Gusto Café @ Tanjung Bunga

 

I only recently got to know about the existence of Gusto café from a friend via facebook. These days, publicity through social media is that effective!

 

So there I was trying to figure out where in the midst of tanjung bunga this little café was... Needless to say, I went about a round-a-bout route with my trusty GPS only to find  out that there was a much shorter way to get to Gusto's.

 

For all the new peeps who are not from Tanjung Bungah and are thinking of looking for 4 Jalan Sungai Kelian, well, I've got it easy for you. If you know where Flamingo Hotel is, well, it's opposite it! Take the turning on the left into a row of shoplots where famous eateries are also located eg. Vintage Bulgaria / Ingolf Kneipe German Restaurant, and keep going straight till you come to a Petron petrol station. Gusto's is right next to it. See, easy!

 Gusto café is actually in a residential area/house converted into a café.

 

The menu is right above the counter. They serve both breakfast & lunches....

Menu black board

 The café also has a downstairs area which I think used to be the house's sitting room... and garden. the stairs you see in the picture above takes you there...

Right next to this gorgeous wooden cupboard is the kitchen :)

So here's what we ordered...
a Latte (RM7) & Earl grey tea (RM5/cup)

 I was a bit disappointed that the earl grey tea, having cost RM5 (which is a lot) came in a teabag by the side of the cup and not already brewed :(
Also, we had to ask for milk. They didn't readily provide milk for your tea.

I suppose not many of their usual customers like to take their tea with milk? Which let me to google if Earl Grey tea was meant to be taken on it's own without milk... and my google search came up as ..."you can take it with or without milk, basically however you want to"... hahaha

 My coffee latte was simply the best! There was no sour aftertaste, just the way I like coffee to taste... Plus, it came with a 'heart' :) Although I still think it's a bit pricy for a place like this...

Now to the food....
I had bagels with smoked salmon... I specially changed the toast to a bagel with an extra charge of RM4 for it. (since it was recommended by another blogger)... Unfortunately, the bagel was not to my liking... it was hard and under toasted? But the eggs were perfectly cooked! I enjoyed the eggs & salmon... just not the bagel

 



 The English breakfast was so-so. It was served with a sunny-side-up, with baked beans, bacon and toast. The beans were a bit hard for our liking.

All in all the total damaged cost for breakfast for 2 was RM43...

I liked the ambiance of the place... and their delicious latte... Apparently, this place is quite popular with expatriates living in the area. There were many of them there, some already dining, some waiting for a table... I suppose that's the reason for the pricing...

But on the upside, no GST or service charge :)

Check-out their facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/JasonsGustoCafe
 

Raya Fiesta - 2nd Day of Raya 2012 @ Korea Palace

I recently bought Groupon vouchers for Korea Palace! I've always wanted to dine here. I remember I had wanted to try this place out a few years back, but at that time, I couldn't afford the large portions and so didn't go in. So this time around, I've finally satisfied my curiousity!

Entrance of the restaurant

This Korea Palace is situated in Tanjung Bungah. No, it's not the one in Kristal point, Bayan Lepas.
Korea Palace is nicely situated on the 1st floor right next to lift services. So, after parking outside, you could go in without any hassle...
As you exit the elevator, the restaurant is to your left.

Check-out the ambience of the place.. .

And the table layout

For drinks, we had free flow of green tea... or was it browned rice tea?? Chilled :)

They even serve Red wine (left) and another bottle (right) which i think is a drink - but it was all in Korean, so dunno waht it actually is...

Appetizers...

Free flow of sides!! We were served 8 side dishes. Here they are in random order :-
1) tau geh
2) spicy fish cake
3) broccoli & cauliflower
4) salad in ?yogurt sauce
5)kimchi (compulsory item!! ehehe)
6) long beans in spicy chili
7) pickled cucumber
8) green vege


Heré's our meal!

The main dishes were pork and fish
The way they prepared the pork was stirr-fry style in spicy chilli. Whereas the fish was fried and served with lemon and a special sauce to dip-in. The frying made the fish a little dry to our liking though :) But the accompanying sauce made-up for it.

The meal also came with Kimchi soup! I totally love this soup! It was like having TomYam soup... The soup dish came with TanghOon and mushrooms, and taufu... also had pieces of pork in it. Super like!!

My Groupon voucher was for 2 people. We had 3 at the time, so the server asked us to order one more dish, or else the free flow sides would have to be withdrawn (ie. no free flow, just one off)
So we ordered one more dish! ~ and it was Great too! Loved the ramen!! :)

Three thumbs up!!

This seafood ramen came with clams, prawn, sotong, carrot and gourt. Love the egg texture of the soup. And unlike the Kimchi soup which is sourish, this one is sweet-salty. LOVED IT!

The meal for 2 also came with watermelon as dessert. (not pictured here)

All in all, a satisfying meal.