Monday, October 01, 2007

Chef & Brew @ Plaza Damansara

As promised, revealing the answer for the last post...
List of participants:
Big Boys Oven--Ikea meatballs
Babe_kl--Purple brussel sprouts
Meiyen--Mushrooms
Jason--Boiled dwarf potatoes
Char Siew Bao--Chicken testicles
Tankiasu--Bull testicles
Wmw--Meatballs but not from IKEA
Nipple Joe--Yucky meatballs
Daphne--Mashed yam balls that look ewwww
Tim Low--Boiled Chempedak seeds in some kinda sauce
teckiee--So smooth one, sure meatballs meh
ilovepearly--Baked red potatoes

And the answer is.....weirdo looking MEATBALLS!


So the story goes...

I was looking for a decent and nearby eatery to have lunch on one mundane monday, little did I know that my choice turned out to be an unpleasant experience.

The menu is pretty extensive, offering western, fusion, chinese and limited japanese dishes. Ambiance wise, the place is cosy and comfy, you can choose to be seated outside and enjoy the garden view.


Taadaa...this is my choice of main which turned out to be a disaster--Swedish Chicken Balls (RM15.90) that look ewww and tasted terribly salty.


Char siew bao's main was Spaghetti Prawn Olio (RM23.90) which was quite decent but overpriced for such portion.


As usual, Char siew bao's daily dose of caffeine--Hazelnut Cappuccino (RM6.90).


For desserts, I was tempted to try the lychee sundae (RM7.90) which I expected them to serve me nice lychee flavoured sundae. To my horror, it turned out to be one scope of low quality vanilla ice cream and artificial looking and tasting strawberry ice cream, drizzled with bright red syrup and topped with 4 lychees. I was like...'huh???? So this is lychee sundae that costs me RM7.90?'. I didn't take the picture though as it was too unbearable presentation wise and taste wise. Sad....
Char siew bao went for the banana spilt (RM9.90) that tasted similarly horrible. Just avoid the desserts when you have to dine here.

16 comments:

boo_licious said...

Will avoid the meatballs then when we dine here. Sometimes no choice so end up eating here quite a lot of times.

Anonymous said...

Yours is not an isolated case as this is not the first time I've heard about bad reviews of this place.

Anonymous said...

2 bad review. Will avoid that. Anyway, it's a bit too far for me as well. :p

backStreetGluttons said...

1st time we heard chicken testicles
( got such thing one ah ?)

"Joe" who is constantly craving said...

hahaha..just heavenly nxt door..dunno how to order desserts from there meh..

woohoo!! yucky is almost weird rite? no no?

Big Boys Oven said...

Oh how funny it is....unlucky you.... better get just heavenly to inform them about their food.

sc said...

i only had coffee there with JH cakes.. never tried mains as i was told that it's bad...now seems like it's further confirmed..

Xiu Long Bao said...

boo:
Really? That was my first time eating there cus not many choices left in damansara area...aiks..sometimes i would rather end up eating sandwiches from subway :I

tankiasu:
Yalor, n yet I still gave it a try. Btw, october already lor, can resume our friday corporate luncheon programme?

jason:
haha...yalor, unless u crave for nigel's cake, then u'll have to make ur way to this damansara area :)

teambsg:
hahahaha....u hav a point here!

joe:
How would I know their desserts are so deceiving one leh...haih...

BBO:
This place is rather sad and empty on weekdays. Should hav noted that.

Sc:
I think their coffee is not bad. But ample room for improvement on their food.

MeiyeN said...

oh my... sounds really bad! but i thought jhp is just next door? :p

~Christine~Leng said...

oh? the food in this place is not so good after all? too bad.... the meatballs... "weirdo"

wmw said...

How weird can meatballs be??? They look plastic though. Hahaha...

daphne said...

aiyo....desserts also screwed up? man... so sad!

Xiu Long Bao said...

meiyen:
haha...yalor but i was tempted to try their ice cream which turned out to be a total disaster! :I

christine:
hehe...look and taste weird!You can tell from the answers that the bunch of creative floggers gave.

wmw:
VERY VERY weird!Yalar, look like plastic balls :p

daphne:
the desserts were totally unbearable :(

New Kid on the Blog said...

we have Chef & Brew in Penang also....

Anonymous said...

"Chef" are suppose to cook. Not "Brew".... Horrible

teckiee said...

...hmm thanks for the tip... i think i'll stick to tea and cakes from JHP