Hospital Food

Had a couple of hospital stays these couple of weeks and  I decided to take a snapshot of the hospital food served there.

Was admitted to the hospital due to showing signs of labour, and while we wait for the inevitable, this is what I was served, which is pretty much almost the same meal all the time for dinner.

This one was when my baby girl was admitted for jaundice and needing some phototherapy to reduce her yellowness. It looks way better than the other dinners I have while admitted, and it was my chance to try it (very tempted too, in fact), but sadly I was in confinement mode and I wasn't sure if I can eat them, so I let my hubby have it instead.

Misato Teppan-Grill

Went out with my in-laws to do some grocery shopping (and also to buy a birthday present for my girl's friend who was having his birthday party on that Sunday) and we decided to eat where we were shopping, which is Misato Teppan-Grill.

Location: Within the first floor of Supersave Mabohai branch

Le familiar Misato setting

 

We didn't realize it, but we went in there almost near closing time after lunch, but thankfully one of the waitresses there was a friend of my dad in law, so we got special entry.

Chef at work

My drink

My appetizer

My dad in law's beef teppanyaki meal

My salmon teppanyaki

 

This definitely tasted better and with just the right amount of seasoning for flavour and no thirsty aftermath (though drinking 100Plus while eating might've done the trick), and the best part is we got a good cooking show and food is fresh out of the pan, steaming piping hot and delicious. I especially love the grilled veggies though, fresh and crunchy and juicy, and compliments perfectly with the rice. Totally would go back there and eat again.

Overall rating: 8/10

The Library Cafe

Heard about this cafe since it was announced in Facebook for quite a while. Hearing quite a number of interesting rumours about the cafe and I was curious to find out, so I requested my hubby to drop me off there to kill time while our girl is at school. Introducing The Library Cafe.

Location: The newer area of Regent Square, or as most people call it, The New Kiulap

Menu of the day

Setting: Very homey design, cozy-looking with a Western flair

 

The place reminds me of the nice read-and-dine cafes in Japan I see in mags and TV and in Taiwan I used to see or pass by whenever I'm out in the town. Tons of nice shelves filled with books both fiction and non-fiction. Of course, since I'm heavily pregnant and need more cushioning on my seats, I chose the sofa seat which just so happen to have some Archie comics in one of the shelves I'm next to.

My order

 

Technically I also ordered a seafood pizza, but by the time I finished eating it, I realized that I didn't take a picture of it. While the food is quite delicious, they were definitely true to the rumours that it's WAY overpriced for a dessert that you can get about a couple dollars cheaper in other cafes, and the pizza didn't even do the price justice either as it was a 7-incher for $6++ Even the drink that you can usually get for $1++ in a supermarket costs $3++ here. And there is not much options to choose from as they only specialize in tea time snacks and not full-on lunch meals. The pizza was the only decent lunch meal they have served.

I have expected it to be pricey, and I correctly (sort of) assumed that we're basically paying for the services of using their books and tables and space instead of the actual food itself, but it was just a little too expensive for comfort though. But still, the atmosphere was right and you can actually relax and enjoy the peace and quiet while doing your reading and stuff, and I was actually able to get some of my freelance writing work done there. That's a plus.

If you want a nice quiet place to relax, study, read some books and enjoy a cuppa slowly to whittle the day and kill time, or to have a classy library experience with food and drinks, this might be the place for you, but if you're here for an actual decent meal, sadly you'll be disappointed, and come out a lot poorer on the wallet LOL

Overall rating: 6/10 for the food, 3/10 for the price, 8/10 for the atmosphere

Tea Time Cafe, WyWy

I've heard about this restaurant/cafe for quite a while from my gal pal, but never really had the chance to try it. So after we sent our little girl to school, I suggested it to my hubby to eat out for lunch. Introducing Tea Time Cafe.

Location: Berakas, Lambak Kanan area, above WyWy, and the building just right next to First Emporium Berakas branch

We were surprised when we went upstairs and realized that Tea Time Cafe actually is part of WyWy, that WyWy owns the cafe. Not exactly sure what's the point, since they might prolly just serve the same food, but I guess they wanna branch out to the snack/tea time department, I suppose.

Setting: Bistro-ish style cafe design, reminds me of the design at Cheezbox

Le menu

 

Below is what we ordered:

Our Milo and wheat grass milk tea drink

My hubs' chicken rice dish

My ayam penyet with fried kuey tiaw dish

 

Overall, my dish tastes pretty good. I didn't get to taste how my hubs' food taste like, but mine was pretty acceptable. The kuay tiaw has the right amount of flavour and oiliness, but the chicken was a little dry and hard to chew and pick apart. Maybe cut down on frying time would've done it wonders.

May or may not do a reprisal, but overall, it's an acceptable level of quality for recommendation.

Overall rating: 5/10

Menawan Restaurant, Imperial Hotel

We went for another trip to Miri to make some last minute Xmas shopping, this time without our little girl so that we can actually concentrate on getting what we actually need and strike stuff off our list, but we did go with my hubby's colleague and his girlfriend. We went to a familiar place to eat for dinner, which I've already blogged about it, so gonna blog about what we've had for breakfast the next day, which is the hotel's complimentary breakfast.

Location: Within Imperial Hotel, Miri, lobby area

Setting: Typical hotel restaurant

Shots of buffet food on display

 

The food in display is the typical Western and Asian breakfast meals, but of course, I have no interest in eating the Asian meals because it's a little early in the morning and my stomach can't exactly stomach Asian breakfast, not unless it's brunch. Options are quite little though, actually, for Western breakfast. Wish there were more served.

Some of my selection of breakfast

 

I actually tried one of the Asian breakfast, which is the laksa, but sadly the noodles was not fully cooked, so it tasted a bit tough and doughy and I couldn't enjoy it as much. But at least the Western breakfast compensated for that and I enjoyed those.

Overall rating: 4.5/10

Genki Teppanyaki

On the premiere of Star Wars VII, we decided to have something special for dinner, and we've actually been eyeing that restaurant ever since we saw it officially open. We wanted it to be our place to eat for our anniversary, but either way, here's Genki Teppanyaki.

Location: Citisquare, Ground Floor, facing directly opposite Fish & Co.

Setting: A nice Japanese themed design, with Japanese Kanji-written menus on the wall of the counter

 

Below is what we ordered:

My Milo Dinosaur

Wakame for appetizer

My hubs' teppanyaki beef

My teppanyaki salmon

Tori katsu chicken for side dish

Our garlic rice

Ebi tempura for side dish

 

The food overall is pretty nice and flavorful. I especially like the tori katsu chicken, very crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. The garlic rice have just the right combination of flavour to it and the wakame and ebi tempura, while not as good as the ones in Excapade or Misato, taste just as good. Sadly because it was flavourful, it's also quite salty, and leaves you with the thirsty aftermath. I had to buy a large drink for my movie snacks after that, it was that salty. You don't feel it at first, just after you finish eating.

Other than that, it's a pretty interesting place to enjoy your meal. Prolly might do a reprisal, since we were a little racing for time while eating coz we're looking forward to Star Wars VII, but other than that, go ahead and give it a shot. Just be prepared for the aftermath.

Overall rating: 6.5/10