Menya Musashi @ The Intermark, Kuala Lumpur

One of my favorite ramen places in KL is Menya Musashi. I used to frequent the outlet at Jalan P. Ramlee but I do the find the parking there troublesome as we need to park in KLCC and then walk over to the outlet. So I was delighted to find that they have opened a new outlet recently at The Intermark (where Doubletree by Hilton is located). Furthermore, there is also a Jaya Grocer here, so we could do some shopping after our meal. Oh and another bonus is that parking at The Intermark is free on Sundays. 

This outlet is pretty compact, and when it is crowded, customers can sit at the adjacent Non-Halal food court and order from Menya. Over here, you get a choice of 4 types of soups to go with your ramen - white, red, black and miso. We have tried both the black and white ramen, which comes with 2 pieces of roasted pork, 1 ajitama (flavoured egg), spring onion and black fungus (RM20). I'm pretty sure the noodles here are slightly thicker than the Jalan P. Ramlee outlet. But I like it - nice and springy (similar to the ones we had in Singapore) ;) Out of the two, I prefer the white soup. Both the ajitama and chashu is pretty good too.

Thick, springy noodles

White soup ramen

Nice ajitama

I always finish my soup so that I can see this at the bottom of my bowl ;D

We also tried their ice coffee blend (RM5) and Strawberry milk shake (RM5). 

Ready, action..!

Playing pretend with Baby C - conducting a cooking class at Jaya Grocer's Bosch kitchen :P 

On another visit, we also tried the tsukemen (dry noodles with dipping sauce). I wanted to try the black tsukemen, but according to the waiting staff, I could only order the white sauce for tsukemen. I enjoyed this and so did Baby C - I think she enjoys this much more than the soup ramen. The sauce here isn't too salty, so at the end when we've finished all our noodles, we found that we could actually drink it down as a soup.

Take some of the cold noodles and dip it into the sauce

Menya Musashi at The Intermark KL

Verdict: Great ramen, good location. 


Parking: Free on Sundays, or spend RM30 and above at Jaya Grocer and get 3 hrs free parking.

Location: Menya Musashi, LC-01-05, Lower Concourse, Intermark Mall, The Intermark, 348 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03-2181 7199

GPS Coordinates: 3.161620, 101.719670


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Recipe: The Perfect Date Scones (Marcus Wareing)

This year, during the Big Bad Wolf sale, I got Marcus Wareing's cookbook "How to Cook the perfect..". Knowing how much I love afternoon tea, Hubby got the book out and set out to make me the perfect date scones. 

The perfect date scones

The recipe in the book is actually for sultana scones, but we had a box of dates sitting in the fridge, hence Hubby decided to substitute with equal amounts of dates. According to Marcus Wareing, scones are very easy to make but they need a light touch (don't overwork the dough) or they'll be chewy and stodgy. It is also important not to roll the dough too thinly or you'll have biscuits rather than scones.

I was taking a siesta when the baking was happening, and Hubby pinged me to say "come get your scones." A cup of English breakfast tea, beautiful well-risen scones, whipped cream and jam greeted me. Nothing beats eating a freshly baked warm scone slathered in whipped cream and jam. Wonderfully moist and crumbly. Perfection.

These were so good that I couldn't stop at eating one... or two....  you can also serve these with clotted cream (see here for recipe for Mock Devonshire cream). Perfect bites for a Christmas or New Year party. Or simply any day... I definitely wouldn't mind having this again for afternoon tea.

The Perfect Date Scones
Recipe adapted from Marcus Wareing "How to make the perfect.."
Preparation time: 20-30 minutes
Cooking time: 10 - 15 minutes
Makes about 12

Ingredients
450g self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
Pinch of fine salt
100g cold unsalted butter, diced
225ml full-fat milk
1 large egg
75g caster sugar
75g dates (or sultanas)

1. Heat the oven to 200°C (fan). Line a baking tray with non-stick baking parchment.

2. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, loosely gathering the mixture together in your hands without squeezing or pressing. Stir in the sugar and dates (or sultanas).

3. Mix the milk and egg together, then slowly pour two-thirds into the flour, stirring constantly with a table knife until the dough comes together. It should be quite firm, but moist, so add a little more of the milk and egg if it appears too dry.

4. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly for only a minute or two - just long enough to be able to shape it into a rough, loose ball. Now roll it out until it's about 2cm thick. Cut out about 12 scones using a 6.5cm pastry cutter, dipping it in flour before each cut.

5. Place the scones on the baking tray and brush the tops lightly with the remaining egg and milk mixture (from Step 3). Bake in the middle of the oven for 10-15 minutes, until risen and light golden brown. Serve as soon as possible, preferably while still warm with either whipped cream or clotted cream and jam.

I am submitting this to the "Baby Sumo's Christmas Recipes Collection 2013" event which I am hosting. You can link your recipes here.

I am also submitting this to Cook-Your-Books #7 hosted by Joyce of Kitchen Flavours .



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