End your Fasting nights at Royale Chulan, Penang!

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8^th May 2017 marked the grand rebranding of The Royale Chulan & Bintang Hotels with the now name Royale Chulan Hotels and Resorts for all the 8 hotels in KL, Damansara, Cherating, Hyde Park London, Bukit Bintang, Seremban, Penang and The Curve.

Recently, I got the chance to attend to the grand Ramadhan buffet of The Royale Chulan Penang. With a catchy slogan of “macam macam ada” that was a day whereby I had a countdown to attend to!

Firstly, thank you for Royale Chulan for hosting Boggler Blogger’s Chocolate Monster at your newest buffet dinner, Selera Ramadhan: Macam Macam ada.

Believe me not, Royale Chulan’s bountiful buffet includes 10 action stalls, which varies from Sushi Kerabu Mangga to Nasi Briyani Gam with Kambing Panggang Golek.

The Kambing Panggang Golek was said to be last year’s crowd favourite and it definitely won a lot of attention at first glance. Truth to be said, the Kambing Panggang which was marinated in a secret blend of spices and roasted to perfection was love at first sight for many. I kid you not, I saw it in the eyes of many around me!

The action stalls includes Chicken and Beef Satay with condiments, Ikan Bakar, Sushi Sotong Kerabu Mangga, Kambing Panggang Golek, Apam Balik, Char Kway Teow, Cucur Kerang Berlauk, Bubur lambuk, Roti Canai & Murtabak and Ayam Goreng Berempah.

Although everything tasted amazing, my personal favourite was:

11)   Chicken Satay- there were no fat part in the middle of the satay

22)   Char Kway Teow- Penang’s favourite and was done great!

33)   Ayam Goreng Berempah- Fried to perfection!

The main buffet had amazing varieties, from Spaghetti Sotong Sambal to Sweet & Sour Prawn. The Nasi Tomato and Briyani were also spiced very well and gave the whole meal a perfect balance! I really enjoyed the Ikan Keli Goreng Berlada and Kari Ikan Tenggiri Bendi! The fish was very well cooked.

I personally loved that Roti Canai was not left out from the Penang’s authentic food row, and the Murtabak they offered was very well flavoured and was hot throughout the buffet night!

Here are some of my plates from the night!

Because Chocolate Monster likes to start off with desserts!

Who hates Briyani? XP

CHAR KWAY TEOW WAS THE STAR HERE!

Because, cucur!

My attempt on making round ice cream (epic fail, haha)

This was the best sup tulang ever!

They had amazing desserts too!!!!

A buah kurma pineapple? TAKE ME IN!

Fruit tarts <3 

Fancy Jellos!

Here are some of the main dishes!

The buffet dinner will be available from 28^th May to 23^rd June 2017 at it is priced at RM78 per adult and RM40 per child or senior citizen for the first and last week of Ramadhan and RM88 per adult and RM44 per child or senior citizen for the second and third week of Ramadhan.

So Penangites, what are you guys waiting for? Call +60402598888 to book your spot for your Buka Puasa at The Royale Chulan now!

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Chocolate Monster visits Mocktail Bar!

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Let me give you one good reason to visit Mocktail Bar. They have a kickass slogan!

What’s that you ask?

“Because bubble tea is so yesterday” 
For me, bubble teas are heavily overrated (probably because they don’t have a proper chocolate flavour)

So, let’s talk about Mocktails before jumping into this new franchise. I’m not sure about others, but for me, mocktails, belong in a bar, because of the alcohol content. And while walking around Sunway Carnival about two weeks ago, I was surprised to see a pop up outlet for mocktails. How did the Malaysian government allow this? Curiousity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back (YES THAT IS THE FULL IDIOM). I took a step in, and was greeted by this cute bartender, who was called a mixologist

To my surprise, it was all non-alcoholic beverages. I mean, who would’ve thought? Also probably I was living under a rock to not have known that mocktails are only non-alcoholic drinks that consists of a mixture of fruit juices or flavoured sodas.

Mocktail Bar offers 8 different types of drinks to choose from, which includes Frappé, Chocolate, Juice-based, Lifestyle coffee and freshly brewed. Pravin, the mixologist from Mocktail Bar in Sunway Carnival Mall, Seberang Jaya suggested a few of the best sellers for me.

The first drink that was served was, of course the Choco Chip Cookies. I didn’t mention about my love for chocolate to the mixologist, but he was good at reading his customers, I guess. As the name suggest, this drink was chocolatey-chocolate but it wasn’t too sweet or rich, which I really liked.  Comparing to Chocolate Chip Frappuccino from Starbucks, I’d say the Mocktail Bar’s Chocolate Chip had better balance. It was not overwhelming. Mocktail Bar puts in Chipsmore Cookies in it and probably that’s why it tasted like my childhood. Hershey’s chocolate syrup as a topping on top of the whipped cream was a winner!

Remember your ideal vacation to crystal clear sea somewhere around Boracay? That was my first thought upon glancing at their Blue Lagoon. The calming blue colour in this drink made a perfect Instagrammable photo! Blue Lagoon consists of some apples, oranges, lime and blue curacao syrup, and it was a delight not only to see, but to drink as it was cold and filled with subtle flavours that would definitely want you to go back for more!

“What can be more refreshing than lime and mint, but how bizzare would it be to mix that in a cup together with apple and brown sugar?” That was my thought when the mixologist served me with their signature Virgin Apple Mojito. To my surprise, these flavours do go well with each other. I am not someone who is brave enough to mix and match, but this drink really made the cut!

Lastly, it was Georgia Peach.  A burst of flavours is what I experienced with this drink where orange, cranberry and peach came together. But what I enjoyed was it was very well balanced. There wasn’t too much of anything although the drink’s base soda was peach flavoured. The zesty orange flavour did come through the luscious cranberry taste to suplement the velevty peachy taste. It tasted like a childhood carnival!

If you're a Chocolate lover like me and you are thinking to visit Mocktail Bar, delay no more as now they're having a Chocolate Confections promotion whereby 4 more Chocolate drinks are being introduced!

Mocktail Bar can be found at:
- Sunway Carnival Mall
- Sunway Velocity Mall

- Sunway Pyramid
- IOI City Mall
- Low Yat Plaza
- Mesa Mall Nilai
- Midvalley
- Shell Sungai Dua

And their operating time will be:
10am to 11pm

Price is as per below

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Hidden Food Paradise: SSR Curry House @ ANZGAM Clubhouse PJ

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The phrase food is life is definitely something I hold close to heart. Good food can always turn a bad day to good day in an instance. Therefore to be given an opportunity to discover a new food paradise has gotten me to write this article. With this post, Boggler Blogger is officially venturing into writing food reviews

SSR Curry House is a new food paradise restaurant which is found to be hidden in the Australian & New Zealand Graduate Association (ANZGAM) Clubhouse which is located in Petaling Jaya. They place right opposite of the Tun Hussein Onn Eye Hospital and Sikh Gudwara which is located at Lorong Utara B. The restaurant is ran by a very humble and friendly Mr. Kumar along side his wife who assists him. 

Mr. Kumar, who hails from Seremban has been in the food industry for 3 years. Having proven to be a success in Seremban, he has now trying to woo customer in the capital of the country and PJ.


When I asked Mr Kumar, what makes SSR Curry House different than any other Indian Restaurant, he told me that the fact that instead of using clay pot as a mean of decoration or serving tool, SSR Curry House uses it to cook all it's curry dishes which enhances it's taste further and that is what makes them a little more special. I had to try the food to ensure it is actually know how good it was.

SSR Curry House primary serves South Indian styled cuisine which is served over a buffet spread style. Customer coming to SSR Curry House has an option to either take individual dishes on its on or choose to be served a banana leaf meal of 4 vegetables with optional non vege add ons. 

A couple of friends and I was invited by Mr. Kumar and we had the luxury to try all the dishes which is served at SSR Curry House on that day which amounts up to a whopping 20 different dishes. After an hour long of tasting all the meals and finishing them up, the following were our top 3 pick from SSR Curry House.

FISH CUTLET

You may believe in love at first sight, but I believe in love at first bite and that was exactly the case here when I had my first taste of SSR Curry House's fish cutlet. The strong flavor of the spices used which was infused together with the boneless meat of the fish, stuffed together with little chunk of potatoes and fried to a golden brown look was indeed the best dish I had in SSR Curry House. With every bite of the cutlet, I could feel as if there was a festival going on in my mouth. I surely was having FOODGASM with the fish cutlet.

CRAB CURRY

Being a seafood lover, I just had to try their crab curry. It is said that food that is cooked in clay pot often has an edge over food cooked in a wok. This was surely true with SSR Curry House. The fact that the crab curry was cooked in clay pot actually helps elevates the taste of the curry compared to the other restaurants I have tried before.

The crab essence soaked in together with the spices of the curry gives you a powerful taste when you eat it with rice. The curry is thick with a spicy level good enough to give you a real kick to come back for more.

Now coming to the crab itself. Mr. Kumar generally uses mud crab for his curry but unfortunately on the day of my visit, he could only get flower crab. Despite that, the crab meat tasted very good. The succulent meat was soft and sweet plus with the shell being easy to crack for me to get every ounce of the meat made my whole eating experience a memorable one. The fresh crab taste so delicious with cooking in a clay pot with the curry being a key factor as the essence of the spices gets to soak into the meat.

PRAWN MASALA

The final item which we all agreed that deserves a detailed write up is the prawn masala. It was at this point whereby Mr. Kumar mentioned to us that seafood is his area of specialty thus it was no surprise that 2 out of the 3 picked dishes to be mentioned here were actually sea food dishes.

The key to a tasty prawn dish is that the prawn has to be fresh, sweet and shouldn't feel like powder when you chew it. I can't stress this much enough because when you eat a prawn mean and it feels powdery, it spoils your entire meal.

SSR Curry House's prawn masala ticked all the 3 box which made the dish a must have item for me. The masala used by Mr. Kumar gives you a different dimension of taste compared to the other prawn dishes you might have tried out there in an Indian restaurant.

With the prawn being fresh and tasty with the masala giving the dish an "omph", SSR Curry House Prawn Masala was indeed a real treat to all foodies out there.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

The fact that I had tried 20 different dishes made it a real challenge for me to pick only 3 meals to highlight to you, thus I felt the need to share with you some glimpse of the other meals you shouldn't miss when you visit SSR Curry House next.

Top Left To Bottom Right
Fish Head Curry, Spicy Beans, Mutton Curry, Fresh Home Grown Thannisar

When all the eating is done, the one thing you should do other then eating the FREE PAYASAM, yes free payasam, is to try their Bru Coffee. Now I am not a coffee person but I felt head over heals for the coffee and it is now on my must have list when I go to SSR Curry House. Trust me you should try it too and you won't regret it!!!

Now comes the tough part of rating my experience at SSR Curry House. I will be doing in it 2 phases which is the food rating it self followed by the price rating. The higher the rating means the more tastier the food and the more reasonable the price is

Food Rating: 3.8/ 5.0

Price Rating: 4.2/ 5.0

The reason why the price gets a very high rating is becomes, you can have a tummy filling meal within RM 10 in Petaling Jaya. Below are some of the food combination and it's prices:

Rice + Chicken + Vegetable = RM 6

Rice + Mutton + Vegetable = RM 8

Rice + Seafood + Vegetable = RM 9

Rice + 4 Vegetables (Banana Leaf) = RM 6

With free drink of the day, condiments and fruits, you can now enjoy a very delicious Indian meal for less than RM 10.

Venpa Fame Duo Thennavan & Kalyani (Yuvaraj & Agalyah) also came to tried the food along with Model Nisha and their reactions below shows you how wonderful our experience at SSR Curry House was.

Yuvaraj, Agalyah & Nisha all approves SSR Curry House!!!

Restaurant Name: SSR Curry House @ ANZGAM Clubhouse
Operating Hours: 11.30 A.M. to 3.00 P.M.
Address: No 3, Lorong Utara B, 46700, Petaling Jaya

Waze: Search for "ANZGAM CLUBHOUSE"

Parking: Ample of public parking space available with in 1 minute walking distance.
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SSR-CURRY-HOUSE-1340698066013017/

If you are coming from Klang, it is just a 2 minute drive from the Jalan Timur Exit @ Federal Highway.

If you are coming from KL, it is less than a 1 minute drive from the Jalan Utara Exit @ Federal Highway.

And yes, Boggler Blogger approves with a tasty cup of Bru Coffee

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