Prego, Westin Hotel

*Nokia's Boulevard* ringtone....

Stephen : Hello.....gracie!

Grace : Stephen, wanna have dinner together tonight? Suggest somewhere nice lar..sick of eating around PJ area. Is there any nice food in KL?

Stephen : OK..let's have dinner together but I am not sure where got nice food in KL lar! Let me ask around and then we decide later.

Grace : Ok!! Let me call Rachel they all....

After a round of voting conducted by Rachel, we decided to have dinner at Prego, an Italian restaurant in Westin Hotel situated in Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.



Prego is a fine dining restaurant and the environment is quite classy. The waiters and waitress are very friendly as well. We also noticed that from time to time, the waiter or waitress will drop something and they will start clapping. They did it on purpose to create a fun atmosphere. The seats or sofa are very cosy and comfortable. It's a good place to have dinner if you are being forced to have dinner with someone boring because you can doze off easily because it's so comfortable. Hahaha...



There were 7 of us in Prego. Rachel, Shuan Yoong, Joachim...



Sze Mei, Grace Ch'ng...



her boyfriend, Ze Yoon and me, the photographer.



Like other Italian restaurants, they served bread first as starters.



The bread is kinda hard so you can just use your hand and eat the bread. Don't even think of being polite by slicing the bread into smaller pieces. I prefer the Italiannies bread somehow but Prego has this tomato *something* sauce (we forgot the name) and it tasted very good.




The "Cha Pou" or teapot lady for the night, Grace. She had Jasmine Golden Tea (RM8.00) throughout the dinner.

Crazy Ze Yoon ordered a glass of Bloody Mary. I tried and it burned my throat abit. The feeling is like drinking a bottle of chilli sauce with water. The drink is called PREGO MARY (RM33.00) , sky vodka infused with home-made Bloody Mary mix. Finished with celery salt, a rib of fresh celery and a ripe cherry tomato.

The rest went for plain ice water instead because the drinks are very pricey. Plain water is good for health..

Anyway, Sze Mei had ARRABBIATA (RM19.00), fresh herbs, garlic and spicy tomato sauce.

I didn't know what to choose because of the varieties on the menu and I don't understand how the food looks like because it's all in Italian name. Yes.. katak di bawah tempurung. Perhaps not, because I am sure my friends don't know as well unless they have been here before. Why can't they just put pictures in the menu?!?!

Finally, I chose POMODORINI (RM20.00), the ingredients are cherry tomato, marjoraon, shallot and ricotta cheese. I chose this dish because of the word Cherry. Reminds me of my friend who was sick at home while I am having dinner at Prego. This dish is dedicated to her. Hahaha..

Joachim, Rachel and Shuan Yoong decided to order a pizza and cabonara and share among themselves. How romantic..

CALZONE BOMBA (RM28.00), turkey ham, zucchini, basil, mozarella and tomato.

PREGO CABONARA (RM22.00), beef, bacon, egg yolk, cream and parmesan.

Ze Yoon had NASONE (RM36.00), King prawns, arugula, chilli and extra virgin olive oil.

Ch'ng Susien had AGLIO OLIO E PEPERONCINO (RM18.00), extra virgin olive oil, chilli fakes, parsley and garlic.

After we finished our own dishes, the waitress appeared behind me and

Waitress : Excuse me, would you like to try our pizza?

Rachel : Err... is this pizza on the house?

Waitress : Err..on the house? This is Westin Hotel.

7 of us : What we meant was, is this FREE or sample ah??

Waitress : Yea yea..it's FREEEE.

7 of us : Ok... we want to try!!!

Too bad..she only gave us a few pieces. All of us must share among each other.

Not bad lar. It's very cheesy and if you wanna try. Can just go to the mamak nearby your house and ask for Roti Canai yang ranggup dan letak banyak cheese .....mesti dalam segitiga punya bentuk!!

After the waiter collected the plates etc.. he asked if we would like coffee or tea. Without thinking much, I said, "Yes, coffee please." Shit, this cup of coffee actually cost me RM 11.00. Damn regret saying those 3 words.

Throughout the dinner, there were at least 3-4 tables celebrating birthdays. So I was wondering, why not we get them to sing for us also?

Stephen : Grace, usually they give free cake for those who celebrate birthday here rite? We do the same also lar. Among all of us, the nearest birthday boy or girl is Rachel. Her birthday is May 21st. We just tell them that we celebrating a VERY BELATED BIRTHDAY lar. Maybe we can get a free cake!!! Muahahhaa...

Grace : Can also..haha..we are not lying what. It's really belated birthday anyway. Stephen, you go talk to the waiter since you brought up this evil plan.

After 15 minutes, the waiters and waitress came to our table and sang their own version of Happy Birthday and gave Rachel a piece of ice cream cake...

Yea!!! The evil plan was a success. Rachel happily blew her the candle on the cake and yea, HAPPY BELATED 21st Birthday.

They also gave each of us a plastic red "nose" to replace our nose. In a way, make us look like a clown.

I think Ze Yoon's PREGO MARY increased his metabolism rate. He took the menu once again and searched for the dessert page. He ordered a dessert named GRONDUIOTTODI TORINO (RM19.00), hazelnut chocolate from Turin topped with hazelnut ice cream.

The bill came and the total was around RM 276.00 and guess what. My evil plan backfired. They charged us RM 19.00 for the ice-cream cake.

Well, looking at the price of the food and drinks, you should know that everything tasted good and delicious but the portion was quite small. It's a nice experience and nice place to have fine dining once in the blue moon. Oh ya, don't forget about the 15% tax (govt and service tax).

The night ended with Grace Ch'ng in syok sendiri mood.