Igentis (The Mines or Tropicana City Mall)

For RM14, we indeed were served: 1 Main Course + Mushroom Soup + Garlic Toast + Ice Lemon Tea + 2 Scoops Ice Cream. 

Several menu options were available for the main course – mostly consisting of variations of chicken chop and fish and chips.

Main Meal: Fish and chips – deep fried fish with thick, crunchy batter.  There was hardly any meat to this dish although portion wise, one could have a tummy fill of deep fried breadcrumbs.

Main meal: Mexican Chicken Chop – a house specialty.  This meal was drenched in very sweet and mildly sour sauce. The capsicum, cucumber and pineapple added to the zing in this meal.

Mushroom soup and garlic toast– The serving was the size of a small soup bowl.  It resembled a diluted version of Campbell’s mushroom soup.  The toast was lightly buttered with a sprinkling of garlic – very mild indeed but makes a pleasant enough dip into the watery soup.

Ice lemon tea – nothing but the regular fare here…very similar to Lipton’s ice lemon tea.

2 scoops of ice-cream (no topping) – we were given yam and choc chip.  Just the run of the mill ice-cream.

Aside from the items served as part of those stated in the voucher, we also ordered the following:

Kids omelet fried rice – yang zhou fried rice served nasi pattaya style with coleslaw and fries on the side.  A treat for the young ones for sure.

Service at the restaurant was extremely slow.  Considering we were the only ones in the restaurant at noon, it took a near half hour for the main course to arrive.  Thankfully, drinks were served first.  The soup and garlic toast were served after the main course!

The restaurant did fill up after the 12.30pm when the weekday crowd came in for lunch.  We noticed that the fastest served meals were the daily specials or the bowls of noodles.

Igentis deserves a thumbs up for a family dining outlet and good variety of items on offer. However, they’d need to pick up speed for service on its western menu items or at least state minimum delivery time to avoid hungry, grumpy customers.

Dirt cheap Legoland Annual Passes for sale

I’m selling these as my baby is arriving in Oct and Legoland Malaysia is no place for a newborn.  Got these way back in January when they had a terrific sale (and before I knew that lil bub would arrive in the last quarter!).  So anyone looking for annual passes can now get the set (2 adults + 2 kids) from me at RM707 (savings of RM333 in total).  Email me at: leetc2004@gmail.com

Fong Lye Taiwan Restaurant, Mid Valley Gardens

This restaurant is usually packed to the brim at mealtimes so we took the opportunity to dine there when we ventured way past dinner time on a weekday. 

Fresh tomato fried egg

Set meals which were served with rice and an assortment of condiments

 

  

Taiwan style oyster with egg

Steamed fish with pineapple set

 

Having savored the food and paid the bill, we understand why it is so popular.  Simple, fuss-free meals at reasonable prices that are served promptly!

Opulent Jade Restaurant, Bandar Puteri Puchong

Wah, RM19 (Digi customers) or RM20 (everyone else) for a RM40 voucher at this mouth-watering restaurant (go check out the menu!).  Quick, purchase vouchers via: https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/437349?ref=conf-jp&rpi=77414828

Fontana Cafe and Catering

Firstly, the address needs to be amended on the Living Social voucher. It should be: No. 7 Jalan Putra Permai 1A, Taman Equine.  Once  one gets over the hassle of searching for a non-existent road on the GPS, getting there is actually quite easy as it located just mere metres away from the McDonald’s drive through in Taman Equine.

Incorrect address printed on voucher

Once inside, you can’t help but notice the lack of clientele on a Saturday afternoon.  There was not one table filled at 1pm nor were the lights turned on!  After our arrival, the waiters were kind enough to switch on the lights and change channels.  The overall feel wasn’t exactly delightful as the restaurant is decorated with a mix of ideas.  There’s clearly an Australian aboriginal influence (probably due to the owner’s travel to Oz) plus a Malay restaurant feel (the drinks and payment counters were spartanly furnished). To top it all, refrigerators with meats and other kitchen necessities were haphazardly placed in most corners of the dining area.

The inside of the restaurant

If we hadn’t already committed ourselves to dining at the restaurant via purchase of the vouchers, it was clear we would have made a quick exit.

Nevertheless, all said and done, we proceeded to calm our grumbling tummies with the halal menu.  Having just come to the end of the week-long Hari Raya holiday, the kitchen took a while to warm up.  Several essentials were still not available (such as potato to for the bangers and mash).

 

Neslo – the everyday concoction of Nescafe and Milo

 

The Fontana Burger – This was 6 inches in diameter!  The huge burger was filled with a very thick piece of meat patty which was sliced to make it look like 2 pieces.  What was special about this burger was the added avocado slices – a very pleasant tummy filler indeed.

 

Teh tarik – a generous serving of one of the nation’s favourite drinks.

 

 

Pad thai – not quite the regular Thai fare but it had enough nuts to be palatable.  Closely resembling fried kueh teow, this dish would have done better with a tinge of sugar and fresh prawns (the 4 pieces given were close to stale).

Coney dog with fries – I was wondering how a simple hot dog could cost over RM15!  Alas, it was due to it's size, which is over a foot long.  The beef sauce was a tad too sweet and could have been a bit tangy or perhaps it was the missing onions?

If you haven’t utilised your vouchers, go on and give this place a go!  The food isn’t too bad (I’d rate it a 3.5 out of 5 stars) …just don’t grade them on ambience or interior decoration and you shan’t be disappointed.

Bubba Gump

We always wanted to venture into this aptly named outlet based on the Forrest Gump movie.  As twas expected, the place is decorated with Forrest Gump memorabilia and if you need some service, you’d just need to change the signage on your table to “Stop Forrest Stop” to call for service.  Once the waiter has attended to you, the signage then switches back to “Run Forrest Run”.

Typical of any American restaurant, the portions are large and should be shared.  Greasy deep fried options remain their best sellers.

 

Caesar salad – yum!

Kids meal – hotdog & fries

Grilled prawns and mash – delish!

 

Bucketful of shrimps and other fried stuff – This deceptive looking bucketful of food is not filled to the brim (thankfully!).  As you can see from the pic above, the amount of food is served on the ‘newspaper’ and doesn’t go beyond the mouth of the bucket.

Accompaniments – sauces and coleslaw.

 

The overall service in the restaurant is prompt despite having to maneuver through the dimly lit hallways and uneven paths (elderly folks will have to mind their step as the ground is uneven with small steps hindering a clear path in this meandering restaurant.

Be prepared to fork out RM30-50 per pax as with any American diner and enjoy being served by foreign staff (mainly friendly Filipinos).

LonBay, Paradigm Mall

Utilising half-priced vouchers at LonBay in Paradigm Mall, we ventured to try some brewed coffee,ice-blended juice and toast.

 

  Brewed coffee

Ice-blended blueberry juice

Kaya butter toast

The small kiosk is located in front of Tesco and has limited seating.  If you are game for a change, try their specialty coffee which made of civet cat poo :)