Our dear friend, Khee is back again from India for her break after her strenuous exams. Besides helping her to lighten up a bit with a meal, AiWei and I have another excuse to take a break after days of dating with books. Trying hard to memorize the antipsychotic drugs is gonna make me a psycho soon! Spending time with my besties was the remedy of relieve.
Being a Zanmai fan all the while makes me crave for their fusion outlet’s food spread. Pasta Zanmai was the place we headed straight away after being caught up in a heavy traffic. We were famished. Upon entering and scrutinizing the menu, we were spoilt with choices of different varieties of pastas, rice and other Jap dishes. Acknowledged as a fusion of Japanese and Italian cuisine, I got held back a little initially as I thought it was a funny and weird mingle. However, the dishes proved me wrong.
I was attracted to this right away from the moment I saw it as I love ebi tempura. Ebi Tempura no Gomadare Shitate is a serving of prawn tempura pasta topped with sesame sauce. The sesame sauce just uplifted our appetite and it went really well with the pasta. Prawns were fresh, nothing to complain about. Served together with this dish is the black sesame seeds in a mortar with a pestle. Ah.. rubbing substances with a mortar and pestle is what I do best in the lab ;P
Adding the black sesame seeds to the pasta was another ‘wow’ factor. Aromatic 🙂
Priced at RM28 with a miso soup and salad.
Having heard so much about their pizza, we gave the Teriyaki Chicken to Onsen Tamago no Pizza a try. Known as the Grilled Chicken & Hot Spring Egg Pizza, I thought it was only moderate, nothing to shout about. Maybe it’s due to the pungent taste of teriyaki sauce that empowered it. Nonetheless, the thin crust pizza had the sweet appealing taste of teriyaki sauce all over it with grilled chicken, seaweed, mayonnaise, onions and spring onions as its topping. The other obvious ingredient was the egg, in its half cooked state. Priced at RM20.
Side dishes? Chuka Iidako, seasoned octopus for RM8.
and.. Agedashi Tofu for RM8. It was soft and silky, similar to the one we had back at Sushi Zanmai.
AiWei and I have been craving for desserts and esp ice cream for such a long time, having this share of Macha Cha Parfait was a an ecstasy. This elated share was served in a tall glass brimming bountifully with layers of green tea jelly, red bean, cornflakes and scoops of green tea ice cream! Priced at RM15, we thought it was worth a try.
The interior was appealing as it is decorated creatively with huge lamp-like structures. But, the dining area is located behind the Jap snacks shop and you may miss it if you didn’t really pay attention to this ;P
Time passed by extra fast when you’re enjoying it. Hope to see you girls real soon again after my exam! 😉
~Halal~
Pasta Zanmai,
G210B, Ground Floor Promenade,
1 Utama Shopping Centre,
No 1, Lebuh Bandar Utama,
Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya.
Tel: 03-7728 1210
Business hours:
10am to 10pm (Sunday to Thursday)
10am to 10.30pm (Friday and Saturday)
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Trying hard to memorize the antipsychotic drugs… – I do not envy you at all!
eww ZANMAI!!! Macha Cha Parfait!! slurp~ ^^
dear, you are fast! i will have mind update soon. still dunno how to start on with the writing. hehe
and
I HATE DATING WITH BOOKS!
christine,
I want the pizza!:P
It’s been a while since i last had Jap Food.
Zanmai Zanmai, I wil try u when i have time…
The dessert looks luscious enough to kill!
cynthia~
haha. I don’t envy myself if I were you too ;P
yammylicious~
you had macha parfait too on your last visit to zanmai too! rite? 😉
love their green tea desserts.
aiwei~
*high 5* we shall revisit for the squid ink pasta ya? 😉
kok~
give them a visit or you can try making it yourself perhaps! ;P haha.. It looked simple but think it’s kinda tough for me to come out with something like that either ;P
I finished it already kok… 😉
jojo~
then maybe you should drop by. The Macha cha Parfait was good. There are other desserts available too that got my attention. perhaps next time ;P
Japan & Italy in one place! Wowwie..
Gimme green tea ice-cream & red bean combo anytime and I’m sold ^_^
The ebi pasta looks yummy. That’s sesame sauce? I wouldn’t have guessed! 😛
I want that pizza too 🙂
i have yet to try this place eh..hahaa..now tat u wrote abotu this place, i think i shall drop by
ohh…this looks like a fusion restaurant no?
looks like everyone had a dig into their pasta..except me..aiyoyo..really need to catch up with the eating trend..
Macha Cha Parfait look tempting oh! Cool!
If you don’t like Natto, don’t try it. I had natto spaghetti. This reminded me that I haven’t blog about it yet. LOL.
Looks so delicious! must try! must try!
oh….that’s where the “tangy” thingy came up, i guess…hehe…the pizza’s pretty interesting, isn’t it? very okonomiyaki-like 🙂
nic (khkl),
ya, i feel as i was having the okonimiyaki *wink* it was quite a nice one
Interesting captures. The food looks really yummy and it is making me feel hungry.
Alexander
Alex’s World! – http://www.kakinan.com/alex
durianberry~
haha.. you really love it don’t you?
that was something worth more than anything rite ;P
lyrical lemongrass~
yea. from the look of it, you wouldn’t have guessed. Me neither when they served it. but it tasted so.. ‘sesame’! yum 😉
mimi~
give this a go and let me what you think ya! 😉
kampungboycitygal~
it was quite a weird combo but its worth to try out something ‘different’ 🙂
hope you’ll love it 😉
daphne~
yes 🙂 Japanese and Italian ^^
Joe~
haha.. maybe it’s time for you to start to dig in and let us know your verdict about this place 😉
Alvin~
it’s yummy too! green tea and red bean rocks ;P
simon seow~
oh, I have not tried any nattos ;P
you tried it here? really that bad? it’s some kind of fermented soybeans rite?
how did it tasted like ya? ^^
big boys oven~
you should, you should 🙂
hope you’ll enjoy it ^^
Nic, AiWei~
yeap.. tangy it is. keep looking for that word! 😉
you guys are relating the pizza well to the okonomiyaki 🙂 just that the ingredients was served on top of a crust instead of a pan cake..
I have yet to try okonomiyaki ^^
alexander~
does your place have this kind of fusion ya? 😉
Ok, here’s my experience on the natto spaghetti.
http://simonseow.blogspot.com/2008/03/pasta-zanmai-1-utama.html
Macha Cha Parfait… looks good
is this overly sweet ?
Wow, you guys had a lot of good food there! We like it there, but we find their desserts quite expensive. The Macha Cha Parfait looks like something that we have to check out next time!
simon~
thanks 🙂 will check it out ^^
ling239~
not at all gal 🙂
you should try this whenever you’re visiting this place 😉
wenching&esiong~
yea.. sorta. but we love it!! bet you and yeesiong will heart it too 🙂
When I was there on one weekend night, it was full! Too bad 🙁