Name: Halaveg
Telephone: +60 12-489 1179
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.03

#hailseitan because this #veganchicken brought the fire 🔥 literally and figuratively 😛 Nothing like a spicy slab of #seitan to heat up my lunch date with the also sweet @dafnelately and #abillionhacks 😉 I loved me some #aromatic #spices on this peppery crusted #chicken 🤪 It was just hitting my preferred #spicy level 😝 A tad more sweet than savoury but that’s exactly what made this powerful flood of flavour good on this simple plain-e of white #rice 😋 Just like their honey chicken offering 👉 https://app.abillion.com/reviews/63b657b761f8f2838dd74b5e , the texture had the perfect bounce and chewiness with a great crispy skin of beancurd sheet (I think) 😛 Again the pricing is high and funky at a gob-smacking RM 29.98 😮 It’s a lovely little #cafe tucked away in Damansara KL worth checking out 😊 Every dish is thoughtfully made and adjusted by the very #vegan lady boss 💝 P.S. She voluntarily offered to snap us this lovely date pic too 💕

Vegan K-Spicy Chikin Rice

m1tch9i595 reviews

The lady boss of this hidden #vegancafe is a staunch #vegan and an animal lover 💕 It’s a slot machine of chance to see which beautiful creature will be at the #cafe on your visit. This lunch was just the one doggo and bunny 🥰 #dogsofabv #bunnyofabv The #seitan #chicken was the sweet star of the dish! The appearance was spectacularly accurate to chicken and abundantly moist. @dafnelately and I also double checked to make sure they were using #veganhoney 👍 It wasn’t too sweet or super #honey in flavour, which I very much prefer 😋 There was also a surprise crustiness of spices on top. Thus, slipping a whisper of salt and spice that just really made the bite come together. Speaking of which, the texture was basically perfect QQ bounce 💯 It’s crazy the lady boss made it herself! RM29.98 is a weird pricing but okay… KL really is not liveable for someone as frugal as me 🥲 but the food and ambience is so humbly tranquil. It’s just a simple but stunning #veganchicken on a fluffy bed of rice but it works so deliciously 😋 I do recommend if you’ve got the cash to splurge 😛

Vegan Honey Ch’ken Rice

Steven Neoh7,675 reviews

I applaud the inventiveness of this, and the execution was almost perfect. The #periperi was a tangy affair and may have worked better if the roasting had done more crisping up/light burning of the #mockchicken skin 🙂 The chicken was some pretty large chunks of #soymeat so actually the flavour did not penetrate deep into the #fakemeat and the centre was a bit heavy-going. But otherwise, a nice concept that I hope they develop further.

Vegan Peri Peri Chicken with Rice

dafne kiyui2,982 reviews

Of course the vegan place knows how to cook vegetables right 🥴 I’ve never had a good serving of baked vegetables that wasn’t homemade! 🥕 So simple and yet so delicious 😋 It was just an assortment of carrots, pumpkin, zucchini, beetroot, broccoli, and red cabbage. Perhaps more, but that’s all I recall stealing from the #significantomnivore 🤭 Perfectly flavoured. Such a shame in not in KL longer, there’s so many things I ought to try here 😭 #tiledreview

Baked Vegetables

dafne kiyui2,982 reviews

Unbelievable. Not the #veganchicken though 😳 The skill and effort that went into producing this is. From appearance alone you’d think you were actually being served chicken 🐓 Between this and my experience mistaking tofu for meat for a brief second at “Dining in the Dark KL” https://www.abillion.com/restaurants/kuala-lumpur-dining-in-the-dark-kl-10070554 yesterday, I don’t think I can do #fakemeat any more this meat 😳 The “skin” doesn’t peel nor does it look anything like chicken once cut, more a chewy #seitan or akin to keropok lekor in some sense really, but at this point you’re really grasping at straws 🌾 The taste is impeccable too, #omnivoreapproved too with the #significantomnivore rating it a solid 4/5 👏 We need more of this; Food that’ll actually turn non-vegans over even if at least for just a meal. Absolutely #bestpicks 🏆 #tiledreview

Vegan Fried Chicken with Rice

dafne kiyui2,982 reviews

One spoon into this dish and I was already absolutely floored 🤤 I didn’t think I’d ever find a vegan #rendang that compares to that I had at the popup stall at Hinbus https://www.abillion.com/reviews/61cffe5ac965c0009ef64527 🚍 but this definitely plays in the same league! Most interesting however was the inclusion of tomato in the dish 🍅 It’s a pretty creative ingredient to add and changes the flavour profile of the rendang ever so slightly. I might try the same the next time I make rendang 😋 The #significantomnivore was floored too by its flavour, instantly rating it a 5/5. For RM29, it’s steep but hey it’s KL and we ought to support whatever local vegan businesses we have innit 😗 #supportlocal #malaysianeats #bestpicks

Nasi Rendang Ayam Vegan

Steven Neoh7,675 reviews

I used to think I was a #juicelover. Then I tried this mix of pure #lime and #cucumber #juice, and I realised that I'm just a sugar lover. Fresh fruit without sugar is just 🥱 This cost me almost RM18 and the best thing about it was the biodegradable plastic cup (which, incidentally, is a trend that's picking up 🤨)

Green Monster

Steven Neoh7,675 reviews

No amount of photo filtering would save this #pasta 😬 The owners have an abillion account and they have reviewed this dish for themselves, check out the difference for yourselves. Admittedly I got mine delivered, but the presentation above practically says "I don't care" 😳 For RM23.38, mind. The taste of the #carbonara was nothing to shout about either. Would have appreciated more ingredients than just XL chunks of #oystermushroom 😐

Carbonara

Steven Neoh7,675 reviews

#rojak is a #malaysianeats favourite comprising cut fruit and vegetables (#pineapple, #cucumber, #tomato in this case) as well as chopped/shaved peanuts. What could possibly go wrong, you ask? 😏 Most omnivorous places use some fish/shrimp derivatives in the dark sauce, unfortunately. Thus why it's always nice to see people come up with vegan versions. While the Halaveg one had a remarkable depth and sweetness to the flavour, I still found the price tag of RM15 hard to justify, considering the simplicity of the ingredients and the modest portion size. Thankfully I ordered a noodle dish to go with this, or I would have been #stillhungry 😔 #veganisnotscary, not until you open your credit card statement anyway 😳

Rojak

Steven Neoh7,675 reviews

I'll be eating #noodles every day this week, and only using chopsticks, because #mahathirisfullofshit 😒 This #meegoreng didn't carry the typical complex flavour that you would get from your mamak round the corner. It was just ridiculously over-the-top #spicy 😨 Being charged close to RM20 for something that contained little else besides cheap vegetables and mushroom slivers is probably par for the course, when restaurants continue to think that they can charge vegan premiums 🙄 #veganisnotscary, but if you are in KL then I hope that you have deep pockets 😬

Mee Goreng Manja Pedas

dafne kiyui2,982 reviews

What's your favorite dessert? 😇 #buburchacha was a childhood favourite of mine cause of the starchy flavour and bits of sago pearls 🦪 It's also an amazing #accidentallyvegan dessert because it's basically just a #coconutmilk base combined with other random sweet and starchy fruits or root vegetables. This particular one used bits of #yam, #sweetpotato, and sago - no pearls unfortunately 🤧 ps. they're gelatin free cause #veganisnotscary 😉 #pbas2021

Bubur Cha Cha

dafne kiyui2,982 reviews

I'm glad I knew better than to trust a West Malaysian's opinion of #meekolok 👉 so I actually ordered 2 takeout meals for lunch! 🧠⬆️ This was thankfully a lot batter (thank you thank you I'm hilarious), due in large part to their amazing better (really dafne you're killing it) 💐 It was nice and peppery, and it had a bready texture that made it separate from the #fakemeat. I can easily imagine it making for the best potato wedges ever 🥳 Sadly though the #mockfish was a little underwhelming. Not bad but it resembled chicken meat more than anything else. The fries were also great, with large course salt sprinkled throughout and with spring onions to season. I thought the choice of chili sauce was an odd condiment but between the fries and the batter it actually made a lot more sense. I hope they revise the fish on this and would love to give it a second shot in the future 🤤 #veganisnotscary #pbas2021 #fishandchips #leavethefishinthesea