Capricciosa Pizza & Pasta Restaurant @ Sunway Pyramid

I thought I had blogged bout this few weeks back but I can't seemed to locate the post. Darn~! Am I getting old? Nevertheless, here I am again writing the same post one more time. But since this place does give me a good time while I visited it last time, so it's a pleasure writing bout it again now. The place is called Capricciosa which is located over at Sunway Pyramid new wing. It's next to Old Town inside Jusco. I was actually looking for some pasta lunch with babe when I came across this place Browsed through their menu and found that the pricing are really reasonable. And the rest is history as they say. 

Google up the place and found out that it's actually the No. 1 Italian food craze made famous over at Japan since 1978. Wow, that is even older than me. Hence, I saw a lot of Japanese chef pictures inside the restaurant. Seemed like Japanese people really go crazy for their pasta and pizzas it seemed. Was browsing through their menu which fill with a lot of choices to choose from. Decided what we gonna had and straight with the ordering. 

As always, babe ordered her hot cappuccino which isn't that bad. 

For starter, I had decided that we should warm up our tummy with some nice warm soup. The Italian vegetable & meat soup seemed to be a recommended one. And truly it is. Firstly we were taken aback with the size of the bowl. My gosh, for the price that we're paying this was humongous. You can even share the bowl of soup with your friend. 

As you can see, the soup is filled with ingredients inside. It's savory blend of mixed vegetables with fresh cream and their own specially made sauce. Trust me, this taste better than it looks. I don't often praise any other soup this much but this is hell of a good soup. And dirt cheap too. 

This goes the same as my Clam Chowder. And I had to say this is one of the best Clam Chowder I had to date. And I found out that not much restaurant serve this kind of soup too.

Again, the soup is filled with surprises. OK, not bad surprises but good ones. Plenty of seafood in it like clams and mussels and vegetables too. Thick and creamy just the way I like it. $7.90 for this bowl is definitely a steal. Totally worth every dime. 

OK, now for the main course. I had ordered their Carbonara since it's available in their menu. Can't really change the pasta if I remembered correctly. But I am alright with Spaghetti. Again, the main attraction here is their portion again. When the pasta was served in front of me, I was thinking, this is too small for me. But when I spread it open using my fork, I was really surprised with the generosity from them. Damn, it's so large that I barely managed to finished it. Yes, you heard me right. And more over it's good. Well not the best I had but definitely worth your money. Not too creamy but alright. A bit on the salty side maybe due to the extremely high amount of cheese I added. 

Babe, finally decided with this tomato based pasta with garlic and peppers. And when they said peppers they do give you the truck load. And again, the portion is so damn much. I don't normally said this but this place really are so darn generous on their pasta. For the price that they are charging this is definitely worth every penny of it. For those who like black pepper, this is your plate of pasta. But again a bit salty for me. 

Overall, I had no complain on their food except that they could be a bit gentle on the salt. Definitely need to order their soup if you are there. Worth your money and you can even share the soup with your friend. Trust me when I said the bowl is BIG. Even the spoon is not those ordinary ones. They are served with some big ones too. Service is superb and the staffs are definitely friendly. I had ordered their bottomless soft drinks. Yes, they have that too which is really good. I accidentally knocked off my glass and they were so nice and quickly replaced my drink and clean the table up. Even their foreign workers are friendlier and always there's a smile on their face. Good Good Place for lunch : )

Rating: 

Food: 4.0 out of 5.0

Ambiance: 3.8 out of 5.0

Service: 4.0 out of 5.0 

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

Kissaten @ IOI Boulevard

There are so many new mix commercial buildings coming up in Puchong itself that I can't even follow with. I had passed by this new building called IOI Boulevard which is opposite IOI Mall for so many times but didn't have the chance to really go down and check it out. Well not until last weekend that is. You can see Umagi right in front of the place. There are other restaurants in the building but it's not fully occupied yet. I saw another German restaurant serving their local dishes but decided to give this restaurant a try which is opposite from each other. The name of the restaurant is called Kissaten, it means Cafe in Japanese.

If you saw the picture above, you noticed that the place is separated into two entrance being one for coffee and restaurant while the other for beer. Yes, the place served beer and German beer that is. They do have Sake but they are more focused on promoting Paulaner from the looks of it. They had plenty of Paulaner placed around the restaurant. They do served cakes and dessert too if you wanted something light. And they served Haagen Dazs ice cream in the house too. 

Their menu are big and very clear with plenty of beautiful pictures in them. They have this promo for 'buy 2 set free 1 set' for both dinner and lunch for weekdays. So if you are dining in for three, this is a good treat for you. I can say that the place served similar concept as Pasta Zanmai. They served fusion of Japanese and Western food together. But the variation of pasta in Zanmai are more varied whereas over here they have Steaks, Teppanyaki Burger, Pizzas and Udon. As mentioned earlier, they do served sets so do look at the end of the menu for them. Prices for lunch and dinner varies which I am not sure why. Maybe the size is different? 

Both of us had ordered Green Tea whereas mine comes with the set. Yes, it's refillable and they are very prompt with that too. Good point here. 

Katsu Curry Chicken - RM18.90

Babe decided to try their Katsu Curry Chicken Rice which was really large in portion. The chicken was plenty too. She couldn't even finished the chicken and rice at the end. Although the curry smells like any other Japanese restaurant but the texture over here are different. If you look carefully it's not that smooth. I think this is due to the pre-preparation of the gravy. I had better at Pasta Zanmai but this is not bad. 

Katsudon Set - RM24.80

As mentioned earlier the set comes with all the side dishes. The portion of the katsudon was really large. Even for me. There were really a lot of chicken on top of that bowl of rice. Egg was even distributed and it's still hot. It shows how fresh it is. As any other Katsudon, there's onions and egg being mixed together with the chicken and cooked before pouring it on top of the rice. Delicious, but anything more would be too much. 

Here's the side dishes which I mentioned earlier which comprises of Miso Soup, Cawanmushi, and Oshink. In the menu it shows a salad type of dessert sort of like coleslaw but they given me something else. Maybe they are out of salad. But anyhow, you will surely be full after finishing all of the above. 

The place is really new so all the seats and table are clean and brand new. There are plenty of seats even for large groups of people as both of the restaurants are linked to each another. The staffs are attentive and service is good. Will definitely return to try out their pizza and also the steak burgers. And before I forgot, they have another outlet which I think opened before this at Palm Square Jaya One. So for those who work in PJ, you can try it out over there too. (Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0)

Address: Kissaten @ IOI Boulevard

D-G-57 & 58, Block D,

Jalan Kenari 5, 

Bandar Puchong Jaya, 

47170 Puchong, Selangor D.E

Tel: +603-8070 6307

Kitchen Creatures @ Center Point

A friend was snapped a picture of her lunch for me few weeks back of this place. I saw this place previously but didn't had the chance to try it out. Feedback was, it's alright. OK, that is good enough for me to go over to give it a try. Since it's located at Center Point, it's just a few steps away from my lunch buddy's office. It was previously Manhattan's Fish Market if I am not mistaken. It's above Starbucks if you are familiar with Center Point at Petaling Jaya. The name of the place is quite interesting, Kitchen Creatures, no frills dining. 

So what does no frills dining means? Well it's actually their concept of serving great food and value for money with no extra charges. In other words, the prices stated in the menu are all nett and tax free. Cause they believe that it's their pleasure to serve and we do no need to pay extra for their services. They served their food with only fresh ingredients set by Creature George with NO MSG. I can say it's true since I don't felt any thirst since lunch. Went straight to the menu which is made out of two piece card paper. How simple and nice. Totally love the motto above, "The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for your steak to cook" by George The Wise. Browsed through their menu and was really surprised with the pricing. It was really cheap. But could the portion be small? 

Monsterised Beef Burger - RM10 nett

Since I am craving for big juicy burgers these days, I had ordered their monsterised beef burger. You can choose chicken if you don't take beef. It's loaded with pickles, onion rings, lettuce, cheese, egg, beef bacon, chicken ham and served with frizzle fries. I was totally surprised with the size of the burger and also the patties. The portion was really generous for the price that I am paying. They even throw in the ham and bacon which I was really happy with. 

A closer view of the big juicy patties. Yes, the patties was really fat and juicy. The bread are freshly prepared as it's still a bit crunchy and not soft. The fries are freshly fried too so you can still feel the crunchiness. The egg makes me felt like it's a big local, like the one we had from Ramli Burger. A nice touch out of it. 

Bacon Carbonara - RM10 nett

They had 8 pastas to choose from their menu which is good. Since I am a pasta lover too. You can choose between bacon or chicken carbonara with the same price. The portion was generous too with the amount of pasta and also bacon. Sauce is rich and creamy the way it should be but lack some herbs taste. It's a good plate of pasta but we had better over at Louisiana. But for the price you're paying, this is really worth it. 

Limey George - RM7 nett

We had browsed through the menu and realized that the drinks are some what pricey. Maybe they are compensating back the price of the food on the drinks. But I am alright with it. We had ordered this creature special drink called Limey George which actually consists of Ribenna, Sprite and Lemon. You can even make this at home but heck, a glass of ice lemon tea already cost RM6, so we ordered this special drink.

The place is divided into two separate section, but I am not sure if the one outside is for smokers or not. But the one we're seated which is inside and next to the windows are really nice. Since the windows are all tinted with blue films (hence the blue colors on my pictures) the ambiance are really calm and nice. Not too crowded during lunch hour, maybe still new? Other than pasta and burgers, they also serve Grilled Lamb, Chicken Cutlet, Fish & Chips, Mixed Grills, Steaks, Sandwiches and Pizzas. Totally love the place as the food are really good and worth the money. Last tip before I sign off, order the tea in a pot and share with a friend on your next trip to save more. (Rating: 4.2 out of 5.0)

Kokopelli Travellers Bistro @ Section 14

This is a place which I had been wanted to visit for so long. It's called Kokopelli Travelers Bistro. They are formerly housed nearby University Hospital but is relocated to Section 14 I think early this year. I heard a lot about this place from floggers around town. And babe had even been to this place previously and had some good feedback from it. So I was determined to try this place out one and for all.

 

As you can see, the restaurant is actually a converted old mansion along Seksyen 14. They preserved everything in the house without much renovation but everything is in good condition. White is their theme and everything looked so homely if you are sitting inside. There is also a private room if you are having a party or private function. But be advice that people will come in as the toilet attached to the room is the only one in the house. Everyone was looking at me when they saw me coming in the room that night. Funny~!!

 

Decoration is nice and simple. They use mahjong paper placed on top of the table which I think save their time of wiping the table and changing the clothe. But a but wasting maybe.

 

Pasta Carbonara - RM20.90

There are a few varieties of pasta to choose from ranging from Seafood Marinara, Seafood Kinguine Aglio Olio and Primavera but as always I had choose my favorite, Carbonara. The pasta come with beef bacon & turkey ham. Sorry guys, this place is HALAL so no pork for you. To be honest I was skeptical when I first saw the pasta as it was too watery but heck it's so cream at the end of the meal. One word, delicious. Please don't order this if you can't take the thick creamy sauce.

 

Signature Fried Koey Teow - RM10.90

This is a MUST TRY dish from the restaurant. I heard a lot of positive feedback for their plate of Char Koey Teow. I like CKT but never tried any good one without pork lard or oil in them. But this CKT really change my mind. The CKT comes with prawns, cockles, bean sprout and chives. It's really large hence the price. It's not too wet and the taste is so darn nice. But maybe slightly heavy on the MSG maybe.

 

Pizza Mazor - RM10.90

I heard that their pizza was quite nice from my friend who just visited the place. So I decided to order one to share around. The boss was so nice to introduce some of their favorite dishes in the place and this pizza is one of them. It's not thin crust but there is a lot of cheese on the pizza. Nothing much special bout the pizza here or maybe we're just too full to taste it.

 At the end of our dinner, the place was pack. So if you're deciding to dine in for more than 4 people, it's best to call beforehand for reservation. Overall the food is good and the service is great. The place is small and decent with good food. Definitely a nice place to have dinner with some good companion. The price for their other dishes like steaks and western food seemed a bit pricey even for the pasta but then again, the quality of the food is good and we have to look overall for the ambiance and also presentation I guess. Definitely be going back for more one of these days. (Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0)

Pasta Zanmai (September Special) @ 1Utama

If you had been following my blog, you should have guess that I am totally in love with this restaurant. It's Pasta Zanmai at 1Utama. I think I had visited this outlet more than 6 times this year alone. Reason was that the idea of fusing Japanese Cuisine & Italian Pasta together sounds so delicious. I can say that either you love it or hate it period. For me it's the first as you can see. So what's new? They have this September Special on their menu. So I had decided to try some out.

Mini Teriyaki Chicken Pasta

Portion wasn't that large but it's quite simple. The teriyaki or grilled chicken was really juicy and tasted really nice. The fresh egg on top of the chicken will mix together with the pasta underneath. Taste was a bit plain but the chicken was good.

Mini Scallop Pizza - RM22

Totally love their pizza in the restaurant. This is my second dish. What? Another dish? Yes, that is the September Special is all about. The dish isn't that large but you can try both this dish for the price of one. The pizza is super crispy and the sauce and scallop was really delicious. Mix that with some thousand island sauce on top and it's perfect. Totally love this dish.

Mini Vegetable Soup Pasta

This is their another mini set which consist of this soup pasta and katsu curry rice. The portion was moderate but accommodating. Remember there are two main dish with this set. The soup was really refreshing together with the crab stick, egg plant, mushrooms and some lettuces. Nothing spectacular but just a refreshing vegetable soup pasta.

Mini Chicken Katsu Curry Rice - RM22

This is the second dish together with the soup pasta. I was really taken aback from the portion of the dish. It was really generous and trust me it's really filling at the end of the dish. Their curry was really tasty but not too powdery like the one I had from Genki Sushi. The chicken was freshly fried but a bit oily though but then again it's crispy. This combo are really filling.

For their September Special, they also offer Mini Grilled Chicken Spicy Pasta & California Tortilla Roll, Mini Fried Prawn Sesame Sauce Pasta w& Mini Roasted Eel Rice & Miso Soup, Mini Salmon & Salmon Roe Pasta with Mini Grilled Beef Rice & Miso Soup. All of the mini sets cost the same, RM22. Their dessert of the month would be their Crepe with Mango Ice Cream & Fresh Mango (RM8). I am waiting what are they gonna offer for the month of October and am looking forward to it. (Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0)

Marco's Pizza @ P.J

I think this is the second time I had visited Marco's Pizza. Although it's just opposite my place but I don't really visit the place that often. I can still remember my first visit few years back when they had just open. Had some good experience for it but didn't really had any thoughts of returning for more. Not sure why too. Saw some other blogger blogged bout this place and decided to have a try at it again after a few year back. Just to see if they improve or not. Since it was lunch hour we had decided to try out their lunch set. There are two set of lunch set which comprises of either pasta or pizza. The set come with their soup of the day and also a glass of drink.

Pumpkin Soup

Was a bit skeptical of the soup when I heard what they had that day. But since I don't have any choice I thought why not just give it a try. Well, it was really some good soup. Pumpkin taste was strong and it was really thick too. Some bread crumbles on the top to go with the soup. This is definitely one of the best pumpkin soup I had in many months. Portion was really generous too.

Bacon & Mushroom Pizza

Their pizza of the day was bacon & mushroom. It was thin crispy type with lots of ham and mushroom. Not too large but just enough for a single serving. According to my friend it wasn't that bad too. Can see that the cheese is visible in between the ham and mushroom.

Aglio Olio Spaghetti

As for their pasta, it was aglio olio with herbs, dried chili and fried ham. Surprisingly this is one of the best aglio olio I had in a long time. The taste was just right and the herbs and chili did play a crucial part to mixed together with the olive oil. My friend said it was too oily but it was alright for me as the pasta won't be that dry. Totally love this plate of pasta.

Although the pasta I had was just some set lunch they are promoting but it was really nice. At least it was better than the one I had at Pizza Ria or my other visit at different restaurants. This proves that they really do take care of their customers food although it isn't those expensive pasta or pizza. To me, this is how customer rate a restaurant. If they can't even prepare an ordinary pasta then how are we suppose to give their other dishes a try? Definitely gonna be visiting them again soon and hopefully their other dishes are the same standard too. (Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0)

Pizza Ria @ SS2

I was still deciding whether to blog bout this little place which me and my friend had lunch few weeks back. I had some mix feeling on this restaurant since my last visit. The restaurant that I am talking about is Pizza Ria which is located at SS2, same row as Public Bank. For those who live around PJ area, they should at least heard of tried their food over here. My first visit was was few years back and it was a good experience. Well up until my last visit that is.

Cream of Mushroom Soup

We had ordered their set lunch which comprises of soup, main and drink. The soup is definitely worth mentioning over here. It's thick and the scent of mushroom strong. Just the way I like my soup to be. Add some bread crumbs on top and it's perfect. It's been a while since I had a decent good mushroom soup.

Classic Fettuccine Carbonara
This is not the first time I had this but this had got to be the worst I had. It's too watery and there is practically not much taste in their cream sauce. It was rather hard for my friends who ordered the same to finish theirs. A bit disappointed on this dish as it was one of my favourite dish. (RM19/set)

Tagliatelle Alfredo
This is practically tagliatelle cooked with turkey ham, parmesan and onion in alfredo sauce. The sauce was surprisingly similar to our Carbonara. Not sure if they used the same sauce or what. But this too was a bit disappointing as it wasn't that tasty. But the turkey ham was nice. (RM19/set)

Spaghetti Alle Vongole
This dish is a bit spicy according to them but not really. It's spaghetti cooked with clams, chili and broccoli in garlic sauce. I think this could be the saviour our the day. Although seafood isn't my first choice but this is still passable. (RM19/set)

The food today was a bit disappointing maybe due to all of us ordering the same dish. Well I am giving them the benefit of the doubt here as I had visited them numerous time and this is the first time I had a bad experience on their food. Maybe a new chef? But the boss is still the same though. I had tried their Risotto and pizza before and it's worth a try if you like it. Definitely be going back again to try them again and let you all know what I think bout it. (Rating: 3.5 out of 5.0)