called 'Beautiful Mess' in the menu. Each set comes with a burger, french fries and refillable water. It has a sunny side up egg, beef patty (you can opt for chicken too!), veggies, and other yummy ingredients too. The sauce provided is amazing, especially the orange coloured sauce. It goes very well with the fries that are tossed with herbs. One bite of everything is like a symphony in the mouth. Amazing flavours. BurgerLabs around Klang Valley are open at 5pm-10pm.

It was too yummy, had to take away another! (trust me and go try one)

For Sunway BurgerLab outlet, they are open during lunch hour (to accommodate students around the area). They offer burgers, hot dogs, and you can also opt for their delicious potato salad instead of having their yummy french fries. The burger above is called 'Say Cheese', where the burger is for people who likes their food to be plain jane. It has a patty, fried cheese, veggies and their scrumptious sauce. For the hot dog, it was a spicy chicken hot dog with pineapple and mushroom.

 Though, for people who doesn't feel like eating burger, BurgerLab offers salad too! Their salad are called 'Margikarp salad'. The Margikap salad has mixed salad Greens topped with Smoked Salmon, Pumpkin Seeds, Charcoal Croutons, and a 'Perfect' egg, paired with an Italian Salmon Dressing. 

BurgerLab has a website for you to find more information on them:

myburgerlab.com

Rating for BurgerLab: 9/10

Price: RM5-RM20 (very very affordable!)

By: Farina

When waffles suddenly pops into mind, the one place that could satisfy that waffle craving would definitely be Inside Scoop which is located in the heart of Taipan USJ (picture below shows the shop's outdoor sign).

The informational board of its operational hours. Pretty reasonable because really, who eats dessert in the morning? (though, there are a few)

They offer to either have your ice cream in a cup (there's different sizes to choose from), cone, with waffle (that's the reason why most people are there for really) and lastly, pack it home, either one or three flavours. The pricing is pretty reasonable.

There are so many flavours to choose from, it's like heaven on earth! All ice creams made by Inside Scoop are mostly made with either imported and local flavours. The imported flavours are like Valrhona chocolate, Nutella, Japanese green tea, Peanut Butter and so much more. For the local flavours, they have Bandung (yes, like the drink), Durian, Teh Tarik, and many more. The flavours are usually rotated daily and you wouldn't really know what's in the next day and that's the fun of it. You'll get to taste different flavours.

 Inside Scoop has like this amazing grass section where you can sit with your partner/group to have your ice cream and waffles. There's this cute "Shoe free zone" sign to remind customers to remove their shoes before entering the green section.

These are how they serve the yummy goodness on a plate. Doesn't this looks amazing? 

Rating for Inside Scoop: 9/10 (you should definitely try it out)

Here are 2 of my favourite spots for Japanese curry rice. First, is a shop named Shokudo. It is located at the same row with Awesome Canteen and it has almost the same vibe but in Japanese style. They have about 14 different choices of Japanese rice platters ranging from options of pork slices, stir fried chicken, prawn, omelets or vegetables. As you can see the food are simple yet satisfying. They also have noodles like udon served in curry broth. Fit for anyone who was more in the mood of having noodles instead of rice. In terms of portion wise, it is just right and the meals fits for both to consumer during lunch or dinner. However i was pretty full after finishing the whole plate. Some of their meals are also available in set lunch and the drinks provided is on self-service basis. Ratings for this place is given 6/10.

Another spot serving Japanese curry rice would be Coco Ichibanya. It is a large Japanese curry rice chain in the world. One of their outlets in Malaysia can be found inside Damansara One Utama. The main attraction of this place is that it allows customers to customise their curry rice level of spiciness, ranging from level 1(medium hot) up to level 5 (crazy hot and i really really mean it) with the type of sauces used, different sort of toppings and rice quantity too. Somehow it looks like a pretty basic food with a sweet savoriness. Try going there with you friends and challenge them on the level of spiciness. You'll have the chance to watch them sweat continuously as they eat and it'll be quite an interesting moment of the day.

Rating for Coco Ichibanya: 7/10

By: Jia Yi

Waking up in a beautiful morning and losing idea what to have for your breakfast? In Penang, there are some locals' favourite place for brunch or breakfast call "Ah Lai kopitiam - Under The Big Tree". They are very simple and operating under a big tree. Many locals and visitors are willing to queue up for the tasty and mouth-watering breakfast or brunch. Undeniably, their foods are worth to queue for it. Location of this cafe is at Church Street Ghaut, opposite an open-space car park along the road.

They are very famous of their Ice Coffee or you may also choose the Ice Coffee+Tea. Cold beverages are not recommended to take in the early morning or the first meal of the day. But this is the exception !! They taste so nice that it is hard to find one in KL city. Also, the price of this drinks is only RM 2 which is considered in the average range.

 

We always have instant noodles for our breakfast when we are young. Even now, we always have it when we are too busy with our work or studies. What's so special about instant noodle here? Yes! Cheese has eventually added into the noodles and make it tastier than ever. Except cheese, eggs and sausages are added as well. They just taste different! Price for this is just RM 5 !!

You may also try their toasts with or without eggs and together with the sausages. Their half boiled eggs are just nice on the buttered toasts which only costs you RM 3.60. It would be nicer if you added a dash of soya sauce and sprinkle on some pepper on it. Another type of bread is that they have the sausage, eggs, cheese and some tomatoes inside the bread. It tastes so good when you have them all together in your mouth. Yumss** Grab any chances to come and try it out. In case you are wondering, yes, it's just that simple and everyone could cook at home. 

"Simple Breakfast, Wonderful Day"

By: Cherry

Eating clean is always the hardest to achieve. We are frequently tempted with all the delicious and diet-spoiler food we see in our daily lives. Worry not! Awesome Canteen is a cafe that serves Paleo food. A good choice for those who aims to eat healthy for a healthy lifestyle and a balanced diet. Besides of the thought of eating a healthy meal at Awesome Canteen, they would also like to imply their customers to think of "delicious". You would also find several Japanese touches used in their dishes like the salmon sashimi which is a popular Paleo order or the Japanese curry baked rice.
Awesome Canteen also keeps it simple with old school furniture, portraying those olden days' canteen style with a laid-back and comfortable feel to it. They also have several antique equipment displayed to match with the theme of their shop.

First time in our lives, we had our first Paleo dish here, served by Awesome Canteen. We tried the chicken pasta, seafood pasta, Japanese curry rice and the Japanese fish set that came with soup, rice and fried tempura on the side. Frankly speaking, all of the dishes are good. Moreover, we were very full after finishing our plates. Besides the talks about being healthy, Awesome Canteen also serves some modern processed food like juicy gourmet burgers and sandwiches. The patties are made from freshly ground meat topped with melting Swiss cheese and french fries. Do try out their coffees from there too! Their baristas are also coffee junkies that can pull quite a decent shot of espresso or even hand-brew them. They also have several cakes displayed beside their cashier to pair perfectly
with the coffees. With a wide variety of cakes to pies and desserts too! One of us tried the flat white from them and she loved it.

Overall, there is certainly no doubt about this place. They do serve the best of both worlds. Good environment and a wide range of food choices to pick from. Ratings given to this place would be 8/10. Yay!

By: Jia Yi

I came from Tawau, Sabah, which is located at the East Malaysia. I always wanted to go home whenever there is holidays. I miss my family so badly!! Who don't miss home when you are so far from home, right? And, now is the mid term break, without any hesitation, I bought the ticket to go back to my hometown and it took me 2 hours 45 minutes to reach my destination. I prayed so hard that the plane could land at Tawau airport as fast as possible as I couldn't wait to see my family and have family time with them! Also, I miss homely dishes and rice!!

I believe that everyone who is studying or working far away from their own home would miss their family and homely dishes very badly as they are full of family's love and free of charges !! Here, I'm gonna introduce my homely dishes to you all. There are steamed fish, prawn with ginger and rice wine made by mommy and some vegetables with egg. They are not dainties or any kinds of costly food but they are heavenly taste food for me !!

Every time before I came back, my mom always ask me what dishes I wanted to eat and she prepared everything and cooked for me when I'm back. I was feeling so touched that I promised myself I'm gonna be a better person and take good care of my family !! I love soup very much and my grandmom always prepare her ABC soup when we visit her during weekends. I really love my family so so much !! Words cant express nor describe how much I love them but actions will do !!

  

Also, I told my daddy I wanted to eat crab very badly. The next day after I came back, daddy brought us to the seafood restaurant which is near to the beach. This restaurant is well known for their seafood and many foreigner, even locals love to come here for it especially the seafood lovers. Here, we ordered sweet and sour crab, black pepper fish internal as well as salt and pepper Mantis shrimp!! Not forgetting to order some vegetables as well. They are really super nice and the price is reasonable for it !! So much grateful that I born in this family. Although they are not rich, but they gave me everything they have!! Chu mi Mommy!! Chu Mi Daddy !! Chu mi All !! <3

By: Cherry