Island Cafe, SS2

Monday afternoon, my makan kaki, Grace Ch'ng decided to have dinner together and insisted that she wanted to eat steamboat. Only towards evening, smart Sze Mei told us that Hau Xiang Lai Steamboat Restaurant is closed on every Monday because of SS2's Pasar Malam. Quickly we had to change plan so I suggested Island Cafe because of it's variety in food and drinks etc. Sze Mei and myself have been to ISLAND CAFE a few times but Grace Ch'ng, not even once.

Due to my previous visit to Island Cafe and successfully surpassed the RM 50 mark in the bill, I'm entitled to one small basket of fries on my next visit. So today, I exercised my option.

Just normal french fries.



Here comes the interesting part, Island Cafe have almost 80++ kinds of drinks. Sze Mei's favourite is none other than LEMON RIBENA. According to her, this is the perfect drink if you feel very thirsty. I tried Lemon Ribena before and ended up ordering another glass of Honey Ribena as my second drink. The one below is LEMON RIBENA (RM 4.50).



As for my drink, i went ahead with CHOCOLATE CHIPS MILKSHAKE (RM 6.00) because of Rachel Low's recommendation. Both the girls tried and gave me the yummy look. I don't need to say anything else, of course the drink tastes good and kinda milky. No wonder, Rachel's lovin it. For me, I felt its almost like McD's McFlurry. Anyway, you should try.



As for Grace, she chose boring Orange Juice (RM 4.50) because she just recovered from some sickness so she decided to have a healthy beverage. She said the drink was OK~lah and very fresh because still tastes sour. Look at her "desperate" hand.



Grace had CHAMPAGNE SAUCE RICE (chicken, fish or seafood) and she chose Chicken which tasted like lemon chicken and light sourish. She also commented that the more you eat, the more you feel like eating. Hahaha.. anyway, you can choose either chicken (RM7.90), fish (RM 8.90) or seafood (RM 9.90). Chef recommendation anyway.



Mine was labelled "MUST TRY" so I obeyed the menu. It's BUTTER SAUCE RICE (chicken, fish or seafood). Among the comments that I got from them was it tasted exactly like butter prawn, more milky and the gravy is thick. Pricing is the same as the above. Not bad..next time, you must obey the menu too.

Sze Mei's choice was kinda special because the fried rice is served in a bamboo. She chose BAMBOO CHICKEN CHOP RICE (RM 11.90). Her comment was rather predictable. Normal, so-so only and nothing special except the BAMBOO. Hahaha...

Total bill is RM 42.70 and of course additional 10% service charge and 5% Govt tax which comes up to RM 49.11. And if you still remember, if you dine in and your bill exceeds RM 50, you get a stamp on your receipt and you will get a free basket of fries.

Our bill was RM0.89 short!!!! I tried my very best to convince the waitress to give me the stamp but all she could do was LAUGH FOR NO FREAKING REASON for 20 seconds. I told her to add ice for me into my drink and charge me additional RM 1 and she LAUGHED non stop again. Sigh, pay the bill only-lar. Next trip, no free fries just because of RM 0.89 short.

Overall, Island Cafe is a nice place to hang out on any day as they also provide customers card games, chess and magazines. Monday night they have promotion for beers. RM 30 for 6 bottles of small Carlsberg. Definitely a nice place to catch up with your friends.


ISLAND CAFE

NO : 2, JALAN SS2/61

47300 PETALING JAYA

SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN

TEL: 03-78778652