Piggin Out @ Reggae Mansion (K.L.)

Last Friday, I decided to meet up an ex-colleague in Masjid Jamek area for lunch. Since it was her area, I left it to her to decide a place for lunch.

Reggae Mansion is located along Jalan Tun H.S. Lee and it looked like a nice place to eat. It’s a hotel/motel/backpackers inn/hostel  cum dining place. The outside really did look like an English mansion while the inside had the feel of a bar but yet comfortable enough to just sit, down and chit-chat.

Before I continue with the food, my friend dropped the bomb after we’ve ordered. She said, “This place was recently caught up in a controversy where they disallowed Malaysians from making reservations to stay.” If I had knew it earlier, I would have definitely not agreed to the place. In any case, it turned out to be true. Read the report here. Really ironic, you have a business here but not offer your business to the locals… *scratch head*

Anyways, since it’s been a while that I have had pork knuckle, I decided to have their Roasted Pork Knuckle (RM38) while my friend ordered a Pan Fried Salmon (RM18).

Roasted Pork Knuckle

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Apart from the vinegarish tasting décor lines on the side, the pork knuckle pretty much looked like slabs of meat on top of each other covered with brown/black sauce. The meat was not tender and soft but still edible.

The best part was actually the skin. It was black, super tough and just gross (it feels like it was fried, frozen, fried, frozen, fried, frozen, fried, frozen, fried and served). I am totally not exaggerating. Me being me, brought up to not waste food even if it was not nice, I used the knife provided to cut through the skin (to make smaller chunks before trying to chew and swallow it). After several attempts, I could not even cut through the skin!!! That’s just crazy. It was like a hard piece of rock!!! I know I should have just thrown the skin at the glass door to prove how hard and tough it was… but me being me… I stuffed the skin in my mouth (what made me think that my teeth were stronger than steel.. I do not know..), chew.. chew.. chew.. chew.. AND I STILL COULD NOT CUT THORUGH THE SKIN!!! Finally I had to spit it out and it looked pretty much the same before putting it in my mouth.

Pan Fried Salmon

I did not taste the salmon, but a glance at it didn’t look very appetizing. The salmon wasn’t simply just pan-fried but was coated with a thin layer of flour before pan frying it.

The strange thing was the sauce that was served for the salmon was also the same sauce that was served for the pork knuckle. Two very different meat originating from two very different worlds and one sauce to bind them together… mana boleh…?

In conclusion, apart from the controversy they were caught up in, the horrible food, there would be no reason to visit Reggae Mansion unless you would want to treat your eyes to good looking waiter and waitress – which coincidentally does not cost anything if you order plain water.

Location:

53, Seksyen 12,

Jalan Tun H.S. Lee,

50000 Kuala Lumpur

http://www.reggaehostelsmalaysia.com/mansion/