Jaya Grocer :: Amazing Cafeteria Food :: Armand's Birthday

Birthday boy with Auntie and bro

An overdue post is coming your way right now. On a supermarket that has a most rocking restaurant--Jaya Grocers--located inside Gateway Bangi. It is the first building you see on your right as you slowly smartTag your way through Tol Bangi (because the car in front had low batteries or no credit, as always). 

First visit to Jaya Grocers cafe. Circa early 2014.

I had noticed the sizzling roast lamb and beef staring at me a while back, and one sunny afternoon after the plane ride from Langkawi, we came here for a late lunch. And it was awesome. So for Armand's 13th birthday (yep, my son is now 13 years old and even taller than his pretty mama), I made arrangements with Chef Zul --that's the head chef at Jaya's Grocer--for dinner with my party of 7. Armand's own request. In other words, Secret Recipe just lost one of its long-lasting customers this birthday. Must be the frightful 16% tax they charge there that always leaves you gaping in confused wonder at the cashier.

The cafeteria at Jaya's is just like a smaller version of my old university cafeteria or IKEA's cafeteria, if you like. All the food is on display under a glass hood not facing your way and when ordering, you pinpoint the dish you want and they'll slap it on the tray for ya. After that first day of slapping though, they were always out of lamb when we came along (usually around 9pm for our weekly groceries). So of course, I had to make a contingency plan for the upcoming birthday celebration to avoid disappointment. And Chef Zul was kind enough to make a reservation of lamb for me without me putting down a single cent. Thank You Allah for the fact that we are still a trustful and trustworthy nation. Though I cannot say the same for my maid.

roast lamb with mash and slaw.
A!!

roast lamb with mash and veggies.
And gravy!

roast chicken with mash and grilled veggies.
Awesome!

Armand's birthday cake. Creme brulee..
Very nice!

You get 150 gms of beef/lamb and 2 whopping side dishes per plate. And each plateful costs around RM20+. May I just say, the meat was tender and juicy and absolutely unsuitable for people with hypertension. In which case there is always chicken, pie or pasta alternatives. But we each went for a plateful of red meat and sides instead, with an enormous helping of the most grooviest of gravies. My favourite side dishes: macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes and grilled vegetables. Just give it a try; your tongue is in tongue-heaven the few seconds before you swallow. And repeat.

I recommend you share one gigantic dish for two because there is a lot to go around and membazir itu sahabat syaitan. Unless everyone in your family are well-built and strong like mine and have to do laundry every day, which requires lots and lots of energy.

So try it out for dinner tonight, especially if you're slightly lethargic (i.e., tired lately) and need a good dollop of iron. And then afterwards you can release more stress by looking at all the imported chocolates and biscuits on the supermarket shelves just next to your table.

For my 13 year old-- may you grow up wise and strong like your mother. And good-natured like your father. In his younger days.

Jaya Grocers

that awesome supermarket at Gateway Bangi that is slightly more expensive than the average supermarket but has a rocking cafe and superwide aisles!!

Cleanliness: A
Food: A
Price: B+ (slightly expensive for eating arrangements)
Satisfactory level: A
Service: A. Thanks Chef Zul and team for arrangements!!

Satay Kajang Haji Samuri (progress! we need progress~~!)

Note: This is a re-post and re-edit from an older entry which is no longer available for your viewing pleasure.

The Glory days. Newspaper cutting from 2001. The one and only wall deco.

Like all mysterious things in life, Satay Kajang baffles me. They know how to make good satay. They have the recipe for the best kuah satay ever, but they have one of the most mediocre restaurants in downtown Bangi.

Sharifah: Western dishes priced like kangkung

Abang and Wak. Seen here with ancient soft drinks. Nope, didn't try them.

This was a teh tarik session with Wak on a Monday night, which turned into a full-blown dinner session. Wak is this really cool pakcik we met in Mekah during Haji--- his room was just across mine and he and Mazlan were tight smoking buddies. He's also available and waiting for Miss Right and Undemanding. Good luck Wak. 

Red Wok :: One of Bangi's best family restaurants

The guests of honor

It takes me on average 4 hours to write a post. Today, I am going to write one in a half hour because I need to get ready for work at 8:30 am. This was my brother's birthday celebration in Red Wok on the 17th of May 2013. Yep; approx 5 months ago. Today, he has another addition to his family: the cutest baby boy coming in at 3.8 kilos. Yesterday he announced the baby's name: Zafran. So this post is dedicated for Zafran from his awesomest Auntie Cho.

Islamic Steakhouse: the new best old place in Bangi

Birthday girl with family. 

Salam all, Ramadhan mubarak!

I know its Ramadhan and you'll feel like strangling me for this post, but I haven't written in so long I've been wasting energy doing other things -- and most of them just annoy my husband.

We went here last Friday night for Iman's 7th birthday; how time flies! The first time we met she was a chubby baby who peeked shyly at me from under her eyelashes. Now all we do is gossip and shop. Not to mention the serious discussions over where to sleep every night --next to Mama of course but will Mama leave her for Abah in the middle of the night? the biggest problem in her life to date. What bliss to be seven.

Ana Ikan Bakar Petai

The literally awesome menu.

This dining experience actually occured over Deepavali. After watching the kids tire themselves out at my parents house the entire afternoon, we thought we would take them out and watch them go crazy at some other innocent location. There are only two restaurants in Bangi that I know of that has a playground area for kids (please let me know if there are others): McDonalds and Ana Ikan Bakar. After the Gaza episode we are done with McDonalds --for now at least. (Put that french fry down, now). We headed to Ana Ikan Bakar.

Tutti Frutti (good for you, not so for your wallet-- I mean purse)

A tutti frutti visit...!

Tutti Frutti is this froyo place which serves healthy yogurt ice-cream. Or frozen yogurt if you like. The target consumer I guess would be 7 to 25 year olds who'd be really excited at getting a chance to pull the ice-cream lever, and top it with delicious (unhealthy) toppings, which in all likelihood cancels out the health benefits of froyo.

For the slightly wiser 25+ and above (that'd be me and the people I hang out with), the anti-colon cancer pitch makes the whole experience and cost, a little bit more worth it.

Bangi Briyani: First class Briyani :: World Class Tauhu Bakar~~

Kambing briyani. A++

I've done a review on Bangi Briyani before, but I don't think I did the place justice then because I didn't order briyani. But on this particular visit, I did. In fact we ordered chicken (me) and kambing (Mazlan) briyani, and to put it mildly-- it was fantalicious (i.e., fantastically delicious). I hereby declare Bangi Briyani one of the best briyani houses in Bandar Baru Bangi. Please keep in mind however, there's only 3 briyani places in Bangi to my knowledge and this is the only one I've been to so far, so we'll keep the praises in moderation. Or, quoting Mazlan's favorite word: wassatiah. For me, the expression would be: Paling sedap! kot. (To his annoyance).

The restaurant is located on the row of shop lots behind Az Zahra and An-Nur hospitals. For 3 pm, there was quite a pleasant crowd.  An old school friend with his family came in and sat themselves at the next table.  Surprisingly he still recognized me and came over to say hi, albeit I have less pimples, brown contacts (as oppose to my nerdy glasses) and a new guy within a 5 m radius. Powerful thing is the brain; a fact which never cease to amaze me. They can never do that with a video/image recognition system. The new guy would set off an intruder alert alarm and the system would shut down. 

Chicken briyani. A++

Mazlan went genius that day and ordered the tauhu bakar. I have never been a big fan of tauhu related products but the dish was superblicious (in case you're wondering, it's two-word-combination night). It was crunchy and fresh and could kick Chef Wan off the Asian food channel forever. The peanut sauce was divine and contrary to popular belief, it is not the same as kuah satay. They must have used some very high quality dried shrimp to make it too because I didn't break out spotty the next day. Good stuff.

So there you have it: delicious briyani and mind-blowing crunchy superb tauhu bakar, excellent menu selection, friendly waiters, cozy sofas, fast service and fresh ingredients, complete with old school mates as fellow diners. You know what you need to do next:

buy property in Bangi.

Tauhu Bakar. Superb. Go for it. 

Bangi Briyani, 

Bandar Baru Bangi

Cleanliness: B+

Food: A

Price: Around RM50 for two people including drinks and appetizers. Thank you Mazlan. You're the best :)

Satisfaction Level: A+

Service: A+  

Atmosphere: A. Nice crowd, calming atmosphere, comfortable seats.

Ana Ikan Bakar Petai ~ terlampau menawan selera

Sheemz's stamp of approval. GO!

I am blogging on a Friday night because the ikan bakar was too good to be true.  I know for a fact that Izham sped at approx. 150 km/hour all the way from Puchong to Bangi secure in the thought that nothing in the ikan bakar category can beat his precious Ala Kassim. After the meal, however, he gracefully conceded and agreed Ana was delicious. True, Ala Kassim was great and still is, but Ana Ikan Bakar was absolutely marvelous. 5 star quality. Pure genius. Einsten. M Nasir. You get the idea.

We went there for moreh so we didn't order a lot: just one medium size kerapu ala bakar petai style. The waiter served  the drinks as we anxiously (Izham) and excitedly (me) waited for the big dish to arrive. It came wrapped in banana leaves with two sauces in little bowls on top. 

We unwrapped the dish carefully like it contained some precious metal*. This is what it looked like inside: (drum roll...)

Ta daaaa~~ (the camera got blurry out of excitement and failed to focus)

My carrot-apple kosong. And somebody's
teh tarik.

The rest is history. You have got to try it to believe it. I personally am marking my calendar right now to bring my entire army of a family for dinner here in the near future. If my sister hadn't already married, I would have booked the place for her reception. To think that the restaurant is only like 500 m away from where I live and I never even cared to review it. Thank you Ala Kassim.

I have yet to try out the other items on the menu, but for now, am just definitely pleased to order the petai dish again. Izham did casually mention one important fact though. We had sotong, prawns, a good-sized siakap and drinks at Ala Kassim for RM65. We just had fish and drinks here and the bill came out to be RM41. Which means....Ala Kassim wins in the monetary department (if we drove from Melaka that is, *cough*).. But then again, consider the fact that Bangi is this future metropolitan city with restaurants conveniently located right next to the fire station. Plus petai is expensive. So RM41 ain't bad. At all.

Believe it or not, this is the menu.

So, if you are looking for healthy, delicious food at possibly the safest location in Bangi, please go straight past Warta and make a left turn after the police station, and you, my friend, will find it. Before ending this review, I leave you with 8 final words of advice: pack a good toothbrush with extra-strength colgate. 

My kind of restaurant.

Ana Ikan Bakar

Bandar Baru Bangi, 
(exit Tol Bangi from Lebuhraya KL-Seremban. Take first left at roundabout, do first possible u-turn. Turn left after bomba)


Cleanliness: B+
Food: A++ the budu sauce was the king of all sauces.
Price: RM41 for kerapu bakar petai, 2 white rice and drinks. Thank you Izham :D
Satisfaction Level: A
Service: A
Atmosphere: A

p/s Surau and playground facilities available. Its like a little Kampung Ana Petai village.

*gold lah. Apa lagi..

Nu-In Little Perak (Yes, it tastes like Perak food)

Round 1: Popia basah. RM1.80 for 2. OK.

There's plenty of kopitiams in Bangi and so for the next few entries that's all am gonna write about: kopitiams. Mainly because lately me and Armand have been doing some serious bonding time and all Armand wants is roti kaya.

So right after we went shopping at the Al-Ikhwan factory sports store for some cool and original Abibas t-shirts, we went to Nu-in for a really light dinner because Nu-in is right behind Al-Ikhwan and I couldn't be bothered to re-park the car.

The place was moderately crowded. The music that was playing was some Malay classics my father would love (utterly boring in my opinion) and old nasyid. The whole concept of the store is based on Perak, the coolest of all the states in Malaysia, except for Selangor, of course. I always have had fond memories of Perak and my Grandma. 

Round 2. Presentation not so
awesome I know. 

The food was not outstanding and the price was fairly moderate on the cheap side. All the entrees were named after places in Perak: mee goreng menara condong Teluk Intan, popia Taiping, roti hailaim Setiawan, nasi goreng Ipoh. You get the idea. But to be honest--and I am being completely honest because I do love Perak, burst into song: I do I do I do do do do do do do do-- food in Perak, or Teluk Intan at least, is not much better than food in Selangor with the exception of mee mastan Ghani (a local restaurant) and a Chinese bakery shop downtown near KFC (which is pure awesomeness). So Nu-in has got their food...just right, IMHO. 

There weren't that many choices of food but adequate. You definitely won't spend more than 1 minute looking over the menu and if you do, you seriously must not have noticed that they stuck three menus together and that you're looking at the same food three times in a row in an endless cycle. Seriously. There's only like 10 types of food including poppia and poppia goreng (that's 2 already) and 25 drinks.

Armands. One serving of toast with kaya. RM2.50.
He had two servings.
The other was roti stim with kaya.
Trust me, they both look the same.

The atmosphere was relaxed, and that is the best part and probably the main attraction of the place. There was a row of very comfy sofa's against the wall and that is were we sat hoping to soak in the Perak-ian atmosphere. There were quite a few people eating alone, I noticed. All old. Poking at their food with a glazed look in their eyes. Probably reliving memories of Perak and wishing they were there. Perhaps naming all the food after Perak monuments and cities was not such a bright idea after all? They should carry out a few psychological tests on that one. You seriously do not want customers crying on their food.

Armand started playing Angry Bird and attracted a group of 2-year olds who watched excitedly over his shoulder. This is weird mama. He said while he played.

This is a great place for private conversations and business discussions because the music isn't loud and everyone i.e., the waiters and customers seemed, looked and talked very politely somehow. But then again, Perakians are always gentlemanly and this place absolutely exudes politeness. The waiter spoke to me in the softest and sweetest voice just before we left: kak, lain kali datang cubalah cendol zoo Taiping ye.**

Limited menu choices, slow music, small servings. My opah would absolutely adore this place.

Nu-In Bandar Baru Bangi, (right behind Al-Ikhwan factory outlet store, in front of Kopitiam Bangi)

Cleanliness: B

Food: B

Price: ~RM8 per person including drinks. 

Satisfaction Level: A (short wait, nice calming atmosphere)

Service: B+ There's no sugar in the drinks, they give you syrup you add yourself which is totally cool.

Atmosphere: A -- Just like Perak!


**entree names vastly exaggerated. But they were named after places in Perak.

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Kopitiam Bangi (for people-watching)

Armand with kaya toast. Again.

Lately my mind has been occupied with a great big gigantic black hole that is draining energy out of me and taking up a lot of space in the time domain as well, as a result. Has that ever happened to you? How do i break the cycle and get back to mormal? Luckily, on the outside, I am my regular cheerful self. At least my hormonal levels aren't affected--just low productivity at work. And I don't even smoke. Now on that topic: look out for some weird stuff coming on this blog soon. Possibly tomorrow. On smoking. Just one of my instantaneous crazy projects.

Affects of occupancy of black hole in mind: totally messed up order this morning during breakfast. The waiter suddenly appeared all smiles and presented me with a plate of half boiled eggs on toast. "Excuse me", I said calmly, "you must be mistaken. I ordered scrambled eggs". He looked confused and came back with my chit sheet. That little piece of paper you write your order on. There, quite clearly, was me looking back at my handwriting from a different era: 324 half-boiled eggs 1. Gulp. Am I losing it?

Eggs on toast. I prefer
scrambled. But this was OK too.

Well, there's a first time for everything. Even though my entire life raw eggs have always looked icky to me especially the yolk part, I closed my eyes, gripped the fork tight and dug in. Armand glanced up at me and submerged back into his book. Lately mama has been acting less bossy so that is just fine with him as far as he is concerned. And men always bond through silence anyway, he says.

The first bite. Not bad. The second. Ok. The third. Quite good. And then it was all good from there on. Which goes to show: raw egg yolks isn't all that bad. But scrambled definitely better. 

Armand ordered his regular kaya on toast and that was ok. I thought the bread tasted quite stale but Armand said it was awesome. Clearly, Armand is not ready yet for Australian Junior Masterchef.

This place is not great for eating but great for lepaking and mild conversation. The kind where you just nod your head and agree to everything your dinner friend says while you sip on coffee and watch smokers around you slowly breath in all the negativity of life and puff it out again to old 80's music. 

In fact, the last time I sang here (cause the guy from the live band knows me and called me up), I dedicated it to all the smokers in Bangi and may they quit one day and everyone cheered (very optimistic people these smokers, that's how they manage to ignore the gruesome pictures on the ciggarette packs) . Anyway, will write a better review of this place sometime in the future iAllah because I come here a lot for lepaking and mild conversation. And scrambled eggs on toast.

Kopitiam Bangi (corner lot, sederet dengan hosp Pakar An-Nur)

Cleanliness: B+ (standard)

Food: B 

Price: B

Satisfaction Level: B

Service: A-

Atmosphere: B (feels like I'm in Perak when I am here. Pekan-ish atmosphere. Oldies)

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Red Wok 2 (it's all about family)

Celebrating for my youngest sister's birthday who is now sweet and sour XX years old. The last year before she finally hits 20 and becomes an elegant, polite, sophisticated young woman, ever helpful and ever loving to her eldest sister.

Lemon chicken. YES

Seafood fried rice. Definite YES!

Sweet and Sour Prawns. YES.

Asparagus belacan. NO.

Kailan Ikan masin...yesss..

Jah and Izzat. YES to both :P

Iz. YES.

And Armand?

Let me just say, before I delve into the details of Red Wok (again), my 10 year-old son dislikes Red Wok immensely and will probably leave rude comments for this post. Everytime we go, he pulls a bored face and refuses to eat. There can be two possible explanations: (i) he hates chinese food. (check!) And (ii) Red Wok food has complicated ingredients in it making it unsuitable for kids below puberty. The second line of reasoning will need some research for verification, but I did notice some other kids also pulling long faces while their parents stuffed themselves heartily. In any case, Armand has agreed to forfeit the next Red Wok trip. He will stay home and lipat kain.

So right after work, we picked Ocu up from KUIS in Bandar Seri Putra, and drove straight back to Red Wok in Bangi where my mom and the rest of the family were hungirily waiting. My mom, being the guest of honor for giving birth to the birthday girl, cut the cake for us, and Jah presented Ocu with the present we all chipped in for: a new Swatch watch so that she will never be late for class again for at least the next 2 years.

Ocu. Big girl now. Kena score. Takleh
main k-pop jer.

All in all, everything was great. The kerabu, the lemon chicken and the soft-shelled crabs were the best dishes. The asparagus belacan and ginger chicken were not so popular with my family it seems. Izz  (the baby) couldn't get enough of the seafood fried rice and Izzat had 3 mugs of chinese tea to maintain his health. Am just saying.

The bill came out to be RM180++. As usual, less than we anticipated. No wonder Ocu's favourite ustaz came all the way from Bandar Seri Putra for dinner. We bumped into him at the counter when paying. He must have known Ocu was celebrating her birthday at Red Wok today and stalked her unconventionally. My mother would be thrilled. Finally, an Imam Muda in the family...

Happy birthday Ocu...! We love you lots..:))

Red Wok first review here.

Red Wok, 
Seksyen 7, Bandar Baru Bangi

Cleanliness: B
Food: A- (delicious and fresh)
Price: ~RM20 per pax (including drinks)
Satisfaction Level: A-
Service: A- (friendly waiters, very short wait)
Atmosphere: B (bit noisy, lots of customers, open-air restaurant, can be quite warm unless it rains)
Note: handicap friendly

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La Rizz BBB (Breakfast is a global foodfest..!)

Roti bakar. Armand always
goes simple. YES

La Rizz is one of the best places to eat in BBB. Even though located in quite a hidden area, if you're a Bangi old-timer you'd know about it. For future Bangi immigrants and stopper-bys, jot this down: it's near the traffic light junction to ILIM, going towards Alamanda through Sungai Merab. 

The owner of La Rizz, abang Boy, is my backdoor neighbour so if I drop by and he's there, I'd get free food. The last time I went there to pick up Che Nah's farewell cake he gave me a whopping slice of his latest inspiration: Markisa cheesecake. All I can say is..WOW. My youngest sister is so lucky. Her birthday's coming up next.

I would say La Rizz is the enhanced, better, much cheaper and Malaysianized version of Secret Recipe; they do brownies, cakes, cheesecakes and then all sorts of food from all over. That's the best thing about La Rizz: variety. They have everything from roti canai to pizza, to lasagna to nasi campur to bubur to lontong to laksam to ikan bakar to jemput2 to macaroni cheesebake to cornpuffs to baked potatoes. Everything. You want it, they have it. Which is why even early in the morning the place is packed with people.

Crunchy roti canai. YES

Lauk pauk available for breakfast.

The fridge full of goodies. Yes yes yes yes yes yes and yes.
(cheesecakes are RM65 and are as good as Secret Recipes, 
if not better.Choose from OREO, MARKISA, DURIAN, 
RED VELVET, ORIGINAL and more)

I have pretty much tried everything in La Rizz over the years and so this morning when me and Armand went there for breakfast, I just had my roti canai and Armand his toast kaya. And, as if I haven't praised them enough already, even that was very good. Its the variety thing. It gets to you. You get full just looking at what's on display. And since the price is local-standard low, its great value for money.

There's only one thing lacking with La Rizz. They close at night. But that's probably because they're out of food by 4pm. And probably thats why people like them so much. It's business on their terms.

The food I tapau-ed for my parents this morning.
Clockwise: rainbow cheesecake, hotdog and potato salad mix,  cream-puffs &
kuih bom, baked potatoes with cheese & beef lasagna and fried meehun.

To order cakes or make a catering booking call 03-89253800. My family never caters with anyone else for home functions. Tell Abang Boy Shima recommended you. That way he'll send more free food my way. And I can maintain my weight cause I am going skinny with all the admin work they throw at me in the office. ;))

La Rizz, Seksyen 12, Bandar Baru Bangi
Cleanliness: B
Food: A
Price: ~RM10 per pax
Satisfaction Level: A (variety is awesome)
Service: B+ (waiters fast and friendly)
Atmosphere: A (hustle and bustle but I loved it.)

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Secret Recipe BBB (skip the local food entrees~)

Seafood Mee Curry. NO.

Secret Recipe Cyber review here.

This was another mom-son rendezvous I had with Armand last week, but somehow only managed to put it in now, due to lack of inspiration and shortage of time. You know I have a food review blog, I had said to Armand, I was not feeling Secret Recipie-ish at all and was reluctant to go. Do we absolutely have to eat at Secret Recipe? I asked again. But I want a brownie mama... said Armand over the phone. OK, so that was that.

To go straight to the point, Secret Recipe knows I am on to them and has improved! I noticed a full change of staff as well, which I guess is good because last time we actually had dinner at Secret Recipe BBB (some time last year, it was that bad), service was so slow the customers who came before us suddenly started screaming because we (i.e., the later customers) got our food first. I may be Indian, one of them screamed, but I am a lecturer! And I demand to get my food now! Not that we blame her .We noticed she had been sitting there ages. We had been too. 

Original chicken cornish. YES.

Vienna brownie with vanilla ice-cream. YES

When we ordered this time around, the pretty young waitress apologized in advance. It may take a while, she said, we're backed up. Well, I replied, my son only ordered the chicken cornish, don't you just have to heat it up? The response I got was a smile and a quick serve. In fact, quicker than the customers already sitting there. I was holding my breath for another outburst. Luckily this time, no one lost their marbles.

Armand ordered the chicken cornish, and I must say, it was pretty good. And I ordered the seafood mee curry, which was again, mediocre for me (why do I keep doing this to myself?). It just didn't taste fresh enough and I didn't eat the prawns because they neglected to clean the insides. And I could see it. 

Walnut brownie with vanilla ice-cream. NO.

For desert, we ordered the brownies and ice-cream. I had asked the brownies to be heated, cause that's the politically correct way to get your brownies done, all warm with melting ice-cream on top (in the US, they would serve the brownies on a hotplate, topped with ice-cream and drizzled with warm caramel and it was marvelous), but I guess the microwave wasn't working. Nevertheless, the Vienna brownie was delicious, although I couldn't say the same for Armand's walnut brownie which looked great but tasted a few days old. Armand's strawberry milkshake however was just nice. 

So here's the deal with Secret Recipe. Go for their cakes, coffee, milkshakes, pastries, and the freshly arrived brownies (ask them which ones). Avoid local dishes (tom yum, mee curry etc). They're not fresh and are overpriced. You can get better at local restaurants at 1/3 of the price with no surprising service charges. Sorry Secret Recipe, you still need a bit of work.

Secret Recipe, Bandar Baru Bangi, (same row of shops as CIMB)

Cleanliness: B

Food: B/C+ (depending on what you order)

Price: ~RM25 per pax  

Satisfaction Level: C+ (they didn't heat up the brownies when they said they would)

Service: B (waitress was friendly)

Atmosphere: B (everyone looked like they've been waiting ages).