I had an overdose of tomatoes one fine day of dining in Pasta Zanmai. I’ve had better experience with them when I’ve ordered other set meals but this Horen Teri Omu Set (RM25++) is really too ordinary to my liking. It was an express dinner.

Spaghetti with tomato sauce and sweet clamps. A bit too sour on the sauce. I’ll better stick back to teriyaki sauced pasta next time because it taste a lot better.Teriyaki chicken with omu rice. The chicken was a bit tough and overall it was okay.Minestrone soup (RM8) from the season menu. Again it was a bit express, but at least it wasn’t canned soup.I think I’ll prefer Sushi Zanmai over Pasta's any time.

Imagine the serenity of dining with the sound of chirping birds and surrounded by greenery of pots and petals. Garden at The Curve let you experience a romantic picnic in the heart of a busy mall. You might easily mistaken this with Fullhouse because of the similar dining concept, but Garden is more sophisticated in the sense that ambience took more attention than its food!If you like home decorating you’ll definitely enjoyed the items on display, or you can even take it home for a price… Crispy Oven Roasted BBQ Glazed Wings (RM13.90), tasted more like fried wings than glazed. Sadly, the Spaghetti Marinara (RM18.90) doesn’t match up with what we’re paying for. Iced Honey Lemon (RM5.90), beautifully decorated.

Sitting on a toilet bowl while having your meal is hard to imagine, but if you’ve ever been to Taiwan, you might be familiar with the latest ‘toilet’ concept restaurant. Food served in ceramic potty miniatures and chairs that resembles toilet seats is now made available in Malaysia. T-Bowl has adapted the idea and localized it to suit our taste. Yeah, it’s a fun thing to do if you want to enjoy chatting up your pals while enjoying the ‘potty’ atmosphere.Everyone enjoying their meal siting on toilet seats chairs…Cheese Bake Rice with Curry Fish Fillet (RM14.90), served in a ceramic ‘potty’. Nice smell of the cheese, all melted over fried rice beneath and Japanese curry as gravy. But I find it to be a little ‘jelak’ with just fish fillet all over the bowl. And not forgetting the occasional potatoes.A glass of Honey Lemon in a mini urinal bowl! (I think it’s meant to be a decor because it is soooo MINI!)Chinese Mambo Pork Rice (RM11.90). Served with fried rice and cabbage soup. The fried pork dumplings deserve some thumbs up.Just look at the juicy pork meat… Crispy and smooth. It really mamboed!

Take a break from groceries shopping by visiting Tropicana City Mall’s Kushi Q if you’re a fan of Japanese yakitori. The attractive set lunches pulled us in for a try out in this tiny eatery corner. Once sat down, we felt cozy with the zen style decor while adoring the logo lighted on the wall.

Looking at the menu, there are 3 choices for each sets of kushi. Chicken, seafood and beef is the main kushi choices, but the sets are flexible to be mixed around. The rests of the selection are site dishes to be added on with the kushi’s.We ordered the Kushi Chicken Set (RM13.90), with different tastes of chicken (mentaiko flavour, capsicum thai, and leek teriyaki). It was exciting to see the food, very well served despite what was expected. The set comes with a bowl of seaweed soup and 2 slices of watermelon.Yes, it does looked good, but when we took our bites, it was all just too chill to taste. Only the soup was hot as meant to be. The yakitori should be good if it is served hot from the grill! Served with a bowl of zaru soba and a delicious looking hot spring egg. The soba was too strong in ‘shoyu’, and the soup has fried onions in it. Very local indeed.

If your lunch budget does not fit in the Pavillion Oriental, then MJ Cafe would be a good choice to have your stomach filled. First impression when looking at the menu – great place with tons of variety, western, thai, local flavoured cuisine and the in-between. Amazing this cafe can cover it all with their budgeted offering. The crowd too seems promising enough that this cafe is indeed worth a try. But does it all tasted as great? We’ll find out soon.
Napolit Spaghetti Set RM 9.90 comes with a drink. Simple set, filling and not anything you would come back for. Priced reasonably, the chicken is fried to crisp and spaghetti is decent. Curry chicken in a bread RM8.50 looks good but was absolutely disappointing. The curry is watery and tasted more like a tom yum soup. Served hot, and the chicken was a few chunks drown in the bread... a very huge bread that was not meant to be finished.

Western cuisine is not the cafe’s specialty, I assure you. I did regret not ordering ‘fried rice’ after looking at what every table is having. So next time I’ll better go for the rice to be on the safe side.