Malaysia Restaurant Guide for December (Holiday, Christmas and New Year)

Holiday seasons are just around the corner, and I am sure most of us will look for something nice to pamper our stomach.


Based on November’s result, buffet like Saisaki Japanese Buffet, Shogun and Jogoya is still very much popular, or Lemon Garden Café’s Hi Tea Buffet or Tenji. Then we have Look Out Point for a nice night view, and perhaps something romantic for cave dweller in The Cave. For those who wanted a cocktail with the best view in the city, do visit Luna Bar and Sky Bar.

For steamboat lover, we have Tasty Pot, Yuen Buffet Steamboat and Flaming Steamboat Buffet. For those who enjoy Malaysian style open air mamak, do try Murni or William Mamak.

Other more posh café includes Fullhouse, Bumbu Bali and Delicious Café. If you like Japanese food, do try Hajime, Xenri, Shabu-Shabu, Matsuba, Rakuzen, Nihon Kai and Ninja Jones. For Chinese food, you can try Marco Polo, Noble House Imbi, New Paris or Lala Chong.

Do check out the most popular and most visited places for 2009, before the end of it.

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Property Price Map of Puchong

For better visibility, Malaysia Property Prices show distribution of residential area and its estimated market price throughout entire Puchong area using Google Map. Every location and taman in Puchong is shown its actual location in Google Map, so that you have a better understanding of its location and prices.

Property Price Comparison for Puchong Area

Malaysia Most Wanted: Property Prices manage to cover about 90% of Puchong area which are actively on sale/rent for the past 6 months, which include 44 location / taman.

We generate a comparison chart of Average Property Price for Terrace House in Puchong area for the past 6 months. It seems like Bandar Puchong Jaya and Bandar Puteri is 2 of the most expensive area in Puchong, costing around RM 300 per square feet.


We shall strive to provide more accurate data and cover more areas in the very near future.

Analyse Malaysia Property Prices with Google Map and Public Amenities

Three of the most important aspect of property price analysis is location, location and location. Besides knowing where, we need to know the surrounding areas and its public amenities.


For young family, we need to know if the school is nearby. For convenient, we need to be near to hypermarket. For lifestyle, it needs to be near shopping. For a healthy living environment, we need parks and shopping complex. For happiness, we need lots of good food around.

With Malaysia Property Price Analysis with Google Map plus Public Amenities Landmarks, we will show you what you need to know.

Malaysia Property Prices with Google Map integration

Besides showing the property price trend and analysis, we think it's important for you to know the actual location of your future dream home.


For those not familiar with areas such as Puchong, we added Google Map integration to show you where the actual property is located. From there, you could find the nearby properties within 5km radius.

What’s next? We will show you what the nearby amenities (banks, markets, parks, etc) are.

In the meantime, visit Malaysia Property Price Analysis!

Malaysia Property Price Analysis

The original idea behind Malaysia Most Wanted is property analysis, where we shall provide the price trend so that you know which area is performing better. We start with listing of new properties followed by food to create awareness of the existence MMW, so that when we finally have the price trend, you can actually find it.


We try to secure some funding through this and this, but they claim the idea is either useless or can’t make any money. I do agree making money might be difficult (and I am giving away this information for free), but the idea of property price trend is far from useless. At the end, we have no choice but to self fund.

Today we finally took the first step to analyse the property price trend for Puchong area, where you could see the price and rental movement for the past 6 months. We categorise them nicely into location and property type (apartment, terrace, bungalow, etc) so that the estimation is slightly more accurate (though not perfect yet).


The prices shown here are asking price, meaning the price owner or agent ask for when they put up an advertisement for sale/rent (so it is not the actual transaction price, as such information is pricy and not open to public).


This is just the first baby step where we have more features in the pipeline. Not good enough? Don’t worry; we will come up with more data (covering more areas), integration of map, comparison charts and many more!

Stay tune to Malaysia’s one and only Property Price Analysis!

Malaysian Food & Restaurant Review: May 2009

The May 2009 Most Visited Food Venue (based on Google Analytics pageview), brought to you by Malaysia Most Wanted Food and Restaurants.

For the Top 3 spots, we have the ever popular

1. Saisaki Japanese Buffet @ Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur
2. Shogun, Japanese Buffet @ Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
3. Look Out Point @ Jalan Ampang-Hulu Langat, Ampang, Selangor

Saisaki and Shogun had dominated the top 2 spot for quite a while, and Look Out Point is the new No.3.


Li Jin @ Pavilion KL is gaining popularity probably due to their promotion on newspaper, and The Cave @ SS2 is also becoming popular as the “couple place”.

Then we have the regulars like Yuen Buffet Steamboat Restaurant and Restoran Shabu Shabu. Jogoya is still holding at no.8 spot and the exclusive Hajime Japanese Restaurant at no. 10. Others include Bumbu Bali and Delicious Café.

The elusive William Mamaks is gaining momentum at no. 13, followed by other new comers such as KOKOPELLI Travellers Bistro @ PJ, Full House @ Ara Damansara, Nancy’s Kitchen @ Jonker Street and Carnaval Churrascaria @ Damansara Jaya.

Most viewed (or “popularity”) doesn’t equal good food, but it is something which you could take note of and decide for yourself :)

The State of Malaysia Food Websites

After reading on TheEdge’s netv@lue 2.0 review (May 04, 2009) of FriedChillies.com which boast 1.5 millions hit per months, MMW Food feel the urge to check out the current state of Malaysia Food websites.

I start googling for “Malaysia Food” and “Malaysia Restaurant” and start feeding all the Malaysia food-related websites into Google Ad Planner (bloggers hosted on blogspot.com cannot be added due to some technical reasons) to check our their monthly web traffic (other tools include Alexa, Compete and Quantqast).


To my delight, malaysiamostwanted.com is at the number 1 spot with 100K Unique Visitors and 560K Page Views per month. To be fair, only 75% of the traffics belongs food.malaysiamostwanted.com. Food & Travel blogger vkeong.com is at second place with 30K monthly Unique Visitors followed by goeatout.com.my. malaysiabest.net, kyspeaks.com and rasamalaysia.com are in the top 5 as well.

Web Traffic Estimation from Google Ad Planner is not 100% accurate, but it can give a good estimated if used together with other tools such as Alexa. Again, all results are estimation on best effort basis by Independent party.

Basically there are 3 types of Food Websites in Malaysia (and some are hybrid)

1. Food Directory and Search Engine like Malaysia Most Wanted Food
   
2. Food Media Company like FriedChillies and BestFoodJunction
   
3. Food Bloggers like vkeong.com and others
   

Malaysia Most Wanted Food is a purely Internet only Food Directory and Search Engine which links to thousands of independent reviews by Food Bloggers, thus we need to have the strongest presence online. Food Media Company might cover alternate media beside Internet such as Magazine, TV, Newspaper, Coupon, Road Show and etc. Food Bloggers gave the most genuine and independent reviews with a personal touch.

Malaysia Most Wanted (MMW) on Twitter

With all the Internet Buzz about Twitter, Malaysia Most Wanted (MMW) had decided to give this simple yet noisy social network / micro blogging platform a try.

Malaysia Most Wanted (MMW) on Twitter

Why twitter? Basically it will be used as compliment to this Blog. We will make major announcements through this blog as usual, and smaller updates and changes will be introduce through twitter for those who are interested.

Either Blog or Twiter, it is a platform to bring us closer to our users, and keep you updated if you are interested :)

Malaysia Food & Restaurants Top 50 List v2

We want to ensure only the genuine good and popular eatery got listed as Malaysia Most Wanted Food top listing, and we had tweak the algorithm to better determine Top 50 places and penalized those who try to increase their ranking by abusing the Rating System.

Once again, we have a fresh and clean list of

• Most Viewed Food Venues for All Time, 2009, or just March (based on Pageviews)
  
• Most Rated Food Venues (based on star rating)
  
• Most Active Food Venues (based on user contribution and participation)
  
• Most Popular Food Venues (overall score, based on Pageviews, Star Rating and user contributions)

Gadget for Malaysia Food Poll

Malaysia Food: Poll is our second Gadget for Malaysia Food & Restaurants Poll. It is a simple gadget / widget to gather opions on find the best places to makan in Malaysia, such as Where to find the best Nasi Lemak in Klang Valley?



Click the above Google icon to add to iGoogle, or add this gadgets to your website or blog.

Malaysia Food Gadget for your Blog

We had created our first Google Gadget (or Widget) for Malaysia Food. It shows a random picture of Malaysia Food, and if you are curious where the delicious looking food is served, just click on the image and it will bring you to the right place.



You can add this gadget to (iGoogle) or your blog (webpage). Have fun!

MMW Advertising for FOOD & Restaurants

Malaysia Most Wanted (MMW) finally decided to start its own Advertising Program after months of consideration and planning. We got the right amount of traffic now, and we start to get some enquiries from restaurant owners. The economy is going into a recession now, so it sure could use some affordable and effective advertising avenue.


We kickoff the advertising program for MMW Food this week, and we would do the same for MMW Property and the entire MalaysiaMostWanted.com Network very soon.

Why advertise at MMW?

1. More than 100,000 Visits and 300,000 Pages shown per Month (as of February 2009)
2. 100% Malaysia-centric Content with 85% of the Visitors from Malaysia
3. Value for Money advertising package for as low as RM 10 per 1000 Appearance (RM 0.01 for every appearance of the Advertisement)

Advertise with MMW

MMW Food Face Lift

Malaysia Most Wanted Food & Restaurants received a minor face lift (major platform upgrade) about a month ago and everything seems to be running smoothly now.


Notable Enhancement includes:

• Integrated Search Bar with Simple, Advance and Google Search. We enhance the Search Engine slightly to return more relevant results when the search phrase contains more than one word.
• Better looking page on the venue pages, with “Tell A Friend” feature integrated.
• Newly recommended food venues are automatically posted as Venue immediately.
• Now you can contact us if you need us :)
  

Malaysian Food & Restaurant Review: February 2009

The February 2009 Most Visited Food Venue (based on Google Analytics pageview), brought to you by Malaysia Most Wanted Food and Restaurants.

For the Top 2 spots, we have the ever popular

1. Saisaki Japanese Buffet @ Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur
2. Shogun, Japanese Buffet @ Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

February is the month of Love and Valentine. We have many romantic dining places climbing to the top 10 spots including:

1. Look Out Point @ Jalan Ampang-Hulu Langat, Ampang, Selangor
2. The Cave @ SS2, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
3. Hajime Japanese Restaurant @ Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
4. Restaurant Xenri @ Batu 5, Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur
5. Sky Bar @ , Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Kuala Lumpur

Some of the new places gaining popularity for this month are Red Island Café (Bayan Lepas, Penang), Fullhouse (Ara Damansara), Roadhouse Grill (Jalan Ampang) and Villa Danieli (Sheraton KL).

May we all live properious with delicious food :)

Malaysian Food & Restaurant Review: January 2009

The January 2009 Most Visited Food Venue (based on Google Analytics pageview), brought to you by Malaysia Most Wanted Food and Restaurants.


New year new outlook, but something just never change for quite a while. We have Japanese Buffet for the top 2 spots, and Cheras New Way Karaoke dominated the 3rd spot (I have to remove this from the list as it sort of undermine MMW Food’s authority, but funny) and Jogoya had gone to number 4.

1. Saisaki Japanese Buffet @ Wisma UOA II, Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur
2. Shogun, Japanese Buffet @ One Utama, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
3. ** Censored **
4. Jogoya @ Starhill, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

We have the usual favourites like Look Out Point for affordable view and great night view, and the affordable Yuen Buffet Steamboat. The classy Japanese Restaurant Hajime is at No.7 followed by Tupai-Tupai (malay food). Chinese Restaurant Marco Polo is a popular choice during Chinese New Year, and the illusive Williams Mamak made Top 10 as well.

Others notable goodies include the affordable and fast New Paris Restaurant, the classy Sky Bar, Lala Chong seafood, the Cave for couple and Restaurant Shabu Shabu for cheap Japanese Steamboat on weekdays.

Notable new comers include Island Red Café (Penang), Tasty Pot Steamboat, Jaya Palace Restaurant, Xenri, Pantai Seafood Restaurant and Wong Poh.
Happy Chinese New Year!

Malaysian Food & Restaurant Review: December 2008

The December 2008 Most Visited Food Venue (based on Google Analytics pageview), brought to you by Malaysia Most Wanted Food and Restaurants.

The top 3 spots are pretty much the same for the last few months

1. Saisaki Japanese Buffet @ Wisma UOA II, Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur 
   
2. Shogun, Japanese Buffet @ One Utama, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
   
3. Jogoya @ Starhill, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur 
   

Rather than going through the usual hotspots, let’s explore the new places for this month:

1. Carnaval Churrascaria, Brazilian buffet @ Damansara Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 
   
2. Momo Japanese Restaurant @ Centre Point, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 
   
3. La Bodega @ Pavilion KL, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur 
   
4. Shilla Korean Buffet Restaurant @ The Curve Shopping Centre, Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 
   
5. Fullhouse, Lifestyle Store and Cafe @ Nui Ze Xui, Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 
   
6. Tasty Pot Restaurant, Steamboat @ Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 
   
7. Nihon Kai Japanese Restaurant @ Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur
   
8. Island Red Cafe @ Krystal Point, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Bayan Lepas, Penang 
   
9. Roadhouse Grill @ Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur 
   
10. Restaurant Xenri @ Wisma Elken, Batu 5, Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur 
    
11. Noble House Imbi, lunch buffet @ Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur
    
12. Nancy's Kitchen @ Jalan Hang Jebat (Jonker Street), Melaka 
    

2008 has been a good and satisfying year, and MMW Food had recorded more than 4000 eateries for everyone's enjoyment. It had always been close to our heart to unearth the best food in Malaysia, and to judge food based on popularity, voting and comment is just a few ways we explored in 2008. For 2009, we are more determined to find more food gems in Malaysia, answering question such as "Where is the best Fried Keow Teow in Klang Valley?".

Stay tuned until we got most of these delicious questions answered in 2009.

Malaysia Most Wanted 2008

It had been a fun and fulfilled year for Malaysia Most Wanted (MMW) in 2008, with lots of launching and enhancement, with a few more unrealized projects and potential.

January
We put in a full load of enhancement for Malaysia Food with Voting System, Location & Cuisine Listing, Food Listing, Advance Search and Map Enhancement. We officially launch MalaysiaMostWanted.com as the main portal for all MMW’s offerings.

February
More ways to search for food, and offering for the most romantic dining place in Malaysia for Valentine.

April
Malaysia Property is featured on TheEdge Malaysia.

May
A new version of Malaysia Property is launched.

June
RSS for Food, and Google Search for Property.

August
Major enhancement for Malaysia Property with better search and ranking by popularity. Beta Launching of Malaysia Most Wanted EVENT! Listing of best places for Merdeka Eve Celebration.

September
Malaysia Event and Festival Calendar. MalaysiaMostWanted Office is closed for 3 weeks for Annapurna Circuit adventure in Nepal.

November
Upgrade of MMW’s server due to increasing traffic. Beta launching of Malaysia Most Wanted Map and listing of best Halloween Party weekend in Malaysia.

December
Practical Testing of Malaysia Food in Penang, and closing with listing of New Year Eve countdown party!

It is really a great year for Malaysia Most Wanted, with growing visitors and participations thanks to your support. We hope MMW will continue serve its purpose of finding the things you need in Malaysia easily with its services such as Food & Restaurants, Property & Real Estates, Events & Festivals and Map & Places.