Gaucho Grill, Chulan Square, Jalan Raja Chulan

Once again it's another Groupon deal that I've used. This time it's Argentinian steak at Gaucho Grill, Jalan Raja Chulan. Hey, paying only RM47 instead of RM95.10 is a really good deal to resist, especially from such an well known restaurant for steak.

The deal gets meet unlimited refill of soup and salad from the bar. I will say the salad bar is quite nice with variety of vegetables both cooked and raw to choose from. There are about 5 to 6 kind of salad dressings such as thousand island, coleslaw, French, mint and one that I don't really know the name.

I don't know what is the orange colour dressing is.

Soup is potato cream soup that night. At first look it's kind of plain but after I tasted it, I think it's not bad at all even for me that don't fancy potato soup.

Plain looking potato cream soup.

The El Feugo Argentinian Grilled Rib Eye Steak is what I came for. Ordered it to be cooked to medium. While it's unlike Wagyu steak that melts in one's mouth, it is tender enough. The only complain is that it is not juicy enough. Maybe it's because it is rib eye, hence not much fat around the meat. A good cut for those that don't fancy too much fat in their meat.

The steak is use is of good quality that little marination is needed. I prefer to eat it on it's own rather than dip the black pepper sauce provided. Besides, I think the black pepper sauce doesn't goes very well with the steak. I tried eating one piece of steak with the sauce and it tasted like eating steak in the Uptown food court that sells for only RM11 per plate.

Pinkish, just the way I like it.

After devouring the steak, I had a 3rd helping of the salad and then called it a night. This is my first time trying out Argentinian steak. Might come back again and try other cuts or I'll wait for another deal to come up :p

Saw this funny sign outside.

Address:

Gaucho Grill
Block B, Lot 5 Chulan Square,
92 Jalan Raja Chulan,
50250 Kuala Lumpur.

Phone: 03-2145 4268

Google Map here.


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First Time in El Cerdo

Note: Tidak Ditanggung halal

Way back 2 months ago during a dinner break from Nokia IAC, David Lai, Aaron, Thomas, Nadia and I decided to dine in El Cerdo in Changkat Bukit Bintang. I follow them because I've never been there before and I read a lot about great pork dishes that this restaurant serves.

The settings.

The house's specialty.

My complimentary soup. I think it's potato leek soup.

David did all the ordering because he's the regular here. We didn't make a reservation so we have to be fast with our meal hence no roast whole piglet for us. Remember to make reservation if you want to eat here because it's almost always full.



Delicious prawn spaghetti.

The prawn is so fresh and succulent. The sauce also goes very well with it.

Rating: 4/5

Grilled pork loin with rice.

The grilled pork loin is very juicy and tender. I can eat a lot of it without feeling jelak.

Rating: 4/5



Duck fettuccine.

The chef here is also very good in cooking duck. It's not bad.

Rating: 3.5/5

Pork Ribs

The main attraction of the dinner, honey roasted pork ribs. Words just can't describe how delicious this dish is, you have to try it to know it.

Rating: 4.5/5

It's not on the menu.

Thanks to David who is a regular here, he ordered Rum n Raisin Pancakes which is not listed on the menu. This dessert is yummy. Cold Rum n Raisin ice-cream eaten with warm and fluffy pancakes, is a good match. It's a must for dessert.

Rating: 4.5/5

My complimentary after meal cocktail that helps digestion.

Piggy-lisa


Address:

No. 43 and 45, Changkat Bukit Bintang
50200, Kuala Lumpur
Tel No: 03-21450511
www.elcerdokl.com

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Breakfast in Imbi & Lot 10

Last Saturday morning due to the anxiety waiting for the Nuffnang Pajama Party and shifting from night shift to morning shift, I woke up at about 6 in the morning. Listen to the radio for half an hour, then I drove myself down to Bukit Bintang because at 10 am there will be an event outside the entrance of Sg. Wang, will blog about that later.

The event that I'll be at in 3 hours time.

I reached Jln Imbi at about 7 a.m. and park there. Free parking mah. At first I was thinking to have Bah Kut Teh for breakfast but thing it's too heavy a meal. So, I went to a coffee shop opposite the famous bah kut teh restaurant. The restaurant name is Restoran Mei Sin.

I settle for a bowl of pork balls ho fun. The special thing about this stall is that you can had fried intestine which other pork balls noodle stall don't have. So, I added the fried intenstine. Cost me RM 5 for the bowl of noodles. Consider normal for eating in the Golden Triangle.

I ordered the dryversion.

Pork balls in soup.

Ah, the fried intestine.

The taste is normal,better than the average but not the best in town. The Chinese sausage taste not bad, and the fried intestine is crispy and flavourful. The stall also sell intestine soup and belly soup. There's also a stall selling curry mee and dry curry mee which seems delicious but I can't eat too much.

Rating: 3/5

After that, I walked to Sg. Wang Plaza and take a few pictures. There's still not many people in the area, it's only 8 a.m. Shops are not even open yet. Then I walk to Pavilion and then from Pavilion walk back to Lot 10 and from Lot 10 walk back to Pavilion. After that much walking, I feel I have to sit down and rest. Starbucks don't serve breakfast so it's not value for money to drink coffee only. Coffee Bean's breakfast is not ready. So, I went to the San Francisco Coffee outlet in Lot 10.

8.45 a.m. in Lot 10, so quiet.

They opened at 7.30 a.m. and they serve breakfast set which comes with refillable coffee or tea. So at about 8.45 a.m. I ordered Coddled Egg set, and they are serving Brazil coffee on that day. The set is RM 8.95 before tax.

The breakfast here is 1 or 2 ringgit cheaper than Coffee Bean.

My Coddled Egg set.

Comes with a cup of free coffee that is refillable.

The egg is not as liquid as half-boiled egg and enough to dip the toast into the yolk and eat. Still I think I prefer the set served in Coffee Bean, Mont Kiara. Still if you're here in the morning and want to eat breakfast quietly, the San Francisco Coffee in Lot 10 is a good choice.

Rating: 3/5