Mag's Brithday @ Cafe Cafe

It was Magdalene's birthday eve. All of our former course mates decided to gather to celebrate her birthday. It was long since all of us can manage to spare some time to sit together and talk. All busy with our own stuffs. This time round, they planned to have a lunch gathering and celebration at Cafe Cafe. From the fusion menu offered, we also had a fusion of asian and western cuisines depending on what we preferred to eat.

Broccoli with Prawns and Mushrooms (RM22). 

Turkey Ham Salad with Apple Cider Vinegar (RM15). Topped with lots of grated parmesan cheese, the salad served in the apple cider vinegar was good except for the onions which I dislike. :P

Spaghetti Bolognese (RM16). Huge portion for this price.

Nyonya Kapitan Chicken Rice Set (RM16)

Beef Masak Hitam Rice Set (RM17). All the rice sets come with side dishes of keropok, fried okra and achar. Looking so yummy!

Tomato & Cincalok Omelette Fried Rice (RM15). Contained within the omelette, the fried rice portion was huge. Samson seemed to be enjoying his plate of fried rice a lot. 

Grilled Norwegian Salmon (RM28).

Deep Fried Breaded Chicken with Spicy Prawn Sauce (RM22). 

The long awaited Creamy Baked Chicken Chop Rice (RM19). Topped with cream sauce and cheese on top of the chicken chop, the buttery fragrant chicken rice was baked for quite some time before served. Although fragrant, it was kinda oily just like chicken rice.

Tuna Toast (RM13). Although it was stated as a side dish. this dish looked like a main course to me. Big big size and it looked so deliciously great with the creamy tuna and cheese on top of the toast! 

Finally with our lunch done, it's time for cake presentation session! Chocolate Coffee Cake from Mickey Cake House. Not bad. Not that sweet.

:D

Lunch Buffet Offer @ Carvery Restaurant, Abell Hotel

Carvery Restaurant, Abell Hotel is currently having this buffet offer with 15% discount in this month of April due to their 3rd Year Anniversary. For folks who love high quality meats, grab your seats fast. They have live stations of prime beef ribs, roast turkey and lamb leg for their Sunday buffets. We were there on Saturday for lunch as I do not want too heavy meals for dinner. Guided to our reserved seats of 12 pax, we were first approached with menus to select our drinks. Then, without much hesitation, I moved on to the cold cuts, salad stations. 

All the pre-mix salads.

Cold Cut Salad and Cheese on Glass. Like the Cold Cut Salad. It's a mix of chicken lyoner and beef salami with some greens and salad dressings. Kinda oily, so I did not have another cup. The Cheese on Glass sounds interesting, but did not appeal to me as it did not taste cheesy at all. Seemed like chicken chunks. Maybe it's just the name?? 

Coleslaw and Eggs with Peas and Corn Salad.

Potato Salad and Fruit Salad. These 2 were among the best! I love potatoes! Couldn't remember how many cups I took. :P 

Chicken Lyoner

Beef Salami

Love the Chicken Lyoner and Beef Salami. Would be great to have this as sandwich.

Chicken Cold Platter. 

Some greens to make up your own choice of salads.

Lots of Salad Dressings.

Salsa

Jams for the bread served.

Cooked Foods Section - Pasta with Lamb Sauce (Delicious!), Roasted Potatoes, Fried Rice, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Sweet Corn with Baby Corn, Butter Brussel Sprout and Baby Carrots.

They also have desserts served. Honeydew Pudding, Mango Pudding and Sago Gula Melaka. Wasn't really impressed thou.

Fresh Fruits Platter. Rather go for this instead of desserts. Tastier and of cos, HEALTHIER!

We were served with buns and butter. I did not try the butter, but my friends said it tasted different from our usual ones. Very delicious according to them. I just like my bun plain. It was chewy and was also great to go with the mushroom soup.

Salads~~ Tried everything they have on the salad buffet area.

These were the ones I kept taking for the whole afternoon apart from the potato salad. 

I created my own dish of Pasta in Mushroom Soup. HAHA!

Not too much on the salads yet as we had to leave spaces for the MEATSSS! Before having the carvings started, we were served with 2 gravies - Black Pepper and Mushroom Gravy.

First dish served: Roast Lamb Leg! Succulent, juicy, tender lamb leg roasted to perfection with the crispy glazing skin.

They have one of the best Grilled Chicken Wings in town. 

Black Pepper Beef Ribs. Their marinade was delicious, but the beef ribs were a bit disappointing. The meat was very soft and easily peeled off from the bones during my previous visits. However, it was kinda hard and chewy this time.

Mussels. Cooked in Marinara Sauce I think. Fresh and perfectly cooked mussels that were not too chewy, but soft and easily comes off from the shell. The sweet-tasting sauce made it more appetizing. Had a couple of these~

Sirloin Steak. Our favorite! We were served with well-done steaks for the first round. Although it was fully cooked, the steaks were very soft and tender. Unlike certain places, the steaks could turn out to be hard and chewy when it's fully cooked. We were very impressed.

Had my sirloin steaks in medium rare later. Seemed like rare to me. Tasted great anyway! I had my plates refilled with steaks from time to time. Greedy me~

Chicken Sausages

Chicken Chop. Seemed to be spiced with the same flavorings as the chicken wings.Delicious!

Fish Fillets - Grilled and Deep-Fried. Too bad Dory Fish was served. I preferred the Deep-Fried Fish Fillet cos it tasted like Fried Chicken Meats and there was no fishy smell. 

So, altogether we were served with 9 carving dishes for our lunch buffet. There would be 14 dishes for their dinner buffet.
Really enjoyed our lunch!!! Man, so damn FULL!! Just at RM38+ per person (not including drinks and 6% government tax yet), we get to enjoy these much of great foods!! Slurpsss~~~

Dinner @ Twin Apple Restaurant

Arriving Twin Apple Restaurant which used to San Francisco Grill at 7pm, we sat outside as it was more windy. Wanted to try the foods here since long until I came across the Supermain Deal. 

Candlelight Dinner~~ LOL!

Desserts placed in front. Looks tempting!

Inner view of the restaurant

Fresh juices (RM3.90 each)

The deal offered 2 soups and 2 main courses for 2 persons, priced at just RM29. 

Mushroom Soup (RM5.80). Tasted light and different.

Pumpkin Soup (RM5.80). Different texture. Sweet tasting, but nice. The garlic bread was good too!

Carbonara (RM18.90). Nicely blend with ham and mushroom bits. Not so creamy. 

Rosemary Chicken Chop (RM18.90). Portion was a bit small, but taste quite good.

Finally a dessert we ordered to end our meal! Caramel Apple with Sabayong Sauce (RM8.50). Cool name and tasting great! 

Eileen's Birthday Surprise @ Portico Restaurant

Eileen's birthday was around the corner and we had plan ahead. She was told by Joe to have dinner with her and we were there to surprise her! Hehe~ After discussing some surprising strategies, we decided to have this happy occasion at the new restaurant in town - Portico. Waiting anxiously for the arrival of Eileen and tadaa~ we appeared with a slice of birthday cake! Haha~~

Smiling sweetly

Photo first before eating

Done with the birthday wishing, we were ready for food ordering and makan-makan!

They have 2 sizes of drinks: Normal (left) and Jumbo (right)

We had the Pizza Meal 1 (RM28.90) in which comes with 1 choice of pizza, 2 mushroom soups and 2 glasses of drinks.

Mushroom Soup. Not too bad.

Deluxe Pizza (which we had to top up RM2 upon RM28.90 for this choice of pizza). It's a combination of Parmesan and Mozarella Cheese on tomato pizza sauce & garnished with parsley. The cheese used wasn't very rich which I would like it to be thou.

Grilled Chicken Chop (RM18.00). Chicken thigh served with cheesy mushroom or black pepper sauce.

We had the cheesy mushroom sauce. The sauce was rather bland.

Aurora Chicken Chop (RM25). Chicken thigh deep-fried, served with onion rings, green salad and pineapple.

Roasted Chicken (RM18). Served on top of mashed potatoes, the roasted chicken was kinda small. Tasted nice, but would prefer if it's not placed directly on top of the mashed potatoes.

Seafood Fried Rice (RM10-small). Served with mussels and stir-fried with prawns and squids, we must say this was their best dish among all. Very fragrant and tasty!

Baked Creamy Cheese Macaroni (RM25). Wanted something really cheesy, so ordered this. It's baked macaroni with chicken meat, mushrooms, topped with Mozarella cheese and cheese powder. Not cheesy pun.. :(

The food was not very satisfying, but neither too bad. Worth-trying thou. They have Foie Gras too, which I'm gonna try some day. :D