Tony Roma's @ The Pavilion

AAAhhh... am finally done with all my reports! No more deadlines for the next two weeks, hopefully! Made a trip back to KL last weekend, and here goes my long overdue post:

Has anyone been to The Pavilion yet?

Built to match the shopping experiences of New Yorks's 5th Avenue, Tokyo's Ginza, Milan, and Paris, Pavilion KL is built across 1.3 million square feet, comprising a 7-level shopping complex, 2 luxury residential towers, a corporate office block, and a 6-star boutique hotel.

It is located directly opposite the current KL Plaza and Starhill. As of last week, it is roughly 70% operational with the top floor being relatively empty. Golden Screen Cinema and True Fitness gym are yet to open. Pavilion is set to be a shopping heaven for rich aunties and spoilt brats! The whole shopping complex is filled up with retail boutiques of various brands! Rachel's first impression was: "Wuuuuaaaahhhhh... got Forever21 here!!!"

The main anchor is Parkson, while Tangs serves as the specialty anchor. Supermarket is catered by Mercato at Level 1, where all the good food are located. We found Tony Roma's!

Tony Roma's is an American chain restaurant famous for its ribs. The restaurant's slogan is "Famous for Ribs". Being a rib-fanatic, I've been longing to wallop Tony Roma's ribs again for a long long time. Exam commitments and moving further south to Batu Pahat didn't help! Was I elated when I found Tony Roma's in Pavilion amidst a famished tummy last Saturday!

We were introduced to their signature barbeque sauces: Original, Blue Ridge Smokies, Carolina Honey, and Red Hots. Loved the Blue Ridge Smokies the best, it's rather similar to TGIF's Jack Daniel's. Original came in second. The remaining two are yucky!

Appetiser - bread with garlic butter

Malaysian Tony Roma's outlets are pork-free (halal), so unlike our southern Singaporean neighbours who gets to enjoy porky baby back ribs, we get only beef ribs. Life's so un-fun without pork... sighhh... LOL! Will definitely chomp down on some TR's pork ribs when I get to Singkapula in December! Here goes the main dishes...

TR Onion Loaf

The Onion Loaf is TR's signature starter dish, which is essentially giant onions, breaded, deep fried and served with BBQ dipping sauce. This is gooood! Comes in sizes of half or full. We ordered half - RM12.90.

The gigantic onions (Onion Loaf)

Grilled Butter Codfish

My sis ordered this Grilled Butter Codfish. You can choose from the many preparations listed, but the "blackened" style with the slightly spicy "kickin' sauce" is highly recommended! Fantastico! RM29.90.

Rib Combo: Ribs with ¼ BBQ Chicken

I shared the Rib Combo set with Rachel. Nandos beat the BBQ chicken hands down. And frankly, the ribs are a bit of a let down. I find myself yearning for TGIF's Jack Daniel's Glazed Ribs while munching TR's slightly burnt beef ribs. Will try the stand-alone rib set next time before giving TGIF the upper hand. RM46.90.

And being a mummy's boy, we were treated to dinner by mom at some small time restaurant which serves great food in Taman Putra, Ampang. Here are the pics. No need to elaborate lah, drool on!

Soup of the day, called "MSG Royale" (FOC)

Steamed catfish in ginger sauce.

Some stirfried veggies with garlic.

Stewed mutton in claypot. Cholesterolitica!

Breaded prawns fried with chili and curry leaves.

Buttermilk crabs!

I miss home!