I Just Wana Eat

Past few weeks, I've had craving for  Indian restaurant that I frequented more than 10 years ago... Oh, why haven't I been there for so long?

Heading to the neighbourhood the other day, took the chance to visit Saffron for lunch.

Saffron is a family business, serving Northern Indian dishes.

The boss is looking not any less passionate as I last saw him, and upon checking with him, they have now been opened for 19 years... What a record! since nowadays we see many F&B open and close over a short span of operation.

Simple and cosy setting

Checked the ala-carte menu, but saw the option for Set Lunch which is highly recommended...You get a portion of meat, vege, bread or rice plus yoghurt salad. What else could we ask for, at the price of RM12.90 which offers you good quality food.

Set Lunch options

For the set lunch, we get smaller portion vs if we were to order them ala carte, but the portion given as part of set lunch isn't too little as well. So, worth it!

For the 1st set, we opted for 'Butter Chicken', which is boneless chicken cubes braised in creamy almond and butter sauce, accompanied by 'Maharaja Baingen' which is eggplant spiced with garam masala. They both taste very rich in flavor. I have always loved their 'Bahtura', which is Saffron's specialty.. It's fluffy naan like bread, but this texture carries a slight crispiness and thin.

Set Lunch 1

As fr the second set lunch, we opted for 'Saffron Mirch Murgh', which is chicken and potatoes in spicy curry, flavored with dried chilli and curry leaves, "Sang Aloo' which is home-style potatoes cooked with lightly spiced spinach and "Bhatura".

Set Lunch 2

Overall the food in Saffron has just the right balance in flavor, spiciness and for those who appreciate spices, they will surely love the food served here.

Saffron
5 Jalan Sri Hartamas 7,
Taman Sri Hartamas,
Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03-6201 1375

Business Hours : 12nn-2.30pm, 6.15pm-10pm (closed in between hours)

I lost count of the number of times that I've visited the Pasta Zanmai chain. Were there prior to CNY with a few ex-colleagues. Liked it when I come in a bigger group, which means that we can order items from the menu, for sharing.

The sesame sauce pasta with tempura, plus the mini unagi rice set was part of the montly specials offered. The sesame sauce with slight sourish taste, slight sweetness and fragrant of sesame went really went with the pasta. In fact the same sauce is used for various menu items, including salad, pita bread roll (similar as california roll, but pita bread replacing the seaweed), and various different pasta. This seems like a really brilliant creation as the taste blend so well with almost any other items.

The chicken teriyaki was so-so somehow.

We love the thin crisp pizza, which combined spread of tomato base, topped with lotsa mayo, onion, mushroom, scallop and squid. Love the taste of this pizza.


Towards end of the lunch, decided to order an extra item - the pasta in soup. A rather special dish - with slight herbal taste, this spaghetti was cooked together with mushroom, clams and cuts of fried garlic. We slurp the soup till the last drop. ^-^


Though all of us are now working in separate company, its nice when there is such opportunity to meet together for Friday lunch. ^-^

We had to order this choco banana for sharing. This creation that combines crunchy cornflakes, with chocolate flavour ice-cream, banana, whipped cream, and waffle is a truly indulgence. Guilt was taken out as this was shared among so many of us. Hehe..


After so many visits, glad to find that quality of food is well maintained.

Pasta Zanmai
P-2C, Plaza GF, Hartamas Shopping Centre,
80 Jalan Sri Hartamas 1,
Sri Hartamas, 50480 KL
Tel : 03-6201 1610

Prior to our trip to Siem Reap, arranged for a meet up between the 4 of us that were going. Narrowed our choice to Korean food, and my No 1 choice for Korean is Dae Sa Kwan at Sri Hartamas, thus suggested to have lunch there.

The banchan served here is really one of the best, in terms of taste and the wide selection, compared to what's served by other Korean restaurants around town. This is one of the best part of Korean food - unlimited free serving of banchan.

The BBQ pork tasted just alright.


The BBQ chicken was a little more interesting. It came in a hot bowl and with lots of gravy. The ala kim chi sauce was a little spicy, to me.

From the few times I've had the seafood pancake here, the seafood pancake tasted extraordinarily good that day. It has generous portion of seafood within the pancake, and we can even taste the freshness of the seafood used.


I have always love ginseng chicken soup. This soup also known as 'samgyetang' is boiled using whole young chicken, which is stuffed with glutinous rice, and boiled in a broth of Korean ginseng, dried seeded jujube fruits, garlic and ginger. Yum yum.




Overall, it was a fantastic Korean lunch. After the lunch, we can't wait to visit Angkor Wat together, in just the next few days. Yipee!!

Dae Sa Kwan
40G, Jalan 25/70A,
Desa Sri Hartamas.
Tel : 03-2300 1004

*Non-Halal

It's always a good idea to drive out once a while, but where to, is always the question. After much thought, brought Candice and Beng Suan to try out MG's cafe - its actually a bakery at the outer part, and cafe inside. From the outside, most people may not realize that vegetarian food is actually served here.

Ordered 3 items for sharing.

With salted vege and the soup broth that was a little of sourish and slight spiciness, this formosa style noodle really 'opened-up' our appetite. The vegetarian meat also tasted really good.


The honey char siu donburi rice is also highly recommended. This vegetarian char siu really tasted quite close to the actual char siu, and the sweet sauce enhances the overall taste.


After makan, each of us bought their swiss roll. Taste really good, and healthy. Bought the durian flavoured swiss roll and bamboo charcoal cream cheese swiss roll. All of us brought back to be shared with family, and gone in less than a day...


MG's Cafe
Sri Hartamas
38-G, Jalan 27/70A,
Desa Sri Hartamas, KL
Tel : 03-2300 3118

Business Hours :
10.30am - 10pm

URL : www.mgscafe.com

(My actual visit here : 010909. Total Bill-RM30.80)