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The outside view of the restaurant

Dayview

Menu

Below are what my friends had ordered. Sorry I didnt ask any of them how were their dishes extensively. The general response was okay and some were quite good.

Nasi Goreng Sayur (GBP 6.80). Fried rice with shiitake mushrooms, fried bean curd and butternut squash.

Mee Goreng (GBP 7.60). Fried noodles with prawns, bean sprouts and vege.

Nasi Ayam Panggang (GBP 8.20). Chicken rice with char-grilled chicken pieces.

Nasi Ayam Hainan (GBP 8.20). Chicken rice with steamed chicken and soy sauce.

Kerabu Satay (GBP 4.50). Chicken satay pieces tossed with cucumber and bean sprouts. Not forgetting the peanut sauce! I had a few bites and it was great!

Mee Sup Daging (GBP 8.50). Noodles with beef and veges in chicken broth. (Pardon the blur pic.)

 

Ayam Percik (GBP 8.30). Char-grilled chicken with sweet and spicy coconut sauce. This set came with a plate of rice.

Kway Teow Goreng (GBP 7.60). Flat rice noodles fried with shiitake mushrooms, prawns, squids, bean sprouts and spring onions.

   I had this craving for Char Kuey Teow ever since I came to the UK so I decided to order it in the restaurant.Turned out that it was not the authentic one like those back in Penang. It was quite spicy too. At least for UK standards. Well, I still enjoyed the dinner since it was my first time in an expensive Malaysian restaurant abroad! The company was great too. Total damage done: 83.10 pounds. (If you convert it to Malaysian Ringgit, that's nearly RM500!) Cant believe we spent that much on Malaysian food. You can buy at least 450 packets of nasi lemak back home with that amount of money! After the satisfying meal, we braved the cold to usher in the new year. FYI, it started to snow right after the new year's fireworks stopped. How cool is that!

Jom Makan

5-7 Pall Mall East

London

SW1Y 5BA

Tel: 0207 925 2402

http://www.jommakan.co.uk/

Meanwhile, I just want to post this non-related photo up.

I dare say there's only a piece of prawn, craytail fish and a slice of cherry tomato on each slice.

The seafood pizza actually tasted quite nice and it was not oily at all unlike those back in Malaysia. Note the buffet lunch (all-you-can-eat style) is for GBP 6.99 per person. Definitely worth it if you like all kinds of pizzas, pastas and salads.

Went to this cafe but didnt buy anything from there.

LOL! I didnt know how to pronounce the name.

Yummy! My friend bought the milk bread on the right that looks exactly like croissant for only 30p a piece.

Jam brioche. (One of the many pastries)

Traditional oven to bake traditional snacks =)

After that, we went to a famous frozen yogurt store called SNOG in Soho that my friend claimed to be very famous. I tried the Bittersweet Dark Chocolate yogurt with granola bits on top of it. The first bite was full of chocolate flavour then later on the sourness of the yogurt sipped right in. To order, choose your Snog first. There are three choices: Natural, Green Tea, Bittersweet Dark Chocolate. Then choose the size and toppings. There are Little, Classic and Big. Lots of toppings to be chosen too. Popular ones are chocolate brownies, oreo cookies, all kinds of berries, chocolate hearts and much more.

Lots of toppings to choose from

This costs GBP 3.55

The Menu

Cool lights that change colour

SNOG

9 Brewer Street

Soho, London

Tel: 020 7494 3301

http://www.ifancyasnog.com/

The cake display

Plentiful of pastries like quiches and scones at the counter

Berry Mousse (GBP 3.75)

I had a bite and didnt really like the mousse. I thought it's a little too hardened to be called mousse. My pick was Double Choc (GBP 3.75). This was sinfully delicious and I enjoyed every bite.

I'm salivating now just by looking at it.

The cream puff on top of the cake.

Selva (GBP 3.75)

Strawberry Slice (GBP 3.75)