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Cavells Restaurant - Spanish Tapas, American & Italian - Hartamas

May 5, 2008 – 5:25 pm - 362 views

Hartamas is another good area for food and nearby to some favourites of mine in Mon’t Kiara.

Cavells is a reasonably new restaurant and has been open around a year in Hartamas, rather than focusing on one kind of food it tries to give a good range of European fare with solid Spanish and Italian dishes on the menu.

We visited to test out their new range of Tapas, it’s one of the few places offering authentic Spanish Tapas rather than the common fusion stuff found in many places. Of course we also wanted to try some of the hyped Sparkling Shiraz from Henry Martin (award winning wine!).

The restaurant has a very nice relaxed atmosphere, the boss Aaron Carvalho has good taste in music too preferring to pump out some 80’s classics to set the mood.

There are currently 10 Tapas dishes with the chef planning to expand soon depending on the reception of these…ones to try are the meatballs (with 7 spices) a little crispy and juicy at the same time - the Spanish name is Albondigas Con Salsa.

The Ropa Vieja is a blend of Jewish and Arabian food, seasoned beef…yummy! Also try the Chochifrito which is a similar dish with lamb.

The Mussels are delicious too, known as Mejilloues on the menu.

The Chili is a special personal recipe from Aaron, rather nice but I’d prefer it a little more spicy.

We tried the mushroom soup as recommended and it was very good!

We’ll definitely be heading back to try out their main courses!

Address:

Cavells Restaurant and Bar
18 Jalan 27/70A
Desa Sri Hartamas

Location on Wikimapia.

Tel: 03-23000841

Business Hours: Daily, 12pm to 2am, Happy Hours, 6pm to 9pm.

*As this was a food tasting it’s hard to give a rating*

Tags: american, cavells, chilli, hartamas, henry martin, Italian, meatballs, mushroom soup, mussels, prawns, shiraz, spanish, sparkling shiraz, Steak, tapas, Western Food

Posted in Kuala Lumpur (KL) City, Location, Malaysia, Western Food | 3 Comments »

Restoran Yu Ai - Segambut Seafood Noodles - Chow Yang, SS2

April 24, 2008 – 4:25 pm - 763 views

This is one place that’s fairly well known since long ago, before all these food blogs sprouted up. It’s one place that has also managed to retain consistency and good quality through-out its’ years in business…the down-side the price has rocketed upwards and upwards reaching RM15 for a small bowl and RM17 for a large.

I think when I first tried it was about RM8.50 and RM10 for a big one.

Anyhow, they basically serve one dish - seafood noodles! It comes in three flavours - Curry, Tom Yam and plain soup. You can campur (mix) Tom Yam and Curry too if you have an iron stomach.

It’s pretty easy to find if you know SS2 and Chow Yang area.

The interior is nice and simple, heavy marble tables and open concept and plenty of tissues for wiping your sweat and curry spattered shirt.

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Tags: chow yang, clams, curry noodles, fish, mussels, Noodles, petaling jaya, pj, prawns, seafood, seafood noodles, squid, SS2, tom yam noodles

Posted in Chinese Food, Location, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya (PJ), SS2 | 11 Comments »

Marmalade Kafe - Healthy Eating Cafe - Plaza Mon’t Kiara

April 1, 2008 – 5:50 pm - 775 views

Marmalade is still one of my favourite places to eat, I worked in Mon’t Kiara for more than two years and there weren’t that many choices when it came to eating. Walking across to Hartamas wasn’t too far but still most places were expensive.

When I felt like treating myself, or felt like something hearty and healthy I often headed to Marmalade. Or even if I just wanted something like a salad. Saying that though their large salads aren’t exactly light! It used to be located near the Kiosk, it moved last year I think inside Plaza Mon’t Kiara. It’s in Block E (Sunrise) where the Argentinian Steakhouse used to be. Same row as Subway and Khana Peena.

They also have another branch at Bangsar Village 2 now. The new interior at Plaza MK is nice, more spacious than the old place - very white and fresh with a nice high ceiling. They have a decent range of drinks and some of their juices are nice but I find them rather over-priced…definitely stick to iced water!

The tomatoe soup (RM8) is ok, it’s very rich though. I much prefer their salads and thoroughly recommend the Sounds of Havana salad! We had soup this day as it was cold, needed a belly warmer! The soup of the day varies (obviously).

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Tags: apple crumble, cake, carrot cake, chicken pie, custard, healthy eating, healthy food, kuala lumpur, lamb shank, lemon meringue, marmalade, mont kiara, moroccan lamb shank, pie, salad, sandwich

Posted in Kuala Lumpur (KL) City, Location, Malaysia, Western Food | 8 Comments »

1901 Hotdogs - The Curve

March 27, 2008 – 5:06 am - 802 views

1901 hotdogs are something that we eat quite regularly, quite a light meal for lunch and consistently good. Also now the franchise has grown you can find them easily in almost every mall big or small.

This branch we visited was in The Curve, near the footbridge from Ikano and very near to Waroeng Penyet. The places are usually quite simple, this one is a cafe style but most are just stalls with high stools and a small counter to eat.

Their tagline is food for friendship.

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Tags: 1901, chicago beef, hotdog, hotdogs, ice lemon tea, malaysia, new york chicken, snacks, the curve, Western Food

Posted in Location, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya (PJ), Western Food | 10 Comments »

Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks - Oyster Mee Sua & XXL Chicken - 1-Utama Old Wing

March 12, 2008 – 4:14 pm - 1,142 views

Shihlin Night Market is a famous market in Taipei, Taiwan - there are various foods there (mostly snack types of food) that are well known.

We don’t go to Old Wing much any more so it was only recently we decided to try this small cafe style shop in 1-Utama Old Wing (near the TGV cinema) selling Taiwanese street food, it always seems busy and we’ve heard it’s good (especially the oyster mee sua!) so we checked it out.

It’s a fairly small and simple place, pretty crowded most of the time so you may have to wait for a seat. You can also pack the food to go - the XXL Chicken is VERY popular.

They only serve two drinks, soya milk and mineral water - the soy is good quality V-Soy though (RM2) (my favourite brand!).

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Tags: 1 utama, 1u, crispy chicken, fried chicken, mee sua, shihlin, shihlin street market, shilin, shilin food, shilin night market, shilin snacks, snacks, street snacks, taiwan, taiwanese, vsoy, XXL crispy chicken

Posted in Chinese Food, Location, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya (PJ) | 14 Comments »

Fasta Pasta - Italian Food - Ikano Power Center

March 9, 2008 – 8:50 am - 761 views

Fasta Pasta is a chain that came over from Australia shortly after Ikano opened a few years ago. It was pretty popular when it first opened, the price are a little high for most people and it has declined in popularity.

It’s located near Ace Hardware on the ground floor of Ikano opposite Starbucks.

They give you free bread to start, with proper Lurpak butter!

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Tags: big portions, bread, ikano, ikano power center, Italian, ldp, parmesan, pasta, petaling jaya, pj, ravioli, risotto

Posted in Italian, Location, Petaling Jaya (PJ), Western Food | 9 Comments »