Ginza Cafe at Tokyo Street Pavilion KL

Finally in this one good afternoon I able to sit back and relax and enjoy the atmosphere in Tokyo Street in Pavilion KL. There's is a huge lantern on the escalator area while you going up to Tokyo Streets at the 6th floor.

By browsing around the restaurant and cafe, and this Ginza cafe pastry is eye catching!

The bread display is from the entrance and there's table for dining in the cafe too, where you can also grab the bread and pass to the ground staff to as for a re-heat and send to your table.

The bread price range is from RM3.00-RM10.00 . So this is the bread I grab ;  melon bun, cheese bun, and bacon bun for RM3.90 each, the melon bun had a crispy layer and the cheese bun and bacon bun both are good, and lucky enough they are doing their opening promotions with all the buns having 30% discounts!

Grab their croissants as well for RM3.90 but the croissant do not have the crisp and nice butter fragrant.

Had also ordered a Strawberry Tart RM12.50. It's so refreshing and too bad the strawberry is a bit of sour but overall taste is good, and they do have a layer of almond at the bottom which makes you crave for more.

How can all this cakes and pastry go without a cup of cappuccino!! and here you go a Kitty Cat decor on the top layer of cappuccino for RM8.90

Taste: 6/10
Value for money : 8/10
Ambient:8/10

Location: Tokyo Street, 6th Floor, Pavilion KL

Capricci @ Tg Pagar, Singapore

Approx 3 weeks ago, I'd went to Singapore to celebrate my birthday with my dearest Jin Keat and my beloved Eddy. Jin Keat had recommend us to celebrate in Capricci where quoted as the Best Italian Fine Dining Restaurant in Singapore in Tg Pagar.

There's a distance to walk from the MRT station to Capricci but once you enter the restaurant you will be greet by the duo Massimo Aquaro and Chef Luca Carrino and they gives me a shocked. They actually waited for their guest to arrive(needs reservation) and both of them are very friendly and gives a good hospitality throughout the night.

(picture taken from Capricci website)

Even it's a very small shoplot but it do gives a very typical Italian home ambient.

For starter we had ordered two dishes which is the Fresh Scallop Carpaccio with Citrus Dressing, Hot Leeks and Truffle Oil at SGD20, no doubt it is really fresh ;)

Another starter which is the 36 months Cured Parma Ham with Rock Melon Sorbet SGD20, loves the saltiness of ham with the refreshing melon sorbet, where both blends in well and melt into your mouth!

As for main course where both Jin Keat and Eddy had go for pasta as they said a good Itallian dish is always to go for their pasta and Jin Keat had the Linguine with Vongole in White Wine Sauce at SGD22

For Eddy, he had the normal Aglio Olio at SGD20, no doubt both pasta is good.

And for me I had the Oven Baked Suckling Pig Sardinia Style with Mirto Liqueur on a Hat of Portobello Mushroom at SGD35 (birthday girl ma, must order the special dish hahaha) love the crispy suckling pig skin and the juicy meat with the huge portobello mushroom!

As for dessert we had share a Tiramisu at SGD15, to me it's a bit too dry maybe it's not using a lot of cream but it's more like a cake.

Also finish up with a glass of Avanti Cappucino but it's too bitter to me even added with sugar, bet the coffee bean is different from Illy eheheheheee....

Thanks to Jin Keat for buying me and Eddy dinner at Capricci mwaaaah xoxo 

Value of Money: 9/10 

(it's worth every single penny for a fine dining experience, more over it's in Singapore, even dollar to dollar comparison stills cheaper than fine dine in KL)

Taste: 7/10

Ambient: 9/10

(not too formal and you will feels a cosy surrounding accompanied by the duo and their good hospitality!)

Location: 

27, Tg Pagar Road, S088450

Contact: (02) 6221 6761 / 6224 7892

Business Hour:
Mon-Fri
Lunch :11.30am-2.30pm
Dinner : 6.30pm-10.30pm

Sat-Sun
Dinner : 6.30pm-10.30pm

Website : http://www.capricci.com.sg/

Nathalie Gourmet Studio @ Solaris Dutamas

“Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio” is an original concept: the studio is divided in a professional kitchen for cooking classes and the restaurant with an outdoor terrace, for breakfasts, luncheons, and tea time. While at the entrance, you won't miss the Macaron's display, Nathalie's sweet and colorful delicacies. However, you can also book the restaurant in the evening for private gatherings, inaugurations or product launches.

 

There is this one afternoon, after my meeting with Lim, we decided to dine at Nathalie as I told him they serves the best macarons as I heard for many times from friends around me and not to missed out that they do serve lunch and they also change their menu every month.

 

Once you done ordering, they will serve you their house specialty bun and it was awesome and I just can't stop and even feels liek asking for more buns! I love bread a lot so to me i give 10/10 for the scrumptious taste of it! 

As for my main course and also the menu of the month, I'd ordered a Porcini Cannelonis,Parmesan Cheese Sauce at RM45. The name sounds weird right and you have no idea what it is? same reaction of mine when I look at the menu and order it. It's actually a pasta wrapped with mushroom and top with parmesan cheese sauce. It's just gimme a idea of how the Master Chef come out with a dish with their creativity.

Lee had order a Steamed White Fish with Fennel Ratatouille and Virgin Dressing at RM55

Last but not least Nathalie's Macarons and I'd ordered a Caramel flavour and only one piece because it's not cheap! One macarons for RM5! and the first bite is soft and it sticks to your teeth and melts into your mouth and guess wart?! was told this is the best selling flavour ;)

 

As a summary, my overall dining experience is that, the price of food is a little bit too high perhaps it's a fine dine?! or maybe it's a gourmet studio where all students are trained to be a Michelin Star Chef. 

For the overall taste, I found it weird and not my liking maybe it's another way of gastronomy in the market.

For the ambient, I like it a lot as it's like a lifestyle dining hall.

Location: Unit A4-1-5 - Solaris Dutamas
Jalan Dutamas 1
50480 Kuala Lumpur

Contact: 03 62 07 95 72

Email : contact@nathaliegourmetstudio.com

Website : www.cuisinegourmetbynathalie.com  

My Half Dozen of Delectable Cupcakes

A little bit of introduction of Delectable it's specially treat by Su and she is the one behind all these designer cupcakes who have all her secret recipe and nice designs on it. You'll be attracted by the nice cupcakes design but you'll also crave more for it.

Since the first time I tried on Su's cupcakes I just can't stop craving for it but it's a bit too pricey but thank to Groupon they have a good deal where Delectable cupcakes is selling for RM56 with 6 cupcakes and a mitten set! where their normal price is approx 3 cupcakes for RM24

and the flavours to choose on are;
  a) Lulu the sheep: butter + lime curd
  b) Floyd the fish: butter + Macadamia nuts
  c) Moe the turtle: butter + green tea
  d) Wendy the duck: chocolate + orange butter cream
  e) Gus the frog: chocolate + peanut butter and raspberry jam filling
  f) Teddy the bear: chocolate +  dark chocolate ganache and espresso

They ain't only looks good but taste good too. The flavour I like the most is Wendy with the refreshing taste of orange it's just gorgeous!

 

Delectable stores can be located in;
S-213, Level 2, The Gardens Mall,
Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra,
59200 Kuala Lumpur.

or

P6.03.00 Pavillion Mall,
Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100, Kuala Lumpur

Contact:
M: +6012 508 1855
F: +603 2283 5157
E: su@delectable.com.my

My Cook Book @ Sunway Giza, Kota Damansara (CLOSED DOWN)

John had keep asking me to go to his restaurant and try out the food and last week it's the time where I gather friends to go over and try out.

The restaurant had filled with modern contemporary furniture and setting and it makes you feels like you're dining in a expensive restaurant.

 I like the clock, it's combination of kitchen ware.

Kick off with a few chilled sour plum juice where it claims to make it fresh everyday from the sour plum itself and here you go seeing Alvin sucking hard on the sour plum just like the ice-cream of the younger days. and if not mistaken this is selling at RM8.90

Eddy had ordered a hot lemongrass juice, and it's not nice if you did not add enough sugar to it.

We also ordered a few appetizer where the price range is from RM8.90 to RM11.90 whereby the dining experience for the appetizer is that you are paying low price for a fine dining course.

and we have the Yong To Fu, it's a mixture of tofu and meat which had blend in together

Cheese ball with potato, and it's not that yummy as I expected tho

The best appetizer I tried before and also trying again this time is the Black-Eye Pea Cake with Salted Egg Yolk and CookBook Chilli. This is really 5 stars rating!

Wen Hao had ordered a chicken rice and the gimmick is that the chicken is in a silinder shape and same goes to the rice and it comes with a chicken soup where that top piece looks like a tofu  but it's actually a process chicken!How cool is that?! and all this surprises element of the chicken rice is just at RM13.90, eventhough the taste of chicken rice is just like an ordinary chicken rice, but the presentation and walk through is awesome!

Me myself had ordered the weekly special Crispy Oyster Salad at RM15.90, the oyster taste like nangka and I love the overall taste! you taste the crisp of the lettuce, the fragrant of the oyster and the dining experience as well!

Last but not least, Eddy had ordered a curry noodle and the bowl is so cool, a huge transparent bowl, and yet to say their  food presentation is really amazing with the price you paying is low and the taste of the food and presentation is just so fine dining! good job My CookBook!

Taste: 7/10
Value for Money:7/10
Environment : 7/10

Location: A-12, Sunway Giza,
2, Jalan PJU 5/14, Kota Damansara,
47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Bussiness Hours :
Mon - Thurs : 1200 - 0000
Fri - Sat : 1200 - 0100
Sun : 1200 - 0000

Contact : 03-61406133 ( Reservation )

Ben's General Food Store @ Bangsar Village (I)

Been to Ben's since last two weeks ago and been busy after that which makes me got no time to update my blog.

My first impression to Ben's is that they are like a high school cafeteria, where they have a salad bar and also the seating arrangement is a sharing long table, where you will feel warmth and full of surprises coz you will never know who is sitting next to you.

I love the cutleries holder and their mineral water bottle too, it's like in a country homes

And the area for the crew to refill water is cool! "drinking water, NO HAND WASH" hahaha

Ok done with some introduction and here comes my appetizer from the salad bar, combo selection of Pesto Penne(RM8.90) and Caesar Salad(RM11.90) so total up is RM20.90 and the portion is as below and the Caesar Salad is gorgeous especially for the toasted bread and not to left out the fresh lettuce!

My main course of the day is Breakfast Pizza, which it consist of egg, sausages, bacon and cheese. It's like you having a big breakfast in a pizza way ;) RM19.90 and the pizza cutter is cool, you needs to roll it and cut it yourselves, a good gimmick tho

Besides a General Food Store they do have a store next door selling imported groceries with nice concepts too

Value for Money: 7/10

Taste: 7/10

Environment : 7/10

Location:

Bangsar Village I

G17 & G18, Ground Floor,
No 1, Jalan Telawi Satu
Bangsar Baru,
59100 Kuala Lumpur

Contact:

Kwa / Shankar/ Khairul / Yunus
+6 03 2284 8790