Month: March 2019

Fittie Sense (Bangsar Baru, KL) $$ 19/20

Omg, Omg, OMG you guys!

I was just back home in Malaysia for a work trip, and was introduced by some lovely friends to this TRULY AMAZING place in Bangsar Baru. Nestled in the already amazing Telawi streets is this gem of an eatery: Fittie Sense!

They have everything I look for in a restaurant: healthy, mostly vegetarian/vegan (or at least earth conscious), and of course, allergy-conscious and good-vibey!

Just about everything on the menu is tasty… and if by chance you’re a mega fuss-pot who doesn’t fancy anything on the list, you can just create your own! They pay a lot of attention to your requirements, and even purport to be “for fussy eaters” (that’s literally their tagline)!

Waiters are super nice and the ambiance is very green and earthy. Oh, and did I mention all the desserts were gluten-free? Each. And. Every. Beautiful. One.

My super favourite: the burger with gluten-free bread!
My super favourite: the burger with gluten-free bread!
Equally mouth-watering as the desserts. Seen here: the molten chocolate cake!
Equally mouth-watering as the desserts. Seen here: the molten chocolate cake!

What else can one ask for?

I can’t think of nuthin’. Go there. You won’t regret it.

Peace,

Daisy

 

Fittie Sense, Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur (19/20)  

23A, Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

www.fittiesense.com

  • Allergy friendly: *****
  • Taste: *****
  • Atmosphere: Amazing aura *****
  • Service: ****
  • Cost: $$ for Malaysia… Dishes range from RM20+ to RM40+ for entrees

Cooking Invention Week: Crumble Bumbles! (7/7)

Gosh, what’s the point of cooking (or eating?!) if one never gets to dessert? Keine Ahnung (“no idea”) as they say in these German parts! Hello my beloved Gluten-Free peoples, Today’s recipe can be adapted to just about any fruit: perennial, tropical, whatevers! The secret is in the crumble. Everything tastes good with a little crunchy oatmeal! It’s super healthy (no sugar, no yuck!) and vegan. An all-round win!

A juicy cherry crumble to demonstrate this delicious Adapt-a-Recipe process...
A juicy cherry crumble to demonstrate this delicious Adapt-a-Recipe process…
A cherry version... Mmmmm...
Mmmmm… a spoonful of heaven…
A version with strawberries!
A version with strawberries!
A crunchy yet healthy topping...
A crunchy yet healthy topping…

Ingredients

  • 2 cups gluten-free oats (ideally not the processed kind or the quick-cooking kind – super important that it is certified gluten-free – as you know, oats milling has a high probability of cross-contamination with wheat milling)
  • 1/2 cup EVOO (you know it, extra virgin olive oil)
  • 1/2 cup of cashew milk or water
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla powder
  • 1 teaspoon (or more! pile it on, baby!) of cinnamon powder (I even throw bits of cinna-stick in there)
  • A dash of grated nutmeg
  • 1/4 cup of maple syrup (Grade C only please – also optional!)
  • Any bakeable fruit of your liking. In this recipe, I used one over-ripe banana and 2 cups of frozen cherries. You may opt for pineapples, berries, mangoes, apples, oranges, kiwis, pears… honestly, whatever you have lying around that needs to be used up. Frozen or fresh works just as well. It doesn’t need to be in perfect condition either!
  • Topping: roasted nuts and cranberries, soy yoghurt
  • Also good with: vegan ice-cream
Close-up of the crumbly topping... you don't have to use a lot of oil!
Close-up of the crumbly topping… you don’t have to use a lot of oil!

Method

1. Lay the fruits of crumble at the bottom of a baking dish. I find small square ones work well for this recipe.

2. In a medium mixing bowl, add all the other ingredients. Start with the dry (oatmeal, vanilla, cinnamon) and then add the wet.

3. The mixture should form little clumps. Don’t mash them too well… just kind of sprinkle them on top of the fruit. Crumbles are often made the same way with castor sugar and room temperature butter. The mixture will form clumpy oatmeal lumps that you just sprinkle over the fruits, trying to cover as much of it as possible (so the fruit doesn’t burn). In this recipe, you won’t quite have the buttery crunchiness of a butter-containing granola, but you will have something just as delicious and way more healthy! If you don’t want to use a lot of oil, you can substitute even more (or all!) of the oil for water or nut milk. It will form a softer texture, not unlike cooked oatmeal.

4. Bake at 180 degrees Celcius for 15 minutes. Voila! Done! 🙂 Serve with a scoop of vegan yoghurt or sorbet or ice cream.

A side view of the stacked crumbly goodness...
A side view of the stacked crumbly goodness…

That’s it for Cooking Invention Week (err… Month!) 2019! Now go out there and experiment… make your own recipes and share them below if you’d like. 🙂

Peace,

Daisy