Tom, Dick & Harry's Restaurant

It's been really some time since my last visit to Tom, Dick & Harry (TDH). The place hasn't really changed that much. Well maybe just getting older. But the crowd is still there. Seeing lots of locals sitting back and hitting the beers when we arrived. Actually our objective for that night would be Hoofed but sadly it was closed for a private function. So we didn't really wanna travel else where so we just dine in down stairs. 

Ordered something small to share around. Fried button mushroom. It's a bit too plain and tasteless for all of us. Luckily  there's sauce and mayo to go with it.  

It's either this or the Pork Burger. Well, since it's Harry's favorite so I guess it's the cheese burger instead.   The set comes with some salad on the side and a whole lot of fries too. 

It's a 150g beef patty topped with a melted cheese and sitting on a piece of large slice of pineapple. Some sort like a Hawaiian style burger. Patty was almost juicy but a bit too salty for me. Isn't that bad but I had better with Hungry Hog and for half the price too. 

The bangers and mash comes with a sausage sitting or rather sleeping on top of the mash potato. Friend said it's not that nice. A simple dish which goes wrong I guess. Didn't really tried it since I was getting really full from the dessert coming soon. 

My friend wanted to try out their Creme brulee but it was also another disaster. Well not as much as the next one. The upper layer part of the dessert is a bit too thick. Maybe they added too much sugar on top when they torch it that time. 

 This could be the best part of the dishes that night. I know dessert supposed to be sweet, but this is way too much for all of us. It's actually snickers and mars chocolate bar fried to crisp. It wasn't oily which is good but damn it's sweet. I think it's not a really good choice to mix them around. But luckily the dish did come with a small vanilla ice cream at the side for you to mix it around. Well that helps a bit but we didn't even finish off this dessert. 

We ordered some some beers and hang around before making our quick get away. The place seemed to get more crowds  in after 8pm. As usual I guess for a place serving beers. Food is still not  the important part of the place I guess. But I do expect better quality of food in a place like this. Overall, we did had some good time chatting with my other friend fiddling with her iPhone whole night long. They have another new branch over at Scott's Garden along Jalan Klang Lama. Maybe it's better over there. 

Rating: 

Food: 3.5 out of 5.0

Ambiance: 3.8 out of 5.0 (quiet when we arrive with some music playing at the back)

Service: 3.8 out of 5.0 (friendly waitress but too ages with our dessert)

Address: 

Lorong Rahim Kajai 14, 

Taman Tun Dr. Ismail. 

Tel: 03-7710 2122

Hungry Hog @ Subang Jaya

I was told that there's this new porky restaurant over at Subang. Needless to say, it was recommended by several friends and the rest is history. You can read more bout the place in their own blog HERE. Seemed like they had just moved over to Subang early this year. And they have been making a buzz during these few months over here. So I can assure that the food is good from all these hype.

The place is nicely decorated with porky every where. Something similar to El Cerdo which I visited several years ago. The place has simple and comfortable environment which is suitable for a quick bite during lunch or some place for you and some friends to hang out during dinner time. 

Went through the menu and my lunch buddy who had tried the place before had recommended me their 'signature' burger, Three Little Pigs. Why the 3 pigs? I had a wild guess after I saw the meal was served in front of me. The burger consists of the porky patty, bacon and ham. Hence the 3 little pigs nick~ The meal come with french fries and also salad on the side. 

Let goes to the patty which is the heart of all burger. The porky patty is topped with melted cheese on top. That's a plus point for me. Below those juicy patty are layers of ham, bacon, lettuce and tomatoes. Not too sloppy but just enough to get your hands dirty if you are not too familiar on 'handling' the burger. Yes, trust me, you need some skill to handle a burger without getting all those stuff dropping off while you are chewing on it.

The patty is juicy and just sufficient and not too much as there are bacon and ham that goes with it. But I was taken aback with the amount of oil dripping on the other end of the patty. Yup, those are oil dripping down. Maybe it would be more healthier if they could reduce the oil before serving the burger. But overall, it was a very good patty. I am really satisfied. 

My friend had decided to ordered another type of burger called Plain Jane. And of course as the name goes, it's a plain pork burger without the ham and bacon. So it's exactly the same as the above minus the other two piglets. So if you are not that hungry and on a diet, you could still order this and not feeling too guilty about it.

Don't be alarm as the place has several different furniture set as some of them are donated by their customers. This is a very good way as it felt more retro and modern all mix together. I like the idea of customers sharing their furniture and deco. It adds a certain amount of closeness or homely feel to the place.

Now on a site note, to cut the story short, I left my notebook after my lunch and didn't realized it until I reached home around 6pm. Yes, that is more than 3 hours after my lunch. I quickly search online and found their contact. Called them up and the guy in charge, Mr. Yong told me that he found my notebook and had kept if for me. I'd  quickly drove over and retrieve it from him. I am really grateful towards the management and also Mr. Yong for safe keeping my notebook. Had a good lunch and meet good people in the process. 

Rating

Food: 4.0 out of 5.0

Service: 4.5 out of 5.0 (cause they are honest people and great service provided)

Ambiance: 4.0 out of 5.0 (homely feel) 

Address: 71, Jalan SS15/4C, 47500 Subang Jaya

Contact:  012 - 225 0877

Opening Hours: 12:00 - 2:30pm, 6:00 - 10:00pm
(closed on Mondays)

Little Korea @ One Solaris, Mount Kiara

It was my birthday and it was a last minute thingy for me looking for a venue. I had listed out three namely Daidomon Japanese Buffet at Great Eastern Mall, Fong Lye Taiwan Cuisine at Jalan Imbi and Little Korea over at One Solaris. At the end after some voting among my friends, we decided on the latter. I am really looking forward going over this place as it was quite highly recommended by another well know food blogger.

The place is located outside of Tenji over at Solaris, Mount Kiara. It's facing the main road on the third floor. There's a big signboard on top of the building and it's the same row as Maybank and CIMB. You can't really miss it. There's an elevator so you don't have to use the stairs. There are a few Korean restaurants nearby the area which I might go over and have a try on my next visit.

I heard that the place was popular, so I made a reservation beforehand. And it's a wise move if I do say so myself. The place was packed to the top when I arrived. The place was really busy with customers waiting at the front entrance and all. So I informed the waitress of my reservation and they gladly show me the way.

I had previously asked for a private room as there were around 9 of us. The room is situated on the other side of the main restaurant. The room can fit 12 pax and has 3 hot plate. Air cond was at full blast that night I think as most of us are freezing. I guess it's really good since the room gonna be heating up when we start cooking those ribs and belly. 

Since four of us arrived early, we decided to start one of the hot plate first. This is when everything goes down hill. The waiter didn't asked us what kind of drink they have and just poured us plain water. And when my other friends arrived and asked for tea or other drinks they are a bit lost with the request. Yes, they are foreign workers but they should be well equip with the basic fundamental conversation with the customers, not?

Browsed through the menu and there were a lot of choices ranging from pork, beef and soups.

Since we're waiting for the others, we decided to ordered their famous pan fried flour cake. This is kim chi based with shrimp, clams, squid and scallion all mixed together. Basically it's a seafood kim chi flour cake. Not bad, but maybe the kim chi can be a bit stronger here.

What is Korean cuisine without their famous side dishes appetizers or 'banchan'. This side dishes should arrived even before our other dishes but it arrived really late actually. We were really frustrated as they only gave us one set of each of the above. Even after all of us had arrived, we still need to remind him several time to give us more and refill. Really really frustrating.

Another complain would be the salad which is for wrapping those meat we ordered. It came so late. We had finished our marinated beef and it's still not seen on the table. We didn't realized that until one of my friend asked about it. And we requested, it took them like 5 mins to get it. Another frustration. Is this the end? You wish. Since there are 8 of us, we had requested that they fire up the another hot plate on the other table. But the waiter said that we (8 of us) to share one plate. Huh? WTH?!! There are 3 plates in the room and 4 customers should share one, so if there's 8 of us, we should have two, or am I wrong in my MATH?!! Since some of my friend don't take beef, so we requested to separate the plate. At the end he heated the other plate and at this point most of us are really annoyed and I can sense that the waiter was too. WTH!?!! Service really sux!

This is the marinated beef ribs which we ordered and finished off without any salad to go with it. The beef is nicely marinated and I am not sure why they didn't throw in the garlic into the plate to grilled it. Another complaint would be the chili paste. We had requested extra as they only have us two sets for 4 of us at that point. And when we ordered more the waiter seemed to be a bit unhappy. WTH?!!

The marinated pork ribs came second but we are actually quite uncomfortable at this point as the service of the place really do affect our dining experience. The pork isn't that bad but we didn't enjoy it under the circumstances.

This is the pork belly which is really tempting for me, as I like belly a lot. The fat and lean meat are evenly separated. Delicious. Portion might be a bit little but you can order more.

A friend ordered their Kim Chi styled noodle to share. There's a lot of seafood inside namely squids, dried wort, garlic, onions and spicy pepper. There's also clams and octopus in there too with some spicy ingredients. But the taste fall flat as my friend who tried this in Korean said it's not really the same and isn't that spicy too. Sad~!

Another recommended dish by online blogger, their beef bul go ki. It's actually pan fried sliced beef and vegetable all mix together seasoned with soy sauce, sugar and pear juice. I was warned that it tasted sweeter than usual but I am alright with it. Either you like it or hate it. So some of us finished it and some didn't. Babe wasn't really into it so I have to finished hers. Not bad, something new for me.

This is a complimentary steamed egg by the restaurant. A bit plain again on the taste over here. But heck it's free, so I can't complain much.

Overall, the food isn't as good as I thought it would be and my friend even dared to say that the one we had over at DaoRae, Taipan is far better. Well at least the service over there are more down to earth and generous. We had to wait for a reserved table over at DaoRae and the boss came out and apologized to us personally and even complimented us on so many dishes that night. Service was superb and it complimented the dishes more. But that is not the same over here. It's actually the other way around. The food over here might be better but since the service is so darn bad to the point that my friend walked out to asked for service, I'm sure that this will be our last trip over. 

Yes, the place is pack that night. But they should have hired more people to help. You can't give an excuse of over crowded for the bad service and all. The waiter did his best to serve us but sorry to say it's not even on average level yet. One of my Everything was a disaster that night. The late salad, the late refills and lack of the appetizers, request for extra hot plate being rejected, not offered tea instead of plain water, slow service, refills of water .. .OMG, the list is so darn long. We are just disappointed. And I am really sorry that I had so highly recommended the place to my friends for my birthday dinner. But luckily we had a good round of beers over at Over Time, One Mount Kiara after that. 

Ambiance : 3.5 out of 5.0 (we had a private room)

Service : 3.0 out of 5.0 (this is the worst rating I gave to date)

Food : 3.8 out of 5.0 (hit and misses here and there)

Address: Jalan Solaris 1,

Solaris Mont Kiara, 

50480 Kuala Lumpur, 

WP Kuala Lumpur

Contact: 603 6203 7217

Nambawan Restaurant & Cafe @ Old Klang Road

It was a Saturday morning and I was reading my favorite paper and while I was browsing through the Metro section, I was this foodie section which attracted me. It's being introduced by some other blogger I think. It's a restaurant called Nambawan Restaurant. It's located at Sri Manja Square One. What attracted me? One word, Pork. They serve pork burgers. I am a sucker for pork. Since it's nearby my house, I decided to go over with babe and my friend to check it out. It was around 1.30pm when we reached and the place is already half full. I think they are under employed as my cry for order was left with deaf ear for some time. Anyway, lets go through the food. 

100% Home Made Pork Burger - RM6.90

This is one of the recommended in the article. As you can see the set comes with some fries on the side too. The pork burger is a bit soft and not that pack but there's also a good point as it's more juicier. The patty isn't that large but for the price we're paying, it's damn worth every penny of it. Fresh lettuce, tomato and cucumber on top. Nice.

Grilled Steak Sandwich - RM8.90

We were really surprised when the dish was served on the table. It was really juicy and large. The steak was tender grilled to perfection. Add that with some onion rings and tomato and you get yourself a great lunch.

Stone Charbroil Pork Belly - RM13.90

I recommended babe to take this dish when I saw it in the menu. My last pork belly would be during my visit at Belly Good few months back. So I decided to try this out. And it's really a good choice. Portion is really generous. The gravy on top is some sort like brown sauce. The dish is served with roasted potatoes and garden salad. See that stuff on top, Yes, it's fried pork skin. Crunchy~!!

Succulent Pork Ribs - RM25.80

We saw this from the customer next table and decided to share as the portion was really large. There are at least 5 ribs and trust me there's a lot of meat on it. The sweet sauce really goes well with the ribs. Plenty of fries below and garden salad with coleslaw on the side. Aside from the ribs, the coleslaw on the side is really fresh and appetizing too.

I read from the paper that the chef came back from New Zealand and brought back some of the cooking experience that he had when is he residing over there. The place is clean and looks like a family outlet and I can see some family members and teenagers dining there too. The price is one of the main factor why I went over as it's really affordable. For the quality and quantity of the food we're paying, I am 100% satisfied with everything that I am paying for. Try it out and let me know what you think. (Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0)

Address: 

Nambawan Restaurant & Cafe

No.10, Sri Manja Square One, 

Taman Sri Manja, 

Jalan Klang Lama, 46000

Petaling Jaya

For Reservation: 016-224 1533 (Yap) / 013-263 2772 (Gilbert)

Betty's Midwest Kitchen @ Aman Suria

I was referred to this place by another fellow flogger and it was really a good recommendation if I would say so myself. The place is located at Aman Suria nearby Sunway Mas. The restaurant name is called Betty's Midwest Kitchen. The place served American style dishes like burgers and their famous ribs. 

Went over during lunch hour and it wasn't that pack which is good. The restaurant is clean and nicely decorated with some western deco and stuff. The staffs are friendly and helpful when we asked for recommendation too.

 'Dog Food' - RM 7.50

Trust me, it's not what the name said. But it does look like one. Is that bad? Anyway, it's gravy fries. Imagine fries being topped with cheese and gravy. This is so darn filling as our main consists of fries too. Trust me it does taste better than it's look.

Pulled Pork Burger - RM 12.00

Pulled pork or shredded pork which is being slowly roasted and braised in their special sauce. Taste of their sauce is alright and slices of onions is a good combination. The set is served with fries and coleslaw on the side.

Jucy Lucy - RM 13.50

This was highly recommended so I ordered this. It's cheese melted on the core of the grilled beef and pork patties. This is really filling. It's nice and simple with a big surprise inside. Served with fries on the side too.

Other than the burgers we had, they also serve pork ribs as mentioned earlier. I heard that their Grilled Beer Braised Boston Butt is good too. It's actually pork shoulder braised in beer for 4 to 6 hours. Sounds interesting right? They have this Grilled Baby Back Ribs too which sounded really tempting to me. Definitely going back for dinner or lunch to try it all out. Price are reasonable and food is good. (Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0)

Bellygood @ Sunway Mentari

It was my second visit to Bellygood and this time around it was my friends who wanted to try it out after some good reviews from my previous post. So 7 of us arrived after gym on a Friday night and luckily there wasn't much people when we arrived.

This is one of the recommended dish of the place which is their Mixed Platter which is served with Coleslaw and Mash Potatoes at the side. It come with both grilled pork belly and also pork ribs served under their House special rib & belly sauce. This dish is totally your best choice if you wanted to try both their pork belly and baby ribs. (RM23.90)

This is the Grilled Pork Belly with Original Sauce served with Coleslaw and Mash Potatoes. It depends if you like the scent taste of pork or not. As the taste of pork are rather strong with the original sauce compared to the Spicy sauce below. Coleslaw are fresh and the mash potatoes are rough and I think they added something in it which tasted really nice. (RM21.90)

This is the Grilled Pork Belly with Spicy sauce served with Mash Potatoes and Coleslaw. The taste on of pork on this piece of belly isn't that strong as it was covered by the spicy sauce. The pork belly for both the dishes are really soft and tender. Truly succulent. (RM21.90)

I wanted to have something light and decided to order their Pulled Pork Burger which also come with French Fries and Coleslaw, just the way I like it. It is braised and roasted pork meat pull apart by hand (hence the name) topped with mayo and minced onions. Nothing much to say on the burger as it was just minced pork with mayo on it. But I was totally full when I finish off the side dishes. (RM12.90)

Last but not least, the Sausages Platter. It come with 4 type of sausages which consists of pork chorizo, pork oriental, spicy Hungarian served with French Fries and Thai chilly sauce. The sausages was really pack and juicy. They might taste the same at one point but it still a very good dish to share among friends. (RM26.90)

Cleansed all the pork down with a pot of Earl Grey as always for me. (RM6.90) The night's dinner was truly fulfilling and everyone was satisfied with their choices. Sat down and chatted till they decided to close for the night and we left a full stomach and thoughts of a second round. (Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0)

Address:
20, Jalan PJS 8/18,
Sunway Mentari,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor D.E
Contact: (03) 5630 1699

Bellygood @ Dataran Mentari

Finally decided to go over Bellygood after some time of delaying. The restaurant is located at Dataran Mentari opposite Yuen Steamboat and in between two steamboat restaurants. This is definitely a place for pork lovers (like me) and the price is on the safe side to.

Ordered a pot of Earl Grey to cleanse our thirst upon arrival. So nice to see that they did supply a pot of brown sugar to go with the pot. Other than teas, they do served wine, imported beers and also juices. (RM 6.90/pot)

To warm up our belly before the main dish, I had ordered their soup of the day which is the mushroom soup. It comes with a slice of garlic bread too. Minced mushroom rather then those can type mushroom which we drink else where. Nice~! (RM 8.30)

I had ordered a started for both of us to share before the main. This is one of the must eat dish in the restaurant, Sausage Platter. There are 4 types of sausages in the platter which consists of grilled pork chorizo, chicken chorizo, pork oriental and spicy Hungarian. It's served with fries (my favourite) and thai chilli sauce. Juicy and nice to bite into. But the taste is a bit too salty for me on the chicken chorizo I think. But the rest was good. (RM 26.90)

This is definitely a must order if you drop by this place. It's one of their house specialty, Grilled Pork Belly. It's succulent grilled pork belly marinated with pekin sauce served with coleslaw (a bit dry and not that cold) and mashed potatoes (no garlic, sad). They do recommend Merlot from Columbia Crest to go with the pork. First bite into the meat and I was amazed. It was so soft and lean at the same time. It's like eating Char Siew the Western style. Since it's pork belly so their practically using the same part as Char Siew. Half lean and half fat, bite by bite, it's so succulent. (RM 21.90 for Regular)

Overall the place do served some really decent and nice food which do not cut deep into your wallet. The total bill only comes to RM73 for all of the above. And they do serve Movenpick ice cream if you want dessert. We were famish at the end of the meal. Definitely will be going back again to try out their other dishes like the Grilled Pork Chop and Grilled Pork Ribs. (Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0)