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[Invited Review] Vivo American Pizza and Panini at The Curve

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Vivo American Pizza and Panini is located at Level 1, Western Courtyard, Mutiara Damansara, The Curve. Vivo in Latin means "To Live; Be Alive". The main concept of Vivo is fast service and food to be served fresh. It all started with the secret recipe by the Horrigan Family, who served the best American style pizza by using the traditional method of baking for over 30 years. As for today, latest baking technology has been used to ensure the perfection of the pizzas.

Once you have enter into the restaurant you may feel the interior design is simple yet colourful. You may either choose to dine indoor or outdoor. WiFi is provided by the restaurant as well. Each Vivo Restaurant in Malaysia has a different theme and setting that make the restaurant unique.

At Vivo, they have a very extensive drinks menu. The variety ranges from fresh juices, chocolate drinks to Lavazza, Italy's No.1 Coffee.

Mango Delight RM 8.80

First of all, we have been served with the yummylicious Mango Delight with cream (RM 8.80), without cream (RM 7.80).

Choco Brownies Mallows RM 8.80

Another drink that is not to be miss you be the Choco Brownies Mallows (RM 8.80). Chocolate blend topped with whipped cream and generous amount of mallows together with a squeeze of chocolate cream.

Juicy Fresh RM 7.80

When is comes to fruit juice, Vivo has the best to offer to their customer with wide variety of juices. This is good for those who are on diet or would like something refreshing for a hot day. Juicy Fresh (RM 7.80) is freshly squeezed watermelon, carrot and orange that served as antioxidant properties.

Classic Ceaser Salad RM 8.80

The appetizer that has been served to us is the best selling Classic Ceaser Salad (RM 8.80) that has fresh imported Romaine lettuce tossed with home made Ceaser dressing and garnished with crispy chicken strips and croutons. Its a well tossed of mixture of the tasty chicken strips that brings out the flavour of this salad together with sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.

All the pizza dough is handmade and pizza will only be baked upon order and usually will take around 15 minutes to be serve. The outer golden ring of the pizza is made higher to prevent the over flow of mozzarella cheese.

There are a few sizes of pizza at Vivo, you may choose from:

7' thin crust RM 11.90 (extra cheese RM 3.00)
10' thin crust RM 18.90 or thick crust RM 19.90 (extra cheese RM 4.00)
13' thin crust RM 26.90 (extra cheese RM5.00)

Italian Deluxe Pizza

One of the MUST TRY pizza at Vivo will be the Italian Deluxe. It consist of fresh shitake mushrooms, chicken strips, beef pepperoni, onion, capsicum, black olive and Vivo special sauce. The chicken strips and the beef pepperoni do bring out aroma of the pizza with a taste of crunchy outside and chewy inside. You may request for cheese powder to be add on to your pizza.

Besides pizza, Vivo also do serve other main dishes. If we would like to add on rice or mashed potato, additional RM 2.00 will be charge.

Tropical BBQ Chicken Chop RM 14.90

Tropical BBQ Chicken Chop (RM 14.90) is specially marinated with sweet BBQ sauce. It is present together with 2 slices of pineapple, fries and coleslaw. The chicken meat taste juicy and nice to be consume when it is served hot.

Chicken Fillet Panini RM 9.90

A visit to Vivo will not be complete without ordering their signature Panini bread. We choosed the Chicken Fillet (RM 9.90) with Parmeson Oregano Panini bread. The chicken strips is well grilled with tasty BBQ sauce. The bread is slightly toasted so that it will be a bit crunchy for our liking. The home made rustic Italian bread will be loaded with fresh lettuce, slices tomato, cucumber with filling of your choice and tasty sauces. There are 3 choices of Panini bread to choose from, that would be the Pramesan Oregano, Oatmeal and Itallian.

NZ Mussels with Prawns RM17.80

Last but not least we are pampered with the Chef Recommendation dish, NZ Mussels with Prawns (RM17.80). Served with fresh prawns and New Zealand green lipped mussels sauteed with special herbs and garlic in Marinara sauce. In a dish like this, I would say the freshness of the seafood is very important together with the sauce and this dish had scored a high points. Thumbs up!

Volcanic Chocolate with Ice Cream RM 12.90

For a sweet tooth and a chocolate lover, Volcanic Chocolate with ice cream (RM 12.90) will bring a big smile on our face. You will able to see the hot flow of chocolate cream once you slice it. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and top off with a cherry and sprinkle of icing sugar. The combination of the cold ice cream and the hot chocolate cake will cause an awesome explosion in your mouth.

It ended well with huge satisfaction for a quick and friendly service by the VIVO staff.

Vivo set meal: http://foodpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/04/american-pizza-and-panini-set-meal-and.html

Vivo American Pizza and Panini

Level 1, Western Courtyard,

The Curve, Mutiara Damansara,
47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Other Outlets:

Berjaya Times Square, KL
The Curve, Damansara
Jusco Tebrau City
Sutera Mall
Plaza Pelangi
City Square

Website: http://www.vivopizza.com/

*HALAL*

Fusion, Johor, Selangor |

[Invited Review] New Formosa Restaurant

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Since 1979, bringing the best of authentic Taiwanese cuisine to Malaysians inspired Jeanie Lee to set her very own restaurant New Formosa Restaurant.

Photo extracted from The Star Lifestyle - 24 January, 2009 by Alice Ching

Jeanie holds a Master Degree in Nutritionist and her dish creation focused on healthy and balance of nutrients. Jeanie Lee is also familiar for some people who had followed her cooking show over the years.

To start with Taiwanese sour plum juice, Superior Dong Ding Oolong half fermented tea and some peanuts will be a perfect aperitif.

Our first course came in a while which is the Special Four combination dish.

~ Fried butter eel ~ Rice crust with fried golden mushroom with shell meat (a Fuchow specialty), ~ Deep-fried pig intestines with sesame seeds ~ Fried asparagus with fresh lily buds, ginkgo nuts and pumpkins ~

The fried intestine is very crispy, not rubbery and with no smell. While the fried unagi is soft and has a sweet butter taste that all of us like.

The second course is the Fried snapper home style cooking with Taiwanese spicy sauce served with deep fried Chinese Silver bread. The fish is soft and juicy with a crispy deep-fried skin. The Taiwanese spicy sauce served different dimension of flavour to the dish.

~ Fried snapper home style cooking with Taiwanese spicy sauce ~

A loaf of home-made silver bread will be a perfect accompaniment for the fish. The dough is semi-hollow inside where there are strips of bread for the bread to absorb the spicy sauce.

~ Deep fried Chinese Silver bread ~

Next is the duo duck which comprises of Yam duck & Longgan PiPa duck. The yam duck is done by stuffing the duck into puree of yam and deep fried. The longgan duck is roasted with special longgan sauce as marinate. The duck is cook well, with crispy skin and meat is tender. The touch of longgan, provide additional natural sweetness to the duck.

~ Yam duck & Longgan PiPa duck ~

The fourth course is the Steam prawns with Chinese herbs in hollowed bamboo. The prawn is juicy and soft while the Chinese herbal soup is just full of flavour and nutrients.

~ Steam prawns with Chinese herbs ~

Steam yam rice served in bamboo Taiwanese Hakka style is a must try if you visit New Formosa Restaurant. The rice is flavoured with yam and cook with pumpkin, Taiwanese sausage and fried shallot. The fragrant of Taiwanese sausage and texture from the yam provides a best combination for a rice dish.

~ Steam yam rice served in bamboo Taiwanese Hakka style ~

Jeanie being a generous restaurateur introduced us to their restaurant specialty, Bonito Ma-La steamboat. The soup in the steamboat is divided into half where one is the chicken stock flavoured with bonito flakes and the other is Ma-La, a Chinese cuisine of superior spicy soup. New Formosa Restaurant has a concept of serving healthy food and thus the Ma-La soup served is not too oily.

The recommended ingredients for the steamboat will be shitake mushroom, prawn, fried bean curd, pork intestine, pork and chicken meat, glass noodles, egg, crabstick, Japanese snail, clam, home-made meat balls, fish maw, cutter fish, tofu, yam, oyster, corn and not forgetting their special Taiwanese yellow noodles.

~Metal Pot Steamboat~

We were also make known to her New Formosan Stone-Fire pot which is made of marble. The pot has the ability to control and absorbs additional saltiness in the soup. It is done by starting with stir frying the garlic, scallion and onion until flavour. Then put in the chicken and pork meat and continue to stir fry. Later on, add in the oyster and Taiwanese sausage sauce. Water is added at the end of the cooking to make sauce for the steamboat. This is a specialty that everyone must try.

~Stone-fire Pot Steamboat~

She also introduced us to Taiwanese Classic Rice Porridge with Sweet Potato which will always be her favorite choice of breakfast. To go with the porridge, one can order a variety of perfect accompaniments. They are the “Pork intestine with fried shredded salted egg”, “Fried string beans in Sichuan style”, “Fried bitter gout with salted egg”, “Omelet with dried salted raddish”, “Fried anchovies with peanuts”, “Butter fried fish” which is their new dish and “Fried oyster with preserved black beans”.

~ Taiwanese classic rice porridge with sweet potato and the dishes ~

To end the day, Jeannie surprised us with their specialty desserts.

Their Five Flavours Pudding is also a must try. It has 5 different variety of flavours which is green tea aloe vera, honey herbal, mango pudding, custard caramel and yam gingko without lard and sugar.

~ Five flavours pudding ~

New Formosa Restaurant hand-made Mua-Chi is also full of unique flavours and varieties which ranges from plain, coffee, black sesame, green-tea and pandan.

~ New Formosa hand-made Mua-Chi ~

Ginkgo Pumpkin yam pudding is their chef recommendation. It is basically a puree of pumpkin and yam topped with ginkgo. The texture is not only soft and smooth but also full of flavour!

~ Ginkgo Pumpkin Yam Pudding ~

Another specialty of their restaurant is the Formosa Special Sweet Yam which the sweet yam is coated with a layer of crystal caramelized sugar. You can feel the crunchiness of the caramel and the soft and warm texture of the yam goes down to your throat. A perfect combination!

~ Formosa Special Sweet Yam ~

A trip to her restaurant is a must for Malaysian to taste the best of Taiwan!

To make reservations:

New Formosa Restaurant

46, Jalan SS 2/24
47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor D.E.
Tel: 03 7875 1894/7478, 019 3353 274
Link: http://foodpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-formosa-restaurant-set-meal.html

You can get Formosa Kuih Muih and Mua Chi at Giant Damansara and Giant Kelana Jaya

Chinese Food, Selangor |

[Invited Review] Real Croatian Cuisine at Dubrovnik Restaurant

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Dubrovnik Restaurant is named after the most southern city in Croatia. Croatia was once a part of ex-Yugoslavia, gained its independence in 1991 . A land filled with rich cultural heritage due to its history and surrounding countries. Croatian cuisine is also known as the cuisine of regions that has many different influences; from Italy, Turkey, Greece, Hungary, Germany, Austria and France.

Zoran Djumic is the founder and head chef of this restaurant. He was inspired with the dishes that his piece of homeland can offer, thus set up this restaurant last year, April 2008.

The design of the restaurant is influenced by the historical buildings in the city of Dubrovnik. The restaurant design was owner's memory of Croatia and replicated the famed city by emphasizing some of its charm, notably the walls and fortresses.

Judging from the outlook of the restaurant, one will thought that it must be an expensive place to dine. But you are wrong, it is affordable yet tasty. Click here for the menu.

Ben, the manager of the restaurant is our host for the day. He served us with the restaurant's signature dishes. If you join us during lunch that Saturday afternoon, you will notice that Ben is a very friendly host. He can even baby sit the cutomer's baby while the parents are dining. Where else can we find such good service restaurant? :)

We learn that all the products use in the preparation of food are carefully selected to assure maximum quality for customers. The pasta is home-made, and the pizza and bread are baked in the wood burning oven. Monthly wood consumption for the fire oven is whopping RM500!

Mud Slide (New cocktail)

If you want to stay sober for the night, the lightly alcohol cocktail is a perfect choice.A mixture of Baileys, Kahlua, Amaretto and fresh cream ice blended.

Blueberry Smoothy RM 18

Frozen blueberries, yoghurt and apple juice. This drink is worth trying as it is just a few dollars more than the normal juices.

Ajvar (Croatian Spicy Salsa)

For Malaysian, sambal belachan is our salsa, and for Croatian, Ajvar is their salsa which is served together with bread. A mixture of fresh tomatoes, egg plant, herbs, capsicum, lemon juice, onions, pepper, sugar, all chopped and grilled together with oil.

Krumpir Soup RM 15

Thumbs up for this creamy soup! Light Cream of porcini mushroom soup with potato cubes.

Sofia Salad RM 15

Love cheese? Love salad? This a good one! Red and green peppers, tomato, cucumber, spring onion, Gouda cheese & Feta cheese tossed in a light Croatian olive oil vinegar dressing.

Lamb Crotia RM 48

Mouth watering lamb steak dish lavish with green pepper sauce accompanied by mint flavoured green peas and pommes dauphine. Lamb steak cook slowly in lamb jus & green pepper sauce, served with broccoli and pommes dauphine potatoes.

Ragusa Chicken RM 38

Traditionally baked herb marinated chicken leg, mushrooms and Rosti potato. It has 3 types of mushrooms on top of the chicken thigh.

Royal Chocolate Cake RM17

This rich chocolate cake is one of the best dessert we ever try. Bitter chocolate top setting on a crispy hazelnut praline base.

This restaurant is recommended to all readers for it's excellent taste of food and good service, nice environment and very reasonable pricing.

A prefect place to dine at all time and for all events. Click on for the menu and set lunch.

Dubrovnik Restaurant

J-0G-14, Solaris Mont Kiara
No. 2 Jalan Solaris, Mont Kiara
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 6203 6780
Fax: 03 6203 6780
Mobile: 0128782693
Email: dine@dubrovnikrestaurantkl.com
Website: http://www.dubrovnikrestaurantkl.com/

*HALAL*

Croation Food, Selangor |

[Invited Review] Vivo American Pizza and Panini at The Curve

Posted by Food Promotions On 10:26 AM 0 comments

At Vivo, they have a very extensive drinks menu. The variety ranges from fresh juices, chocolate drinks to Lavazza, Italy's No.1 Coffee.

Mango Delight RM 8.80

First of all, we have been served with the yummylicious Mango Delight with cream (RM 8.80), without cream (RM 7.80).

Choco Brownies Mallows RM 8.80

Another drink that is not to be miss you be the Choco Brownies Mallows (RM 8.80). Chocolate blend topped with whipped cream and generous amount of mallows together with a squeeze of chocolate cream.

Juicy Fresh RM 7.80

Classic Ceaser Salad RM 8.80

There are a few sizes of pizza at Vivo, you may choose from:

7' thin crust RM 11.90 (extra cheese RM 3.00)
10' thin crust RM 18.90 or thick crust RM 19.90 (extra cheese RM 4.00)
13' thin crust RM 26.90 (extra cheese RM5.00)

Italian Deluxe Pizza

Besides pizza, Vivo also do serve other main dishes. If we would like to add on rice or mashed potato, additional RM 2.00 will be charge.

Tropical BBQ Chicken Chop RM 14.90

Chicken Fillet Panini RM 9.90

NZ Mussels with Prawns RM17.80

Volcanic Chocolate with Ice Cream RM 12.90

It ended well with huge satisfaction for a quick and friendly service by the VIVO staff.

Vivo set meal: http://foodpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/04/american-pizza-and-panini-set-meal-and.html

Vivo American Pizza and Panini

Level 1, Western Courtyard,

The Curve, Mutiara Damansara,
47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Other Outlets:

Berjaya Times Square, KL
The Curve, Damansara
Jusco Tebrau City
Sutera Mall
Plaza Pelangi
City Square

Website: http://www.vivopizza.com/

*HALAL*

Fusion, Johor, Selangor |

[Invited Review] New Formosa Restaurant

Posted by Food Promotions On 8:11 AM 0 comments

Since 1979, bringing the best of authentic Taiwanese cuisine to Malaysians inspired Jeanie Lee to set her very own restaurant New Formosa Restaurant.

Photo extracted from The Star Lifestyle - 24 January, 2009 by Alice Ching

To start with Taiwanese sour plum juice, Superior Dong Ding Oolong half fermented tea and some peanuts will be a perfect aperitif.

Our first course came in a while which is the Special Four combination dish.

The fried intestine is very crispy, not rubbery and with no smell. While the fried unagi is soft and has a sweet butter taste that all of us like.

~ Fried snapper home style cooking with Taiwanese spicy sauce ~

A loaf of home-made silver bread will be a perfect accompaniment for the fish. The dough is semi-hollow inside where there are strips of bread for the bread to absorb the spicy sauce.

~ Deep fried Chinese Silver bread ~

~ Yam duck & Longgan PiPa duck ~

The fourth course is the Steam prawns with Chinese herbs in hollowed bamboo. The prawn is juicy and soft while the Chinese herbal soup is just full of flavour and nutrients.

~ Steam prawns with Chinese herbs ~

~ Steam yam rice served in bamboo Taiwanese Hakka style ~

~Metal Pot Steamboat~

~Stone-fire Pot Steamboat~

~ Taiwanese classic rice porridge with sweet potato and the dishes ~

To end the day, Jeannie surprised us with their specialty desserts.

~ Five flavours pudding ~

New Formosa Restaurant hand-made Mua-Chi is also full of unique flavours and varieties which ranges from plain, coffee, black sesame, green-tea and pandan.

~ New Formosa hand-made Mua-Chi ~

Ginkgo Pumpkin yam pudding is their chef recommendation. It is basically a puree of pumpkin and yam topped with ginkgo. The texture is not only soft and smooth but also full of flavour!

~ Ginkgo Pumpkin Yam Pudding ~

~ Formosa Special Sweet Yam ~

A trip to her restaurant is a must for Malaysian to taste the best of Taiwan!

To make reservations:

New Formosa Restaurant

46, Jalan SS 2/24
47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor D.E.
Tel: 03 7875 1894/7478, 019 3353 274
Link: http://foodpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-formosa-restaurant-set-meal.html

You can get Formosa Kuih Muih and Mua Chi at Giant Damansara and Giant Kelana Jaya

Chinese Food, Selangor |

[Invited Review] Real Croatian Cuisine at Dubrovnik Restaurant

Posted by Food Promotions On 8:51 PM 0 comments

Judging from the outlook of the restaurant, one will thought that it must be an expensive place to dine. But you are wrong, it is affordable yet tasty. Click here for the menu.

Mud Slide (New cocktail)

If you want to stay sober for the night, the lightly alcohol cocktail is a perfect choice.A mixture of Baileys, Kahlua, Amaretto and fresh cream ice blended.

Blueberry Smoothy RM 18

Frozen blueberries, yoghurt and apple juice. This drink is worth trying as it is just a few dollars more than the normal juices.

Ajvar (Croatian Spicy Salsa)

Krumpir Soup RM 15

Thumbs up for this creamy soup! Light Cream of porcini mushroom soup with potato cubes.

Sofia Salad RM 15

Love cheese? Love salad? This a good one! Red and green peppers, tomato, cucumber, spring onion, Gouda cheese & Feta cheese tossed in a light Croatian olive oil vinegar dressing.

Lamb Crotia RM 48

Ragusa Chicken RM 38

Traditionally baked herb marinated chicken leg, mushrooms and Rosti potato. It has 3 types of mushrooms on top of the chicken thigh.

Royal Chocolate Cake RM17

This rich chocolate cake is one of the best dessert we ever try. Bitter chocolate top setting on a crispy hazelnut praline base.

This restaurant is recommended to all readers for it's excellent taste of food and good service, nice environment and very reasonable pricing.

A prefect place to dine at all time and for all events. Click on for the menu and set lunch.

Dubrovnik Restaurant

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