Sunday lunch at Cafe WIP, Bangsar Shopping Centre

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He told me he had booked the entire restaurant for me.  I simply snorted at him.

Of course, it certainly felt like that.  The entire restaurant was empty that Sunday afternoon, and all eyes were on us.  I felt like digging my nose just to see their reaction.

WIP

The latest baby in town, Cafe WIP, brainchild of Fred and Michelle (owners of Souled Out), was our chosen lunch destination.  This is what they said on their flyers: “Stripped walls, a hodge podge of chairs and tables and PCK look-alikes?  No, we are not a hardware shop nor are we an interior design depot.  We are a restaurant and bar that serves some pretty mean food and drinks.” (blah blah blah)  Stripped walls?  I agree.  Hodge podge of chairs and tables?  I’ll let you decide.  To me, quite a lot of their furniture matched.  I mean, they were typical dining chairs and tables.  PCK look-alikes?  They’re a lot cleaner and well-ironed than I expected.  And all of them wore the same coloured overalls, almost as if they were out of a children’s show.  Service was excellent.  If it were any less than that, I’d have thrown a fit.  (Remember, we were the ONLY customers)

WIP is supposed to be a transitionary thing.  A temporary endeavour to draw feedback, comments and criticisms to enable the owners to take stock of what the customer wants before “birthing” their new pride and joy.  It’s certainly interesting, wanting to know what the customer wants and all that, but it seems like a rather expensive experiment for such successful entrepreneurs.  I’m extremely curious what their next baby will turn out to be.

oysters

They were having an oysters promotion at only RM24 nett for half a dozen oysters, or RM40 for the oysters and a pint and a half of Guinness.  No prizes for guessing which one Bald Eagle went for.

Looking at the menu, we felt that we were transported back to Souled Out but without the crowd.  I’m surprised that for an experiment such as this, they’d resort to using a tried and tested menu.  The menu consisted of Western, Asian and North Indian offerings.

Cordon bleu chicken

He had the Cordon Bleu Chicken (RM24), essentially deep fried boneless whole leg wrapped around a sausage, cheese and chicken ham.  A mushroom sauce dressed the dish.   It’s interesting that chicken breast wasn’t used for this dish, but I’m all for a boneless leg as the meat is less stringy.

Chicken Makanwala

I was in the mood for a non-spicy Indian dish (you didn’t know there was one, did you?) and the Chicken Makanwala was a perfect choice.  This is boneless chicken cooked in a tangy butter sauce.  I’m glad that there was a liberal serving of this sauce which I mopped up with the fluffy naan bread provided on the side.  The dish also came with green peas and mushroom masala, raitha, a salad and papadum.  All for RM25.

Volcano

We wanted dessert, but the only item available was the Volcano (RM19), presumably named because of the way the Haagen Dazs vanilla ice cream is plopped on top of the moist chocolate cake in praline sauce with cashew nuts.  It was not quite a Krakatoa though.  I felt cheated for having to spend RM19 on this tiny dessert that didn’t quite do anything explosive to my palate.  Yes, it was nice, but two mouthfuls and I was done.

Cafe WIP
Lot G111, Ground Floor, Bangsar Shopping Centre,
285, Jalan Maarof, Bukit Bandaraya,
59000 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03-2094 1789/2789

Operational Hours: Daily from 12 noon till “closing” (don’t ask me what that means)

44 thoughts on “Sunday lunch at Cafe WIP, Bangsar Shopping Centre”

  1. Omigosh, it’s so gorgeous your new site that I am absolutely speechless dunno what to say but it’s so cool and clean and the design is mad mad I tell you mad cool but still mad which makes it even cooler o boy o boy sweet am I glad I know you man except you know you’re my lady the Lady and not a man so not a man o swell wait till I tell Kam Raslan about this and did I mention I got you a hot date with the man actually more of a weekend luncheon but still yeah

    …phew.

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  6. Kenny: Shhhh….Bald Eagle reads this blog. 😛

    Paprika: You like it?? 🙂 I do toooo!!

    Henry Yeo: It’s still there, but on a different page. It’s much neater now.

    crunchasaurus rex: Thank you!! No, didn’t get it from blogger. I haven’t looked at all the technicalities yet, though! Need another month to do that. haha.

    KennyStyle: Thank you!! Nah, we didn’t book the whole restaurant. Bald Eagle was just joking about the lack of diners at that hour!

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  8. Wah…. This is like stepping into someone’s newly designed house. Great way to start a new year. But the pics are a bit smaller le… Congrats! *Hugs*

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  11. I haven’t been to Souled Out before so I don’t know how it is like there but the oysters looks damn yummy! Eventhough I don’t really like oysters, it looks really yummy in your picture.

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  14. Nic: Thanks! My husband will attest to the fact that he hasn’t seen much of me ever since I was hit by this crazy idea!

    Barbie: Small pics? Noted! Will have to read up on how to adjust the codes. Damn susah, I tell ya! Happy New Year, girl!!

    Yammylicious: Glad you like it! There’s more to come! And happy new year!

    Babe_kl: Ooo I’m so glad you like it! Thanks!

    Ling: The food’s good, and my grouse is that it isn’t different from Souled Out. The oysters were yummy alright! hehe.

    Riz: Bravo, eh? hehe. Thanks dude for all your help. Really appreciate it. One round of donuts coming up!

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  18. Oh wow, congrats on your .com status!!! 😀
    think of it, it has been such a long time i last dropped by bsc.. think ever since i find village grocer items cheaper and fresh! would really love to try this place.. perhaps one day when i return to bsc!

    *happy new year to you and your hubby!

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  19. your new site is wonderful…..congrats…so its a grand start to the new year…..Happy new year to you, your husband and the Makan club….have a fabulous year ahead

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  23. New year, new look! So stylo-mylo – cantik!! Love the orange curlicues! 😀

    Does makanwala actually mean something ah?? There is a dish called Butter Chicken here that’s quite tasty and rich.

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  26. Newwwwww home, newww space, newwww colour and layout .. niceeee Meena :-). One prob yeah, I was trying to leave comment from my work place this afternoon but I can’t. No prob from home. Strange huh.

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  29. Hey, first time to you blog. It’s really great. love the photos. Let me know what camera you are using. I am looking out for a good camera to buy. Thanks.

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  33. JOjo: Yep, gonna renovate further. Itchy fingers, I guess!

    Bernsy: I pimp ur blog on my blogroll mah. What can I say, I really like your blog, man!

    Meiyen: I know what you mean. I also do my grocery shopping at Village Grocer – the vegetables are sooo fresh! (Do I sound like an ad?)

    bhags: Thanks!! Happy New Year to you too (from me, the Makan Club and the hubs!)!

    teckiee: good thing it’s not a new year a new husband. 😛

    Precious sista: Noted your comment. Will do my best to enlarge the column. 😉

    Christine: Thank you!! So sweet of you! (and that, you are!!)

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  34. kat: Glad you love it! Stylo milo – hehe. So long since i heard that! I’m not sure about the Makanwala thing. Will find out and let you know, but yeah, it’s essentially chicken in butter sauce.

    BBO: Hahaha. Glad you like it. If you need a surgeon, buzz me and I’ll point you in the right direction. 🙂

    ekeng: oysters calling ekeng, ekeng, ekeng! hehehe. Go eat! 🙂

    ImbiNItchy: Hmmmm…I shall have to look into it (like real only coz I’m all blonde when it comes to techie stuff!).

    Tummythoz: Like all things in my life, dunno how long the “neatness” will last. hehe.

    Yin: Thankyew thankyew! I like it too. 🙂

    Trinit-ivy: It’s a Canon EOS 400D – my baby! Happy shopping for a new camera and do drop by again!

    Firehorse: You like? Yayyyy. Now I so happy aledy!

    Jason: Not completely a WordPress citizen. Just borrowing ony. 😛

    Christy: Happy 2008 to you too, dear!!

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  35. I thought you gave an award to Lianne because she is enlightened and joined the Blogspot gang? 😛 And now you are defecting to WordPress. Booo hooo….

    Kekeke 😀

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  38. Thought I left an earlier comment??? Anyways….Happy New Year. Since you have “defected”, you’ll know what you award will be! Hahaha….

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  39. Tankiasu: This, my dear, is called Nirvana. hahaha. Kidding. 🙂 I guess I know what award I shall be getting next year. 😛

    Brian: Hi babe! Haven’t bumped into you in awhile. I guess I should go look for you at Alor, eh? 😉 Happy New Year!

    sc: Thanks, and have a wonderful 2008, Ms. Almost A Vietnamese!

    wmw: Nope, no unmoderated comments from u. 😛 Defected, eh? Hahahaha. So when u gonna join me? 😛 *hugs*

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