Waroeng Penyet Review

Had a craving for Ayam Penyet this morning so headed down to The Curve to our favourite Ayam Penyet outlet called Waroeng Penyet. Today we wanted to have the Jus Alpukat. Avocado juice with chocolate flavored condensed milk in it.. Mmmm... makes me drool just thinking about it.. Unfortunately.. they were out of avocado's that day.. guess nobody collects avocado's on new years day maybe hehe.. Anyway we tried the Soda Gembira instead.

Soda Gembira - RM3.50

Soda Gembira tasted like a fizzy air bandung. Still doesn't beat the jus alpukat though..

Ayam Penyet - RM7.90 + RM1.00 for rice

Then ayam penyet was served really fast today, could be because of the huge crowd that they might have pre-fried all the ayam penyet.. not a good sign. Well on the surface it still looks delicious to eat.

Meat is a little dry

Hmm.. spoke too soon.. Tearing away at the flesh I found the meat drier than usual. Usually its moist, not dripping moist but just moist enough not to leave a grainy taste in your mouth. Luckily the dryness was only on the surface of the ayam penyet and was easily lubricated with the unlimited supply of sambal sauce. Just talking about it makes my mouth water again.. *slurp*

In short, I'll always go back to Waroeng Penyet everytime I do get a chance to pass by the curve. The sambal is truly to die for and goes very well with the chicken but be warned, its really spicy yet addictive and I always end the meal with a pool of sweat :p

San Francisco Steak House Tropicana Review

It was New Years Eve, its time to have something special.  The place was empty since we were having an early dinner. There's suppose to be a firework show at tropicana tonite so we expect this place to be crowded later.

We ordered the strip steak and rib eye both well done. If done well, I would go for medium done. Had bad experiences before when ordering medium done steaks.

The steak took about 25 minutes to be served, guess they needed time to heat up the grill.

Rib-Eye RM62.90

Strip Steak RM59.90

Presentation was very poor and the taste was as tasteless as it looked. The baked potato was dry and course, the sour cream helped to lubricate my throat to swallow the cardboard tasting potato. Terrible, I think a hawker style western food would taste way better than this.
Worse still was the steak..
Wikipedia defines well done as "meat is grey-brown in the center and slightly charred". Well this was what I got.

Rib-eye Well-done?

Does that look like well-done to anyone? I don't think so.. Even though it was pinky inside, the steak was tough and had a rough course texture. I tried to reduce the torture by drowing the steak in mushroom sauce, sadly the sauce was watery and was bland in flavor. Truly a very poorly done steak in what's suppose to be a specialised establishment for steak.
Shame on you Tai Thong Group (San Francisco Steakhouse is part of the Tai Thong Group, their not from San Francisco), just stick to chinese food cause you definitely suck at western cuisine. I'd stick to having my steaks at The Ship (also nearby tropicana), their steaks tastes way better and recommend them over San Francisco Steakhouse anytime.

In short, STAY AWAY from San Francisco Steakhouse at all costs unless you like to donate your money to the Tai Thong Group.

Food Foundry Review

Went to Food Foundry for Xmas lunch. Reached there around 1130am and was surprised at the crowd. Guess everyone thought of coming early on a peak day such as today.

I ordered the Carbonara Fettucini. Taste was alright, the amount of sauce was just enough to coat every bit of pasta on the plate. Not good for people who like heavy sauces though. Only thing I would have liked would be to have a bigger portion.

Carbonara Fettucini RM18

Next came the Foundry burger. The chips looked home made, not those frozen ones you typically find. Took a bite, texture is nice, you can't beat freshly cut potato fries. On to the main, the burger doesn't look appetising, it looked kinda bland, cheese was not melted, doesn't look like there was much or any sauce in the burger. Well, here goes.. *munch* yep.. it tasted as bland as it looked. Tasteless, lucky I didn't order this hehe.. So I went back to eat my carbonara.

Foundry Burger RM19

Since the carbonara portion was small, I was quick to enter the next phase of my meal.. the desssert. I ordered the mille crepe, this was the main reason we came to food foundry. Having first tasting the mille crepe at Nadeje, Malacca, I fell in love with the texture of the cake. Those of you who have tried this know what i mean. Since then, i've searched for any place nearby that sells it. Who would have thought there would be one so near to where I lived.

Mille Crepe RM9

Well.. here's the taste test, Nadeje in malacca is still better than food foundry, texturewise, food foundry's mille crepe is on the softer side, so its harder to feel the the layers as you eat it. Well.. this still beats going all the way to malacca for it.

Nadeje Mille Crepe (see the difference?)

Overall, we had an OK experience at Food Foundry, the cake is a must to try. Avoid the foundry burger at all costs. Pricewise is a little high but is worth it for some of the items on the menu. We will still go back to try the other dishes they have.