If you haven't try Free Mori cakes, it's time to do so.The foxy character on the wall and packaging is cute and unforgettable in this fantasy themed bakery located on the street of Publika. Interesting looking cakes on display.Tiramisu (RM9.90), very different approach from those we've tried. This cake is solid from the skin and once we sunk our teeth into it, the creamy taste seems to melt in our mouth Not too sweet, but the mini macaroon helps for those that craves sugar.

Lavender is one of my favourite bakery when it comes to bread and cakes, but at the first sight of their bistro in One Utama really pumps up my expectation towards their other offering – cooked food. At the first glance, their menu is quite limited and some of the dishes is only available during a certain time of the day. So do pay attention to their different set of menus at the entrance before you walked in.Fresh Mushroom Soup (RM12) to start our meals with. The soup is smooth with the taste of wild mushroom overwhelming our taste buds.Squid Ink Linguini (RM25) is curious to the eye, and it’s black! We hardly come across squid ink pasta in other restaurants or bistros, so this should be something we must order. The amount of clamp is simply generous but overall, it doesn’t impress me with its ordinary taste. It might look good but again, it is just black coloured linguini to me.Pappardelle and Duck Stroganoff (RM22) is a fusion offering from L.Table. The duck meat is something like chinese style braised meat (with button mushroom), served with pasta. Good effort there!The bistro has an upscale environment that can be considered for special occasional dining and a nice place to bring someone you would like to impress.

Being a wheat person, there is a sense of happiness the first time I’ve tasted Kita no Zen‘s omu fried rice. Newly open this year, this restaurant is just above the escalator in the middle wing of The Gardens. What is so special with this omu thingy? Well, this is certainly one dish you can’t get in any other Japanese restaurants.

Ordinary yes, rice was fried with ketchup and all covered with egg and mayonnaise. Although the description is sounds like our local ‘nasi goreng pattaya’, this omu is so smooth that I feel like swallowing my meal. It is light and fried egg has cheese in it. Together with the mayo, it tasted superb!Omu Rice (RM13.00). Love it! Portion is just nice for ladies.Miso Hotate Ramen (RM16.80) is full of big fat hotate. Not short-changing you for sure.Ice chill dessert from Hokkaido, Macha Crepe (RM9.80). This green tea delight is not too sweet, another must try!

The place is good for office dinner as it cater private sections with more seats. Zen ambience with open kitchen concept, there are hidden lights along the bar seats(with no rotating sushi) and fun sofa seats if you prefer a modern approach.

I’ve first discovered Formosa within Sunway Pyramid’s Asian Avenue. Back then, it was one of our favourite hang out place for lunch with my colleagues base on the reasonable food prices and it’s basically tax free dining. Nothing can compete with the set lunches they offered during that time when Chatime or whatsoever bubble tea are non existed. Although the acclaimed Taiwan cuisine is solely runs by Bangla chef, the food is still as nice with minimum variety. This branch in SSTwo mall is a few more installation after Sg Wang and Kuchai Lama. It is a small shop in this quiet mall that catered around 5 tables only and with an open kitchen concept just like the Sunway branch. Hot Crispy Chicken Set (RM13.90) comes with bubble milk tea, salted fried chicken, braised egg with tofu skin roll, and rice with pickled vegetables. All the dishes were served hot, and still tax free!Dry Noodles with Minced Pork (RM7). This is somewhat like the Taiwanese ‘jia-jiang’ noodle – or braised tofu sauce noodle. But this combination is based on the braised sauce recipe for their braised pork rice. Noodles are springy and tasted good with lard from the minced pork, mixing it with taugeh, cucumber and carrots makes it a light bowl of noodle to munch on.

Located poshly in Starhill Gallery, Angus House seems to be a mysterious fine dine place at first glance, so we do expect to burn some holes in our wallet the day we decided to walked-in. The restaurant is famous for its Japanese Western style grill, and they do have set lunches available on weekends that would make anyone feel pampered.

To try out their in-house charcoal steak, we ordered the combo that comes with a full course meal:Starter - Homemade bun with butter. Great texture, crispy hot thin layer from the outside and tender inside!Appetizer - Grilled chicken cake with mashed potato.Steak Combo - combination of tenderlion steak and juicy grilled lamb served on a hot plate. Dessert - Creamy macha pudding with a touch of mint.