Saturday, January 2, 2010

Fullhouse (Lifestyle Store & Cafe) - This is us!

Love them. Adore them. And on top of that, they are my long time besties of all time! No one on this planet earth can replace them! ♥♥♥

I'm talking about my school friends that i've known for many, many years... Tho some times it's hard to keep track with them, at the end of the day, it feels like an old stocking that found the other pair. Ok, i have no idea where the "stoking" idea came from but i just thought of it. You guys get the idea.

Well, this post is not going to talk about our meet-up time together or some down-memory lane grandmother story post cuz i know it'll make you yawn and the last thing i want to do is have you stare blankly at my blog.

My passion is writing and food. And what happens when i blend those 2 together? Ahh... you get what i mean...

Fullhouse Lifestyle Store and Cafe - many of us heard of this one-of-the-kind place. And we first heard of it at their very first branch, Ara Damansara (Nui Ze Xui).

I must say that their cafe is very unique but i have to point out that Fullhouse is quite identical to Garden Cafe (my review here). The similarities are, both have greenaries as part of their concept, both have white furnitures, both have small potted plants as their table setting, and both gives me the idea of an English tea house.

The difference? Garden Cafe is completely a garden concept unlike Fullhouse, greenaries and potted plants is just "part" of their interior design.

Oh, and Garden Cafe has a grand white piano as the centre of attention whereas, Fullhouse has a classic Mini Cooper as the centre of attention.

They opened their second branch at Sunway Pyramid (next to Sakae Sushi, opposite PappaRich) and that is where i get to expereince their food and atmosphere.

Their service is actually good. The female waitress where dressed as maids but of course not the male waiters. The waiter that served us with the name Martin (we asked his name. LMAO) was willing to recommend some food and also introduced their New Year menu.

But what i didn't like was that the food came earlier than the drinks, except for the tea. Even when we started with our meals, the drinks was yet to arrive but it came eventually.

So, aside from the service and surrounding, lets talk food!

Chocolate Iced Blended (RM9.90)
Ok, i don't really like to compare but when it
comes to food, you know you gonna compare with the best.
Compare to Theobroma Chocolate Lounge Iced Chocolate,
this one don't stand a chance. It's sweet, smooth but not as
chocolate-ty as Theobroma Chocolate. Sorry.


Honey Milk Topped with Green Tea (RM5.90)
It looks weird and sounds weird, yes. But it doesn't taste that bad.
Just like an ordinary milk tea with green tea. I must say, it's quite
refreshing.


Green Tea (RM2.90)
Here's the truth - it's Lipton Green Tea...
So, if anyone of you has Lipton tea at home, you know how it taste like.
It's Green Tea!


Mashed Potato (RM5.90)
It looks too nice to eat. Personally, i think the sauce is a little too
salty. The potato itself can stand alone cuz it's already salted.
Still acceptable but definitely not for people with hypertension.


Curry Laksa (RM12.90)
According to my friend who ate this, the prawns were not
properly cooked. But everything else was ok.
Tho, i have to point out - it's called "laksa" but they use
normal yellow egg noodle. Aren't they suppose to
use the white noodle? But if that's the case, they should
just rename it as Curry Noodle instead.


Schnitzel Breaded Chicken Cutlet (RM16.90)
It's actually normal chicken chop. The size of the chicken is the size
you see as it is. You know how you get your chicken half the size as it
is and the rest is flour?
Yeah, i hate that too... But this one is not!
Simple chicken chop for simple hearts (i just thought of that phrase).


Wok-Sear Chicken Chop (RM16.90)
Ahh... this is another version of chicken chop!
And i loved it!
Love the sauce, love the chicken (it left me craving for more!).
The sauce is black pepper and the little peanut size thing on it
is actually raisins! So it's salty and sweet at the same time.
It was served with mashed potato (underneath the chicken) and green veggies.


Smoothies-Fruities Fish (RM22.90)
Say what???
Yup! As predicted, the fish is served with stuff
we usually throw in the blander to make smoothies!
It tasted like mango and berry sauce but according to the menu
it's passion berries (errr??? Whatever that is).
This dish is excellent for every sweet-toothers out there.
The fish is fresh and soft and went perfect with the sweet sauce.


Overall, a nice place to have a special meal. I say special cuz besides the amazing surroundings, the price is fancy as well. What do we expect from a western/local restaurant? The price is almost like Secret Recipe (our total bill was RM115.50! And the service charge is RM10.50!!! O.O). Unless you can really splurge on these kinda meals everyday, hey, who am i to stop ya'? Food is alrite' - i have yet to discover the best of the BEST western food, so i can't label Fullhouse as the best, yet.


P.S.: This is based on personal liking and taste. It may vary with different people.


Bon appetit!

xoxo

4 comments:

KwOnG FeI said...

harlow..
if not mistaken.. garden house is sort of another full house but just different in a little bit on settings.. one is garden and one is not.. both if not mistaken is like bro & sisters.. under same company maybe..
from the pic here, it seem the normal food a little bit pricey..
but too bad they selling point is their environment..
btw, i have yet to go full house.. let me save money first..~~

sakailala said...

I don't mind
You can go on rambling about how awesome we are
LOL
Love you too Vienie!

Sending you my lovveee
muaXXX

Vivienne said...

kwong fei: at first i also thought fullhouse and garden are bro & sis but apparently according to the garden cafe, they are not(i asked the PR person there b4).. quite misleading rite? cuz both are like the same..
haha! true true.. alot of ppl go there to take picture.. xD

Vivienne said...

sakailala: i love u too! hope to see ya' soon! :)