Chakri Xpress : Alamanda

I've been planning to dine here since I went to JM Bariani House next door and yesterday I got the opportunity to taste Thai Food at Chakri Xpress Alamanda Outlet. The place is located next to JM Bariani House at Alamanda Esplanade- ground floor.

The Menu Book : all delicacies are written in Thai's name but with description of the food to be served.
Front cover of Chakri Xpress Menu..featuring beautiful Thai woman in traditional costume, the staff that greet us at the main door are fully dressed up in their traditional costume as well



Appertizer : forgot the name but there were fried prawn, spring roll, fish fritters (tod man pla) and other fried thingy with sweet and spicy Thai sauce. We also ordered other menu and I think it was also a spring roll but with cheese inside..so delicious

Warm water and cold plain water :-), I asked for warm water but they send me both..I had watermelon juice but no ice, and some of us been adventerous trying other type of drink like Pussy Foot (a mixture of raw egg and ..i don't know..),Cinderella (i think it was pineapple with milk), Lemongrass Juice..

My set lunch: Prawn Combo, it comes with rice, nicely put in a yellow crisp keropok, manggo and papaya kerabu, fried prawn and sunny side up..i like their food presentation, complete with different size plate and ddecorated with banana leaves. Thai always took time to prepare their food especially the presentation part. I like fruit carving with intricate design, it show their passion of fine dining.


Another set lunch: Chakri Combo

Ohh.. I loves this seat with animal print and bold place mat laid on black table top..

Chakri Xpress cashier counter..a little bit too high for petite people like me ;-)


This is the exterior of Chakri Xpress..with high glass panel and dynamic view of the interior

I loves this chair for external dining area, they look comfy but stylish in apple green

Thailand is part of Asia, therefore the infuence of local culture is still prominent, this small feature really brings out the Asian theme, light bulb decorated in a bamboo shade

Nando's : Alamanda Putrajaya

There are so many choices of food available in Malaysia now, not only normal Western and fusion but also Portuguese food like this Nando's menu. This is a new outlet recently open in Alamanda Putrajaya, situated opposite Starbucks. The is other outlet in Putrajaya, the location is at the Souk, next to Masjid Putra.

This Nando's outlet in Putrajaya looks much better in terms of interior design and location.

My usual choice of food when we dine here is always their famous peri-peri chicken with mild flavour and spiceness with two sidelines: mediterranean rice and peri chips. This peri chips are big and they sprinkles some chillie powder on top, the mediterranean rice is light and tasty but not oily. Sometimes I ordered salad instead of peri chips, but there are also other menu of sidelines to choosed from like coleslaw, chips,..etc.


Sufiya and four types of chillie sauce infront of her..


Interior of Nandos Alamanda


My mild chicken with peri chips and mediterranean rice.


Our mud pie..comes with vanilla ice cream on top...so yummy..

check out this interesting nando's website : Nando's

Gulai Nangka

This is my hubby's must-have-menu when we are in Alor Star, he will placed order just before we reach my mom's house. Gulai nangka makan dengan ikan masin...sedappp..bertambah 3 /4 pinggan..



Bahan-bahan:
Nangka muda dipotong sebesar 2 inci dan rendam dalam air garam utk hilangkan getah.
serbuk kari udang- I like Cap Tarbus- ada kat Alor Staq saja noo...
santan kelapa
air
udang segar
garam secukup rasa
asam keping
bawang merah dan bawang putih dihiris halus
daun kari
halba campur

1.Cara-caranya:

Masukkan nangka muda kedalam periuk, masukkan air dan rebus sebentar.
Masukkan pulak serbuk kari
Campurkan santan,udang segar dan asam keping serta garam
Masak hingga mendidih
Perlahankan api

2.Dikuali lain, untuk tumis darat;

Panaskan sedikit minyak
Tumiskan bawang merah, daun kari dan halba campur
Goreng hingga kuning dan wangi.
Tutup api dan tuang semua bahan ke dalam periuk gulai nangka.
Biarkan seketika, rasa dulu kalau ok tutup api.
Hidangkan dan nikmatinya dengan ikan pekasam, ikan tamban goreng....hmmmm

Lempeng Kelapa

'Goreng lempeng, lempengnya hangus...' remember this Mamat's song about a girl with lempeng..?

I had lempeng kelapa for breakfast this morning at my usual place..the best thing about this lempeng is because it was freshly made with fresh grated young coconut and it's not oily at all. My choice of gravy are Sambal Tumis and Kari Ayam, a perfect combination to enjoyed this lempeng



This gerai is located at Gate One Putrajaya, if you come from Bangi Lama or Abu Bakar Baginda, you will notice this shop on your left, not far from Presint 14. It is just a simple shop but they have good local food for breakfast like roti canai, nasi lemak and lontong besides my favourite lempeng.

When I was a kid, my grandma always made this lempeng nyiok...especially when it was rainy days..lempeng and kopi panas...fuuhhh...what a blast..

I forgot to mentioned about the name of this shop : it's Syameera..the entance looks like a nursery with longan tree welcoming their guest :-0

Nasi Lemak and Nasi Goreng

I normally cook on weekend but last Saturday I just ordered hubby to bought me Nasi Lemak from cafeteria at our community centre. There variety of breakfast menu from karipap, kuih-muih, tosai, roti canai and roti bom to nasi kerabu and laksam.


My heavy nasi lemak: Telur Mata Kerbau with Sambal Tempe....put aside the cholesterol :-)


Having Nasi Lemak by the window on Saturday morning


This is my dinner on Friday night, just a simple Nasi Goreng with broccoli and carrot plus egg, anchovies and chicken.


I don't like using instant nasi goreng paste, I always used chillie powder or just chillie boh and sometimes I just used some pounded fresh chillie mix with onion or shallot plus garlic and dried shrimps...and no belacan for me...

Mia Satay Contest

Currently there is a contest at this website : Mia Satay contest and the prize is a voucher from Giant Hypermarket..the amount is not that big but I will try my luck in this contest..just for the fun of it laa...

I've an idea but waiting for a suitable model...wahhh...so ambitious


Mia Satay (cilok from redmummy.com)

JM Bariani House :Alamanda Putrajaya

We had lunch at this restaurant at :JM Bariani House Alamanda outlet. This restaurant is located in front of Alamanda's square/esplanade and at the same row with Secret Recipe and other restaurant.

This is the cashier counter with big photo of food on the wall..actually they are many big printed photo decorating their wall...and we kept on guessing what the picture are coz most of them are closed-up..interesting dining experience I must say

The menu of JM Bariani House : variety kind of beriani, mee bandung etc and the price are consider reasonable.

Food counter with typical design


Happy faces after having beriani

My beriani daging, this beriani is quite light compared to other place's and the meat taste good and tender. The set comes with acar buah but only in small portion. They also serves chicken beriani, fried chicken beriani and lamb beriani.


Dessert: Cream Caramel ; I think the top should be more brown..it taste just fine but maybe they should improve the presentation.We ordered 6, but only got 4 because they said that it was sold out and so does their mutton beriani:-(


Our starter: Tauhu Bakar and Rojak Petis: same gravy for both dish but for Rojak Petis the fruits should be thicker. Tauhu Bakar- bake tofu with cucumber,jicama (sengkuang), bean sprout with chillie and nuts gravy.
Their Rojak Petis is just average with sliced pineapple,cucumber and tempe.. :-)

I ordered Ice Lemon Tea but taste kinda weird and they need to make it taste better..

Overall: location wise this place is easy to access, no problem with parking but for large crowd we need to make a reservation.
The ambience and Interior Design of this JM Bariani looks comfortable with enough lighting and the background music is just fine, not too loud but I prefer if they play light Hindi song or maybe just instrumental coz this is Indian cuisine so the setting and mood need to blend in.