Ben’s @ Bangsar Shopping Centre
My favourite section is the one just right after the main entrance with fun colours, quirky furniture and memorable snapshots of Ben’s family ensuring diners have a warm and cosy dining experience here.
The outdoor well decorated with plant and stone element paired with a wooden table and metal chair with comfortable seat pillow laid on each chair ensuring you will seat comfortable throughout the time you are at Ben’s.
At the other end there another outdoor area with long bench and metal chair….This area put more emphasis on wood element and that includes the timber flooring…
I was running late that day so every girls has already made their order. I always love pasta at Ben’s for their creamy sauce but that day decided to order something I have not try before. I ordered at Crab & Ebiko salad for starter and Teriyaki Salmon with Sesame Seed Crust for my main and a cup of Latte.
My Latte was not extraordinary but it’s good start for the day… Yeah my weekend kick off kinda late usually after 11am…LOL
Then the cold, sweet and tangy Crab & Ebiko salad came. A creamy coleslaw with fresh cabbage and carrots and flakes of crab sitting on top of bed of butterhead. We could barely taste the crab element… We reckon the mayonnaise had masked the light crab flavour. Overall it’s a good bite for started as the ebiko add more dimension to the coleslaw.
As the name, Teriyaki Salmon with Sesame Crust suggest, it lived up to its name as each cuts of the salmon is coated with the roasted black and white sesame. The sesame seed doesn’t do much on the salmon beside giving it extra crunch feeling. I must say the steam rice is one of a kind. So fluffy and soft..One of the best steam rice I had. The teriyaki sauce was rather too sweet for my liking…
Then I sampled the Burnt Butter Wild Mushroom Salad ordered by Jean. Interesting enough that the rocket salad taste is not strong here and the juicy wild mushroom is really good…A good salad for those who wanted to try rocket salad but worried about the overpowering flavour of the salad. The salad is completed with truffle oil & lemon juice dressing and is garnish with Roquefort cheese, caramelised walnut and coriander leaves.
Sharon’s steak come in looking appetizing and very inviting especially to our camera. A cut through the cross section, it look pink and juicy….Yes it taste as juicy as it look but the taste was a bit disappointing. Black Pepper sauce didn’t help much though..
Audrey ordered my favourite Soft Shell Crab Spaghetti. Spaghetti swimming in a milky buttered sauce with curry leaves and chilli padi and finishes with crispy soft shell crab battered in egg floss on top is a delicious combination but must be savour while it’s hot.
All tummy are almost filled…Time for some dessert end our meal perfectly…
Bananofee Sundae is my pick…If you love banana split you gonna love this more! The vanilla ice cream is brilliantly scooped into a glass with slices of banana surrounding it that is packed with walnut!! Chocolate syrup on top before serving it!! Remember to dig in and scoop out the ice cream with the chocolate syrup and banana slice all together for maximum sweet pleasure…
Sticky Date Pudding wasn’t a good date for me…Don’t quite like the sticky partner..
Macadamia Caramel cheese cake is cheesy but the base lack of crunchiness that i like my cheese cake to have. I actually prefer to have it without the caramel..I may be biased because I don’t fancy caramel…
We bid good bye after the dessert while I await Thomas for second round tea session!! I order Gorgeous Geisha because i love the aroma of the tea with a hint of strawberry in it!
Bangsar Shopping Centre
285 Jalan Maarof
Bukit Bandaraya
59000 Kuala Lumpur
11:00am – 11:00pm
10:00pm: Kitchen last order
10:30pm: Bar last order