The KL Tower

The last time we had a meal at the revolving restaurant must have been a couple of years back. It was under a different management and the food then was better than when we visited recently.
On the plus side, there was a few new attractions - the old Blue Coral aquarium and F1 simulator were still there - including a new mini-zoo. There was also a new platform opened with shops and space for cultural dances and activities, dubber the 1Malaysia Cultural Village. There was also a crane pulling up a table for dinner should you wished to have your dinner dangled up in the air. Not my cup of tea however!

The Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve had now been reopened and one can walk down the hill via a jungle trail from the tower. Certainly the tower had plenty of things going for it at the moment.

Not much of a view unfortunately with the haze ...There are a few taller ones ....But, the management would have to be more slick. There was the perennial issue with parking which was a pain. Luckily this time around Julia booked a spot with the valet. And booking our table at Atmosphere 360 was a bit of an ordeal. I had to personally turn up there to finalise the booking as initially the management insisted on me paying the 50% deposit. I wouldn't mind paying the deposit but I had to either bank in the money into their account and email them the receipts, or alternatively give them my credit card details, which included a photocopy of the card front and back! That would be silly don't you think.

So, I might as well turn up there and pay up front. And then there was the surcharges for the window seatings and the fact that they could only accommodate up to 10 on a single table. We were in a party of 11! So we had to book 2 tables, and had to pay the surcharges twice!

Do not look at the sun!My Dad having a peekCoupled with a limited selection of food and lack of a la carte menu, bringing kids would not be much fun. The lunch buffet package cost around RM90, and dinner package cost twice that. I guess you would be paying for the novelty factor.

I wished that the management could get their activity streamlined fitting with their status as one of the premier destination in Kuala Lumpur. And another thing, I could see that although the locals made the majority of the front line staff members, there were plenty of foreigners about. What impression would this give to our visitors?

Lunch at F.EAST

Again, I had some time this afternoon to sort out some family stuff and at the end, decided to have lunch with Anita. Anita picked the spot, a new fusion cafe on the second floor of Bangsar Village II called F.EAST.

Initially I thought it was going to be one of those typical western cafe. But it turned out that the majority of the menu items had local flavour in them. The menu read "asam laksa", "mee sup", "nasi ayam" etc. But looking at the restaurant at first glance, you would not have guessed it.

Lover the decor!So 70sGorgeous lightingI just loved the chairs and tablesThe decor was also different. It had a definite 70's styling to it. Furniture-wise at least. I especially loved the lighting. Very reminiscent of my childhood.

The food was not half bad either. I had the asam laksa. Not perfect, but good enough. Mine could do with some boiled eggs and better laksa, although the "otak udang" was a nice touch. The soup was faultless however.

Anita's koey teow soupThe "otak udang" was a nice touchThe pandan chiffon cake. Terbaek!I would definitely go there again, and compared to other more established cafe at the mall, the place was still empty. Hopefully the business would pick up in the next few months because the cafe offered something different.

P/S: Try the pandan chiffon cake. It was dynamite!

Group Lunch

My good old friends from my UK days came over to the apartment today for lunch. Sad to say that today being Friday, my clinic finished late and I had to rush to the mosque. On of my friend was at Pantai Hospital next door for ante-natal check-up, and since the wait was long, stopped over at our place.

Word got out that she was coming, and Anita decided to cook and invited everybody else over. Great fun, but they were all but done by the time I reached home after my afternoon rounds.

It looked like it would be another week for my friend, failing which she might have to have induction for the baby. All of us were holding our collective breath!

Lorong Seratus Tahun

In the middle of discovery - or rediscovering The Mall, or now called Sunway Putra Mall - we found out that the old eatery on the top floor was preserved. It used to be one of my favourite eatery and it was themed around the A Famosa. Food was good and reasonably priced. A nice place to meet up with friends.

The place is now different and not all of the cafes were opened yet. The one we tried was surprisingly good however. It was a Penang Peranakan cafe called Lorong Seratus Tahun.

I had the asam laksa and Anita had some curry mee. I must say that the asam laksa was superb. Almost authentic Penang.

Definitely worth another try in the future should we landed at the mall again ...

Bangsar Stopover

With the nice weather and me having to stop by the bank, I couldn't help but to make a quick stop in Bangsar while having a quick lunch enjoying the sun. I was on my way from my clinic at Park City to Subang anyway.

It was a shame that I had a 1pm meeting. The fact that I was on call today also did not make me feel better. But then again, a 20 minutes stop wouldn't hurt.

Quick stop for brunch at PappaRichThis should do nicelyBack into the sunFinally, bank stuff was done. Lunch was done. Time to drive back to the hospital.