simply nutritious @ lebuh melaka

it was a quiet Sunday evening and we had 3hours to kill..
without the kids...

the place we were going to was recommended by a friend and i've seen good reviews.

simply nutritious is a small restaurant tucked in one of these old houses in the middle of lebuh melaka. its one of those "lanes" right smack in the middle of town.
blink and you'll probably miss it.

the restaurant specializes in spaghetti and i love spaghetti, so it was win-win from the start.

the menu is pretty simple actually.
its got a variety "mains" made up of meats and fish in the different preparation styles.
then they have 4 varieties of spaghetti to serve with the "mains"

1. pesto
2. tomato concasse
3. spinach/mushroom/wolf berry
4. mushroom cheese

it was pretty early for dinner at 630pm so we were served pretty fast.

the first to come was the drinks, my "orange juice" and her "cucumber and sourplum juice"

her drink was definitely more adventurous than mine and it tasted pretty good actually.

and the orange tasted like orange. :-)

the mushroom soup, which tasted quite good. served in a weird but cool bowl.

my teriyaki fish with pesto spaghetti.
the spaghetti was perfectly "al dente" and the pesto was one of the better ones that i've tasted.

the spaghetti was very nicely coated with the pesto and sprinkled with cheese..
and i didn't even have to sprinkle pepper on it.

the fish was fresh, which to me is the most important factor and as you can see the fish "steak" itself is huge.
also the teriyaki part was nicely executed as well.
as my friend would say, "very flavorful"

so in summary..

she had the mushrom soup which both of us found very nice.

i ordered the teriyaki fish with excellent pesto spaghetti

1 orange juice

1 cucumber sourplum

how much do you think that cost?

~MYR26 only.

overall 9/10
i only wished i could've tasted the other spaghetti's.
we're definitely coming back here.

80th birthday dinner @ little cottage 2

we were deciding where to host my aunts 80th birthday and we seriously had no idea where to start.

the parameters were simple:

30 people family and friends, place to talk, make noise and take photos without worry of being rushed in finishing our meals.

cater at a hall?

go eat a chinese 8-course dinner?

eat buffet at a hotel?

find a nice cosy restaurant?

fate intervened.

as we we driving home one evening from dad's place, we spied this place.

its been there forever and i'm amazed that i've never eaten there.

so we booked the place.

(infinite thanks to elpea for handling of the logistics, multiple calls and emailing, etc and syncing of the food and guest list with the restaurant.what would we do without you? ^_^)

the menu for our party of 30.

quite an interesting spread actually.

golden fried mahi fish mandarin sauce

grilled german sausage

butter for our rolls

chicken ham spaghetti olive oil

chicken chop little cottage style

tempura chicken breast spaghetti

grilled chicken with chef's special sauce

little piece of cake/pudding ( i couldnt decide what it was) for dessert

eer, cuppa coffee or tea..?

i must say i was very impressed with the quality of the food,

it was excellent, even for a party of 30.

my 1st thought was that the food would be mediocre.

it wasn't.

my spaghetti was al-dente perfectly and tasted quite good with the olive oil. i was craving for more actually.

the hit of the evening was the chicken chop, i hear.

i think everyone had fun at the "party", meeting old friends, making new friends, finding lost relatives (granpa's elder brother's son) and the non-stop photo session.

i was also surprised that they prepared a private room for us, with a really long table setup.

nice touch there.

would i go back here?

yes.

Spaghetti olio with tuna

Normally, I would make this in a pot or pan but this time I used a claypot instead. It worked quite well actually. This is a very simple dish than can be done in around 30minutes

As usual start off with the olive oil in the pan (or pot). Add the chopped onions, garlic, and mushroom. If you’ve made spaghetti olio before you’ll know that the oil is not supposed to be “spitting” hot. It should be on medium heat so that you can let the garlic/onion slowly brown. Once they’ve browned, you can add in the shredded tuna. In the meantime, boil the spaghetti. Once it’s cooked, drain and pour the spaghetti in with the garlic, onions, mushrooms and tuna. Toss evenly in the pan for a couple more minutes and serve hot.

You can sprinkle coarse black pepper or cayenne pepper as well. By the way I don’t eat this, I prefer bolognaise version. Only ed eats the olio version.