Pressroom Bangsar

Last weekend was my sister’s birthday. Lazy to cook, I decided to treat sis to dinner at Pressroom @ BSC, it’s a vintage European brasserie serving French and English food. 

They have a good variety of wine from many countries, sis and I were so delighted to find our favourite Chablis in their wine list!

Anyway I’ll just let pictures speak for this post.

Smoked Duck Breast Salad (RM28)

 

Griddled King Prawn with Garlic and Parsley Butter (RM32)

 

Seared Tuna Salad (RM32)

 

Seared Scallop with Creamy Leak Sauce and Fresh Tomato (RM34)

 

friendly and cozy ambience but bigger tables would have been perfect.

 

Grilled Sea Bass with Ratatouille (RM35)

 

Duck Confit with Sauteed Cepe Rosti Potatoes & Grapes (RM39)

 

Grilled Fish of the Day (RM32)

Banoffee Pie (RM12)

At the end of the dinner, the staffs surprised my sis with a birthday song and shook hands with her. Overall a very enjoyable evening for us :D

reservation is recommended on weekends.

Lot G110 Ground Floor, Bangsar Shopping Centre, Jalan Maarof, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 59100

+60320958098

http://www.gastrodome.com.my/

The Haute Food Co

If you are looking for cozy new cafes in KL, here’s an idea. Thanks to Piffles who found this place through blog reviews and suggested that we should check it out. I’m the kind of person who is usually disciplined with the weekdays diet but when it comes to weekend (Sunday in particular), I tend to indulge a bit more and let my hair down. The Haute Food Co, Haute is pronounced as “Oht” is a small joint located in Plaza Damas, Sri Hartmas. 

You can choose alfresco or indoor but since the weather wasn’t breezy, we picked the indoor seats.

 

From the inside

 

there’s a variety of cakes, muffins and pastry to choose from

and homemade cookies too

Club Sandwich – a bit dry but otherwise it’s fine

Poached Egg on Toast with Sauteed mushrooms and bake beans – healthy and tasty

Roast Beef sandwich with a side of fresh salad

Sticky Date Pudding with Vanilla Ice-cream

 

The total bill came up to RM70++. It’s a good place to try out if you are looking for healthy food, we don’t have enough restaurants like this in KL. But personally, a cup of good coffee is very important as it determines my day but I find their fresh brew of the day simply lacks lustre.

 

The Haute Food Co.
H-0-2, Block H
Plaza Damas
60, Jalan Sri Hartamas 1
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-6201 3168

Singapore Night Safari

I’ve heard about the SG Night Safari since ages ago and finally, I had a chance to see it myself earlier this month. Frankly, I’m not really a zoo person. I like animals but the ones I usually see in the zoo are pretty depressing, as they are either sedated to sleep most of the times or miserably locked in cages. tell me, when was the last time you visited a zoo and actually saw a cheerful animal? Anyway, point aside I was pretty excited about the Night Safari because conceptually the animals are supposed to be living in the wild!

A school of pretty flamingos dancing in the muddy pool

Half true, half not for the Singapore Night Safari. The animals are predictably located at specific spots shown in signages and some animals such as the leopards are still locked in cages. There’s only one big elephant in sight, I thought they are supposed to live in groups? So it wasn’t exactly the wild safari scene that I had imagined it to be, quite a far cry from what I usually see in national geographic. Despite all that, I’ve enjoyed my visit as a first timer.  

 

Asian Lion!

Zebras and Giraffes

The most interesting animal that I saw at the NS is the red flying squirrels. It really has wings! (but too bad no pics to follow as yours truly was too busy adoring the squirrel and waiting for it to “fly”)

 

Animal show is a must see at the Singapore night safari. It’s entertaining and you also get to see animals that’s not available in the “wild” such as the python below and the big white wolf. 

The python was probably trained to cheekily move its head to the guy’s private. Poor guy!

 

Cutest creature found at the animal show – Raccoon!

 

Overall a good visit for those who haven’t been to a proper safari, and probably an excellent choice to bring the kids for a family night out. Other than that, just don’t go with too high an expectation or you’ll be disappointed. Cost wise starts at SGD42 per ticket.

http://www.nightsafari.com.sg

Tit Bits of Singa-land

Some random pictures I took in Singapore recently.

 

Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin at Ion Orchard– I opted for chicken meat instead of their signature pork katsu but I have to say it’s delicious all the same. Be it the curry, batter, radish pickles or rice, all cooked to perfection.  yummy!

 

 

Muchos Mexican Grill at Clarke Quay. Good ambience but food was only mediocre… have definitely tasted better ones. I have a high expectation of salsa and guacamole you see :)

 

Hiking up Bukit Timah Natural Reserve. After all the eating and CNY pigging out, it’s time to burn some calories. I took the forest trail which took about 2 hours to complete, I could barely feel my limbs after that but a good workout nonetheless.

 

 

Indochine Empress Place by the waterfront. It has a good view overlooking the river and you can see Fullerton at the other side of the bank. Great ambience and good food too.

 

Chilling out at the hotel pool when I’m not working; swimming, jacuzzy-ing, reading a book and sipping cocktails… well, basically lazing around with no particular agenda in mind. A good way to recharge myself.

 

 

Up Next: The Night Safari

Siloso Beach

During a recent trip to Singapore I was craving for some suntan and beach goodies, so we went to Siloso at Sentosa to check out the beach on a beautiful Saturday. The weather was sublime.   

You can get there either by bus or taxi. But as a tourist, I did my part and took a cable car from Mount. Faber to Sentosa Island. It costs SGD 22 for a single ride.

 

At first I got a little jittery because of the height but after 10 seconds I calmed down and began to enjoy the ride and the beautiful scenery. Can’t remember the last time I took a cable car ride this high… probably when I was still a kid.

Behind me is Universal Studio Singapore. Pretty isn’t it?

Admittedly the sand quality at the beach has nothing great to shout about. The sea water was cooling though… It was a really hot day, a dip in the water plus a bottle of beer while you are on the land was a perfect day for me ;)

Overall a fun day out at the beach.

I would recommend anyone to go there and chill if you don’t have much on the agenda.