no frills dining @ kitchen creatures, centrepoint bandar utama

Posted at February 3, 2010

Kitchen Creatures @ Centrepoint, BU - Suanie eating If you’re as well-versed with Centrepoint, Bandar Utama as I am (which is not a lot, really ;) ), you would have noticed that there is a new-ish restaurant taking over where the old Manhattan Fish Market used to be. Kitchen Creatures is on the 1st floor, right above Starbucks.

I’d noticed the restaurant since Day One. Can’t really help it as I pass by Centrepoint more than a couple times a day. Never had any inclination to go try it out because it looked posh and well, I just didn’t have any idea what food they serve. Yes it would be a lot of effort to go up the escalator to check things out.

One day I saw Elizabeth Wong’s tweet about the place, and so I took Horng there. It was quite okay so I returned a second time with more friends.

I quite like how the owners did up the place – classically simple with a cosy ambiance. They knocked down one of the 4 walls to install doors that could be folded up, then had a patio with a few tables and chairs in place. This is especially lovely in the evening when the sun is about to set and you can see the sky turning from blue to a glaze of red and orange before going dark. It would have been perfect if the restaurant served beer so you could knock back a few while waiting for your food. Unfortunately alcohol is not in the menu. Shame.

Kitchen Creatures @ Centrepoint, Bandar Utama

The restaurant concept is simple – food at an affordable price with no government tax nor service charge included. This means prices are nett which I love because I hate calculating that extra 15% on top of your food prices. The food items are inexpensive as well – for example you can get a spaghetti carbonara for RM10.00 or a rib eye steak for RM16.00. Drinks are on the pricier side but I suppose that’s how they make money. The cheapest drink available is a bottle of mineral water, charged at RM2.50. This is one of those restaurants that do not serve tap water so that’s a bit sucky.

Kitchen Creatures @ Centrepoint, Bandar Utama - Food

Beef bacon carbonara: RM10.00. Not bad but my sister had it last week and she didn’t like it. I took Ryan there once and ordered him this and he loved it. Then again he’s 4.

Spicy Seafood Marina: RM13.00. For the amount of seafood they put in, it’s a steal. I liked the sauce as well.

Monster platter (fried shrimps, calamari rings, deep fried mushrooms, mini wings, nachos + dips): RM15.00. Not bad but too much deep-fried stuff on a single plate tends to yuck me out. This was shared among us so it wasn’t too bad.

Grilled lamb/ sirloin steak: RM16.00. We also had rib eye steak and a mixed grill, but they all looked almost the same – 2 sides and the meat covered with whatever sauce you’d ordered. They all tasted okay too, with the exception of the sirloin steak which Kim didn’t like. I mean, for that kind of price, you can’t expect prime meat can you? As for the sides, I loved the angel hair pasta. The vegetables on the other hand, almost broke my crown trying to bite into them.

The clear winner was this…

Kitchen Creatures @ Centrepoint, BU - Spinach with Feta Cheese pizza

Spinach with feta cheese pizza for RM10.00! Never mind that I could count the strands of spinach with less than 10 fingers, the dish was heavenly! I think we’ll be trying a lot more pizzas on our next trip there.

In conclusion (cewah, macam tulis karangan untuk SPM pulak), I would recommend Kitchen Creatures for its value for price concept. I would stick with non-grilled items because I’d rather pay more for better quality elsewhere. But the rest of the items on the menu is okay, do give the pizza as per photo above a try. I saw a photo of their baked stuffed mushrooms on another blog (RM7.30), looks good so probably I’ll try that next time as well.

Still wish they serve alcohol though.

By the way, here’s a peek at what we do while waiting for our food to arrive.

Kitchen Creatures @ Centrepoint, BU - People

Kitchen Creatures
Lot F110, Centrepoint
3 Lebuh Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya.
Tel/Fax : 603-7729 8039
(Cash Terms only)

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