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It have been long time since I heard about Food Foundry in section 17 on how good their mille crepes are. I have always wanted to try it out but always last minute there are cancellation or last minute thing that I gotta do. Even 2 weeks before coming here, there was actually a plan to come here for the deserts but got cancel again, I guess timing is on my side this round that I at last manage to step my foot into this place.

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As I reach the place, I find that Food Foundry actually hidden in the middle of Section 17 that is not really that visible if you drive pass along the road as it is operating on the ground floor. Even though it is quite hidden but it had not stopped many food or desert lover to hunt for this place.

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In Food Foundry, alot of thing you can miss but their Mille Crepe remain as one of the best desert to hunt for.

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The restaurant is divided into two sections, if you are looking for a sweet chat and comfortable place to have a good time, then you would want to be in this section that filled with rattan chair and pillows on it with orange dim light.

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What I know that this wall is handpainted byone of the artist. .   Pretty impressive as I thought they use spray to spray on it.

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Another section is what I felt more for dining purposes.

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A simple menu that they have. . .

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Iced Mocha

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‘Soup of the day – Onion Soup’ @ RM8

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‘Basket of Bread’ which is homemade by themselves that its best eaten when it is served. @ RM 2

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‘Soup of the day – Tomato cream soup’ turns out to be very aromatic, creamy that tomato taste is strong but dipping it with their homemade bread is something that goes along very well. RM 8

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I am a fan of greenery when it comes to food as ‘Foundry Caesar Salad’ @ RM 12 as I love mine with lettuce and those hard-boiled eggs with crouton, sprinkle with lots of cheese powder.

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If you prefer something light to start of with, another option would be ‘Green Salad’ @RM 8 fresh lettuce, carrot, cucumber and pepper with drizzles of olive oil.

One of the food outlet which is no stranger to all of us, I remembered that during my college times, when we were pretty broke yet still want to enjoy nice food, we head to hunt their set lunch at RM14.90 comes with a drink at Subang Parade outlet, and we just sit there talk and watch soccer and for the first outlet that they open in Penang, my dad brought me to dine there, he give me a prank yet also a surprise on my birthday few years back, that I have to stand on the table holding chili sauce bottle to sing as song to a full house crowd~ Gowd!, that was one of a great experience that I kept with the restaurant.

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It was not until recently that got invited to go to TGI Fridays to try out one of their new menu, Tex-Mex, the range of Mexican food. When comes the word Mexican, the next word that pop out from my mind is Tacos, with fine fried bacon baked with cheese. Yummm~

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The bar area in the restaurant also used to be one of my favorite hang out spot after work, as I often came by for their happy hour after work when I was in Penang as it was on the way back home. I love their dim light ambiance filled with a few big LCD to watch ESPN or some news to chill and nice Bartender to talk with. It was chill and relaxing after hard day of work.

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It always depends on mood to hunt for which beer but to me, it was always draft, never on bottles~ The clear and fresh taste of it. Stout is one of my favorite choice but Heineken is the most preferred choice as its cooling and refreshing.

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With the branch at Hartamas Shopping Complex, the team had put in a lot of effort to decorate the place and the team had won several times as the best dress restaurant, cannot deny that now the whole restaurant had Mexican ambiance that decorated with donkey, cactus and famous Mexican hat.

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Even Elvis Presly will entertain you for the night. 😀

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and I just love this wall that decorated with old classic vinyl record lable on it.

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The day could not be any better that we got served with ‘Gold Mango Margarita’ ripe mango pureed with tart lime juice and shaken with tequila and triple sec. The mango smell is so tempting but they were never stingy with their tequila shots, it was strong, a few sips already make me haywire abit, but it was good. RM17.90. The good news is, they also served ‘Virgin Gold Mango Margarita’ whcih is without alcohol.

After touring around the city, then all of us were pretty exhausted by the morning flew over, Press Conference and Official Launch of SANYO Xacti, mini tour of the Resort World and just head into the restaurant. When we reach the restaurant and were told by the rest of the friends, that the restaurant was actually located quite near Universal Studio and we walk one big round towards this place but it was a good window tour. . .

Here we are, in Chinoiz Restaurant that serve Fine Chinese Food.

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Love the interior with a bit of modern Oriental style, lit with dim light and the place is very comfortable.

That I do not mind to sit there and chat all night long~

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The selection of alcohol prepare for all the guest.

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with French wine is one of the selection for the night.

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We were there early, and we manage to take a lot of pictures with the models and some of the products.

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The picture printing were sponsor by Sanyo and it was printed on the spot.

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Then not long after that, they move us to a VIP room, the whole room just for us, Malaysian Media.

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and I look at the menu, I got all excited bymyself, and I told Witch, she got excited too as we did not expect the food list would be so grand.

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With the price tag on the menu, it certainly is reasonable if do not the conversion rate.

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While we were happily chatting, then came a waitress ask us what drinks we would like to have and I ask her back, then she said, fruit juice (many types of juices including custom made order), red/white wine, Champaign, beer (Tiger, Heinaken, Tsing Tao) and we were like errrr errrrr..juices first.. all still very pai seh including me.

When the first guy start to order alcohol, then here comes the order for it.

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We tried every selection of it. We love the wine as it was smooth and of course the best selection of all night was Red and champaign.

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This is my selection.

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Not long after the drinks, first dish of the night arrive with ‘Chilled Momotaro Tomato Salad topped with Sake marinated Confit of Lobster’. I just do not know how to say or I would say it was one of a perfect appetizer to start of with. Simple taste that preserves the fresh sweet taste of the lobster and tomato is to add in some sweet sour taste onto it, Perfect!

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‘Double-boiled Shark’s fin with Sea Treasures served in Coconut’, when we saw this serving, we were like wahhh!!!! And the smell of the soup taste travels and fill into the room, till the moment it was place down, some of them even ready with spoon and attack , with just a slice of bacon on top of the soup was already unique yet inside a coconut shell. . .

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To our surprise, we scoop up quite huge abalone in it and it taste awesome! Sweet, juicy and very aromatic with the soup taste.

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then we also found a slab of shark fin, which was told it is a good quality, we never care, we just enjoy our soup, it was sweet, aromatic with seafood sweet taste and the coconut flavour did not overpower the rest of the taste. It was one of the best soup I have drank so far.

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‘Crisp-fried Fillet of Marble Goby served with Mixed Green salad and Mint leaves’
As it looks pretty simple to me in such a long plate, but it proves me wrong. Fried crispy on the outer layer and the fillet in there is soft, by dipping with the sauce given, it just taste excellent!

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‘Pan-seared Australian Wagyu beef with Foie Gras’
Pan grill to my liking with medium that cut it with sharp knife ooze out the juice and blood of it, dipping with the sauce on the plate, it taste good and the foie gras was grilled perfect too, that preserve the outer layer a bit cook and inside is soft and juicy. Great main course as it goes very well with the red wine.

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‘Braised Mee Sua in Noble Tan Fu Sauce served with Freshly-peeled Crab Claw’

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Fresh juicy solid crab meat that had cook well in it.

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Mee sua that just cook in the right condition which is not too soft yet still soak the soup base of it while pulling up.

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‘Gratin of Assorted Berries and Fruits in Passion Fruit Sabayon’ would be perfect for girls as all the berries are sour in taste with cream top on it, to me its not bad as I take it to cool down my alcohol level.

 
Then Nick Manage to pass us a unit of Xacti and Witch took her SD card to film it, and surprise us that the quality is good.

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After we finish our dinner and alcohol keep pouring in, some that did not talk so much began to talk a lot, and suddenly bang…the 2 models came in and thought of trying to pose something different, James Bond in Soh Loook. 😀

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Then of course in this kind of event, a group picture must not miss with bloggers, Magazine Media, Stuff, Click, Velocity, NST and some others.

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with one of the manager that she and Nick host us for the night and of course the boss too. We just do not know what to say as the seriously pamper and provide us 5 star hospitality. Thank you is the only word I can say.

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With all the booze being in all the time, and before we head back to hotel, of course we need to let it out and it is good to see ah Ong stim again~ and definately, this is one of the very first restaurant I would recommend in Singapore.

Location:
Chinois Restaurant
Hotel Micheal,
Resort World, Sentosa,
Singapore.

Lunch: 12:00pm – 03:00pm (Last order at 02:30pm)
Dinner: 06:00pm – 11:00pm (Last order at 10:30pm)

Most of the time when I drive around, my eyes seems to be like very kaypo, will scout around what is around the area. One is for me to remember it so in the future if I need to go to that area I know what I can tell people or I can go there easily. Second would be hunting for food to eat and this restaurant had always caught my attention when I always travel back from 1-U area back to KL as its well lit up at night and with its dim classic look, and told myself it’s a place must hunt and try.

Not until recently, I got a called from my friend Ee Lune, invite me to help her photo shoot for that restaurant, hopefully the owner accept it. At first I do not know what restaurant is that not until I got the information about, Google it and get all excited when know its that restaurant.

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I love their restaurant setting with a bit old English style setting lit with orangey dim light that is very relaxing. A cup of beer in this restaurant is a must that I did not miss. Besides this area, on the upstairs they have a pool table and a mini bar perfect for those who love to watch soccer.

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The first serving of the day is ‘Mixed Grill’ which was serve in a huge plate and its full of ingredients, comes with sausage, lamb, beef, grill chicken and prawns. Its hard to shoot at first by takes me a while to find the right angle and this is the shot.

With its generous serving and comes with the price sure is no complain about it. Well prepared and it the best is the lamb, grill perfectly soft and tender and dip with the thick mint sauce is good.

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Next is my choice of the day, ‘Stilton Special’ which is marinated in special sauce and grill it to perfection on medium as I prefer it topped with beef bacon and blue stilton cheese. The meat is so tender and juicy yet once cut it the juice flow out and wet the whole plate. Cut it into small slices spread the cheese on top and with another small cut of bacon eat together is top notch. If I have a glass of red wine, it would make me fly!

Highly recommended!

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One of the signature dish in the restaurant is this huge big bone and meat ‘US Prime Rib’ served with steam potato with mince meat, corn and fresh salad. It is a huge bone with a huge slab of meat. Deeply marinated and grill on well control griller makes the meat juicy and tender, dip with their home made special sauce, I just would not mind to have this whole plate by myself.

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To end the great meal must come with a desert, ‘Coffee Hot Fudge’ RM12.90

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‘Hazelnut Friands’ RM8.90
After the whole shooting, I get to taste on the dish that they have prepared. Certainly the dish here is top-quality and I do not mind to come here again for second round becauseeeeeeee they have:

Happy Hour 3pm-8pm

Tiger BeerRM9 (per glass), RM30 (per Jug)
Guinness draftRM20 (1 pint), RM50 (3 pint)

The restaurant is overshadowing by the overhead bridge in front of it. Therefore not many people do drop by and currently its they have a new owner.

Location:
Castell Restaurant & Bar
19, Lorong University C ,
Section 16, Petaling Jaya
46350 Selangor Malaysia

Tel: 03- 7955 0532Fax

Opening hours:
Open daily from:-
Dining: 12 noon – 10.30 p.m. (last order)
Bar: 12 noon- midnight

Fear not, when love is in the air around the corner, every boyfie is figuring out and extending their brain to look for place to dine during Valentine’s day and during this period of time, many restaurant owner taking this advantage to even open on the very first day of CNY. If you are looking not to burn a hole in your pock or dig deep into it, this restaurant will be one of your considerations. It’s located in the prime area of Kuchai Lama.

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What can you expect in from a restaurant operating in this area of course first comes with the pricing.

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Second is I just love their dim light setting with modern home feel setting yet very relaxing and cozy that is perfect hang out place for couples. This place is usually pack after 9.30pm which most of the couples sitting in it and relaxing or chatting on the sofa.

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The restaurant concept is to promote more on healty eating by using the right ingrediant to create the best out of it.

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What is look for in this shop which is, they specializes in tea which most of the women are a fan of it. The tea mixture is their self own discovery which they do have their very RnD team just for this. Their tea can help some adults in their mood, which some might be stress, angry, need a place to relax, insomnia which they are discovering to ease those people to relax for the night.

Then we were thought by a tea specialist lady explaning how they brew the tea and what is the function for each tea.

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Pu Er Rose (Pot) – Burns fat, opens appetite
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Globe Maranth Red + Rose (by the Pot)—With anti-oxidants to keep you looking young
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Linden + Rosemary + Lavender + Chamomile (Pot)–Prevents migraine
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Lavender + Forget Me Not (Pot) – To help you wound down after a long day
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Rose + Hawthorn Fruit (Pot) – Great for fat-burning
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Osmanthus + Jasmine (Pot) – Chases away listlessness; rids insomnia
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Osmanthus + Jasmine (Pot) – Chases away listlessness; rids insomnia
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All their tea flowers can be purchase at their counter if you do find any of the taste suits you. It is not very expensive as you only need a flower or 2 to make your tea during the night.

If you are not a tea lover, then you can opt for their Cold Version.

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Strawberry soda (Soda Chiller) (????)
Pomelo soda (Soda Chiller) (????)
Chamomile Orange – Cold Mix Tea (?????)
Roselle Pineapple Mango – Cold Mix Tea (?????)
Peach Longan and Lavender – Cold Mix Tea (???????)

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1.Longan—??
2.Rose Milk—????
3.Lavender Papaya –?????
4.Roselle ice tea—????
5.Kiwi Verbena—??????

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After we bombard with all the drinks tasted then we were bombard with food. All drinks price range from RM5.90-RM13.90

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Starter of the night start of with ‘Sauteed Sausage with Ikan Bilis (with Cili Padi)’ Just love the taste of the solid sausage meat that blend in well with the crispy small little ikan bilis yet it’s a lil bit spicy that bring the taste more outstanding. I just finish this plate by myself.

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‘Shrimp Cocktail in Wasabi Mayo’ is next in the list that the shrimp is quite huge with its springy solid prawn meat which is the sign of freshness yet the wasabi is just the right taste that will just make you burst into tears a lil.

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I am a big fan of salad, therefore any salad that comes will directly go into my mouth, ‘Caesar Salad with a dash of Anchovy in Olive Oil’.

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If you are a sandwich lover ‘Roast chicken Sandwich Coated with BBQ Sauce’, with a side salad. The toasted bun is filled with a deboned chicken thigh brushed with BBQ sauce (or you can choose honey lemon mustard).’ Is something you cannot miss. RM10.90

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‘Prawn and Fish Paste Mee Hoon Soup’ is cook without MSG is something you can look forward for yet they can cook out the taste of the salty veggie with the sweetness of the prawns and fish paste to make the soup clear mild sweet taste. RM8.90

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One of the star of the night is ‘Black Pepper Seafood Udon (spicy)’. Not too strong black pepper sauce taste yet solid springy udon that did not overcook yet with wok hei is something we enjoy eating. This udon went manage to go only half of the table. RM16.90

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In pasta, ‘Creamy Mushroom Pasta (Mushroom Carbonara)’ is always my most preferred choice. Fried till a bit dry yet can still enjoy the stickiness of the sauce on the pasta that is a bit creamy, cheesy and not too strong of milk taste that suits everyone on the table. RM13.90

Another dish that were highly praised by the rest as I did not manage to try it out is ‘Aglio Olio with Prawns’ – flavoured with extra virgin olive oil, herbs and a sprinkle of paprika. Something which is simple yet they can make it tasty. RM13.90

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The smell of the lemon sauce on the fish flying around our nose trill already making us want to eat it, the fish meat was cook till very soft which is fresh yet the sauce is just perfect to bring up the taste of it. ‘Pan-grilled Dory fillet slathered with Honey Lemon Mustard Sauce, (which is a blend of wholegrain mustard with honey and lemon juice). No salt or sugar added here so the dish is even good for diabetics.

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In this shop, I just love their ‘Lamb Chop in Black-pepper Sauce’ juicy tender meat of lamb that is well balance part of fats and meat with the black peper sauce just bring the extra umph in the meat. RM18.90

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‘Sirloin Steak in BBQ sauce’ was cook medium rare as we prefer and with the size and thickness of it, we would say well cook as most of the foodie did not eat beef that night, I just enjoy this very great piece by myself. RM25.90

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Well fried on the edge and on the skin of the chicken yet the meat is soft inside that shower with brown sauce is hard to resist. ‘Chicken Chop in Brown Sauce’ .
***** All the western food you can choose on your dressing with ‘Brown Sauce, Black Papper Sauce,Honey Lemon Mustard Sauce and all serving is served with creamy pan-roasted potato cubes + fresh garden salad *****
By the time we reach till this point, we were very full and now when most people say we are full, there are always room for deserts.

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Snow Fungus + Rose Sweet Soup – home-made, unique in taste.

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Imagine of having one each and its simply price from RM2-RM6.90

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‘Jasmine+Green Tea Mousse Cake’ (rose-petalled melt-in-your-mouth mousse cake served with sliced strawberries and a cut-out chocolate heart. Green Tea base and top jasmine layer have a drizzle of rose and jasmine honey vinegar)

‘Cream Puff in Lavender and Blueberry Yoghurt’

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1.‘Chocomarie Bar’ – looks like a brownie but the use of chopped marie biscuits with dark chocolate is to give it a lighter taste.
2.‘Rose Mousse Cake in Strawberry Sauce’ (heart-shaped mousse cake)
3.‘Carrot Cake’

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1.‘Tiramisu’
2.‘Chocolate Mousse Cake’
3.‘Chilled Lemon Cheese Cake’

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Last but not least end up with this very special brew coffee. Just loving it with strong taste of brew coffee taste yet another unique taste of it is for you to ask the owner to introduce to you. If you are a coffee lover, recommended.
For Valentine lovers, this is one of the place you can consider. Their Valentine menu is at RM128++ per couple
Starters
Special Fresh Veg Salad &
Mushroom Soup

Main Course
Sirloin Steak/Lamb
King Scallop with Asparagus & Aglio Olio

Drinks
Societea’s Hallmark Fruit Shake x 2 (or Top up RM30 for 2 glasses of Red Wine)

Desserts
Rose/Green Tea Ice Cream x 2

With this dinner arrangement we all had a great time and really really full and of course thank you, Choe, for all this. Wishing you has a prosperous Tiger Year.

Location:
Societea Restaurant
Kuchai Lama Entrepreneur Park
No.16 Jalan Kuchai Maju 1,
Off Kuchai Lama, KL

Tel: 012-398 3921
*Pork Free

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