Food: Fire Up Your Taste Buds with TR Fire Grill, Pavilion KL

TR Fire Grill is the new kid in town! It is themed in American bistro style and is sure to provide you with an unforgettable culinary experience. TR Fire Grill offers an interesting menu from brunch to dinner, and I will be highlighting a few today.

The TR Fire Grill is located in Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur and the restaurant can fit about 180 guests at one time. It has a full bad for guests to enjoy special hand-crafted cocktails and various wine and beer offerings.

Cucumber Strawberry Freeze (RM 17)

This is absolutely refreshing on a hot day. Made out of blended fresh cucumber, fresh lemon and lime juice, topped with frozen strawberries, this is the ultimate mix between sour and sweet.

Oven Baked Pizza Dip (RM 25)

This is one of my personal favourite. With four different type of cheeses, Buffalo Mozzarella, Ricotta cheese, Shaved Parmesan and Shredded Parmesan, this is an extremely cheesy dish and great for sharing. Dip the garlic foccacia bread in the cheese for that delectable and unforgettable taste!

Smoked Meatballs (RM 28)

This gigantic meatballs are made out of beef short rib, brisket and chuck, all rolled up into a ball! Hickory Wood is used to smoke the meatballs to give it the significant smokey flavour. It is more to a sweet BBQ flavour, in my opinion.

Chicken & Waffles (RM 36)

Personally, i have never tried this combination before, but yes, I definitely have heard about it before. It is an American favourite and loaded with cheddar cheese & chicken bacon, along with agave syrup, this is a sinful addiction! 

Agave syrup is a natural sweetener, thus even if you don't fancy sweet stuffs like myself, you will love this. I'd recommend that this is shared between 2 to 3 persons as it is absolutely a huge portion.

Salmon & Zoodles (RM 59)

Ribeye (RM 69)

Australian Grain fed beef grilled to perfection. You may request for the doneness of your steak and my personal preference is medium-well. 

Served with roasted okra and mashed potatoes, this is my favourite as well.

Chocolate Mayhem (Small RM 26, Large RM 46)

This dessert consists of chocolate cake with coconut caramel sauce, chocolate mousse, Snickers bar, dark chocolate espresso beans, coffee and rich chocolate ice creams. 

For the portion, you can easily share it with 7 to 8 pax.

So, if you have yet to plan on that special date you have or just a Christmas dinner, you can check out TR Fire Grill!

Food: Pepper Lunch @ Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur

Pepper Lunch has been one of my regular choice of restaurants when I eat out, which isn’t quite often these days due to my busy schedule. Anyway, I headed out to their outlet in Pavilion for a food review session. A brief history of Pepper Lunch, it originated from Japan about 20 years ago and currently, they have 250 outlets worldwide. There are 5 in Malaysia and they plan to open a new outlet soon in Nu Sentral. The uniqueness of Pepper Lunch is that food is served on a hot plate which keeps the food hot for over a period of 20 minutes. You can even add in your own pepper and sauce to grill the meat after they’re served.

The pepper that they used is a special Sarawakian one which is replenished daily to maintain its freshness. Well, after all, their name is Pepper Lunch so of course, pepper is their essential & main ingredient.

Let's talk about the food, I'm sure you guys are already excited right? :) I will only be writing about the dishes I've tried personally because I can't be commenting on those I didn't try.

 Pepper Steak

Honestly, I've tried this previously and I thought this was pretty good. I find the meat very chewy and they are very generous with the portion size. Sprinkling some pepper and adding the garlic soya sauce in this actually brings out the real flavour of the meat. 

Rib Eye Steak - Before

Rib Eye Steak - After

I've never tried this before because I find it too pricey. However, I don't regret trying this because its the best beef steak I've ever tasted. Since we could cook it on our own hot plate, I tried it when it was medium done and well done. The meat was extremely tender and juicy as I bit into it despite of the method I used to cook it. The serving size is pretty large and the meat is definitely well marinated! Thumbs up! :)

Salmon & Chicken

In comparison to the beef steaks I've tried above, this was mediocre. Nothing really special to shout about of this dish. For those who love salmon and chicken, give this a try, it isn't too bad. The ingredients used are fresh and I may be bias because I really don't fancy eating salmon and chicken this way.

Teriyaki Chicken with Egg

This picture doesn't show the teriyaki sauce because it was served separately. For those who prefer a little sweetness to their meat, I would recommend this. The chicken is fresh, flavorful and the egg compliments the chicken well. No complains about this combination :)

The Sides

So these are all the side dishes consisting of soup, mashed potatoes and salad. I didn't manage to try the soup but the mashed potatoes weren't to my liking because they tasted slightly powdery. It was too smooth and I could barely taste potatoes in this. The salad, however was a better side dish as it was a little sour and salty, very palatable and suitable as an appetizer.

Mango Ice Cream

Honestly, this tasted like cough medicine. It was supposed to be vanilla but I couldn't taste vanilla at all. Out of the whole ice cream, only the mango tasted like how it was supposed to be. As for the rest, it was just a disappointment. Do try other ice cream flavors though.

Well, nevertheless, watch out for their Combo Bonanza promotion soon as it includes rice, Nestea and a tumbler with a reasonable price tag to the set! Ciao!