Bucida Court continues, Yeob Kitchen

This entry was suppose to be publish before New Year. And as usual, I kept holding back writing, giving priority to laziness and all...;)

Eastern Rock F&B - Ayeob Kitchen Lot.No.8

I am suppose to finish my manuscript today, but ideas came short and I was lost in the middle of the coldness of this country. Yes, I am currently living in Iceland... :p .. Back to reality, I have been pinning to visit this stall for quite sometime..but haven't got the time yet. Busy as I am, I prefer to cook myself at my nook, a small place called KITCHEN. But as I am writing this, the image of that large fresh crab and the grilled potato came back haunting me...urrrghhh...

Top : skin grilled jacket potato, below : spaghetti aglio olio style seafood

I visited this stall @ Bucida Court in December 2013. It was a raining and cold December, and hunger is always around the corner. Having set ourselves to a fine clean table, my eyes lurking around for the most busy stall. Simple - busy stall means good food. I saw this Ayeob Kitchen, the first stall Lot.8. They offer western fusion. Mmmhh, all males operator. Quite messy with the main man swaying hands from the beginning. I went to the counter. I was greet politely "Ye kak nak makan apa semua ada..spaghetti , nasi goreng..." ..Ok, you had me at hello...;)

           I decided to try spaghetti, my sparring partner had no appetite that evening so just one menu. The stall guy promotes me a dish, a special dish he said - Jacket Skin Grilled potato. Or some sort of that sound...I simply agreed.

                         The grilled potato came in no time. Just as the drinks reached our table.

I am the juicier one,..;) - carrot juice with milk and 100 PLUS for my sparring partner

It was really tempting looking at the grilled potato - cheese were melting and the smell of the potato skin makes me wonder, whether I want to share this with my sparring partner who doesn't bother to order anything, simply "Kita share je lah..."

Jacket Skin Grilled Potato - for 2

The potato was grilled to perfection inside out, it was soft and still hard at the same time. A dollop amount of fresh cream topped on the potato gives it a creamy flavour. The cook did tell me what was inside as filling but I forgot but it was full of flavor and healthy at the same time. I think they have this crabmeat inside. 

      As we admiring the look of the grilled potato, my aglio olio spaghetti arrived. Originally this dish go with soft shell crab but that day, they didn't manage to get a fresh soft shell crab so they replace it with the flower crab instead. 

Spaghetti Aglio Olio seafood with crab

A generous portion of the pasta, two flaming hot garlic bread flanking the pasta also, few prawns & green mussel. Isn't it tempting, the image on the right....yummeeeey!

       I love this dish. The only thing I think is quite missing is they don't season the green mussel well. It was quite bland...not sure why. I did went to talk to the cook, to compliment their dish as we make our way our of the foodcourt. When mentioned that their green mussel was under seasoned, the cook straight away nodded and agree with us. What a surprise...he knew it ...maybe he just having his own issue that evening. But thank you to the large crab and prawns and the garlic bread and the pasta. It was a fantastic dish. 

Generous portion of seafood

Large crab...it could be more prefect with soft shell crab as in the original menu

perfectly grilled garlic bread, the right portion of chilli flakes

Overall, I like this place, ...go try this place. Worth your penny and you get to enjoy good music too.

Live local band performance everyday

price wise - my dish spaghetti for RM18, jacket potato RM8. I can say it is affordable. Not on daily basis maybe, but if you wish to dine out on special occasion, rather than going to high-end restaurant serving the same dish, you may want to consider this stall.. They have facebook...www.facebook.com/ayeobkitchen. Their stall is the first one entrance to Bucida Court, Lot.8. Enjoy yourself...;)

       

When taste speaks

It takes a huge effort to serve a good plate of food for customers. And it takes a tremendous amount of energy spent on training to deliver a good cooking technique. That's what I always expect from and should be equipped on a cook.
Bucida Court is a new name for me. May not be to many but it is new to me. Recommended by a reader a few months ago, I was reluctant to try since the address was not something appealing to me. Located on Jalan Bukit Lanjan, this food court were in the same row as BMW, Honda and Porsche. Facing the Menara UAC and Lebuhraya Damansara-Puchong, it offers quite a nice night view. Nice by means of concrete jungle yes and traffic flows on the highway. ;)
                  Cut the chase, I visited this place twice just to get my taste bud to review their offers. I thought of doing it all at one shot but the scare of being let down should the food is not up to my expectation motivates me to limit the order.
The first time, I went to try Uncle Ron's Cafe. They serve western food such as grilled chicken chop, steaks, mushroom soup, garlic bread and burgers. Their burgers were huge and look delicious too!

We chose a an empty table right in front of the counter. Reason being, I wanted to see their food preparation. My first impression was, Uncle Ron’s a clean counter. Everything were arranged nicely, from the cash machine, to their kitchen layout and their plates and cutleries. The female staff at the counter was busy and yet she was generous with her smile. That caught my attention and simply making me want to order everything. Everything were running smoothly, from taking orders, to lining up their end product to be delivered to tables. No hick-ups. Clean on the go. I like it.

Their menu were simple. I can easily choose without having much headache. I didn’t even ask for their special but straight up for the most simple dish, Sizzling Grilled Chicken.


    As we sat there, my sparring partner & I, a waitress came to take drink orders. We went for hot drink since it was raining. At Bucida Court, it is self-service. Except for drinks, somebody will come to your table to take order. As for food, you can browse around all the stalls there. There are about 5 stalls operating that night we were there. Tables were quite fully occupied.

My order came after about 10 minutes. That is my maximum waiting time. I was quite hungry so waiting wasn’t my priority. It was never in my ‘want list’ every time we dine out.

It was boiling hot when my Sizzling Grilled Chicken arrived on the table. I was very happy with the smell.

The female staff served me well, give me clean cutleries. See the above picture, it was nicely tucked in a black wire basket. Our drink came on time too. My verdict – the chicken were tender, grilled to perfection. It was well seasoned and I requested mushroom sauce, I expected to have lots of mushroom in the sauce but I was hampered. The vegetables accompany my chicken were crown of broccoli, cauliflower and carrot. They did justice to these vegetables. It’s either they blanched it nicely or they used a really good fresh quality vegetable. The vegetable were sweet and I like the hardness that I can hear they crunches inside my mouth when bite into.

  I also like the fact that the mashed potato served was poured with black pepper sauce. The mashed potato were a hit, well seasoned, nicely spiced with black pepper to harmonize the mushroom sauce and the size is a justice to the chicken portion.
  Overall, I like the food & the service was quick and warmth. I definitely will come again to Uncle Ron’s and personally recommend this western food jazz.

I have a little comment on our drinks. My tea were quite too sweet for me. But I think others will just go with it. Price-wise, my Sizzling Grilled Chicken were priced at RM15.00 , the price were fair for me. Just a comment that they can improve their mushroom sauce by be creative & bold to use fresh mushroom. Food is about creative anyway…Drinks were amount to RM3.50 for both. Justice though…
Readers can also visit their facebook at Bucida Court facebook
They have all their marketing flare there. I will return soon before New Year for another review of another stall at Bucida…wait for the entry. Until then, have a nice weekend.