Fullhouse Lifestyle Store & Cafe @ Niu Ze Xiu, Ara Damansara

Upon seeing a great review of this restaurant on a magazine, I had chosen this wonderful and sweet concept restaurant as the venue for our gathering in KL.

I am a totally concept-restaurant-addict. I have no idea when did I start to be crazy about concept restaurant.

Using the concept of 'HOME SWEET HOME', just like the Dream Family Cafe in Taiwan梦飨家, and the idea as well as the name of a Korean drama, [Fullhouse浪漫满屋], Fullhouse was designed to make you feel right at home. Pleasing to the eyes, the senses and the palates Fullhouse is a truly novel experience.



experience the greatest difference~~~only at FULLHOUSE!



Aside from an array of mouth-watering fusion deligts listed down in a quirky, super cute menu, almost everything under the roof of Fullhouse is for sale, from clothes and fashion accessories to gifts and decorative items!

Lavender and Peppermint Tea 薰衣草+薄荷茶
A new combination which I had never tried! However, you can hardly smell the lavender as the smell of peppermint is stronger!

Aglio Olio Spaghetti橄榄油和干西红柿意粉
Sauté spaghetti with garlic, extra virgin olive oil and sun-dried tomato


Fish & Wedges
This dish is quite ordinary, nothing special to me, but it's sure a good choice to keep the kids busy eating instead of running around!


Wok-Sear Chicken Chop 招牌鸡排与黑椒葡萄干酱
Grilled chicken thigh served with mashed potato, daily vegetable and black pepper raisin juice.
One of their specialties, GOOD! Give it a try, highly recommended~~~


Oven Roasted Chicken Tenderloin 烤鸡里脊与番茄罗勒奶油
Roast corn fed chicken tenderloin with shitake mushroom and tomato basil cream


Smooties-Fruities Fish
Pan-fried butter fish infused with passion berries fruit reduction and sun-dried tomato. Erm....I am not into this dish...I think it is too sweet. Should try the Grilled Mix Seafood, I saw that on the menu, looks quite good to me, too bad, I didn't order it as I was too full!

Overall, the ambience of this restaurant is great, but most of the dishes are average only. As for the desserts, they are exquisite, but kinda expensive. Check them out~~

Fullhouse Lifestyle Store & Cafe

Address:
C-G-11, Nui Ze Xiu @ Ara Damansara,
No 2 Jalan PJU 1A/41B, Ara Jaya PJU 1A,
47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03- 7885 0836
Fax: 03-7885 0839

Business Hours:
Sunday~Thursday > 12pm-11pm
Friday~Saturday & Holiday Eve > 12pm-12am

Web: http://www.fullhousecafe.com.my/
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Homemade Custard Puffs & Recipe

Recently, my girl was complaining that she didn't want to bring Gardenia bread to school anymore.....

Haiz...nowadays teenagers are really fussy! To make my girl shut her mouth automatically, I decided to get her some cream puffs to school the next day. After all, she did mention that those are her favourites before.

Fortunately, a friend of mine is currently selling homemade cream puffs as her part-time job. And I got a big box from her. Upon receiving the cream puffs, I fell in love with them! They were kinda small (you can gobble one up with a mouth). Best eaten when they were just out of the refrigerator!

I got the recipe from allrecipes.com, you may try it out at home during the weekends, I bet the kids will love them!

Ingredients:-
1/2 cup white sugar
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
2 cups milk
2 egg yolks, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup water
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
4 eggs

Method:-

1) For the custard: In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 5 tablespoons flour and a pinch of salt. Stir in milk, a little at a time, until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 60 seconds, then pour a small amount of hot liquid into the 2 egg yolks, and stir. Then return now heated egg yolks to saucepan and stir, over heat, until mixture starts to bubble again. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Cover and chill in refrigerator.

2) Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

3) For the pastry: In a medium saucepan, combine shortening and water and bring to a boil. Sift together 1 cup flour and a pinch of salt and pour all at once into boiling mixture. Stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat, and add eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously after each addition. Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet, or pipe into desired shape.

4) Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and bake 25 minutes more, or until golden. Cool completely, split, fill with custard, and replace tops.


Happy Baking~~~don't forget to drop me a comment to share your results with me!!

*p/s: good news for those lazy-to-bake ones, just make a phone call to make an order for your delicious custard puffs.

Contact number: 012-409 1693 (Ah Poh) In Penang

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El Cerdo @ Changkat Bukit Bintang

Speaking of El Cerdo, I am sure that no KL resident will ask, " What on earth is that?" This restaurant was first established in 2005, due to its endless stream of customers, the owner, Werner, had expanded his business by to the lot next to the original one. Now, upon visiting El Cerdo, you may find a modern-looking Italian restaurant opposite it. That restaurant is named after the owner and was known as PIZA.

This trip to KL, I had made early arrangement with my friend to pay a visit to El Cerdo. Despite the tiredness we had from all those shopping, we set our feet in El Cerdo. The ambience was a bit quiet when we arrived and the waitress served us with cool mineral water once we got ourselves seated. And, I found something special about this restaurant at that moment. The waiters were busy carrying bottles of mineral water from table to table just to refill the customers' half-emptied glass and I concluded that their service was really great. I rated them as 8/10!! (For such a fussy person like me, the rate was way too high~~~)

At first, we ladies could not decide what to order. Just then, Werner, came and greeted us warmly. He gave us some recommendations of the specialties of his restaurant and suggested some refreshing drinks for us too. Obediently, we ordered whatever that he recommended except for a few that we thought it would be too much for our dinner.


Love At First Try
Refreshing and thirst quenching~~


Mushroom Soup
This was really nice. My friends' kids were totally obsessed with it. Really creamy and nice prepared! As for the garlic bread served, I personally thought that it was so so only. Soft yet not not crispy and not to mention hot from the oven!


Cold Ham with Rock Mellon & Salad
Absolutely something unique! The pork ham was cool and really thin! A bit salty when tasted but could be eaten together with the rock mellons served together too.


Meatball Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
This was ordered to shut the kids' mouths. They never dare to try those piglet and ribs.

El Cerdo's Farmer Sausage served with Sauerkraut & Mashed Potato

One Plate of 4 Different Mini Sausages
Farmer, Thuringer, German Pepper, Spicy Lyonner Sausage with a choice of Sauerkraut or Potato Salad

1 Pair Wiener Sausages with Potato Salad from Germany

Roasted Suckling Piglet
Also known as "Cochinillo Al Estilo Segoviano". It was believed that the piglet on the table was only mere 3 weeks old. Honestly, I felt quite guilty after my meal. However, on the other hand, I had to admit that it was really nice. Be prepared too, this half portion of piglet was shorter than half my arm and it cost us about RM100++, the whole piglet was RM200++. El Cerdo had a special way of eating. To prove that the piglet was crunchy and crispy, when the dish was served, one of the waiters would come over and picked a lucky person from the table to "perform the plate-breaking show".

First, to prove that the piglet is crunchy and crispy, you will need to use a plate to chop the piglet at the head, the center of the body and somewhere at the 'butt' of the piglet, each part 3 times with all your might! Then, the waiter will push a big wooden tub towards the table, make a wish and then smash the plate into the wooden tub. This is a Greek tradition which symbolises good luck.


Pork Ribs
To tell you frankly, the pork ribs were better than the roasted piglet. The tomato at the side was totally nutritious yet delicious!

Ice Cream
Vanilla, Pistachio, Chocolate, Rum & Raisin, White Chocolate, Hazelnut

Churros Con Chocolate
Ermm.....regarding this plate, I really don't have much to say. I am not a chocoholic, so I just ate a piece of that and I found that it was something similar to Aunty Anne's. However, my friends enjoyed them very much.

At the end of the meal, we got a surprise. Glasses of cute little drinks were served for easier digestion after such yummy meal. For the kids, they got a tiny glass of orange juice (or mango, i am not very sure, but it sure tasted great). We, adults got glasses of vodka with lime with a salt-laced rim.

Be sure to be there early as the restaurant will appear to be crowded around 7.30pm. Kind advice for you, the food there is delicious, with a capital letter D without doubts! But they are quite pricey. 5 adults and 3 kids, our total bil came out to be RM478, a bit scary, right?! Indeed an interesting pork`licious experience!!

El Cerdo, Nose To Tail Eating

Address:
43 & 45, Changkat Bukit Bintang,
50200 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

Tel: 03- 2145 0511
Fax: 03- 2145 1375

Web: www.elcerdokl.com

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Canton-i 香港粥面家 at Queensbay Mall

A new Canton-i restaurant is established in Queensbay. It is under the management of the famous Dragon-i restaurant, but it serves different cuisine. Similar to Dragon-i, Canton-i has an open kitchen which enables the customers to see for themselves, the actual food preparation process.

My mother missed those authentic mouth-watering Hong Kong cuisine a lot. Therefore, we decided to pay Canton-i a visit. With no doubt, Canton-i really serves the original Hong Kong cuisine. Their chefs had been invited from Hong Kong and Guangzhou, even their ingredients are imported, that's why they have the ability to make such tasty Hong Kong cuisine without any doubt!

Signature Prawn Wonton Noodles 鲜虾云吞面

Sui Kow' Dumpling Wonton Noodles 凤城水饺面

Congee with 3 Combinations (Pork Liver, Century Egg, Deep Fried Pork Intestine)
三拼粥 (猪肝、皮蛋、炸大肠)
You get to choose any 3 combinations that you like as they have quite a large variety of choices.

Pork Intestine Congee 状元及弟粥

Salted Lean Meat & Century Egg Congee 皮蛋瘦肉粥


Pan-fried Chinese Pancake 香煎薄餐

Salted Egg Yolk and Custard Bun 奶皇千层糕

Ermm.......I don't really like this. This is not something special and it is quite tasteless to me.

Fried Turnip Cake with XO Sauce XO酱炒萝卜糕
I love this dish the most. Truly worth savouring! Turnip cake fried together with XO sauce is totally a perfect match!


Deep Fried Egg Paste with Cinnamon Honey Sauce 龙须蛋散
Not trying to be offensive, but then, in my personal opinion, I don't appreciate this dish as it is TOO sweet. Even my friends have the same opinion too.

Soya Bean 豆浆

Flowering Red Amaranth 水中花篮
This is absolutely a must-try beverage. At first, I thought that this is just an ordinary flower-tea. But then, I noticed that the flower will pop up after some time. Quite interesting!

Hong Kong Tea with Milk 港式奶茶
Haven't had such authentic Hong Kong Tea with milk for a long time already. I really enjoy my meal with a cup of this and it is going to be in my must-order-list now. By the way, this is also one of the chef's recommendations too. Their Hong Kong Tea uses the 'Black & White' brand of evaporated milk from Holland which is designed to pamper every one's tastebuds!

Nevertheless, Canton-i restaurant really gave me a eating-in-Hong-Kong-feel. The waiters are busy working every moment trying hard to fulfill every guest's needs.

Canton-i @ Queensbay

Address:
GF-12 & 13, Ground Floor

Tel: 04-645 6688

Website: www.canton-i.com.my

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