Help yourself with their deliciously packed of goodness Botanica Laksa. This is one of my favorite, for sure! One can enjoy the awesome kick of spiciness with the aromatic blend of chili. The Laksa broth is cooked with flower crabs, seafood, laksa pesto & special chilli paste and then it is topped with the tiger prawn, poached chicken, julienned fish cake, silver sprouts & quail egg. Such a slurpilicious dish to have.
Botanica + Co,已经帮衬N次,依然真心地觉得值得推荐,几乎可以讲话价廉物美,超级无敌赞
♥Verdict: Overall, my dining experience at this much loved garden-inspired restaurant was not impressive. The Instragram-worthy interior was unquestionably scored high marks, service was okay despite the large crowd but the food did not meet my expectation (in terms of taste, portion and price).
My favourite dish of the night, Kake Udon (RM21), a hearty broth with udon, and that every important runny egg. Definitely I'd reorder this.
Lamb Kalabi (RM24) Fusion at its best with keema style spiced lamb and mozzarella meeting on a pizza dough.
Overall, we enjoyed our dinner here at Ignis. The dishes here complemented each other thanks to the wonderful recommendation of the waiting staff. The extensive menu should have something to please everyone.
Malas- supposedly spelled as Malaysian Tapas but makes a lousy portmanteau when named Malas. If it isn’t obvious enough that it actually meant lazy in bahasa, well then one could easily identify that and see it in their operating staffs because they are definitely living up to the name of this place for sure. The service crew seriously need a massive encouragement (when we are the only customer) to get them paying more attention to the customers; let alone requesting them to walk over to our table. Dainty choices are there on the menu to spoilt the customers but if Malas were to be judged solely on this alone, it would be a breakthrough for local flavour for sure. Though very unfortunately, the rest of the dining experience left it a few pegs short.
Chicken Vindaloo with Rice, 12.90 ringgit. This was yummmm! Different but yummy. What you’d get on the plate is rice + half a thigh with gravy + papadum + cucumber. I loved the chicken and the gravy, loved it a lot that I had to request for extra gravy, lol. Yea, I am one of those who enjoys the ‘banjir’ effect, making sure every bit of rice has gravy on it. Good stuff, yawww. The, there were the papadums. Let me tell you, the crackers that accompanied the noodles were bad enough, now this, the papadums, was worst. I just do not get it – if it is soo bad, why put it on the plate? It had no crunchiness whatsoever, it felt a lil bit like how it was suppose to be prior to getting fried. Now this, I had to request for replacement because I love them papadums, which they did. The new ones were as they should be, crunchy. So yea, minus the papadum blunder, the rest of the dish was yummy. Loved it.
On a side note, some of the dishes that I find extraordinarily palatable include: Roasted Beef, Ikan Bakar (Ikan Pari), Grilled Prawns, Chicken Curry Laksa, Satay, Rojak, Keropok, and Ice Kacang.
Reasons to visit The Curious Gardener: a jungle in the city; thoughtfully balanced, creative cocktails; zero-waste; funky vibes; our new favourite bar!
Lamb Chop set with iced jasmine tea (non sweet) at MYR 18.80 nett. The lamb is tender so it is tasty despite being a little over the salty side.