Dave's Pizza Pasta Vino @ 1-Utama

Long time no blog!!!! Actually, I was gonna give up on this because as I have mentioned many many times before, my vocab is super limited and I'm terrible at this! Anyway, was mentioning this to my friend the other day and he actually encouraged me to continue. You know, to practise my writing for the very fact that, because I sucked at it. So, here I am again. I thought since I do not use my brain any more, this is one avenue that I can TRY to "oil" my brain. Probably will take me a long time to write something that is worth reading, at least it is a start. In the meantime, guess you all will have to endure my nonsensical writing.....hmmm.....is there such a word or is it wrong spelling? Anyway, if not, you people can just look at the photos.....er......yes yes, photos are also kinda crappy. Aiyah, make do lah!


Was supposed to meet up some friends for a girl's birthday the other night and the birthday girl could not make it in the end. Heh......so the few of us celebrated her birthday without her. Hahaha.....so called celebrate lah, it is JUST dinner afterall. Friend decided to go to Dave's in 1-U because she thought it was quite nice the last time when she was there. I have to say, this place has been opened for the longest time ever in 1-U but it has never occured to me to sample the food here, don't ask me why.

Baby back Ribs

Pizza with Streaky Bacon!

There are two sections to the restaurant. On one side, there is the usual wine and dine restarant with nice tables and chairs. On the other, they have a beer garden which kinda feel like a market if you have a rowdy crowd. Ok, maybe not rowdy.....more like the "super happy" people after a few drinks and tend to talk and laugh super loudly because they are SO afraid that people cannot hear how much fun they are having, if you know what I mean. Anyway, over at this side, there is a long bar, cheapo looking tables and chairs and a band playing. Er.....I donno if the band plays every night. So, as you can tell, with the band playing, it will be even noisier. It is like going to two totally different places even though it is ONE restaurant.

Service here is not bad as the waiters kept asking me one hundred and one million times if he can take my order while I was waiting for my friends. I know it can be a bit annoying sometimes but it is better than trying a million years to get their atteniton right? Anyway, the three of us ordered a Ceasar Salad (with Bacon!!!), the Baby Back Ribs and a pizza (with more streaky bacon!!!!) to share. The Ceasar Salad was rather tasty and what wouldn't when it is with bacon, right? ; P Oh ya, as usual, I forgot to take the photo until it was too late. The Baby Back Ribs was only okay. Friends commented that it was a bit dry, I just thought it has no kick. I have to say, I have been to SOOOOOO many porky places in KL and I still can't find one that makes it as good as Tony Roma's in Singapore. Also, I don't think I have been to any restaurant that serves bacon with pizza so this was my first. It was utterly delicious as once again, the streaky bacon has done its job in adding its awesome flavour into a dish!


Dave's Pizza Pasta Vino
G209, Ground Floor (Opp. TGIF)
One Utama Old Wing

Tel: 03 - 7725 4017

**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P

Oriental Cravings Restaurant

Memories from the good old days

Every time when I go to One Utama Shopping Centre, there are only a very selected few of restaurants that I will go to for makan even though they have tons to offer. But there is one particular restaurant that is almost at the top of my "go to" list whenever I am there; which is the Oriental Cravings Restaurant located on the ground floor in the new wing.

My sister and I love to come here for their noodles because we think that the noodles here are springy, fresh and delicious! If we have a few more people, I love to order the dishes with rice! The bad thing about this place is, they only have square tables so we have to join the tables to make a long rectangle one. A bit inconvenient when you order dishes to share and tables are not very big as well so it was a bit "kalang kaput" when we were eating.

Bak Kut Teh

This is the herbal BKT and I think quite a few people are not really a fan of it as they prefer the klang version. Personally, I think it is very delicious as the herbs are very fragnant. Heh....but I like all kinds of BKT, including the Singapore style! So, only order it if you like herbal bkt.

Golden Beancurd

I love the Golden Beancurd here as the beancurd is super smooth and with the saltiness of the minced pork, the combination is perfect! Even though there is a little bit of spicy taste to it because of the chilli in there, the kids still could not get enough of it! The only complaint is that the portion is not very big so you will have to order two portions if you have more than four people in order to get a good, satisfying piece of it!

Hainanese Assam Fish

I do not know why it is called the Hainanese Assam Fish since assam is assam right? The assam sauce is absolutely delicious. It is is so tasty that I can have rice with just the sauce. Heh...the fish is tasty too but the main draw is the sauce.....sourish and spicy at just the right amount....yum..... I am not even a fan of assam so you can imagine how good it is when I can slurp it all up!

pork with soya sauce

This was the special of the day and the waitress was recommending it so we decided to try it because we heard "fa lam yok" (I think it's pork loin with fats). The meat was marinated and cooked till perfection. Not too salty and meat was uber tender........I only managed to try one piece because it was gone so fast, damn! Oh, they have different specials everyday so it depends on your luck if you wanna order this when you go there.

Honey Chicken Wings

I just realised that I forgot to take a photo of our veggies but then, that was rather standard so picture or no picture, I don't think it made a lot of difference loh. We decided to order the honey chicken wings for the kids.....heh......so called for the kids, everyone has one and it was all gone already so kids could not have more even if they want to! The sauce is quite sweet so very good if you want your kid to eat his chicken, if you know what I mean. My nephews hate veggies and my sister will always make them eat at least some, no matter how unwilling they are. One of my nephews actually dipped his veggies in the honey chicken wings sauce to make the veggies more appealing. I guess anything goes when you want your kid to take their greens......

Longan with sea coconut

The longan with sea coconut has a very refreshing taste and not too sweet, very good and "cooling" in our extremely hot weather. Was super stuffed after eating all the yummilicious dishes, will be quite contended for a while until the next time!


Oriental Cravings Chinese Restaurant
G359, Ground Floor, New Wing
One Utama Shopping Centre
Bandar Utama
(non-halal)

Tel: 03- 7727 2581


**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P

Vietnam Kitchen

The Vietnamese hats on one wall

The modern decor of the restaurant

I think the best Vietnamese food that I have ever tasted is in Australia (other than in Vietnam itself). It is a cuisine that I regularly go for during my studies in Perth. But since coming back to KL, Vietnamese is not really at the top of my "to eat list" as I feel that it is not as good here. Still......I will still go for it once in a blue moon.

Vietnamese Prawn Roll

The prawn rolls were nice with sweet sauce but can't taste the prawns though.

Vietnamese beef noodles

Er.......I only tasted the soup so I cannot comment much. It is good but I feel that it is not fragnant enough for a good broth. Still, for Malaysian standards (for Vietnamese food), this is good enough!

Vermicelli with pork balls and spring roll

Usually when people go for Vietnamese, they will just order the beef noodles or the pork chop with broken rice. Not a lot of people will take notice or try the cold vermicelli. This is actually quite delicious with the sweet chilli sauce drizzled over it. With the mint leaves, lettuce, lemongrass and chilli, the taste is rather refreshing!

Filtered Drip Coffee

I absolutely LOVES the Vietnamese drip coffee. The flavour is very strong and with the added condensed milk, the bittersweetness of it puts me on a high........

Vietnam Kitchen
2nd Floor, One Utama New Wing
Petaling Jaya
Non-halal

Tel: 03 - 7724 1336

**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P