A fusion of Pan-Asian and modern western gastronomy, the Brew House can be found at Sunway Pyramid. The Brew House @ Sunway Pyramid is located at Sunway Pyramid West and under Sunway Clio hotel.
The Brew House is not just at Sunway Pyramid. It can also be found throughout the Klang Valley, in Ipoh, in Penang, and in Johor.
Parking is convenient. You can park in the basement under Sunway Pyramid itself or under Sunway Pyramid West, and then take the lift up to the ground floor.
The Brew House is a corner lot shop on the ground floor fronting the NPE highway.
The Brew House
Whether you are popping in to sample their latest and freshest brew, a quick after work glass of wine or, having lunch, dinner or supper with friends or families, have a great experience.
The Brew House offers an innovative approach to dining. The food is a fusion of Pan-Asian and modern western gastronomy, and is as inspired and varied as their brews.
Expertly prepared by their Executive Chef with the freshest ingredients and flavours that is ever-evolving, the meals are ideal for any celebrations with friends and families. They also offer a selection of meats, pastas, pizzas and asian delicacies – perfect just for grazing and the ideal accompaniment to a pint of the freshest Brew or glass of wine.
Swipe on instagram to view the Roasted Whole Pork Knuckle, Brew House Signature Pork Chop, and Roasted Pork Belly.
W Cafe & Dining is located in the business center of Dataran Prima, Petaling Jaya.
W Cafe & Dining is not hard to miss as it is located at the T-junction of Jalan PJU 1/42 and Jalan PJU 1/39.
How to get to W Cafe & Dining?
Being in a business center (Dataran Prima), it may be challenging to get parking during weekdays as the parking bays will be occupied by the office workers. Fret not! There is ample parking in The Tube – the middle commercial building in Dataran Prima. You can park in the basement and walk over to W Cafe & Dining.
On weekends, there are plenty of parking along the road and outside the cafe. And best! Parking is free!
W Cafe & Dining
The front of the shop has a full glass entrance and window, thereby allowing natural lighting to brighten the shop further from outside. In terms of space; though small, the cafe also feels cozy at the same time. There are about 6 to 7 tables which can sit from 2 to 5 pax per table.
There is a special display cabinet for their coffees and cookies. Do explore it!
What started as an inspiration, grew and manifested into our latest outlet. A design developed and constructed from the foundation of Japanese Modernism. In here, you will find the tranquility of contemporary minimalism while enjoying a hot cup of coffee. Life.
Craving for other than the 4th floor Japanese food in Lot 10? Head one level down to Swee Lee Social Club. Swee Lee Social Club is is a signature cafe and experiential space nestled within Swee Lee’s store in Lot 10, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
Swee Lee Social Club is strategically located in Lot 10, Bukit Bintang.
Lot 10 is located at a cross junction. It is the intersection where Jalan Bukit Bintang and Jalan Sultan Ismail meet. Many cars wait at the traffic lights and cross the junction.
Furthermore, the Bukit Bintang MRT and Bukit Bintang Monorial are just outside Lot 10. Parking is not really an issue as customers can also park in Lot 10 or Sungei Wang Plaza, and walk to the cafe in Lot 10.
If you’re coming from Lot 10 parking lot, take the escalator or lift from the 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th floor down to the 3rd floor. But if you’re coming from the Bukit Bintang MRT or monorial, take the escalator or lift from the ground floor up to the 3rd floor. Swee Lee Social Club is not hard to miss, as it is directly opposite the indoor basketball court in Lot 10.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival. It traditionally falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. This is the night when the moon is at its fullest and brightest.
In 2020, the Mid-Autumn Festival or Mooncake Festival falls on 1st October 2020.
This line from a famous Song dynasty poem written by Su Shi, better known as Su Dongpo, perhaps best captures the spirit of Mid-Autumn Festival, an age-old event with roots in Chinese culture.
The festival probably originated as the worship of the moon among ancient peoples. As the nation grew in size and sophistication, the various traditions of lunar veneration amalgamated into a celebration of the full moon in autumn.
Before the Qin dynasty (221-206BC), it was already a significant date for the Chinese, who “welcomed the cold season on the night of the Mid-Autumn” and presented the king with fine fur garments. In the six centuries of the Han and Jin periods (206BC-AD420), there were sporadic records of mid-autumn celebrations but the festival wasn’t very popular, especially in northern China.
The story of Chang’e, the Chinese goddess of the moon, is one of many linked to Mid-Autumn Festival. Picture: Getty Images and SCMP
It was during the Tang dynasty (AD618-907) that Mid-Autumn Festival became a nationwide holiday. Folk tales associated with the festival and the moon – such as Chang’e’s lunar flight, Wu Gang’s Sisyphean task of felling the osmanthus tree, and the Jade Rabbit pounding medicinal herbs to make the elixir of life – were popularised, and parties under the full moon became fashionable in the capital Changan (present-day Xian). Scores of poems were written eulogising the moon at mid-autumn.
During the Northern Song dynasty (AD960-1127), the annual festival was officially set on the 15th day of the eighth month on the Chinese calendar, a date that is still observed. According to a detailed description of daily life in the capital Kaifeng, “On Mid-Autumn’s night, noble families decorated their pavilions and commoners vied with one another to occupy the drinking houses to enjoy the moon.” They “nibbled on small pastries that resembled the moon”, with fillings that were savoury and sweet. The festivities would go on until dawn.
Mooncake Today Symbolizes Family Reunion
In Chinese culture, roundness symbolizes completeness and togetherness. A full moon symbolizes prosperity and reunion for the whole family. Children can be seen carrying colorful lanterns and walking around the neighborhoods.
It brings back memories of my cousins and I hanging lanterns in the garden.
Candle in the lantern
Eventually, we got bored of lanterns and played with candles. We’ll create dominoes, lines, and patterns of candles. It felt like lighting a birthday cake but without the cake.
The best was the bonfire. We’ll create our mini campfire and watch the candles burn. No stories, just silence around the burning candles.
Round mooncakes complement the harvest moon in the night sky at the Mid-Autumn Festival. The mooncake is not just a food.
The Mooncake Festival has become very commercialized. Shops tout mooncakes of every conceivable flavor, type, and packaging.
In addition to the traditional mooncakes, there are snow-skin mooncakes, jelly mooncakes, and ice cream mooncakes.
Mini Fisky Dragon Fruit Mooncake, Mini Shanghai York Dragon, Mini Fisky Red Bean, Mini Fisky Pandan Lotus, Mini Fisky Chocolate, Mini Fisky York Dragon, Mini Fisky Chocolate, Mini Shanghai White Lotus, Mini Fisky
Last weekend was a special occasion for the family to celebrate. Like most special occasions, the challenge was finding the venue.
Hence, I looked up the Entertainer app and found a casual dining place that served German and Western food. It was none other than Bavarian Bierhaus – The Curve.
Bavarian Bierhaus serves Mediterranean and German Food with a European feel. They serve Mediterranean and German food specialising in Pork delicacies.
Their concept is “ALWAYS THINK FOOD”. They also serve fresh homemade pasta and mouth pleasuring cold cuts. They have a wide wine list and cheese selection, with its casual atmosphere giving emphasis on good BEERS and big hearty meals.
The German Weiss-Biers is the most popular among many varieties of local and foreign beers the restaurant carries. The Bavarian Bierhaus offers the biggest selection of Paulaner Family Beers in Kuala Lumpur. The Weissbeer goes very well with their house specialities such as the German Bratwurst Sausages, Roasted Pork Knuckles and Barbequed Pork Ribs that happens to be their customers’ favoured dishes.
Many locals have been introduced to the Bavarian Bierhaus where they dine in with their family & friends savouring the foreign delicacies, the ‘’Malaysian Way’’
Bavarian Bierhaus – Lot G66 – is located on the ground floor at the Western Courtyard of The Curve.
To get to the restaurant, you can park in B1 or B2, and then take the escalator up to the ground floor. Then walk towards The Street and then turn right in the middle. The restaurant is located quietly in the Western Courtyard. Alternatively, you can drop off at the Western Courtyard entrance and the restaurant is immediately on your left.
In addition to at The Curve, there are also other Bavarian Bierhaus in Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur and Sunway Geo Avenue.
Menu
Below are teasers of Bavarian Bierhaus’ menu.
Alternatively, you can also browse their menu on Zomato.
You can also order and dine-in at the comfort of your own home. They do orders and deliveries with foodpanda.
Entertainer
The Entertainer App offered me to order a main course 1-for-1. I can order 2 main courses at the expense of 1. The second meal is “free” because it is paid by the first meal. Of the 2 meals, the higher priced meal will be billed.
At each restaurant, I’m given a maximum of 3 main courses to use. The 3 main courses can then feed at least 6 people.
I’m not going to keep all that moneysaving to myself. Let’s share and explore the Entertainer together, click here.
Entertainer and Menu
Bavarian Bierhaus was quite generous with the selection of main courses. We could not only choose the main course from a limited selection of main courses but also the snacks, pizzas, and pastas too!
As we were a small family dining, we used 2 main course offers which gave us 4 meals. From the snacks section, we ordered the Geroestate Knodel which is an addictive fry-up of chopped roasted bread dumplings with scrambled eggs, bacon and onions.
From the pizza section, we chose the Pizza Hawaiian. Pizza Hawaiian is a thin crust pizza with tomato sauce, grilled pineapple, bacon, chicken, and mozzarella cheese. The pizza was cut into 8 slices.
From the main course section, we ordered the Huhna Schnitzel with salad and potatoes salad, and Swiss Schnitzel with salad and pan fried potatoes. Each plate was served with 3 pork loins.
Huhna Schnitzel is freshly crumbled pork loin pan fried to golden. Swiss Schnitzel is pork loin freshly crumbled and pan fried, topped with ham and melted cheese. All schnitzels are served with garden salad and choice of pan fried potatoes, potato salad, or French fries.
Swiss Schnitzel with garden salad and pan fried potatoesHuhna Schnitzel with garden salad and potatoes salad
Japanese food is no stranger to Sea Park and Taman Paramount. There are Shokudo Japanese Curry Rice, Waffurus, and Kakiyuki @ Taman Paramount, Petaling Jaya. A new addition to the family is Washoku Japanese Restaurant.
Washoku is no stranger to Malaysia, as it already has outlets in Sunway, Bandar Kinrara, and USJ Taipan. Washoku Sea Park is a new addition to the Washoku family.
Washoku Sea Park is located in a strategic location in Petaling Jaya. Sea Park is a mature neighbourhood.
The restaurant itself is located at a cross junction. It is the intersection where Jalan 21/12, Jalan 20/7, and Jalan 20/14 meets. Many cars wait at the traffic lights and cross the junction. Hence, heavy traffic and excellent visibility.
Furthermore, the road is slopping up – giving the restaurant a commanding view and presence.
Parking is not really an issue as customers can park along Jalan 21/12 and Jalan 20/7 and walk to the restaurant. As it’s a corner shop-lot, customers can park below as the shop below is currently vacant. Alternatively, customers can also park along Jalan 21/14, Jalan 20/16, or Jalan 20/16a.
Washoku Sea Park Restaurant
Washoku Sea Park officially opened its doors to Sea Park on 8 August 2020.
As Sea Park and Paramount Garden are matured neighbourhoods, the customers are mixture of young and old ages.
It is a sushi train restaurant, and the spread offered is reasonably affordable. There are 4 types of plates, denoted by the colour of the plates. The sushi train plates start from RM1.70 to RM4.70. Blue is RM1.70, Red is RM2.70, Purple is RM3.70, and Yellow is RM4.70.
Waffle, a dessert that looks like a badminton or tennis racquet, or a round net. It is a pastry that is BEST eaten with jam, syrup, butter, or ice cream.
Growing up, the closest I got to enjoying a waffle was at A&W Restaurants. Till today, A&W waffles do bring back memories.
As the years went by, the art of crafting waffles developed. Waffle World took waffles one step further. I tried their savoury and sweet waffles. More ingredients and flavours were added to the waffles menu. Their Salted Egg Yolk Waffle was uniquely named. Much like the Chocotop, the salted egg yolk was hardened on the ice cream. It’s an interesting, yet weird mash of salty salted egg yolk and sweet ice cream. However, there was still room for improvement in my world of waffles. I held on to the believe that there are better waffles out there.
Fast forward to today, waffles are hipster! Ate waffles at Antipodean Cafe at Atria Shopping Mall. Ate their Blueberry Ice Cream Waffle and Butterscotch and Ice Cream Waffle. Even though they were as simple as before, but these Antipodean waffles were softer and sweeter. Honey overflowed from the waffles!
Then I was introduced to the waffles at Fluffed Cafe & Dessert Bar in Taman Paramount. Deconstructed their Tiramisu Peanut Butter Waffles. Artsy designs, good use of composition, and the mixture of flavours blended very well together. The peanut butter ice cream went really well with the charcoal waffle. I’m Fluffed!
However, I was fluffed from the inside out by Inside Scoop in Damansara Jaya. Their nutella waffle blew me away! Nutella is heaven! Nutella and waffle mixed together is another universe in itself. The nutella waffle was topped with chocolate mint and vanilla flavoured ice creams.
A special mention to my #foodyfanstravel adventure in UK. The UK waffles were a class of their own. This particular waffle was from the site of the first coffee house in England. This site is none other than The Grand Cafe, befitting of its name.
I can’t believe another 365+ days have so quickly passed… We’re now in the final minutes of 2016! Before venturing into 2017, let’s do a year in review for 2016. I’ve visited many new cafes and restaurants, and revisited many of those “new” cafes and restaurants. I’ve cafe hopped from cafe to cafe, and dined at various restaurants.
These are the places I’ve eaten and drank in 2016.
Fluffed Cafe and DessertFluffed Cafe and Dessert
Moim Modern Korean Cuisine
Dae Jang Gum
Antipodean CafeAntipodean CafeAntipodean Cafe
Streat Thai
Breakfast ThievesBreakfast Thieves
Inside Scoop
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co
Sid’s Pub
Was very blessed to have the opportunity to travel to London and Oxford in the United Kingdom this year September. Miles away from home for a short period of time. Different culture. Different food. Wholesome experience. The slideshow below is a summary and snapshot of the foods I ate in the UK. Happy sliding!
All in all, it was a fruitful and foodie year. You’ve just tasted the variety of cafes and restaurants I went to in January 2016 to December 2016, from top to bottom here. Visit my Facebook: FoodyFans and Instagram: foodyfans for more foodie pictures! I look forward to MORE and EXCITING cafes and restaurants to hop, visit, taste, drink, and eat. May 2017 be A MORE fruitful and foodie year for FoodyFans!
If you’re reading this, I’ve a confession to make. After much wrangling, countless tossing and turnings in bed at night, and guilt for a week; I’ve decided to own up to my mistake. The Gypsy King stole a Legendary Breakfast at the Breakfast Thieves in Bangsar. BANG!
The breakfast, or rather lunch, was legendary. It was outside of my comfort zone in Petaling Jaya. Last Saturday, my friend and I took a ride down to Bangsar to try the much talked about and newly opened Breakfast Thieves (BT). It was located just beside PULP by Papa Palheta. By design, the cafe is modern and hipster, as it is housed in a glass house. Natural lighting thrives in and around the cafe. Furthermore, with the extensive use of glass panes, the cafe feels spacious and naturally comforting.
It was an hour’s wait for our table as it was full house. Being a new cafe and being new to this cafe, we took some time to choose our food. The problem with most hipster cafes is that the food is often left to the customer’s imaginations. The menu would be filled with beautifully descriptions about the food. There would be no pictures for the customer to salivate the taste visually. Therefore, we resorted to the modern way – Instagram. After much deliberation, we ordered our food by faith and the wait continues…
As people walked into and out of the cafe, I realised that Malaysians have always had an affinity for food.In the past, before the rise of hipsterism, Malaysians would travel anywhere and everywhere for the “best” (subject to individual taste buds) and the latest food craze. PJ-ians would travel as far as Penang (4 hours drive), Malacca (2 hours drive), and Ipoh (1 hour drive) to eat the famous local delicacies. Some people even go to the extent of driving to these places in A day just for the food! #dedication.
That was Then. Now, due to the rise and popularity of hipster cafes, the journey has become more localised. The cafes are all within near driving distance. Malaysian foodies would hop from cafe to cafe, also known as cafe hopping. Malaysian cafe hoppers can hop as much as 7 times a day because Malaysians eat 7 times a day: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Tea, Dinner, Dessert, and Supper.
AND…. Our orders have arrived. Hungry much, but our stomachs can wait. In true #instafood fashion, we whipped out our (I)phones, we instagrammed our food with #filterS, and these are they: The Gypsy King & The Legend.
The Gypsy King is a very unique dish because of its misrepresentation, in a good way. From other foodies’ Instagram, the red cubes looked like tomato cubes, but they were actually smoked salmon sashimi. Also, those fried cubes looked like croutons, but they were actually potatoes. It is a good mixture of sashimi, potatoes, mushrooms, avocado, and poached eggs.
The Legend looked like a tomato-filled dish in a mini wok. However, after going deeper into it, spiciness kicked in. It was a tad bit spicy. In the mini work were beef salamis, ladies fingers, and mushrooms – covered with this spicy tomato-based paste. And the garlic bread is to be dipped into the paste.
This the season for kdramas – Uncontrollably Fond, Doctors Crush, Another Oh Hae Young, and W. With all the craze about the hot actors and beautiful actresses, awesome attractions (Jeju Island), and kdrama love stories; let’s not forget Kfood. Fancy feeling close to Korea? Here are some Korean eateries to check out in Petaling Jaya.
Dae Jang Gum
Dae Jang Gum is a Korean BBQ Restaurant. It is presently located in Seksyen 14, Petaling Jaya. Previously, when we went there for lunch, the restaurant was at SS4D, Kelana Jaya.
One Sunday afternoon, after church, my friends and I went for lunch at SS4D. Albeit being a Korean BBQ Restaurant, we were intrigued by its set lunch menu FOR RM14 & RM17. We ordered their pattaya fried rice set, bulgogi set, and dak dulgogi set.
At the sound of RM17, it sounds somewhat hefty and pricey on hindsight. However, they were definitely worthwhile, because of their quality and quantity. Quality was Korean standard. Quantity was due to their humongously many side dishes. On top of that, rice and soup were also provided.
We left with a Korean tastebud, a satisfied stomach, and a lighter wallet.
Fancy some Korean food for dinner? There’s a Korean Food stall in the East Wing of the Neighbourhood Food Court in Kota Damansara. Going by its name, it only and literally served Korean food. It focuses mainly on ala carte dishes. It’s Kimchi Jigae and Pork Bulgogi were delicious, satisfying, and fulfilling. The Kimchi Jigae was spicily cold. There were a lot of pork in the Pork Bulgogi.
Moim Modern Korean Cuisine
Want to eat your Korean food in a little bit more comfort? Then, head on over to Moim Modern Korean Cuisine in Atria Shopping Centre. There’s air-con and more comfy chairs. Of the 3 Restaurants listed in this post, THIS Korean restaurant is #1 in terms of originality. “Originality” here is by way of the amount of variety of dishes listed on the menu. There were a variety of Korean food which I’ve not seen or heard before… This is what makes this particular restaurant the most unique.
All in all, despite it being commonly termed as Korean food, I only consider it “true” Korean food when it has met this ONLY criteria. The chef has to be a Korean. This adds more flavour, meaning, and attachment to the Korean food. Therefore, this brings me closer to Korea. Annyeong!!
