TESCO @ KSL Citymall JB

After eating the claypot rice at the coffeeshop opposite KSL, I went to KSL city mall to shop.

It was a Thurday, so the mall was not crowded. There was a small electronic fair at the plaza.
Right in front of the plaza is Tesco. It is finally opened after so long.

Tesco first started as a market stall in east London in 1919. Just in Malaysia alone, it now has nearly 15,000 employees and operates 40 stores. 
For those who are not familiar with Tesco, it is a supermarket similar to Carrefour and Giant. It also carries its own brand of products ranging from food to non-food items.

This outlet is much smaller compared to the ones in Jusco Tebrau and Danga.

I found this in the supermarket.

Sadly, it tasted different from the original sriracha from Huy Fong in US. =(

Someone needs to import sriracha chilli to Singapore!!

New Eating Place @ JB

I went to JB after work yesterday. There wasn’t any traffic jam at the Woodlands and Malaysia custom checkpoint despite the implementation of the finger print scanning for foreigners.
It seems like the finger print scanning is only a one time procedure, so foreigners need not re-scan their index fingers in subsequent visits.

I went to try out the newly opened coffeeshop opposite KSL citymall.

This is the signboard for the coffeeshop. There are several stalls in there selling food items such as:
– Zi char (Seafood stall)
– Claypot rice
– Boiled soup
– Hot plate noodles
– Chicken rice
– Fried kway tiao
– Dim sum (day-time)
– Wonton mee
– Dessert
– Drinks
– Noodle soup etc.

There are indoor and outdoor tables. For indoor, it is non air-conditioned, just big fans and bright fluorescent lighting. Outdoor is simply tables and chairs placed on the road or pavement.
I chose the outdoor table.

There was a little boy (probably 5 or 6 years old) walking around and touting. The boy came to me and asked (in Mandarin), “Jie Jie, would you like to have fried kway tiao?” 
I found out later that the boy is the son of the lady who sells fried kway tiao. Her 3 young children would take turns to tout and help to serve the noodles. 

I ordered claypot rice from this stall. The owner was constantly cooking claypot rice on his 10 stoves to replenish for new orders. He prepared the claypot rice from scratch. Meaning that he did not use cooked rice so as to shorten the waiting time.
I only waited for 5-7 minutes before the claypot rice was ready.

 (Apologies for the bad picture due to poor lighting).

The serving size was good. More than enough for a lady.  
It only cost RM6 for this claypot rice.
The chicken was tender and well marinated. Dark sauce was already added before the rice was served. The chinese sausage was very fragrant. Rice was moist and delicious.

I probably did not mix well because I bit into a big chunk of salted fish. The salted fish was very fragrant as well. But it was too salty to eat a big chunk of it in one mouth. I will remember to mix the rice well in future visit.

The best part of the claypot rice was the charred rice on the bottom. It was crispy and yummy. Though my mind was sounding the “carcinogen alert alarm”, but the tastiness of the charred rice over-powered the bio-alert system.  

BF had the hot plate noodles (RM6). It was served sizzling hot and I had problem taking picture through the steam.
This was quite alright. The gravy was thick enough to coat all the noodles. Round yellow noodles was used. The chicken was tender (tasted the same as the chicken in the claypot rice). The egg was runny.
BF practically cleaned the hot plate, so I guess he liked it.

Directions to get to the stall:

From the causeway, drive straight and turn right on to Tebrau Highway.

Turn left at the traffic light before Plaza Pelangi. Drive along Jalan Harimau.

Keep driving until you see shop houses with food stalls on your left. You should be able to see Holiday Plaza’s tall building at the far end of the road.
Turn right into Jalan Serigala. The coffeeshop is the first shop on your left. You should be able to see KSL on the right side of the road.