S.wine: Of pork and red wine

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