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Pani Puri

Pani puri is a popular street food that is typically sold by vendors as they walk along the streets. It is made from a mixture of white rice, chickpea flour, and lentils powder which is then deep-fried. The pani puri batter for this particular type of recipe can vary based on the recipe and what ingredients are used in it. It usually includes turmeric and coriander leaves. The mixture is then arranged in a bowl and a ball of the same mixture is placed in the center. The bowl is then filled with water causing the pani puri to expand. At this point, a small bowl filled with tamarind chutney is added directly on top of the pani puri bun and it is eaten as it is without any other accompaniments.

Pani Puri consists of fried chaat items such as bhajias (deep fried dough balls), pani puri (fried puris made from wheat flour) and litti-chokha (deep fried fritters). Normally, the gol guppi is sold in small paper cone-like cups. The gol guppi is eaten by dipping it into a bowl of spicy water made from tomato sauce and chili powder. Once the gol guppi is fully soaked with this water, it is eaten as a snack.

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Daorae Korean BBQ Restaurant

Daorae Korean BBQ is a Korean BBQ restaurant and they have several branches located in both PJ and KL. In Korean restaurants, they usually start with “small side dishes”. In Dorae, they offer different kinds of banchan (side dishes or small dishes) and these are typically lettuce, thinly sliced radish, rolled rice cake, and cucumber topped with soy sauce, anchovies, kimchi and many more. Dorae Korean BBQ is famous for its Kimchi Bibimbap as well due to its authentic taste. The Kimchi Bibimbap contains cabbage and tofu sauteed in soy sauce and garlic, then mixed with rice cakes and cooked with sesame oil. Price-wise, about RM120 for 2 pax and they have a variety of meat to choose from. My experience was they will cook for you instead of you grilling the meat on your own. Their shop will have its own smoke tunnel for each table so you won’t feel too hot in their restaurant because the air is well ventilated.

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Rainbow Penang Char Koay Teow

The stall has been around for almost four years and is famous for the delicious Penang char koay teow that it serves. This plack is well-known by the PJ folks for being one of the best Penang Char Koay Teow located in SS2 Petaling Jaya. The food is not oily like many of the noodles stalls you’ll find in KL and you even get an option of adding extras prawns or cockles. Their ingredients are mostly fresh seafood (prawns and cockles) and another bonus point for Rainbow Penang Char Koay Teow is the peel their prawns!! *no longer have to struggle to peel each prawn before start eating* . According to the owner, what makes the CKT different from others is the sauce that they use. Since they pride themselves on selling Penang CKT, their special sauce is imported from Penang; bringing only the best ingredients for people in KL/Selangor. Before they have their own stall at a restaurant, they used to sell at the entrance of SS2 Sunday market. Now that they have their own stall, usually, the waiting time to be seated is quite long. I suggest you ‘tapau’ or take away if you’re not a fan of waiting. My verdict on this CKT shop is good if you’re looking for Penang style char kuey teow. Their ingredients and noodle are freshly made, and that is the best part of it.