French Food @ Cuisine Studio

For a change of scenery, hubby and I decided to deviate from shopping malls and went walking at Ttdi park. After our walk, we wanted something different for lunch so we tried to find our way to Tropicana. I heard from several expat and local friends about a cooking school which also serves good French food. We found the country club easily and headed to Cuisine Studio. It's located inside the Country Club itself and quite nicely decorated. When you enter, one will immediately smell freshly baked bread.
We ordered salad for starters and it came with bread and a small sample of tapenade. Then we took the duck Cassoulet which I totally miss, especially after tasting a superb one last year during my stay in South of France. We devoured the dish in minutes. It's probably the only place in Malaysia that has that! We finished off with a lemon Tartlet. I was also able to buy a bottle of the French Monin syrup in apple flavor, which we love! We usually mix it with cold water or sparkling water for a refreshing drink. Total bill came out to rm 214.45 Let me share the breakdown of our bill.

Cuisine Studio at Tropicana Golf & Country Resort
Garden salad rm28
Duck Cassoulet Rm 62
Lemon Tartlet rm 18
White wine glass rm 20
San Pellegrino rm15
Monin apple syrup rm 43.48
Plus tax and service charge
Total was at rm 214.45

Saturday Sugimoto Dinner

Once again I'm craving for some authentic Japanese cuisine and thought of checking out Sugimoto. A Japanese friend of mine mentioned it long ago and so I decided to research online about people's reviews. The place was busy with people, and the ambience was simple Japanese style. If not for the blog reviews pointing us to its location I don't think we would have given it a second look bec it's at the 2nd floor. One has to go up via elevator or stairs. It's near the Jarrod & Rawlins restaurant.
We ordered the Kamameshi set, chicken teppanyaki, and saba fish. Overall it was tasty and the service was good. We will definitely go back to try other dishes.
We paid rm 86 in total. Not bad for an authentic Japanese dinner with great service. The other blogs I've seen mentioned that they have quite affordable lunch menus.

H1N1 & Pizza Saturday

I had a colleague who caught the H1N1 virus bec of her trip to Thailand, so I worked from home this week except for Friday. The days passed by quickly and once again it's Saturday!
We decided it's better to stay home than mingle in the high-traffic malls where the virus may be present. So we took our time and made our own pizza. The bread dough was purchased from Carrefour last week' where they have stock of pizza dough from France. Then we topped it with 3 kinds of cheese, some basil and olives, plus beef sausages sauteed with onions, pizza tomato sauce and a bit of olive oil. It was yummy! Definitely tastier than pizza delivery. Plus, hubby made sure that he made it thin crust just like how Italians do it. Shame we don't have a wood oven else it would be perfect! Anyway pizza and some ice cold coke made my late lunch an interesting one.

Sunday dinner at Duck King Restaurant

After a long Sunday of cleaning up at home, we went to Church and decided to have a treat for dinner. We headed to Jaya One, a new place at PJ which we heard had lots of new restaurants. We weren't sure where to eat so we looked around. We arrived at 645pm and when we passed by the Duck King Restaurant the ground floor was already full! Hubby and I decided to check the menu and the first page featured the Duck wrap which we were both craving for a long while now. Our last fabulous duck wrap like that was 2 years ago back in Manila @ Peking Garden in Makati.
We were not disappointed at all. Our half order of duck wrap was superb. It also came with second way cooking, and the waitress recommended the Duck meat saute with ginger. We also ordered one extra dish : tofu with mushroom, which was also tasty especially when paired with plain white rice. We ordered only 1 plain rice which seemed more than enough for 2 people. Overall the unexpected duck dinner cost around rm 86 for 2 people. We ordered 2 fresh fruit juice along with our meal. Will surely go back one day but not after a few months. Need to space out killer duck skin like that!

Affordable Saturday lunch @ Food Garden

Hubby and I decided to try out the Food Garden at top floor of Gardens mall. We decided to be more prudent in spending so we headed for this nice food court which seemed to be new and well maintained. While looking around and deciding whether to stay or not, we chanced upon an Iranian place which served kebab and other Iranian specialties which looked good ! The owner was there to entertain and answer questions. After a quick walk around the place we surveyed all choices and went back to try some Iranian food. Suddenly I had this craving for kebab and mediterranean food so it was very, very appealing!
We ordered 2 dishes, one lamb (which is their top seller and in the menu it's the one numbered as #1). Plus a shawarma wrap which had chicken inside and came with fries. Both entries cost a total rm30. This is not your typical el-cheapo food court. The quality was very good! I munched down the lamb with rice and was so so satisfied. We also took some fruit juice from the fellow fruit stall which cost rm 8 for both the fresh apple juice and honey dew juice. Overall it's an affordable lunch at Gardens mall. Usually the restaurant visits around here will cost u at least rm 60 and above (from my experience).

Friday Indian Dinner @ Saffron

Okay I admit, since I started my 2nd trimester I have been obsessed with food. I've had different food cravings week to week. I have been an avid daily viewer of Asian Food Channel. And there would be certain days when I crave food Indian food -- something I totally don't know how to cook. I only started eating Indian food since our arrival in Malaysia and I can't believe I missed out this cuisine all my life! Back in Manila I haven't had that level of appreciation of Indian cuisine.
Tonight we tried for the first time this small cozy restaurant at Sri Hartamas. It's called Saffron. When we arrived at 8pm it was half full. Just minutes after we were seated, people kept pouring in and in no time the place was packed! We ordered a chicken dish, mutton dish' small saffron rice, a bread like thing which is somewhat like naan, and a spinach cottage cheese sauce, plus 2 drinks. The food was good and prices were very reasonable. The menu is not as extensive as the other restaurants like Passage Thru India (which is more pricey but it's very different from Saffron). Overall our bill came out to rm 60 which was very reasonable for a Friday night dinner. By the time we left the restaurant it was noisy and bustling with people. We also saw more people heading to the restaurant ... Pretty impressive especially as the neighboring restaurants weren't as full.

Taiwan Restaurant dinner out on Thursday

Time flies and it's already Thursday! We decided to do something different other than eating at home.
Tonight we went back to this popular Taiwan Restaurant called Fong Lye located at Desa Sri Hartamas. It's always busy with people. We arrived early for dinner that's why we were the 1st customer. We ordered fried rice, double boil soup, sweet and sour pork, crispy fried pork, eggplant with basil, and bbq cod fish. It was all yummy and we finished everything! Good thing we had a very light lunch today. The ambience, food presentation and quantity were all up to standard. The total bill was at rm124 which was okay for such a meal with variety and quality. They have another branch at Gardens mall which has set menus and seem like cheaper prices. But I guess this one at Sri Hartamas caters more to families and bigger groups. The menu choice is also different. Overall it's a very good place to experience Taiwan food.