Plenty of makan at Salsas!

Since we have started off with food posts, let's continue with it!

Next stop we'll take a look at a restaurant that used to be located in Kelawei Road (small place) but have since grown in popularity and needed a bigger space, hence they have moved to Upper Penang Road instead. This place is known as Salsas!

I've planned for a dinner here, coz my friend who wanted to set up a 'match-making-get-to-know-each-other' session for a good friend of his and I myself will bring along my nice God-Sister who's still single. In order not to let the atmosphere run a little too 'match-makey' feel, my friend was present, together with myself and my bf (and up until this date my bf still didn't understand why he went along in the first place :)

Anyway, we went there and it's a first time for most of them (my 2nd, I had my lunch at the old Salsas once) so we just ordered everything pretty randomly:-

This is what my friend ordered:-














An a-la carte salmon dish, to which the full name I've forgotten

His friend's(yeah the one being match-maked) set dinner began with an appetiser:-














The appetiser made up of a king prawn, a mussel, a thin slice of smoked salmon, and salad fruits and vegetables. Not bad for an appetiser, I would say.

He had a creamy soup and then a chicken main course which I didn't capture coz he was seated a bit far, hehe..

The set dinner I ordered which began with an appetiser - the same as the above and a spicy tomato soup:-














I liked the soup - pretty appetising.

My main course was a King Scallop and Chicken dish:-














And my God Sis ordered an a-la-carte baked seabass:-














My bf, being the carnivor as he is, ordered his favourite Rib Eye Steak (a-la-carte):-














All meals come with a serving of a type of bread (well I really don't know what kinda bread this is):-














Oh, and all set dinners come with a dessert, the dessert of the night is a cake (didn't remember what cake it was):-














All our dishes tasted pretty good, judging from the positive comments all of them made - am I a great host / planner or what? *HUGE GRIN*

However, towards the last few bites on my bf's steak, out of nowhere he spotted something on his meat (the steak ok?) which looked to him like a cockroach! *horrified* So we quickly signalled for the waiter and he in turn requested the manager to come over to have a look. Upon inspection, his face turned pale and kept on apologising and saying something along the lines of "oh I really don't know what to say, I'm truly sorry about this" and then seeked permission to clear his plate off, then offered my bf an alternate replacement dish. But my bf is about full with nearly 3 quarters of that steak and hence told the manager he couldn't take anymore full dish - in the end the manager offered him a lighter dish - a King Scallop with some veggies on the side - as a token of apology and my bf accepted it.

In the end, we (or should I say my bf) became the centre of attention for the night at Salsas and the manager later returned to inform my bf that it was a fly and not a cockroach and they really did not know how the fly ended up in the steak, and apologised again.

We saw he final bill indicated that the price for the steak has been waived - nevertheless, we all had an enjoyable meal and really thanked my friend's friend for his generosity in footing the bill, even being courteous to mention that it's his pleasure. How nice!!!

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last week, we went there again as my bf said the steak that they serve was really good (forget about the fly ok?) and so we went there for his pre-birthday dinner :)

This time, he ordered the set dinner that comes with a steak main course but he commented that the portion is smaller than the a-la-carte's, I didn't take a picture coz he said the presentation didn't look so nice, hah!

I ordered a french onion soup:-














And a main course of Seafood Delight:-














Well we didn't enjoy the food as much as we enjoyed the last time, maybe because the soup that I had didn't really suit my taste bud (it had a lot of cheese in it - in a soup???? hmmmm....) and... i'm not sure, it just didn't click that much this time.














All in all, Salsas still come recommended from us, just not on a frequent basis. The atmosphere is pretty nice for gatherings and chit chat, or for couples to enjoy a warm dinner.