Re Della Pasta Taste Bug's @ KSL City Mall

This is my second visit to KSL City Mall over at Johor Bahru. It's located nearby Holiday Plaza. It's one of the newest entry of shopping malls in the city center. My first visit is like 2 months ago and the place actually didn't change that much. I am looking for a decent place for dinner and had surveyed the whole building. Finally I decided to dine in this restaurant called Re Della Pasta.

I was browsing their menu and the waitress was so nice to come out to introduce some of them for me. Since they served some wide varieties of pastas and pizza, so I have no problem deciding my choice of food that night. But still, I had asked for recommendation from the waiter who is ever so helpful throughout my dinner course. I had decided to try their pasta and pizza each.

Home-Made Pasta Salad - RM8.95

I am deciding between their mushroom soup and salad. At the end I had decided on their home made pasta salad. It's home-made Spirelli with tuna, sweet corn, egg, onion, olive and parsley. I have no complaint on the salad but I do wish that it could be colder. Not really a large portion but just nice for one pax.

 Spaghetti Con Fungi - RM15.95

There are at least 20 over choices of pasta in their menu. But sadly they don't have Carbonara in it. Although they don't have my favorite pasta but they do have a variety of in-house pasta. I am really impressed in their menu but then again I need to taste it before making a judgement on them. So I ordered something close to Carbonara. This is actually a vegetarian pasta cooked with creamy white wine sauce with mushroom as their star. Presentation was really good but the portion seemed to be a bit small at the beginning. But when I started to dig in, I was really surprised to see how I was wrong.

Portion was really generous and the spaghetti is not over cooked like some places I tried before. One thing that I want to express is the mushroom they used. Plenty and Generous. They used at least 3 or 4 types of mushroom in the pasta. This is the first time I am so impressed of a Con Fungi Pasta.

 4 Season Pizza - RM17.85

They have around 10 variates of pizza in their menu and again I can't decide on any of them so the waiter recommended this for me, since I can taste four of their other pizzas in one. Actually the waiter recommended one of their specialty in another menu but since it was a seafood based, I had declined. All of their pizza are thin crust which I really happy to hear. They have pepperoni, cheese, mushroom and green peas based pizza on the same pizza. 

I had half of that and I like the mushroom based the most. The tomato based sauce used for all the toppings are the same. But mixing it together with mushrooms is really good. Pepperoni was abundance and I was really happy for that. The green bean portion was the least my preference. Anyway, it's really a good piece of pizza overall.

 Iced Cappuccino

A bit strong but luckily my first sip was at the end of the dinner. Nothing special but just an ordinary but not that bad glass of cappuccino.

 

At the end of the meal, as I am preparing to reached for my wallet to pa the bill, I was surprised that it wasn't in my pocket. Checked everywhere and I still can't locate my wallet. Guessed that I left the wallet in my car. So I had asked the waiter to wait for me while I walk over to my car to check. I even offered my passport to be hold by them while I go and search for my wallet. But he was so kind to just asked me to go and come back with the money when I find it. At the end I found it and paid them. Even filled up their customer feedback form and gave them a really good review on both food and service. Definitely going back on my next trip down South. 

Rating:

Food : 4.2 out of 5.0

Ambiance: 4.0 out of 5.0

Service: 4.7 out of 5.0

ChillaCup @ Subang Avenue

It's been weeks after visiting this place but I only have time posting it online now. As usual, busy with the house and all nowadays. ^^ Saw this place during my supper session over at Old Town inside Subang Avenue. So decided to go over to try it out with my lunch buddy. She is more than obliged since there's food involved. The place is called ChillaCup. It's located at the Ground floor opposite Amaree Restaurant. Sounds familiar? Cause they have a few branches around town actually. 

The place like any other cafe serve not just the usual lunch menu but also some cakes and desserts on their shelves. The cakes looked fresh and the salad too. Didn't really have the chance to try them out since we're taking our lunch and we don't do dessert normally. Maybe during tea time.

The place is practicing self order where you go to the counter and order your food like Starbucks and wait for it to be serve.  They have this special way of notifying you when you order is ready. How? 

A pager that is. There's a timer or sort on it.  So when your order/food are ready, it will make a sound to inform you. Then you can just walk over to the counter and take your order back. A bit of a hassle for us. Since we need to self order and then go over again and take our order. There are several waiter standing there but their duty are just to clean the tables and all I guess. 

Browsed through the menu and decided to go with the set lunch. I had add on a mushroom soup from the set since I saw the picture was so tempting. Not bad. Not those out of the cane type of soup at least. Nicely prepared as you can see from above. Taste was alright and it's freaking HOT. Fresh from the pot I guess. 

Lunch buddy can't decide what she wanted and I decided for her on the Spaghetti Napolitan since she like pasta. That was the only pasta in the set menu although she prefer cream based pasta. Tough luck~! Tomato taste was really strong and a bit too salty too. But overall it was an ordinary plate of pasta. For the price you are paying, I guess this is acceptable. 

As for me, I had ordered their Beef Burger. I was really hungry so I had decided to go for something large. The beef is not as juicy as I wanted but still it's bearable and acceptable for me. The burger come with some salad and fries on the side. The set surprisingly was quite filling for me. 

So here are the branches for ChillaCup around town. 

Overall the lunch was alright. Not the best we had but average. Cool place to chill out for a cup of coffee (hence the name I assume). Saw a few customers meeting up with their customer for lunch and students surfing the nets at that time. Maybe will try out their coffee on my next tea time. 

Rating:

Ambiance: 3.8 out of 5.0

Service: 3.5 out of 5.0

Food: 3.8 out of 5.0

Coffee Chemistry Cafe @ Sunway Giza

 

It was after my lunch over at Movida that I deiced to give this coffee place a try. I saw it online some where about this place serving the world's finest coffee. They are serving Graffeo coffee which is said to the be the finest in the world. I got to try this out since I am a bit craze of coffee myself. The place is located on the top floor of Movida. On the signboard below, you will see Coffee Chemistry Cafe, Digi and HTC. Why? Let's go up and see.

The is the Coffee Chemistry's counter. The counter is nicely decorated and showcasing their products namely Graffeo coffee on the shelves and some other drinks like soda in the fridge.

On the other side when you walked in you will see two other counters namely Digi and also HTC. There are staffs from both side helping customers on their purchases or inquiries of respective products. You can try out HTC's new smartphones and if you like it you can purchase it and even get a new line over there too. This is a new concept store like a one stop station for gadgets and coffee. 

 

Let's get back to the coffee for now since we're here for them. My friend decided to give their hot black coffee a try since it's recommended. According to my friend the bean is really nicely blend and the scent is quite strong.

As for me, I go for their Hazelnut Caramel Coffee. Taste of hazelnut which I think was from the syrup they use is nicely blended with the coffee. And I like the cream pattern thingy they did on top. ^^

This is the Cappuccino Ice Blended by friend ordered. It's really thick and nice. Not bad, but I don't really go for ice blended nowadays. Too cold for me.

 You can purchase some HTC products on the shelves if you like it. 

Overall, the place is nice to sit down with friends to catch up or having a meeting with your customers. I saw some meetings going on on the other tables too during my session. They have a smoking section outside on the corridor with the view of Giza. There is also another training room on the other side for HTC products. I guess, they are doing these training session for new users or special events. The coffee is good and the place is also nice. Price isn't that expensive is the most important part. Most of the drinks are around RM10 or lesser. That price for the finest coffee in the world, I am certainly happy~!