Another Tom's Damas 118 Plaza Kepayan Review

The place looks like it officially opened today (1st May 2016). Flowers were strewn all over the front of the shop. The interior has a kinda homey feel (with a soda bar inside) with a mix of benches and cottage style chairs.

Nice decor

Unfortunately at the time of writing there were no baby chairs available. The owner said that they are trying to get them in. They were expecting more adults but ended up with a lot of family diners.

After speaking to one of the owners, they said this is a branch from Kuching and Sibu. The first branch is called Tom's and the second Tom's Too. They decided to call their third branch in KK Another Tom's.

Enough history lesson, We placed our orders. We asked for their recommendations, so they suggested us to try their italian soda's. We ordered the Peach and the Passion Fruit soda's as they were recommended by the owner. Basically, they it looks like syrup with carbonated water.

Passion Fruit Italian Soda RM9.50

The owner was nice enough to give us complimentary mushroom soup since there wasn't any baby chair. So far service has been tremendously good.

Mushroom Soup

Mushroom soup was on the salty side but other than that it was full of mushroomy flavor. Once we cleared the soup our teriyaki pork with rice came. I'm not too big of a fan of teriyaki flavors so the flavor didn't appeal to me. The pork was nicely done like a softer charsiu texture lightly dressed with teriyaki sauce. However, its kinda pricey for charsiu rice.

Teriyaki Pork RM22.90

After a long wait, the club panini still hasn't arrived. The teriyaki pork has long been finished so we inquired about the order. The waitress promptly got back to us and said that it would be out in 2 minutes. A few moments later the owner checked with us if we have gotten all our orders yet. We told the owner that the panini still hasn't arrived. The owner promptly apologised and said they would check on it. Understandably, this is the first week they opened, so we expect some hiccups along the way. Again, while having hiccups, service was still at its peak.

Finally the panini arrived, fingers crossed that its as delicious as it looks.

Club Panini RM18.90

Two bites and i'm half way through my sandwich hehe.. I love it. I think its hard to find good sandwich places in KK so this is something I really enjoy. The panini was stuffed with egg, chicken, ham lettuce and tomato. I might have missed out some other ingredients but basically those were it. There is just something about the bread that they used that makes it so nice to eat. Even the kiddo who normally doesn't take sandwiches was occupied nibbling on it. My only gripe would be the use of frozen fries instead of hand cut ones, but its a minor thing.

I wish we had time to try the cakes, from we were sitting they looked really worthwhile to load up on the calories for. We'll probably give it a go next time.

Overall, from what we ordered and saw from the other tables, they seem to be better at western style cooking. Ordering asian food at these kinda prices are a little pricey in my opinion. So the next time I visit it would probably be for their western menu. Lastly, they do not have service charges here, so if you felt service was good, do give them a reasonable tip to keep service levels good.

Brussels Beer Cafe Jaya One Review

Finally decided to try the set lunch at Brussels Beer cafe at Jaya One.
The set lunches come with a drink and access to the buffet salad bar.

Perfect view of the salad bar

The set lunch is well worth with the salad bar included. I loved the potato salad and the herb flavored croutons.

The mashed potato was hard and chewy, could have been old or overmashed. The bratwurst was nice though when combined with the mash and gravy.

Farmer Bratwurst RM15 set lunch

This bacon & egg panini set came with hand cut fries. I rarely see that nowadays especially at this price.

Bacon & Egg Panini RM12.80

Overall great value for a sunday lunch, great service and would definitely pay another visit. Will need to keep track of their menu as it rotates 4 set lunch menus every week.

Coconut House Jaya One Review

Dropped by Jaya one to have my glasses adjusted. After settling that, went to look for a place for lunch. Almost settled for set lunch at Brussels Beer Cafe, but instead found a new outlet (to me anyway) called Coconut House.

Surprisingly, regardless of their name, they serve western and mainly italian food. Their specialty, I was told are the wood fired pizza's. I did see lots of blocks of wood by an oven at the back.

Wood fired oven at the back

Looks like they serve set lunches here on weekends. Set lunches are basically a selection of mains plus a drink.

Set Lunch

 We ordered the Honey lemon drink with our set lunches. They seemed to have left out the lemon in the drink. It was way more lemon than honey (if any).

Honey lemon drink

 My dish was the first to come. The roasted italian sausage which is a chef's recommendation (I think 70% of the menu are chef recommended). I was probably expecting something at german restaurants where they serve sausage and a side of mash hehe.. Well over here they serve it with a piece of focaccia.  The sausages were topped with a tomato based sauce and what do i see? bacon? Yuuumm....
Well here goes, tear of a bit of bread top it with a little sausage, bacon and sauce.. wow! I loved the flavors that were reacting in my mouth, herbs and spice from the sausage, slight sweet and sour from the sauce and the silky smooth bacon melting in my mouth.. drool.. :p
Safe to say, I loved this dish.

Roasted italian sausage set RM13.90

Closeup of the italian sausage and bacon...

 This next dish was the focaccia dish (not chef recommended). Its basically some focaccia bread with couple slices of bacon and salad consisting of lettuce, onions, mango and rocket leaves (seems they top most of their dishes with this). It was a nice dish, only complaint would be the portion. But then again, you get what you pay for. The bacon just tastes so good that a couple of slices just isn't enough hehe..

Focaccia sandwich set RM9.90

The set lunches are great if your not looking to gorge yourself in food. Its a nice light meal and big eaters would definitely need to order a couple of sides or maybe try their specialty, the wood fired pizza's. I'd probably give them another visit put their specialties to the test.

KFC Malaysia delivery

Just few days ago, we spotted a motorbike driving around SS2 with the words KFC Delivery. What?? KFC now delivers?? Woohooo.. Quickly we checked the website and what do you know.. They now have a delivery menu.

Family Meals on the Delivery Menu

As expected, the delivery menu is slightly more expensive than dine-in or takeaway. Also there is a minimum order of RM15 and delivery charge of RM3. Sure beats having to drive out, get stuck in traffic and look for parking.

So today I finally decided to try the delivery service. Looked up the number on the KFC website and dialed 1300-222-888. They took down, my phone number, name, address and order details and done. Waited about 30minutes and ring ring KFC is here!

KFC arrived!

I really like that it comes in a special delivery box that kept the chicken nice and hot as if I was ordering directly from the counter. Taste test time! (since its the first time having kfc delivery), Wow! its really as if I was ordering from the counter! my first bite caused a loud crunch followed by the slow leaking of kfc juices hehe.. Its goood... Definitely will be trying out delivery again.

Hot chicken

 Well, it has been a very good experience for my first time with KFC delivery. There will definitely be a second time after this and I hope they are able to maintain this standard in the future.

yes.. so good..

Bombers Burger Gaya Street Review

I initially saw a huge advertisement for Bombers Burgers while browsing durians at kepayan bridge. A huge sign, showing a big juicy burger "All American burger RM8".

A quick search for Bombers Burger came up with a review from Jessie Blue Sky. Pictures she took over there just made my mouth water. Just had to give it a go!

Had to head to KL the next day, so had to squeeze in a supper directly after dinner. Dropped by at 10pm. Wow.. this place was full and luckily there was only one group waiting in front of us.

I like the queueing system that they have, something that I have not seen in KK before. It seems that you need to write down on a book in front of the shop your name and no of pax. Then take a corresponding laminated number tag (something like when u put your bag at security before entering the supermarket). After that, just wait for your number to be called.

In a couple of minutes we got our table. Really liked the decor in the place.

Ammo box which keeps the sauces

At the table there is an ammo box that kept with the "bombers" theme. The sauces and tissues go in there.

Menu.. what to choose

As it was directly after dinner, our tummies were only able to consume snack sized food hehe.. We ordered a The Smoker burger and buffalo wings to share. Surprisingly, all drinks were sold out except sprite and water.. Must be pretty good business.

Few minutes later, the waitress came back and said that they were out of buffalo wings. So i tried to order the normal chicken wings.. no luck.. out of stock too. Ended up with the chicken tenders.

The Smoker

Burger shared by three people. The burger pattie was really thick, maybe triple the thickness of a McDonald's cheeseburger. Taste wise was average, nothing to make you go wow. Pattie was mildly juicy and the sauce and cheese were mildly tasty. Could be cause it was directly after dinner, but the taste was nothing fantastic. Heavily sauced.

Chicken Tenders

Chicken tenders came out looking almost black. Not sure if its suppose to turn out like that. Good thing is that there wasn't any burnt taste and smell. Again taste wise were alright, nothing fantastic that keeps me craving for more.

As it was just after dinner, this would have been a rather unfair review. Will definitely drop by next time as there are a lot more other items on the menu to try and is still seems like the only american themed place in KK. Check it out when I'm back in KK.

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.