In between start and end: food review

I kid you not, 70% of my money goes to food throughout this January. There's no other purpose for this entry other than sharing most (if not all) the costly food I spent my hard-earned money on while hanging out with my friends. Also lots of them are my first time so I might still mention those that I didn't manage to snap a pic of.

More-than-once gallery:

1.

Kyochon

Second time here. And also tried their chicken strips. Twas a yummy addition.

XO and D88 durians

The only time I know what kind of durian I was eating lol.

Coconut drink

Family Mart's matcha soft serve

Second time enjoying it. Just found out they have Family Mart at Paradigm Mall, PJ lol so close.

First timer's gallery:

Caffe Bene's choc and cheese promo bingsu

Ka Mun's recommendation. Love the cheesecake, the choc and cheese combo mixes really well but the cheese was in shreds and I don't quiet prefer it like that but oh well.

Hanbing

It's their strawberry one, first time trying THIS flavour. I've tried their mango bingsu before. I got to say that I like how soft the shaved ice is compared to Caffe Bene, however the portion might be a little too small and the toppings are too minimal for its standard bingsu price.

Dal.komm's chocolate shake promo and Shibuya toast

My second visit to Dal.komm Coffee and we ordered these. I enjoy the shake a lot, but the toast was lacking of taste other than simply sweet and toasty hard, so it was a bit of a let down considering their cruffin was veryyy tasty!

Mikey's New York Pizza

I've been wanting to try their pizza and finally tried their Bianca pizza which is basically pizza with 4 types of cheese. The cheesy taste was good, but the portion was a bit too big. Yes it's filling but a bit too much of the same kind... cepat muak.

Caffe Bene's sweet potato promo bingsu

The first taste of it was different from what we expected. The ice cream was not so sweet ironically. But as we reach the center of the bingsu, it's filled with this sweet chewy stuff (which I don't know what it's call) and it just made it taste a LOT better. All in all, an okay combo.

Llaollao (pronounced yao-yao)

Finally tried this thangg. One word - masammm. The yogurt and dark chocolate topping with biscuit crumbs and choc balls was good. Kinda remind me of Tutti Frutti.

IKEA's RM1.50 froyo (ft. the meme queen)

Cheaper alternative would be this IKEA froyo top with strawberry sauce. To me just as good lol.

8.

Fish and Co.'s Swiss Fish and Chips

You may not believe it, but this is my first Fish and Co. dining experience. Quiet a shame because Ka Mun works there hahaha. First bite was sooo good. But half-way later, it just gets too oily and hard to eat.

9. Jibril's butter chicken with white rice (at SS15)

Not kidding, it's VERY nice but too much of it is not. Also the butter beer it came with was also the BOMB. Only problem is the pub-like place is very tersorok and too dim.

10. IKEA's lemon & herb roasted chicken

Very filling indeed and the lemon and herb balances the taste just nice.

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And so, there goes my savings for basically the whole sem. ALL of the food mentioned were eaten anywhere around January 2018 and today (1st Feb), in no exact order. Of course, banyaaakk lagi makanan beli but ni je yang worth mentioning.

So future Amelynn, if you're wondering why your duit kurang and berat naik... Pls don't question it.

Dropping by,
Melynn.

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I had the NEW McDonald's Spicy Korean Burger on its releasing day which was on the 25th July. I was already out with Ka Mun and we both thought we should try it while we're at it. But we found out then and there that it was a beef burger. We seriously thought that it'd be a chicken burger. Like how Korean are also famous for its fried chicken but boy, were we wrong... Since it's beef, our Ms. Leong here cannot eat them. But for me, I really wanna give it a try so I was the only one who ordered it.

When I first opened the box, the burger looked very messy. There's all kinds of veggies inside and they were all spilling out. The patty looked similar to any other beef patties - thin and plain dark - nothing surprising. The only sauce I noticed was the cheese on the veggies. I took my first bite without dipping in the chili sauce because I wanted to try the pure taste of it. And little did I know, I never dipped my burger in at all.

The first bite took me a long time trying to digest the spiciness. Initially, I thought the spice was really lacking. But after I chewed on longer, they finally hit those taste buds. The burger was goood. Something about the patty just seemed right. The kimchi sauce that marinates it plus the combination between the charcoal bun and the cheese sauce really boost up the taste. I loved it!! The spiciness was on-point for me.

I don't know if it's just me, but the size of the burger felt satisfying too. I took quite a number of bites so it was enough for me.

It also came with the crispy cut-fries. They're very little compared to the usual french fries. It's crispy, but it really felt like eating a mini cracker rather than fried potato. I prefer the normal fries. Or at least the cut-fries can be made bigger in size so it'll be more worth it.

The price though... was expensive. I get that it's a promotional burger, but RM16 for a medium set with small amount of cut-fries, quite a bum. Even BurgerLab's charcoal burgers can get much more filling with that same price. I didn't know we can get a Fanta grape OR the usual coke for it, and I usually don't take coke so I changed it (not knowing Fanta grape is part of the promotion) to a Sprite... boooo!! Talk about not being well-informed. Ugh.

Overall, McDonald's Spicy Korean Burger is worth a try. I'd eat it again if I get the chance to. I think having ala-carte would be a good option for this burger considering the fries are just meh. So I'd give it a 7/10 for the great and tasty burger. Hopefully a chicken version would be up next!