Luckee Canteen, Puchong

With mannequin torsos at the entrance, a barren autumnal tree and friendly skeletons waving inside, plus bicycles perched high on the wall, Luckee Canteen is a fortunate find, a new cafe that’s both head-turning and head-scratching. 

But its food is ultimately ultra-comforting, from the pork lard crackling rice with a wobbly-yolked egg (RM16) to the fab fried chicken with sour plum flavourfully infused in the batter (RM18).

The crew is friendly and the setting is relaxing, with La Mer and La Vie En Rose playing on the speakers, bringing a bit of Paris to Puchong. 

Luckee Canteen 

6, Jalan Bandar 13, Pusat Bandar Puchong, 47100 Puchong, Selangor. Open Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-530pm. Tel: 010-236-3260

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Brotani Ventures: Fresh Malaysian MD2 pineapples for the sweetest satisfaction

The best local pineapples, crunchy-juicy and nectarously sweet, freshly sourced from farms that span the north to south of peninsular Malaysia: Brotani Ventures is passionate about pineapples, focusing on this singular spiky fruit for deliveries of whole, sliced and juiced pineapples.

Brotani Ventures is the fruit of three farm-loving friends' labour. Their MD2-species pineapples - uniformly bright-gold in colour, consistent in size and ripeness, with exceptional Vitamin C content in their densely luscious flesh - are the coveted crop of nutrient-rich Malaysian soil, known to produce some of the world's highest-quality pineapples.

These pineapples are perfectly versatile - customers have purchased them to make pineapple jams, pineapple tarts and more. You can certainly use them to prepare everything from pajeri nanas to upside-down pineapple cakes!

Brotani sells its pineapples in three forms: as a whole pineapple, called Pina Reina (RM7.90 per kilogram), pre-sliced fruit, dubbed Pina Poco (RM10 per 400-gram box), and a cold-pressed juice nicknamed Pina Lima, a rejuvenating drink with a tangy hint of calamansi to jazz up the natural vibrancy of pineapples (RM14 per 500-ml bottle). 

The flesh of the fruit is firm, plentiful and satisfyingly sweet. If you've ever had a pineapple and wished it were more full-bodied and fulfilling in its tropical richness, Brotani's pineapples are for you.

For all the pure, potent health benefits of pineapples, have these delivered to your doorstep by ordering at least one day in advance - Brotani prepares the pineapples as close to delivery as possible, cutting the fruit on the morning of delivery or chilling the juice overnight.

Brotani Ventures' three founders are just in their mid-twenties, but they have high hopes, working to set up their own pineapple farm in Bukit Cerakah and become a supplier and exporter of Malaysian pineapples. 

Brotani Ventures also currently sells Mexican Hass avocados - creamier, more durable and with a smoother surface compared to the more common Indonesian avocado. Enquire with them for more details.

Brotani Ventures
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Boys & Chicks: Healthy & organic chicken from reliable Malaysian farms, ready to cook in fun flavours

Peckish for poultry? Boys & Chicks offers fresh whole chickens from reliable Malaysian farms, cleaned and marinated for convenient cooking, with healthy, halal varieties in fun flavours like Porto Peri and Bahamas BBQ, as well as organic choices for free-range wholesomeness.

If you love chicken but loathe the prep work, Boys & Chicks' conscientiously sourced fowls promise a fast, fuss-free experience in the kitchen - simply tear open the vacuum packaging, and you're ready to cook! The chicken is usually cut into pieces, but whole uncut chickens are available on request.

Boys & Chicks is helmed by three Malaysian high school friends turned business partners. While they pursued different degrees - in life sciences, marketing and mechanical engineering - they've reunited in their passion for sustainable agriculture and ethical farming.

In their pilot project, the three boys ran their own poultry farm, working through three cycles of chickens (and counting!) to create their ideal farm. While mastering the art of breeding healthy chickens, they're growing the local agro community by sourcing hormone- and antibiotic-free raw poultry from farms in Selangor and beyond with internationally encouraged breeding practices.

Boys & Chicks' Healthy Chicken selection showcases a Malacca-origin village chicken variety, bred in small-scale rural farms with plenty of space for livestock to roam. The chicken is lean, ensuring the flesh remains firmly on the bone for a versatile range of recipes instead of becoming pulpy or mushy.

These chickens are double cleaned, first in a halal-certified Puchong slaughterhouse where they're processed like regular poultry. Then, Boys & Chicks cleans them for a second round in a halal-certified Batu Caves processing factory, removing feather stubs, fat and blood clots before they're vacuum-packed. No washing or rinsing at home is necessary.

Boys & Chicks' Healthy Chicken is available in five flavours, such as Malaysia Klasik (RM25 for about 1.3 kilograms before processing, with neck, feet and internal organs included), the basic pick that's perfect for fried chicken or for favourite household recipes such as rendang. 

The highlight of the Healthy Chicken is the diversity of flavours - the Porto Peri (RM35) features a zesty, tangy and thankfully not-too-spicy take on Portuguese peri-peri preparations, crafted in collaboration with local sauce maker Rain’s Asian Hot Sauce. 

While Boys & Chicks' low-fat, low-cholesterol and high-protein Healthy Chicken is lean, it's satisfyingly tender, with a natural juiciness and robust richness of flavour. It retains its original texture and pure form even when saturated with sauce - chicken that tastes like genuine, honest-to-goodness poultry.

Boys & Chicks' other Healthy Chicken flavours include the Bahamas BBQ with its lip-smacking zesty smokiness (pictured above), the Minang Rendang for a spice explosion, and the Krakatau Kicap that channels an Indonesian-inspired sweet soy lusciousness, a collaboration with premium paste maker DapoGo. 

Boys & Chicks also offers Organic Free Range Chicken (RM50) - the highest-quality chicken around, plus-sized at up to 2 kilograms in weight, slaughtered only after four months of maturity. Nurtured in a green, grassy farm, fed on rice husks, fruits and high-protein greens, these chickens lead their best lives, a far cry from broiler chickens raised in callous conditions. 

The meat of Boys & Chicks' organic chickens is exceptionally clean-tasting - simply boil it with salt, ginger and green onions to help bring out the meat's sweet umami. It also makes for a great chicken jus.

Boys & Chicks' selection can be ordered at www.boysandchicks.com - shipping is free for purchases exceeding RM200.

If you enjoy their chicken, Boys & Chicks offers monthly subscription plans with weekly deliveries and discounts of 10% to 15% per chicken, depending on the subscription duration.

The subscription plans promise plenty of benefits. You won't need to worry about daily-fluctuating ayam kampung prices - plus, you'll enjoy 15% off each chicken you purchase. You're assured of all of Boys & Chicks' advantages, with premium chickens guaranteed every week at your doorstep - a truly healthy, clean and ethical source of protein. Boys & Chicks is committed to convenience, easing your cooking process and saving you lots of time and effort.

Ahead of Aidilfitri, Boys & Chicks is also offering additional Ramadan and Raya promotions, valid for 3-20 May 2021.

Subscraya

Subscribe for three or six months and get one free seasonal Minang Rendang chicken.

Go Organic
Buy two organic chickens at only RM89 (normal price RM100)

Boys & Chicks
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Twenty Fourty Six 2046, Taman Sea

From outside, Twenty Fourty Six 2046 looks like a nondescript shop-house in Taman SEA, hidden in plain sight between an auto repair workshop and an air-conditioning parts shop, without a view within for passers-by to peek into.

Step inside and you’ll find a surprisingly cavernous space, with a colourful, cushy mezzanine beneath soaring ceilings that raise the roof for photogenic PJ cafes.

Brunch spans East to West with some interesting specialities.

Butter of God features sourdough slices with guilt-inducing grilled marrow served on the bone, a calories-be-damned creation that’s all the crisp toasted carbs and gelatinous seasoned fat you need (RM28).

Drunk Food is an unabashed invitation for day-drinking, with Korean spicy-souped Shin noodles showered with decadently succulent lamb slices (more fat!), scallops, shiitake mushrooms and a fried egg, irresistible for fans of luxed-up instant noodles (RM26). 

2046’s No. 1 temptation though is its signature sourdough Portuguese egg tarts, pastel de nata that's crackly to the bite and custardy to the chew, laced with a subtle blend of mozzarella and cheddar (RM10).

Twenty Fourty Six 2046

54, Jalan SS 23/11, Taman Sea, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Open Wednesday-Monday, 10am-12am. Tel: 019-668-2046

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