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

Paddington House of Pancake

Chocolate fondue is nice. Slices of fruits and pastry dipped into hot melted chocolate. It tastes best for me, when sour fruits combine with sweet chocolate. It will just melt your heart.
Eating chocolate fondue is enjoying. You can dip anything according to your DIY if you do it at home. You can choose variety of food for dipping. You can dip any amount of chocolate according to your own preference. Eating chocolate fondue when the weather is cold is even nicer as it will warm you up. It's not only enjoying but also relaxing, and romantic. You can chat or read while dipping.

Me and the prince went to Paddington House of Pancake at Mid Valley for tea break.

A set of Chocolate Fondue from Paddington House of Pancake

We ordered this chocolate fondue, but i have forgotten the exact name of it. The chocolate fondue consists of:
1. mini-coin size of pancake
2. fruits such as strawberry and peach
3. a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and
4. marshmallow

Fruits and pancake for Chocolate Fondue

This is the hot melted chocolate. It's melted and heated up by using candle. You can see the blowing bubble. They must have mixed something besides chocolate chips. The sweetness is just nice. But the portion is obviously not enough for us, the chocolate lovers.

Hot Melted Chocolate

Paddington House of Pancake

Location: Address: Paddington House of Pancake (PHOP)
LG-216, Lower Ground Floor,
The Gardens, Mid Valley City
Type of cuisine: Pancake with dishes
Location map: http://g.co/maps/2nqu6
Website link: http://paddingtonpancakes.com

New Isetan in KLCC: Isetan Food Market

The new Isetan in Suria KLCC is now opened. This is the first time i see Isetan with food market. It's called Isetan Foodmarket. I supposed they open earlier than the opening date, when i visited the place it was 7th of September. There are lots of new merchants in the Isetan new Foodmarket. Fresh food there include: Vegetables, Fruits, Frozen seafood, pastry, etc, as what normal merchants provide.

The things here attract me, especially the seafood and pastry. Most of the frozen seafood Isetan Suria KLCC has, are from Japan. Why i say they attract me? As they are cute, and i couldn't find in normal places like Giant or Cold Storage. Normal seafood we can find are: Salmon, Clam, Tuna, Oyster, Fish, Crab, Cod Fish, etc, yes. But what i see here, are quite special, and they are of course expensive too.

1. A slice of Imported Australian Wagyu beef steak sold at RM30++

2. Awabi Yamarakani: I don't understand what it means. But i think it's a type of Abaloon (recognize from the Chinese character).

3. Hotate x x: I guess this should be fresh scallop from Japan? 10 pieces for RM80?? oh..

4. Hotate Tepanyaki: This should be the scallop with tepanyaki sauce.

5. Tako: One of the Optopus tail cost more than RM20.

5. Amaebi Sashimi: Prawn is not rare. But the prawns, even smaller than my last finger, sold at RM15++ for only 10 pieces are rare! I should have taken the photo with my finger! They really look- small and cute!

6. Taraba Bedoro: The Long Leg of crab. Yummy, this should be sweet and meaty! It will need just a bit of salt, cheese, garlic, and an oven.

7. Oh, this is real traditional Japanese Taufu then? I wonder how they taste, travelling far from oversea.

8. Tartare Aperfrais: Are they cheese? They are just as big as my little thumb.

There are lots more food to discover. I guess you can learn Japanese fast here, especially the special seafood name. 

Location: Isetan Suria KLCC Food Market

Concourse Floor

http://g.co/maps/zv986

Visit their website or brochure of Isetan Foodmarket for further details

Royale Chulan Ramadhan Buffet

It was Nuzul Al-Quran day (17th August) that my company treated all of us to this Buka Puasa buffet at Royale Chulan.

I guess all tables on that evening was fully booked. There were many other people from different companies. And there are lots of food variety too, that i couldn't manage to taste all.

The main dishes: Chicken, Beef, Prawn, etc..with all the middle east dish name which i don't understand.


The appetizer: "Lok-lok" (something like satay), "Aneka Kerabu"- Variety of salad, "Jeruk Buah" - pickled fruits, etc..
I like the salad very much, some with local malay taste and some with thailand taste.


The noodle station was like all-in-one, where you can any type you want: Mee Bandung, laksa, curry etc, I can't remember all.
Some traditional malay food such as "satay", "ketupat", "lemang", "Gulai Kari", "ulam ulaman"- raw vegetables, etc..


Western and Malaysian Pastry: Bread with mushroom soup, Kebab, Roti John, pizza.
I love the fresh mushroom on the pizza very much.


Other delicacies such as Roasted lamb, "Ikan bakar"- grilled fish, Grilled seafood, etc.


There was also fresh shashimi at the small japanese food counter.



Dessert was quite interesting: Chocolate fountain, over 50 bottles of traditional raya cookies for your choices, malay kuih and western cake, fresh local fruits, etc.
I was excited to see over 100 types of ingredient for Ice Kacang! It looked colourful and tempting, but i don't have enough space for this.


Dessert is my favourite. There were so many choices of cakes, tarts, western dessert, especially cheese cake. I should have tried these earlier before the stomach got full.



The price for this Ramadan buffet is RM 99 nett for adults and RM 49 nett for senior citizen and children.
If you come with an empty and elastic stomach, you can try all the food. But don't expect all to be above your expectation level. For variety wise, yes, this is so far the buffet that i had with the most choices including local and western style.




Location:
The Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur
6 Jalan Conlay
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: 603-2688 9688
Fax: 603-2688 9788
Type of cuisine: Buffet style including local and international

Kelantan Delight: Sooka KL

I actually miss Kelantan Malay Food so much. Kelantan is famous for its own Malay delicacies such as
1. Budu: a type of fish sauce made from Anchovies, taken as chilli sauce
2. Nasi Dagang: red color rice, normally eat with curry chicken or curry fish
3. Nasi Kelabu :blue color rice mixed with raw vegetables, sometimes with fried chicken and/or salted egg
4. Ayam Percik: Roasted chicken with creamy coconut chilli sauce
5. Ulam: Raw vegetables normally to be consumed with budu
6. Akok: a type of soft fluffy locally made kuih similar to pancake

A restaurant in Sooka Sentral offers great taste of Kelantanese delicacies!




Nasi Budu, it comes with budu, curry, ulam, and a grilled fish



Nasi Kerabu with Ayam Percik,


Kelantan Laksa,


Location: Sooka Sentral (next to KL Sentral building)
Type of cuisine: Local Kelantanese

Di-Atas Brasserie High Tea Buffet: Legend Hotel, KL

The Legend Hotel High Tea Buffet provides international cuisine such as western, Thailand, Japanese, as well as local Malaysian Malay, Chinese and Indian food. There are lots of choices, from main course, to dessert. The only limitation is that they don't provide much seafood. However, the place was almost full house during my visit. It may be due to the affordable price range for hotel style buffet.

A variety of western food: Burger, Pizza, Pasta..


Local Nasi Beriani with dishes,



Local Chinese and Malay cuisine,



There are a few special stations such as:
1. Sandwich station, where you can make your own sandwiches from tuna, bacon, vegetables, cheese, etc.
2. Pancake station. The pancakes are made on the spot, and you can add fruits jam, peanut butter, or honey, as much as you wish..
3. Chocolate fountain. Children will be very happy to dip the "fruit-satay"
4. Roasted lamb ribs. It should taste nice as it finishes quite fast.
5. ABC Ice kacang station. Just put cubes of ice into auto blended machine and mix with cendol, red beans, jelly, etc.



They have lots of dessert, in various variety, such as cakes, danish and local kuih.


This is interesting, the French dessert called Creme Brulee! It's similar to egg pudding, with a thin layer of caramel on top. But it comes in a super small portion.



Di Atas Brasserie Weekend High Tea Buffet price: RM48++ per adult
(Refer to price in June 2011, price may be different from time to time)

Location: Di atas Brasserie, Legend Hotel, KL
Type of cuisine: Buffet style consists of International, local Chinese and local Malay