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3 Course Set @ RM70 at MANDALA Cafe & Bar, Publika KL

I have been visiting MANDALA with my friends recently and I found that this place is pretty cool to dine in. MANDALA is a wine bar and they are now having a 3 Course Set which is pared with a glass of wine. This restaurant has a pretty nice ambience and comfortable dining area which is suitable for parties, events, meetings or even celebration. They are having an VIP room where you can organize a celebration with a group of friends or family. It's privacy enough as it is a closed room with comfy sofas inside, of course there is with minimum spending to book the VIP room.

There are three selections for Starters, such as MANDALA's Green, Mushroom Soup or Oxtail Soup. MANDALA's Green is prepared by using fresh green romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, Japanese cucumber, hard-boiled egg topped with Parmesan cheese tossed in Caesar Dressing. The mushroom soup is creamy and tasted flavorful as it is topped with truffle all served with garlic toast on side. Oxtail Soup is quite a unique one among the three of them. It is served in vegetable soup with rich but clear beef broth with garlic toast on side.

After that, main dish would be served. There are actually five different types of main dishes available for diner to choose their preferred one. There are Golden Soft Shell Crab Spaghetti, Grilled Chicken with Buttermilk / Black Pepper, Jumbo Soft Shell Crab with Charcoal Bun, Fish & Chips, and Grilled Salmon with Mashed Potato.

The course ends with a sweet dessert. You can select one from their daily crepe cake, brownies with ice cream or chocolate lava cakes. I have tried three of them and I just couldn't choose which is the most tasty one because every one of them taste so so good! So if you couldn't make the decision, make sure you and your partner pick a different one so that you get to taste them all.

Daily Crepe Cake

Brownies with Ice Cream

Every 3 Course Set comes with a glass of MANDALA's House Pouring Wine (Shiraz / Chardonnay).

The pairing sets of the 3-course set can be matched as shown below. I would say the portion for one pax is just nice and enough.

MANDALA is located at Block D in Publika. It's actually at the same building with Movida, Barfly, Yummy Chef or Uncle Don's if you are familiar with any of these restaurants.

MANDALA Cafe & Bar
Address: D3-G3-8, Solaris Dutamas, No. 1, Jalan Dutamas 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Contact Number: 03-6419 0382
Business Hour: 11am till 1am midnight

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My Kind of Dinner Dining at Nicsmann 1940s By Lewré , The Starling

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When it comes to dinner time, I always have the headache of what to eat for dinner. So I'm driving along at Damansara Uptown and spotted Nicsmann. The environment looks comfy and pretty. Am decided to dine in at here after that.

3 Ribs Grilled Australian Rack of Lamb - RM64

The ribs are grilled with herbs and spices until scrumptious, thus the ribs are just nice to bite on and chew in mouth. Meat is soft and tender. It is then served with rosemary sauce and garden vegetables.

Fresh Salmon Trout Carpaccio - RM26

This dish is a long time favorites among dinners, it features thinly sliced raw salmon trout with salad greens and mushrooms served alongside it. It is topped off with balsamic reduction for that extra zing. I don't really love to take raw salmon but it is simply delicious when I eat the salmon together with the topped ingredients and the sauce. I would recommend this special dish to those who rarely consume raw salmon as this could defitely make you fall in love to.

Seafood Platter

The seafood Platter comes with perfect match of grilled one dozen green mussels with tomato coulis, cheesy baked John dory fish, stuffed calamari and grilled one dozen prawn skewers to full your stomach with delicious seafood. This serving is enough for 3-4 pax, so it is recommended for those who come with a group of friends then it can be shared together.

THE KING OF CHEESE

There is a fresh Durum Pasta Parmiagiano Reggisno live cooking to be appeared in the middle of the dining area. This live cooking is only available at Nicsmann 1940s By Lewre Starling branch. The live cooking of pasta comes with a choice of beef bacon, grill salmon or trio mushroom topping only.

Live Cooking Schedule (daily)

Mon - Fri: 6pm till 11pm

Sat & Sun: 12pm till 11pm

Parmiagiano Reggiano cheese is a completely natural Gourmet Italian Cheese, which is famous worldwide as the 'King of Cheeses' owing to its unique production, nutritional and organoleptic features. True Parmiagiano Reggiano cheese has the distinct salty flavour and hard texture.

Beef Bacon - RM35.90

Trio Mushroom - RM35.90

Grill Salmon -RM39.90

Watermelon Love - RM40

This refreshing drinks contains vodka, midori, lychee liquor and watermelon juice. It tastes quite special with the combination of vodka and watermelon juice, nice one especially during hot day.

Coconut Nuts - RM40

It contains Malibu, rum, banana liquor and coconut cream. I love this very much. It tends to refresh my mind and stress releasing after consuming this drink.

Sizzling Brownie

This is a must order dessert on my every visit! It is quite enjoyable to have this sizzling brownie with sparkling effect. The melted chocolate is just sweet enough to eat together with the brownie itself. =)

Read my another review at Friendscino TREC KL which is under the same restaurant owner. - http://www.shirley.my/2017/01/my-best-chilling-moment-at-friendscino.html?m=1

Nicsmann 1940s By Lewre

Address: Lot G-034 & G-035 Ground Floor, The Starling Mall, Jalan SS 21/37, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Contact Number: 013-359 0043

Business Hours: 10am till 2am (Sunday to Thursday) , 10am till 3am (Friday & Saturday)

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Best Coconut Shake in town at GRAB IT, Utropolis Marketplace Shah Alam

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GRAB IT offers soft serve, mantau and bento series. It is located at Utropolis Market Place, Shah Alam. It is actually placed inside the building of Utropolis, there is free parking at the basement so you can straightly head to the basement for car park. GRAB IT is a pretty nice place for me to grab my favorite coconut shake. They are currently offering the free delivery service to KDU. Do check it out on my blog here for more delicious cravings found in this shop!

1. Soft-serve
There are three flavors served in GRAB IT, coconut, matcha and chayen. Coconut soft serve is sweet enough and it tastes better together with ice blended coconut series. Matcha soft serve tastes quite good as the ingredient is imported thus the flavor is light and the texture is rich. Chayen soft serve tastes not too sweet and yet very refreshing. This is my first time having 'Thai milk tea' soft serve which I personally think that it has quite a good taste to satisfy me.
coconut - RM4.90
matcha - RM5.90
chayen - RM4.90

Chayen drinks - RM4.90

2. Drinks
There are three different series of drinks served such as Chayen series, Float series and Ice Blended series. If you are up for a plain drinks, you can choose to have chayen drinks or matcha drinks. Chayen drinks is exactly the same thing as Thai Milk Tea.
Chayen - RM4.90
Matcha - RM5.90

Float Coconut - RM9.90
In the super hot weather now, it is the best to consume cold drinks thus here we come to the ice blended series. I would highly recommended you to try their coconut ice blended drinks which I personally think that it is pretty much alike compared to the Melaka Klebang coconut shake. It tastes much nicer compared to the one in Melaka.
Chayen Ice Blended - RM6.90
Match Ice Blended - RM7.90
Coconut Ice Blended - RM7.90

There is another series which is to add on soft serve topping on the ice blended. I love this so much which the soft serve and the ice blended drinks make the perfect combination.
Float Chayen - RM8.90
Float Matcha - RM9.90
Float Coconut - RM9.90

Other than these, GRAB IT serves other drinks as well such as coffee, latte, long black, etc. So, you have pretty much choices to select during your visit to GRAB IT! That is a very nice place to chill with friends.

Latte (hot) - RM11.00

3. Mantau Meat Series

There ae not just drinks served at here but also food. The mantau meat series is their hot selling dish. The mantau itself is very soft and freshly made. You can make your selection to customize your own mantau as below.

Step 1: Select steam or fried Mantau.

Step 2: Select your choice of sauces: salted egg yolk or teriyaki.

Step 3: Select meat.

Fried Chicken - RM7.90

Grilled Chicken - RM7.90

Grilled Beef - RM9.90

Smoked Duck - RM10.90

Fried Chicken Mantau - RM7.90

Smoked Duck Mantau - RM10.90

Grilled Beef Mantau - RM9.90

4. Mantau Dipper Series

You can also eat the mantau in a different way like dipping with chayen, matcha or coconut pandan custard.

Step 1: Select steam or fried mantau.

Step 2: Select dipping sauce.

Chayen - RM5.90

Matcha - RM6.90

Coconut Pandan Custard - RM5.90

5. GRAB IT Bento Series
Want some rice? GRAB IT does offers the bento series in order to let customers to able to have more choices other than soft serve. Bento is prepared by Japonica rice, poached egg, Japanese cucumber, chives of sauces salted egg yolk or teriyaki. Their bento definitely have the good quality of taste which I feel like I am in a real Japanese restaurant.

Fried Chicken - RM9.90

Grilled Chicken - RM9.90

Grilled Beef - RM11.90

Smoked Duck - RM12.90

Salmon Sashimi - RM16.90

Fried Chicken Bento - RM9.90

Smoked Duck Bento - RM12.90

GRAB IT
Address: G-A 3A, Utropolis Marketplace (Glenmarie), Jalan Kontraktor U1/14, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor.
Contact Number: +60 14-635 7001

Visit them at www.facebook.com/grabitcafe.

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Twenty One Grams Cafe at PJ New Town

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Twenty One Grams Cafe is a good place for chilling out. The ambiance is nice and comfortable. This place is always the favorite place for groups of people to chill out. Sometimes, people like to come and do their work at here alone. Wifi is provided, this definitely attracts more crowds to dine in. It is a walking distance from the popular Menara MBPJ.

You must be wondering why does the owner named the cafe as Twenty One Grams. The owner tells me that the name of the cafe comes from the meaning of the weight to brew each cup of coffee.

Belgian Waffles with Dark Chocolate and Banana - RM17.95

Twenty One Grams Cafe is popular in their desserts. The desserts are the must try food in the cafe. Here comes the first dessert which I have tried, Belgian Waffles with Dark Chocolate and Banana. I love banana! The waffle tastes perfectly nice with the banana slices.

Dark Chocolate and Banana - RM17.95

Another dessert made from banana is Nutella & Banana Crepe. Banana is placed inside the crepe and topped with nutella. The sweet taste of the nutella mixed with the fragrance of banana are the perfect match.

Nutella & Banana Crepe

Churros with Espresso Chocolate is the favorite dessert of my buddy. He is really in love with churros and indicates that the best churros he ate before was at Spain. It is crunchy and soft, best eat with the special chocolate espresso dip. It is just not enough for us thus I have ordered second plate of this mainly for myself.

Churros with Espresso Chocolate - RM17.95

Big breakfast is the common dish in western restaurant. The specialty of their big breakfast is the sausage which is freshly imported.

Big Breakfast - RM23.95

The whole set of big breakfast comprises of scrambled eggs, chicken sausage, turkey ham, baked beans, potatoes, and slices of buttered toast.

Big Breakfast - RM23.95

Egg Benedict is another good dish to be recommended. It is coated with special sauce which makes the eggs taste better.

Eggs Benedict

The chef uses charcoal bun for this Classic Cheese Burger. The charcoal bun tastes like normal bun. The meat is well cooked and topped with sauces.

Classic Cheese Burger

Besides desserts, there are also several dishes served by Twenty One Grams Cafe. So, even when you do not feel like eating desserts when you visit here, you can always take a look on the menu.