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Devi’s Sri Hartamas has been around even before Sri Hartamas existed. They were one of the first tenants here when Sri Hartamas used to be a ghost town. Today Devi’s Sri Hartamas is one of the many landmarks of Sri Hartamas. Whenever one meets a friend, Devi would be sort of a landmark direction.

Whenever I am there, the roti canai (always freshly made) is one of the best roti canais around. Another would be their wide range of dishes and delicious maggie goreng.

One of the best maggie gorengs in town.

Their roti canai always freshly made.

It looks totally different from the picture on the menu but frankly, it tastes pretty good. For RM9.00 per nasi lemak or chicken rice this meal is pretty good. It isn’t hearty but its ok.

Wish they had more choices like the hot dog they show on the menu isn’t available nor is the other flavoured instant noodles.

Nasi Lemak costed us RM9 - RM12 for a combo with a can of pepsi. Trust me it is not bad and I have tasted a lot of nasi lemak in my life.

Chicken rice isn’t that bad either. It is pretty good with the chicken rice chillies that comes with the chicken rice. Frankly I was impressed! It didn’t look anything like the picture in the menu but it taste darn good.

PICTURES TAKEN USING THE SONY T-77 There is this restaurant, chef & brew at Plaza Damansara, Damansara Height - a sort of hidden classy restaurant. I had a couple of experience here but didn’t quite like the food or the drinks here - it is a good quiet place to just hang out with friends though.Outdoor and indoor dining.Chef and Brew has a huge range and variety of food ranging from italian to your ordinary chinese noodles. So for those who is looking for variety, this place could be good however it wasnt as memorable or was it any good for me to remember - I couldnt remember what I ate or was it any good.Food and drinks here are hmm.. sort of dissapointment. A friend of mine ordered this irish cream soda and this came. It sucks big time - tasteless.The ice cappuccino I ordered came without syrup and no ice! When it came it was more like kopi tarik. Sheesh… We were there for a couple of minutes - rather 2 cigarettes to be exact and left.However what surprises me is that they have a huge range of quality cigars but but… not quite a great place to smoke a cigar. Give me the Havana room anytime…

In Kuala Lumpur, there are quite a number of Japanese restaurants. They are everywhere - some old and some have newly sprouted. I noticed quite a number of them have opened its doors near where I live in Sri Hartamas. I have tried almost all of it in Sri Hartamas except for a handful ones that their menu doesn’t appeal to me and is not worth venturing into. So… back to my topic, the best all round japanese restaurant in Kuala Lumpur for me would be Rakuzen, Sri Hartamas.

Overall the look & feel, ambience and service of this restaurant is impeccable. Try going there during lunch or dinner every day without reservations and the place is packed. Just leave your name and number with the waitress or waiter and they’ll surely call you when your table’s ready. Waiting time can be long depending on the crowd so expect to wait.

Rakuzen, Sri Hartamas is located at Plaza Damas inside the Sri Hartamas Shopping Centre.

If you are a steak fan like me, go for the terriyaki zen dinner or lunch set (RM38.00 ++) and their side orders of sushis and yakitori are just the best in town - at affordable rates too.

If you fancy sashimi, this is the place to have that sashimi - even the expat or local japanese think this place offers good, reasonable sashimi - it isn’t the best-est place or the fresh-est place (sorry my england) but its reasonable for what its offering.

Sashimi bento set - RM38++. I like sitting at the counter where you could see the chefs prepare each meal professionally. It is also one of the very few restaurants where waiters and waitress pronounce “irashaimasen”  properly. The rest sounds really awful as though they dont know what they are talking about. To my surprise some of the waitress are Japanese at Rakuzen as her pronounciation of each dish in perfect japanese. If she wasn’t japanese she would have fooled me with her perfect japanese accent.

My usual would at times come with their house sake at RM16 ++ A small bottle is enough to make you tipsy. Their draft beer is a little expensive at RM12++. For those who like a place to entertain or have a nice meal and really enjoy it, this is the place to go without blowing too much of a hole in your pocket.

I wanted to try a good thai restaurant without blowing my budget and decided to try my elephant. I read about this restaurant from a fellow blogger and decided to try give the restaurant a go. Located in the flats at section 17 - I managed to find the restaurant after going around the flat twice. The restaurant does not have a sign board so it can be tricky finding it. My first impression is My Elephant looks like a chick flick - posh restaurant in a flat area of section 17. The deco of the restaurant is simple yet modern.

We entered the restaurant and was told by a friendly waitress that the place was full and asked if we could wait for 20 minutes or so. The seating area was really comfortable and while waiting there was a bunch of travel magazines to keep you company and it did keep us company - in the mean time we were offered our menu and they took our orders while waiting for our table.

Waiting area.

Our table was ready and to our surprised the food was ready! Our drinks and entree all served. Cool! We didn’t have to wait a minute more.

Brown rice. Not bad.

Our popiah tao - yummy…

Yum Woon Sen - thai salad - I was surprised that it was really tasty - highly recommended.

Fried tempura squid. Yummy!

Its called Plak Nung Manow - steam fish with all the beautiful spices, chilly and garlic sauce. RM39 for this fish and highly recommended. Really good. 4 dishes with two drinks costed us RM88.00.

Overall we finish every dish clean. Here are my ratings :

Ambiance :  7/10 - clean, romantic, stylist

Food : 8/10 - really good authentic thai food

Price : 8/10 - good!

Service : 8/10 - waiter & waitress were very attentive to our needs

Overall : 8/10 - happy customer and will come back

Highly recommended place. My Elephant address and telephone number : Block C - G4 happy mansion, jalan 17/13 section 17, 46400 Petaling Jaya. Call patrick at 012 3285028