Tarbush Restaurant, Starhill, Bukit Bintang (Lebanese restaurant)

Posted by vivien | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor | Thursday 9 October 2008 12:19 am
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since 1998. Three branches – Sunway, Bukit Bintang and Star Hill
The Star Hill branch and bukit bintang branch are walking distance away from each other. Bukit bintang branch is by the main road, across from Lot 10, Bukit Bintang.
I wouldn’t go to this restaurant if not this friend of mine suggested it, the name tarbush doesn’t makes me think of anything delicious, what tar and bush have to do with food, anyway, tarbush actually is a red hat worn especially by Muslim men. She dined there before, and according to her, the price is reasonable. So, here goes…
Eggplant Fetush, RM15 very refreshing as it is marinated in lemon juice. But, it gets very overwhelming sour with the lemon juice at the base of the salad. It comes with toasted pita strips(which get soggy if left too long), tiny cubed grilled eggplant etc.
Falafel RM10, deep fried snacks made with chick peas, pretty good, piping hot served with yoghurt sauce.
Fantastic garlic sauce, RM5, made with yoghurt, garlic… why can’t they just serve this complementary… grr… they are no condiments provided and we have to pay for it?!?!
My order of Shish Kebab (a grilled seasoned mince lamb), RM28, something which is on my to-try list. This doesn’t disappoint me as the meat is well seasoned with spices. Juicy and flavorful. Served stuffed in pita bread(far end in the pic above), with olives, tomato, lemon juice squeezed on top of the lamb… there are chili padi provided but we skip that. 😉
I ordered a Lemonade, wanted to try the Lemon Na’na(which is lemonade with fresh mint) price at RM12, but he give me fresh lemonade(RM16)… Grrr… lemonade with fresh mint sounds more “exotic” than fresh lemonade and it is cheaper too… Anyway… the whole meal for 2 cost RM100(tax included), such an expensive lunch/dinner don’t you think?
If you wanna dine in Starhill without breaking your bank account big, then this is a pretty safe choice. On a customer service level, they don’t serve complimentary sky juice, i just ask them to add ice into my sour lemonade. This whole lunch/dinner is a sour experience all the way for me, sour salad, sour lemonade, more sour than i would like.
They also served various Hommus(a chick pea dip which i quite fancy), Baba Ghanoush(an grilled eggplant dip)
Restaurant Tarbush Delicacies Sdn Bhd
Starhill branch:
No. LG 16, Lower Ground floor, Starhill gallery,
Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100, Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: 03-2144 6393
Bukit bintang branch:
No. 138, Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100 Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: 03-2142 8558
Price: 5% goverment tax, 10% service tax
Apparently there is also a branch in KLCC 2nd floor, which makes it 4 branches? (starhill, BB, KLCC, Sunway)
Tarbush Restaurant website

 

Sugimoto Japanese Restaurant, Desa Sri Hartamas

Posted by vivien | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor | Thursday 2 October 2008 11:24 am
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Excited to eat here as i have heard good reviews of this restaurant, both on the web and from friend. Sugimoto is located above Jarrod and Rawlins(a deli) and same row as BBQ chicken(Korean franchise of Fried chicken)
Here is hallway leading towards Sugimoto.
Kamameshi (iron pot rice)
Upon reading this website, http://food-4-thot.blogspot.com/2007/06/sugimotodesa-sri-hartamas-kl.html, i want to try the steamed rice. It sounded like some cool idea whereby you have to let the rice sit for 15 minutes, then only you eat it.
Some offering: special roll.: Salmonzzz.com (RM55) , spider roll (RM20)…
Marinated fish guts, taste quite salty, not repulsive as it may sound, it is ok. The whitish stuff underneath is daikon.
Thickly sliced Sashimi, yummm
My order of Kamameshi set (RM35, reasonably cheap eh), comes with salad, braised beef, chawan mushi, miso soup and fresh fruit. Ok, my 15 minutes wait start now, which some “marinating” action starts in the pot. The waitress put 3 dessert plates on top of the iron pot, which i find odd, why need such weight, it is not like it will fly off… Anyway, the wait begins…
Sashimi for 2 pax, RM85, yummmm yummm, they are fresh, no weird discoloration, and so thickly sliced.

Saikoro / Inaniwa (Hot) set (RM36) which essentially is hot udon and rice (topped with cubed sashimi…) If you want carb, here you can have it all, noodle + rice. The “big egg thingy”(what it called?) taste good, i had some in other japanese restaurant which has really fishy smell (not mistaken it is at Shogun 1 Utama), and since them have dislike towards it, but these are some tasty salty fresh eggs.
Health set RM40, no idea why it is called healthy as they is tempura in it.
Volcano RM18, these are so orgasmicly good, ok i may be exagerating, but with the warm-white-fish-mayo mixture + maki below………… the fish-mayo mixture is wiped clean.
So this is my steamed rice with 3 plates on top of it.
Ready to be eaten, after ~ 20 minutes, when you see steam starts coming out. Topping is mix of chicken, scallop and vege.
So this is how the iron pot looks like deconstructed, cool eh? They use some kind of kerosine to cook the rice, assumingly raw rice for 15 minutes.
sorbet made from japanese lemon, so refreshing and good.
Receipt: RM380 for 6 person. Average out to be RM65 per person, I would say it is great value considering it is a satisfying japanese meal. There are japanese dining in it which is a good sign. Lighting is dim, taking photos with flash is a must if you are taking any, fortunately i don’t have stares from diners or servers there. Highly recomended.
Address:
36-1 & 38-1, Jalan 27/70A,
Desa Sri Hartamas,
50480, Kuala Lumpur.
Operating hour:
Lunch: 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm (last order 2:15 pm)
Dinner: 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm (last order 10:15 pm)
Tel: 03- 2300 1102  or  03-2300 1202
Pricing: 10% service charge + 5 % government tax

 

Restoran QThai, Streetmall in Cyberjaya

Posted by vivien | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor | Thursday 2 October 2008 11:02 am
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Drinks selection, i like the umpera juice.
Some of food available. Tom Yam and Fish noodle are safe and good choice for first visit.
My tom yam meehoon, which i requested to have the clear tom yam soup. RM7.80. Good.
Butter chicken, RM8.80. Good according to colleague, looks good to me.
Curry chicken? can’t remember correctly. It has thick corn-flourish sauce, not exactly my liking.
Tom Yam meehoon, RM7.80
Pineapple fried rice, has adequate turmeric (kunyit) taste, i like it. 🙂
QThai restaurant is situated in Streetmall, Cyberjaya. Streetmall is not a shopping mall as the name may implied, it is just an area where “cyberian” go for lunch, they is also a small clinic, mini market etc.
Food in QThai is not overly expensive (as most food in Cyber is expensive) and the food portion is large enough to fill up your stomach.

 

Ijok 8-treasure Glutinuous Rice, New Beggar’s Delicious Restaurant(on the way from Rawang -> Kuala Selangor)

Posted by vivien | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor | Thursday 2 October 2008 10:15 am
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Here is their price list. RM30 for the glutinuous rice. Really worth it as it contains dried oyster, chinese mushroom, fatty 3-layer, gelatin-like pork etc.
Ijok is a town on the way from Rawang to Kuala Selangor, you will see a sign by the road, it is a short distance to the left of the main road.
Telephone number: 019-317 3687
Opening Hour: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday only.
Contact No.: 03-3279 1936, 019-317 3687 (Mr Tee)

 

No-knead bread by Mark Bittman (Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street Bakery)

Posted by vivien | Recipe | Saturday 27 September 2008 10:05 am
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This recipe i tried is from Mark Bittman (a celebrity chef of TV show “How to cook everything”, and food blogger of “NY Times”…). He got this recipe from Jim Lachey of Sullivan Street Bakery, located in New York City. Check out his blog at http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com/

Note: I don’t recommend you try this recipe, as this bread is rusticly chewy and slight sourish, anyway recipe taken from http://wednesdaychef.typepad.com/the_wednesday_chef/2006/11/jim_laheys_nokn.html

What so interesting bout this bread is that you don’t need to do the dirty works, namely kneading the bread, thus called No-knead bread.

Mix all the ingredients, all 4 of them
1. flour, here i use 2 cup all purpose flour and 1 cup wholemeal flour.
2. instant yeast
3. salt
4. water!
That’s so simple, mix it all up with a chopstick here.

all mixed up

sealed it up with saran wrap

all poof up after ~ 18 hours in room temperature(no direct sunlight). Recipe recommend 12-18 hours in room temperature.

during this time, take out the dough, shape it into a ball, coat the dough with adequate flour to prevent it from sticking to your hand, put into a container layered with cotton towel, top it off with another cotton towel, and let it rise till double in size. (~ 1 hour)

Heat the pyrex for about 30 minutes in very high heat 230 celcius. Making sure the pyrex is throughly heated will prevent the bread dough from sticking to the container while baking.

here with the bread dough inside, with pyrex covering it. Here, the bread will be “steamed”.(~ 30 minutes) and remove cover and bake for another 15 minutes making sure it is beautiful brown. ;p


Finished product. As you can see, i dust on too much flour, flour tapped off on the side.

cross section.

Well, this is a fun recipe to try. you don’t need to get dirty and it is actually quite easy, just make sure you have time to wait round(waiting it to rise, heating pyrex, “steaming”, baking…)

After baking, you can eat one piece and throw the rest away if it is not nice… jk, or throw it a someone if you are angry, haha, homemake bread is full of substance, it is not light for sure… haha

 

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