la bodega #2 @ pavillion, kl

thinking of what to eat is such a headache. so, like many out there when we are haunted by this question, passing by any restaurants offering any kind of promotions/discounts does help us make a decision.

"Promotion: Choose any 4 Tapas, served with paella for two @ RM80++"

sounds like a pretty good deal!


foreground: iced mocha (coffee by illy caffe)- rm10
background: melon berry crush- rm16
this pretty, summer drink is refreshing and rehydrating. strawberries are thought to have calming properties.



caracoles cocidos al horno con salsa verde- rm20
baked snails with salsa verde


pincho de pescado con tomato dulce y salsa- rm18
fish kebab with sweet tomato & chili salsa



cordero de corteza dulce lomo corto- rm15
sweet crust lamb short loin



el pesto adobo alla de pollo con blancha- rm12
pesto marinated chicken wings with plancha



paella de codomiz- rm28 per pax (for a min of 2 persons)
spanish rice cooked in a paella with quail confit

everything was really good! delicious! delicioso! délicieux! squisito! okok i think you get the point :-p the absolute star winner was the pesto chicken wings, fish kebab and lamb short loin. the meat were really tender, fresh and the sauce was really bread-lickin'-good! the paella was alright, although the quail meat was very tender as well but there were so many little bones! at one time i ate a piece and made 20 trips to my mouth to pick out the bones! haha not kua cheong ok!

i think this is a pretty good la bodega promotion, if you notice the pricing above is the ala carte price. highly recommended! drinks are wee bit expensive though :(

* review on la bodega bangsar.


la bodega @ pavillion, kl
lot c3.06.00,
level 3 pavillion kl.
(opposite starbucks)

[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]

eat out, steak out

steak out

i first spotted a 15% discount on dining @steak out in the papers and didn't pay much attention to it until calvin asked me to decide on where to eat, preferably somewhere new. discounts and a new place to eat sounds like a pretty good solution to the all-time-favorite question: "WHERE TO EAT?"


mango smoothie- rm9.90


escargot (1/2 dozen)- rm10.90
baked escargot with cheese to perfection


steaky's sizzling combo- rm29.90
a combination of german sausage, lamb, chicken & beef brochettes and served with baked potato


pork chop- rm24.90
served with honshimegi mushroom & vegetables

food's pretty alright, ambience is okay too with great oldies in the player, service is commendable BUT photography is a little difficult as the owner will come around and ask your purpose of photographing the food... at first he seemed a little scary but after telling him it's for our blog, he was ok with it and even recommended us to another restaurant of his where we will be allowed to photograph as we like upon mentioning his name.

*credits: beautiful mouth-watering-drooling food snapshots by calvin.


steak out
no.5, jalan puteri 1/6,
bandar puteri puchong.
(row of shops opposite giant puchong)

[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]

bacardi razz and all that jazz

love it!

had my first taste of a 'social' event last friday night (to celebrate being an unemployed now). my sister, the seasonal party goer, clubber, event-launching-and-she'll-be-there, asked me if i wanted to join her for the bacardi razz launching at bar celona @sunway pyramid and i jumped at the opportunity after this conversation:

me: will there be free flow of booze?
she: yes.
me: okay! let's go!


pulled calvin along to be the driver & photographer hehe and (p/s- so that my sis and i can drink, drink and drink without having to worry about driving home later hehe).


it was an awesome night! bacardi razz was very nice... easy to drink (not on the rocks though), taste more like a fruity drink after mixing with either tonic/sprite, love the raspberry they put into the drinks too. my sister's friend (amy) is working for bacardi and she provided us with free flow of bacardi razz and expensive raspberries which we just conveniently popped into our mouths.


to cut the long story short, without having to pay a single cent (exept for valet parking), we had free flow of booze, tonnes of raspberries, loud music, many camwhore photos and an iPod! hee!



trying to be every bit of socialite that we clearly are not


can we take these home???



lucky lucky girl! she won an iPod in a lucky draw!


calvin: hmmm... why is she taking my picture?



a very happy us with amy (thanks amy for the invites!)


bar celona
ob3.g1.10-13
sunway pyramid (new wing)
tel: 03-56218858

bermuda & onion

bermuda & onion

*update: i quitted my job.

it was a great week with great news (soon to be revealed...) and i promised to treat my sister and her bf for dinner. after much thinking and reading other food blogs of where to go, i stumbled upon ky's review on b&o and b&o it was!

actually my sister already blogged about the visit, so you can head on HERE to read about it. i'm quite sleepy now to write any reviews. here are pictures of what we had instead.


prosciutto & melone- rm33
parma ham with rock melon

the MUST item to have if you're here. the ham is sliced so thinly and brings a salty taste, but couple it with the sweet sweet melon, ohmygod... feels like seventh heaven in your mouth! absolute winner and star of the night!


ladies finger and tomato- rm8
ladies finger on a skewer slathered with tomato sauce


mixed of b&o- rm70
grilled sausage, loin, ribs, belly with potato, onion and beans


wild boar fettucine- rm25
served with mushrooms and fresh herbs


b&o tiramisu- rm14
rich marscarpone cheese cream diluted with Bailey's Irish whiskey cream

i haven't had many tiramisu'es in my life (have one too many tiramisu flavoured cakes that taste nothing like the real legendary dessert), but b&o's was really awesome, i can't even tell you what it tastes like! my sister claimed it was the best one she has thus far... strongly recommended!


house sangria- rm47 (a jug)
red wine with diced fruits

i'm embarassed to say my first sangria was at laundry's and i thought that was how sangrias are supposed to taste like. jen and i both agree that, "hey next time we'll order sangrias again cos it tastes so good, like fruit juices or something!"

that was before i had my real taste of how sangrias should look & taste like. well, at least it taste like real alcohol and not some fruit juice. and it's pretty worth it too. there's even a happy hour promotion (weekdays: 3-6pm and weekends: 12-6.30pm if not mistaken), the house sangria is buy 1 jug get another 1 jug free. omg how awesome is that!

i can just imagine... eating parma ham with melon and having glasses after glasses of sangria... perfect!


eiling & i
tell me i look prettier than her preez

our verdict: highly recommended for great italian porky cuisines! now, el cerdo will be next...



bermuda & onion
no.41, changkat bukit bintang
50200 kuala lumpur.
tel: 03-21458333

[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]

all that rave

do you smell freedom?

very super extremely lazy to elaborate details. please read a verbatim account of the 02 FREEDOM FESTIVAL '08 rave from JEN.

# on that fateful night (9/05), my first rave cherry was pop'ed.
# work finished at 4.45pm and i raced home to join 10 other ravers to PD that same night.
# tiesto & ferry corsten's music was awesome but too damn alot of people can die and not be found.
# the lasers were awesome!
# PD became the most happening place and the most dirtiest rubbish dump that same night.
# slept at 4am on a comfy bed (but dodgy bathroom :-/) and became a zombie the next day.
# dropped by malacca to pig it out.
# hated sunday cos the next day was monday.







partying on a dumpsite



ok sekian saja liputan (report?) rave kali ini.

back to work tomorrow :-(

che go korean bbq

obligatory side dishes

after pasta de gohan, calvin the hungry monster wasn't too full (maybe the portions of pasta speaks for itself) so we went for a 2nd round of dinner at che go korean bbq.

the 6 obligatory side dishes in any korean place is complimentary (not sure if it's refillable as we didn't ask for any). the beauty of any korean food joints is the sides which are actually enough to fill you up before the mains even arrived/cooked. there were spinach (yum!), fishcakes, bittergourd pickles (yuck!), kimchi, potato salad and lotus.




bbq bulgogi (beef)- rm45.00

we had the bbq bulgogi and it was wonderfully done. very yum and the gravy/soup was very flavourful and sweet due to the cabbage and juices from the beef slices. the middle picture shows the 'sauce/gravy' that was added in and had strands of glass noodles in it. the outcome was a very satisfying 2nd dinner.

:-D

happy wesak day! don't eat beef tomorrow ;-)


che go korean bbq
lot 0b3-lg2.2,
sunway pyramid (new wing).
(beside sushi groove and jusco)
tel: 03-91304195

[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]