Marc's Grill @IOI Boulevard Jalan Kenari 7 Puchong Jaya Kuala Lumpur

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MARC'S GRILL

Last week, I was invited to review this new eatery by my fellow makan foodies blogger +Jason Liew and to check out what great dishes they have to offer to Auntie Lilly and Uncle Hong. 

The newly-opened Marc's Grill prides itself on serving both the Western and Malaysian cuisines and is also big on grilled dishes, especially beef and lamb. During a recent visit, we were given the chance to try Marc's Grill signature and speciality dishes on the menu.

Comfortable and Spacious Setting

Alfresco Dining For Marc's Grill Diners 

Madam Tabitha Tay and her business partner, Marc are both culinary experts in their respective fields with Marc focusing on the grilled food items while Madam Tay does her magic serving delicious Malaysian dishes such as Mutton Curry and Ayam Goreng Berempah.

As a food lover herself, she is very particular about the quality food at an affordable price. She also wanted Marc's Grill to be a caring restaurant, that serves food free of MSG and preservatives. Living up to its name, I noticed that every dish serves comes with generous serving of natural herbs and spices with natural flavouring to enhance the taste without much use of food additive.

For this review, let me start off with my favourites, the Top 5 dishes in the list of all the dishes served to us from their brand new menu.  

 Honey Mustard Chicken

RM 16.80

My 1st recommendation for main courses is this delectable original recipe of Marc's Grill, Honey Mustard Chicken. Juicy and tender chicken thigh was marinated for long hours with honey mustard and grilled in special convection oven to retain its juices and moisture.

A totally oil-less cooking method was engaged to practise healthy cooking method for this awesome dish. Its taste was enhanced with home-made gravy made from the chicken drippings, lots of fresh herbs such as thyme among others. The Chef Special comes with grilled potatoes or mashed potatoes, corn and greens of the day. You will be in love with the gravy that it will leave you wanting to clean every bit of it with bread or the mashed potatoes. Great dish especially for chicken lovers! 

  

 Bistro Walnut Bacon Salad

RM 18

For something lighter and nutritious, which made it my 2nd favourite dish at Marc's Grill here is the colourful, tantalizing and all natural wholesome salad called Bistro Walnut Bacon Salad.

Chock-full of fresh lollo rosa, yellow mango, apple, and cherry tomatoes served together with cranberry for the added sweetness, walnut for the crunchy bite with a light sprinkle of zesty dried orange peel. Sesame dressing give a refreshing kick, while crispy bacon provide tasty protein. Looks good and taste good till the last spoon, so delicious and guilt free! I could eat this all day and not get tired of it. 

~ WEEKDAY LUNCH SET ~ 
Ayam Goreng Berempah Set

RM 14.90

Next is this Malaysia favourite of Nasi Ayam Goreng Berempah. Fried chicken patrons will bow in awe to the sheer size and fragrant aroma of the deep fried chicken thigh. A dish that demands patience, Madam Tay's original creation requires overnight marination with fresh herbs such as lemon grass (serai), galangal, ginger and almost every spice you can find to bring out the best chicken rempah you can find in town.  

Served with fragrant rice, sunny side up, salad and prawn crackers, this budget-friendly lunch set is a steal as its also comes with complimentary Jasmine tea and fruit of the day. This value-for-money lunch set is only available on weekday from Monday to Friday.      

~ WEEKDAY LUNCH SET ~ 
Mutton Curry Set

RM 16.80

Another dish that stood out among the rest was the Mutton Curry. Mutton fans will especially enjoy the Mutton Curry as it was hearty and full of flavour, extremely spicy cooked whole lots of fresh ingredients of spices and herbs, it comes with a generous dose of fragrant curry aroma. Diners may choose to have it with rice lunch set or can opt to have it with spaghetti or rye bread. Challenging super fiery dish to check out if you have a penchant for spicy food!

Savoury Waffles With Bacon & Walnut

RM 15.90

One of the most interesting dishes is the mouth-watering Savoury Waffles with Bacon & Walnut. Made of crispy thin waffles served with bacon, sunny side up, lettuce, walnut and drenched in tasty Hollandaise sauce . I never had it so good before with waffles which was savoury instead sweet and every bite was so full-filling. 

Ribeye Beef Steak

RM 32

Real serious meat eater can dig in the 210gm Australian Ribeye Beef Steak. Lightly seasoned, juicy and tender well-done steak arrived on a sizzling hot plate with grilled or mashed potatoes, corn and salad of the day. The beef steak complemented with a choice of two sauce choices, brown or black pepper sauce.

 Tasty Beefy Beef

RM 17.80

For those with a heavier appetite, Marc's Grill offers simple but filling dishes like Tasty Beefy Beef . Their version of gourmet beef burger comes with home made beef patty topped with generous portion of sauteed shimeji mushrooms sandwiched between two healthy charcoal buns. The 180 gm patty is sure to fill up even the most hungry of diners. The burger comes with a crispy helping of hash brown, corn and side salad too.

 Grilled Lamb

RM 22.80

Chef's Special Grilled Lamb is a similar dish to the Honey Mustard Chicken. So instead of Chicken thigh, the meat portion is replaced with lamb chops. Served with with grilled potatoes or mashed potatoes, corn and greens of the day.

Big Breakfast

RM 19.50

Marc's Grill serving of the All-Day Big Breakfast comes with two premium sausages, mixed mushrooms, streaky pork bacon, baked beans, salad, scrambled eggs (you can opt for sunny side up too) and a buttered toast.


Take your pick of soup choices of their thick and creamy home made soup of Mushroom and Pumpkin broth that comes with butter toast rye bread.

Mushroom Soup

RM 7.80

Pumpkin Soup

RM 7.80

Detox Shock

RM 7.50

Apple and Carrot Mix Juice 

RM 6.00

Strawberry Smoothies

RM 12

Come by to check out this new eatery at IOI Boulevard if you are looking for value-for-money dishes. Their promotional lunch set are great offers to start off with,  prices as low as RM 9.90 to RM 17.80. Diners can choose from 6 mains which comes with free Jasmine tea and even fruit of the day!

Marc's Grill
Lot G 32 

IOI Boulevard
Jalan Kenari 7

Bandar Puchong Jaya
47100 Puchong
Selangor.
Tel: 013 330 0386
Opening Hours: 8.00 AM - 10.00 PMFaceBook: www.facebook.com/marcsgrill

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The Pork Place @ IOI Boulevard Bandar Puchong Jaya Puchong Selangor ~ Gourmet Pork Cuisine

The Pork Place

Whetting Pork Lovers' Appetite

Those who enjoy savouring premium pork meat prepared by skilled hands might find something to their liking on The Pork Place's menu. The neighbourhood restaurant cum butchery which has been around for the past 4 years in IOI Boulevard Bandar Puchong Jaya, is popular with guests who enjoy their porky dishes.

With a strictly all-pork menu to choose from while offering a wide array of porki-licious dishes from snacks, appetisers to salads, soups to the mains and pasta together with pork dogs (sausages) and pork burgers to whet your appetite!

The Pork Place proudly introduces yet another gourmet alternative to discerning diners in Klang Valley, their farm-bred "Black Pig" or "Hei-Zhu". Meat products sold are totally chemical-free, offering its diners only the best-marbled meats, from their grain-fed pigs at Landyork Farms in Johor.

Butchery Section

The Pork Place which also houses Malaysia's first and only Butchery boasts of offering their own specially fed and bred, quality assured 'Pig-To-Pork-Table' ~ "Hei-Zhu" products. You may have heard of "Kurobuta" pork from Japan, "Iberico" from Spain or "Berkshire" from UK, and now Sanbanto introduces 'Hei-Zhu" from our homeland Malaysia which means "Black Pig". 

Modern & Chic Decor

The Pork Place is an excellent place to chill and unwind while dining on some of the finest in quality pork meat direct from its own farm. Step into this restaurant and you’ll be met with warm tones of tasteful dark wood tables and chairs with beautiful posters of little cute pigs portraits against attractive red masonry bricks wall.

This posh, yet warm and inviting place, with accents of timber, leather and red masonry bricks in its interior, is certainly classy. The bar counter is made from a unique design of sliced wooden logs which helps to create a focal point on the bar top. A contemporary dining space,  that is both cosy and welcoming to its patrons. 

Private Dining Area

The restaurant offers a comfortable private dining area on their mezzanine floor with a spacious dining space, perfect for a small gathering or celebrations of any events. 

We kicked off our dining experience of all-pork cuisines with two of their signature salads which are the Pork Belly Salad and Pork Bacon Salad.

Pork Bacon Salad

RM 21

Looking at the Pork Bacon Salad with cherry tomatoes, onions rings, crisp romaine lettuce, black olive, cheddar cheese topped with pan-fried bacon bits, served with their special house-made orange dressing; it is precisely the perfect combination of a delicious salad. 

The saltiness of the bacon was balanced off by the crisp and fresh-tasting greens in the salad. I wish there were more of the bacon bits topping as sometimes it's natural that hungry diners will go for the bacon first, leaving behind the greens for the last to eat if you are sharing this.

Pork Belly Salad

RM 18.90

Next was the Pork Belly Salad. The other starter comes with deep-fried pork belly with fresh seasonal local and imported greens, tossed in French dressing with sweet lychees. Looking very flavourful with a crunchiness provided by the crackling skin of the pork belly, everyone at the dining table demolished every piece on the salad bowl and with nothing left for me. Luckily, my foodie blogger friend, Ruth Wong who was ever so kind to share her last piece with me. How nice and thoughtful of her, sweet gal Miss Perut Besi!

Twirls Of Landrace-Duroc

RM 22.80

Our mains started off with a dish named after the pig breed ~ Twirls Of Landrace-Duroc. It's a single piece of pork meat, better known as 'Pig-In-Blanket', with meaty pork wrapped in bacon served on a bed of salad of mixed greens. This was another dish I actually miss-out tasting as the single serving was not enough for eight of us.

Crispy Skin Pork Knuckle

RM 69 (Whole Leg)

RM 40 (Halves) 

One of The Pork Place's Weekend Specials at  IOI Boulevard was the Crispy Skin Pork Knuckle. Oven-roasted pork knuckle with moist and juicy meat on the inside with crispy-crunchy skin on the outside.  The price starts at RM 69 for the whole leg and RM 40 for half the leg.

Everyone dig into the juicy signature pork knuckle after it was cut into chunky bites for sharing. This pork-tastic dish scored high with us while the serving portion was rather good with every one of us having a good and satisfying share of it. These precious pork knuckles were tender and ridiculously delicious in every bite!

Barbecue Ribs

RM 48

Another dish that stood out was the House Specialties of Barbecue Ribs ~ Special cut pork ribs with belly marinated and cooked in house-made BBQ sauce. A limited portion is available daily and diners must allow up to 20 minutes of preparation time for this delectable pork ribs dish.

Close-Shot Drooling Food Picture

Succulent Piece of Perfectly BBQ Pork Ribs

Paying homage to pork fans, one simply must order the Barbecue Ribs. The BBQ ribs turn out to be soft and good to munch - a result of rich marination, coated with a thin layer of delectable sauce. Served on a bed of mash with salad on the side, each sumptuous piece of pork ribs was a medley of flavours. I would have loved to hog this whole plate to myself, truly a good crowd-pleaser! 

Loin Steak

RM 50

Thin succulent pork steak slices grilled to perfection, neatly arranged in-between grilled onions served with house-made sauce. Comes with sides of mash and some fruity salad of pineapple cubes with olives and cherry tomatoes.

While appreciating the rest of the finest pork cuts and versatile cooking techniques, this dish did not fare well on my list. I did not enjoy it as much as the rest of the dishes as I found the grilled pork loin to be too dry, overcooked and rather tough too. Unless you really like to chew on meat, then you should give it a miss when ordering.

Collar Steaks

RM 68

The Pork Place's ~ Collar Steaks definitely catered for a wider general pool of hog lovers. Meaty, rich and well-marbled, making it a great cut of meat for slow cooking and slow roasting in the oven. A cut above the rest, perfect for this special stew dish.

The beautiful collar steak sits in a brown savoury pool of rich bone stock with dauphinoise potatoes and salad on the side. Carefully selected cuts to ensure that every slice has the essential requirement of equal layers of pork fat and lean meat only added another perfectionist note on the dish. Drool-worthy and a dish guaranteed to please foodies of all ages!

Best Of Bellies

RM 65

Finishing off the satisfying meal was the last dish of the day ~ Best Of Bellies. Presented with juicy chunks of belly pork sitting on a bed of mash on a pool of savoury brown sauce with a generous serving of brown shimeji mushroom and cherry tomatoes on the sides.

  

This absolutely 'Fat-tastic' dish ~ Best Of Bellies, with some much fat in the cut makes it a little too overwhelming for us to savour. Despite that, we did finish up the rest of the sides of mushroom, cherry tomatoes and the creamy house-made mash potatoes. My foodie friends and I were just not cut for that sinful chunky piece of pork fat sitting on the plate that day!

Overall, The Pork Place got us covered with sumptuous and delicious gourmet pork dishes. Almost everything on their menu is worth trying but if you have limited stomach space, they've got some of the best pork knuckle and barbecue ribs around! 

So, are you ready for a Porking Good Experience? Then it's about time you get your pork on as you head over to The Pork Place for a wonderful pork-tastic feast! BON-APPETITE !

The Pork Place

Lot 31, IOI Boulevard
Jalan Kenari 7
Bandar Puchong Jaya

Selangor.
Tel: 03-8076 9608 

Opening hours : Tuesday - Sunday

Lunch : 11.30am - 3.00pm
Dinner : 6pm - 10pm
Fresh Meat : 10am - 8pm

Website: www.sanbanto.com.my

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