IDC Ice Cream at Damansara Kim

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Ice cream always have a way to getting into people's list, even if that person is on a diet. Well, at least it happened to me.

Perhaps my will is not strong enough at this point in time. Or maybe it's the happy memories it brings from my childhood. Or simply, I have kids and every now and then I want to build that "happy moment" with them over ice cream, just like when I was a kid.

After our maiden meal at The Kitchen Table, which is also at Damansara Kim area, we decided to be adventurous with the kids and brought them to this new ice cream place. For a rainy day, it was buzzing with people, and I even bumped into an old friend.

Our visit was well worth it to IDC Ice Dreams Cafe at Damansara Kim. For those not familiar, as after I lived in KL for 9 years, only now did I hear about this area! It is opposite the highway that faces Damansara Uptown.

It was easy to park at the place and we found our way into their freezing-cold cafe. Seems to be young boys running the place, all friendly and ever ready to explain their best sellers.

We ordered some affogato specialties and coffee. While my little girl had some mint choco chip on a cone. Worthwhile visit and will surely come back again,

IDC Ice Dreams Cafe at Damansara Kim

Ice Cream Display

Worth mentioning and trying : Vanilla Ice Cream topped with olive oil and sea salt

Affogato with chocolate ice cream and coffee infused with orange

Price was reasonable. Ambience is simple and nice. Air-conditioning was TOO cold for an ice cream place. Luckily I was able to request to tone down the A/C when we sat in one area. Easy to park. Vanilla ice cream with olive oil was superb!

Ice Dreams Cafe IDC

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Address: 30, 119 Jalan SS20/10, Jalan SS 20/10, Damansara Kim, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Phone:+60 3-7731 0969

Caffe Crema Mont Kiara

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Happy that we get to have a decent specialty coffee place nearby our place in Mont Kiara. Small and cozy. Serving up serious coffee. Nice interiors. Love the acacia wooden trays. Walking distance from our place. Located beside a salon. It's hidden from the road because it's housed inside Plaza Mont Kiara. 

Worth the visit if you prefer serious speciality coffee vs the usual Starbucks, which is also stone's throw from this place. 

Bonding time with daddy over Babyccino

Specialty Drip Coffee

Hand Brew Coffee

Drip coffee which hubby tried. It was okay, not overly fantastic. Go for the usual latte instead. Or perhaps maybe we are not the right target market for such specialty coffee, though hubby usually likes the black, simple ones.

Cake was well presented.

Love the wooden plates. 

Love their branding and the thought process that went into how they serve their coffee.

Babyccino for the little one

Wooden interiors 

For 2 cups and a cake. Paid separately for the babyccino.

Cafe Crema at Plaza Mont Kiara (near Subway)

Caffe Crema

Address: E01-02, Plaza Mont Kiara, Block E, 2 Jalan Kiara, Mont Kiara, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Phone:+60 3-6206 2237

Price Increase in Malaysia: Cost Of Living Going Up

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This December 2015 marks our 9th year living in Kuala Lumpur. We proudly call it our home and we have had so many beautiful memories and wonderful stories of our stay. We still call it our home and we hope to have many more wonderful years in this warm, friendly country.

Things have been smooth-sailing for many years. However we can see the winds of change blowing strongly.

The past few months have been turbulent, mainly with the government issues and scandals, currency devaluation and GST implementations in 2015. And one eye-opening shocker for a housewife-mother-of-two (yes, that is my official title when I'm not at the office), happened on November 15 , 2015 Sunday. I jumped down for a quick grocery trip to One Mont Kiara Mall, my usual place, to quickly grab packets of cheese and got a shock of how prices have sky-rocketed!

I always bought Kraft cheese (shredded) for the kids -- easy to mix with pasta and other cheese-related dishes. I remember clearly how it used to be rm14 per packet not so long ago. Then jumped to rm17-ish for some time. Today, when I saw the whopping rm23.55 per packet I was really awakened to the fact that cost of living has indeed gone so high up.

Add to that fact, the toll fees have gone up, electricity also has gone up. Housing loan interest rates are going up. 

I hope that some stability will happen soon. Praying. Hoping. Waiting. Meantime... I grabbed another cheese brand and left KRAFT alone for today. The price is just heart-stopping. Perhaps I need some time to digest the fact that the prices are here to stay due to all the issues ongoing.

RM23.55 now for a packet of shredded cheese. Not so long ago it was around RM14-17 price range.

A Pie Thing

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Hubby has always been a fan of PIES. We have always tested pies from different places. Sometimes disappointed, other times happy but never "WOW".  Some places that serve pies (from what I remember over the years -- Dome Cafe and Alexis).

I've heard about "A Pie Thing" for a while now but never went in to check it out. Until recently when the stars aligned, I decided to give it a try. One rainy Friday night, I went over to satisfy my curiosity.

Since we tried it that one fine evening, we have been back several times to take away pies for our meals at home. Their take-away boxes are cute and well-designed. I like how they did the branding.

Worth mentioning are the Lamb Pies -- the best in town. Other flavours are yum too, though nothing tops the lamb pie.

We have tried several-- from vegetarian to chicken cheese. Hubby tried the beef, too. 

Service is friendly. Place is minimalist cool--and menu is simple to understand.

Love the gravy. Being someone from the Philippines, we love our gravy. And I wish they would give more -- to people like me haha. In fairness I never tried to ask for extra gravy. Perhaps next round I will! 

Sneak peek into my take-away bag 

The yummy inside of my Lamb Pie

View from my seat on that first visit

How it looks when you do the take-away. I opted for the mash potato and peas on top. Gravy separated in another take-away container so you can pour it.

A Pie Thing at Uptown Damansara Utama 

A Pie Thing

128G, Jalan SS21/35, Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

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