DON G CAFE!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 | 8:48 AM |
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It is often not too crowded and has a nice relaxing environment when we're inside.
You can either sit outside where you will be well fanned or if you would like
to avoid the afternoon heat like most of us Malaysian do, you can take a sit
inside the cafe and enjoy the air-con. The price of the food is also reasonable and
affordable for an average college student. The price ranges from RM5 to RM12 for
a full meal and another option would be the special set which has a different choice
every day which is a bit similar to the Subway sandwiches concept. You can get it at RM7.90 from Monday to
Thursday while on Friday, you can get it at RM9.90 and on Saturday, you can get it at
RM11.90.
Meal of the day ( Different everyday )
The portion of food given here is reasonable and it will ensure that you will
be satisfied until dinner. Normally the main choice of food will be rice
because it is one of their specialties (Dry Butter Cream Chicken, Yum!!). The
service here is good as the waiters will normally welcome you with a
friendly greeting and a heart-warming smile but the only problem with the service is that it takes quite a while for the food
to arrive especially for those who are not ordering the Meal of the Day.
On the other
hand, to compensate for this, we used the time waiting by playing board games
that are provided at the sides of the walls. These board games are not your usual board
games that you see as they consist of European board games, just to name a few games such as The
Settlers of Catan, Blokus and Jungle Speed: Rabbids.The
great thing
about it is that you get to play it as long as you want so you can play
it
while waiting for your food or after eating (or even for some of those who
are people who are crazy about games they can play it while they are
eating).
Some of the games that were provided at the sides. :)
(Personally my favourite game is Catan.)
Lets move on to the food that we ate there,
The all so famous chinese "kung po" chicken with rice (popular Chinese dish)
Drink of the day.
Sweet and sour chicken with rice (+the eggs and veg)
Thai chicken with rice (If you wanted something spicy this would be a good choice)
Beef poutine (In black pepper sauce which was the recommended serving)
Butter cream chicken with rice (One of everyone's favourite dish of our group)
As I said before, the most popular choices were rice, because it is the most reasonable choice out of the menu. Also, another reason was because we, as Malaysians mostly take rice for lunch and dinner and it has become a special tradition of ours. Not many other countries can enjoy rice as much as we do so we should enjoy the moment. The beef poutine was specially ordered by Jason because he wanted to try something a little bit Western.
That is all we can talk about Don G, so overall Don G would be a good place to chill and get a reasonably priced lunch. We would come again when we have the chance and wouldn't mind suggesting it to other people.
Finally, here's our group photo of the day.
Second attack: Shogun
On 25th
February 2013, while waiting for the public speaking seminar later that
evening, our group consisting of Wei Teng, Joshua and Jason along with Ben and
Cavin as guests decided to have a japanese buffet at Shogun Sunway Pyramid
expecting a great lunch.
The staffs and
waiters were quite welcoming as they restricted us from entering the compound
till the exact time the restaurant open eventhough we just wanted to sit down
and relax before we ‘dig in’. The head chef was scary and with a deep voice,
‘pleasantly’ informed that there was no fresh oysters for today. Despite that,
the sashimi and sushi especially the salmon sashimi didn’t disappoint us.
Joshua was moody
at first due the fact that his favourite fresh oysters aren’t available but the
rest of us we too hungry to dash in to our meals.
(the main
serving deck for the fresh sashimi)
(The sushi
serving deck for the variety for sushi)
( serving deck for Chinese and Western cuisine )
( a variety of raw salmon )
( the tempura is a bit cold but its tasty )
( the vegetables were fresh and muscles was great cooked with sweet and sour
sauce)
The sashimi
serving deck mainly consists of Japanese sashimi that includes salmon, Hokkigai,
Hokkaido Hotate, Hamachi, Akami Maguro, Tako and Kajaiki. Furthermore, the sushi
serving deck consists of Nigiri, Gunkan, Inari, Maki, Temaki and Makimono. Unfortunately,
there was no Unagi served in this branch. (Unagi is a normally a signature dish
found in Japanese restaurants.) There was also a variety of Chinese and western
cuisines served in Shogun. However, the quality of food didn’t meet our
expectations and the taste was bland.
After
all the appetizers and main course dishes, we ‘attacked’ the desserts!!!
Shogun has a wide
variety of desserts including the chocolate fountain, cakes, fruits and
ice-cream. They even had a variety of local “kuih-muih” and a limited but sufficient
amount of ice cream flavours. The chocolate fountain was fun to play with as we
were scooping the chocolate into our ice creams bowls.
( chocolate fountain and a variety of things that goes well with it)
All in all, the
food was decent compared to the price but the service was terrible. However, we
only managed to stay for the buffet for less than 2 hours because we had to go
back to college for our public speaking seminar. Moreover, we wouldn’t recommend
this restaurant due to its prices and quality of service obtained.
Other than that,
we also took many self shots photos of ourselves. Enjoy!
Waiting outside the restaurant.
Digging in on our food. Yum yum yum!
Food Hunt - Ru Jia Xiao Chu aka Zhia's Kitchen Restaurant
One day, while waiting for our seminar
to start, we walked to Sunway Pyramid to hunt for food. After hovering around
the mall and looking at the directories, we decided to try out Zhia’s Kitchen
Restaurant.
Zhia’s Kitchen Restaurant (如家小厨) is a restaurant
which serves a variety of Chinese cuisine. It is said to be a popular hangout
for students and office workers during weekdays and family dinner gatherings at
night. It is located at the Ground Floor besides Kim Gary Restaurant.We went
there before lunch hour so the place was not fully pack. Basically, you can
choose to sit outdoor or inside the air-conditioned section.
Their
decoration is in red colour which symbolised good fortune and joy in Chinese
culture.
The restaurant environment was clean and neat.
Zhia’s Kitchen Restaurant also provided separate rooms for the big families to host grand dinners here.
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| A paper menu and pencil was provided on every table for us to mark our orders and the waiter collected them.
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One of the
pages of the menu of Zhia’s Kitchen Restaurant.
Zhia’s
Kitchen Restaurant was once promoted
at the showcase “Cepat-Cepat
Cari Makan”.
Local celebrity, Gary left a message to support
them. :>
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| Look at this girl can't wait to taste her food! :D |
Hui Shing ordered “Crispy Pork Chop with Cereal and
Rice” (RM9.90) which was one of the most popular dishes in the menu. This dish
was very appetizing. The crispy pork chop is very crispy and crunchy with the
cereal. Zhia’s specially made chilli sauce added zing to the taste!
Next, Jia Ying ordered Fung Shing Dumpling Chinese
Noodles (RM11.90) which is under the “Lamien” category meaning “hand-pulled
noodles”. Fung Shing Dumpling Noodles is well known in Zhia’s Kitchen
Restaurant and it is highly recommended by the chef of the restaurant. The
simple looking dumplings actually had a mouthful of delighted surprises with
its size bigger than normal dumplings sold in other restaurants.
While Su-Lynn tried the ‘Kampung’ fried rice
(RM9.90) and Jasmine Green Tea (RM2.90) .The fried rice was nothing to shout
about, too much dried prawns added which makes its taste different. Also, the
squid was overcooked and tough, making it difficult to chew.
The jasmine green tea was a combination of
jasmine tea and green tea. The fragrance of the tea leaves smells good. It was
very soothing and thirst quenching, suitable to drink in this hot weather.
On the whole,
we will pay a visit to this restaurant again to try out other varieties because the
food here is tasty and the portions are just nice. Other than that, the service
is efficient as we did not wait long for our food to come. The waiters are very
pleasant and attentive too. So, we will definitely recommend this place to
others as the prices are very reasonable and affordable for students.
