In my many years of cooking, it has never happened before. Today, while cooking a simple dinner, the entire wok caught fire! I wonder how this could happen as I am using an induction stove. The flames were rather large and lucky I had a wok cover nearby which I quick grab hold and covered the wok to put out the fire.

When the flame was out, I lifted the wok cover and the entire kitchen was covered with a thick choking smoke. I had to put on a fan to blow the smoke out and spray the kitchen with air freshener to get rid of the smell.

Lucky for me, none of my food was burnt as it happened after I finished cooking.

I was making tong sui (means dessert in Cantonese but if it’s translated directly, it means ‘sugar water’) two days ago. I keep my sugar and salt in the fridge and they are next to each other. Somehow I think I was dreaming and I accidentally put salt instead of sugar into the dessert! I had no choice but to pour the dessert down the drain. Sigh…

I was at Celcom in Taman Tun Dr Ismail to cancel my Celcom Broadband and saw Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen was just opposite where I parked my car.

Popeye is another fast food franchise that recently opened in Malaysia. They have chicken as well as seafood.

I ordered a 3 piece combo meal (comes with a drink, mash potato and coleslaw) which cost RM11.95 which is about the same price as KFC. Their chicken comes in two choices – spicy and mild. I ordered the mild.

The first thing I noticed was the chicken is less oily, and instead of a bun, you get a biscuit which is more like a scone. The mash potato taste better as the gravy is a bit spicy with minced meat in it. The coleslaw tasted fresh and crunchy.

Mash Potato

Coleslaw

Overall, I was happy with the meal. We now have a less oily alternative.

My colleague and I went for a try and here’s a short review. We ordered 4 pau, 1 lo mai kai, 1 kampung fried noodle, 1 curry noodle and drinks.

The wholemeal pau, comes in a few flavours – red bean, kaya, custard and chicken char siew. The filing for the red bean was lacking while the rest were fine. The custard tasted a bit weird as it was salty instead of sweet. Everyday during lunch, a long queue can be seen buying the pau. Most probably it’s due to the current offer at RM1 each. Normal price is RM2.50 as listed on the menu.

The lo mai kai on the other hand was a bit disappointing as there was not much taste.

The Kampung Fried Noodle is nice. Fried dry just the way I like it. However the portion is quite small.

The curry noodle comes with the usual ingredients. My colleague mentioned it was edible but not the best that she has tasted.

Yut Kee the famous Hainanese kopitiam located along Jalan Dang Wangi (Campbell Road) is literally packed with people at all times. It has been drawing crowds since it opend in the 1920′s. The old restaurant has been passed down from generation to generation.

This kopitiam is famous for it’s Hainanese Chicken Chop. It comes served with lots of onions, fried potatoes, mixed vegetables and brown gravy which has Lea Perrins Worcestershire sauce in it. The chicken chop maintains it’s juiciness unlike dried out or over fried like other places.

Another item to look out for is the kaya swiss roll which is located at the display case near the cashier counter.