Coliseum Cafe
98-100 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, 50100 Kuala Lumpur
Parking not so bad. Still have to walk some 100m.
Was there for lunch. Hot sun. *Groan*
Before entering: Crowd! Crowd! The place is crowded!
After entering: Smoke! Smoke! Quick! Somebody call the bomba! Visual distance down to 5m! Don't bang into that big fat fark trying to stuff the whole piece of sizzling steak down her throat!
Table: The tablecloth has holes!
After seating: They have over a hundred items on the menu. And they have old people wearing a 'Captain' tag coming over to take order. You can ignore the price printed, it's not that ridiculously expensive anyway, and order away. You only need to tell the captain the 'index number' printed next to each item on the menu and he will be able to tell you what exactly it represents.
Dr. Liew : "###"
Captain : "Bread butter."
Dr. Liew : "###"
Captain : "Baked crab salad."
Dr. Liew : "###"
Captain : "Sizzling chateaubiand."
Dr. Liew : "###"
Captain : "Fish concalaise."
Dr. Liew : "###"
Captain : "Peach icecream."
Dr. Liew : "###"
Captain : "Irish coffee."
Dr. Liew : "###"
Captain : "Ice blended cappucino."
Dr. Liew : "###"
Captain : "Fresh lime."
Dr. Liew : "###"
Captain : "Are you sure you can finish all the food, sir?"
Dr. Liew : "No. I was just testing your memory."
More about food:
Over a hundred items available and they don't even have Espresso and they call it a 'restaurant'! For gawd's sake! The Irish Coffee tasted like my cough syrup and they had to serve it hot! *puke*
Sizzling chateaubiand was so-so. Big fat chunk of medium raw sizzling steak. Nice to cut, nice to chew, nice to swallow.
The least they can do is to cut open the tomato for me! What the hell were they trying to do prove dumping this big fat round tomato on to the sizzling plate? Slice it open lah! Dumb ass!
And you need to have war with the broccoli. Probably you should bring along a chainsaw to cut that lumpy half-cooked broccoli that is almost impossible to slice into two.
Fried meehoon and fried mee: Not so impressive. More like meehoon or mee soaked in kicap. Big plate. Starve overnight before hitting it.
Bread: The bread served in a Persian restaurant (I forgot the name) at KLCC is 5 times more fluffy and creamier. Better texture. Melt in your mouth.
Ice blended cappucino: Prefers Gloria Jeans, San Francisco, Coffee Beans anytime!
Pina Colada: They gave me a 'Virgin Colada' (non alcoholic) instead. Cheh! And I insisted that it had no rum. The captain was convinced and changed for me. How careless! Pina Colada tastes wonderful! With a slice of pineapple (they didn't remove the skin, jeez) and an almond syrup soaked cherry on the rim of the glass. RPCNs said it looked and tasted like flu syrup, thou.
Peach icecream: Slices of canned peach and a scoop of homemade vanilla icecream. I like the texture of the icecream. Not really smooth but with ice crystal embedded in it. Crunchy!
Air cond: Forget it! That place is smoky, coz a lot of people order sizzling dish like me. And when you order sizzling dish, they will come and tie a napkin around your neck. And they have at least two exhaust fans to suck out the smoke as well as the cold air.
Chicks: None, nyet, empty, zero. You'll have to bring your own. Or at least go borrow some. :P