Hello!
Just dropping by to do a quick update since I've been procrastinating lately
Truth is, I was busy reading and before I carry on with my next read,
I'll blog first :P
Last Tuesday marks a special day for the both of us
as it was our 4th year together
We've been pacing up and down with our own things in life
and finally made an effort to go out and have a nice dinner for a change
besides, it an annually thing so maybe it's okay to splurge a bit :P
To be honest,
we had trouble choosing places to eat,
and we didnt want to go somewhere that is overprice and wasnt worth eating
So I did some research and thought, hey, maybe we could try here instead:
Located in the corner of Ben's Independent Grocer right inside Solaris Dutamas,
some people may even call it a hidden gem
The restaurant was literally next to the winery section
so its quite obvious to say it is
Non-halal.
On a Tuesday night,
I honestly did not expect the place to be so crowded
so we casually went there without making any reservation
It was quite crowded but it didn't took us that long to get a table
while waiting we went browsing for cheap and quality wine
to go with what we're having for dinner
PORK of course :P
Definitely not a wine expert but judging from the price RM35-ish and where its from and the year,
it tasted quite nice la hehe
*So here's a tip I can share with you:
You can buy a bottle of wine from the Grocer and bring it in the restaurant,
the waiter will be more than happy to provide wine glasses for you
(Its cheaper and you have a variety of choices than ordering straight from the menu)
Ordered what we wanted and surprisingly not long after,
our food came !
Table for 2 was quite small for us so it was a little difficult to fit everything in
First off was the very famous,
Warm Pork Confit, Watermelon and Lychee Salad
Do note that it contains nuts
This dish is quite unique with the combination of ingredients
I'm not a fan of weird combinations but this doesnt taste weird at all,
it has mint leaves in it which sort of give a refreshing, sweet and sour taste to finish off
Anddd, they are not being stingy when it comes with the pork confit ;)
We each had a dish of our own and we shared the salad
So I decided to go with what I would always go with:
The Traditional Spaghetti Carbonara
With bits of pork strips and cheese
and to top of with a raw egg topping,
it was personally too heavy and creamy for my liking
But if you love creamy pasta, this might probably be something you might want to try
Ming on the other hand had the
Pan Roasted Pork Chop with Sauerkraut
Basically pork chop with mash in seeded mustard and cream sauce
I was actually eyeing on this but I gave him and go for the boring old pasta,
But he thinks the portion is a tad small so
we ended up exchange dishes and I had the pork chop instead :P
Pork was slightly dry but I guess this is where the sauce comes in
and it also went well with the Shiraz :D
There were actually a lot more from the menu that I was quite eager to try
but we were both utterly full
and there wasn't even any room for desserts left D:
Definitely a porky experience I must say
even the interior did not fail
to embrace it haha xD
Overall we both enjoyed our share of pork and wine
and it was a rather simple way to celebrate our day together
just the way we like it! :)
To many more years to come
For more,
S.Wine Cafe
Level UG1, Publika
1 Jalan Dutamas 1
Solaris Dutamas
Kuala Lumpur
50480