Press Room Bistro

Since we were at the Pavilion mall to enjoy their CNY decorations, we had lunch there too. We wanted to eat braised beef cheek but a short while after placing our order for it at 12 noon which is the time the lunch menu takes effect, we were told that they do not have beef cheek for that day so we ordered tenderloin steak.

Tenderloin steak 200g at MYR90+ (10% service charge) making it MYR99 nett. I chose spinach and pine nuts as the side dish but did not like it because the spinach was stir fried with lots of "wok hei". For the gravy, I chose pine nut gravy but it tasted quite similar to brown sauce except that it has pine nuts in the sauce. The steak was very tasty so we did not need the gravy at all.

Medium rare so it was very tender and juicy with a red juice oozing out when the steak is cut. I read online that the red juice is a mixture of water and a protein called myoglobin.

Lamb shank - MYR48+ (MYR52.80 nett). I like this dish better than the tenderloin because the meat is very fall-off-the-bone tender and the meat has this delicious lamb taste which we like.

Coq Au Vin is a french dish of chicken braised with wine and mushrom - MYR40+ (MYR44 nett). It is served with a slice of sourdough toast. We like this dish the least because it seems a bit oily to us.

A cup of cappuccino - MYR14+ (MYR15.40 nett) - very rich taste. A cup of macchiato which is an espresso with a little bit of milk - MYR12+ (MYR13.20 nett) - like an espresso it is concentrated so it is bitter. Warm plain drinking water is available foc.

Total bill is MYR224.40 nett for 4 pax. We enjoyed the lamb shank and tenderloin so we will be back to try the braised beef cheeks.