La Bodega @ Empire Shopping Mall

Albondigas - Rm 20.00 

Mutton meatballs marinated in spices and cooked in brandy sauce. Despite my aversion to meatballs, to my surprise, I found myself liking these meatballs cooked in brandy and some spices, Perhaps, it was the spices that masked the strong smell of the lambs and the sweetness of the brandy that drew me to this dish. The sweetness however, was not cloying, but just right to make this dish memorable

Chipirones - Rm 28.00

Omelette with mushrooms, baby squids cooked drizzled with balsamic vinegar. This might look like a plain normal omelette at the first glance, but it is not. Cut it up into smaller portions, and eat each bite of the omelette with the fried baby octopus , dried chilly and mushrooms to truly enjoy this dish.

Bread to go with the tapas

Champinones@ Rm 18.00

Button mushrooms in white wine sauce. You can easily find this at any tapas bars but the champion ones here were extra creamy and yummy!

Berenjenas @ Rm 20.00

Brinjal strips cooked in spicy tomato gravy. 

Yummy tapas at La Bodega !

Aaliyaa island bar & bistro @ jalan Medan setia 2,1 bukit damansara

All ready for my crabby feast 

 Sri Lankan apom with an egg in the centre.@ rm 6 per piece.  This might look like the sweet apom you find off the streets of Penang,but this tastes crunchier and it's eaten with the accompanying sambols, making it a savoury dish

 The accompanying sambols : ( from top left) curry leaf sambol, sweet onion sambol, spicy red chilly sambol, coconut sambols. All the sambols were superbly yummy

String hopper chicken @ rm 22-looks like char bee hoon but it is not. This is actually string hoppers stir fried with vegetables and chicken ,

Sri Lankan Colombo crab curry@ rm139 -the crab was real gigantic to start with. However, the flesh was succulent and juicy, the only setback was the super hard shells. The thick spicy gravy went well with the crab. 

Brinjal Moju-@ rm 12.-stir fried brinjal in vinegar and chilly paste. 

This dish came when we were already filled to the brim and therefore, I can't really make any good judgments on it. We ordered the brinjal Moju because it came highly recommended but to me this tastes quite similar to my mum's nonya brinjal branak. Spicy and sour brinjal.