Welcome back folks,We are back again for yet another food hunt action and this time, me & Kimmy had decided to give it a try at Nippon Yataimura located at the New Wing of 1 Utama. It was a nicely decorated restaurant will totally Japanese "Feel" and a lot of couples would surely enjoy it based on the environment as shown on the pictures. We had our dinner here after watching movie.
After we sat down, we have waited for 5 minutes before the waitress could serve us and brought us the menu. The service there was very poor indeed and I am not satisfy with their service. Even, I have ordered green tea and yet it took about 15 minutes before coming to us. It was a totally poor service there and after I've ordered the green tea I've asked for a cold green tea to be refilled but they came and refill the hot one for me. So far, I can say their service sucks big time and thumbs down towards their service.
The menu meanwhile were not much choices especially in the rice & sushi menu. This restaurant serves more varieties and concentrate into japanese style mee like udon etc. According to Kimmy, he told alexleow-kimmy.com that their mee sucks big time and with that, I never ordered mee and ordered rice instead. I've ordered Chicken Teriyaki Bento with Green Tea meanwhile Kimmy ordered Unadon with Green Tea (see pictures).
Let's go straight to the comments. The Chicken Teriyaki Bento (rice) sucks big time. Wow! I never critic such a bad impression before but it really dissapoints me. The chicken was tasteless and only I can taste the roasted chicken skin only and I was like eating a raw chicken. In fact, not only that, the rice also sucks big time. It was very oily and too much garlic which makes the taste feel 'yuck' (you know what I mean). Very bad meal for this one. For the green tea, it was just normal and nothing special. It seems the hot green tea is better than the cold one because the cold one is a bit bitter compared to the hot green tea. For Kimmy, she ordered the Unadon (fish rice) and the taste according to her is not so good. The fish is pretty sweet and fresh too but the rice was very sticky and not up to the standard. She also commented that the display on the menu shows that the bowl of rice should come with a large egg but it came otherwise.Overall, my dish was very dissapointed and please do not order the Chicken Teriyaki Bento when you are here. It sucks big time. For the Unadon, it was still acceptable but the rice is still pretty sticky for this one and not much ketchup / sauce being poured into the rice and this makes the rice pretty normal and plain. The price meanwhile was pretty OK but it's really not value for money. The portion is very small and it's really not worth paying that much amount of money. The Unadon & Chicken Teriyaki Bento was priced RM17.00 each and green tea is RM1.00 each and including tax is about RM41.00. I read through some of the blog previously and some say the restaurant is very nice, but seriously I don't see any nice food there including the mee and the rice. So, will you still go and try? Think about it! Good Luck! :) MY FOOD & DRINKS RATING: 2/5 ; KIMMY FOOD & DRINKS RATING: 2.5 / 5
*Rating is based on the food that we ordered and not overall food.
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This morning we attended his church wedding from 11.00am - 1.00pm at Mega Church in Kota Damansara and after that in the evening, we attended his wedding dinner at Imbi Palace in Kuala Lumpur. Those who turned out during his church wedding: Alex & Kimmy, Li Yong & Stanley, Sai Kit & Chloe, Yen Peng & Yen Sim. As for those who turned out during his night dinner at Imbi Plaza: Alex & Kimmy, Li Yong & Stanley, Mei Lin & Chee Keong, Kok Hei, Yen Nee & Benjamin Kuan, Steve Chai, Sai Kit & Chloe Yen Peng & Yen Sim. Check out the photos below (Full pictures on my Facebook). 
The bill came and it's about RM69.00 (including tax) for 3 persons and the price is pretty reasonable but unfortunately the food was pretty sucks. The portion of the food was pretty large compared to Sushi King and Sakae Sushi. If you have a chance, perhaps you can give it a try to other dishes and sushi's but do not try out the food as I commented just now (above) because it's not nice and you will regret when you order it. Enjoy your meal! :)
We reach Station 1 at about 8.00pm and for some unexpected circumstances and pretty coinsidence, me & Kimmy saw Kimmy's family having dinner there as well. We look at the menu and we decided to order the food. The service at Station 1, Desa Aman Puri was average as it seems like there's not enough workers working there to cater so many customers. I've ordered Grilled Chicken Chop with Mushroom Sauce and a glass of Fresh Watermelon Juice (small) (see pictures) meanwhile Kimmy ordered Jumbo Sausage with Black Pepper Sauce together with Ice Honey Lemon (see pictures).
Let's go straight to the comments of the food. The food was pretty dissapointing though overall as it was not so tasty as expected. If you plan to go there for dinner or lunch, I strongly would not recommend you to this branch in Desa Aman Puri. If you plan just for drink, then it's a very suitable place to listen to music (live band on saturdays) and to chit chat with your friends. The Grilled Chicken Chop with Mushroom Sauce was pretty dissapointing especially with the taste of the chicken because it's pretty sour. The coleslaw also pretty sour though. It's a very bad taste except the mushroom which is still pretty acceptable. But a thumbs up goes to the Fresh Watermelon Juice because it's very juicy and nice. A big recommendation for this one. 
For Kimmy dish, the Jumbo Sausage was very nice indeed. There are 2 pieces of jumbo sausage and it was served together with Black Pepper Sauce. The jumbo sausage was enrich with cheese inside it and when you eat it, you can feel the cheese melting inside your mouth and this makes the dish very mouth watering. Kimmy recommended this dish to all of you and it's very worth a try. The coleslaw also very bad taste and sour too. The Ice Honey Lemon was also a dissapointing one. It was very very sour and it's lack of honey. This makes the drink very sour and not nice to consume. Not recommended to order this drink. 
We checked out from the hotel at 11.30am as we headed to buy some local souvenirs. After that, we have decided to try out the Curry Laksa located at Teluk Chempedak. The row of shops situated along the main road to Teluk Chempedak parking area is the place that we are looking for as many of the bloggers say the curry laksa is very nice. We've decided to try it out. Surprisingly, on Saturday & Sunday there will be a lot of people but on Monday (today), not many people are here to consume the Curry Laksa. The name shop is called Hoi Yin. The price is RM3.50 per bowl for a medium size Curry Laksa. Both of us ordered that and a glass of barley each. It's value for money and it's very cheap indeed. The curry laksa is very nice but it totally has a different taste compared to Kuala Lumpur or west coast side. Their curry laksa there is not as spicy as here but you still can taste the mild curry flavour which is pretty fragrance to smell. I can say among all the food we've tried in Kuantan, so far curry laksa is the best in town. The chilli is as usual pretty sour and pretty unique as well. I would strongly recommend you to this restaurant because its' curry laksa is very nice, unique and less spicy. 
In the evening, before our departure from Kuantan, without twisting our brain again, we've decided to eat KFC in Kuantan town. For sure, KFC is the best of the best because very seldom you can find nice food in Kuantan. Haha! Well, at about 7.30pm, we left Kuantan town with happy mood although we could not find very nice food in Kuantan except their curry mee and nasi lemak. Enjoy!
After that, we head straight for lunch at Telok Chempedak before heading towards East Coast Mall in Kuantan for some light shopping. Dubbed as the newest mall in Kuantan, this mall is still pretty small compared to the Berjaya Megamall. We spend almost 45mins to 1 hour there before heading towards Gua Charas, our final destination of the day. We took off from East Coast Mall to Gua Charas (Charas Cave) at about 2.45pm and we reach Gua Charas at about 3.30pm. It's approximately 25KM from Kuantan and the road heading towards Sg Lembing. You need to use the federal route to drive over there and before reaching Gua Charas about 3KM, you need to pass by a palm oil road leading to the cave. The road was pretty bumpy and a lot of holes and you are advised to drive slowly and carefully. Besides, the road leading to the cave also have a lot of cow dung so you need to be careful on that or else, you are on you way washing your car.
Once we reach Gua Charas, up to my shocking that nobody is there since it's a Monday afternoon. It looks a bit creepy because me & Kimmy is the only visitor who came to visit this cave so far. Remember, don't go alone because it's kinda dangerous over there. Try to come in groups. Since we reach there already, we plan to climb up the cave. The parking entrance is RM2.00 for cars and about RM4.00 to go up the cave (as a token of appreciation donated to the temple). You need to climb about 30 steps before reaching the middle part of the cave. Here, you can see some statue of Buddha where you can recite prayers too.
Then after that, you need to climb about 70 steps to reach the temple. It was pretty adventurous because the stairs were pretty steep too (about 70 degrees) and you have to be careful while climbing up there. The air was very cooling while you are on the way up. Once you enter the cave, you can see lots of statues of buddha. You can pray for them and perhaps giving some donations. Once you are pretty deep inside the cave, you can see a large reclining / sleeping buddha inside the cave. As usual you can pray for them and perhaps giving some donations. The path inside the cave are pretty tricky as well and remember to follow the only designated pathway and not follow your own way because it's very dangerous inside the cave. Also the pathway are pretty slippery as well. As I said earlier, go in groups would be better than go by 2 persons or less because it will be very eerie too inside the cafe. 
We left the Gua Charas at about 4.30pm and we head towards Telok Chempedak again for some walk. This time, we just look at the panoramic view of the beach and sea without doing any activities. We plan to have dinner there but unfortunately the KFC in Telok Chempedak was temporarily closed because the air-cond have some problem. We just sat there to watch the breathtaking view there. We left the place at about 6.00pm and heading towards dinner at Kuantan town. We left Kuantan town at about 7.00pm and reach Kuala Lumpur at about 10.15pm. Overall, the trip was fun and relax. The food was moderate (overall) and the place of interest also pretty moderate. Do not expect some nice place of interest in Kuantan because it's actually not much place to choose from except for the beach or seaside. If I have a chance next time, perhaps I would just go near the beaches to enjoy the seaview only. Adios! & Happy Holidays! :)