Ten28ight Boutique Cafe @ Desa Sri Hartamas

A relaxing high tea session..

Thankful to Groupon that brought us to try the afternoon tea set at this boutique cafe locating in Crystal Villa 2, Desa Sri Hartamas at only RM32 for two.

A rather outstanding cafe with my favourite RED wall painting! hehe..

Ten28ight Boutique Cafe has simple yet cosy indoor garden-inspired decoration, felt like stepping into a vintage English cafe with all the green lawn that makes people feel comfortable with.

Despite it looks like a nice afternoon tea garden-themed cafe, unexpectedly, it offers other local dishes at reasonably cheap price. 

Thought of adding on some sandwiches,
if the tea set was not enough.. xD

Coffee or tea or flower tea pot is included in the afternoon tea set. And yeah, I sticked to my old preference, my all-time-favourite hot cappuccino hehe..

The service was a bit slow as we have been waiting for some time after seated. Well, glad that it worth the time as every single pieces of savoury pastries & desserts turn out to be nice. We can see that they had put some effort in providing a quality tea set for us, instead of serving it just for the profit-earning motive.  

Serving on a two-tier old-fashioned, classy English tea stand.

Every single pieces shows how they worked hard in producing the quality savoury pastries. They are not too fat, not too sweet, and in the best texture (most importantly, the amount is just right for two of us whee..).

Quiche is awesomely nice with its custard, cheese, meat fillings,
and it is not too greasy.

The curry puff is super crispy and i love puff with juicy fillings.

Similarly, I love the crispy samosa with appropriate amount of spiciness.

Custard tart topped with kiwi, peach, and strawberry.

The cheese tart is light and frankly, not our favourite. =X

The parfait is nice as it is not too sweet, puffy,
and with generous amount of berries in the middle. 

The macarons are not too sweet, but they have
slight different texture with what we had before, more sticky.

Lastly, we can choose one cake from the counter, depends on the availability. Lack of choices, we selected our favourite chocolate moist cake, it is okay only but not too bad at all.

After all, it was definitely a worthy tea set that we had enjoyed. I like the crispy crust of the pastries and the desserts which were not overly sweet, that we won't feel too fatty in the end.

Address:
10 Grd Floor Crystal Villa 2
Desa Sri Hartamas 22B/70A
50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Operating Hours: Mon-Sun 12:00-20:00
Phone: 03-6201 2628

CHEERS! ♥☺

twenty.one @ BSC

My Birthday Dinner.. ;D

After considering a few selections for my birthday dinner venue, I have decided to try twenty.one, which is located in the Bangsar Shopping Centre (BSC). There are four types of seats (dining table, table+terrace, bar, lounge) to be chosen upon reservation & I chose the table+terrace's, with a nice KL city view.

Twenty.one is a bar & restaurant, with nice ambiance and slight dim light. The dining area looks high class and romantic, which is definitely a good place for dating.

The food selection in the menu is not too broad, in contrast, there is broader range of beverages (especially for the alcoholic drinks).

Before the mains were served, they served some bread in small cubic size as the starter, to temporarily fill up our hungry stomach.

For the snacks...

Duck spring rolls - flour tortilla filled with duck meat,
cucumbers, carrots, and spring onions (with chili hoi sin sauce).
It would be great if there is more duck meat. ;D

Pandan chicken skewers - with thai chili sauce.
Nice to dip with the sour thai chili sauce!

For the mains..

Roast chicken breast - stuffed with
mushrooms, garlic mash, bak choy & spanish salsa.

Chicken burger - with pickles, cheese, homemade relish & shoe string fries.
This is such a huge portion for a girl's appetite, but it was a bit dry.

Creamy fettuccini - with smoked salmon & spinach.

Fish & chips - served with fries & homemade tartar sauce.

Fish burger - served with wedges & homemade tartar sauce.

Thai green risotto - with spicy chicken & tempura spring onions.
Quite a special dish of risotto, with some thai green chili taste. 

Mushroom risotto for mine, with tempura oyster mushrooms & parmesan wafer.
Oops, sorry that I was too hungry that I forgot to snap a picture of it =X
Btw, the tempura oyster mushrooms are delicious & the parmesan wafer
tastes like some cheese stick, yummy but a bit salty.

For the dessert..

Passionfruit creme brulee - with dark chocolate.
The creme brulee is delicious with its right amount of burnt caramel topcoat &
the dark chocolate is so nice that we can tell that it is of better chocolate quality. 

For the beverages..

Hot chocolate

Mojito

Orange juice

Sex on the beach

Virgin ace

AND lastly, what is so nice about twenty.one?

Every Wednesday & Thursday are ladies nights from 9pm till late, where we can have their selected cocktails for free hehe..

Hot pommegranite - a mix of tequila, triple sec,
pommegranate syrup & lime cordial.
It tastes nice with suitable amount of sweetness.

Luscious lavender - a mix of gin, lavender syrup & fresh lemon juice.
This is my favourite, strong enough yet not too sweet.

Lycheetini - a mix of vodka & fresh blended lychee.
Tastes like a lychee drinks with slight vodka.

Sexy apple - a mix of vodka, green apple, peach syrup & pineapple juice.
Just like a normal green apple juice, with a little bit of vodka taste.

Twenty.one's food is not bad at all & are in generous portion. Besides that, they have big varieties of drinks to choose from & nice cocktails during ladies night (which can be ordered unlimitedly over the night). x) It is a nice chilling place and I would definitely consider to come again next time, probably for a nice drinks and dessert.

Address:
T1 Level 3 Bangsar Shopping Centre
285 Jalan Maarof
59000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 
Operating Hours: Mon-Sun 12:00-03:00
Phone: 03-2287 0021

CHEERS! ♥☺

Gelare @ eCurve

I love waffles...

Recently, my freaky heart had been craving for a nice waffle all the times. After some times of yearning, finally I came to this waffle shop in e@curve (used to call it Cineleisure). Gelare has been operating here for years and I had almost forgotten its existence until my friend reminded me of this hehe..

Gelare is located at the Ground floor of e@curve. It is a nice cafe with the colourful wallpaper illustrating how people love eating their waffle haha..

To my knowledge, Gelare not only famous for their waffles, but also the pancakes. Too bad that I haven't get to try the pancakes though.

Looking at its menu board, Gelare sells waffles, pancakes, and ice-cream too. Gelare's ice cream is nice in the sense that they have rich and smooth texture which definitely make us opt for more. 

They have waffle in original, chocolate chip, and tutti frutti AND
we can choose to serve it with 1 up to 3 scoops of ice-cream.

Aww, this is so tempting for all the chocolate lovers!

They have varieties of nice ice-cream flavours that made me go headache in choosing which to be perfectly served with my waffle. Cookie dough, pistachio nut, raspberry sorbet, etc... 

So, here's my final choice! A regular waffle with a scoop of mocha chip ice cream. The waffle is very fluffy with slight crunchy at the edge. But I was wondering why was it not hot at all even it was just freshly made. Hmm...

Yes! A normal waffle isn't enough for a greedy eater like me hehe.. AND most importantly, how can i resist the calling of chocolate since Gelare seems to be strongly recommending this through the poster and promotion board. xP 

So, here I had the chocolate dipped waffle. Similarly, it would be nicer if it is hot.

After all, Gelare's waffle is nice but still there is room for improvement. I would prefer if it is crunchier and hotter. My craving has been half fulfilled after trying out the nice waffle in Gelare. Why was it half only? =P

Because I was missing the super crunchy waffle outside my uni, which is spreaded over with super thick layer of chocolate and peanut butter.. Yummsss

RM2.80 waffle outside the Sunway Uni's Orange.
But it was disappointing that it wasn't as nice as before anymore.
No more that crunchy and no more thick spreads.

Here I am.. A happy kid with her waffle craving fulfilled~ xD

Address:
Level G, Lot G-30&31 E-Curve
No.24 Jalan PJU7/3 Mutiara Damansara
47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Operating Hours: Mon-Sun 10:00-22:00
Phone: 03-7725 7586

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The Bee @ Jaya One

The Bee is buzzing around~

The Bee has opened their two branches in Malaysia. The one I visited - Jaya One's outlet and another one is situated in the Publika mall. Simple yet nice environment in Jaya One brought us a nice dining experience here.

Some bar seats available inside &
tables are placed outdoor to occupy more customers.

There is a bar inside with a cake counter right at its corner, displaying the cakes of the day. Therefore, the menu does not list out any cakes choices. Every flavour is depending on its availability & we ought to have a look from the cakes counter ourselves. 

Oops! Cakes counter was not snapped in this picture..
Anywayz, it's just at the right corner. ;)

  

The Bee sells Western meal with its burgers, pastas & sandwiches being the mains. Others than that, they have salads and also snacks like quesadilla & nachos.

For alcoholic drinks, The Bee serves mainly the beers and wines. Their choices are few but are of reasonable prices.

Before having the main, I had the chicken avocado salad as my appetiser. The avocado is blended into gravy sauce to pour onto the greens. The salad is nice as I personally love the avocado juice and most importantly, fresh greens are the fundamental clue to a great salad. 

For the main, as the choices are not of a wide range, I chose to have their recommended Bee Burger. The Bee Burger is made of their house-made fat, thick beef patty, and is enhanced with the turkey bacon, cheddar and pickles. What I found delicious in the burger is the beef patty, which is grilled to a juicy medium-rare, with appropriate tenderness & of great, fine ground beef.  

Moving to the cakes, I chose the tiramisu cake because it physically appeared to be kinda similar with the one in Alexis (FYI, I love the one in Alexis hehe..). However, this is farly behind the Alexis one. Its tiramisu and alcohol added are not up to a perfect portion & the caramelised nuts were not crunchy as expected.

Last but not least, what is the attraction point of The Bee?

- The Last Polka ice cream -

The Last Polka ice cream is available in several restaurants. For where I know besides than The Bee, it is sold in Fat Spoon @ Damansara Uptown too.

- So, what is so special about The Last Polka ice cream?

  Unique flavours such as teh tarik, salted gula melaka, nutella...etc. 

...AND of course, we came for its GUINESS flavour~

This is such an inordinary flavour,
where guinness beer's 'bitter' has been transformed into a 'sweet' ice cream.
It is special but a bit weird to have guinness in sweet taste. xD  

Oops! Since when Ivy has become the ambassador? xP

The Bee is worth a try and for my next visit, I would like to try its pasta. The Bee's ice-cream cakes would be my next choice too as the neslo and horlicks caramel flavours are quite tempting. Of course, The Last Polka Dot ice cream is a not-to-be-missed item in The Bee. I'm so gonna to try the nutella ice-cream! ;P

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Address:

2A-G, Block K, Jaya One

72A Jalan Universiti
46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Operating Hours: Mon-Fri 09:00-late, Sat-Sun 10:00-late

Phone: 03-7960 2160

CHEERS! ♥☺