Showing posts with label restaurant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label restaurant. Show all posts

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Food, life and love.

Good bye young carefree life and hello working world.
First, lets talk about food.

1.Chili's

Well, I was looking really pale,anemic, as I had been working out a lot, doing weights and endurance training and I had not looked into the diet of an athlete. When doing extreme exercises like the ones I do, the diet of the person has to change or so I read. More iron rich food and what nots, and I have been maintaining the diet that I always have. Veg, meat, lil or no carbs. So I wasn't surprise that I was looking like I just donated blood to several banks. After doing some reading on the internet, beef was listed as one of the food that has the most source of iron. So, as my sister and mum were in Midvalley, we decided to have our dinner at Chili's.

I ordered their New York steak and I have to say, I am very disappointed. As shown in the picture below, that is the FATS. That is almost 40% of my steak. Mash was good as usual, veg tasteless. I had my fill of meat but was really put off by the amount of fats in my steak and for such an exorbitant price of RM59 ++ I could have gone to Tony Roma's instead.




2. Garden (Sunway Pyramid)

Had my dinner here with Pip. One word, awful.Ordered the pumpkin soup, the one I made at home tasted way better, the toasted "garlic" bread tasted like plastic. Serious. It was that bad. The steak was alright, though the size was pitiful for such a price. Can't remember the price but I remember it being pricey.

 
 Mash potato was TASTELESS. Nuff said. Never stepping foot into this garden ever again.


3.Brotzeit (Mid Valley)
After a long experience of disappointing and horrible food, we went back to a place that we knew would not disappoint us. Pricey yes but it is worth it, the quality AND quantity will speak for themselves.
 Bill came up to Rm180+ for 3 persons. Ordered the pork knuckle and the beef steak. DELICIOUS. The pork was to die for. The extra crunchy texture of the skin, you can literally hear the crunch in every bite. The meat was tender and succulent, chewy and soft.

Came with two sides of mash potato and sauerkraut. Mash potato was flavorful, every bite was a delight. The sauerkraut was delish, with the acidic and sour taste, it complemented the pork knuckle very well.


 Next is the beef steak. Heart stopping at first sight, the beef was drenched in brown mushroom gravy with a round slab of herb butter melting. But the item on the plate that really won my heart was the side of potatoes. Grilled? Fried? I had no idea, but it was achingly delicious. It was crispy on the outside and yet soft inside. This is the first time I had something like this. Do try this, I highly recommend this dish.



Well, I finally came to the part where a part of my life has ended and a new one has begun. Took a picture to commemorate my first day as an intern. I have to say, I quite enjoyed the experience. Cheers, to the working life.


This, is Abigail. =) What's the point of being a girl when we do not dress up and look pretty? Attended a wedding dinner and this is what we wore.






Ok, hopefully, this post will be followed with more stories. Cheers to life!


Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go,
be what you want to be. Because you have only one life and
one chance to do all the things you want to do.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Padi House.

Pip's cousin's baby just reached one month and had celebrated it in a restaurant. Food wasn't too bad but the dessert left me speechless. There were around 200+ of these little cupcakes, all with different sugar dolls and toys. These beauties were specially ordered from somewhere. Managed to snatch one from the stack.


Too pretty to be eaten but, oh well, food IS food.

Beneath the coating of sugar was filled with coffee cream which then led to the chocolate cupcake.

Quite delicious for a cupcake. =)


My sister had recommended Padi House and it had took me quite some time to finally plant my hungry stomach into the restaurant. Pip took me there for brunch. When I say brunch, it basically means that I had not had my breakfast and am starving. As I entered the venue, the mouth-watering aromas drifted past my nose and quickly planted myself sturdily on the nearest empty seat.

First we ordered the Grilled chicken with Cafe De Paris. Do not ask me what Cafe De Paris means as I do not have the slightest idea.

As I have said, I was hungry and I dug into the food before I remembered to take a picture. Not much was eaten, as I was stopped by Pip before devouring the whole plate.

Grilled chicken with Cafe De Paris

I was expecting a bigger portion but was led down. The piece of chicken was slightly larger than my hand. Sauce was made from mushroom and onions. Nothing much to shout about. For the price of RM14.90 this dish was not what I had anticipated.

Next on the menu is the Pasta De Pesto with Grilled Chicken.

Pasta De Pesto with Grilled Chicken

Overall this dish was somewhat bearable. Chicken a tad dry, pasta a little under seasoned. Quite a disappointment for dish that cost RM13.90. But I prefer this dish over the grilled chicken.

The only thing that redeemed Padi House from losing a customer is the coffee.

This Italy imported coffee has well exceeded my expectations of a good ol cup of coffee.I ordered the Toasted Hazelnut Cappucinno.

Toasted Hazelnut Cappucinno

For the price of RM7.90, it was one of the well spent money I had for quite some time. Aromatic with the slightly bitter aftertaste one gets from good coffee, with a hint of nutty hazelnut was perfect. My palette definitely approves of this coffee!

Will definitely go back for the coffee!