While Klang Valley is one of the best places for those of us who eats out, one has to admit that it is not usually easy to find something that’s genuinely healthy.
It’s easy to find food that’s delicious (that’s what this site mostly concentrates on), and also cafes that offers cool concepts and beautiful dining environment/experience (those “instagrammable” spots, anyone?), so when I was contacted by MEDIFOODS to check out their unique proposition, I was pretty eager to take a look.
MEDIFOODS Lifestyle Cafe, Damansara Kim
The founder of MEDIFOODS is actually a licensed pharmacist, you wouldn’t have guessed it, but it is not a surprised when you really look at the name of the restaurant, right?
What the founder aim to do is to provide delicious food that is also healthy in nature – by the way of preparation and carefully crafted ingredients. For example: non-GMO, MSG free, vegetables from own farm, etc.
FIT meal – 2 protein 1 vege, or 2 vege 1 protein
In addition to these food, they also offer consultation on food selection and choices if healthy lifestyle is what you seek. Like I mentioned above, founder is a pharmacist, and often there’re also nutritionists in house.
I was there a couple weekends ago to check out their FIT Menu – where you can choose from either 1 protein + 2 vege (RM 16.90), or 2 protein + 1 vege combo (RM 18.90). The set is also served with a base of Medifoods rice (parboiled basmati), multigrain brown rice, or quinoa + millet (extra RM 2.00)
fish, steamed egg, and chicken dishes
So, what are you choices of these protein and vege? And most importantly, are they any good?
There are four different fish dishes (farmed raised organic tilapia) – ginger steamed fish, deep fried with ginger, steamed with soya sauce and fried ginger, steamed with assam sauce. Three chicken dishes – steamed with minced ginger, green curry, and with herbs. A couple egg dishes in Chinese style omelet and steamed egg, as well as a four different tofu and mushroom dominated dishes.
I found that the tastes aren’t overwhelming and generally a little bit more subtle in nature, while retaining natural sweetness of ingredients, very.. comforting.
tofu and egg dishes, basmati rice, multigrain brown rice, or quinoa
There’s also over half a dozen different vegetable dishes to pick from as well. I particularly love my bitter gourd with egg, but there’s also bok choi, choi sam, mixed vege, brinjal, and so forth. If paired it with tofu or egg as your protein choice(s), you can easily have a rather delicious set of vegetarian meal without resorting to those “fake meat” dishes, something I find rather contradicting at times.
which one is your favorite vegetable?
As for the base, I’d suggest trying out quinoa and millet, both of which offers higher fiber, magnesium, and antioxidants. But if you are a true Asian who can’t live without rice, there’s they are also available.
The FIT Menu is available daily, if a healthier hot meal is what you look for, this is a place to check out.
salad bar and noodle soup station
On weekends, MEDIFOODS also offer their signature Healthy Breakfast Buffet in the morning. Essentially a buffet spread specifically curated to contain healthier options in the all you can eat format.
At RM 21.80 per person, here’s what you get:
A salad bar with over 20 different ingredients from green peas, cherry tomato, roast pumpkins, cons, to eggs, spinach, and salad greens.
A noodle station, as well as fried meehun, pizza, and fried rice.
angku, chai kuih, pumpkin cakes, radish cakes, fried fuchuk spring roll
A variety of traditional kuih, pumpkin cakes, radish cakes, fried spring roll, as well as santan free nasi lemak with their home-made sweet/spicy sambal.
oat embryo milk, bread, onde-onde
Bread, onde-onde- oat embryo milk, and free flow coffee and tea. There’s also porridge and two different types of tongsui to choose from.
The buffet is really the option to go if you have a good appetite, not willing to scarify healthy eating, and want a good value all at the same time.
Other than Damansara Kim (address below), MEDIFOODS is also presence at the following locations:
- Bangsar South – Ground Floor, Tower 1, Avenue 3, The Horizon
- Subang Jaya – 61, Jalan SS 18/6, Ss 18, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor
- SS2 – 11A, Jalan SS 2/30, SS 2, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Address:
Medifoods
37, Jalan SS 20/11,
Damansara Kim,
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
GPS: 3.134634, 101.626955
Tel: 010-950 8290
Lots of people into healthy eating these days and what they have to offer here sure looks good!
suituapui: yess, Chinese style healthy food that is non vegetarian isn’t very common
What a lovely selection. I do love my veg.
Monica: I know you’d like it 🙂
Woahhh look at all those food!! Yumz! Would be awesome if they can do delivery too, I think it can provide better nutrition for the elderly 🙂
very soon they will have automated flying drone delivery, which delivery food, and more…. #legion
kekeke: can’t come soon enough!
Charmaine: yess, delivery would be great I agree!
wah everything looks good, salad/noodle bar…… but only if I dump all of it in mala hotpot mmmmm #thatsthespirit
kekeke: that’s not wrong!
So, this is essentially “atas” chap fan…but with eye on “healthy”…hehehe! 😀 Ah, if only delivery is available. ^_~
eatwhateatwhere: hot food tho not exactly chap fan, hahaha.
Good to see that they’ve made the healthy food doesn’t look so boring 🙂
Choi Yen: yess, definitely a plus.
lewis: Have you tried medifoods?
nico: Mediterranean Food?
lewis: #@^&^#@*&
#realnews
kekeke: lewis still wins at the end so it’s alright.
2016 Formula One World Championship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Rosberg
I have spoken.
PEN15: I have actually been in a car he drove! https://kyspeaks.com/2016/12/06/the-day-when-nico-rosberg-was-my-driver/
I thought him how to drive!
*taught…. ahahah belly full from free mealpals, cannot think straight lol
kekeke: hahaa, burpssss
kekek: oh thank you!