delicious @ straits quay

It was our anniversary and we wanted to try something new.

We've always gone to that ribs place or that friday place or that seafood place.

So when we heard there was a new restaurant in straits quay called "delicious", we just had to try it.

"delicious" has a nice selections of soups, pies, mains ,pastas, appetizers, sandwiches and really cool desserts.

Aiyah, see for yourself laah : http://www.delicious.com.my/#menu

Seriously tough choice for me as there were a lot of things i wanted to order

I finally chose the pan seared salmon and elpea took the marscarpone pesto chicken

Mascarpone Pesto Chicken served with Fried Potatoes & Asparagus	RM39.90
Pan-seared Crispy Skin Salmon served with Coriander Relish, Asparagus & Fried Potatoes RM39.90

The drinks came first, of course.

Elpea took the frosty guava+sour plum and i had the frosty lime+lychee.

Both drinks had really unique tastes. seriously unique.

But they were definitely refreshing on a scorching hot day.

Service was pretty fast as the mains came not even 10mins later.

My salmon was well cooked and tender and as the name says, it had a nice crispy skin.

And it was a really big piece of salmon. i loved the coriander relish.

The fried potatoes and asparagus were a nice accompaniment as well. The potatoes were not too oily and the asparagus still had that "crunch".

The mascarpone chicken was quite good as well. The Pesto sauce went well with the chicken but the portion was too huge for elpea.

Dessert was a really hard choice.

How to pick laah??!!?? look at the list below..!!!!!

Butter Cupcakes	RM6.90
Red Velvet Cupcake with Cream Cheese Raspberry Swirls	RM6.90
Classic Vanilla Cupcake with Strawberry Frosting	RM6.90
After 8 Chocolate Cupcake with Mint Frosting	RM6.90
Chunky Apple Cupcake with Butterscotch Frosting	RM6.90
Scones with Preserves & Rodda's Fresh Cream	RM9.90
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Topping	RM9.90
Banana Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce & Vanilla Ice Cream	RM9.90
Flourless Orange Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream	RM9.90
Blackberry Apple Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream	RM10.90
Peach & Banana Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream	RM10.90
Marmalade Bread & Butter Pudding with Custard Sauce	RM10.90
Banoffee Pie	RM10.90
Lemon Meringue Pie	RM10.90
Coconut Cake with fresh Coconut Filling & covered with Hawaiian Coconut Shavings	RM10.90

Black Forest in a Glass	RM11.90
Classic Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream	RM11.90
Chocolate Brownie with Chocolate Sauce & Vanilla Ice Cream	RM11.90
Mango Cheesecake	RM11.90
Tiramisu in a Glass	RM12.90
Strawberry Cheesecake with Berry Coulis	RM12.90
Peach Frangipane with Vanilla Ice Cream	RM12.90
Berrilicious Chocolate Pavlova	RM12.90
Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce & Vanilla Ice Cream	RM12.90
Chocolate Banana Cake	RM12.90
Applelicious Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream	RM12.90
Macadamia Cheesecake topped with Crunchy Macadamia Nut Brittle & Caramel	RM13.90
Chocolicious Sundae with Fresh Strawberries	RM14.90
Additional single scoop of vanila ice cream	RM2.50

And elpea did not want me to pick something that she had already made.

so, i finally picked the banofee pie.

banana + toffee in a pie.

how can you go wrong?

the crust was excellent.

cross section :-)

desserts.....

and more desserts.

The ambiance was very nice and cosy though i don't think i would take the kids there for dinner.

Lunch , maybe.

They also have dining tables outside but during lunchtime, i do not recommend it as it gets pretty hot during noon time.

though i must say it was pretty cold inside the restaurant.

i really like that they have a few dedicated couches for those who are having dessert or tea only.

Going back?

Definitely 100% yes.

afternoon tea @ the suffolk house aka "a slow food afternoon"

It was a pleasant weekday afternoon and it was just nice for English tea. eating sandwiches, pastries, pies, scones and sipping a cuppa tea.

it was a real "slow food" afternoon for me, sitting in the shade of an olde english mansion enjoying the cool breeze as we savour the flavours of the food.

welcome to the Suffolk house,

tucked away behind the hustle and bustle of busy jalan dato keramat, right behind the noisy Methodist boys school.

we arrived there around 300pm and it was raining. by the way, you cant drive in, you have to park outside and walk in about 100meters to the mansion.

it was a weekday so there wasn't much people around, we were part of 3 tables that were occupied for afternoon tea.

the afternoon tea menu...

a normal set is for 2pax but since we were 5, we took 2 1/2.

the set comes with a pot of tea and set of pastries and sandwiches etc. you can choose from an assortment of teas available.

we chose 3 types of teas, the "earl grey", which is what capt picard drinks :) , the "morgentau" and the "mint and fresh".

the first tea to arrive was the "mint and fresh". i do not drink minty drinks so this was a no-no. my sis and the rest found it refreshing. I'll take their word for it.

the morgentau had a fruity flavour, which did not appeal to me. the rest of them liked it though.. yes, i know, i'm picky... (heeey, i drink iced lemon tea, right...? :-) uncultured swine....)

the morgentau comes in a much smaller tea pot, but we refilled it with hot water..

hey, its tea maah..

aah, finally, the earl grey..

the assorted pastries... raisin biscuit - its a raisin biscuit laah ( but i must admit you could taste the richness)

almond biscuit - its an almond biscuit laah (same comment on the richness) chocolate cake - it was so sweet, it was bitter. not sure it if was intended that way. hated it.

apple crumble tarts - these were good. bite sized and topped with a slice of strawberry

the accompaniments for the scones: pineapple jam - my favourite.

tomato jam - eem not so favourite.. c'mon, its tomato...!! ok, i exaggerate, it was not so bad. apple jam - another yummy choice.

strawberry jam -was good as well.

butter - skipped this.

clotted cream - i skipped because i thought it was bland. reminded me of yogurt and i hate it.

one thing to note is that the jams had pieces of the actual fruit in them. how cool is that? i found that to be really nice touch.

the other thing to note (which i failed to remember) was that the jams were actually "fusion" of fruit and spice.. if i remember correctly, it was apple and chili, pineapple and ginger...and sadly i cant remember the other 2. but the thing was the fruit+spice fusion worked very well together.

you get an explosion of flavours in your mouth when you bite into that scone and that bit of jam.

the "mains" were made up of sandwiches, scones and pies.

cucumber sandwiches - it was ok.. tasted so-so . salmon sandwiches - this one was very nice and tasty.

the really lovely scones, crispy on the outside but soft on the inside.

we ate these really slowly and spooned the various jams on with every bite. i enjoyed all the jams except for the butter and cream. the cream tasted bland to me and i preferred a "sweet" taste rather than buttery taste when eating the scones.

we underestimated the scones. they looked small but were actually quite filling as well. we struggled to finish them. really scrumptious, i say again.

the chicken and mushroom pies.. they were quite filling and bursting with meat and flavour

my "cuppa tea" pose with my pinky extended... earl grey of course... "make it so"

this is the back part of the mansion which was where we had our tea. there's actually a river behind the mansion. those colonials really like mansions next to rivers.

i think once in a while we just need to take a step back and look at the world with "slower" lenses.

things pass us by so fast these days that we hardly take the time to appreciate things or even to "taste".

i think i will come back for afternoon English tea one of these days and i'll bring elpea with me...

fyi on some history of the mansion, if you're interested..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_House,_Penang

LMP

i had to wait a really long time for this but she finally made it.. lemon meringue pie it was worth the wait........

sweet tangy lemon filling,

on a sweet tart crust,

topped with a light sugary egg white burnt meringue

i'm still dreaming of it..

i'm not sure what elpea can make/bake to top this....

more more more more

More MOre MORe

MORE MORE MORE MOREEEEEEEEE..................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pie surprise

i met the pie-man.. i did... we were at the PG go-kart festival 2010 and one of the stalls/vans was selling all types of sweet pies. apple, banana, cheese, lemon, coconut, chocolate... i think there was over 20 different pies.. i had to get a slice or two... but which one? how can someone be forced to make a decision like this? how to choose? how to choose laah...!!!!??? i finally chose a slice of apple and another of banana. tastewise, the banana filling tasted better than the apple. the crust was not too sweet but i felt was a bit too dry and crumbly. overall, i would rate the pies at 6/10. i do however commend him on his variety of pies and i actually DO want to try his other pies as well, especially the "open top"ones. by the way, the pie-man's van trolls around a few pasar malams.. really..!! i kid you not..!!!

Sheppard's Pie

This is the easiest dish to cook. You need mashed potatoes, vegetables, meat and cream of mushroom/chicken soup. Short cut version. Instead of cooking the gravy from scratch, I used Campbell soup.

Cooked the vegetables (brocolli, cauliflower, carrots, mushroom) and meat (sausages, chicken or etc) together in the soup. Poured into a baking tin and covered with mashed potatoes. Baked for 20mins @ 175 degree.

Done.

pies galore

my aunt made some pies over the weekend. somehow these always taste better than the ones at cbean or dome or sbucks...

the chicken pie with regular baked crust..

chicken pie exposed

my aunts sheperds pie with mash potato crust.. look at the layers of mash potato... yummy

ry just before he launched his attack.. pies were harmed sadly..