Melaka Satay Lok Lok @ Setapak

It's Christmas day and its so jam everywhere as everyone took advantage of the public holiday to travel in and out of town. Initially I wanted to go Malacca for some Chicken Rice Ball and authentic satay celup. However I change my mind and decided to try out a new place in town.

As my gf and I had this craving for satay celup for some time, we decided to try this place called Melaka Lok Lok. As far as I know, this is the only place that sells satay celup in Kuala Lumpur (if there are any, please share by commenting this post).

Locating this place isn't much of a problem if you are familiar with Setapak area or have a reliable GPS to rely on. However do take note that crime rate is rather high here, ladies, if you are going, please try not to bring your handbags(this was advice from the friendly boss, didn't manage to get his name thought).

To make its customer feels as thought they are actually in Melaka, the owner put up a gigantic portrait of Melaka landmark building such as the A Famosa Fort, the famous red colour Christ Church Melaka and the city centre clock tower.

Portrait with Melaka Landmark building

Just like any satay celup place you visit in Melaka, the assorted raw food prepare in sticks (known as satay sticks by local) are store in display fridge with glass panel to keep the food fresh while making it easy for you and me to see and choose.

A wide range of variety fresh food seafood to vegetables are available.

For those who fancy processed food, you will be spoil with choice too.

So which process food do you like ?

Satay celup would not be complete with the wide variety of raw food but without the hot boiling satay sauce. This place allow you to have 2 type of soup at the same time. So we had satay sauce and clear soup. Just in case you are not a local and totally clueless what is Satay sauce all about? Allow me to briefly explain, satay sauce is prepared with crushed peanut, tamarind juice and spice paste which gives the sauce a rich aroma and flavour.

Clear soup and Satay sauce.

If you asked me how the soup and satay sauce taste, of cause this is nothing close to both Capitol or Ban Lee Siang in Melaka. But when you have craving like me and too lazy to drive all the way down the Melaka, this could the best option available.

This is probably because they don't recycle the soup(satay sauce) unlike the 2 famous restaurant in Melaka where they top up fresh sauce on top of the used one. So yeah, if you are wondering why the sauce in Melaka taste so good, that's because the sauce is reused over and over again in the same pot. They probably only wash it once every day if they do actually wash it in the first place.

This is what I had for my first round.

The owner even gave us 4 sticks of grilled satay. Nothing to shout about. Guess its just part of their eat all you can package.

The grilled satay, marinated in 2 different variety.

Overall, this i a good place to be at when ever you have craving for satay celup and Melaka seems to be too far and time consuming. This place charges RM23.80 per head for its eat all you can package. Drinks however is chargeable based on the menu. I've spend a total of RM59.50 for 2 pax and 3 drinks.

Verdict: If compare, its definitely not as good as the authentic satay celup in Melaka. I know friends who are crazy enough to drive all the way to Melaka just for satay celup and then driving back to KL. If you are not as crazy as my friends then this place is probably the best place please your craving. Variety is also much lesser than what you have in Melaka, this could be due to the low traffic of guest which made it too costly to provide a wider variety of food selection.

This is just my humble opinion which you may choose to differ.

If you would like to give this place a try, here's the address:
Melaka Lok Lok,

A-G-7, Plaza Prima Setapak,
35, Jalan Prima Setapak 5,

Setapak, 53300 Kuala Lumpur.

No 1 Pork Burger @ D Legends Bar

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After I've tried El Meson @ Bangsar in the previous #No1PorkBurger hunt with Eric & gang, we continue continue with out journey to hunt for the best pork burger in town. This time around the hunt bring us to yet another affluent neighborhood, Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI). We stomp D Legends Bar @ TTDI in a group of more than 15 people.

Unlike El Meson, Pork Burger is readily available of D Legends Bar Menu at a pretty affordable price too. Similar to all my previous pork burger review, I shall rate the burger based on the same 5 criteria, looks, taste, juiciness, portion(price over serving size and bonus point(depending on how happy I'm during and after the meal).

In term of presentation, D Legends Bar isn't too far away from El Meson's. For that, I will only rate it a 5 on a scale of 10. Among the few reviews that I've done, the burger was somewhat a little lacking in term of taste. That's probably due to D Legends Bar's unique spicy recipe which was a little too much for my taste bud, something I don't fancy when it comes to burger except for McD's Chicken Prosperity Burger. The spiciness actually cover up the flavour of the burger. As such I would reluctantly give it a 4 in term of taste.

As for juiciness, I would rate it at 6. I would have been given more if it weren't for the spiciness of the burger that ruin my taste bud. The portion was pretty average for most people. The portion wasn't really big but it manage to fill my empty stomach. For that, D Legends Bar earned it self a 7 from me.

As far as bonus point is concern, I'll rate with the higher point among the 5 criteria due to its friendly waiters who constantly stand by the table and put on a smile while serving me. That's an 8 for having a good customer service experience

In total this place gets a total score of (5 + 4 + 6 + 7 + 8) / 50 = 30/50 or 60% only. Though its only rated 60%, Personally I think they could have done better if its wasn't for the large amount of orders from our group. I mean, how often do you have 15 customer walking in as a group and order a pork burger each. If you like pork burger and love it spicy, then this is a must try.

D Legends Bar, TTDI (link)
Address: 24 Jalan Datuk Sulaiman,Taman Tun Dr Ismail
Contact: 012-2887871
BBM pin - 226238B4
Twitter Handle - @dLegendsBar

No 1 Pork Burger @ El Meson

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Writing this post would be my second attempt on the #No1PorkBurger outing(read about previous outing here). Together with 8 others bloggers/twitterers, we visited El Meson, a high end Spanish Restaurant located along Jalan Telawi, Bangsar.

Sorry for the bad picture quality. forgot to bring my trusted camera with me, thus have to rely on my blackberry which isn't really good with night shoot.

Similar to my previous post, I shall rate the burger based on the same 5 criteria, namely Looks, Taste, Juiciness, Portion(Price Over Service Size) and Bonus Points(Depending on how happy we are with the service). At El Meson, the pork burger isn't available on the standard menu, thus you will have to ask the waiter/waitress if pork burger is available when you visit them. Without wasting anymore time, lets start with the looks.

Looks wise, there isn't really much to shout about, its just plain pork burger without much effort in the food presentation as far as I'm concern. As such, I would give it a 5/10.

Looks aside, it actually taste good. The pork patty was thinner compared to my previous reviews. A slice of bacon was added on top of the pork patty with melted cheese, giving it an extra yummy-licious taste. I will give it a 7/10 for its taste.

Juiciness is something El Meson's pork burger lack. In fact it was a little too dry for my liking, thus scoring only 6/10. As for its portion, I will only give it 7/10 for its moderate serving which left me hungry even after finishing the burger and fried potato's.

Sharpen Up

As for the bonus point, I would give it a 9/10 for its extremely friendly staff. let me tell you why, the waiter actually took the effort to get me a power extension and also help to separate the bill which was already ready. All these without a slight complain utter from his mouth. Now thats customer service.

The total average score would be 34/50 points or 68%. Despite only scoring 68%, I would still recommend that you try it out. Don't forgot to share your opinion after you have tried.

El Meson Espanol
Address: No. 61-63, Jalan Telawi 3,
Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 22828290

No 1 Pork Burger @ Andes - BYO

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Last week I've the privilege of joining Eric Yong in his quest to search for the ultimate No.1 Pork Burger in Malaysia. Project's code name #No1PorkBurger. As I've missed the first outing, I made it a point to squeeze in some time for this outing which happen on the 26th of Aug.

There were about 9(bloggers/tweeples) of us in total(including myself) and they are @ericyong77 Eric, @bigboss8888 Jonathan Tan, @vin_ann Chin Ann, @patchay Patrick Chay Ing Keong, @SalocinTEN Nicolas, Joe and @mynjayz Jason.

This time around we dropped by Andes, a little Restaurant hidden at the corner of Aman Suria. Andes specialise in Western, Local and BYO which literally stands for Bring Your Own(BYO). The BYO concept is basically to allow its customer the freedom of bringing and enjoy their own drink, be in fine wine or liquor of their choice without high corkcage charges.

This will be one of my very few food review, so please bear with me as there are lots of improvement required.

The menu were pretty simple and straight forward, with one A4 size menu for food and another for beverages.

As the mission was to identify the best pork burger in town, each of us ordered a set of pork burger without indulging further into the menu.

Andes Pork Burger @ RM12.90++ each

As set by Eric, the No 1 Pork Burger Mission's review shall be rates from 0 to 10 for each of the following criteria: Looks, Taste, Juiciness, Portion(Price Over Service Size) and Bonus Points(Depending on how happy we are with the service).

Look wise, i shall rate it 5/10 as it didn't really look appetising for a start but that didn't really stop me from whacking the whole burger as I was hungry after being stuck on federal highway for an hour.

The pork burger certainly taste better than it looks. Though I was rather hungry at that point, I'm pretty sure that the pork burger taste good. I'm not good at words to describe how good it was but I will give a 7.5/10 for being just right for my taste bud(not too salty or sweet).

Personally I think the good taste has a lot to do with the juiciness of the pork patty. This is a sign of freshness and how well it was cooked(not too cooked but just right to serve). If you seen Eric's video with squeezing the pork patty between the buns, you will see the juice Oozing out of the pork patty. If everyone were to kept their silence, I bet you could even hear the juice flowing out. For that I think it deserves a 8.5/10

I must really agree with Eric that the it's portion is rather worth while. At the price of RM12.90, I can feel the burger right up my throat. Thus I think it's by far one of the most affordable meal I've tried in a restaurant of a similar class/standard. I shall give it a 9/10, the highest point among all the criteria.

For appetizer, Eric ordered a serving of Daddy Dry Pork Chili for everyone to share.

Daddy Dry Pork Chili @ RM12.90 each too

Basically a 3-layer pork meat marinated and cooked with lots of chili. Nice if you enjoy eating fat rich pork and spicy stuff.

Lastly on the last criteria, Bonus Point, I will give it a 6/10. Honestly the service was great, the owner Andy even served us with dessert right after our meal. However I think the owner tried alittle too hard to please us. Maybe he knows that there are some influential blogger among our group but that shouldn't be the reason for a better than usual service, 2 points were deducted because of this.

Being a non-smoking restaurant, the owner go to the extend of asking other patrons for permission so that some of my group member can take a puff. for that I minus another 2 points from the the bonus point.

Over all, this place scores 36/50 or 72%. Final Verdict: A must try for all pork lover, pork burger in particular.

Restaurant: ANDES BYO
Address: K-G-11, Jalan PJU1/43, Aman Suria, 47301 Petaling Jaya. (SAME row as Cha Cha Pan Mee)
Mobile Phone: 012 - 2200530(Andy)
Other Phone: 03 - 7808 3292
Email: andesbyo@gmail.com

Business Hour :
Monday to Friday :12pm to 3pm & 5pm to midnight
Saturday & Sunday : 6pm to Midnight