Sunway Pyramid The Asian Avenue RM1 Deal!

Why not enjoy Asian cuisine when you can afford it at RM 1?

YES! You get me right, RM 1 is the deal now. For every Wednesday in the entire month of June 2009, you are entitled to purchase certain food item at RM 1 at Asian Avenue Food Street @ Sunway Pyramid. Let’s pamper your taste bud with Asian Cuisine during the RM 1 Food Wonder @ Sunway Pyramid.

Shoppers will have to grab "The Asian Avenue RM1 Deal" flyer available at the Concierges on weekends beginning 23 May till end of June or from the Harajuku Girls walkabout giving out the complimentary flyers.

RM Cafe

You may kick off with the Local Yummy Spaghetti of RM Cafe at only RM1.

The spaghetti is cook at al dante which is a perfect level of cook spaghetti that is firm to your bite. The sauce is a bolognaise sauce which is a tomato base sauce with juicy sausages, carrots, corns, onions and green peas. It is not too sour but it is simply perfect.

Formosa

The next time if you stop by Formosa, there are 3 choices to choose from the Bubble Black Tea, Braise Egg or Braise Tofu (2 pcs) because it is only available at RM1 during the promotional period.

The Bubble Black Tea is made from the Assam Black tea leafs with Taiwanese pearl. The tea is not too sweet and yet refreshing!

Braised tofu is also a MUST TRY as the tofu is braised for more than 10 hours in order to ensure the juice of the tofu are maintained in it. The braised egg is also cook to perfection over 5 hours of braising.

Station Kopitiam Restaurant

The Roti Bakar is one of Malaysian authentic breakfast for over the years. The roti bakar are toasted until the bread is crispy and also accompanied by kaya and butter.

Roti Bakar (excluding the drink and egg) at RM1 only.

One are recommended to have a roti bakar with a cup of hot coffee and 2 half-boiled eggs. A true Malaysian Breakfast!

Varieties of beverages are also available at Station Kopitiam ranging from Bubble Tea to fusion smoothies, snowy ice, and also not forgetting out local drinks.

Pommes Frites Bistro

Chef Shin Yeo, a young and passionate chef cum owner of Pommes Frites. With the eye on introducing something different to Malaysian, he is ought to bring the best of every item served from his restaurant.

Their Belgian Fries is a must try as it is soft inside but crispy in the exterior. The potatoes are also fried with the skin attached as the skin provides the most nutrients from the potatoes.

The fries are cook in 2 occasions, which one is under a low temperature to cook the potatoes and one under high temperature to make sure the skin are crispy. The fries are all cooked a-la minute, which means cooking on the spot once the order is received.

Chef Shin Yeo also prepared more than 30 varieties of accompaniment/dips with the fries.

Some of the local fravourite dip, Poutine and War Sauce. At only RM1, one can try their Belgian fries with one chef recommended sauce.

Yokomon

Tau-Woo-Foo is one of the Yokomon’s specialties which are also the Japanese Seafood Tofu. The tofu is juicy and it’s full of seafood sensations. Now you may get it for just RM1!

Yokomon are is also famous for its Japanese Ice Cream which is smooth and full of flavour. The ice creams are range from Green Tea, Chocolate, Black Sesame, Red Beans and Strawberries. Not forgetting, the Japanese Deep Fried Chicken is also a must try which the chicken are season with a special seasoning which is air flown from Japan.

Porridge Time

Inspired of bringing his family porridge recipe to the next level, Andrew introduces their specialty porridge to all of us at Asian Avenue.

One may get a well worth Peanut Porridge and Shredded Chicken Porridge at only RM 1. Porridge Time porridge is one of its kind where they uses the finest quality of rice in the market in order to ensure the texture of the porridge is simply perfect.

When you drop by at the porridge time, do not forget to try also their house specialty like “Giant Prawn Porridge” and “Farm Frog cook with claypot kong poh style”. The porridge are ranged from RM4.50 to RM23.00.

Shihlin Taiwanese Street Snacks

Shihlin Taiwanese Steet Snacks is famous of their handmade Oyster Mee Sua which is a Taiwanese local delicacy.

To eat with only a spoon is something you must try as this is the way how the Taiwanese does does. With fresh oysters, the oyster mee sua at only RM 1 is a sure highlight for their restaurant.

Gasoline Cafe

Spice Me Tom Yam is one of the house specialties at Gasoline. Ya 'spicy me' , not 'mee'.

At only for RM 1, there are clams, prawns, carrots, corns, tomatoes and onions in the Tom Yam itself which more than worth for money.

Snowy Dessert

Love Is In The Sky Dessert, is not only suitable for love birds, but for everyone who can simpy afford RM 1, for a ice shaved dessert topped up with mango, strawberry, sago, nata de coco and finish with a scoop of smooth mango sorbet.

There's no catch; no condition; no unscrupulous intentions; just plain fun and pure food enjoyment. It's a way of thanking and rewarding shoppers when they shop at Sunway Pyramid. SO, why stinge when you could afford?

Now go exploit your taste buds with the RM 1 Food Wonder (While stock last)!

The Asian Avenue RM 1 Deal
Sunway Pyramid
Link: http://www.foodpromotions.com.my/2009/07/sunway-pyramid-asian-avenue-rm1-deal.html

The Golden Triangle, Queensbay Mall by Akui

Food Review at The Authentic Indo-Chine Cuisine – The Golden Triangle, Queensbay Mall by our first guest writer Akui.

Last Saturday, my brother and I went to The Golden Triangle for the buffet promotion since he insisted on bringing me for a buffet dinner to celebrate my birthday.

Upon entering the restaurant, we feel like entering the restaurant in Golden Triangle (Thai-Vietnam-Laos) as their interior decorations are truly classical Indo-Chine style. Since we made reservations for two, the staff thought that we are a couple and arranged us to be seated at the couple area. With the dim lighting, wooden table and the rattan decorations, it brings out the feeling that you are in a village house, not the typical one in Malaysia of course but one with romantic tune.

The romantic and private couple seatings

As you all know, a typical buffet-goer will head for expensive food and would repeat order or have them again if they are good, but this theory does not apply to our case in Golden Triangle. We managed to try out only 7 dishes from the 3 pages menu. They are Tempura Fried Sotong, Deep Fried Soft Shell Crab, Sotong in Spicy Thai Sauce, Seafood Otak-Otak in Coconut, Tom Yam Seafood Soup, Thai Curry Powdered Prawn, and Belacan Fried Rice.

Umbra Juice

The drink I have chosen and recommend for this buffet is Umbra Juice. Cools and refreshing with perfect sensation of sour and sweetness.

Belacan Fried Rice

Fried rice with seafood and belacan paste.
+ At first glance this dish seems disappointing cause it's a bit damped, where a normal fried rice never meant to be. But after tasting it, I can feel the rice in grain
+ The nice mild belacan aroma as the taste
+ Fried with fresh prawns and sotong

Tempura Fried Sotong

Sotong or calamari fried with tempura powder.
+ Taste great. Crispy and not oily
+ Fried at the right timing and with the right temperature, hence it is not 'rubbery'
+ The freshness is there
+ Best eaten with the Thai sauce which came along with this dish
- Looks normal like the cuttlefish at any mamak stall or lok lok stall

Deep Fried Soft Shell Crab

Soft shell crab, deep fried.
+ Crispy all the way down unlike those in Sushi King or Sakae Sushi
- Still looks normal where you can get it in any Japanese restaurant, not Thai style
- Taste is bland, therefore we have to use the left over sauce in the previous dish

Thai Curry Powdered Prawn

Prawn stir fried with scrambled egg and Thai curry powder.
+ Not spicy though looks spicy, but I can’t blame the chef since it states “Not Spicy” in the menu
+ HUGE and fresh prawns, just take a look at the photo!
+ Syok!

Sotong in Spicy Thai Sauce

Stir fried sotong in Thai sauce.
+ It taste good and it is recommended to use the gravy as a sauce for the rice
+ Fresh sotong as usual
- Not within the expected spiciness, maybe it is customized for Malaysian standard

Seafood Otak–Otak in Coconut

Otak-Otak is fish mousse, stew and boiled with prawns and sotong in Santan milk.
+ The presentation is somewhat unexpected, unlike conventional otak-otak wrapped in banana leaf. They are not using a recycle coconut shell as you can still scrap up the coconut flesh
+ The ingredients are fresh
+ The santan milk and seafood combination make this dish perfect

TomYam Seafood Soup

This is a normal soup for everyone in Malaysia, so no point describing it.
+ Sour and Spicy – the way I love. The spiciness starts from the tongue at first sip till back to the throat! Beware! I was forced to order another glass of water because of this
+ The prawns and sotongs are fresh. Again....

Thap Thim Krop

Water chestnuts (the red pieces) boiled with santan milk and slices of jack fruits, served cold.
+ Sweet and refreshing especially with the santan milk aroma
+ Those with sweet tooth must try this.

Summary and Verdict

Quality: 4 Stars
To me it is not spicy enough especially the Sotong in Spicy Thai Sauce.

Quantity: 5 Stars
The portion is HUGE like the photos shown in their website, unlike KFC and McD where they state “for illustration purpose only". They serve in portion of minimum of 2 pax for each type of dish.

Freshness: 5 Stars
This is definitely there. I had written it in all the food I had tasted there.

Value for Money: 4 ½ Stars
Yeah, the food is great and the portion is big. Simply amazing!

Customer Service: 4 ½ Stars
Some of their staff could not speak or understand English since they are foreigners, from Thailand or Vietnam. This could be one of the reasons that makes this restaurant special,though. Anyhow their service is fast and accurate.

Summary: 4 ½ Stars
I hate to say this but my brother and I got defeated in this “buffet raid” in The Golden Triangle as we thought that we would be sitting there for a minimum of 3 hours and taste everything in the buffet menu. In actual fact we were there for 2 hours only. An advise, do go in large group of people to try out more.

Great food! Good food must be shared with others! – Akui@foodpromotions

The Golden Triangle Restaurant & Sensation
- Queenbay Mall Tel/Fax: 604-644 0969
- Auto-City Tel/Fax: 604-502 1969
- Solaris Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur Tel/Fax: 603-630 20713
Website: http://www.goldentriangle.my/

Disclosure: I paid for the food myself and the above is my honest and independently written review of their menu.