Ciao Ristorante @ Jalan Kampung Pandan

Rating:

• Food (1-10): 7
• Price (1-10): 6
• Environment (1-10): 9

13 May 2012: Ciao, which is the oldest Italian restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, resembles a rustic Italian country house with a cozy garden and man-made lake overlooking the golf course. I drive past it almost everyday when on my way home and I notice it's closed for private function quite often.

I like to dine here during special occasion. This round, I was there with my mom and my husband to celebrate mother's day.

Here are what we had...

• Costiera (RM32++) -> Pizza with tomato, mozzarella and mixed seafood. This is just an average seafood pizza to me. Nothing special.
• Fettuccine al Salmone (RM36++) -> Fresh fettuccine with smoked salmon, tomato and cream sauce. Fettuccine is too soft, maybe it's my personal preference, I don't really appreciate fresh pasta. Salmone and the sauce are quite tasty though. Mixture of cream sauce and tomato makes it creamy and appetizing at the same time. Worth a try.
• Branzino al Cartoccio (RM54++) -> Seabass fillet baked in aluminum foil with garlic, capers, kalamata olives, anchovies, herbs, fresh tomatoes and splash of white wine. Small piece of fillet with ordinary taste. Definitely not worth the price.
• Chocolate Lava Cake (RM24++) -> This is my favourite dessert. The chocolate sauce filling is still as warm, thick and rich, as usual. However, I remember it used to be better during my previous visit. If not mistaken, mild orange flavouring or grind orange peel is added to this chocolate cake. Unfortunately, I don't like this change.

Here's the post for my previous visit:

• 1 May 2010

Location and contact of Ciao Ristorante...
Address: No. 20A, Jalan Kampung Pandan, Off Jalan Tun Razak, 55100, Kuala Lumpur.
GPS Coordinates: 3.13808, 101.72551
Tel: 03-9285 4827
Business Hours: 12pm-2.30pm (Monday-Friday), 6pm-11pm (Monday-Sunday)

Cheong Wah Seafood Restaurant @ Pusat Bandar Puchong

Rating:

• Food (1-10): 7.5
• Price (1-10): 7.5
• Environment (1-10): 8

12 May 2012: Cheong Wah Seafood Restaurant (中华酒家) is located in Pusat Bandar Puchong, opposite Tesco Extra Puchong. We were there to celebrate Mother's Day with my mother-in-law in advanced.

Here are what we had...

• Herbal Chicken -> Taste not bad. However, not as good as the one in Ye Look Restaurant, Sri Petaling. The herbal gravy is not as thick and tasty.
• Teow Chew Steamed Fish -> Fish quite fresh. Taste quite good.
• Tauhu with Minced Meat -> Texture is fine and tender. Taste is good as well.
• Stirf-ried Potato Leaves -> Average fried vege.

These 4 dishes cost at total of RM65++. Since the bill is not itemized, I'm not able to list the price of each dishes.

Here's the link to my previous post on Cheong Wah Seafood Restaurant:

• 20 August 2011  

Here's the location and contact of Cheong Wah Seafood Restaurant
Address: 1, Jalan Bandar 2, Pusat Bandar Puchong, 47100 Puchong, Selangor.
GPS Coordinates: 3.03594, 101.61845
Tel: 03-58850171/72
Business Hours: 10.30am - 3.00pm, 5.00pm - 11.00pm 

Joseph Kitchen @ Menara UOA Bangsar

Rating:

• Food (1-10): 7
• Price (1-10): 7
• Environment (1-10): 7

25 April 2012: I went to Joseph Kitchen in Menara UOA Bangsar to meet a friend for lunch. It's conveniently located near Bangsar LRT station. We had set lunch which includes:

• Salad/Soup of the day
• Main Course
• Drinks

Here are what we had...

•  Set Lunch 1 (RM13.90++)
• Salad -> Average
• Kashman Chicken -> Kashman chicken with salad, egg and rice. The chicken is quite tasty. Worth a try.
• Lemon Tea

•  Set Lunch 2 (RM16.90++)
• Mushroom Soup -> This is rather watery. Texture is quite rough. I don't really like this.
• Spaghetti Carbonara -> Taste alright.
• Honey Lemon

Here's the location and contact of Joseph Kitchen @ Menara UOA Bangsar...
Address: 2-7, 2nd Floor, Menara UOA Bangsar, No. 5, Jalan Bangsar Utama, 59000 Kuala Lumpur.
GPS Coordinates: 3.12766, 101.67840
Tel: +603-2282 2242

Noble House @ Off Jalan Imbi, KL

Rating:

• Food (1-10): 9.5
• Price (1-10): 6.5
• Environment (1-10): 8.5

22 April 2012: Noble House (阳城酒家) is a restaurant under Oriental Group of Restaurants. It serves fine Cantonese cuisine with impressive contemporary setting. It has been voted as one of the best restaurant in Malaysia and Asia for few consecutive years. This is also one of my favourite Chinese restaurant in Klang Valley.

Since there are 6 of us where 4 are ladies, we decided to order the lunch set for 4 pax. The set costs RM148++. Here are the dishes that come with the set...

• Soup of The Day (阳城老火靓汤) -> Very tasty and appetizing.
• Pan-Fried Chilean Cod Fish with Pomelo Sauce (杨枝智利鳕鱼) -> Fish is fresh, fine and juicy. Fried just right. Taste good.
• Baby Duck with Romaine Green Salad (皇子鸭伴罗马生菜) -> Duck is tender, juicy and tasty.
• Braised Spinach with Crab Meat & Egg (月光波菜) -> Taste alright.
• Baked Rice with Abalone (鲍鱼焗饭) -> This is a unique dish. Baked rice is placed in a shell. It is also very tasty.
• Chilled Honeydew with Sago (蜜瓜西米露) -> Honeydew and sago are fresh. Taste just right.

Here's the location and contact details of Noble House...
Address: No.19, Jalan Delima, Off Jalan Imbi, 55100 Kuala Lumpur.
GPS Coordinates: 3.144780,101.719944
Tel: 03- 2145 8822
Business Hours:11am–3pm, 6pm–11pm daily

Simple Life Healthy Vegetarian Restaurant@ Sunway Pyramid

Rating:

• Food (1-10): 7.5
• Price (1-10): 7
• Environment (1-10): 7.5

9 April 2012: Simple Life serves vegetarian dishes using organic ingredients. It is located at LG2, Blue Atrium section of Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall. The environment here is very clean, cosy and relaxing. It's a good place for those who are vegetarian and health conscious.

Here are what we had...

• Vegetables Curry Pot (RM15.90++)  -> Simple Life's homemade curry cooked with coconut milk, cashew nuts, organic cabbage, long bean, organic lady's finger, eggplant, pumpkin, yam and organic bean curd puff. It also comes with multi-grain rice, daily side dishes, energy soup and fruit. This is quite tasty, worth a try.

• Tomyam Brown Rice Bee Hoon (RM13.90++) -> Brown rice bee hoon with homemade tomyam soup, straw mushroom, long cabbage, tomato, celery, baby corn and coriander. Although not as good as standard non-vegetarian tomyam, this is worth a try though.

Location and contact details of Simple Life...
Address: LG2-126A, Blue Atrium, Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall, No. 3, Jalan PJS 11/15, Bandar Sunway, 46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
GPS Coordinates: 3.07296, 101.60740