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Anniversary Lunch at iL Lido

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When it comes to food, the boyf tends to act like a ‘eating-professor’ (hence his size HAHA).
Special dates like birthday, christmas, and anniversary is truly a good excuse for us to dine a little better than normal days.
We don’t normally pick our restaurants randomly when it comes to dates worth celebrating.
There’s too many restaurants laying around in KL and I would prefer not bumming into a few bad ones.
We will do some research here and there, have a little discussion before we’re good to go.

Most of the time in the middle of our research, we’ll go ‘OH WOW! this looks damn good’ and ‘WAH SEE! Look at that beef!’.
Food blog is the root of all fats, in our case.
We just really cant say no to food. No food good food no life.

So this time for our anniversary, we decided to go for lunch instead of dinner for a change.
We picked Il Lido, located at Jalan Mayang which served classic Italian cuisine.
We made a reservation but this action is not needed because it almost seems like we booked the entire restaurant.
Empty during lunch.


* He’s the one who decided to have our lunch at Il Lido.


* I was a tad bit reluctant at first because I heard it’s pretty pricey until the boyf told me they do have lunch set menu.


* Il Lido – “The ultra-luxe interior, combined with the warm, inviting atmosphere, allows diners to ease easily into the experience.”


* Complimentary bread which I personally did not very fancy. Reason being that the taste of garlic in the bread is a tad bit on the heavy side. The taste of garlic lingers too long in my mouth and somehow affect the taste of my starter. There’s a mini fight inside my mouth when I took a bite of my starter.


* Amuse Bouche – which stands for ‘mouth amuser’ if were to direct translate from French. It is a little bite of food to amuse the mouth and different form appetizer, you wont be able to order it from menu. Instead it is selected by the chef accordingly. And the above is Tuna Carpaccio.


* Beef Carpaccio with Rucola, Parmigiano Cheese and Truffle – Rm39. Other than scallops and foie gras, the boyf likes carpaccio too and this is pretty good I must say. Wrapped the beef, rucola, cheese and truffle, stuffed it into our mouth and savour it.

I ordered Festive Season Lunch Menu that costs Rm88.
There’s two starters and three main dish for me to choose from.


* I choose Pan Roasted Scallops with Cannelini Beans, Carrot Jus and Bottarga as my starter knowing that the love likes scallop so much. There’s really nothing much for me to rave about this dish, sadly.


* And Pan Roasted Atlantic Cod with Smoked Caviar Sauce and Whipped Potato as my main course, also knowing that the love likes caviar. Did not like this either, especially the whipped potato because they whipped it with some almond and I HATE ALMOND A LOT BECAUSE IT SMELLS LIKE COCKROACH!

Boyf likes all sorts of expensive food! And I like all sorts of nasty food like cockles and pork intestine LOL.


* My dessert, Chestnut and Amaretto Parfait with Warm White Chocolate which I really dislike because I hate nuts and chocolate. What a combination!

I guess I just really dislike my set, haha. But it’s just preference and somehow the ingredients they used are foods that I dislike eating. ):

The boyf went for Degustation Menu instead, which costs Rm198.
He cant resist degustation menu, that’s for sure.


* Crab Salad with Watermelon and Tomato Elisir. This is a cold dish, it’s fresh and it tasted damn good, one of my favourite of the day.


* Pan Fried Goose Liver with Duck Terrine and Wild Berries Sauce. This is also my favourite. Their pan fried goose liver is one of the best goose liver I’ve tried by far. Slightly crispy on the outside and it melts in your mouth after the first bite. So flavorful!


* Homemade Spaghetti with Lobster and Spicy Tomato Sauce. Don’t find this interesting except that the spaghetti they use had a really different texture and I quite like it.


* Prime Beef Tenderloin with Gorgonzola Cheese Sauce and Truffle Potatoes. Boyf said hope it’s as good as Nathalie’s and when he took a bite he said IT IS really as good as Nathalie’s and when I took a bite I said no. Not as tender, I swear but I quite like the potato though.


* Molten Lava Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream. I ate the ice cream while he ate the chocolate cake. In fact he dislike chocolate just like I do but he said it’s really good. Still I’m not interested to give it a try.

I figured that I prefer French cuisine more than Italian cuisine when it comes to fine dine.
I don’t know how to explain this but I just find french cuisine more ‘in-depth’ when it comes to taste or maybe it’s the restaurant I don’t know.
I’d still prefer Nathalie Gourmet anytime and also not to forget Bistro à Table.

But still I did enjoy my lunch a lot, especially with him by my side. (:
Our bill came up to about Rm400.

ilLido Italian Dining + Lounge Bar
183 Jalan Mayang (off Jalan Yap Kwan Seng)
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Phone: +603 2161 2291

Birthday Dinner at Bistro à Table

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Bistro à Table (pronounced “ah t-ah-bl”) in French literally means “to the table!”, a common term used in French households to gather family and friends around the table to feast.
The bistro food pays homage to modern French comfort food, while adopting local elements – we like to call it “adaptive French cuisine”.

The boyfriend had been wanting to try out Bistro à Table since some time back and he finally did when he brought me there on my birthday.
French cuisine it is, we both share a common love.
And before that, sorry for the low quality picture because I did not use flash in this dimly lit restaurant.


* Bistro à Table


* Decorated with light bulbs and plants.


* A very simple and casual interior they have.


* I would prefer siting at the table behind of me because there’s curtain’s surrounding that table and it just feels nicer somehow.


* My fatty (:


* Complimentary bread.


* This prawn is so good, no joke! The slightly burnt prawn when dip in the avocado sauce became a match made in heaven.


* Baked onion with shaved black autumn truffles, organic egg and melted Gruyere. The chef shaved the black truffles right in front of us and I just somehow feel like it’s more worth the money haha. This dish requires lots of skills I guess, I don’t know how they stuff the egg inside the onion.


* Cannelloni of Seared Scallops & School Prawns in Lobster Bisque & Indonesian Black Nut Tapenade. This fusion dish is very well executed, brings out a little Thai flavour while both the scallops and prawns are mad fresh.


* Truffled Mash Potatoes, eat this and you’ll be full.


* 8 hour slow-cooked traditional Roast Lamb, not the most creative dish. Maybe we should have order another dish instead.

I had a great birthday dinner and I really enjoyed the food, thanks to the boyfriend. (:
It seems like he prefer Bistro à Table more than Nathalie’s but both to me are equally good.
Really appreciate French cuisine!

Total bill came up to about Rm250.

Bistro à Table

6 Jalan 17/54
46400 Petaling Jaya
Selangor.

03 7931 2831

Nathalie’s Gourmet

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Oh dear Nathalie, such fate I have with you.
After so many attempts, finally I get to enjoy such a scrumptious lunch.
Been wanting to try this out since the first time I heard of Nathalie’s Gourmet through a friend of mine.
He told me it’s French cuisine, well nuff said. And of course, not to forget their famous Macarons and the cooking classes they offered which I am very interested at.

So, if you ask why so many attempts my answer will probably be that there might be someone jinxing it.
Planned to have my last year’s birthday dinner but my friend just couldn’t make it.
Planned to pay Nathalie Gourmet a visit during the beginning of the year with Ben but yet couldn’t make it as well.
This time when he’s back, we made an arrangement for dinner only to find out that they’re only open till 6 o’clock.
Then we planned for lunch and we couldn’t make it on time every single time, either that he needs to help his mom to run some errands or that there’s something else going on.
One fine day when we both can make it, they said they’re opened for dinner that day and at 3 o’clock, they’re only left with desserts.
Mygoodnessake! All the way to Solaris Dutamas and you tell me you’re only left with desserts!?

Well fine. I told myself I’ll go back again someday no matter what.
Wednesday morning, I called and woke the boyfriend up for our lunch to make sure he wont be late and I wont miss my Nathalie Gourmet.
But bad luck is with me, mom dropped her set of keys and she needs to use mine.
I decided to follow her out and wait outside for Ben but mom said, ‘oh, nevermind I’ve got a set of new lock just use this one will do’.
Okay, since she said so. Yet I was about to follow her out the door and she asked me why do I still need to follow her out since I’ve got the key.
Oh ya right, so I stayed at home and wait for Ben.
Guess what! When he reached, I couldn’t find a single way to open the pad lock, the damn key doesn’t work. Lock smith to my rescue which cost a good damn hundred fifty bucks.
Cut the nonsense, I almost miss the chance to dine in Natalie Gourmet AGAIN!

Thank god I make it through this time despite all the crap that is thrown to me that morning.


* Not so beautiful morning but a beautiful afternoon (:


* Nathalie Gourmet Studio.


* The interior. Not too fond of their tables and chairs, not exactly a very comfortable seat.


* The bread and butter itself already taste so good.


* Norwegian Poached Egg, Chive Emulsion for Rm28. The salmon together with poached egg is marvelous.


* Pan fried scallops, Fresh ginger sauce, and Melted leeks for Rm31. As usual if there’s scallops on the menu, boyfriend will order it. That sauce is one helluva sauce, I don’t even know what is the right word to describe it.


* Beef tenderloin, Potato Mille-feuille, Greens and Revised Bernaise Sauce for Rm50. Medium well for the beef and it is perfect. So perfect that this is one of the best as long as I can remember.

Only three dishes for us, an addition of dessert would be perfect but we skipped it since the dessert menu somehow did not attract us.


* However, the colours from Macarons did attract me. So much more colourful in real life (:


* Bought five Macarons for Ben’s mom and sisters and they said it taste good. Rm20.75 for a box of five (:

Absolutely love the food there and I really want to join the cooking class so badly for I know that it will not disappoint me.
Definitely will return to enjoy delicious meal again and also try out their new branch called Cuisine Gourmet by Natalie at KL.

Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio
Unit A4-1-5 – Solaris Dutamas,
Jalan Dutamas 1,
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03 62 07 95 72

Cuisine Gourmet by Nathalie,
Menara Taipan, Jalan Punchak,
Off Jalan P. Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-2072-4452

Cumulus Inc

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“CUMULUS INC. eating house and bar opened in 2008 in Melbourne’s famous art and fashion precinct, Flinders Lane.”
So from what I’ve found out Cumulus Inc is run by chef Andrew McConnell and architect partner Pascale Gomes-McNabb, creating a unique eating experience by serving excellent food and of course, a great interior design to go along with the food.

And in a few years time you’ll see bloggers blogging about this ‘XXX restaurant’ run by chef Peggy Chow and architect partner Ben Tay, creating an awesome pawsome eating experience.
What!? Still not too old for me to dream right, pfft! Dream has no boundaries okay. okay. okay!?

Back to Cumulus Inc, by far this is one of my favorite restaurant in Melbourne.
Food taste absolutely delicious and it just doesn’t taste delicious, as said it does taste unique in a way.
Something different. Nothing complicated, the taste is simple yet different.
I don’t even know how to put it into words, I just love it.


* Cumulus Inc , everything is great. I guess I must have been busy eating hence there isn’t any pictures of the interior but do visit their website if you’re interested. (:


* The bread itself looks so good and soft.


* Two different types of oyster but I cant remember what is what now. Each cost around $4.


* Soft shell mud crab, this taste absolutely delicious! $20


* Scallops, boyf’s favorite. As long as there’s scallop on the menu, he’ll order it. Cant seem to get the price from their website.


* I cannot remember what fish is this, too long ago ):


* The lady who served us asked if we’d like to have salad as well, we both don’t feel like it but ordered anyway. I don’t know why. When our salad came I told the boyf we shouldn’t have ordered this but I was very wrong. This is no ordinary salad, the sauce taste so different and good. I’m actually not a salad person and they can make salad taste this good.


* Selection of Petit Fours $8, dessert was a little disappointing though but I believe they do have better desserts.

Cumulus Inc do serve breakfast too, have yet to try but I’m anticipating.
One more thing I like about Cumulus Inc is that they have open kitchen and I can sit right at the bar seeing all those young handsome chefs cooking right in front of me.
Really really like seeing chef preparing my food in front of me.

I’d definitely go back if I have the chance to step foot in Melbourne again.
Oh and the bill came up to about $100+, pretty affordable if we count dollar to dollar.
I’m pretty sure I cant get food with such quality with Rm100+ here in Malaysia.

But then again, I hope I’m wrong.
Gonna try out this restaurant that I’ve been dying to try since last year.
I hope it wont fail me since I’ve read plenty of good reviews on the web.
Cant wait (;

45 Flinders Lane
Melbourne 3000.

+61 3 9650 1445

Ben’s Birthday (:

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As promised, a blog post in a day with pictures (:
A post that was supposed to come a month earlier. That shows how lazy I am, maybe I can blame it on the winter here. You know, winter just makes people lazy.

It was his birthday last week (pending post) month and we had a japanese birthday dinner because we cant help craving for japanese food after watching that hongkong sushi drama.
For the entire week I crave for sushi and it didn’t help, I miss sushi zanmai even more.
We went to this Japanese restaurant in Crown called Nobu, a restaurant opened by a celebrated Japanese chef, Nobu Matsuhisa and Robert De Niro himself.


* Sushi bar, I just love sitting there taking a quick look at these sushi masters doing their thing in between my meal. (:


* Tuna Tataki with Tozasu $22


* New Style Salmon Sashimi $18.5


* Sea Urchin $10, Japanese Chu-Toro $18 if I’m not wrong , and King Fish $5.


* Black Cod with Miso $45.5 (boyf’s favourite)


* Lobster with Wasabi Pepper Sauce $60


* Kurobuta Pork Belly with Karashi Su Miso and Nashi pear $37

Dinner was great, especially the Tuna Tataki and Salmon sashimi. *orgasmic*
But we both agreed that we should have ordered something else instead of lobster and pork belly because there really isn’t much for us to rave about on both the dishes.
Maybe we should just stick with seafood next time but nonetheless I love the dinner.
The bill came up to about $250 and if you ask me if it’s worth the price, I cant say that it’s not because indeed the food is good.
But I’ll never like the idea that it is actually that expensive.
Since it’s the boy’s birthday, I guess it’s okaaaaayyyyyyyyy. (:

We came home after dinner and I surprised him with a cake and the present I bought him all the way from Malaysia. Which is a piece of art. Yes you heard me right, a piece of art.


* Birthday boy with the lousy birthday cake I bake when he went to class that afternoon.


* Tadaaaa!! Cute isn’t?? ngehehe, really look quite like the both of us :D

And of course, camwhore a little :P

As for his birthday party surprise, well………..
Long before his birthday I asked myself, what kind of surprise should I give him.
If you didn’t know, I love giving people surprises. It makes me happy (:
Anyway, two weeks ago my friend suggested to have a barbecue session at our place.
But I suggested the following week instead with the excuse that we are short of cash but in fact I secretly told them that it’s Ben’s birthday next week. (:
Everyone agreed and keep it as a secret from the birthday boy,and he still thought that it’s because we’re short of cash.

BUT! BUT! BUT!
This blur friend of mine, accidentally spill it out when we’re having our coffee.
my blur friend: next saturday barbecue right? for your birthday..
me: stare at him intensely.
my blur friend: no meh? i thought it’s for your birthday
me: staring at him even more intense my eyeballs almost fall off with the thinking that i’m gonna kill him anytime soon.
ben: huh. for my birthday meh. *looks at me*
me: (FML!!!)
my blur friend: ooooo……………ooooooo………..sorry.
me: kill me please.

i’m not sure if i wanted to kill him or myself. like O-M-G!!!
Pfft but nehmind I planned for a back up surprise right away. I secretly changed it to friday without the birthday boy noticing.
Informed everyone secretly, and even asked my blur friend to ask him out on friday itself so that i can stay home alone and prepare everything.
It was quite a mess due to the time constraint.

I prepared all the marinates the day before.
Beef, lamb, chicken, prawn, and squid. Typing it all out now here reminds me how painstakingly I prepared all of these.
And the most horrible of all, is no doubt the friggin squid.


* I was cutting the squid into half and half way through I saw something looking back at me. I shriek so loud and throw the eerie squid back into the sink. The squid ate the fish and it’s still inside WTF!!!! I know it’s just a fish but it really is uber disgusting.

Enough of the squid. On the day itself as I planned, boyf went out without me and I stayed home preparing for the food all day. My kitchen looks exactly like a war zone that day.


* let’s barbecueeeee.


* cooked creamy tomato spaghetti, baked mushroom, caesar salad, …..


* …… and baked egg, potato and cherry tomato.


* Man, I love the candles here in Melbourne I wanna buy them all home!! So special!!

Fat Ben, I’m such a good girlfriend right? *flips hair*
ngeheheheheheheh

Hi Giraffe

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Gosh, I feel so lazy to blog!!
But my boyf forced me to, which I don’t know.

Ben: Faster go blog.
Me: Tomorrow lah, I’m very lazy.
Ben: Blog now lah. You’re a professional blogger, later no more follower.
Me: -________-”’

Since when am I a professional blogger whatthehell!
I’m a professional housewife LOL!
I always need some oomph to blog, I cant just blog like that.

Anyway, we had lunch at this really nice cafe with a cute name called Giraffe Cafe.
And the food taste pretty good too.


* feels like home, a cosy home which is really different from FullHouse cafe kind of home. Those are boring.


* I like how they put a tree trunk inside the cafe, from floor to ceiling. I would love to have a huge ass tree trunk in my house, not the house I’m staying of course. Some dodgy looking house.


* Their coffee taste awesome with ice-cream in it. Normally I drink hot coffee here but this ice coffee taste a little like what I drink back in Malaysia. Of course, not the crappy kind of coffee.


* Chicken Risotto. Actually this is the first risotto in my life, never cross my mind to try one out before. Remember the first time I saw a plate of risotto was when Aaron ordered it and I was thinking, why does his meal looks so much like a vomit wtf. I don’t know why risotto do not look appealing to me, but boy it taste heavenly.


* A-nothing-to-rave-about-bread-pudding.


* Candid.

I find out that cafes here in Melbourne, even if you randomly picked one they wont really fail you.
Unlike the ones in KL, I really dare not randomly walk into a cafe.
Man, I’ve tried some and the food just taste so bad. Service is bad, food is bad, everything is bad.
There aren’t much good cafes in KL, or more like in Cheras.

This Giraffe Cafe, they do not really have a kitchen.
It’s just a small open kitchen right in front of the entrance door.
And there’s just two lady working that day, so they have to basically do everything from cleaning up to ordering to cooking.
It kind of makes me feel, hey maybe it’s not THAT hard.
But of course, there aren’t much choices to pick from the menu.

I wanna have a cafe of my own too, can I? *puppy eyes*

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