Gossypium

Fusilli pasta with tangy avocado dressing with tomatoes, sweet peppers, spinach, rocket, peas, walnuts and feta cheese at MYR 23+ (10% service charge = MYR 25.30 nett). Added a grilled chicken thigh for MYR 6+ (MYR 6.60 nett). Total price is MYR 31.90 nett. Very tasty even without the chicken as I like the combination of spinach, rocket and feta cheese.

An open sandwich with mushroom, salad and fries at MYR 17+ (MYR 18.70 nett). A good meal for vegetarians.

Drinking water is provided foc so we did not order any drinks but we heard that the coffee here is good.

Gossypium opened in mid-April 2019 at The Sphere, Kerinchi/Bangsar South. I had to search online for the meaning of Gossypium and found the following: "cotton plants are of the genus Gossypium in the family of Malvaceae". I wonder why give an eatery this name.

It was a public holiday when I had lunch there so the special is not available so we order the open face sandwich ala carte.

Those items with poached eggs are out for me as somehow I could not train myself to eat runny egg yolks.

 They serve many vegetarian meals.

They even have gluten-free meals on their menu.

Drinks menu. We will be back when they have more items on their menu.

Opening when

On 12 May 2019, Sunday, I noticed that Isaac Toasts (very popular in South Korea) is going to occupy this space in the Midvalley Mall.

This space used to house Dokodemo which I mentioned in September 2018. Before that it was Uncle Tetsu Cheese Cake in 2016 and Crazy Potato before Uncle Tetsu and Dusun in 2015 before Crazy Potato. I believe Isaac Toast will not be here for very long from what I observe at their kiosk in One Utama which does not have any customers whenever I walked by.

On the same day, I also noticed that Hui Lau Shan (the famous franchise from HK that sells mainly mango desserts) has also moved away. I love to eat their mango desserts when I was in HK. When they opened their initial store in One Utama a few years back, I was disappointed because it does not taste as good so I guess that is why they closed this branch. I wonder if the branch in One Utama is still in business or not.

Hoagies is taking over. In North America, Hoagies refer to a sandwich made of a long roll filled with meat, cheese, and salad. Here, they have a branch in Nu Sentral and the reviews that I read were not that good so I guess they won't be here long either. Oh dear, before these new shops even open, I do not forsee a bright future for them at this mall. Let's wait and see.

Closed

On 11 May 2019 Saturday, I noticed that this Tappers eatery next to the Teh Tarik Place at The Curve was not opened. I wonder whether it is closed permanently or temporarily. I have not eaten at this branch but I have eaten many times at the branch at The Sphere, Kerinchi/Bangsar South in 2015 which has moved away when The Sphere was undergoing renovations. I wonder are the other branches of Tappers still around in other malls.

Breakeven

Medifoods, PJ again. Set Lunch at MYR 12.42 nett (after applying the 10% discount to the usual price of MYR 13.80 nett by using the member card). I like the mustard greens.

3rd time using member card. My friend gave me her bowl of soup because according to "TCM" the soup is too "cooling" for her and her body cannot take it. Bittergourd again because I like to eat the bitter taste.

4th time using member card. I just like to eat the slippery smooth Malabar spinach. After this meal, it means that I still need to eat the set lunch one more time to break even. 

To recap: this is because the 4 of us used MYR 5.75 nett each to purchase the life time member card which gives us 10% discount so for each set lunch, we save MYR 1.38 nett so we need to eat 4.17 set lunch to break even.

WG Sweet sweet potatoes

Seems that Weng Wah at Seapark, PJ is now one of my friends' favourite place for affordable lunch so we found ourselves there again.

I like the red bean sweet soup with sweet potatoes at MYR 3.60 nett so much that I ate it again. I also ordered bitter gourd, tomatoes, pork noodles at MYR 8.90 nett and selected yee mee as the noodles. I like the tomatoes, bitter gourd and the yee mee but find the minced pork lumps a bit fatty so I gave those to my friend and just ate the pork slices. Still could not get myself to order the rice wine chicken because I feel that I could not finish it.

Total bill for 4 pax is MYR 42.90 nett so on average, it is about MYR 10.72 per pax so it is affordable.

Bye Original Cake Midvalley

Recently I noticed that the Original Cake kiosk at Midvalley Mall is no longer in business. The branch at One Utama has been replaced by a porky eatery chain. I wonder are there any other branches still in operations.

It will be replaced by Instea, a local brand, not one imported from overseas. Will there be a queue when it opens?

WG Pasta Soba Swap

We are back at Catcher in the Rye, PJ and I ordered Pomodoro Pasta with Deep Fried Seabass - MYR 20 nett as planned. After a while, the girl who took my order informed me that the kitchen staff told her that they were out of pasta and asked me to choose another dish.

My friend and I did not want other dishes so when we noticed that they have a soba dish in the menu, we asked if they could use soba instead for this pasta dish. After she checked with the kitchen staff, she told us that they agreed to use soba in place of the pasta.

 So this dish is Pomodoro Soba with Deep Fried Seabass at MYR 20 nett. The very small piece of fish has a very crispy coating. The soba is soft which I like. The flavourful gravy has onions, baby tomatoes and seaweed in it.

My friend and I were billed separately.