Tarbush Restaurant : Lebanese Delicacies

We're about to heading to for New Year 2011 celebration before one of us suggest to have our dinner first. Five of us agreed since there is about two hours to midnight at 1200am of 010111.Riding Volkswagen Golf Gti, we headed to Changkat, Bukit Bintang to search for a place to dine.

There were a lot of cars and people along the road at Bukit Bintang. Jammed and packed. We decided to park the car at pavilion and walk, it is much convenient. Oh, how suddenly we decide to go to Bukit Bintang ? We just follow the driver. haha

Pavilion is packed with people, an event by flyfm make it more worst until there is no space for us to get through to the other side of road but to huddle in a crowd of people(mostly students of primary and secondary).

We make it to the other side alive ! haha we walked and stop infront of Tarbush Restaurant. Unplanned plan I can say. we just walk around and suddenly made decision to get into the restaurant.

We asked a table for five and here we are in Tarbush Restaurant.Tarbush Restaurant served one of an accessible, authentic and fine Middle Eastern cuisine.

Five of us were like, “amused” by the radiant interior design of the restaurant with the arabic sound boom around make us wanna dance. hahaha low lightings in that restaurant creates a warmer atmosphere. perfect for chill out and relax. We are placed at second tiers of the building (non smoking area). The ground floor is occupied for smoking area. But I think ground floor have more beautiful decoration than second floor.






Since this is our first time, we took a long time to choose our course. This is my first time eating middle eastearn food, I mean the 'heavy' one. Before this is I've tried Muttabal and Kebab at Jalan Damai, Ampang.

So here is our order :

At first we are about to order for Muttabal with meat for the starter or appetizer but the waiter came out with a better suggestion, Hommous Meat.



Hommous Meat , middle easter bread (I don't know what they called 'em) with a sauce similiar to mayonnese that made from garlic and potato with meat.
Good starter.




Fried Spring Chicken
1/2 fried chicken with fries. This is totally lame, you can get better taste at KFC. No spices tasted from the chicken. Just an bland fried chicken



Tarbush Mix Grill
This one is signature of Tarbush, meat-chicken-prawn all grilled.
The meat is so tender. I like it, with the unique taste of spices it was damn amazing.Fresh prawn but I don't like the chicken, the chicken is not cooked accordingly.



Mix Grill, same as above but without prawn



Briyani Chicken
1/2 chicken with Briyani
I don't like the rice, it taste more "bunga cengkih" than other spices.
the chicken is tender but the taste is just biasa biasa je



Sauteed Potato with Meet
Potato, onion, meat and cashew nut mix together. Tip top ! This is what I expect from the dishes that I haven't tried before. The meat is so tender, the taste are mix prefectly.

This is the view from second floor Tarbus Restaurant



Damn crowded.Packed ! like sardines in the tin.



and we bought this ;p



3 for RM 10

We only realized it is only about 10 to midnight right after we finished our dinner.We took a really long time for dinner.(But to me it's okay rather than be in the sea of people outside there.I hate damn crowded place).We just celebrate the end of 2010 in our own way, with the calm and soothing environment-sitting on the chair and had a nice chatting. haha So we decide to walk around first and there is fireworks once it's reach 1200am





Fireworks at Bukit Bintang;







we stop at pavilion first to grab for tutti fruitti gelato



and then only we went to Z.

TARBUSH, with the awesome ambience.

For people like me, ambience of a particular place is rather important.
I believe that the embience of a restaurant can somehow evokes one’s mood

Foods just okay. presentation of food average. but the satisfaction : great, you know when its about middle eastern dishes - they were likely give a mountain of everything in one plate.

Thanks to Azyad for treated us :) (i'm grateful for the friends who not greedy at all, we treat each other everytime we went out)

Till then
Live your life to the fullest
and Happy New Year 2011 :)

Yellow Cab Pizza Co.

Hello people, sorry for the lack of update. Anyone here fans of pizza? Yeah! Let's pizza blanditiis

Few months back, my friends and I was heading to Ampang to visit our friends who was admitted at Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital. On the way back, we planned to have our so called hi-tea at Oldtown White Coffee near the hospital, but then Afiq suggested us to try a new brand pizza in Malaysia, Yellow Cab Pizza Co. located around there.

So four of us agreed and we make our way to Yellow Cab Pizza. First thing that cross my mind when I arrived there is what makes Yellow Cab different from the others pizza outlets such as Pizza Hut, Dominos, Shakey’s and etc ? What is the specialty, because the taboo was there is no different in any pizza , they still looks and taste likes pizza minus the secret recipes and ingredients use to make it.



"When you want a great pizza, call a cab"

So we went to the counter and make a order. For first timer like us, we have doubt in choosing what the best to fill up our stomach ,then the ladies with the yellow shirt at the counter suggest us some favourite-most ordered pizza.

I let them choose whatever pizza they want, and they choose NY classic-beef pepperoni extra cheese while I hovering around the shop. At the wall, there were histories of birth of Pizza Yellow Cab Co that origin from Philipines if I’m not mistaken.

There are three size of pizza that Yellow Cab Co offer to their customers. 10” / 14” / 18” . If you wonder how the sizes look alike, let’s just imagine the size of rim that we usually use on our car. and we choose the largest size which is 18” !


Choose Your Size

At first we decided to have it at the restaurant but then we are in rush to the other places, so take away is yet the best option that we have that time- no time for the other food .

Besides pizza, they also served spaghetti and meatballs, pasta and baked potato not to forget homemade vanilla ice cream.

While waiting for the pizza to be done, we tried this kind of drink called Sola Iced Tea Drink-come in two flavours Raspberry and Lemon.Sola is the tasting iced tea that use only the finest natural fruit flavors and real tea. I have Raspberry for my drink.This drink only can be found here at Yellow Cab outlets only , as the pizza its origin from philipines too.


Raspberry


Lemon

We took a long time to wait for the pizza to be done, about 30 minutes. We get our pizza and we have it in the car. munch munch yummy.


giant pizza !


Excited-ness

What a big size ! The sight of 18 inches pizza is enough to satiate my hunger. I was able to consume just two square slices and I feel so full.

Thin crust pizza are alright - toppings are generous, the meaty and luscious crust is so tasty up to the last bite. The only thing that I hate about this food is that is composed of too much oil. I mean, a very too much ! When I hold it even with a tissue, my hands get too greasy. Even my lips do get oily. But other than that, this pizza is heaven’s sent for its enjoyable taste. All the meaty components and seasoning are blended perfectly to achieve a unique taste. The crust is thick and in overall, it is incomparable to neither Pizza Hut nor Shakey’s. The crust is uniquely crispy and chewy because it is created from special dough which is kept fresh. Even the sauce comes from real tomatoes and carefully selected herbs and spices. Their toppings are the special ones, what else would I ask for?

For the price sake, I can say - expensive. For the pizza only, it charges us around RM 60. But after all where else can I have this giant pizza other than Yellow Cab ? But to me, Yellow Cab is not my first choice, Dominos still the best when we want to talk about price and worthy ! I think if it is not about the oily part, Yellow Cab is up to #1.


the unique delivery vespa

Till then people :)

Penggemar Steamboat

Steam a boat.Eh bukan bukan.Steamboat-macam steam a boat la kan ? a boat of foods, ke ? Tak kesah lahh.Bagi penggemar steamboat, kali ni saya bawak anda pergi makan makan steamboat yang super stimm.

Kalau cakap pasal steamboat, rata rata daripada kita mesti terbayang Johnny's kan ? Ala Johhny's Restaurant yang rata rata pelayannya adalah warga asing (mesti) yang tahu cakap melayu tapi tak faham bahasa melayu.

Okay okay, lupakan pasal Johnnys.

Sekarang kita pergi ke Restoran Stadium Negara, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng.Sejarah nama, kalau tak silap restoran ni pernah terletak bersebelahan dengan Stadium Negara dekat Jalan Stadium.

Kebanyakkan pelanggan restoran ni terdiri daripada orang melayu, walaupun restoran ni hak milik orang cina tapi still restoran ni tak da langsung menu yang haramm untuk orang Islam.Selamat dimakann.

Apa nama restoran ni ? Restoran Stadium Negara.Ingat ! Restoran apa ? Restoran Stadium Ne...gara.

Speciality ? Steamboat ! Kita boleh pilih sama ada steamboat yang kita nak steam atau masak tu guna dapur gas atau dapur arang.

Tengok orang gak lah.Kalau tahap kesabaran korang tinggi boleh je mintak dapur arang, tapi kalau dah sampai sampai tu lapar tahap gaban baik mintak dapur gas.

Bezanya ? Satu guna arang satu guna gas.Rasa ? Ada beza ke ? Takde.Rasanya kalau guna dua dua method pun, still sup akan mengelegak-masak gak.


Yang ni steamboat guna gas


Yang ni plak steamboat guna charcoal atau arang, nampak tak yang macam serombong kapal tu ?






Korang boleh pilih sama ada korang nak sup atau tomyam.Kalau nak dua dua pun boleh.umpphhh bau diaaa ~

Untuk steamboat harganya ialah RM 30-serve untuk dua orang.Side order yang lain ikut korang lah nak pilih apa.Macam saya, saya suka pilih menu-menu kat bawah ni.Kalau korang dah order steamboat, janganlah pulak pesan side order banyak banyak.Steamboat tu sapa pulak yang nak makan nanti.




Kacang Tanah
Kacang tanah ni memang dorang akan kasi sebagai pembuka selera.Betul ke ? Kalau takde kacang, tak berselera ke nanti ? Eh eh bukan, sebagai mengalas perut.Ceh ceh mengalas perut la sangat.

Kalau korang dah lapar sangat, balun je lah kacang ni dengan kawan kawan korang.Tapi kalau tak lapar, sila balun juga sebab kacang ni berharga RM 2.00 so kalau makan ke tak makan still dorang charge gak.


Nasi Goreng Butter
Nice one.Nasi Goreng butter yang sedap dan lazat.Yummy.
Rate : ****


Sotong Goreng Tepung
First time tengok sotong goreng tepung dorang buat bentuk donut.Hahaha, tapi sotong ni liat sikit.Rasa tepung just nice
Rate : *** 1/2


Lala masak Pedas (kalau tak silap)
Lala ni memang signature kat sini, so kalau korang nak order tapi tak tahu nama, cakap je lala...Nanti amoi yang amek order tu celah lah cakap korang lala masak pedas.

Yang ni memang favourite saya.Sangat sedap dan lazat.Memang terbaikklah sampai berpeluh peluh makan.Lala segar, kulit lala memang dah terbuka so senang nak amek takyah kopek kopek.Kalau korang tak makan pedas,at least cuba satu korang mesti tersenyum.hee
Rate : **** 1/2




I called it Pau Lembut ^_^
Tak tau what the real name of the pauu,tapi pau ni sumpahh lembut gileee.Baik punyaa.Kita boleh mintak sama ada nak kukus atau goreng pau neh.Pau ni memang terbaik kalau cicah dengan ketam kat bawah ni =)
Rate : ****





Golden Crab
Yang ni paling menarikk.Untuk makluman korang, this is my second visit and first time makan Golden Crab, before this order Golden Shrimp.Sebab udang lagi senang nak handle than ketam kann.Tapi sumpahh kuah dia sedap gileeerrr.

So the main purpose order this is to makan dengan pau kat atas tuhh.Memang terbaikk.Rasanya undescrible, korang kena datang dan cuba baru korang tahuuu!Wonder, how they cook this ? Tapi obviously memang ada telur lah sebab boleh nampak telur putih yang dah dimasak dalam kuah tuhh.
Rate : **** 1/2



Harga bagi saya agak mahal.Tapi! Untuk side order terutamanya makanan berasaskan Ketam memang mahal.Memang mahal,sangat mahal okay!(Dah tak tau dah nak describe macam mana mahal tu).Selain ketam, kat sini ada sup shark fin,BBQ Chicken Wings dan lain lain.


Dari sini kita boleh nampak view KLCC.

Ada satu menu yang saya lupa nak tangkap gambar ialah BBQ Chicken Wing.Rasa Chicken Wing kat sini memang lain dari yang lain.Tak boleh dapat kat mana-mana, sebab saya rasa memang kat restoran ni je yang buat saya rasa terpukau bila makan chicken wing.



Bagi saya, kalau korang penggemar steamboat sini memang tempat paling tempat untuk korang datang dan menikmati steamboat.

Steamboat kat sini kalau nak dibandingkan dengan tempat lain takde lah jauh beza sangat tapi side order dengan steamboat kat sini memang satu pakej yang melengkapi antara satu sama lain.So, kalau korang datang sini semata-mata nak makan steamboat tak berbaloi sangat.Untuk kepuasan, korang boleh pesan apa sahaja side order yang korang nakk.

Saya rasa kat sini antara salah satu tempat yang mementingkan kualiti masakan.Jadi, setiap apa yang korang order korang memang akan dapat kepuasan yang maksima.

Persekitaran memuaskan dan bersih, layanan memuaskan dan mesra, makanan tip top tapi harganya agak mahall.Tapi untuk sekali seumur hidup, apa salahnya mencuba betul tak ?

Seafood Lagi !

Bagi penggemar Seafood , kali ni saya bawa anda ke satu tempat menarik untuk anda melantak seafood dengan harga murah dengan seafood yang segar !



Restoran Makanan Laut di Jeram , Kuala Selangor.Mungkin ada yang pernah datang sini , kalau dari Kuala Lumpur , ikut arah ke Klang dan terus ke Kuala Selangor.Perjalanan makan masa dalam 1 1/2 jam(bergantung pada cara pemanduan).

Kalau ikutkan ada dua restoran seafood dekat Jeram ni (yang popular),tapi saya lebih prefer yang depan banding yang belakang sebab restoran depan lagi murah dan cara masakan lebih sedap.Tapi kalau anda mahu main kejar kejar atau main air pantai sementara tunggu makanan yang anda pesan siap , anda boleh pergi restoran yang belakang tu.



Kalau pergi hari minggu , memang ramai.Kalau anda datang dari jauh, pastikan anda bertolak dari rumah lebih awal untuk dapat tempat.Bagi yang mempunyai anak, restoran depan ada menyediakan taman permainan kanak kanak.Juga sight seeing pantai terus dari tempat makan ( air dalam , tak boleh turun main air ).

Kalau anda datang ke sini , anda diberi kebebasan untuk memilih menu anda sendiri.Pilih ikan , sotong , ketam (dll) anda sendiri juga cara masakannya sendiri.


Sotong Goreng Tepung
Apa yang istimewanya tentang sotong goreng tepung kat sini adalah kerangupan dan keistimewaan rasa tepung tu.Rasa dia macam ala ala KFC tapi salut kat sotong.Ratah macam tu sambil cicah air sambal memang perghhhh.
Rate : **** 1/2


Ikan Kerapu Tiga Rasa
Ikan memang terbaik dari ladang , SEGAR ! Paling sedap mestilah part pipi ikan.Ikan kerapu keras sikit isinya banding ikan siakap.3 rasa memang sedap !
Rate : ****


Ikan Siakap Masam Manis
Memula saya cadangkan masa stim limau kat ikan siakap ni , tapi ada kawan saya yang tak makan stim(tak tau lah tak makan atau tak pernah cuba makan).Tapi pape pun , masak masam manis masih terbaik dan lazat ! Ikan memang segar ya ampunnn !
Rate : ****




Kerang
Kerang kat sini anda boleh pilih nak masak apa.Rebus atau bakar.Tapi saya lebih suka kalau kerang ni dibakar banding rebus.Sebab kalau makan bakar isi dia dah kering,so bila nak kopek tu takdelah air mengalir kat tangan.


Ketam Masak Cili
Saya kurang gemar makan ketam sebab malas nak kopek dan godek isi ketam tuh.Tapi kali ni saya buangkan malas saya dan godek isi ketam sampai ketam tu tak rupa ketam dah hah.hahaha ketam cicah cili ni memang sedap, lain dari yang lain
Rate : *** 1/2


Ikan Keli Bakar
Saya memang peminat ikan keli bakar dari dulu lagi ! Gila nya saya dengan ikan keli bakar, saya habiskan ikan keli ni sorang sorang tak kasi kawan yang lain sentuh langsung ! Memang terbaik , isi keli ni pun gemuk gemuk.Geram je tengokk.
Rate : *****


Lala masak halia
Sedap,berlemak dan cukup rasa !
Rate : ***


Otak otak
Saya dan kawan yang lain dapat otak otak ni dah hangit dan kering.Nasib baik menu sampingan je.

Apa yang paling saya suka dekat Jeram ni ialah air sambal atau sambal kicap buatan sendirinya-homemade.Perghhh memang mengancam.Sebab tu lah saya lebih suka makan seafood cicah air sambal berbanding makan dengan nasi.Memang Layaannn.

Harga memang berbaloi dengan makanan ! Untuk semua menu diatas , seingat saya kami cuma membayar dalam RM 250.(untuk semua seafood kami amek 2set setiap satu-tolak dua ekor ikan).Murah kann ?!


Dah kenyang, jangan lupa bayar ! Walaupun bayar part paling menyeksakan sekali :P