PIGGIN OUT @ PLAN B, BANGSAR VILLAGE

You know what they say… if Plan A doesn’t work out, go with Plan B… and that was exactly what happened. We were all set to wake up at 9am to go to Antipodean but we were so tired from the night before that we went right back to sleep and woke up at about 10am and by the time we reached Antipodean, Bangsar, there was already a line outside the restaurant so we decided to hop right into Bangsar Village and try Plan B instead.

The place was full but the wait was short. We got a seat within 10 minutes and the service was really good. We only had to wait for a short while for our food to arrive and service was really prompt.

The food… was one of the places where you visit and feel completely satisfied after your meal… like you paid it’s worth and the feeling of a completely satisfied palate cannot be traded for anything else.

The Plan B Breakfast Platter was a big plate filled with eggs (of your choice), sausage, hash brown, ham, toast and baked beans plus a orange juice AND COFFEE of your choice. All for RM26.

We also ordered their Moroccan Lamb Meatballs (RM24) and this was one satisfying pasta. The smell and taste of the meatballs were heavenly and the tomato puree spread around the pasta was satisfying.

We were so happy that they have also opened an outlet in Midvalley (our Wednesday movie spot). Our experience with their food in Bangsar Village was so memorable  that in the last 2 months, we have already visited their Midvalley outlet twice. So if you’re looking for a reasonably priced absolutely satisfying breakfast/brunch/dinner… this is the place to go.

p/s – The other food that was good that I didn’t snap any pictures of are Wild Mushroom pasta and Corn Beef Hash.

Location:

Bangsar Village 1,

G5, Ground Floor,

No. 1, Jalan Telawi Satu, Bangsar Baru,

59100 Kuala Lumpur

Midvalley,

Ground Floor,

Lingkaran Syed Putra,

59200 Kuala Lumpur.

http://www.thebiggroup.co/planb/

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2013

This year, I was very much looking forward to Chinese New Year mainly because instead of the lau juak lau juak celebration that usually happens, this year, we would be holed up in Rompin Bungalow, Fraser’s Hill.

We first found out about this bungalow a year ago and even though our stay there was only for a 2 days and 1 night, we absolutely enjoyed how serene and quiet the place was, not forgetting of course how the bungalow was excellently managed and tastefully decorated. The only problem is they don’t rent out room by room but you’ll have to rent out the whole bungalow which cost about RM1700++. So we’ve been trying to plan a holiday back there ever since but it’s been tough to get 10 people to go together and no way my wife, kid and me would rent it with just the 3 of us. So we were really excited that we managed to secure both our families to celebrate New Years eve there and this time, we made sure we stayed 3 days 2 nights.

Needless to say, we all totally appreciated the break in a quiet and quaint comfortable bungalow all to ourselves. BBQ on the first night and steamboat in the open cooling air was really refreshing. No need to rush around for things or prepare elaborate meals. Even sight-seeing was done at the slowest pace possible. A total opposite of how we would have celebrated CNY but a wonderful reunion nonetheless where more time was spent conversing and enjoying each others company.

Here are the pics of the wonderful place…

Location:

Rompin House,

Lot 2490,

Jalan Semantan,

Bukit Fraser,

49000 Pahang

03-2730 9988

PIGGIN OUT @ THE WINE HOUSE, PLAZA DAMAS

If you haven’t been to Plaza Damas, don’t forget to pack a backpack with clothes, food and water to last you 3 days because the possibility of you getting lost here is very probable and don’t waste your time asking the tenants here too. Equally hopeless. Parked at D (which we later found out meant Block D) and to when we arrive at the surface, we asked a tenant where Wine House was located and confidently he pointed us to the shop beside a mamak. Walked all the way there and didn’t find the shop. Walked further down and asked another lady tenant where The Wine House was. Again pointed confidently towards the mamak and told me it was 2 shops away from the mamak. At this point, I felt I was either blind or my brains were fried, too stupid to understand. I decided to call the shop directly and found out it was located at the other end at Block G! Luckily for us, the weather was nice and windy on that day and sights of water fountain with wave features were very comforting to us… you know… if we get lost again… at least got water around for us to drink.

Arrived at the The Wine House at 12:20pm after walking around finding our way for the past 30 minutes. We were shown to a table on level 1 where we would need to take a small lift inside the restaurant itself. How cool is that? I didn’t know at that point of time, I would get the opportunity to ride the lift up and down countless times. We were the only customers at level 1 and with the super low lighting and sun-light proof (i.e. black out) and if any white figure floated about, I would have made a run for it.

Anyways, ordered our food from a waiter who smelt of alcohol when he spoke to us and was half alert when he was taking our orders and I had to repeat myself multiple times to him and had to request for him to repeat our order (I don’t normally ask ppl to do it… but a drunk waiter cannot be good news) which he did flimsily.

Tick tock… waited for 15 minutes… nothing came… not even our drinks or soup… after about 20 minutes, my free rides in the small lift began. Rode it down, only to find him waiting to enter the lift with my wife’s honey lemon. Went up with him. But where was my coffee??!?!?! He went back downstairs, got back up the lift and served my coffee. Ok… so the lift is small, but not so small that it can only fit 1 honey lemon/drink at a time.

After waiting for another 15 minutes, went back downstairs (in the lift) to ask him where’s our food. The waiter said “Sorry but we’ve been busy serving”... I looked around and there was only 1 occupied table outside!!! Utter rubbish! If it weren’t for the chi from the water fountain earlier, I would have blown up at him. Went back up, to wait some more. The soup arrived shortly.

Waited somemore. And somemore. Went back down after another 15 minutes to asked him where our main course were. BS me again to say busy with customers. Told him to hurry up… like as fast as you down your last glass of alcohol before you served us. Went back up in the lift. Short and long of it all, I had to go back down one more time to hurry him up.

The best part, when the food arrive, he actually forgot another order we made!!! This place is a total joke! Food isn’t great. So-so and totally not worth your money and the frustration you have to go through unless you love riding lifts.

This place should be renamed – “The Lift Shop – Ride it as much as you want”.

Location:

LotG-0-03, Plaza Damas,

Jalan Sri Hartamas 1,

50480 Kuala Lumpur,

03-6201 0830