Nestled in old residential enclave of Irrawaddy Road, lies a freshly renovated corner lot cafe.With a simplistic gray outlook, this establishment offers western cuisine in both authentic and Malaysian fusion.I went there on two separate occasions for dinner, and the packed cafe is a testament of it's popularity among locals. Nonetheless, we were still greeted by gracious waiters/waitresses who ushered us to our seats, and promptly served with cool refreshing water to start with.
The menu displayed popular Malaysian fusion western and also some more authentic types. Ranging from RM 9.90 onwards, there were quite many to choose from, although they had excluded pork from the menu. There's even a notice posted outside the cafe, that stated "Pork Free".
Ambiance was a little noisy, from all the chatters of the other patrons, but still bearable for us to have our own pre-dinner chat.
The set dinner is any of the ala-carte menu, with an additional charge, which comes with the soup-of-the-day (in this case, mushroom soup, shown in the pic above), drinks (peach tea, ice lemon tea, tea, coffee), and dessert which is usually a choice of either cake or jelly.
Then, comes to the main courses. We ordered:
Catch of the day...(Grilled salmon [or dory!?] with rice.)Grilled to golden (but was more burnt in the pic above), and with a sweet tasting rice (almost similar to chicken oiled rice), it comes with boiled broccoli, cauliflower and carrots. The fillet is not much flavored, but my friend likes it for the 'natural' taste of it. Need not fear, there's a Joinville Sauce to dip in depending on personal preference.
Hawaiian Chicken.
Hawaiian chicken comes with potato wedges and the usual boiled broccoli, cauliflower and carrots. Glazed with a creamy looking cheese, the pineapple that goes with it is soft and sweet, matching with the juicy chicken.
Hungarian Spicy Chicken.I can hardly remember what this pic was until reminded by my friend. As such... it goes to say that, I recalled it as just being another poultry dish. Tasted ok..., but one of my friends said that it's weird!?... Your turn to be gastronomically adventurous.
BBQ sauce chicken.BBQ sauce chicken was nothing much to shout about. What made up for the simplicity of it was the meat which wasn't overcooked, which maintained most of it's tender juices. Comes with mashed potatoes too.
Chicken Tikka Masala
To put this in more understandable terms, it's a fancy way to call 'ayam percik from Ayamas' with buttered rice. Really taste alot like ayam percik, but with more gravy. A whole chicken drumstick, generous serving of vegetables, still a juicy ayam percik nonetheless.
Almond fish.Once again, the fish dishes are usually plain, and the almonds were crispy to give a different texture to the soft meat of the fillet. Nothing much to 'wah' about for this dish, but not that bad also. I remain neutral on this.
Lamb with mint sauce.For lambs, the meat speaks for itself. Juicy and tough, takes much more effort to cut it through, lamb shoulder creates a whole adventure by itself. Am a guy who likes to bite and chew, so, was satisfied with this dish. The mint sauce complements well with the meat, and the picture just says it all with all the juices oozing out to the bottom of the plate. Damn... am salivating again.
A cute square cut of tiramisu, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream as dessert.... what more can I say, than....[burp...]Business hours is 11.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. And closes on Sundays and Tuesday dinners.
Harvest in Cafe Tel: +604-226 1718
Location is at the wikimapia link below:
