Nambawan - Cheapest Pork Burger in Town

When we feel like eating pork burger, Nambawan comes to our mind. Easily the cheapest and tastiest pork burger that you can have when eating out. Besides pork burger, Nambawan also serve chargrilled pork belly with applesauce, pulled pork burger, black cod, fish and chips, and other local cuisines.

We had the Garden Salad (RM4.90), pork burger (RM7.90), and the 50/50 burger (RM9.90). All burgers are served with generous serving of chips.

Garden Salad to start the meal.

The Garden Salad is a simple and fresh combination of zucchini, lettuce, tomatoes and onions drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette and freshly ground black peppers. Delicious and appetizing! Rating: 8/10.

Grilled pork burger, juicy and succulent.

50/50 burger served with chips.

KY had the grilled pork burger, simple and yummy. The patty is firm, crispy in the outside and inside it you can taste the minced onion, herbs and some pork lard. Rating: 8/10.

CL's 50/50 burger has an interesting name because it is half bacon and half minced pork. The patty is fresh and juicy, unlike the commercial kind. Definitely a must-order! Rating: 8/10.

Happy KY is Happy CL :D

We sipped some hot chocolate (RM2.50) to complete the meal before heading off to TGIF's in IOI Mall, Puchong for dessert.

Mocha mud pie!

TGIF's mocha mud pie (RM19.90++) made a comeback with a smaller serving size, softer, sweeter and topped with almond flakes. Totally a disappointment compared to the first time when I had the mocha mud pie at Section 14, Petaling Jaya. Not only it was cheaper at that time, it was double the size, much colder and harder (the fork bent when I tried to cut it!), much more tastier with a stronger mocha flavour. Rating: 5/10. Avoid unless you have extra cash to convert into calories. But definitely go to Nambawan!

Our Nambawan experience:

Food: 8/10

Ambiance: A little greasy with poor kitchen air ventilation. Sit outside if you don't mind.

Service: Average.

Price: Extremely cheap. $ / $$ / $$$

Revisit? Definitely, for the cheap and good burgers. Try their weekend menu ala carte specials!

Halal? Non-halal.

Nambawan Restaurant & Cafe

10, Sri Manja Square One, 

Taman Sri Manja, 

Jalan Klang Lama, 

46000 Petaling Jaya

Selangor, Malaysia ‎

Landmarks: Near Old Town White Coffee and 99 Speed Mart.

Google Map: 3.073115,101.647809

-Chubby Crab Team-

Peppercorn Cafe

We were looking for charcoal burger buns and Nokia Asha 501 at SS15, Subang Jaya when we came across Peppercorn Cafe, a nice little cozy restaurant with a catchy yellow signboard, just like my Nokia Asha 501. There was set dinner available and we gave it a try. We sneaked in some Tong Kee egg tarts to munch on while we waited for our food to arrive.

The set dinner consists of an appetizer, soup-of-the-day, main course of your choice, dessert and a drink. The choices were grilled rib-eye steak, braised lamb shank, grilled chicken, grilled salmon or black cod. We ordered a set each, one medium rib-eye steak with red wine infused brown sauce (RM36 nett), and one fillet of grilled salmon with cream caper sauce (RM32 nett). Both main course were served with a side of boiled or mashed potatoes and sautéed vegetables with garlic.

Appetizer: Chicken wings stuffed with minced meat and mushroom, served with fresh salad.

Toasted one-sided garlic bread to go with the soup.

Soup-of-the-day: Cream of leek with croutons and freshly cracked black peppers.

Only two miserable slices of stuffed chicken wings served but the salad dressing was pretty good. The garlic bread is only buttered and toasted one-side, which we prefer if both sides are buttered and toasted. The main course came before we even finished the soup!

Grilled salmon with cream caper sauce, boiled potatoes and vegetables.

Grilled rib-eye steak with red wine sauce, mashed potatoes and vegetables.

The salmon fillet is sweet but a tad soft, crumbly and not as good as Mami's pan-seared salmon which is crispy on the outside and sea-fresh firm in the inside. Girl-girl rates it at 7/10.

Rib-eye steak was done correctly, medium cooked with the meat juices flowing out as the knife cuts through it. Red wine infused brown sauce is good. Boy-boy rates it at 6/10.

Freshly brewed coffee, black, no sugar.

The choice of drinks were coffee, tea or lime juice. We went for the coffee without hesitating. Thick, black and strong.

Cream caramel for both of us.

Dessert-of-the-day was ice-cream or cream caramel. We tried the cream caramel, which was certainly different than the typical Wall's or King's ice-cream. It is soft and the sweetness is just right. However it was not as smooth as it should be. Overall it was still alright.

Peppercorn Cafe is open daily for breakfast and lunch, and only Fridays and Saturdays for dinner. It is closed on Sunday. Prices are nett, no service charges and government tax! Thumbs up.

We'd humbly rate our experience as below:
Food: 6.5/10
Ambiance: Cozy and relaxing place to dine.
Service: Good.
Price: Reasonable. $ / $$ / $$$
Revisit? Yes, to try out the breakfast and other set dinners.
Halal? Pork-free. Waitress is a Malay lady.


Peppercorn Cafe
21, Jalan SS15/4, SS15, 
47500 Subang Jaya, 
Selangor, Malaysia

Landmarks: Near Taylor's College, same row as Pontian Wantan Noodles.
Google Map: 3.075788,101.588982

-Chubby Crab Team-

The First Post

Chubby Crab was the first choice as the name of this blog. Babi Comel was suggested next but we would like to be appealing and inclusive towards all races and ethnicity, and therefore Tembikai Bulat, a red and juicy succulent fruit is the next suggestion. Finally Chubby Crab came to be as we love seafood and the girl is chubby and could not resist crabs, be it kam heong fried, salt-baked, or sweet and sour!

The purpose of this blog is to share food reviews, whether it is cheap, expensive, affordable, tasty, and whatnot. This is a family-friendly blog and we hope you will enjoy the posts as much as we do! 

Thanks!!

-Chubby Crab Team-