Malaysia Vacation – One Week In Kuala Lumpur Day 7

26 Nov – Day 7 – Thursday

How fast time flies! Today is the last full day of our Malaysia vacation and we have been enjoying ourselves as the Malaysia tourist and going on a tour of the various Malaysia attractions for the past week, experiencing the sumptuous local food of Malaysia as well as going on a Malaysia shopping spree including Tesco shopping. We not only enjoyed the delicious food at Mum's Place, we also had the opportunity to eat our favourite durian fruit at bargain prices! All thanks to our Garmin global positioning system which we rely on especially while on the road in Malaysia.

We left the hotel at 1130 hrs to meet our friends, Stanley & Elvina at Ikano and followed their car to Mum’s Place at Jalan PJU 8/5A, Bandar Damansara Perdana, 47820 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Tucked in one corner is Mum’s Place Restaurant, a Food & Beverage outlet serving tasteful local Malaysian cum Portuguese cuisine. With a cozy homely ambience, the food there was not too bad. If you like to try out some local Malaysian food, then Mum’s Place is a good bet. You can order very spicy food if you care for that. Or you can enjoy non-spicy food. There is a variety of tempting dishes to excite your tastebuds.

In front of Mum's Place


Portuguese style Beef Slices

Sweet Potato Leaves

Beancurd (Taufu) with Petola

We tried some of the house specialties such as Cencaru Fish with Chilli Paste and the Sambal Petai Prawns. Ooooh, they were such a delight and especially great for lovers of spicy food.

House specialty Cencaru Fish with Chilli Paste - don't let the colour fool you. This is extremely spicy!

Sambal Petai Prawns - another spicy dish, but this was my favourite dish! From the fresh prawns to the chilli sambal that was done just right!

Cendol with Red Beans

Thai Style Water Chestnut

Sago with Water Chestnut and chendol - a new dessert

Adding to the homely ambience

Doubt you'll need anti-stress therapy here

We had a great time catching up with our warrior friends, Stanley & Elvina as well.

Together with Elvina & Stanley in Mum's Place

Adding to the Christmas cheer in Mum's Place

More Christmas cheer

Surprisingly just a few doors away from Mum’s Place Restaurant is a place called Kafe Passion but it was closed.

Kafe Passion at Damansara Perdana

That is exactly the same name as our friend’s café in Bandar Mahkota Cheras.

Kafe Passion in Bandar Mahkota Cheras owned by friends of ours, Fong & Jacey

After lunch, we went to meet our friends at their café in Bandar Mahkota Cheras as they had helped us buy some salted fish so that we could spend our vacation touring some of the Malaysia attractions instead of looking for a good place to buy the salted fish.

Kafe Passion adorned with Marilyn Monroe pictures

As we were chatting, the topic shifted to food and they were telling us about the Tasty Pot Steamboat buffet near the Old Klang Road as well as the durian buffet in SS2 area.

Chatting with Fong outside the Cafe

We left the café at about 1800 hrs and made our way to Tesco Kajang to do some shopping in Tesco. Our main purpose was to buy some kuih bahulu (sponge cake) from one of the stalls there as per our friend’s recommendation.

Stopping by Tesco in Kajang to do some shopping

Kuih bahulu is a traditional Malay cake made from a mixture of eggs, sugar and flour. They are baked in special moulds. Although the kuih bahulu is light and fluffy, it tastes slightly dry and is especially popular during Chinese New Year.

Buying Kuih Bahulu

Traditional 'button-shaped' Kuih Bahulu

We then made our way to Tasty Pot Steamboat buffet but because we missed the turning into the carpark, we had to go a whole big round. Instead of doing that and because it was not in our Garmin global positioning system, we made our way to SS2 durian fruit buffet stall near the police station. Situated just by the corner, we had the kampong (village) durian buffet for RM9 (USD2.65) per person. You could supposedly get better durians for RM15 (USD4.45) per person.

Durians galore

The durians were quite good except some were a little wet. However, there is no cause to complain as we requested for more durians. We had our fill of durian fruits to last us for a month!

A nice and yellow durian fruit

More durians, all for just RM9 per person

Enjoying the durian fruits

Durians everywhere

Driving around as a Malaysia tourist with our eyes wide open, here are some interesting sights that we came across.

It seemed that today was a day for food. Our local food of Malaysia at Mum’s Place Restaurant in the afternoon was pretty tasty and great for the spicy food which was the highlight of the lunch. Our dinner comprising the durian fruit buffet was fantastic as we love durians and the durians were quite good. Although we did not manage to visit any of the Malaysia attractions today, we did manage to do some Tesco shopping in Malaysia. If it were not for our good and trusted friend, the Garmin global positioning system, we would never be able to drive all around Malaysia so freely visiting one place after another.




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Malaysia Vacation – One Week In Kuala Lumpur Day 3

22 Nov – Day 3

Marilyn Monroe picture

Today being a Sunday, we somehow also tended to laze around and spent the third day of our Malaysia vacation waking up late. We had two places where we would like to visit. One was to Café Passion, our friend’s café in Bandar Mahkota Cheras and the other was one of the Malaysia attractions, Putrajaya Malaysia, the administrative capital of Kuala Lumpur. We also hoped to spend some time in our resort, Palace of the Golden Horses and admire the beautiful and serene grounds here in the resort.

Passion Cafe

We made use of our Garmin global positioning system to direct us to Café Passion since we were not familiar with the roads in Malaysia. A small café with cozy ambience for a quick bite at very reasonable prices owned by Fong and Jacey, you will be greeted with Marilyn Monroe paraphernalia. If you are a Marilyn Monroe fan, you can get to see some pictures of the late American actress, singer and model here in the café. Marilyn Moroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute back in 1999. You can also get free wifi internet access.

More Marilyn Monroe pictures


Fong, whose dream come true, outside his cafe which showcases pictures of his idol, Marilyn Monroe.

Boasting not only local food of Malaysia, the menu also includes some Western dishes such as fish and chips and chicken chops as well as Italian spaghetti carbonara. With a splendid array of choices for your taste bud, you will find some special ‘desserts of the day’ such as deep fried fruit rolls as well as durian pancake.

Passion Cafe

For lunch, we ordered the Tom Yam Fried Rice as well as the Pineapple Fried Rice. You can let them know if you prefer the food to be mild or spicy and they will customize it for you. With prices ranging from RM2 to RM12, you will be spoiled for choice.

Tom Yam Fried Rice

Pineapple Fried Rice

Thirst-quenching sour plum drink on the right

Jacey is forever experimenting with new dishes and soon will be adding more new dishes to the menu. We were fortunate to try out the durian pancake as well as the durian and cempedak fruit roll. The durian pancake was really good as the crepe was smooth and thin and the durian filling was just nice, as good as what they serve in hotels and high class restaurants but at much affordable prices. The fruit rolls was something different as they were deep fried, warm on the outside and cold on the inside. This is a dish you must experience.

Fruit rolls served with ice-cream

Durian pancake

Signature bread

Pizza

Café Passion is located at 27-1 Jalan Temenggung 19/9 Section 9 Commercial Centre, Bandar Mahkota Cheras 43200. Phone:- 603-9074 1394. The Café is open from 1000 hrs – 1800 hrs and closed every Monday.

Passion Cafe

Coffee, anyone?

In the kitchen

Admin work

More Marilyn Monroe pictures

Whilst sitting and watching the traffic go by, we spotted a delivery van with the following text. See if you can spot the mistakes... :) Same van, but different wordings on the side and the back!




We left Café Passion to make our way to Putrajaya, Malaysia’s multimedia corridor, at 1845 hrs. By the time we arrived at this Malaysia attraction, Putrajaya, it was already dark. Even with the poor lighting at that time, there was striking evidence of the many architectural marvels which abound in this new city.

The striking bridges

Building across the lake

Putrajaya sits on a magnificent 4,931 hectares spread. It is designed to take full advantage of the natural surroundings which is enhanced by large bodies of water and wetlands. Built on an expansive marshland and former oil palm estate in Selangor, the city lies 25 km from Kuala Lumpur. Putrajaya takes over the administrative functions of the capital city Kuala Lumpur and is part of the Multimedia Super Corridor project of the Malaysian government.

ToyCity in Allamanda

We ended up at Allamanda, a new shopping area in Putrajaya, Malaysia, where Parkson and Carrefour can be found. One of the newest shopping and lifestyle malls in Malaysia, we managed to get some Christmas shopping done before returning to our resort, Palace of the Golden Horses for the night. Unfortunately we did not have much time in the resort but managed to listen to the live band in the Grand Salon.

Grand Salon, Palace of the Golden Horses




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