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June 2011-My First Food Blog Experience

Wednesday, December 28, 2011 1 Comments A+ a-

Year 2011 is coming to end. Looking forward for 2012 to redeem more great deals and exploring new places to dine in.I am really happy and excited as in the month of December 2011, my blog managed to be publish in Foodie Blogroll and also featured in Everyday.com website.I still recall someone in my mind that really encourage me to start this food blog. Special thanks to Samantha  my 'Tong Cheh' for this brilliant food blog suggestion, my family members, especially my sis who always gives me positive feedback and guide me how to design the blog.

My lovely hubby who supports me..hehe buying all the wonderful deals. yum yum!, always bring me to dine here and there with no complains of the traffic jam, hard to find parking space and also being supportive of my blog. My naughty and cheeky princess for bringing laughter whenever we brings her to dine in.All the spoons, utensils and tissues will be all around the dining table and on the floor.

Thanks to my friends that gives me suggestions to improve my blog and spending their time for viewing it.Also to those online visitors who have visited my blog.Really appreciate that :)Memorable moment when i flash back all the deals that i have purchase so far with my hubby and we discover many new places and we really have great time spending together checking out the daily deals and have a great laugh for all the ups and downs experience we have gone through.Moreover, from my blog experience i have learn to improve my English grammar by browsing through the google and gain exposure from other food bloggers out there.So lets keep on writing on the good food out there to share the experience.Cheers!

Delicious @ The Marc Residence

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

Tea for Two and Two for Tea, 50% off Traditional English Afternoon Tea Set @ Delicious. Bought this deal for only RM 34.70 instead of RM 59.90. Trying out another 3 tier dessert stand. A very nice and comfortable place for evening tea which starts from 3pm to 8pm. 

 

The parking will be at Marc Residence and we are given two hours of complimentary parking when dine in here. 

 

We can choose the dessert or cake of the day display at the counter and depends what are the choices that are available.


  • 3 Scones (Warm Scones with Preserves & Cream)
  • 6 Assortment of Finger Sandwiches
  • 2 Duck Confit in Filo Pastry
  • 2 Strawberry Chocolate Dip
  • 2 Handrolled Chocolate Truffles
  • 3 Rosemary & Cheese Cookies
  • Choice of 1 Slice of Cake or Dessert on Display
  • Choice of any 2 Cups of Tea / Coffee (Illy Coffee)

Black Forest in a glass.This is my favorite. Loves all the chocolate topping on the top and deep inside, there are chocolate cake, with sweet berries and cream and the bottom part is full of chocolates!
We get two scones only and its nice to dip with chocolate and the cream.The strawberry is very sweet and fresh. The rosemary cookies is abit weird taste for me. Chocolate truffles is my favorite.I am truly a chocolate lover and i hope they can give me refill of the chocolate dip. Yummy!

Finger Sandwiches and Duck Confit in Filo Pastry. The ingredients for the sandwiches are tuna, eggs, and smoked salmon with wheat bread and plain bread. The bread is not soft enough and i rate them only 5/10.
Ordered tea for two person and can be refilled.
Complimentary parking for two hours.Need to pay at Marc Residence in Concierge lobby area.
Cozy and quiet place with good customer services as well. I still prefer G Tower (The Lounge) for the 3 tier dessert.


Food : Good
Service : Good
Environment : Good

Delicious The Marc Residence
A-6-01 Ground Floor,
No. 3 Jalan Pinang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03 - 2166 9099 (for reservation)

Afternoon Tea Time Hours:
Mon - Sun: 3.00pm - 8.00pm
Business Hours:
Mon - Sun: 11.30am - 10.00pm
www.thedeliciousgroup.com

Oloiya @ The Gardens

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

RM2.90 for Oloiya Dried Meat Bun (Dried Meat + Chicken Floss + Vegetables) @ Oloiya, The Gardens. I always pass by this place and wondering how good taste is this dried meat compare to other brand.

After i have tried it, i find that there is not much difference from what i have taste before.The portion (the bread and the dried meat ) is only small piece and the i even add more tomato sauce myself.The bread is not soft.In my opinion, those dried meat bun in pasar malam and morning market is much better than this.

Oloiya (Syarikat Kiew Brothers)
The Gardens
Lot LG-215, LG Floor,Lingkaran Syed Putra,
Mid Valley City, 59200 Kuala Lumpur

Business Hours
Daily
10.00am- 10.00pm

ComeBuy @ Mid Valley

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 1 Comments A+ a-


COMEBUY OPENING SPECIAL] Quench Your Thirst This Xmas Week! With Any 2 Refreshing Taiwan Bubble Milk Tea For RM4.80 ONLY! @ ComeBuy Mid Valley. This deal is only redeemable during 23-31 Dec 2011. 

 

The location is at Midvalley Ground Floor (outside the Midvalley Mall). Just located beside Delicious. This voucher is only for beverages price range from RM 5.90 and below.

 

The concept of this deal is like having buy one free one promo on opening day. ComeBuy is famous in Taipei and now we can enjoy from different wide of beverages and juice to choose from.There are milk tea, green tea, black tea, cocoa, chocolate,juices and smoothies.


I have choosen Mango Yogurt Drink (Medium)  and Bubble Milk Tea (Large) without ice.If you want to add pearl for the juices , need to add another RM 1.

I rated this two drink as average drink compare to the beverages and milk tea i have try in Share tea @ Sungai Wang. 

The drinks are not too sweet. But the taste is just normal for me. Anyway now is the trend everywhere with lots of brand and beverages choices that advertise themselves as famous in Hong Kong and Taiwan.But the quality of the drink does matters.


ComeBuy
Lot G(E)-011A, Ground Floor,
Mid Valley Megamall, Lingkaran Syed Putra,
59200 Kuala Lumpur.  

Business Hours:
Daily: 10am - 10pm

Live Music Cafe @ Menjalara Kepong

Saturday, December 24, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

Enjoy your meals with Live Performance! Grab 1 Main Dish + 2 Appetizers + 1 Fresh Drink + 1 Yummy Dessert FOR ONLY RM19.90 @ Live Music! from Everyday.

 

Located at Menjalara Kepong, is easy to locate and the place is clean and comfortable.There is no live music yet when i arrive at 7pm. It only started at 9.30pm. A very relaxing atmosphere and good service from the staff.There are actually also selling mix rice outside their corridor. Really making good business.

We can choose from the following list. I have order carrot juice and the mushroom soup dip with the freshly baked garlic bread is really delicious.


  • Appetizer
    • Mushroom Soup & Garlic Bread
    • Garden Salad
  • Main Dish ( Western Meal with 8 choices)
    • Maryland Fried Chicken Chop
    • Sizzling Chicken Chop
    • Fried Fish with Lemon Sauce
    • Fish & Chip
    • Grilled Lamb
    • Mint Sauce Grilled  Lamb
    • Spaghetti Carbonara (beef/chicken)
    • Spaghetti Aglio Oglio
  • Drinks (Fresh Juice with 7 choices)
    • Apple
    • Orange
    • Watermelon
    • Mango
    • Honeydew
    • Lychee
    • Carrot
  • Dessert
    • 2 scoops ice cream

Garden Salad with thousand island dressing for my appetizer.Well chopped with small pieces of vege and tomatoes.

Yummy two scoop of chocolate ice cream. I love the extra chocolate topping on the top

Our choice of the day - Maryland Fried Chicken Chop. My favorite salad dressing with crispy and  tasty fries. And of course the boneless fried chicken-deep fried breaded chicken is truly an aromatic. Some place they will serve banana fritter. But here they given us a sausage.

I will definitely dine in here again with my family and will try out other great western menu available here.

Live Music Cafe
No 35, Jalan Medan Putra 1
Business Central Kepong,
Manjalara 52200 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel : 03-6261 3152
Business Hours:
Mon - Sun : 3pm to 4am
(Close on public holidays)

Dealmates Free Credit

Saturday, December 24, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

Surprisingly, my colleague told me that there is free credit given to all Dealmates members.When i check it today, my account was credited with RM 20 while my hubby have RM 25. So guys go and check your account to get those free credits to enjoy more deals! Good day ahead!

MyDeal Customer Services

Thursday, December 15, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

hi
i have redeem my voucher for the above deal at mid valley at rak thai

but to my dissapointment, i realised the merchant have given me the wrong dessert without i realising it until i came back and go into your website to check on the picture.When i ask the staff, they said yes this is the dessert.

plz reply me and i hope to get my full refund

Dear Evelyn Lee,
Good day! Thank you for supporting MyDEAL.com.my!

Regards to your email below, we regret to inform you that we are not able to give you a refund as you have redeemed the vouchers and eaten at the restaurant.

The value you have redeemed is over RM27 at the great price of RM10.90. If you did not redeem the voucher because of the wrong dessert than we would have consider about this issue.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused , next time in the future kindly inform the outlet if any of the orders are wrong. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any more questions. Thank you.

how do we know when we will get the wrong dessert on the spot?

we expect merchant to provide us the right menu on the deal purchase!

after we came back and check your website only we realise it.



Dear Evelyn Lee,
Good day! Thank you for supporting MyDEAL.com.my!

Regards to your email below, please kindly be informed that the deal is strictly not refundable and exchangeable.

The customers must be aware on the food they are taking in the restaurant when they using the vouchers to redeem the food.

We are not able to blame the merchant in this case since you did not complaint or notify the merchant during they serve the food to you. The merchant receiving a lot of customers and they are tend to forget the type of dessert that they should provide, it is the customers responsibility to make sure that they are receiving the correct food.

Complaints after the redemption is strictly not entertained. In the future please be aware whether the food is served correctly or not and if there is any problem, please do complaint on the spot and do not redeem the voucher!

The food which is served was accepted by you without any issue in that restaurant and it is not fair for our partner if we refund for the voucher which is already redeemed by the customer. No matter which deal is that, if there is any problem, complaint will only entertained if the voucher did not redeemed by the customer.

Thank you and have a nice day ahead.

Best regards,
Kaveta Ac
Customer Relation Executive


So that's the email link. The last email is really offending and seems like blaming all to customers side.So what else can i say? The very last time which i still remember i can get full refund with any dissatisfaction but now there is no longer protection and guarantee to the food and services which i am going to experience.Just be smart next round! Good Luck to all!

No Such Thing As Full Refund

Thursday, December 15, 2011 2 Comments A+ a-

From this few months experience that i have encountered, mostly all online deals are not refundable.Those are My Deals, I Love Discount, Dealmates and WeBuy. Currently, the most impressive deals i can think of in terms of customer service is Jack Cow. But as you can see Groupon, they always publish in their website and even in newspaper that they guarantee customer will 100% promises for full refund and dissatisfaction.But i am not so sure how true it is .

Because i really lost confidence to purchase those online deals unless the deals is really worth the value and not too expensive.As i can imagine, if i am not satisfy with the food and services, i will have no where to get my rights and my complains to these online companies.They will require us to deal direct with the merchant. But what if merchant also cannot give us a full refund? They will insists and will just earn the profit.They will not accept our complains and there is nothing to be done.That is so far i have experience before and i am also really upset with the online companies (customer services dept) who doesn't pick up the call and check their email. Some even are rude when replying the email blaming us customers! Where is our rights?!


Heritage Food @ Bangsar,KL

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

RM7 for Johor Laksa or Mee Rebus Johor + Cucur Pisang + Cash Back Card worth RM10 @ Heritage Food, Bangsar KL from WeBuy. We reach early at 11.30 am for our lunch and we are the only customer there. But to my dissapoinment again, they said the laksa johor is not delivered here yet , so they only have mee rebus. So i also ordered another side dish of toast bread for my little girl.To my shock they given me a overburn toast bread.I was really surprised ! This is how toast bread looks like? I ask them to give me a new toast bread instead. 

The mee rebus taste is just nice for me but the weird thing i observed is the gravy. To my horror, my husband just realised we are having a beef mee rebus. As we both are not supposed to take any beef, but we have no choice but to dig out all the beef meat. I never expect that in mee rebus they will put in the beef meat. 

We should have read the menu or ask the waitress at the first place. But it was also not written in the website deals or vouchers that this mee rebus contains beef meat. Not even the waitress to remind us or inform us on that!


The cucur udang is good and those are really big portion

Heritage Food
No 51, Jalan Telawi 3,
Bangsar Baru, 59000
Kuala Lumpur

Contact Number
03-22828862

Business Hours:
Daily
8.00am- 12.00am

3JC @ Sunway Pyramid

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

50% OFF: Restaurant 3JC Signature Curry Noodles + Chinese Tea for 2 pax at RM14.90nett instead of RM29.80. Complimentary: 1X members card with discount vouchers and free gift. Redeemable at 5 convenient locations.I have choosen Sunway Pyramid to dine in.


Noodles of choice:
  • 3JC homemade noodles
  • Kuay Teow
  • Lo Shu Fun
  • Mee Hoon
  • Mix of Mee Hoon + Kuay Teow

The curry noodle taste is really good.Not too spicy and the ingredient is same as advertised in the website deals.I love their homemade noodle. Satisfying lunch!

Free gift - Fried wantan for Digi User

Jasmine tea and chinese tea

I have ordered wantan soup for my girl for RM 4.80 only without tax.

I also entitled for 1 year membership card which i can get discount for my future visit and they give some cut out coupons that valid only until 31 December 2011.



3JC Sunway Pyramid
Lot LG 1-45,
Sunway Pyramid 3,
Jalan PJS 11/15 46150, Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03 5633 4911



Dynasty Dragon Seafood Restaurant @ Times Square

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

5 Baskets of Chef Recommended Dim Sum at only RM 10 @ Dynasty Dragon Seafood Restaurant (3 Branches)

 RM 10 for 5 baskets of Chef Recommended Dim Sum

  • 糯米鸡 Steamed Glutinous Rice (worth RM 6.00)
  • 鲜仃卷 Oyster Sauce Beancurd Skin Roll (worth RM 4.80)
  • 炸鱼丸 Deep Fried Fish Ball ( RM 4.80)
  • 蒸鳳爪 Steamed Chicken Claws (worth RM 4.80)
  • 蒸烧卖 Steamed Shrimp & Pork Dumpling (worth RM 6.00)

 


Overall the service here is just average. Good quality is normal. I will not visit again this place for dim sum

Dynasty Dragon Seafood Restaurant Times Square
03-113, 03-114 3rd Floor,
Berjaya Times Square, No.1, Jalan Imbi,
55100 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-2145 1628 / 03-2145 9628
http://dynastydragon.com.my 


Business Hours for the 3 Premises:
Mon to Sat - 10.30am to 10.30pm
Sun & Public Holidays - 9.30am to 10.30pm



Otak Otak Place @ One Utama

Sunday, November 20, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

[50% OFF] Delicious Traditional Nasi Lemak Special set meal @ Otak-Otak Place RM12.15 net instead of RM24.3 (HALAL) from Jack Cow. The above picture shown is the nasi lemak special with otak otak on top of it. My first bite on it , it is really something special i have taste so far, The aroma of the rice smells good, the portion is really big enough for two persons and i love the 'acar'. A very good combination.

BBQ Chicken Vegetarian Pau

Vanilla Ice -Cream with Strawberry Topping.This was served first before the main menu.Very weird arrangement.

Memorable childhood decoration being display.They also have cards on each table for us to spend our time while enjoying the delicious meals such as 'Old Maid & Happy Family' card which is all laminated and well protected.


Otak-Otak Place

One Utama Shopping Centre
Lot LG311b,
One Utama Shopping Mall,
Bandar Utama 47800 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan.
TEL : 03-77274181

Rak Thai @ The Gardens, Mid Valley

Sunday, November 20, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

61% OFF Special Thai BBQ Chicken Set + 1 Iced Lime Mint + 1 Tub Tim Krob @ Rak Thai Gardens Midvalley for only RM10.90nett instead of RM27.80 from Mydeal. FYI, The service is really not pleasant. 

The food is really good and spicy.The above picture is the BBQ  Lemongrass Set: BBQ Lemongrass Chicken served with Som Tam. The chicken is juicy and not too spicy. The chicken is well marinated and the green stick is actually a 'Serai'.

La La Tom Yam Soup.This is the best dish i ever had.The portion is just nice for two person.The soup is really spicy and each La La tastes so good. It costs us only RM 10.80.

Ice Lime Mint Drink.Really cools down the spice.

Our dessert of the day. I have checked with the waitress but she said this is the right dessert served to us. But to my dissappointment, when i got back home and check again in the Mydeal website, i found out my dessert in the voucher should be as the following picture which is called Tub Tim Krob (Red Ruby).

So, i try to send letter to Mydeal to ask for clarification and whether i can get any refund. But they are very rude and blaming on customers instead of the merchant .In my opinion, merchant should ensure they serve the right food to customers and CUSTOMERS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT!. But since then i realise Mydeal no longer protecting customer rights. 


After all, i do love the food here. Reasonable price, thai cuisine and the environment is good.They really need to improve on their customer service and their spoken language to the customers. I had a hard time communicating with the staff there.

Rak Thai

LG-232A (Opposite Big Apple)
Lower Ground Floor
The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City
59200 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-22846918

Operating Hours:
Monday-Sunday (10am-10pm; last order for BBQ sets at 9.15 pm)

Pommes Frites Bistro @ Sunway Pyramid

Thursday, November 10, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

RM2.50 for Belgian Fries Regular with 1 dip/seasoning worth RM5.30 @ Pommes Frites Bistro, Sunway Pyramid PJ from Webuy.com.
Its a very good deal and i decided to take away for the fries. This place is located at Asian Avenue at the back row lane. 

They use fresh premium bintje potatos imported straight from Belgium and i saw the whole process whereby the fries are cut freshly from premium potatoes,They wash, peel, cut and freshly fried the fries.

  • 1 dip/ seasoning to choose from:.Since i cannot take beef, i choosen the first two choices.In my opinion, i really love the fries here compare to Ireland Potato.Even i reach home , the fries still tastes great!
  1. Remoulade - garlic, onion, mustard, mayonnaise, selery-recommended.Tasty!
  2. Chicken Bolognaise - Tomato paste just like in the spagethi sauce
  3. Poutine - Canadian Speciality. Beef gravy and mozarella cheese


Pommes Frites Bistro
F1, AV196, Asian Avenue,
Sunway Pyramid,
46156, Petaling Jaya
Selangor

Contact Number:
012- 6061717

Business Hours:
Daily
10.00am - 10.00pm

Mantra Restaurant & Bar @ Sunway Pyramid

Thursday, November 10, 2011 0 Comments A+ a-

Pad Thai for only RM 9.90 instead of RM 18.20 @ Mantra , Sunway Pyramid from Dealmates. I have passed by this restaurant few times but i was wondering what food they served here.

This restaurant have nice decoration and i am attracted. So i decided to buy one voucher of this deal to try it out during Deepavali holiday. 

A very disappointing deal as i just discover another cheating merchant in the town and also With bad management of Dealmates i have encounter.

Pad Thai which look so different from the menu shown in the picture below and also much different from the Dealmates website. As you can see clearly, the prawn and beansprout is missing . 

It was so obvious that the menu is written the full ingredient what they will have in this Pad Thai. I query the waitress, but she answered me no such thing. They don't have prawns. 

What i can see and taste, is it just few slice of chicken. Which means this merchant have switch the ingredients hoping the customer won't notice that! I am speechless as i am trying to tell the waitress or the manager there, there should be prawns!

So i decided to write to Dealmates. Because other online deals accept customer complains to get back our full refund which i did before such as Jackcow, Webuy, and Groupon. 		I

So, to my disappointment, Dealmates never reply my email. I have chase them for two weeks to get my reply and i have called them. They said will call me back. But nothing happen. I try to call few times only can get through! 

A guy name Eddie ( a very blur staff ), keep on asking me what is the complain about! I was wondering did he really check the email to find out before he keep on asking me the same question again and again.

So he said i need to wait again to check with their management. The result and reply is they have nothing to do with this. They have paid the merchant the money within 14 days ( which i don't see any of this policy or terms written in the website), and customer need to deal with merchant directly to get out full refund.

What customer service are they providing here? If they cannot protect customers, why should we support them ? Merchant are cheating nowadays. Even we argue there, no solutions , then who is going to help us? 

The online deal website are getting their profit but yet neglect the customer satisfaction. They never want to lend a helping hand to solve our problems and yet sending us email for survey how good their customer service is.  I will just rank it bad customer service ever after.!
Image from Dealmates website


Can view Sunway Lagoon Park from the window here


Get a free Indian kueh. I really have no idea what is this called.I did not even want to taste it.

 

Food : Bad

Service : Bad

Environment : Good  

The Company

Mantra Restaurant & Bar
Lot G142, Ground Floor, Sunway Pyramid, No. 3 Jalan PJS 11/15, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 46150
03-7492 0488
Opening Hours
Monday to Sunday
10am to 10pm

Deal Link : http://www.dealmates.com.my/deals/September-Mantra-RM9.90/
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