Train2eat with Danny Chen

After the disappointing visit to the Desa Park City show gallery, I decided to have brunch at the Mmm Express restaurant at the Waterfront mall. The show gallery was only showcasing the new projects i.e. the Southgate luxury condominium and the Desa Park City Club House. Staff were not really friendly nor helpful. There weren't any show houses to view. That's what happens when demand is too good for a new development. The properties were seriously overpriced. Even though, the developer, Sam Ling does an excellent job with the up-keeping and maintenance of the amenities... it is still too expensive to pay RM1.4m for a ~1400 sq. feet apartment in Malaysia, at least. Mmm Express is under the Sri Melaka group of restaurants. The menu consist of local delights and a la carte nyonya dishes. We ordered the set lunch menu which comes with a main, drink and dessert. For the main, we ordered the nasi lemak kapitan chicken and nasi lemak kapitan sotong.  Service was quite alright as the

I haven't had ayam penyet for awhile now. The last time was in Singapore, at Lucky Plaza. So, just out of curiosity and of course hunger, thought I will give this rather fancy looking ayam penyet franchise a try. It is a self service restaurant. You are handed a paper menu - you tick what you want and then pay at the counter and they hand you a number standee and your order will be send to your table. Hmmm... so much for service... and have the rest of the staff standing around "looking extremely busy"... We ordered the ikan penyet, ayam penyet and the tauhu, telor and tempe. Strangely, the penyets does not come with the nasi (rice) and had to order separately... Apa punya nasi penyet ni??? Nevertheless, the fish was quite tasty because of the sweet sauce. Not a lot of flesh and perhaps can be more crispy. The chicken was nice too, taste wise but again, not very generous portion... maybe it is "ayam kampung", hence so skinny. In terms of the price... really not

I thought this was quite cute. Something like shabu shabu in a paper pot. The taste was so so... a bit too sweet for my liking but it was cute. Come to expect less from franchised japanese restaurants...

A fellow foodie colleague of mine recommended this place when I mentioned porridge steamboat I had in KL. Porridge steamboat was one of those food fad that went away quickly. Apparently, quite a few restaurants popped up a few years ago offering porridge steamboat as their main menu but demand didn't quite sustain its existence. So slowly you find many switching back to the conventional steamboat, if they didn't end up closing. Anyway, so it was quite a surprise for the staff tending to us when we ordered the porridge steamboat. Jade Palace is your usual chinese restaurant whose menu has the usual a la carte chinese dishes. The steamboat was the "other" offer, maybe more popular during the weekends when people have more time and you have a few soup base stock that you can choose from. The steamboat porridge was not exactly on the menu but of course, if you ask they can make it available for you... but of course there is a price to pay... The steamboat menu is a la car