Louis Cafe

This is a very late post. Been kinda busy lately and kinda lazy too. Not really in the mood of writing something. Well, anyway, few weeks back, my friends and I went to Louis Cafe which is at Agryl (not sure how to spell it)Road. It was a belated birthday celebration for Lina whose birthday falls on April Fool.

All of us heard of the name of the road, but none know how to get there, haha. We used our poor sense of direction and slowly search for the name of the road. We were lucky that night, as we didn't got lost and we found it in just a few minutes.

I forgot to take a photo of the cafe from the outside, so can't show how the place look likes. But it's very easy to spot once you reach Agryl Road. It's just opposite Mingood (I think the spelling is like that)Hotel.

We walked in and was greeted by a very simple and cozy setting. Tables are covered with checkered red and white tablecloth, each accompany by 4 chairs. Nothing out of the ordinary, nothing sophisticated, just plain and simple. On the wall are pictures of some of the famous landmarks around the world.

We took quite a long time to decide what to order. The lady boss (I think it was the boss), walked to our table and made a few recommendation for us. Very nice and friendly, and she patiently answered all our questions.

All of us ordered the honeydew juice. Those normal drinks such as ice lemon tea or ice peach tea fare the same price as the juice. I thought it would be more worth it to order the juice. It's RM3.80 per glass, if you are wondering.

Mexican Chicken Tortilla(RM13.90), highly recommended by the lady boss. She claimed it to be very nice and kept stressing that we should give it a try. We ordered a plate and shared among the 3 of us. The portion was moderate and it was actually quite nice. Juicy bit of chicken after every bites, not bad.

Fresh Salmon Steak with Dijon Sauce(RM23.90), ordered by Li Na. A squarish piece of salmon, splashed with some white sauce. Honestly, if I didn't know it was salmon I couldn't have guess that it was a piece of fish there, blek. I don't like it only because it was 'chao chor'. Ughh... I can't stand the smell. Taste wise, it was not bad.

Mei Ling ordered the Red Snapper with Tomato Sauce(RM23.90). Very big piece of fish splashed with even more sauce. Again, this dish is 'chao chor' as well, so I don't really like it. Maybe I just can't take fish, but does all fish dishes have to smell that bad? -.-''

I ordered the Fish Cordan Bleu(RM21.90), which by that time then, a lil' sense of regret came tingling in my head. After trying both the fish from my friends, I seriously hope mine won't give out the same bad stench. And fortunately enough, there was none. *phew~* Maybe because it was fried or maybe the ham and cheese covered up the smell, but at this point, I don't care whichever it was as long as the smell is gone xD

This was the first time I took Fish Cordan Bleu, normally I would order the chicken version. And I still prefer the chicken version. But the fish was not bad. Very filling too, but a tad dry. The lady boss walked over to our table asking how was our food. She saw that mine was very dry and requested the waiter to bring out some dijon sauce for me. Good service, a plus for that.

Wild Mushroom Soup(RM9.90), we actually wanted to order this as the starter for our meals but it was sold out. But towards the end of our meal, the lady boss told us they just done cooking the soup and wondering if we still want to order it. Freshly made and cooked, we decided to ordered a plate to share as we were quite stuffed by then.

Quite a big portion, and halfway through we were very stuffed. It was very creamy but not so creamy till you can't taste the mushroom. There's a tad difference in the taste for the wild mushrooms used compared with the normal mushrooms. Very nice.

There are lunch set and dinner set as well if you want a more cost valued meal, which consists of a soup, main course and a drink. But the main course are limited to only a few dishes. Well, if you are in town, give this small cafe a try =D

blackout birthday

First heard about this place on Kit's blog. It's a new place near Queensbay which just recently opened last month. It's still new but been having some good reviews, so I thought why not give it a try. Made a last minute reservation the day before my birthday. Fortunately there were still a few tables available.

Was raining heavily that Saturday. Jammed all the way from Gurney to Queensbay, and the rain never stop even after we finished our dinner -.-'' We managed to reach there in time despite the terrible weather and hectic traffics. But when we got there and I told them my name and that I had made a reservation, they told me I had canceled my reservation. Huh? o.O

Geez, how come I didn't even know I canceled my own reservation? -.-'' Well, it was so happened that there was another person with the same name and surname as mine made a reservation there as well. And she called earlier to cancel her reservation. The waitress made a slipped up by crossing out my name instead. And when she called 'me' to confirm my reservation again, she called that same person (as her name was not crossed out) that canceled her reservation. So of course, she would had told her that she canceled. Ended up, both of us also canceled, zzz. But luckily the table that I booked earlier was not reserved by anyone, so after all the misunderstanding, I got back my table xD

It was a small private room with a round table which can accommodate around 11 - 12 people. It was quite nice, our own room, own privacy, not bad ambiance and mood. The door is a glass slide door, so we can still looked out and people can still looked in. And despite being in a room, even with the door closed, those outside can still heard us. So you can imagine how loud we were, swt.

I think I uploaded a bit too much photos for this post. So am only going to write something as the photos go along. Going to start with the food first. The set dinner comes with a either a soup or salad, a drink and a dessert.

Da salad. Only my bro opted for the salad. Looked more like grasses and weeds to me, blek. He finished everything and he didn't complained, so I guess it was good?

Da soup. Mushroom soup to be exact. Lina told me the soup is nice, so I kinda have high expectation for it. But it was only mediocre for me, hehe. Not bad la.

Our main course were served during the Earth Hour blackout. So the photos below are kinda dark. I know I could have on the camera flash, but I was stubborn enough not to =x Audrey and I tried to place the candles near the plates to make it a bit brighter, haha.

Grilled Fish Fillet with Emperor Prawns. Despite the 's' on the prawn, I only saw one prawn there. Audrey said it was nice, Audrea said 'ok lo' and for me, I cannot stand the stench from the fish. But I guess that it proved the freshness of the fish?

Juicy Chicken Piccata. Can't remember if I tried a bit of this. But it looked nice, and Audrey, who ordered this said it was nice. If I recalled correctly la, haha.

Traditional Chicken Chop. I tasted a bit of this and it tasted almost like Kentucky's Fried Chicken with sauce, haha. The meat was soft and tender, quite nice.

Grilled Lamb Cutlet with Starch. I know the black thing on the photo doesn't look like lamb, but believe me, it was lamb because I ordered this, hehe. It's has the same price as the chicken dishes, so I thought it would be more worth it to order the lamb instead. And I don't regret it one bit. It's was so nice!!~ The meat is not hard or rubbery, but just right. And there is no bad stench from the meat either. Cooked just right, and with the mint sauce, yummy!~ xD

Gourmet Grill Chicken and Grilled Lamb Cutlet. Took this with the flash on, as somehow we couldn't get the photo to be bright. Adrena was the only one ordered this. A combination of chicken and lamb with mini purple octopus. The lamb is the same as the one I ordered, but I think the chicken was different from both the chicken dishes we ordered. I didn't tried it, but she said it was very nice.

Our desserts, a slice of watermelon, a slice of choco cake and a cookie. First time I had cookie for dessert. Earth Hour was over and the lights were back up by the time we had our desserts.

I snapped this photo for fun. Just to show how dark it really was, haha. I know, it's lame, blek.

The photos below are the candles that were in our room. Just 2 fat little candles to light up a room with 9 people =\

The candles were lit before 8.30pm. Was placed in the middle of our table.

Candles in the dark. Nice but not bright enough. Couldn't even see my food, *piangz*

This long bamboo candles was originally in our room. But the staff took it out as they need it for another table. It was much brighter when it was in our room.

A complimentary birthday cake from OXO Cafelab. Blew out the candles when they off the lights. There was a countdown to Earth Hour by the DJ, so I knew when I should blow them. I re-lit them again just to capture this photo. Candles sure look beautiful in the dark don't they? =)

The curtains in the room somehow seemed to be a very entertaining toy or props for my cousins -.-''

Even Daniel Boy is having fun with it

Dotz... *speechless*

Hmm... this looks better xD

Audrea the cat. *meow meow*

The only 2 guys in our group. Black and white.

The peace sign can never goes out of trend. Everyone seems to love it so much that they posed it in almost every photos.

Not a bad place. Beside lunch and dinner, there is also a bar corner and live band performing at night. A good place to have a nice meal or just chill out with friends. Wouldn't mind coming back for another visit.

Birthday in da box~

Spent the day of my birthday at Redbox with my bro and cousins. Got quite a large room for ourselves that day. Been quite a while since I been in the large room. I actually forgot how nice it is in the big room, haha.

We had our lunch there. All the food sucks, as always, blek. But a quite a lot of new English songs which is kinda nice. Took quite a lot of photos too, though some are pretty dark and blur. Uploaded those which I felt are nice enough xD

Here we go. Photos parade~~~

I turned on the light to the max as I don't want to use the camera flash. I like the original environment better. But it was still too dark and the light only seemed to focus at Daniel boy =P

With the flash on. Much clearer but lost all the original lighting. The rest of the photos were taken with the flash on. Haih~

Audrea was trying to act tough. Daniel was trying to act cool. I was trying not to laugh, blek.

Yo! Yo! Yo! Check it out!~ xD

Guess what all the photos on top have in common. The top part of all our heads are missing!! TERPOTONG!! ROAR!! I can't remember who took the photos though, zzz... Would have been nicer if we got the top part of our head uncut =\

Da group photo~ Adrena seemed to be scare of Daniel boy. Sat so far, haha.

It was a fun day, thou 3 hours seems to pass very fast. Didn't even managed to finish the songs still in the list. I think there were still 3 long pages of them, haha. Nonetheless, I had a nice time.