Author: Daisy


Sep
2016

Green Bamboo (Taman Desa) $ 17/20

categories: Eating Out, Restaurant Reviews

Hi all,

Here’s another place I frequent with family often: Green Bamboo in Taman Desa. It’s a perfect, dress-down but healthy spot for even daily meals.

The food is vegetarian (there’s free range eggs available) and is cooked in a light, simple way. They use a lot of healthful ingredients, like ginger, lemongrass, and galangal. The chef there – Esmund – is super helpful and efficient. You’ll need to talk to him to ensure that the food is made without soy sauce or oyster sauce. Their vege-meat (made on site from soy) is gluten-free! Most of the food is cooked in traditional Chinese or Malaysian style – curries, tom yum, “belacan”-based, stir-fried with simple garlic sauce, etc. Best of all, the food is very affordable. They also have an organic shop right in the restaurant, so you could pick up your groceries there too.

My favourite dishes are the tom yum soup and the assam “fish.” I could go there every day!

The food at Green Bamboo is delicious, healthy. and CHEAP!
The food at Green Bamboo is delicious, healthy. and CHEAP!

Green Bamboo

36A, Faber Plaza, Jalan Desa Bakti, Taman Desa, Off Jalan Klang Lama, 58100, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, 58100, Malaysia

Website: https://www.facebook.com/greenbambootmndesa/

  • Allergy friendly: *****
  • Taste: ****
  • Atmosphere: Calm, peaceful, quiet ****
  • Service: ****
  • Cost: $ Dishes range from RM10+ to RM30+ for entrees

Peace,

Daisy


Sep
2016

A Tale of Three Brownies

categories: Gluten-Free Products

Gosh, I’ve been eating a lot of sweeties lately, all in the name of trying it out and reviewing it for our blog! Cheeky logic, huh? 🙂

So today, I present to you: a tale of three gluten-free brownies.

Brownie #1

Came across this after my yoga class in Desa Sri Hartamas. This place is a cute, homey little café among the rows of shop houses. They have several flavours of brownies – plain, walnut, raspberry, salted caramel, etc. They also have gluten-free food (which I have yet to try). All are baked by owner and chef Sheila. The salted caramel brownie was very rich and tasty! Dense and super intense! A little too sweet for my liking though. Overall, a big thumbs up for small-time, owner-manufactured allergy-conscious food.

Salted caramel brownie at For Goodness Cakes! in Desa Sri Hartamas. They also have other flavours - all baked by owner Sheila.
Salted caramel brownie at For Goodness Cakes! in Desa Sri Hartamas. They also have other flavours – all baked by owner Sheila.

Brownie #2

I always stop by at Bisou. It is almost too strategically located in the walkway between two of my most frequented malls: BV1 and BV2! They have a variety of GF foods, and all are delicious. Their brownies have a unique consistency – light, not too sweet, and a little airy almost. Their real delight are their cookies, but the brownies are good too – they don’t make you feel too guilty because they are small and light!

Bisou has a few choices of gf cookies and brownies, including a walnut brownie and an orange brownie (far right, top row).
Bisou has a few choices of gf cookies and brownies, including a walnut brownie and an orange brownie (far right, top row).

Brownie #3

I’d never seen GF stuff at OJO coffee (where I go for my Peanut Butter Latte treats) until today! They have a super delicious brownie there. It’s plain (no nut or fruit adornments) but it is perfectly baked – super soft and chewy! Perfect with a cup of black coffee – it literally melts in your mouth.

Plain gluten-free brownie at OJO Coffee in the Telawis, Bangsar.
Plain gluten-free brownie at OJO Coffee in the Telawis, Bangsar.

The Verdict

I’d recommend all three, but if I had to choose, the simple yet perfectly done brownie at OJO’s will (literally) take the cake this time! It’s all the brownie I could ever want! 🙂

Peace,

Daisy