T.G.I. FRIDAY’S @ The Curve

This was my first time dining in FRiDAY’S, after so many recommendations from friends. While I was waiting to be seated, saw there were some people singing birthday sound loudly and joyfully. Have a closer look on it, those who singing are the FRiDAY’S staff, they are enjoying and celebrating birthday with customers. What a  warm and pleasant staff and environment here.



There are lots of decorations everywhere in the restaurant, and you can spend your time in looking on these while waiting for your foods.

HEINZ tomato and chilli sauce

Strawberry Surprise
For soft drinks, you allowed to refill as many times as you wish.
Something good for weekdays, where you may order for 2 course meals with just RM 29.90, sound great to me. Of course there are just some limited choices for you, but still worth if the choices are your favourites.
 
Fried Mac & Cheese

Inside the Fried Mac & Cheese
Quite special to me, there were some creamy cheeses and elbow noodles inside it, and you may get full after you ate all of these.
 
Beef Bacon Cheeseburger
A beef burger covered with melted Colby cheese, crispy beef bacon with the classic fixings and served with crispy fries. This plate of burger is big and mean too big for a lady, but it quite tasty, just that the beef bacon was a bit dry.

Sizzling Chicken and Shrimp
Sautéed garlic marinated chicken breast and plump shrimp tossed with zesty roma tomato basil salsa. Served with onions and peppers and some cheddar cheese mashed potatoes on a sizzling platter of melted Colby and Jack cheese.
Shrimps are springy, and pretty good for the chicken meat, just that may a bit of greasy because there are lots of cheeses here. It was quite a large plate.

Chicken Ranchero Tacos

Inside the Tacos
Tender slow simmered chicken mixed with spicy Ranchero tomato sauce, Monterey Jack cheese stuffed in soft tortillas and topped with some corn, black bean pico de gallo and shredded cheese.

You may choose to be served with a choice of Roasted Potatoes and Peppers, Grilled New Orleans Corn Cob or Herbs Rice. Here we choose Roasted potatoes and peppers, moderate rating.

Fish & Chips
Three portions of fish filet battered and fried to golden brown, served with fries, coleslaw and tartar sauce. The fish filet really big comparing with others restaurant, taste fresh and crispy.
 
Garlic Marinated Grilled Lamb Chops
 
This was the plate that we had been waited for quite some times.
Lamb chops marinated with garlic, seared to medium, which is my bro’s favourite. Serve with demi glace, beef bits, seasonal vegetables and cheddar cheese mashed potatoes.

Medium cook was just nice, as the meat was still tender and soft. The vegetables were tasty with some sauce on it.
 
Chocolate Oreo* Mint Crunch & Tropical Delight
Lastly, some desserts, very small cup but is just nice after some large plate of meat.

Chocolate Oreo, was yummy, it was a small cup of chocolate mint custard covered with crunchy Oreo cookie.

For the Tropical Delight, scrumptious coconut custard sprinkled with toasted coconut flaske and pieces of fresh sweet pineapple. It was something special to me, it has some pineapple in it, was not sour but sweet.

Foods were served pretty fast, even there were many customers on the day we visited, but if you still haven’t get your food after some while or after seeing your friends finished theirs’, you better check your order, as one of our order was being left out. Pity my bro waiting there for nothing but just seeing us to enjoy our meal. But some points add on here: the person in charge I guess, when he get knew on this, he quickly send a bowl of soup for him as compensation, and my bro can choose what soup he like, so envy of him.

Mushroom soup
Well, some disappointment: there was a small sticker on the plate of Chicken Ranchero Tacos, which may swallow it accidently if unrealised, but we didn’t complaint on this to the manager.

Total  RM 201 for five of us. In this kind of environment, locations, foods deliciousness, services, staff warm and kindness, I will say it is worth.

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Restaurant T.G.I FRiDAY’S
F77/78/82, Ground Floor, Western Courtyard, The Curve,
6 Jalan PJU 7/3, Mutiara Damansara,
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
03 7722 5576
http://www.fridays.com.my
 

Restoran Chin Hiong @ Rawang, Selangor

Restoran Chin Hiong located just besides the road, between the Petronas and Caltex petrol station, and it has some distance from the center of Rawang town. There were just few customers on that day we visited, so we didn’t need to wait long after made the orders. 
 

招牌蒸鱼（木耳金针蒸）Steam Fish --  RM 20
It is the restaurant's signature dish, steam fish with  lily and Jew’s ear fungus, plus some wolfberries and smell of wine. I kind of like this fish, as it seem can nourish our skin and good for our health.

螃蟹扒豆腐   Crab meat with tofu  -- RM 12
Tofu is smooth tender and some crab meats which is my favourite.
 
 
宫保鸡丁佛盆   Kung Pao Chicken Yam Bowl   -- RM 15

蒙古排骨 Mongolian Pork Ribs  --  RM 20
Personally do not like the taste of the sauce, moderate rating.

富贵菜 Wealthy Vegetables  --  RM 12
Firstly, when this dish is served, we smell something like urine, thought there was some bamboo shoot in the dish, but nothing like bamboo shoot found. After complain to the cook, they serve us another plate again. This was fresh and sweet, tasty without the smell of urine.
 
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Restoran Chin Hiong  清香楼冷气海鲜酒家
Lot 7, 8 & 9, Medan Bayu, Batu 21,
Jalan Batu Arang, Sungai Bakau,  48000, Rawang, Selangor
H/P: 012 2026125
Business Hours: 10.30 am – 3.00 pm
6.00 pm – 10.30 pm
 

Restaurant Dragon Waterfront @ Rawang

Restaurant Dragon Waterfront, situated inside Rawang residential area, need to drive through house area, only you noticed the restaurant.  So, how we found this restaurant? Actually we were attracted by its banner at the roadside, so we thought to give a try. I guess it was just newly open.

The restaurant seems quite special; it is wooden structure and has a small fish pond at the back. Although its environment seems lovely, but we smell some urine smell once in a while, I guess is from the toilet nearby.
 
Inside restaurant


Little fish pond

Despite the unpleasant smell, let’s see how the foods are:
Ha Kou (Small) – fried mantis shrimp with salted egg       RM 12

Did not taste anything like prawn or shrimp, just rough and thick flour plus some salted egg

 
Steamed Chicken (Small)              RM 28
Smell herb, moderate rating

 
Hong Kong Choi Yun (Small)        RM 10
Although we ordered small, but it seems too little for that price

 
He Bai Beancurd (Small) – Fried own made tofu / bean curd and pours some minced meat sauce              RM 10

This was the most satisfied dish for me. Taste good, the tofu is soft and the sauce is good.

 
Fresh Water Alitia Fish –  Chaozhou steam fish      RM 24
Taste was a bit pale

White rice           RM 1.20 / bowl

Personally feel that the price for a bowl of rice is slightly expensive in Rawang area.

The restaurant is also charging 5% government tax.
Overall, not having good experience there, because the price was not cheap but the foods were not able to satisfy us.


Personal comment: I personally do not like waiter/waitress standing beside and waiting for me to collect my change after I have paid.
 
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Restaurant Dragon Waterfront
Lot 1335 Off Jalan Setia, Rawang 4,
Taman Setia, 48000 Rawang, Selangor


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Sri Melaka @ One Utama

Usually I will go One Utama, Petaling Jaya for movies while in Kuala Lumpur and like to hunt for delicious foods there. One Utama is a huge shopping complex, has lots of different style and type of restaurants, Chinese, Vietnam, Japanese, Thai, Malay, Western style and etc. This time, we went to Sri Melaka, which at two floors below the GSC cinema (second floor S313).

Curry Laksa
Well, the rice is quite spicy to me, and the curry laksa taste just common, not too special, but the meehun not cooked well so a bit stiff. Price is expensive with the same food comparing with outside restaurants, is because of the location or the brand? But tell frankly, as what I see, the restaurant was not too "crowded" with people compare to others restaurants nearby the Sri Melaka, even during the peak hours, so you should know the popularity of Sri Melaka among others restaurant in One Utama.

 


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