Nyonya Restaurant in KL - Bird @ Publika

(Bird at Publika is now closed)

When you are living in Sentul and you need a close by area that has a supermarket, a selection of food outlets and a free outdoor playground that is also not very crowded, I am sure the only place that fits the description at the moment is Publika at Solaris Dutamas. But of course grocery shopping at Publika's B.I.G is best kept at minimal due to its outrageous pricing. Plus the car park is a headache, I am still unsure of where to park to be near the place that I am heading to. 

On one of our dinner night out, we headed for Publika and chanced upon a Nyonya restaurant called "Bird". Since the last time that we ate Nyonya cuisine seems like eons ago, we decided to give it a shot. 

We ordered butter chicken, nyonya prawns and brinjals. Drinks were iced lemon tea, hot tea with milk and cendol. 

Food in Kuala Lumpur : Butter Chicken at Bird

The butter chicken was tempura fried chicken fillet in sweet buttery sauce. Hubby liked it very much, buttery with a touch or curry leaves and not too overwhelming. 

Food in Kuala Lumpur : Nyonya Prawns at Bird

The nyonya prawn was not spicy with a hint of sourness and came with sliced brinjals, long beans and tomatoes. Nice!

Food in Kuala Lumpur : Brinjals @ Bird

The brinjals was stir fried and just lightly flavoured. Firm and not soggy. 

Our kids didn't really like the iced lemon tea as it was too strong for their liking, while my hot tea with milk was too sweet for me. The cendol was nice though, a welcome relief when the weather gets very hot. 

Food in Kuala Lumpur : Iced Lemon Tea and Cendol @ Bird

While hubby likes this nyonya restaurant quite well, I personally much prefer the kelantanese cuisine further up called "Wau Penyu" haha.. maybe my chinese blood doesn't run as strong as hubby's :p will we come again to "Bird"? yes I would think so..

Food in Kuala Lumpur : Hot Milk Tea @ Bird

Bird is on the stretch of restaurants facing the main road to Publika's entrance (facing a few landed houses) and nearer to the Kencana Petroleum end.  

For those who is still new to Publika, below is the map: 

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Halal Food In Singapore - Habibie Restaurant @ Tampines

On the night before dearest sis' departure from Singapore, the family adjourn to mom's favorite halal seafood restaurant: Habibie Restaurant - a Muslim-owned seafood restaurant at Tampines Blk 829. Mom likes the Kway Teow Kerang here very much but on that night we decided to order seafood for lil sis. (Do note that the food is nicer here in the evenings as they have different cooks for morning and evening.

Dad took the liberty of ordering and we had Sweet and Sour Grouper, Butter Prawns, Hot Plate Tofu and Char Kway Sotong. Sis also ordered Chicken Rice, which was also nice but I didn't snap a picture of it.  

Halal Singapore: Habibie Restaurant's sweet and sour grouper

Sweet and Sour Grouper was crispy on the outside, tender on the inside and the flesh was very fresh. The sauce is also not too spicy with a hint of tomato. It costed us less than $30, very value for money, I would say. 

Halal Singapore: Habibie Restaurant's butter prawns

Prawns are my little nephew's favorite and the butter prawns at Habiebie restaurant suits his taste buds just well, the prawns are quite big, firm and peels off easily. The butter floss perfect and shiny.. yummy. the small platter wasn't enough for us all :)

Halal Singapore: Habibie Restaurant's Hot Plate Tofu 

Hot Plate Tofu is my favorite dish, soft squishy tofu with mixed vegetables and prawns with an egg broken on top a sizzling hot plate.. delish!

Halal Singapore: Habibie Restaurant's Char Kway Sotong!

Char Kway Sotong is mum's side dish, the char kway is crispy and light with squid filling dipped in a sweet sauce or mayo... the picture is of our half eaten plate. 

It was a nice dinner, the place was comfortable and clean and the service friendly. I might come again next time with hubby to try the crabs :) 

Map of Habibie Restaurant:

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