Gluttons on a Diet

Jack's Place in OneUtama

2007-08-12T22:02:00.000+08:00

i have heard from quite a few different people that the set lunches in Jack's Place is quite yummy and worth the money! So I decided to drop by for a try.

Gluttons food rating : 7/10
Gluttons ambiance rating :7/10
Gluttons service rating : 2/10

Their service... was SO BAD THAT I ALMOST PUKED BLOOD!

They ignored us. Was SUPER rude. especially this one chinese old dude.

tho. they had many promotions which i think are quite worth it la.

the typical lunch set. which was for rm13.80 i think. not too sure. around that range, which is quite worth it la. you can also upgrade to executive set lunch for a bit extra amount of cash.

they also hve the student set promo, but only for school kids.

the place was quite cozy, with good lightings and nice music.

the soup that came with the set lunch. i would say the bread that came with the soup was really nice.

the bad part is... there were 3 of us. and only one ordered the set lunch that came with the soup. on the table lay 3 spoons on 3 place mats.

the waiter, took those two spoons away, looked at us straight in the eyes and said "i'll take the spoons away so you won't be succumb to the temptation of sharing, since only one of you ordered it."

WHOA LIKE WTF?! hello, one person order, the rest cannot share is it? and you think we're so dumb, we can't use the one spoon amongst the 3 of us?

since where there are rules about no sharing of food? or no sharing of set lunches? HELLO??! it's not stated anywhere that we could see!

the drinks. fresh orange and iced coffee. these are ala carte drinks.

fried chicken wings. ordered from side dishes. it was not bad, but the portion was small. they stated 6 pieces of wings for RM9.80. so we thought it'll be like.. 6 whole wings. but it came in 6 lil wings. means.... just 3 whole wings. do you get what i mean? bah. nvm.

ordered ala carte. fish and chips. taste very ordinary. just normal fish and chips.

the dory fillet for the set lunch. yes, i have to admit, it was kinda delicious despite the bad service.

the coffee and dessert that was comes with the set lunch.

i asked the coffee to be served first. and through out the entire meal... we ask many different waiters where is the coffee?

their reply was... "coming""on the way" bla DEE BLAH!

it NEVER CAME! until when i was waiting for the dessert looooooooooooooong after we're done with our meals.

yeah. we kept asking for them to hurry serve the desserrt coz we're rushing... yes,i was REALLY rushing for class after lunch.

but NO. they had to take AGES to serve it. though its just.. ready made dessert.

you know which came the fastest when we called for it?

the bill. :/

Big Apple Donuts & Coffee

2007-08-05T02:24:00.000+08:00

hehe, by now, i'm sure everyone has heard of Big Apple Donuts & Coffee, the new donut outlet in the Curve... took us AGES to blog about it, coz we just can't stop going over there to buy it by the dozens :p so yeah, we were too busy eating. diet failed. hehe.

They're located just right beside.....

the toilet. =.=

well.. you walk along the curve, and see italianies and such on your left, and spot the new restaurant/bar called the apartment, and take a left turn.

it'll be hard to miss coz you will be able to smell the beeeyoootiful donuts' aroma drafting you and pulling you towards them :D

their pricing would be..
1 for RM2
1/2 dozen for RM9.50
1 dozen for RM17.00

yumminess!! (definitely better than the huge donut chain you find around msia *smirk*)

the iceberg, and blueberry donut.

hm, i would say my personal favorite is the regular sugar glazed donut (no pic, sorry!). tho its plain donut with sugar glazed on it... the taste.. its like biting into cloud, and your mouth will be filled with this soft chewy cotton candy, except that the sweetness is just nice!

a close 2nd would be the oreo one :)

however, a lot of people i've talked to mentioned that they also fancy the iceberg, and also the peanut butter ones.

hehe. so guess what is the best solution we gluttons have thought off?

just buy a dozen with all different flavors! they all taste so good individually anyway! :D

Roti Bakar Telur Cheese

2007-07-06T23:22:00.000+08:00

Spicy Kitchen
(Manjalara and Desa Sri Hartamas)

Roti bakar Telur Cheese is the bomb! if you havent tried it. please now go to Hartamas or Manjalara to have some roti bakar telur cheese!

It is actually french toast with cheese in between. super yummy can die, i tell you!

I tried making it at home, but it wasn't that nice.

I guess its the old oil the mamak uses and the amount of oil they use (TOTALLY FAT).

But yummy...

must try!

Tong Kee tarts

2007-07-06T23:14:00.000+08:00

omg, yummylicious! Just look at it. now im craving for it.

Chocolate Tart, only RM1 :)

*bite*

Egg Tart and Siew Pau.

The Egg tart is very nice. Its not like those Portuguese Egg Tart but normal egg tart. My brother's gf once bought like 1/2 dozen, but i had chicken pox then, so like, cannot eat. I finally got to eat it that day, and yumss.. been eating it ever since. heehee.

the Siew Pau is not halal. Pork in it. It was okay la. cannot fight Seremban Siew Pau.
lol. thats what i think la!:) heehee.

Which Siew Pau do you think is the best?

Tong Kee is located in many many places.

The one in Kepong is at Jalan Mergastua. I think they have one in Sri Petaling and also in Pudu.

Curry Mee!

2007-07-06T23:00:00.000+08:00

Iced Milo.

The bestest curry me ever! muahhahaha.
already half eaten. cos i was too hungry after church.

this place is located in Kepong Baru.
Jalan Kuang Bulan,Taman Kepong.

We call it the catholic shop. Because a lot of my church members go there after mass for breakfast. lol.

opens daily in the mornings.

Hot Cakes at Mcdees

2007-07-06T21:52:00.000+08:00

ok, so we ate this quite long ago.

hahahah.

McDees Bandar Utama, the one beside Centre Point, has HOT CAKES!:)

They look like this:

Hotcakes are basically, pancakes...and you get to choose if you want syrup on it or ice cream...

It was really delish!

Note that if you want to add more chocolate souce: TAMBAH RM0.50!

hahaha giler.

Delicious, again

2007-07-06T21:31:00.000+08:00

Delicious, Bangsar Village II

this time, i ate at a different Delicious at Bangsar Village II

OK, so its the same restaurant. so everything was kinda same. menu and such. Read the previous entry.

For the service, i must say, BVII's Delicious was quite bad. I mean, it is hard to get a waiter/tress when we need them. Then when we wanted to pay, we put the cash on the little booklet...then, it came back to us, the SAME AMOUNT. We could have gone home with our cash, since they gave us back our "change" right? lol.

but of course we did not!:) noble people. hahahahhahaha

Gluttons food rating : 8/10
Gluttons ambiance rating : 8/10
Gluttons service rating : 5/10

anyways, here are the visuals..

had their lovely mash again....This time, the portions were SMALLER! omg. so not worth it. better go back to 1U, where the chef is more generous with their portions.

French Onion Soup with Melting cheese Crostini RM11.90
It was kinda funky tasting..lol loads of onions(duh!) and veges. ahahahhaha.

Carbonara Spaghettini with Wild mushrooms, beef bacon , Oregano and Cream RM17.90
This was just yummylicious. The cream was thick enough, but not too thick until you get sick of it. Carbonara is glutton's fav!:) but Elaine can't have beef. boohoo. :P

Thats all.

lol.

how boring.

pointless post.

TakoTao in Jusco, OneU

2007-06-08T01:14:00.000+08:00

We at Gluttons love walking around in malls. HEHE. (you guys should be able to guess the reason why... we *are* girls after all). But when its not meal time, and you crave for something warm and yummy for snack... do head try out the yummilicious takoyaki in one of the food kiosk at Jusco in One Utama, old wing. (yes, we do know that its fattening, but...oh! the mile we would take to review and introduce yummy food for you guys, hehe)

Well, there's not much to review, firstly, because it is only a kiosk... (no ambience. after karen and i got our takoyaki, we just sat down on a random bench indulging it :p ) and erm, service vice, it was quite alright? we managed to snap a few pictures before the lady making the takoyaki told us that pictures are not allowed -.-" boo!

food? : 8/10 (for its warm, cheesiness *highly recommended as comfort food!)

here's the kiosk and you can see glutton elaine with a glee smile waiting for the takoyaki.

they have a lot of different flavors to choose from, with price starting at RM3.90. there's cheese and ham, unagi (eel), octopus.. and i forgot already. sorry, we were just really attracted to the ham and cheese. hehe.

the lady will pour white liquid into these holey molds, and sprinkle in the ingredients.

whoosh whoosh, it can be cooked into a ball shape! quite chun right?

the box!

as you can see, it is garnished with bonito (fish) flakes, mayo and japanese sweet sauce.

hehe, this comes recommended by us, especially when you're feeling itchy mouth, or hungry during mid shopping... or guys! you can go grab a quick bite while your gfs are shopping! hehe, no harm!

Breakfast at San Francisco

2007-06-03T15:43:00.000+08:00

Breakfast at San Francisco Coffee

(KL, la! Gluttons don't have enough money to go to San Francisco to makan!)

Bagel and cream cheese with Coffee.
RM7 something?

Ever since Sandy Cohen and his gang ate Bagel in the OC, I've always wanted to know whats so nice about it! HAHA

And i did try the bagel not long ago. and whoa, its really yummy.

I love how the bagel is so chewy and the cream cheese is just so awesomely (fat) and yummy.

the amount of cream cheese *drools*

Gluttons bagel rating : 9/10
Gluttons ambiance rating : 7/10
Gluttons service rating : 8/10

San Fran Coffee is located at the back of our college. So whenever we feel like eating "healthy", we'll head over there to have sandwiches.

Their sandwiches are very nice and quite pricey for us (poor college kids!)...But hey, since students frequent there so often, San Francisco Coffee over at HP Towers, KL generously offer students 50% ALL their drinks on Wendesdays and Fridays after 2pm.

So if you're a student and happen to be there on Wednesday or Friday, go get a 50% Iced Chocolate (that's my favourite!).

Nyonya Colors in OneU

2007-05-31T22:11:00.000+08:00

We always walk past this place in OneU, Nyonya Colors, and its always crowded! Plus, the smell drifting from the stall smells so yummy too! In the picture above.. its actually 4pm on a Tuesday afternoon, and we STILL had difficulty finding place to seat.

Gluttons food rating : 6.5/10
Gluttons ambiance rating : 6/10
Gluttons service rating : 6/10

The place is not bad, considering that it is right smack in the middle of nowhere. (It's located in the old wing btw). Its not a proper shop, and the tables are placed outside the retail shop selling clothes, so the passer-bys can always see what you're eating. haha!

Service wise, it's just not bad. I mean, its standard service without greeting, just taking orders etc. Its a self service place, you have to line up, place your orders and pay. And then the food will be delivered to you.

They serve typical Asian food, like Nasi Lemak (Karen was very tempted to take that), Dry Curry Mee, Thai Curry Laksa, you get the picture? All those were priced at RM7.90. There are other options as well like half boiled eggs, roti bakar, century egg porridge, and assortment of kuehs. We felt like the kuehs were not very worth it, because of the price for a small piece, like red bean kueh, a small piece for RM0.80, which is the cheapest thing there. Drinks wise, typical teh, milo, coffee and more.

The iced coffee that tasted like.. there wasn't much coffee in it. (thumbs down for this).

Karen's dry curry mee. It's usually served with yellow noodles, but Karen made a request to change it to beehoon. It was good nevertheless. Enough coconut milk and served with tender chicken meat and tofu with mint leaves.

My Thai Curry Laksa (which was also labeled Yellow Curry Mee? - a bit of confusion there). It was quite spicy and tangy. Also not bad. Typing this is making me salivate :p heh, coz we loooove laksa, curry and tomyam.

It's not a bad place, tho its quite pricey for normal hawker food. But its still quite a nice place if you're craving for it while halfway shopping. :)

No.1 BEST tomyam in Town* Rak Thai Restoran

2007-05-28T22:46:00.000+08:00

*according to the flyer.

Rak Thai has the BEST No. 1 Tom Yam in town(i'm guessing Petaling Jaya (PJ) or Klang Valley?)....

0_o

lets start...

Venue: Rak Thai Restoran, Amcorp Mall, PJ (Lower Ground)
Type of Food: Thai...With Burmese Waitresses. HAHA
Price: Ala Carte from RM10-RM25, Noodles and Rice Sets RM5-6, Drinks and Deserts below RM5.

Gluttons overall rating : 5/10
Gluttons food rating : 5/10 (NOT the best tomyam!)
Gluttons ambiance rating : 6/10 (ok, they tried with the deco and music)
Gluttons service rating :6/10 (ok, but not that good!)

Ever since i had that Mango Rice, which was DIVINE (btw), I had t have some Thai Food...haha.

So i dragged my parents to eat at this place at Amcorp Mall (OK, i didn't know the existence of this shop, just walked by and thought it was interesting...)

We went in, greeted by "Sawadeekarp" by this (looks like) Thai waitress...She gave us our seats and our menu. We looked and looked, the food was quite expensive. HAHA. but the set meals were okay. like fried noodles and stuff.

So we ordered.

And, food came in like 10 minutes or so. Quite fast.

Mango Juice for RM3
Thailand mar, so must drink mango juice

Fried Kailan for RM10.
WAH so mahal!
but it was really nice. they cut the leaves into tiny bits and deep fried it...it was crunchy and salty(just the way i like it).

The No. 1 best tomyam in town!

I ordered Rice to go with it. RM1 for the Rice. RM4 for the Tomyam soup.
It was OK. the portion was a bit small. Nothing much in the soup. Two prawns, a few sotongs and mushrooms.

Totally not worth it. hahahha.
AND NOT THE BEST IN TOWN, omg. I've tasted MUCH BETTER tom yums..

It wasn't even spicy.

urgh.

Rak Thai Exotic Cendol RM4.
I've never liked cendol before, but people around me love cendol. and, even I don't see what is so exotic about it. Don't even have the nuts thingy that usually comes in Cendol.

Totally not worth it Mango Sticky Rice Rm4.

The plate was SO SMALL.
The portions of pulut were SO LITTLE.
The mango was only HALF!

after i tried this one, I will always compare all othe Mango Sticky Rice with that one..

after being a glutton, we walked at the Flea Market...

lovely junks that we just don't need, but want!:)

The end.

Shrek 3 Promotion at McD's

2007-05-28T22:14:00.000+08:00

Shrek the Third is coming out! Wheeeeee! and everyone loves shrek for its sarcastic hilarity! hehe, we love shrek too! so how could we not fall prey to the money making opportunistic McD's?

They are all out to have an all green promotion thingamajiggy, hence, they have lime mcflurry (green!), double lime sundae (green!), Green McFizz (also green!) and Seaweed shake shake fries (green too =.=).

They are offering this chicken/beef foldover set with Green McFizz and Shake shake fries for RM10.90 (add 5% tax pls).

We went to the McD's drive through in SS15, Subang Jaya on a weeknight around 10pm, and it was full house! We were lucky we got a seat. Full not coz of the set la... you'll find out why.

Gluttons food rating for the entire set : 5/10

seen in the picture,
Chicken Foldover : tasted normal. nothing special here.
Green McFizz : we say, go back to orange McFizz! The green one is added with some green lime to color it, and crushed pineapples.... and it was tasteless =.= Just like drinking soda water.
Double Lime Sundae : you can already see the almost grossness in the picture. the green goo taste like time. overall, it tasted like the RM1 ice cream you can get, green lime with vanilla from anywhere called tropicana. haha, we prefer that.

for the Shake Shake Fries..

We were supposed to pour the fries into the shake shake bag, and add in the seaweed flavorings. nothing special, not like the yummy shake shake fries they used to have long ago. its just bits of seaweed, and not so flavorful msg (you can taste a lot of msg in this!)

Seriously,... if you wanna have a foldover? just order the normal set next time and chocolate sundae for dessert :)

CHEATED!

2007-05-25T00:49:00.000+08:00

by McDees management.

hahhahahaha.

Yes, Elaine and I did go for the FREE burger thing. It seems that you have to go there and wait for the men in pyjama to give out coupons. We went there and they were taking a break.

-_-"

taking a break? we were already Late for class!So we sat there and wait till they start to work again. We finally got our burgers and ate it happily! hahahah.

but seriously, they said in the ad, that they WERE giving out free coupons. but when we went there, we have to find the pyjama men.

I also read other bad review about the Mcdonalds free giveaway thingy!

Dah la they naik harga in all their products, somemore say give free burger, then bluff the customers!

////EDIT.

McDees has been getting bad reviews about their free promotion...

Boo Hoo to McDees.

Seems like you gotta buy breakfast at McDees FIRST, before getting your free Sausage Mc Muffin...

total ripoff!

pffftth!

*but we still love our McDees...*

lol.

FREE Sausage McMuffin at McD's!

2007-05-23T23:03:00.000+08:00

We, here at Gluttons, looove food (yes yes, we're supposed to be on a diet :p)... what more, its free! Your neighborhood fast food restaurant is giving this offer, so hurry go grab it while it last!

Free Sausage McMuffin! Yums! You can get the original coupon here!

Delicious by Ms Read (At OneU)

2007-05-21T18:25:00.000+08:00

Delicious by Ms Read

Venue: Delicious, by Ms Read at OneUtama Shopping Centre
Type of Food: Mostly western and desserts, there are indulgence food, and also food for the health conscious!
Price: Appetizers starting at RM8 onwards, main courses around RM15 onwards, desserts around RM8 onwards

Gluttons overall rating : 8/10
Gluttons food rating : 8/10
Gluttons ambiance rating : 7/10
Gluttons service rating : 8.5/10

The gluttons who fail at diet-ing...

hehe, we couldn't resist to camwhore while waiting for the food after an event we attended organized by french connection UK, just next door to delicious.

we heard from left, right and center, that everyone is raving about their fabulous chocolate brownie and decided to give it a try!

and no mistake, it was fantabulous! the warm fudgy brownie went perfectly well with the vanilla ice cream and dark chocolate sauce. it wasn't too sweet, and when you put it into your mouth, you can smell chocolate haven just a few feet away!

another look at the gorgeous and delicious brownie! comes highly recommended from us and *special* gluttons dessert rating of 9.5/10!
*priced around RM10

we also ordered the warm chicken salad, served with lettuce, cherry tomato, avocado, and almond. the combination is just about right, and doesn't taste like a normal salad that turns you off :D
*priced around RM16

also ordered garlic mashed potato with rosemary and gravy. the only *rosemary* part was the sprig used to decorate the potato =.=

however, the gravy complimented the mashed potato very nicely! highly recommended for potato lovers, just like us!
*priced around rm9

in addition, the staffs there are friendly with good service. so if you have some money to space, do drop by and indulge in delicious :)

Thai Fair

2007-05-20T17:29:00.000+08:00

Mango Rice at Hartamas Shopping Center's Thai Fair.

Venue: Hartamas Shopping Center (link)
60 Jalan Sri Hartamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 6201 8353, Fax: 03 6201 3996

Type of food: Thai Food
Famous for its...er, mango rice (only cos its the only thing i ate).
Price: RM5-RM10

in a middle of a lazy sunday afternoon (after shopping at the Shopaholics Unite Party). Amelia and I went to Hartamas Shopping Center for a small little walk.

We were smelling something so yummy and hot.......we sniffed and sniffed and sniffed and....lo and behold, it was TOM YAM (ok, it wasn't that dramatic).

We saw this huge stall with loads of mangoes hanging around with pulut rice, heaps and heaps of shredded papaya, chillies and onions. Mee Hoon galore with huge bowls of tomyam soups everywhere. (this is not exaggerating at all)!

We saw the bundle of happiness (also fatness), the pulut rice with thick succulent mangoes and creamy coconut sauce and straightaway decided to have Mango Rice. The Tom Yam and Green Curry noodles were calling also....but for vanity's sake, we shall just have one dish la, k? hehe.

Ordered the Mango Rice and coconut drink to pour the sweetness to our deserving tummy (what la, we wake up early to be the first people in Lunch Actually for the Party okay! luckily we went early).

When it came, whoa, straightaway digged in and makan makan makan. For RM5, they actually are very generous in thier portions of mango and pulut. They gave us the WHOLE mango (minus the seeds). Amelia and I were like happy little kids munching away.

yummylicious to the max!

I do not know when the fair's going to end, but, hey, go try it out...You can either sit there and have your food right away or take away. There are, however, limited seats, so just wait for a while la, i'm sure someone will be taking their last bite of pulut somewhere.

:D

Marmalade

2007-05-20T16:40:00.000+08:00

Marmalade

Venue: Bangsar ViIIage II (link)
1F-18, First Floor, Bangsar Village II,
No.1, Jalan Telawi Dua, Bangsar Baru,
59100 KL.
Tel: 03-2282 8301

Type of food: Western/ Deli-like food
Famous for its... Salads
Price: RM15++

Gluttons Overall Rating: 8/10
Gluttons Food Rating: 9/10
Gluttons Service Rating: 7/10
Gluttons Ambiance Rating: 7/10

Marmalade is located in a corner of Bangsar Village II. From the exterior, it looks super cute-sey with drawings and what nots. We walked passed the shop and checked out their cake fridge, and immediately, we were drawn to the shop.

We detoured a bit and went into Kitsch, the shop beside Marmalade Cafe that was also very much like Marmalade Cafe. Very cute with unique items for sale.

So, anyways, as we walked in on a Friday evening, we were greeted by the friendly waiter (points for that!) and as undecided as we were, we spent one minute choosing where to sit. HAHA. So we ended up sitting in the corner where we were comfortably taking photos of everything.

We were given a menu and we were spoilt for choice. They served Sandwiches, Salads, Poultry Main Dishes, Smoothies, Coffee and other Deserts that were too cute to be eaten. After looking at the menu fr quite a long time, we decided on our food and ordered. The friendly waiter told us not to order too much as the portions are very big and we should order again if we were still hungry. We followed his advice and ordered to share.

While waiting for our food, of course, we cam-whored! What's a dinner without a camera!:p

The ambiance of Marmalade is very cheerful and it was very brightly lit. With the huge glass windows that made sure natural sun light entered the shop, the shop was bright, really bright. The deli-like counters gives the shop an unique touch of home-liness. They also provide magazines for the customers to browse through.

After waiting, we finally got our Lemon Meringue Pie(RM9). The pie was actually VERY BIG. We have never tasted any lemon meringue pies before. This was our first time :) It tasted very lemon-ey and erm, pie-ey? hahahhaa. Very nice!:)

Next, our HUGE BOWL of salad came (on a diet marrrr). There was a cute name attached to it, but i totally forgot it. hahahhaa. This salad was DIVINE. It had just the right amount of everything and everything went so well.

Avocados, peppers, chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, alfafas, baby romanie, etc.

Lovely lovely bowl of salad. It was so big that both of us could not finish it at all!
Just to illustrate how big it is:

This is Karen!

and this is Elaine!:)

Our smoothies came too. I ordered Strawberry Smoothie(RM9) and Elaine ordered Peach Smothie(RM9)

Overall, it was a fun experience, I've (Karen) never tasted salad this good. If every shop sells salads like this, i don't mind eating salad everyday! (can loose weight somemore!)

Anyways, this is our official first post. More to come (Delicious, Kim Gary's...etc.)! If you like our reviews, please visit often kays?

heehee. we promise to make sure we makan at nice nice places to review!:)

Food is love

2007-05-05T15:22:00.000+08:00

WE LOVE FOOD!!!

and we're going to start blogging about it.