Coffee Chemistry @ First Subang Mall

This is the 3rd blog for the past 24 hours!!!

I'm in a blogging spreeee!!!

If you're wondering, no, I'm not overdosed with coffee.

But it has been days that an important piece of technology

called the PC is absent in my home.

And now that I've got my office laptop at home,

I have the luxury of fully utilizing it for my own pleasure and leisure.

And so.. blogging it is!

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Few months back I purchased Groupon vouchers for

dinner at Coffee Chemistry, First Subang Mall.

Groupon Deal:-

"[Up to 53% Off] 2-Course Western Meal: Grilled Salmon Steak,

Classic Roasted Lamb Shoulder, OR More + Dessert at Coffee Chemistry Signature, First Subang Mall for 1 (RM22) / 2 (RM40) / 4 (RM76) People."

Coffee Chemistry Signature at First Subang Mall

The purchase is with intention to create an

opportunity to have a nice dinner with my closest friends.

But I was way busy with coping with life till I forgotten about it.

Finally set the dinner on the very last day of redemption period.

Highest gratitude to friends who manage to leave work early and

squeeze some time out of their busy schedule just for me.

Coffee Chemistry cappuccino

Barry ordered a cappuccino which was okay, he said.

Nothing spectacular to my dismay.

Coffee Chemistry rose cappuccino

My eyes was affixed on the coffee section when I saw this.

Rose cappuccino?!!

I gotta try this!!!



Was eager to try but the excitement quickly turned into

disappointment coz it tasted like bandung.

Rose syrup flavor has covered any little possibly imagined

coffee taste in that cup of cappuccino.

Coffee Chemistry chocolate ice blended

Vince with his usual love for chocolate, ordered

ice-blended chocolate with ice cream.

He's not that picky, and he finished the drink.

Good, I guess?

Coffee Chemistry grilled salmon steak

This is my 180g grilled salmon steak served with mashed potato and vegetables.

My salmon was well prepared, but the lemon sauce that comes with

it tasted like an odd pairing.

With the salmon already fresh and nicely grilled, perhaps they need

a more subtle sauce to let the salmon "shine" instead of Mr. Lemon here

taking the credit all by itself with its tingling lemony flavor?

Coffee Chemistry classic roasted lamb shoulder

Vince's 130g classic roasted lamb shoulder served with mashed potato and vegetables.

The lamb is soft and the thick gravy is delicious!

No complaint on this... yum yummm...

Coffee Chemistry seafood pasta

Barry's seafood pasta consist of mussels, prawns, squids and fish.

Aside from the fresh seafood and creamy sauce,

one thing that I'd like to highlight here is that the heavy

usage of capsicum makes it the dominant taste in this pasta.

Lesser or maybe no capsicum at all would be better.

Coffee Chemistry fish & chips

Alicia's Coffee Chemistry Fish & Chips with side salad.

I did not try the fish fillet as I'm trying to avoid fried food for my sorethroat.

Alicia says it's nice. So I'll take her word for it.

Side salad on the other hand was entirely mine.

Finished it, nice light dressing.

Coffee Chemistry affogato

Our Affogato (Espresso topped with vanilla ice-cream)

Concentrated coffee with ice cream - superyummylicious!

I love the dessert and finished it, and with the rose cappuccino I had earlier,

those two kept me awake till 2am that very night!

Coffee Chemistry brownies and ice cream

Brownies and ice-cream

Ain't that good.

Brownies ought to be soft and chocolaty.

Best when it's warm. (personal preference)

These brownies are kinda hard, and I didn't go yuhhmm nor licking my spoon after!

Then... It's photo taking time!!!!

Joyce Yap & Vince Yeoh (didn't look very appiee eh?)

Mr. Barry Yap & Ms. Joyce Yap (no, not siblings)

Mr. Barry Yap & Mrs. Yap
(no, not husband and wife, Alicia is the wife of Mr. Isaac Yap!)

We counted the years of knowing each other, Alicia scored 12 while Barry's 8.

Photo with my future godson (still in mummy's tummy)... :)

Joyce Yap & Alicia Goh

Overall, this is a pretty good deal from Groupon.

The serving is just nice.

None of us were overloaded from the dinner.

yummylicious! ;)

 Oh no.. it's almost 3am!!!

I've got a facial appointment tomorrow, plus cake collection,

plus a wedding dinner and then rush to dad's 71st birthday dinner!!!

Plenty of things to do, so little time to get it done!!!

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TJ Haus @ Subang, SS18

I'm still in the office.

Forty five minutes past six.

Getting lazier to continue with my work.

Even lazier to go back home.

So I look thru photos taken few days back and

realized that I've not blogged about the most beautiful restaurant I've seen this year!

(.....12 days after 2013 made its grand entrance)

Can you believe this?

A restaurant with FILLED WITH Christmas decorations?!

What I mean by FILLED WITH is like all the decos

are being SPLASHED throughout the restaurants!

Everywhere I look, there are lace ribbons, balls,

ribbons, pearls, jingle bells, angels, bows, candy canes, fairies, stars,

ornaments, snowflakes, figurines, pine cones, garlands, Christmas berries!

And u know what?

I'm in love with this restaurant and coz.. it feels like Christmas!!!

I am yearning to ask if they need FOC service to put up all the

Christmas deco next year, I would be more than happy to do it for free!



Am sharing some photos taken using my Canon IXUS 300 HS.

Did not bring along my DSLR coz I didn't know that

Barry would bring me to such beautiful place.

I like this photo. It's so... ladylike. So not me! Haha!





Mr. Barry lookin tired arriving for late dinner

Thomas is the chef and Jeffrey is the host of TJ Haus

We were both not hungry at that point of time.

So we decided to share a portion of appetizer, main dish and a dessert.

The prawn cocktail is nice. Main thing is that the prawns are fresh.

Prawn cocktail garnished with fruit salad

I forgotten what fish it was that we had that day. But it was nice and properly cooked.

The thick sauce goes very well with the grilled fish as well.

Sides of potatoes and vegetables are good for health - eat more! ;)

Grilled fish topped with potatoes, cauliflower, and carrots.

Yay my favourite part of the meal - dessert!

Had banana split! ...with my favourite love letters.

No complaint! ;)

The next time there, I'm gonna try out their

signature German-style crispy duck and famous chilled cheesecake.

Seemed like we just hantam and order without knowing

what's famous there....

Looks like I blogged more about their deco compared to the food.

Wait up for my next trip there... I'll try to calm down my obsession for the deco and

concentrate in eating and get my taste bud tingling yah!!!

TJ Haus, I'll be back!!!

yummylicious!

 

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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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Memang best!

Had an amazing weekend!

Well, Saturday isn't that great because I worked like a mad cow. But Sunday memang best lahh!!! (a better version of Myvi Lagi Best).

Here's the bits of my Sunday...


Approx 10.30am - arrival at Strawberry Park, Gohtong Jaya

I was hoping that the strawberry park could be more lively. There are hardly red ripe strawberries and those that are red and ripe looked odd!

This place promotes self-pick strawberries which are RM6 for every 100gram. And when I say 100gram, trust me, it's not alot!

And those who wants to self-pick, was given a small basket and scissors. Looking at those excited faces, I kinda feel pity for those poor fellas as I bet they would have to walk like 10 rounds in the park and yet could not find enough strawberries that could weigh 100gram. Muahahaa~ *evil grin*

Photos look great tho'! Thanks to Azlan photography skill!








Approx 12.30am - Arrival at BBQ Bukit Tinggi Restaurant

This restaurant is the sole reason of Gavin and I initiate this trip! Azlan, Vivenn, Rachel & Jack had been to this restaurant. We saw their photos in FB featuring steam seafood and we eventually persuaded them to bring us there.



These food has got really weird names. Vegetable rice, seafood pot (hoi sin bou) and snow mountain flying fox (shuet san fei wu)!



Tofu egg, chicken f*ck the wall, and lamb. Seriously.. I didn't make that up! The chicken f*ck the wall is how it is directly directed from Cantonese "kai tiu cheong". The tofu and lamb has got their names too but I forgotten cause I'm partially a 'banana'.

Vivenn wanted to order one of their specialty called "sor hai" --> (no I'm not joking), but the waiter said that the dish is not available on that day because they are lacking of cook and so ordered something more simple.

The owner of this restaurant is very "pa pai". Although there are more people coming into the restaurant, the owner and staffs (who has their hands all tied up due to the crowd), will just let the customers sit down, wait, and finally tell them off "sorry we are not serving anymore, you may leave".

WOW!

Yet, there are still alot of people going to the restaurant that serves many more interesting food accompanied by attractive names (most of it sound like Chinese proverb or extracted from a Chinese movie or something).

Price : Total damage for 7 pax is RM350.
Contact : Those interested may call Mr. Chan at 012-357 7111 / 012-905 0020 for reservation. We strongly recommend reservation as you will not risk all the way up there for nothing. Furthermore, they will have time to prepare special dishes for you!
Address : P/T. 15792 & 15793, Jalan Bukit Tinggi, 28750 Bentong, Pahang. (Behind BHP Petrol Pump)
This place is quite hard to find for first timers as there are no signage. Just go pass by Selesa Hill Homes, through the tunnel, and look for the BHP just after the tunnel. The Restaurant is located just behind the BHP.


Approx 3.00p.m - Arrival at FLORIA 2011 (Putrajaya Flower & Garden Festival)

I was amused by the size of this festival! And am quite impressed that Malaysia landscapers achieved this standard of gardening. But those who visit this festival on day 3 onwards may find if disappointing as flowers may starts dying already.... haha!


Myself, Gavin Chong & Vivenn Chong (not siblings, but good friends who known each other for 10 years!)



Some of the photos are taken at Strawberry Park while the rest was taken at FLORIA.





The utmost important ingredient in the yummiest weekend - great companionship! These are the jokers... hahaha~ Tan, Gavin, Rachel & Jack!



Approx 5pm - Arrival at Alamanda Putrajaya.

It was my first time there.. and I asked them if I have to do the "turtle walk" since I'm considered a jungle turtle. Hehehehe... Took a light dinner and we then head to our respective home-sweet-home after a long day!!!

Needless to say, we all had hell of a great time! Those bunch friends are fun to be with.. and what a great laughter we had throughout the day!

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