Bombay Spice, The Gardens Mall

Last weekend, out of boredom, decided to try this place.

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Apparently, this restaurant is under the same management as Spice Of India, which has totally different décor and atmosphere (I think price wise would be different too, must be!)

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Now, it is not easy to spot this restaurant (Bombay Spice) and a first glance. Even though I frequent Midvalley often, but it’s not until last week I noticed this place. It’s situated behind Jonker’s Street Sweets (my mistake, sorry, hehe) in the Lower Ground floor, somewhere in between Midvalley and Gardens.

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Above all, I want to comment about their service. First, the waitress was not prompt. (Because she is a WAITress?? Haha!)

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Second, I don’t appreciate it when she is screaming to her head staff across our table. I don’t need to know that the other table has waited for 20 minutes and their food has not been served. And I don’t need to know that you have to remind the cook or whoever that is in the kitchen of our order. Find other ways to communicate other than SHOUTING.

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Third, I feel uncomfortable when the waitress pacing up and down with her high heels clanging against the hard cement floor.

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My mum had ordered Mango Lassi and I had ordered Hot Lemon Tea.

What I don’t understand is why are they serving it in a paper cup. It’s just doesn’t feel right.

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My Hot Lemon Tea. It has a bit of spices inside. Really a new perspective to me.

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Then, about 40 minutes later, our Lamb Briyani came. (Please take note that I bolded “40 minutes” )

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Did you see the colour? Appetising!

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The lamb was tender. The rice was fragrant, as a Nasi Briyani should be. It came with a separate curry (the lamb is actually at the bottom of the pot) but somehow I feel it tastes better as it is, without the separate curry.

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The separate curry in on the left.

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Our bill:

What annoys me most is the 10% service charge. Argh. 

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Service was bad, but the food is good. However, the ambience doesn’t suit the price range that they have here. It feels like a food court to me.

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Will I come back? I don’t know.

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It’s Out!

I didn’t really ruined it (not wholly, anyway) but getting 3 marks over the passing marks really irks me.

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If the photocopy thingy wasn’t an issue, I expect myself to get more marks. What annoys me the most is I think I deserved better!

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Luck is not with me, definitely. Ok, the luck thing might be half half. Maybe I am too “Manly” and not “Sensitive” enough for him. 

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At least I passed. At least in the cert they don’t mention how many marks you get. Be it 3 marks over the passing mark or 2 marks shy from distinction, on the cert it will still be stated as “PASSED”.

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Maybe this is my vain attempt to console myself. (I must remind myself: I PASSED! Be thankful!!!!!!)

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A few months later, I might have completely forgotten about this.

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But in the mean time, I need to get myself some chocolates.

Kanna Curry House, Jalan Gasing

Yesterday I fetch my mum to KWSP. Then, on our back, we saw this:

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The sight of  “Makanan Daun Pisang” (Food on banana leaf ) excites us both! Been wanting to eat this long time ago, so we just proceeded!!

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Apparently, this restaurant has many branches. No wonder it sounds so familiar.

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The whole set of our Banana Leaf Rice

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Curry Chicken – Dried version which is my favourite.

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Curry Mutton – Soft and tender.

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Assorted curry – which you can choose whichever one to go with your rice.

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Hot Cow’s Milk – It’s hot and fragrant. Definitely fresh. I. LIKE.

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Rassam – Served in small cup. I don’t know whether it’s a type of drink or soup. Nevertheless, it’s a must have when you eat banana leaf rice. I could’ve drank more of this if I wasn’t so full.

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Yoghurt – This yoghurt is made by themselves. It tasted a little more sour than the commercialised yoghurt that we usually buy in supermarkets. It tasted a little weird in the beginning, but as I eat it, I got use to it and enjoyed it.

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RM32.60 for two person. Not bad I guess.

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The next time I’m here, I would like to try their Tandoori Chicken.

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Rakuzen, Chulan Square.

Doesn’t this look good??

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Went to have lunch buffet at Rakuzen today. It was a last minute decision (decided yesterday) and we just went there to try out our luck, as reservation and booking is already full.

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The spicy wasabi

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Fortunately, we get places for two of us!!! No need to say anymore! A picture speaks a thousand words!

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The setup

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Assorted Sashimi – It was a prelude to the next sessions of sashimi. It was fresh and succulent.

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Assorted sushi

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Background = Spicy Octopus , Left = Soft Shell Crab

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Salmon Sashimi – My favourite of all. I think I can have this all my life.  

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Grilled Unagi - Much, much more smaller than what the picture shows in the menu. Somehow, we are not complaining because we still have to fill in our quota with other food. Hahahaha!

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The hardworking chefs that are  working hard to fulfil our hungry stomachs.

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Forgot the name of this, but it has crispy skin and the filling is mashed potato. Very nice.

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The beef was fresh, it tastes good, but I don’t really fancy this.

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Among other food that we had ordered – Prawn Tempura, Fried Chicken (it was tender and juicy!!), Chawan Mushi (it was really smooth) and many others that I can’t recall their name anymore.

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We also ordered Green Tea Ice-cream. The ice-cream was good. It was not as heavy as Baskin Robbin’s (had it a couple months back) and much much more nicer compared to the latter one.

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RM 55++ for each person (adult). From 12pm-3pm every sunday. Our bill total up to RM128, which makes it RM63.50 per person.

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I’m really happy today eating lots of sashimi!!! 

New Toy

At a first glance, you might think this is a coffin right??

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Apparently not.

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This is my father’s new toy, Korg’s Workstation M50.

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My father had asked me to help him to pick this up from the music store.

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At first, when he handed me RM3k, I thought I got an early Angpau.

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Instead, I have to become Kuli.

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