Wendy's Bistro, Sunway Mentari, Petaling Jaya

22nd July 2008..........diet be damned! We were going to feast! And being the vicious carnivores that we are, we were going for the meat! I read about this new place in the newspaper some time back, and have been itching to check it out.

We ordered the Sausage Platter (RM25.70) which was a combo of 4 types of grilled sausages - pork chorizo, chicken chorizo, pork oriental and spicy Hungarian, served with fries and Thai chilli sauce. The oriental sausage tasted a tad too porky for my liking (sort of like Taiwanese sausages), but the other 3 varieties were juicy, crunchy, smoky and great! The fries were lovely.....chunky, crisp outside and soft inside.....that's how much one appreciates fries after being let loose from a meal-replacement diet!

Mixed platter (RM23.90) was also on our list. It consists of a slab of grilled pork belly and 2 slabs of pork ribs served with coleslaw and mashed potatoes. Ok the pork belly had a layer of fats, which was wasted on us. I preferred munching on the ribs. The gravy that slathered the meat was wonderful!

They've got the open kitchen concept, and a very neat kitchen is on display. Their website has a pdf menu and a map to get there, do check it out if you're as carnivorous as we are.

Wendy's Bistro (behind Leisure Commerce Square),

20 Jalan PJS8/18,

Dataran Sunway Mentari,

Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Opening Hours: 11am-11pm

Tel: 03-56301699

Website: http://www.wendysbistro.com/

We'd rate this place a 4-bam for the good food, cosy ambience and the very courteous staff.

Wellcome Seafood Restaurant, Sunway Mentari, Petaling Jaya

We went crab-hunting at Sunway Mentari yesterday, the craving has been on for weeks. We found this place which sells crabs at RM18.80/kg; a big banner in front of the restaurant proclaims.

The walls were lined with posters of food dishes, helped abit in our choosing what to eat.

We ordered crabs (of course!), cooked Spicy and Sour style. The mud crabs were not too large in size, we got about two and a half crabs. To me, the sauce had too much plum sauce in it. I would have preferred it to be more spicy and eggy. No crab roe in the sauce too, unlike some we've eaten in other restaurants. But if you're looking for cheap crabs, it's kinda worth it as this dish cost us only RM18.50.

The "spicy sauce fried bamboo clams" was really good, the gravy was made of spicy bean sauce which gave it an almost Szechuan flavour. The gravy had us cleaning out the plate and shells. Plus point was that there was lots of clam meat, not many empty shells. At RM15.00, it was goooood.

"Four heavenly king vegetables fried with belacan" was the ostentatious name for this mostly bean mix of okra, petai, long beans and brinjal, fried with belacan and dried salty baby shrimps. I love petai and my other half doesn't, so guess who ate all the stinky beans! This dish cost RM10.00 which was pretty standard in terms of price.

The thing with eating crabs is, it gets digested fairly fast, and over an hour or so later, we were hunting for food again!

Wellcome Seafood Restaurant

# 15-1, Jalan PJS 8/5, Sunway Mentari Plaza,

46150 Petaling Jaya,

Selangor, Malaysia.

Tel: 03-56313064

Mobile: 012-6256817

This restaurant is opposite the Restoran Yuen Buffet Steamboat, on the same row as Romeo Inn.

Our rating system for overall satisfaction with what we eat and where we eat....

1-bam = don't even bother

2-bam = good enough to fill the tummy

3-bam = a very good restaurant in its category

4-bam = excellent cooking, worth a detour

5-bam = exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey

We would give this restaurant a 3-bam rating.