Pasta Zanmai, Mid Valley

After visiting the 2nd Online Fashion Entrepreneurs Weekend (MOFEW) 2011 at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre, me and others decided to try on Pasta Zanmai.

Pasta Zanmai at Mid Valley Megamall

During each month, there will be different items for promotion. For this month, there are promotional items such as Soft Shell Crab Risotto Roll, Lamb Pie, Beef Bacon Pizza, Aka-Wine Teriyaki Chicken, Banana Cheese Tart, etc.

November Special at Pasta Zanmai

November Special at Pasta Zanmai

Rice special at Pasta Zanmai

Mini Pasta Set at Pasta Zanmai

Pasta Zanmai

There were so many choices in the menu! But the variety just made us blur. Luckily the Prince made a good judgement! His justification was, the pasta must be very nice, that's why it's named Pasta Zanmai! So we decided to order the mini pasta sets which was inclusive of 2 dishes.

We ordered 2 sets of mini pasta set, which were:
Set number-3: Mini Chicken Teriyaki Pasta and Mini Hotate Pizza
Set number-6: Mini Kaki Kimuchi Pasta (Oyster Pasta) and Mini Tori Kaarage Garlic Rice
Each set costs at RM 23 for 2 dishes.


The first dish- Kaki Kimuchi Pasta, from Set 6, was a type of slightly spicy soup, cooked with Oyster and fresh mushroom. The Oysters were very big and juicy.

Mini Pasta Set- 6: Mini Kaki Kimuchi Pasta

Big Oyster from Mini Kaki Kimuchi Pasta

The second dish from Set 6: Tori Kaarage Garlic Rice was just a normal garlic fried Japanese rice, with Fried Chicken. But this was not mini at all. This whole set-6 was actually more than enough for 2 persons.

Mini Pasta Set- 6: Mini Tori Kaarage Garlic Rice

The first dish from Set 3: Mini Teriyaki Chicken Pasta was topped with Teriyaki Chicken, with a half-boiled egg. When the half-boiled egg broke, it just covered all the spaghetti with egg juice.

Mini Pasta Set- 3: Mini Teriyaki Chicken Pasta

The second dish from set 3: Mini Hotate Pizza was served at just a nice portion. I highly recommend this, the pizza! The skin was thin and crispy, it was topped with seafood or scalloop. It's like a combination of Japanese and Western flavor.

Mini Pasta Set- 3: Mini Hotate Pizza

Mini Hotate Pizza

Others ordered an extra Beef rice set, which was served by Miso Soup and Vegetables Salad. It's quite nicely cooked, however i didn't take this.

Beef rice set comes with Miso Soup and Vegetables Salad

The Japanese Green Tea for a maximum sharing of 3-person. And you can have unlimited refill of hot water.

A pot of green tea

Map of Pasta Zanmai at Mid Valley

Pasta Zanmai Mid Valley is located next to Shojiki and Madam Kwan

Pasta Zanmai at Mid Valley

Pasta Zanmai at Mid Valley

Yummy, i miss the pizza very much and will sure come back again!

Besides Mid Valley, there are also Pasta Zanmai outlet at Bandar Utama (1-U Shopping Centre), Empire Shopping Centre, Hartamas Shopping Centre and Sunway Pyramid Shopping Centre.

Location: 

Pasta Zanmai (next to Madam Kwan)

First Floor, Mid Valley Megamall

Types of cuisine: Japanese

Facebook: Pasta Zanmai Facebook

Webpage: Superpasta Webpage

Tony Roma's again!

After the previous visit to Tony Roma's Pavilion outlet for my pre-birthday celebration, (you can read on my previous post about Tony Roma's Pavilion visit), i joined the Tony Roma's club online. And they sent me a voucher for a Free Entree at the Tony Roma's Pavilion outlet as my birthday gift! So i visited Tony Roma's Pavilion again!

I printed out the voucher, and i can order for any entree or main-course in the menu except for Wahyu beef.

Printed out voucher from Tony Roma's club  for Free Entree

I do not take beef, so i order a Cod fish, and replace the original side dish of vegetables to baked potato.

Cod Fish set at Tony Roma's

Yummy Cod Fish, it was soft and juicy, and most important, it was fresh. I like the baked potato too, which  had a thick skin. =p

Big  Baked Potato of Cod Fish Set

Beverage: Strawberry 

Location: Tony Roma's Pavilion, Level 1 Pavilion Shopping Centre
Type of cuisine: Western
Website: tonyromas.com.my

Durian Durian, KLCC

Durian Durian is one of the new kiosks in KLCC. Most of the food here is made from durian- The King of tropical fruit!

Previously i posted about new KLCC kiosks in my previous posts, which are Gong-cha pearl milk tea, Chocolat World, and this Durian Durian.

As a Malaysian, most of us know what is Durian. Either you love it extremely, or you hate it very much. But for foreigners, they might not aware of this special fruit- Durian! Some describe the smell as unique, but some describe it as fart-smell. Some run hundred-feet away when smell Durian, some go everywhere to find for delicious species Durian.

Durian, is described as having unique odour, and formidable thorn- covered husk. The edible flesh emits a distinctive odour, strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact. The smell has been described variously as almonds, rotten onions, turpentine and gym socks. However, the 19th-century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace famously described its flesh as a "rich custard highly flavoured with almonds."

~ source from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian. 

Of course here, in the newly open kiosk, you cannot find fresh Durian. But there are readily made pastries, specially made from Durian. There are cakes, puff, biscuits, tarts, etc, available at this new "Durian Durian" kiosk.

Durian-Durian at Suria KLCC

Cakes and biscuits made from durian

Durian Crumble Cheese Tart at Durian-Durian
RM 5.00 per piece

Durian Cheese Cake at Durian-Durian
RM 6.00 per piece

This is quite an interesting item, egg pudding in the egg shell!

Egg Pudding at Durian-Durian
RM 4.50 for 2 pcs

I can't wait to try this. It was cold as they kept it in fridge, soft and fragrant with egg and slight durian smell.

Soft Egg Pudding from Durian-Durian

I bought this after 9pm in the evening, and i enjoy an extra promotion discount at 20% off.
I guess this shop will attract lots of the foreigners or tourists as Durian (the King of tropical fruits) is a seasonal fruits. It's not always a Durian season so sometimes it's hard to find Durian during the non-peak season. And Durian is absolutely a no-go for airplanes, i guess not the readily made pastry!

The Star 40th Anniversary Bid and Win Promotion

Recently, since the last Friday, 11-11-11, the hottest topic among newspaper is this- The Star Bid and Win Promotion! Everyone seems to start collecting points by buying more The Star Newspaper (beside the original purpose which is to drive reading culture in Malaysia).

To participate, it's very simple, just collect as much points as you can to bid for the prizes you want!
1. Collect The Star points and cut out the coupon on each day The Star Front Page.
2. Decide on the prizes you want and bid for the amount (according to the points you have collected).
3. Send a sms to The Star for the bid. Each sms costs you 30 cents.
4. If successful and you are among the highest bidding, The Star will call you to answer a simple question.
5. If you can answer the question correctly, present the original cut out to The Star Points to redeem your prizes!

The bidding promotion will run for 8 weeks. So for each 2 weeks, there will be one round of prizes. For 11 November 2011 to 24 November, it's called diamond series. The hot attractive prizes include Samsung Galaxy S II, Canon Camera EOS 60D and Mac Book Air 11 inches!

Diamond Series Prizes List
The Star 40th Anniversary Bid and Win Promotion

At the last round of bidding which is the Ruby Series, the grand prize includes a Peugeot RCZ!

Peugeot RCZ, Grand Prize
The Star 40th Anniversary Bid and Win Promotion

Read thestar online news regarding The Star 40th Anniversary Bid and Win Promotion The Star 40th Anniversary Bid and Win Promotion.

So now, the concern topic regarding the points, when will it be the day for the highest point? The points will be among 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 points.
On 11-11-11, which is the first day, the rewarded bid points is quite high - 400 points!
And here are the updates for each day:
11-11-11 (Fri): 400 Points
12-11-11 (Sat): 200 Points
13-11-11 (Sun): 500 Points
14-11-11 (Mon): 100 Points

Today's Point- 13-11-11
500 Points
The Star 40th Anniversary Bid and Win Promotion

Today's Point- 14-11-11
100 Points
The Star 40th Anniversary Bid and Win Promotion

Details taken from The Star 40th Anniversary Bid and Win Webpage.

I read a news article online that one girl in Penang actually bought 200 pieces of same The Star Newspaper on the first day and collected 80,000 points! I think i will not do this..
I guess the idea now is, read The Star more and ask your friend to read The Star to get a S-II or Apple!
I want a Samsung Galaxy s II, how about you?

KLCC new snacking place: Gong Cha, Durian Durian, Chocolat World and Tong Pak Fu

Recently in November 2011, KLCC has renovated and there are a few new kiosks in the middle of the previous Haagen-Dazs space (outside Maybank branch KLCC).

The famous kiosk, Gong Cha, especially for pearl milk tea, and other juice, coffee and tea.

Gong-cha homepage

Gong Cha at Suria KLCC

Durian Durian, is another kiosk selling pastry made from durian. Durian is the King among all the fruits in Malaysia. There are cakes, pudding, puff, etc, which is surely a must-try-place for durian lovers like me!

Durian Durian at Suria KLCC

Chocolat World, is selling fine chocolate, and other types of pastry such as Macaroons!

The chocolate looks very tempting, with different types of flavor and filling.

Chocolat World at Suria KLCC

For restaurant/ shop instead of kiosk, there is a new Tong Sui shop from Hong Kong, situated not far from the kiosks. It is a few shops next to the newly renovated KLCC Isetan Food Market.
It's named Tong Pak Fu, just renovated in October. The famous one in menu includes Snow Ice, Hot dessert, Tau Fu Fa, etc. And there is also a western dessert called creme brulee! It's a type of soft pudding made from egg, with a layer of burnt sugar on top.
Tong Pak Fu facebook

Tong Pak Fu at Suria KLCC

I believe there will be more shops coming up at Suria KLCC!

Location: Suria KLCC LG Floor (Outside Maybank KLCC branch, or Guardian)

Cuisine: Snack food

Redemption of coupon everyday.com.my: Opps Cheese Tart

Recently, buying deals online is a new trend of shopping as customer can save up to 90% discount on products or services ranging from meals, garments, daily necessity to entertainment. This is my another redemption from everyday.com.my. This Opps Cheese Tart is located at Pavilion.
This is their Opps Cheese Tart deal.

Opps Cheese Tart at Pavilion Level 1

Spotting the right yellow kiosk at the food court in Pavilion named Opps Cheese Tart, i quickly went to the counter.

The original price for a piece of Opps Cheese Tart is RM3.80 per piece. I bought the RM9.80 deal from everyday at more than 50% discount!

 I redeemed my coupon and looked for nice flavor. The flavor i found very interesting, especially the black carcoal one.

Flavour i choose:
1. Blueberry with cranberry Topping
2. Black Carcoal
3. Chocolate
4. Green tea
5. Black sesame
6. Almond

My redeemed Opps Cheese Tart

My redeemed Opps Cheese Tart

S for Sexy!

Other Flavour available:
1. Coffee
2. Marble
3. Strawberry
4. Pumpkin
5. Lemon
6. Kiwi

That was the last day of redemption, i reach there around 7pm ++. I was very lucky that i still can make the redemption, as only few tarts left!

Only few tarts left on the last day of redemption

The display fridge was clear! But it was full with packed cheese tart in boxes. All the cheese tarts was reserved and everyone was coming last minute for the redemption!

Fridge was filled with packaged Opps Cheese Tart reserved for redemption

For the packet of 6 cheese tart, the packaging was very nice. It's a one piece cardboard folded into a box which is convenient to carry.

Nice packaging of Opps Cheese Tart

In overall, the cheese tart is yummy. The special flavors such as charcoal, fruits and nuts etc are tempting. However after trying most of the flavor, i still prefer the original cheesy smell.


To know more about how to buy a deal from everyday and redeem it? You can read my previous post about redemption at mid valley delifrance. Redemption on Delifrance



Location:
Opps Cheese Tart
Level 1, Pavilion KL,
168, Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100 KL.
Facebook: Opps Cheesetart Facebook

Stroop Waffle from Holland

My friend brought me a packet of nice waffles from Holland. The crispy biscuit is clipped with filling of caramel, something like the Cadbury Chocolate Sweet. It's called "Stroop Wafels", which means syrup waffle in english. It's originated from Gouda, Netherlands.

The stiff batter for the waffles is made from flour, butter, brown sugar, yeast, milk, and eggs. Medium sized balls of batter are put on the waffle iron. After the waffle has been baked, and while it's still warm, it's cut into halves. The warm filling, made from syrup, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon, is spread between the waffle halves, gluing them together.

~~ extracted from en.wikipedia

I really want to try the crispy hot version of this in Holland. Yummy!

Stroop Waffle

Stroop Waffle from Holland

Tony Roma's , Pavilion KL

 That was my pre-birthday celebration at Tony Roma's Pavilion outlet. Tony Roma's for me, is famous for its big portion. Not only available in Pavilion, there are other outlet such as Sunway Pyramid, E-curve, The Garden- Mid Valley, One Mont Kiara and Jalan Yap Kwan Seng.

Tony Roma's was doing promotion for September and October during my visit. And yes there were extra gifts for September and October birthday babies!

Tony Roma's Promotion: Gifts of Satisfaction, Treats for Celebration

Tony Roma's Promotion: Roma's Sampler, Mojo Chicken and Rosemary Chicken

For October Halloween month, there were special pumpkin meal: Creamy Pumpkin something..and Pumpkin soup + Pumpkin Dirty Pie..So some of the waiters there were wearing Halloween costume while celebrating the month of Halloween! For Halloween, Tony Roma's is having a photography contest. For details, you can visit Tony Roma's website.

Tony Roma's Halloween Promotion: Pumpkin Meal

Tempting Dessert

Observe the knife. See how big it is comparing to the normal size fork. So bigger knife cuts a tastier meat? =)

Big Knife!

 We were first served with an appetizer, the baguette with garlic butter.

Appertizer: Baguette

My order, the Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Chicken. There were two big pieces of chicken breast meat. Seriously, including the rice, i couldn't finish it alone. The portion was..BIG!

Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Chicken

Big Portion of Rosemary Chicken

Then the happiest moment for me, to enjoy the Hot Melted Chocolate Lava Cake with freezing cold Vanila Icecream! It's called Chocolate Avalanche. This is free for October birthday babies. It was supposed to look like this:

Chocolate Avalanche

But it turned out to be like this:

Free Dessert: Chocolate Avalanche for October Baby!

But seriously, it was nice! i love this very much..yummy! I wish i can have this everyday in my birthday month, but i guess it will not only adding happiness, but few extra pounds on me!

And i received too, a voucher of Tony's Asian Salad Fried Chicken, which can be redeemed during the next visit.

Location: Tony Roma's Pavilion, Level 1 Pavilion Shopping Centre
Type of cuisine: Western
Website: tonyromas.com.my