This is like an intermezzo from my Hivefest 10 experience

This time, I’ll talk about all the coffee and foodie adventures I had. It’s almost like a separate story on its own and I’ll just keep them in one long post to memorize the places in case I am going back to Malaysia and want to reminisce about the memories I had there. Thank you so much @davidke20, @elizacheng, @bitrocker2020 & @littlenewthings for making this another memorable trip and showing us some great recommendations of places to check out.

Stellar Coffee

🧷80, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This one is located inside the REXKL which was also the venue of hivefest10. They serve specialty Malaysian grown coffee & they roast their own coffee. I highly recommend this place if you’re into liberica coffee and some specialty ones. I am sorry @ninaeatshere, I forgot to take you to this place, maybe next time 😆 but anyone traveling to KL, try this coffee if you’re into some good experience and wanting to understand Malaysian coffee.

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Fluffed Cafe @ Petaling Street

🧷 14, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

While looking for a place to actually get some work done, I saw this cafe being recommended on google. I had fairly low expectations but I was pleasantly surprised that their coffee was not that bad. I had lavender coffee and the place was pretty much instagrammable. Later I found out that this cafe is actually pretty famous. I guess @walterjay was right, I can spot a good cafe from miles away 😂

They also serve cakes and massive waffles that if you love those things, they are actually a must-try. I am not so much into sweets, so I don’t care much about it but I tried their Onde-onde cake and that was such a good one.

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New Paris Restaurant

🧷 No. 62, 64, 66, Jalan SS 2/72, SS 2, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

@davidke20 and @elizacheng wanted to take us to Nasi lemak bumbung which seemed like it was near the petrol station and was actually a place I went to 8 years ago. But unfortunately, it rained and we ended up switching to a place called New Paris Restaurant.

What a name! It’s like New Paris but they serve chinese food. Well, I do love their round table and that was something so interesting that we can flip around the table and share the meal together. I wish more restaurants were like this, it’s very convenient.

It was great fun and food and I remember laughing at @cryptospa’s question and that everything in this table looks exotic for him 😂

Now, I need to learn how to make these Guinness braised short ribs. I didn’t know we could use Guinness to cook. I only know how to drink them.

Tang Fei Dessert Seapark

8, Jalan 21/11b, Sea Park, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

When I posted a picture of this to my whatsapp, my friends thought I was into eating turtles.

Well, thankfully that isn’t a real turtle, it’s just a jelly shaped turtle. While having this desserts, @ryenneleow was teaching me some Mandarin. I learned many new words including 哥哥帅哥 [Gēgē shuàigē] and 我想要水妈妈 [Wǒ xiǎng yào shuǐ māmā]. To me that was my chance to show off my poor mandarin skills hahaha

Their dessert was sugar bomb and rush but it was great. Here’s like a funny frame where I was taking picture of @detlev & everyone while he takes picture of @cryptospa 😂

Daanika Mithai Cafe

🧷 Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple, Subramanyam St, Batu Caves, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia

8 years ago I really wanted to try pani poori and this time, that was a dream come true! I finally satisfied my curiosity of my pani poori, laddu and jalebi. They also serve this 3 layers coffee that was so refreshing and this is where I talked to @yunnie and @demotruk more than before 😄and I guess showed up my mandarin skills to Yunnie that I earned the previous night with ryenne.

I saw @ninaeatshere walking past us, so I suppose it was certified great because she’s a foodie. Unfortunately, she missed our next spot, the Oh Banana leaf!

Oh Yeah Banana Leaf Batu Caves

🧷 NO 1 DOLOMITE PARK AVENUE, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia

This place serves interesting nasi lemak in bamboo leaves. I am not so much into rice 😀but it was a great experience to try something new. They hit the bamboo to take out the mixture and it was a whole experience on its own. I saw @akumagai loving the sambal paste. I thought it wasn’t that spicy but apparently, that takes a while.

I learned from @littlenewthings about table manners and how to fold our banana leaves. Thankfully she told all of us to do it. Otherwise, all the staff there got confused because it seemed like we didn’t enjoy the food while we did.

Nam Heong Chicken Rice, Jalan Sultan

56, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

If you’re looking for something featured in a Michelin guide for 3 years consecutively, try this Nam Heong. @walterjay was the one who suggested this place. I won’t say no to noodles and pork on the same plate. So, there we were, getting something to eat before we were headed to saturdaybeernight.

Their pork was good, no wonder they got the michelin guide for it. If you’re into some good treat, try Nam Heong, not the one in the mall but the one in Chinatown, that’s where the good deal is with some authentic experience.

Neighbour Club by JWC

🧷 70, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This is a spot that I found while walking to get some food around the area. I was like, “ this looks like the cafe I love!” It turns out they sell cocktails that are pretty good. It’s like if a cocktail has a variant, this is the place to be.

They have such an interesting concept and I ordered champagne night and Walter tried the pink elephant. The music in the place was so good to vibe with. We ended up getting one more round and thankfully, I can still wake up the next day for church 😂 except I had a worse case of water retention after. Now, I learned my lesson.

Some more recommendations, honestly, I forgot the place name but I finally tried Ikea meatballs too 😂 while we have it in Indonesia, my friend was suggesting that I try it there. To be honest, the meatball was pretty okay and it’s unfortunate the chicken was too oily. I would have loved it more. I love the fish and chips in the previous place we went to.

I had such a good food experience here and lots of coffee too 😀funnily enough, with all that eating, the walking part sort of adjusted my scale. Once I was home, I thought I’d gained a few more pounds but I was 6 pounds lighter hahahaahaha . Suppose all I need was really just someone to walk with and explore around & in time, I don’t have to swim 5 times a week just to shed some pounds 😄

Once again, thank you everyone, (@aswita and @viviehardika included) , for the awesome experience and all the memories we had in these places. I’ll always cherish these and hope to have some more foodie adventure with y’all.