ONE DAY TWO LADIES HAVING AWESOME ITALIAN FOOD AT IL FARO PAVILION

The story starting from two moms escape from tiring boring housework, having some quality me-time at IL FARO. Women need to be pampered, we just want some quality moments for ourselves sometimes, no hubby, no kids, no boss, no others but just bitch talks with our girls.

Feeling great to have some wine at 3pm, our Sangrias!

Sangria (RM25), made of red wine, grand mamier, orange juice & sprite. Girls will like this, I bet!

Now they are having Happy Hour promo, whole jar of Sangria only RM65++ from 3-9pm.

My girl just complaint she lost her appetite recently causing by stress. Yes, stress kills everything. Suddenly we smell some awesome cooking scent coming from kitchen. Holy cow, it was so tempting.. How good to see rains falling from sky, listening to soothing music, smelling good food from kitchen and waiting for them to be served in such a cold raining day.

First we had sort of appetizer, the ANTIPASTI PLATTER, portion big enough for both of us. Come closer to my platter, you will see...

Grilled fresh tiger prawn, with fresh herbs! 

Beef Salami...

Fresh salmon, served best with a squeeze of lemon juice while we can't get any wasabi in Italian restaurant.

Enough for meat? We need some veggies as well. Grilled fresh button mushroom with lots lots of rosemary. It taste very juicy, not overcooked, perfect!

Three sides came along, that's my favor olives, sundried tomatoes and feta cheeeeeese!

IL FARO has four different types of antipasti platter for chosen with different main but the sides are remain the same.

They serves awesome bread. Tear it and dip with sauce (pix below) and here your satisfaction begin!

Okay what else did I have? Florentine Pizza (RM30), ingredient included beef salami, onion, capsicum,pesto,olive & egg. This dish is one of the IL Faro specialty: Fresh hand tossed pizza served with rich tomato and basil sauce.

Freshly baked authentic focaccia, not in the menu but you can order from their sandwiches.

Seafood Pumpkin Risotto (RM30), one of the must try dish. Mix seafood with roasted pumpkin and capsicum topped with parmigiano, fulled my tummy indeed!

How can I end meal with my favor desserts? Creme Brulee (RM12), oven baked custard topped with crispy Brulee sugar. Perfect full-stop with a signature classic French dessert. I was truly satisfied. 

Oh ya, IL FARO having their monthly promo ANTIPASTI PLATTER just for RM45++

me with bff Kit, and also the chef Willy who cooked us all these fantastic food. 

IL FARO located at level 3 of Pavilion (same street of Starbucks), little cozy corner to hangout. 

IL FARO

• 168 Jalan bukit Bintang
• 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

RSVP +60321488388 , 0176939020

Like their Facebook page www.facebook.com/ilfaropavilion

Dinner At Silver Spoon

Soft Shell Crab Salad with some greenies around. Initially I thought they are using tiny soft shell crab like we ate in Japanese restaurant. For this, the crab size pretty big yet still crunchy. Not bad!

Chargrilled Calamari Salad, very juicy squids was grilled to perfection, dressed with lemon vinaigrette & arugula. Try try try!

Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms with fresh bread crumbs, herbs & Parmesan cheese, passed!

Classic Smoked Salmon Pizza with tomatoes, onion & avocado on very thin crust. Thumbs up for this!

Our beef lasagna!

Another perfect dish Grilled Lamb Chop, lamb was tender & juicy grilled as description from the menu, side came along with sweet polenta (so so only) & greenies.

Dishes above were rated above level, worth for a try when you visit Silver Spoon. But there was a disappointment from Black Angus Rib Eye Steak (no pix). It wasn't about the way they grilled but the meat itself wasn't tasted so premium as mentioned. RM53 is not a common price to have a steak in Kepong area and I can say that dish was a failure. Reviewed based from personal taste and try at your own risk. :)

Location: No.2, 1st Floor, Wisma Menjalara, Jalan 7A/62A, Bandar Menjalara, 52200 K.LBusiness hour: 1130am to 3pm , 6pm to 11pm daily

Contact: 03-6277 0445

Crab Feast @ Restaurant Siu Siu Jalan Sungai Besi

It was just a casual family dinner, five of us whacked 3 huge crabs and some simple yummy dishes at Restaurant Siu Siu Jalan Sungai Besi. This is a branch of famous Siu Siu located at Robson Height, and also a better option if you don't want to wait so long for meal to be served. We have our crabs in three different cooking way: steamed crab, claypot butter crab & salted egg crab. 

Eat in the proper sequence, I start with this mild taste steamed crab first. Nothing much but the real fresh crab meat merged together with ginger & egg white, simply yummy. Siu Siu crab size pretty standard, hence charged per piece but not kilo, RM56 for this steam crab.

Second, very creamy milky butter crab, best served with mantou, RM56 for this.

Deep fried mantou, bestie of creamy gravy.

The holy-crab, salted egg crab. Crab shell coated evenly with salted egg as you seen, none of them drop on plate. It taste heavenly good, RM59 worth for a try.

This Claypot Curry Prawn生虾煲 listed in Siu Siu top 10 famous signature dish, served with vermicelli. Needless to mention prawn huge and fresh, vermicelli fully absorbed essence of thick soup (pix below), bravo taste! They charged roughly RM50 per prawn, so your bill depends on how many prawns you order.

Another must try in Siu Siu, traditional recipe Char Siu for RM30. Eat now and guilty later okay?

Dragon Ball Pork Ribs, inside meat was tenderly cooked outer layer taste creamy blend of mayo & dragon fruit. RM20 for your try,

Meat eaters finally balance our meal with the only vege dish, Stir Fried Green Dragon 清炒青龙菜, good wok qi 锅气 only for RM15.

Restaurant Siu Siu environment

Great place for casual dining, family outing, friends gathering even business dining, because they have open space, VIP room, stage and fountain zone with koi pond. 

Location

No 1, Kampung Satu Seksyen 93, Jalan Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur, 57100 

03-9222 2203 / 016-3708555

Seputeh Location

No 15-11, Lorong Syed Putra Kiri, Taman Seputeh, 50450
016-309 8038

Business Hour
Monday to Sunday 10am - 10pm

I Love Yum Cha: A new dim sum place at Kepong Manjalara!

I was misunderstood when I first saw the signboard of I love Yum Cha, initially thought it was some great place hangout for bubble milk or coffee but it was definitely a beautifully mistake. I love Yum Cha, a restaurant which served you to truly handmade Hong Kong style 一盅三件 dim sum with pot of Chinese tea. Or, I suppose to say I love 叹茶 （if you able to read Chinese) after try on their food. I'm going to spam you with tons of authentic Hong Kong dim sum, portion consider huge in the little steam basket. All of them were freshly made, I can tell from every bite. :)

 Salted egg custard bun, inner filling is perfectly melted when I tearing the bun into haft, must try item!

 Salted egg custard bun 咸蛋流沙包， rm5.5

Piggy Bun 猪仔包，rm6.5 (only available on Sat & Sun)

Polo Bun 波萝包，rm6 (only available on Sat & Sun)

Honey BBQ Pork Puff 蜜汁叉烧酥， rm4.8

Deep fried Salad Shrimps 米网沙律芒果卷, rm5.5

Deep fried Black Pepper Flavored Bacon Roll 黑椒烟肉卷, rm5.5

Hey pork lover how can you miss this amazing dim sum?

Irresistible when the bacon fat melt in your tongue, eat now guilty later okay?

Translucent Scallop Dumplings 晶带子铰, rm6

Thumbs up for big scallop in thin skin.

Siew Mai (pork dumpling) 鱼子烧卖, rm4.8

One bite can't finish one piece, now you know what is the huge stand for? Meat taste absolutely fresh. If you yelled their price is slightly higher than nearby dim sum shop, I tell you here quality is above their level and portion definitely more worth for your tummy.

Shark Fin Dumpling 鱼翅卖, rm4.8

  

Shanghai Pot Stickers 上海煎锅贴, rm5.5

Best served with some ginger and vinegar!

Egg Tarts, yum yum...

Deep fried Taro Puff 蜜窝芋角, rm4.8

Stir fried Radish Cake 香炒萝卜糕, rm6

Don't judge this plate of fried radish cake with eyes until you put it in your mouth. 

Taste was so awesome with wok qi (锅气), one of the must have item!

Yam Pork Ribs 芋香汁排骨, rm4.8

Deep fried Sesame Coated Mochi with Lotus Seed Paste 金黄芝麻枣, rm3.8

Bean curd Sheets and Shrimps Wrapped with Rice Noodle Roll 鲜虾腐皮肠粉, rm6

They keep try on new items for new surprise so that foodies won't feel bored. Worth for a try during your visit.

Dumpling in vinegar

Octopus Siew Mai

As I mentioned earlier, I love Yum Cha is a great place to taste Chinese tea. If you have plenty of time, please slow down steps to enjoy the art of Chinese tea. Gordon demo the proper way of making Old Pu Er, no kidding, it's definitely a deep knowledge from ancient.

Pu Er was served in up-side-down. Upper thin cup capture hot scent (热香）of tea, where cold scent (冷香）remained in the tea (茶汤). It was amazing to know same pot of tea smell different within few minute in different temperature. Wanna know more? Visit I love Yum Cha, Gordon willing to share with all of you. This humble man know lots of tea knowledge than I do.

Interior of I love Yum Cha, pretty cozy place. Great for group craving or family dining (They have too much options for chosen, great for sharing)

 

I love Yum Cha Location

Plaza Manjalara, Jalan 8/62a, 

Taman Manjalara, 52200 KL

Contact

03-6732 5308

GPS Coordinate

3.193778,101.630164

Please like I love Yum Cha FB page for latest info.