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Food
Urban @ Istana Hotel
Mar 13th
Last Friday I was at Urban, Istana Hotel for dinner menu review(during lunch! how odd? oh well, mum didn’t want to sit through the traffic at night) . It was such a rainy day ! I kept having this thinking that the heaven wants to remind us about the tsunami that happened .. Everything will be okay, Japan.
1 good reason to go to Urban for dinner : Everything’s nett priced so you can skip the rough calculations before ordering. 
Walnut bread on the left, Puri on the right and chicken pate in the middle.
The puri was so so good, especially when hot. Yummehhh.
Appetizers (MYR45 nett)
Smoked Duck Breast with Jasmine Tea Fragrance, Cured Foie Gras and Rocket Salad
Sake Cured Salmon served with Avocado Mash, Creme Fraiche and Tomato Basil Sorbet
Foie Gras served with Exotic Fruit Chutney, Birgrade Sauce and Golden Mango Sorbet
For some reason, the fruit chutney kind of overwhelmed the foie gras.
Bay Scallops served with Creamy Tagliatelle Leek Fondue and Chervil Nage
Main Course (MYR85 nett)
Black Cod confit with Sauteed Spinach, Rice Crackers and Soy Ginger Orange Juice
Lamb Loin with Vanilla, Date Compote, Cheese Ravioli, Rosti and Fresh Thyme Sauce
Slow Cooked Duck Leg with Mashed Potato, Black Morels and Orange Cinnamon Juice
Tuna Steak with Wasabi Espuma, Bok Choy, Tomato Relish and Glazed Pineapple
Risotto with King Prawns, Calamari, Mussels, Scallops and King Mushrooms
Gourmet Special (MYR148 nett)
Oven-baked Lobster flavoured with Mustard and Brandy served with Truffle Mash
FRESH LOBSTER, TRUFFLE MASH. <3
Time for desserts! (: (MYR35)
Strawberry Millefeuille with Vanilla Custard and Strawberry Black Pepper Coulis
Pretty to look at, a mess when I attempted to eat it.
Caramelized Mango with Puff Pastry and Passion Fruit Sorbet
Tiramisu with Pistachio Biscotti and Vanilla Ice Cream
Chocolate Lava Gateaux served with Chocolate Ice Cream
Yummy, yummy. Look below. ;D
Lime Caramel Choc and Biscut Strudel and Fresh Berries served with Hot Lime Choc
Don’t pour too much yeah? Or caramel will be stuck to your teeth. Not ideal for dates. Take note !!
Souffle with Berries served with Maple Ice Cream
Thumbs up !
The Portuguese red wine we had was so gorgeous.. I don’t remember the name of the wine but dammit, it’s a darn good wine.
Istana Hotel
73, Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur
For Reservations : +603 2141 9988
Time to study !
Out .
Serai @ Empire, Subang Jaya
Feb 13th
Mum and I went to Empire Shopping Center for the very first time for lunch today.
Minted Calamansi Soda (RM8.5)
Serai Iced Tea (RM10.5)
It’s actually pretty addictive. But there’s so many things in the drink, there isn’t much liquid in it.
Serai Tasting Platter (RM30)
6 sticks of satay (Beef, lamb or chicken), fried squid and make-it-yourself bruschetta.
Deep Fried Crispy Brinjal with Serai Spice (Regular: RM13 , Large: RM21)
For someone like me, who hates brinjal (Yes, seriously), this is actually good. Like, REALLY good. Not much of the mushy, slimy gross taste of the brinjal either!
Mango Chicken (Regular: RM20 , Large: RM30)
It tasted and looked like fish. And soaking it in the sauce makes it pretty spicy. Be careful there.
Crispy Skinned Salmon (RM35)
Served with potato cakes, sautéed asparagus spears and crisp bread with roasted capsicum dip.
crisp bread with
roasted capsicum dip.Served with potato cakes, sautéed asparagus spears and crisp bread with roasted capsicum dip.
Nasi Kerabu (RM20)
Rice served with ayam percik, salted egg, ulam, solok lada and keropok ikan.
They use the real morning glory flowers to colour the rice too!
Sang Har Yin Yong (RM19)
Kuey teow and crispy mee hoon served in egg broth, complemented with fresh water prawns and vegetables.
Steamed fish in lime sauce (Market Price)
This is really really good. Although, it’s really spicy due to the chilli. It’s a very Thai dish. Sour and Spicy.
Pavlova (One of their selected cakes of the day)
Home baked. You can taste the lovee. (:
Macaroons
Home baked too! Yummy.
The red one’s raspberry, the yellow’s salted egg (It’s good, try it before you criticsize it.), white one’s pine nuts, and the purple’s wildberries.
The owners.
Qistina and her husband, Najib
Serai
LG37, Empire Shopping Gallery,
Jalan SS16/1, 47500 Subang Jaya.
Tel: 03-56370706
Shanghai, JW Marriot
Jan 15th
Look, you don’t need a passport to this Shanghai for great food; just head over to JW Marriott in Kuala Lumpur!
All these are part of the Standard Chartered Bank’s Extravagant 8 menu priced at RM888++ per table of 8 for its credit card holders. From now till Jan 20 to Feb 17. And you get free fortune cookies!
Salmon and fresh scallop yee sang with chef Wong Wing Yeuk’s special Chinese mustard sauce
Double boiled soup with wantan dumplings, bamboo pith and dried scallops. Lovely change from the usual sharks fin soup
Sweet and sour fish fillet with pine nuts. The fish meat is cut in such a way that, when deepfried, it bursts into a flower!
Deepfried golden tofu stuffed with foie gras and prawn paste
Braised Shanghainese pork with bamboo shoots and broccoli beautifully presented like the Forbidden City. So yummy and tasty. The meat is braised for hours. Wong says the key to this dish in using a super sharp knife to cut the meat and bamboo shoots into thin sliver. Yet, amazingly, he manages to keep the structure of the “palace” standing
Imperial fried rice with prawns, crabmeat and egg
Shanghai’s signature Xiao loong bao with pastry skin that’s really thin and translucent
Panfried nian gao coated with nutty, aromatic sesame seeds
Glutinous rice cakes in sweetened broth with red dates and dried longan
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