While you may not get a free trip to Korea, Ticket to Korea (TKK) intends to bring you simple Korean food as well as their fusion foods. Perhaps you'll get a glimpse of Korea that way?

TKK is located in Setia Walk, Puchong and opened 6 months ago by this couple that both start with the letter J. The dude that you meet when you enter? Sorry ladies, he's the 사장님 (sa-jang-nim; manager, owner, president, whatever you want to call it) of the place and is taken. The other half of the duo is behind in the kitchen.

Service is slow and they don't seem to have any other staff in the front besides the J-dude and perhaps why even drinks will take about 5-10 minutes to arrive but the J-dude is pretty friendly, polite and wouldn't mind conversing with you.

We first ordered my favourite dish during cold winters or even random days while in Korea - a 부대찌개(budae jiggae - army stew) that went by the name sausage & ham soup. Honestly, if you're familiar with Korean foods by their Korean names like me, you'll be wondering what on earth these mean. Is Korean Chilli Stew 매운탕 (mae-un-tang - litereally spicy stew) or something else? The army stew (I'll just call it this) was pretty basic. Spicy broth with pork, ham, sausages, rice cakes, cheese, baked beans, cabbage etc. The rice cakes were store bought but it's pretty rare to find hand made ones (not to mention the effort it takes. While I lived in Korea we always got it from those ajumma's at the morning market) It already comes with 라면 (lamyeon - ramen) as a budae juggae should and Medium (RM 35) can easily feed 3 people and if you don't find it enough you can add on more ramen for RM 6. In true Korean fashion I recommend letting the soup dry up and finish it by ordering rice to make a congee. Tho we didn't try it so I don't know if they'll do it here.

We then also ordered a cheese stick (pic) which is half sweet potato and half mozzarella cheese wrapped in wonton skin and deep fried. The cheese didn't have that nice stringy effect I wanted and it tasted very strongly of 고구마 (sweet potato) hence if you like sweet potatoes, this will be THE ONE for you. But it's RM 6 per stick so there's that.

해물전 (hae-mul jeon - seafood pancake) - RM 20 came up next. These were my supper foods with friends while in Korea along with some 소주(soju) or 맥주(maek-ju - beer). That being said I'm spoilt since all my seafood pancakes are loaded with cabbage, chives and cut 오징어(o-jing-eo a type of octopus) and they give a bite to every mouthful. This had good batter, it was flavourful. But the seafood was just small rings of squid on top which made me a little sad. That being said it's RM 20 while the ones I eat in Korea are at least 10-16 USD depending on where I eat them.

Next was the Kimchi Quesadilla (RM )18.50, a korean twist on the quesadilla. Don't ask me to pronounce it. I just pointed at the item and waited for the dude to say it for me. The quesadilla was simple food I would say. Cheese, kimchi, and more cheese. It's simple, but I can't deny it's good comfort food. It tasted like pizza with the occassional wild kimchi. If you like cheese, this is fer yah.

Ok I'm almost done. The bill comes with a 10% service charge and no GST.

If you've made it this far, kuddos! We probably can be friends!

Do you live life half-arsed? Well you shouldn't! Live life to the extreme like the chef's at The Hungry Hog! Located a few stops before Oregi, Fat Baby and quite some ways before Sangkaya, THH is no stranger to those who study in SS15 or live in the area. They specialize in pork dishes such as their Siew Yoke (roast pork) and pork chops and of course, pork burger. However when I visited for the first time today (Yes, staying in the area for so long and after the place has relocated once and renovated, only do I make my first visit), I notice they could be famous for another thing: going to the extreme. Flavour-wise.

I decided to post a picture of the mashed potatoes because that was, in my opinion the only thing not EXTREME! on the table today.

Yes, I will capitalize and end all my EXTREME!'s with an exclamation (!) mark.

The meatballs spaghetti (16.90 pre-tax) that came first was the sneak peek of what was to come. The pasta was overcooked to the EXTREME! and it was also salty to the EXTREME!. The meatballs were quite dry as well.

The three little pigs burger (RM 17.90 pre-tax) which I had, had bread buns dry to the EXTREME! but alright, give credit to the bacon and the patty.

The Heuvos Rancheros (RM 18.90 pre-tax) came with a salsa side that was spicy to the EXTREME! it almost sent me into shock. The main was not bad tho, a little too salty. I said a little cause compared to the pasta, this was fine.

Their mashed potatoes were good, skin and all gave it a good texture and the sauce was a little bland but you would think with all these EXTREME! flavours in everything else, this was a good thing.

Oh and everything sells out really fast. We arrived before 9 and things like the pork chop were all sold out. :(

Amusing that I went for Kin Ryu Tei in the afternoon and when night comes, here I am. But I mean, hey, since the prices are the same, I'll just conveniently make a comparison for the benefit of those confused in this what I like to call the "Japanese" Row.

The Sushi to Mini Udon Zen js a set that comes with 5 pieces of nigiri sushi, a cawanmushi, 1 mini udon, some fruits and a small appetizer (RM 40).

Ok here's a joke: what did the sushi say to the mini udon when it got angry?

"U-don min it!"

The sushi was small, rice was well packed and the fish was properly done. I probably can't complain till I go to Japan and eat that sushi that will send me to heaven and back. But so far this is a good sushi. The mini udon was nothing to shout about. Don't think it was meant to be special anyway and the whole set won't make you full. It will leave you in that limbo between not full and not hungry tho. Ahh the sadness.

When in need of prosperity, go touch a Golden Dragon. While Golden Dragons might be a myth, perhaps you can try your luck at Kin Ryu Tei. With the kanji words for "Gold", "Dragon" and "Pavillion" respectively, Kin Ryu Tei is one of the fancier looking restaurants but doesn't seem to garner much attention with famous competition such as Rakuzen and Jyu Raku and many other Japanese restaurants in the same row. Interior deco is fancy and gives you the feeling of an expenaive restaurant and they have sea urchin! Lighting is as yellow as the scales of the golden dragon and food pricing is pretty standard to deal with competition.

Salmon nigiri sushi was going for RM 4 per piece and was served with freshly grated wasabi. The salmon tasted fresh, no signs of it frozen as tho it accompanied Captain America in the 1000 yr old freezer.

We also ordered a place of Spicy Spider Roll which was soft shell crab with ikura, some spicy mayo thingy sauce drizzled on top and freshly grated wasabi by the side. It's salty tho. So salty that I'm quite sure while they wanted it to be "ocean salty fresh" this wasn't what they were going for.

A friend has recently been "endorsing" this cake shop called Souka. They don't call themselves a cafe, they call themselves a Bake Shop. But I guess you can call them a cafe. Located in SS 15, same row as Rakuzen, make note to look out for this place when searching because their canopy is the same color as the building and you just might miss it. Not to mention they don't use any fancy signboards. So yes, look out for it.

The place has password protected wifi, ample parking as well as very little people (came here during lunch hour and there were only 2 tables occupied) with a really cozy ambience.

The banana walnut cake (RM 15) was a little more up there in pricing compared to the other cakes and things we ordered such as the hot mocha (RM 11) and also the chocolate mousse tart (RM 10).

The banana walnut cake was basically banana cake (or banana bread as like to call it) with butter cream frosting and salted caramel with walnuts. The banana cake was not too dense and was kicking my face left, right and centre with the banana power for a thousand chimpanzees. The butter cream frosting was pretty tasteless but I wouldn't call it a bad thing because it let the banana taste to come thru but gave the cake a nice creamy texture. The salted caramel blended gave a little saltiness amongst the sweetness of the cake.

The chocolate mousse tart didn't really give me the impression of a tart. The whilped cream (loads of it might I add) and the chocolate mousse (which had the texture of nutella spread) was all soft creamy. And while I've had my fair share of rock hard crusts, this tart crust was so soft it just mushed together with the cream and cream and I got a while mouth full of creaminess and soft mushiness. Basically the tart didn't give any sort of texture contrast at all. The whole thing was soft. Like the soft and gentle heart I am born with. Or like the mushed peas at the side of your steak.

The mocha was a little disappointing. It tasted a little diluted and watery. Is it the milk? The coffee? The chocolate? I don't know. I felt as though I was drinking weirdly bitter water with diluted milk... or like they made the mocha, it wasn't enough to fill the cup and they just added water.

Souka's cakes were good. Some a little more sweet than the others. Their tarts. meh. their mocha. heh. but I heard they serve beef stew and the likes. Wonder if those are any good.

Oh and they have mad clean toilets! USE THEM!

I'm not even going to bother introducing this place. Cause anyone within a 200 km radius in Subang Jaya knows about this cafe by RT pastry that has opened not to recently ago.

But I'll just talk about the cafe for a bit to increase the word count of this post (I seem to be known for that). RT Pastry is a bakery known for it's extra fluffy and spongey cakes. If you're looking for something dense I suggest you look elsewhere and also their extra fluffy and soft breads (makes me wonder what goes in there. Clouds?) The cafe, opened right beside allows you to choose cakes from the pastry house and eat it in a environmebt of fancy lights,deco and coffee. Oh and also brick walls.

Tho RT now has also what I'd like to call "premium cakes" which are priced waaaaaaay above the normal RT cakes. A slice can range from RM 11.45 (the hummingbird. Shown in pic) to RM 15? 13? I can't seem to remember. Names that I can recall are Tofu Fa Cheesecake, Rose and Mango mousse cake.

The Hummingbird cake is a spiral of flavours and textures from the dense, moist cake, to the crunchy nuts and the mix of cinnamon, apple, banana and god knows what pixie dust and unicorn fur they put inside. Not a bad thing to say that is. So if you like bananas. Apples. Cinnamon. Banana bread and mocha you can give this a try. Hummingbirds might not come flocking to your thinking you are one of them, but at least you can feel like you're one step less away from having a sugar rush and get all fidgety like one

Everyday is a Taco Tuesday! Or that's what I'd like tk believe. Sadly the lack of Mexican food in Malaysia always leave me desperate enough to bring experiments to my kitchen in order to replicate that taste I came across oh so long ago. So if you know any Mexican food places. Hit me!

Thyme Out is a food truck. Hence the lack of geotags. Because you really won't know where they are. The only way to track their whereabouts is through instagram where they will post their venue and times they will be there.

Foods are a little bit on the pricey side such as this box of 2 chilli con carne beef tacos go for RM 9.00 and on days like this, I got cheese nachos at the side for an extra RM 2.00.

The chilli con carne is bursting with flavours of cumin and is a little spicy. Imagine bolongese sauce with a hit of cumin and a kick of chilli. The taco itself has toppings of lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions and best of all- pineapple. The pineapple gives the taco's meat sauce a mild sweetness and the other veggies don't really stand out much.

The cheese sauce for the nachos are bland. It tastes only of cheese if you drown the nachos is cheese sauce and then, it's only slight. Very slight. Under normal circumstances it tastes like tasteless cream. And under non-normal circumstances.... it still tastes like tasless cream. I would recommend you to give this a pass. Or buy these nachos and go grab some KFC cheesy wedges and use their sauce.

While a four leaf clover is hard to find, maybe you can try your luck at the Fout Leaf Clover café (see what I did there?). A few stops away from Burgertory in SS15, Four Leaf Clover is a cafe serving pizzas, pastas, snacks, tarts, cakes, and of course, coffee and tea. I asked and they said the mozzarella cheese sticks were their best seller so duh. You go for their best seller.

The mozzarella cheese sticks were freshly made upon order and smelled lightly of deep fried onions (you know those used for garnish?) Must be the oil. Or the batter. I got the 5 stick one for RM 6.50 because... well it was my 3rd meal in 3 hours.

If you like cheese. Or cheese that smells lightly of onions you probably will like this.

If you like mozzerella cheese sticks and you don't want to go to sad ol' Pizza Hut. You'll like this.

If you want affordable mozzarella cheese sticks, you'll like this.

If you want your cheese sticks to appear at the snap of a finger, you won't like this.

Ps: baby flies were making me wave my hand around like I was hailing an imaginary taxi. So if you're annoyed by those, don't sit at the comfy couches.

Today it's dinner with the Chai brothers. Well... dessert with the Chai brothers and off to Molly Good Molly Miss Morning Molly Coffee Jolly we went.

Ok that wasn't the name. But seriously. I'm bad with names. So I'll just call this place Miss Molly.

Miss Molly is a small cafe located in Seksyen 14 in Dataran Millenium PJ, quite well hidden, and was really quiet when I arrived. Though it would be good to take note I came at night 7:30 p.m ish and there were only 2 tables in use. Perhaps you'll see more humans during the daytime. They have sanwhiches, cakes, cold brew, ice blended, affogato, tea (even TWG for all you snobs) and... coffee.

Menu of the night oh so graciously decided by the Chai brothers:

Red Velvet (RM 10.00)
Chocolate Cheesecake ( RM 11)
No tax or service charge.

The red velvet cake had hints of orange in it. Probably orange zest which gave it an interesting note besides the typical buttery, sweet flavour of red velvet cakes. Definitely for the sweet tooth (very sweet. Alert) and best washed down with a cup of lattte or mocha, the red velvet cake was dense and rich and not meant for the weak hearted. The texture wasn't overly moist and is actually ever so slightly on the dry side but nothing the cream can't compensate for.

The chocolate cheesecake tasted more of chocolate cream than anything else. It was like... chocolate ice cream but a chocolate ice cream that isn't as cold and doesn't melt which results in that disgusting puke-like texture (read: melted ice cream). It tasted ever so slightly of cheese and the texture was rich and creamy. The base wasn't overly hard or rock hard (I've had my fair share of those). In nutshell it was chocolate cream. There, I said it.

Got a hot chocolate by the side which was probably dark chocolate hot milk. A little sugar wouldn't hurt guise. Like... really....because this tastes like dark chocolate with milk... while it probably is what it's supposed to be, really.... a little sugar wouldn't hurt.

Golly jolly miss Molly! Oh wait... I think that's not right....

And yes, parking is a pain. Either you try your luck outside, or you pay RM 2 for the first 2 hrs and RM 1.50 every hour after and RM 3.00 from 6 p.m till 6 a.m per entry in Millenium Square's basement parking.

Loong Foong, the chinese characters for Dragon and Phoenix respectively, is a Chinese seafood restaurant known for it's roast duck.

Generally, roast ducks are tricky. Their meat is thougher than chickens' and they dry out pretty easily.

The duck skin was not crispy like a biscuit, but it had a nice light crunch to it while fresh. The meat was not cardboard-dry and the sauce that comes with the duck does a good job in giving the meat some needed moisture and also added flavour. I always go for the breast meat. Always. I find the meat there to my liking ;)

While it won't turn me into a phoenix or ascend into the heavens, Loog Foong's duck meat is one of the better duck meats out there.

Well, duck!

Yes, the name of the cafe is called Morning Wood. Yes I think Reuben Kang was trying to be funny.

MorningWood has been open for approximately more than a month now, previously to occupy the space was the all famous FlatWhite but I guess seeing the success of it, a local Youtube Star and a few others decided to buy over the place, give it a funny name and make it their own. I've heard the barista is the same as the previous one (maybe that's why people say the coffee's still good) but I'm not a coffee drinker so...

Menu for the day:
Red Velvet (RM 11.00)
Frozen Cheesecake: Peach (RM 11.00)

These were apparently their 2 bestsellers. The red velvet was the best seller until the salted caramel cookie cake came. And the frozen cheesecakes were apparently also a favourite amongst many tho what flavour exactly was the best seller is not known.

The red velvet cake was the dream of a sweet tooth. It was dense, moist, balance of butter cream frosting and butter cake ratio. The most important thing of all was that it was sweet and significantly so. Good to be washed down with a cup of flat white, latte or cuppa, but not a Mocha. The mocha there is more on the sweet side and choclate-y those who prefer a more bitter mocha might not agree with it and call it too sweet. The slice was pretty big, enough to feed me and 2 more men. Then again? The men weren't fan of sweets.

The frozen cheesecakes got me as confused as my form 4 add maths problems. Apparently, these cakes are frozen and chucked into the microwave for 5 seconds before serving it to you. Make no mistake though, upon serving the thing was still rock hard. To get it soft you'll need to wait for it to thaw. But honestly, anyone who has frozen anything cream related can tell you it's a bad idea. The water molecules of the cheesecake got all messed up with water coming out from the cake and it look it was sweating. Just imagine getting custard cream out from the refrigerator and leaving it out with a lid over it. Condensation and custard is what you'll get. And water and cheese is what you'll get with this.

They apparently serve mains, but that will be for another day. Operation is until 12.00 a.m. but kitchen closes earlier.

Morning wood... imagine all the jokes. Seriously

Welcome to Chuckles. Where they have an interesting wifi password, yellow lights that make you cry when taking pictures at night, and a large menu ranging from Western to Asian foods as well as drinks from juices, to mojitos to coffee.

Chuckles (yes I try not to amuse myself everytime I type this) is located in TTDI, new, with no Facebook page (only instagram) and has been featured on Jalan Jalan Cari Makan - not to be sidetracked but am I the only one who knows Abang Naz from him Kelab Disney Malaysia days?- and serves western food with a Malaysian twist, western food with cute names as well as apparently really good Ayam Percik (only available during lunch)

My Curry Chuckbonara (RM 22.00) was basically a carbonara with a local curry-flavoured twist. It came with beef bacon, lots of parmesan cheese and some button mushrooms with a hint of curry. The amount of curry is not very significant that it makes the whole pasta dish taste weird. It just happens to taste like a creamy cheesy pasta with hints of heat that slowly build up along the way as well as a tint of curry fragrance. Pasta was slightly overcooked (I like mine al dente, but that's me being me) and wished the mushrooms was sweated out a bit more. If you're sick of the normal carbonara you could try this and get all confused and have mixed feelings on the dish.

On a side note : prepare for major color correction.

On another side note: no tax. There, I said it.