♥ London: Burger & Lobsters Mayfair

好久没更新。 2020年因为疫情的关系很多生活甚至工作上的转变要适应 直到今年来到了八月 还是有很多的挑战 差点忘了自己偶尔喜欢写写部落格 喜欢看回以前生活或旅行时拍下的回忆 这些对我而言这是一种放松。 

今天来回忆 写写我们的欧洲游。第一站 伦敦。

从杜拜机场出发到伦敦 飞了7小时45分钟 终于到啦 飞机上看下去的伦敦 抵达的时候 心里挺感动的 💓 毕竟其实没计划过或想过可以那么快实现欧洲游。机票是在槟城拍婚照时突然看到的机票优惠 就买下了4月的机票。没有任何计划没有任何头绪要到哪里玩 但老公想说我的生日可以在巴黎过。 😂 也没顾虑到气候等。但整个欧洲游我觉得真的很美好，虽然有些小惊吓。

依稀记得到了伦敦机场是大概当地傍晚4-5点， 先买了Oyster Card (当地的交通卡, 30英镑)，接着就是要搭地下铁Picadilly line 到King Cross St Pancras站。因为酒店就在车站附近。 

我们入住的是 Point A Hotel. 酒店门外房内的照片都没拍，估计是因为途中看见有酒鬼乱搭讪缠着路人要钱 心里有点不安也害怕成为目标 就快快的进入hotel check in 等 也许也是因为有点累了。酒店的房规模特小 放了行李两个人在房里步行有点勉强😂 但是整体环境很干净很舒服的。

因为有点累 而也快到了晚餐时间 休息了一会儿 我们就决定到Mayfair的Burger & Lobster 去用餐，这间也是Burger & Lobster 连锁最早期的第一间。地点不难找，乘搭地铁到 Green Park站 然后随着人群走出站外 沿途会经过一个大公园 很值得停下来溜达一下 感受下大自然 还有拍照留恋。4月的伦敦气候偏冷当天的气候温度大概10-12度左右，偶尔会下毛毛雨 天阴阴的。

越过公园走到公园出口，再越过马路，大概走一小段路就可以抵达Burger & Lobster Mayfair。我们不知道需不需要预定或会满座 就心想碰一碰运气。这里的街道建筑风格都很美呀。 

 

抵达的时候　餐厅里人挺多几乎满座　幸运的有空桌给我们。餐价挺高的，我们点了两人套餐Combo For Two 还有饮料。饮料的选择都挺特别的 5英镑一杯 差不多30马币。我们点了一杯Mandarin Cooler. 饮料里有mandarin，lime，mint 和 apple。味道很清爽很开胃很解腻。

龙虾

龙虾我们记忆中不算太小只 非常新鲜 肉很鲜嫩 汉堡相比之下比较普通些。他们有提供一个很特别的餐具 原来是用来钩龙虾肉出来的 很好用。这一餐我们是很满足的 也为伦敦第一天旅游画上完美句点。

晚餐后 就回到酒店好好休息 因为接下来的行程满满。 💗

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♥ Liberty Charcoal Burger & Seaweed Pizza at New York Pizza, Georgetown Penang

New York Pizza which located at Jalan Sungai Dua, Penang, is famous for their pizza as well as charcoal burger (pork free). This pizza outlet is quite spacious. The interior design of this pizza outlet is more of retro feel with many vintage photos/ posters hanging on the wall as decorative items. There is a bar-height/ bar-type table at one side of the outlet where you can sit there to enjoy your foods while seeing how they prepare the pizza.

I would say the price of both the pizza and burger here is quite affordable as compare to other pizza outlets. We ordered one value set of chicken patty charcoal burger and an additional seaweed pizza. The burger set comes with a soft drink and garlic bread. For the soft drink we chosen lemon lime flavour 7 up (original price RM 2.50), a perfect match with pizza and burger because it is quite refreshing.

The garlic bread (original price RM 3.90) is just like any other classic garlic bread. Toasted and crispy topped with butter.

Liberty chicken charcoal burger (original price RM 11.90). This is a burger of grilled chicken patty topped with chicken bacon, cheese, lettuce and coleslaw. The burger comes with fries. I like charcoal bun but their charcoal bun not to my liking (during my visit), not as soft as the other charcoal bun which I had tried. The grilled chicken patty quite soft, savoury but not juicy enough. This burger tastes even better with the chicken bacon.

Seaweed pizza (RM 9.90), also called Pearl Harbour, is a 6-inch classic hand-tossed pizza which they cut into 4 small pieces, just nice for one to two persons. The ingredients for this seaweed pizza including crab meat, pineapple, mozzarella cheese, seaweed and thousand island sauce. The ingredients are quite abundant and they are all fresh. The key to a really good pizza is the crust and their pizza is really a good thin-crust pizza. The seaweed mimics a salty taste, the crab meat mimics seafood taste, these two in combination with the cheese turned this pizza into a flavoured one with very heavy seaweed taste. Scrumptious. We love it at our first bite. Highly recommended.

New York Pizza
Location: 723Z-G, Vanda Business Park, Yellow House, Jalan Sungai Dua, 11700 Sungai Dua, Penang, Malaysia.
Business hours: 11am to 10pm, daily
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MYNewYorkPizza

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♥ Dark Vader and Hot Chick at Bert's Jr. Gourmet Burger, Kota Damansara

Now it is the burger season? At present, there are uncountable burger joints in town serving decent burgers. Not sure if you know there is one in Kota Damansara too, the Bert's Jr. Gourmet Burger (Address/ Location: 3-1, Jalan PJU 5/3, Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia). 

The first thing which caught my eyes when I step into Bert's Jr. Gourmet Burger was the colourful artwork on the wall. A really big piece of wall art done by a group of volunteered art college students. After several attempts to capture the whole piece of wall art by using the iPad panorama app, it turns out to be quite good with exception there is one part which blurry a little bit due to the light reflection. 

Therefore, to share with you this piece of beautiful art, I re-captured the art part by part. I hope you enjoy them and try to spot a quote from the wall arts. "Not so-fast fast food".

"Not so-fast fast food"? So, I thought most likely we will spend some time waiting for the burgers to be served. But out of my expectation, the burgers are served in less than 15 minutes. 

Here is another photo to show you the interior of Bert's Jr. Gourmet Burger restaurant. The design is rather simple with no special theme. Please take note that you have to go to the counter to place your order and make payment. Do not get nervous if this is your first visit and you have no idea what to order, the staff here are friendly and patience enough to give you some suggestions. For your information, Bert's Jr. does not serve pork or alcohol on its menu. They serve only beef, lamb, fish and chicken.

Another good piece of art on the wall located next to the counter.

There are seven burgers under "The Big Eat" menu, burgers with special name which specially crafted for your craving: Dark Vader, Steamed beef burger, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Jaw Breaker, Grill'd Chicken, "Hot" Chick and Finding Dory (those in bold are the top sellers). Prices range from RM 13.90 to RM 21.90 for regular size, RM 9.90 to RM 17.90 for small size. You can add another RM 5 to make it a combo which comes with a soft drink and a side order. If you think The Big Eat is too pricey, you can go for The Big Deal, prices range from RM 5.90 to RM 9.90. Out of the seven The Big Eat, I decided to go for Dark Vader and Hot Chick. 

"Hot" Chick RM 14.90 and the side dish, steakhouse fries. A burger of grilled chicken thigh marinated with black pepper sauce topped with chicken mushroom cold cuk and cheddar cheese, egg, green leaves, peeled tomato and caramelized onions. 

The buns were soft but best with charcoal bun. The grilled chicken thigh surprisingly turned out to be quite soft and juicy. The black pepper sauce somehow does not taste the same as any other black pepper sauce out there, not too pepper-ish. The other ingredients, especially the egg, added another flavour to the burger which make the burger overall an awesome combination. My friend enjoyed the burger very much. I never like chicken thigh burger this much too. Not to forget to mention, the fries were served fresh.

Dark Vader RM 16.90. A 200g premium beef patty burger topped with beef pepperoni cold cuk mozzarella cheese and cheddar cheese, green leaves, peeled tomato and caramelized onions. As for the side dishes, we opted for coleslaw and potato croquette. 

The beef patty is made of minced beef, hence it is really soft. Savoury, however, not juicy enough. There are two types of cheese but still the cheesiness not up to my satisfaction. Overall, this burger is still desirable although I felt it lacks of something which I don't know how to describe here. As for the cold coleslaw and potato croquette, they both taste good.

And for the drink, we ordered honey lemon and root bear. 

I never been to any other famous burger joints for example MyBurgerLab, Burger Junkyard, The Grind Burger Bar, Burgertory, etc. Hence, I can't really compare these burgers with the others. But I think there is still room of improvement for their burgers. I will visit Bert's Jr. Gourmet Burger again for their Baa Baa Black Sheep because there are so many good comments on this burger. I had never try any lamb patty burger before, hope it is good. 

How not to be burgerholics? There are so many tempting burgers out there :D

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♥ Rice burger at Namoo On The Park, Publika, Kuala Lumpur

Namoo On The Park is the first Korean dessert cafe and bistro in Malaysia. I'm not a person who fancy about Korean foods, but then Namoo On The Park did caught my attention. Guess what's the dish that drives us to Namoo? 

Namoo means “tree” in Korean. Hence, most of the decoration items in Namoo are made of wood and brown is the main color, which then give people a comfortable and natural feeling. 

Location/ Address: Publika, Level G3, Lot 4A, Solaris Dutamas No.1, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In addition to Korean specialty desserts (both warm and cold desserts), Namoo also serves some Korean main dishes (from rice and noodles to burgers). For a complete list of foods serve in Namoo, kindly refer to the two photos of menu below.

The eating utensils for the main dish and desserts. Note: There is a hook under the table to hang your bag.

Back to the foods, rice burger is the reason why we are here. Namoo serves only three type of rice burgers: Bibi rice Burger, beef rice burger and shrimp rice burger. We ordered the chef recommended Bibi Rice Burger (Grilled chicken breast and mixed vegetables with sesame Bibi sauce, served on a grilled rice bun and fried egg) which costs RM 19.90.

The rice buns are sticky, firm and dense. The texture of the rice bun is similar to our local sticky rice in bamboo. Not sure what rice they are using to make the rice bun, but it contains sesame seeds and seaweeds which add extra flavours. This rice burger is good and irresistible. Not to forget to mention, the Bibi sauce gives you an overall sweet, sour and spicy mix of sensation.

Besides rice burger, we decided to order a cold dessert since Namoo is a Korean dessert cafe. Final decision goes to the chef recommended cold dessert with a bombastic name, The King's Bing Soo (RM 12.90). Bing Soo or Bingsu means shaved ice in Korean. It is one of the popular summer dessert in Korea. 

The King's Bing Soo is a green tea shaved ice with rice cakes, red beans, mix fruits (kiwi, strawberries and banana) and ice-cream sprinkled with multi-grain powder. A perfect combination because a person like me who hate red beans also can't resist this. The fruits are fresh. Thumbs up! Both the rice burger and shaved ice really make my day.

I would definitely return for other rice burgers and desserts. Glad that we found Namoo and the foods here look interesting to me. Last but not least, a photo of me with a wall inside Namoo. Nice quote on the wall "You can never make the same mistake twice because the second time you make it, it's not a mistake, it's a choice". 

Can't wait for the next return. Namoo! 

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