Today marked the end of my long case. The worst Id ever had. Guess I might have been too poor to be able to do well. I can blurt and used up 3 days 3 nights of your time reading it, but I'd rather go for something lighter.
Today I'd gone for celebration of Valentine's, be it for the last supper or not. Life still goes on, so there's nothing you can do worrying. We went to Gypsy Wine & Bar to try out some appetizing menu seen on KYs blog, so it's better for ourselves to judge it since he's more of a photofood blogger than an actual taster. It is located along Jalan Changkat Bukit Bintang, the rows of restaurants of international taste, just off Jalan Alor (The road which was almost changed to Labia Majora).
To begin with, I'd had a Long Island while Stella had a Coke. I'm not a pro-taster in cock and tails, so I'll leave it as it be, not being something wonderful enough to get me having it again.
For starters, we had mussels, Kam Heong style for RM12. It seems kind of worth it since there's around 13 mussels nicely seasoned enough to spice up your appetite. Fried shrimps were used to fill the mussels with the distinct crunchy flavor as you bite on the juicy flesh of the mussel. Im sure it'll goes down well with beer, but the amount of oil and the beer? Watch out for your liver then.
What else to start the main course with lamb skewer(RM23)? This dish was supposed to be the specialty as featured in the Guiness menu. Either way, it must have been off the Guiness by then since we cant taste anything Guiness about it. Nevertheless, the sauteed pea aka 'kacang putih' served as the side dish in this lamb skewer tasted delicious, with the aroma of the sauce fully released as the 'kacang putih' as you munch on them. The 4 chunks of lamb, however, was a bit on the disappointing side. The lamb chunks were unevenly skewered, thus there are parts which tend to be overskewered and feels too hard on the teeth in a jaw exercising routine. To me, the lamb meat should be on the juicy side and not on the dried side. There is some sort of brown sour juice/sauce accompanying the lamb skewer, supposedly to make it taste better. However, it is recommended that you had the lamb and kacang putih (with sauce) in one biteful, which would goes down well for the tastebuds.
The Milanese spaghetti(RM21) was on the interesting side, with an emphasis on the black pepper rather than the tomato sauce as the main flavoring. I must admit that the spaghetti noodles was very well done. The chef did well in maintaining the sponginess of the noodles and drenching the noodles in the sauce. However, the oil used for this dish was on the excessive side too, which I felt that a reduction in the amount of oil would not affect this dish much. This spaghetti taste slightly on the bland side and would qualify for healthy food if not for amount of the oil(possibly olive) used. For spice lovers, you can try mixing in the mussels' Kam Heong flavor with the spaghetti and it goes really well and tastes even more delicious.
The ambience is kind of nice especially in the inner setting of the bar where there is more privacy. However, there wont be any non-smoking area since this is a bar anyway. (Not much smoking going on though at my time of visit) The music played was slow and serenating, and some football action in the big screen inside the bar, which was quite on a contrast today.
After a hearty meal, we left the place to catch up with a night movie. Bride Wars(Chick flick) was kind of refreshing for movie ideas despite some unbelievable and immorale scenarios. Othewise, it is good for a laugh or some tissue moments with your friends as well.
The movie lasted around 90 minutes, and we headed back to UKMMC since we had classes tomorrow. So long for a day, and we call it a night. Well, of course, it was a valentine night for us too.
*Note: The lamb skewer and mussels pics was taken from KY, as my cameraphone does not work well under dimmed lights. Apart from that, the rest are mine, yes, including the girl in the photo. :P
Today I'd gone for celebration of Valentine's, be it for the last supper or not. Life still goes on, so there's nothing you can do worrying. We went to Gypsy Wine & Bar to try out some appetizing menu seen on KYs blog, so it's better for ourselves to judge it since he's more of a photofood blogger than an actual taster. It is located along Jalan Changkat Bukit Bintang, the rows of restaurants of international taste, just off Jalan Alor (The road which was almost changed to Labia Majora).
To begin with, I'd had a Long Island while Stella had a Coke. I'm not a pro-taster in cock and tails, so I'll leave it as it be, not being something wonderful enough to get me having it again.
For starters, we had mussels, Kam Heong style for RM12. It seems kind of worth it since there's around 13 mussels nicely seasoned enough to spice up your appetite. Fried shrimps were used to fill the mussels with the distinct crunchy flavor as you bite on the juicy flesh of the mussel. Im sure it'll goes down well with beer, but the amount of oil and the beer? Watch out for your liver then.
What else to start the main course with lamb skewer(RM23)? This dish was supposed to be the specialty as featured in the Guiness menu. Either way, it must have been off the Guiness by then since we cant taste anything Guiness about it. Nevertheless, the sauteed pea aka 'kacang putih' served as the side dish in this lamb skewer tasted delicious, with the aroma of the sauce fully released as the 'kacang putih' as you munch on them. The 4 chunks of lamb, however, was a bit on the disappointing side. The lamb chunks were unevenly skewered, thus there are parts which tend to be overskewered and feels too hard on the teeth in a jaw exercising routine. To me, the lamb meat should be on the juicy side and not on the dried side. There is some sort of brown sour juice/sauce accompanying the lamb skewer, supposedly to make it taste better. However, it is recommended that you had the lamb and kacang putih (with sauce) in one biteful, which would goes down well for the tastebuds.
The Milanese spaghetti(RM21) was on the interesting side, with an emphasis on the black pepper rather than the tomato sauce as the main flavoring. I must admit that the spaghetti noodles was very well done. The chef did well in maintaining the sponginess of the noodles and drenching the noodles in the sauce. However, the oil used for this dish was on the excessive side too, which I felt that a reduction in the amount of oil would not affect this dish much. This spaghetti taste slightly on the bland side and would qualify for healthy food if not for amount of the oil(possibly olive) used. For spice lovers, you can try mixing in the mussels' Kam Heong flavor with the spaghetti and it goes really well and tastes even more delicious.
The ambience is kind of nice especially in the inner setting of the bar where there is more privacy. However, there wont be any non-smoking area since this is a bar anyway. (Not much smoking going on though at my time of visit) The music played was slow and serenating, and some football action in the big screen inside the bar, which was quite on a contrast today.
After a hearty meal, we left the place to catch up with a night movie. Bride Wars(Chick flick) was kind of refreshing for movie ideas despite some unbelievable and immorale scenarios. Othewise, it is good for a laugh or some tissue moments with your friends as well.
The movie lasted around 90 minutes, and we headed back to UKMMC since we had classes tomorrow. So long for a day, and we call it a night. Well, of course, it was a valentine night for us too.
*Note: The lamb skewer and mussels pics was taken from KY, as my cameraphone does not work well under dimmed lights. Apart from that, the rest are mine, yes, including the girl in the photo. :P
