malones in pavi

 I'm constantly on the look out for those 'high standard' restaurants that have set lunches on weekdays, just to see how good their food is, without burning a big hole in my pocket... =D  And also just so that i can then brag to people.. 'oh, i've eaten here before'..or "wat, dat place? been there before lorrr'

One fine lunch, besties and i decided to try the set lunch at Malones in Pavilion, KL.

 The set lunch menu - not a very promising start as we were only given 3 choice of entrees to choose from (with the other being a vegetarian dish). Basically, like food served on an airplane, it was 'chi-ken or fis?'

 So, technically, my lunch SET meant i was  paying the full price for my main, while the soup or salad was complimentary.......and that makes up a set?? They should reword it to 'complementary' instead.
And just when we started to wonder about the non-existent mention of 'drinks' on the menu, our waiter quickly poured us 3 glasses of iced lemon tea.

Frankly, when our 'on-the-house' salad and soup came, my only thoughts were....
Salad........so plain, for sure i could toss a better one myself
and the soup ... the surface looked like a piece of parched land during a drought.

 This was our main - Lemon Baked White Fish.......Can i just say that the slaw, rice and fish itself was beyond our expectation.........the negative side of it.

Most original part of this dish - the lemon.

The Colonial Chicken Chop turned out to be our only saviour. Not bad and at least it was served warm.
But whatever happened to the coleslaw that was supposed to come with it?
Sigh, let's just say we sort of 'gave up' at that point of time.

Reminder to self - if the mains are not up to the mark, it's only wise to skip the dessert.

This reminder came a little too late when we made a rash decision to try their Caramelized Apple Tatin. I guess we were thinking "with only ONE choice of dessert on the menu, it HAS to be pretty good if not an awesome dessert, right?"  WROOONGGG...

And it wasn't cheap too....RM 11.90 for this amateurish-looking apple-lacking soggy tart.
It helped to pretend that the ice cream was of a very expensive brand, hence its hefty price. lol.

One thing about eating a lousy lunch with good friends - sure is fun as we have lots to talk and comment about....the food. lol.

 together pics....

The food may not get my thumbs up, but the great company i had surely deserved it...

...as you can see from this smiley face that was imprinted on the table at the end of our meal.

Nevertheless, I'll still give credit where credit is due....I think this restaurant functions better as a pub/ drinking arena, as i can always find huge flocks of customers hanging out here with just drinks in their hands.
That figures. ^^



Oh, one last thing.....Urban Dictionary actually has a meaning of the word 'Malone' ......