Memphis Bistro @ Ara Damansara

Memphis Bistro, I was introduced to this place by Sunny boy.

Was told that this bistro is a cozy little family restaurant,

and yet they serves good Western food.

This place used to operate during lunch and dinner time, but now it is opened only for dinner. 

No more lunch nom-nomming at Memphis for me...

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Escargots (RM 19.50 for half dozen) is pretty good, baked with butter and garlic.

And served with garlic bread. I am a little picky when it comes to garlic dishes,

will get the kitchen to tone down a little on the garlic in my next visit.

Seafood Chowder (RM 10.50) is good, 

but could be better if there is more seafood in it.

Classic Caesar Salad (RM 9.00) is pretty simple.

It has all the ingredients that a Caesar Salad should have,

nothing more, nothing less, and I would reckon them to improve with some bacon bits. 

Cajun Chicken Thigh (RM 18.00) is not to my preference.

The chicken thigh is dry, and doesn't jive well with the BBQ sauce.

Hot Chocolate Lava Cake (RM 10.50) is a satisfying dessert for

the sweet tooth me. Love how the chocolate melt and spill onto the plate... 

This is a good place for a decent meal. 

Remember to call for reservation as this tiny bistro is packed most of the days!

Details for Memphis Bistro :-

Address : Jalan PJU 1A/46, Lembah Subang, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor DE.

Contact no : 03-7843 6818

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NeroFico - Live Jazz, Cinema & Italian Restaurant @ Damansara Heights, KL

8th November 2012

I was introduced to this fabulous place by Sunny boy who brought me

there for a yummylicious Italian cuisine.

It was unfortunately a weekday when we went there.

Otherwise we would be able to see live jazz performance

which is available on every Friday and Saturday night (starting at 10pm).

We do however enjoyed ourselves with our dinner selection of starter,

main course, plenty of dessert and wine!

Look out for their specials written on their blackboard,

some may not appear in the menu, but trust me, it's worth trying!

We've gotten ourselves very good host who is

helpful with us deciding on our dinner,

and with very good recommendations.

The waiters are also very observant and attentive into our unspoken needs.

The food is fabulous.

I'm overall, very much satisfied!!! :)

 

The romantic setting



Sunny boy had red wine to go with his mutton pasta

while I took white to compliment my main course of cod fish.

 

Enjoying my De Martino Suvigon Blanc (RM 26 p/glass)



As both of us are seafood lovers, the host recommended us the

starter special which is a seafood salad.

There are fresh mussels, prawns and squids on top of a layer of healthy vegetables.

Sunny boy specifically enjoy the bread with olive oil + vinegar.

Something like Italiannies.

 

Seafood salad of prawns, mussels, squids served with breads and olive oil + vinegar (RM 38)



On the blackboard menu, another tempting dish is

their pasta special, which is a fettuccine in mutton gravy sauce with

minced mutton, topped with Parmesan cheese.

This is my first encounter of mutton pasta, it is lip-smacking! *muahhh!!!*

 

pasta with minced mutton topped with Parmesan cheese (RM 40)




As I was eyeing their selection of risotto (my fav!!!), I was

reminded that I need to save some space for desserts - lots of them.

So I ordered my second fav dish - fish!

I had filetto di merluzzo, it's a seared cod fish with a

side of asparagus, sauté mushrooms and saffron sauce.

The cod fish is fresh, and the saute wild mushroom taste sooo good!

 

filetto di merluzzo - seared cod fish with a side of asparagus, sauté mushrooms and saffron sauce (RM 54)





The best part of the dinner is here!

Sunny boy insist on having two desserts, I chose

my favourite chocolate lava cake, and he had panna cotta.

The lava cake is good, but not as good as the one at dip n' dip.

Panna cotta is too "jelly-ish" and the taste is too bland for me.

Don't really enjoy it..



Lava cake in a crispy basket served with ice cream and strawberry (RM 20)



Panna cotta with strawberry and gooseberry (RM 16) 

  

Verdict :-

Food - 4.5 / 5 (0.5 was taken off due to panna cotta that wasn't up to my liking)

Ambiance - 4 / 5 (cozy and romantic, even better with live band)

Service - 5 / 5 (superb service rendered by host and waiters)

Price - 3 / 5 (Our bill come to a total of RM 296 including 2 glasses of wine and

aqua panna + service charge + govt tax)

I am already planning for my next trip to NeroFico

on Friday / Saturday to enjoy the live band.

It is located at the Ground Floor of Wisma Perintis ,

47 Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur.

It is opened from 8am - 11pm daily (closed on Sunday)

Tel : 03-2089 5312 - reservation needed especially on Friday & Saturday

Website : www.nerofico.com

Thank you Sunny boy for the yummylicious dinner!!! ;)

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dip 'n dip @ Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar

My cravings for chocolate fondue has been on-going for days!

I really did consider going all the way up to Cameron just to visit Strawberry Moment.

Asked around for yummylicious fondue and most of my friends asked me to go back to Haagen Dazs 

coz that's the only place they know serving good fondue.. 

.. asked cousie Alex who then get me to look into eatdrinkkl.blogspot.

Found  dip 'n dip  there and ohhh.... my glorious chocolate fondue!!!!

dip sticks platter in the menu

It's located just at Bangsar, so I immediately set it in the GPS!

Super chocolate fan Vince agreed to join me in my little adventure into getting fat!

The 3 fountain behind me is the white, dark and sweet (milk) chocolate fountain!

The menu is heavenly and so I decided NOT to go for 

the dip sticks platter so that we could try out other tempting desserts displayed on the menu.. 

I chose dip sticks which comes in either 2 pcs, 4 pcs or 8 pcs in a stick.

I picked 2 strawberries and 2 marshmallows dip sticks, 

but they ran out of marshmallow and so they gave me 2 pcs complimentary strawberries. 

* extra points given!!!* ;)

For the dip sticks, you get to choose from the 3 different chocolates.

I picked dark chocolate for my strawberry dip sticks but they recommend the milk chocolate. 

After trying both, I still prefer my original pick of dark chocolate. *hehe*

One of their signature dessert is the mouthwatering crepe!

In all the selection of crepes, they recommended brownies crepe 

which is new in the menu but God... It was heavenly!!!!

The layered crepe has a layer of brownies in it.. and it enhance 

the taste of the crepe which is covered with all the three types of chocolate.

Now talk about gaining weight.. I think this is sufficient to get me back to 45kg!!!

Beautiful isn't it? Decorated with white, dark and sweet chocolate.. 

Look at the brownie in between the crepe layers.. 

Ready.. Get set... GO!!!! 

Next is their signature cold drinks called dip'n dip freezy! 

Their proclaimed it to be the richest chocolate drink ever!

....to be frank, it's nice, but not the RICHEST ever. 

When we are already struggling with our crepe and drinks, came the chocolate fondant!

The fondant is freshly baked using Belgian chocolate, and inside it is filled with dark chocolate!

It is served with a scoop of ice cream of your choice.

Oh how delicious it looked!

Here it comes!!!

We were both struck dumb by how full we are and there is just no way we could finish this!!! 

We are seriously in DEEP SHIT in dip 'n dip.. 

In dilemma of either to stuff ourselves with expensive desserts 

or give up the fondant to avoid vomiting out what is already in our tummy...

After looking at each other and knowing that our stomach have reached the max food limit,

me pandai2 asked to tapao the fondant,

Vince felt embarrassed and claim that it won't be nice nimore.

But HELLO.. it's expensive okaayy?!!!

Take away the fondant in this cute little box. 

Very interesting copywriting on the back of the box... :)

dip 'n dip is now my favourite dessert place and I'll definitely come back for more!

But not so often-lahh..

Their pricing is a little bit to the upper side.

4 pcs of strawberry dip sticks - RM 12.50

brownies crepe - RM 28.50

dip 'n dip freezy - RM 18.90

fondant - RM 13.50

Mum would kill me knowing that we had a RM85.14 desserts!!!

Thanks Vince for the expensive treat!!! ::P

Expensive but worth it!!! 

okay okay.. I admit I look silly but I'm just so obsessed with my spec!!! :P

dip 'n dip slogan is "a taste will make you :)"

oh yes indeed! we were both smiling from ear to ear!!!

A note to those interested to try out dip 'n dip : 

The menu is gonna seduce you to order everything you can! Just make sure you don't over ordered because these rich creamy yummy chocolates are really good stuff and indeed is very filling. So make sure to order moderately to avoid food wastage.

(I did finish my fondant as breakie the very next day.. still yummy!)

We left the outlet at around 9.30pm and yet there's still plenty of patrons.

I believe they close pretty late. From 10am - 10pm perhaps?

dip 'n dip is actually from Syria and the only branch at Malaysia is 

at Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar and is located opposite Alliance Bank.

http://www.dipndip.com

yummylicious!

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