Jarrod & Rawlins
Filed Under (Australian Cuisine, Food in Jalan Ampang, Food in Kuala Lumpur, Food in Malaysia, Non Halal, Western Cuisine) by kuanfoodfetish on 13-07-2010
Tagged Under : ampang, ampwalk, beer, branston pickle, deli counter, feta, grilled chicken, happy hour, Jarrod & Rawlins, kilkenny, leffe blonde, lettuce, meat, pasta, personal menu, pork roast, pub, restaurant, salad, sandwich, serano ham, Western Cuisine, world cup
Hello there, did you have a good night sleep last night?
I bet you slept like a baby after the World Cup is finally over. LOL. It’s another 4 years till we get to be immerse in the excitement and sleepless nights of football and partying. Till then, it’s back to mundane life of going to work and watching drama series on the tele.
Jarrod & Rawlins
The night of the World Cup finale was coincidently our anniversary. It’s our 4th by the way 
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As always there was the problem of deciding where to dine. Japanese and Korean food are our favorite but we just couldn’t decide so scratch that plan, instead we went to Jarrod and Rawlins.
You must think that it’s not really a romantic place to spend anniversaries. Plus that being being the day of the last match of World Cup (Netherlands vs. Spain), the place must be crowded by crazy football fans getting drunk on cheap beer at the Happy Hour World Cup promotion.
J & R and the expats *grin*
The trick is, visit the Ampwalk, Ampang outlet instead of the more popular outlets (Sri Hartamas and Damansara Heights) where it’s bound to be crowded. Sure it’s rather tedious to be driving all the way to KL centre but the privacy is worth it.
Another reason to visit this particular outlet is that it’s a natural haunt for expats and tourist staying nearby. See the pic above, i’m not kidding. Dream of being an expat’s wife? Here’s the place to hangout LOL. I’m kidding.
Kilkenny 1/2 pint
The boyfriend frequent this J & R outlet because it’s near his work place. He goes happy hour, drinking sessions with his bosses here a lot.
Usually it’s full to the brim with drinking angmohs but in the weekend it’s quiet and nice. They have a separate area for dining and drinking so it’s good.
Leffe Blonde
We settle down quickly and placed our orders.
You can either order from the menu or choose your won meat and cooking preference from the deli counter up front. They have all kind of meat and side dish to choose from. Of course they charge you per-weight and there’s a cooking price per head (RM12.00) but i definitely recommend having your personal menu. The meat here is awesome.
However, i was starving mad so we just took a quick look at the menu and ordered from there. The boyfriend promised that we would pick from the deli counter on our next visit. Yay!
1 can of Leffe Blonde served in a wine glass
While the staffs were preparing our food, our drinks came.
Omg! I found another love, Leffe Blonde! I’m fast becoming a great fan of beer although i can’t stomach more than 2 pint but the taste is fantastic. Leffe Blonde is a Belgium beer and it is good, better and smoother than Kilkenny and i think quite similar to Weihenstephan but i need to have them both together to be sure haha.
It’s quaintly served in a wine glass.
Love it.
Large Grilled Chicken Salad
Then came the food.
First we had Large Grillled Chicken Salad with feta cheese and olive. Once i saw that this salad have feta cheese in it, i’ve got to have it. I totally love feta!
The salad was awesome. I didn’t care much for the lettuce (i prefer Romaine lettuce to leaf lettuce) or the aragula but the cheese was great and the grilled chicken was absolutely delicious. Grilled to perfection, it was piquant with the sides crispy.
Guinness Beef Stew with creamy mashed potato
The boyfriend definitely liked the Guinness Beef Stew with creamy mashed potato.
I found the beef a little hard but i liked it, it was definitely tasty. The stew… or should i say the sauce was sweet and thick and the mashed potato was just right. Paired together it was delicious.
Serano Ham & Bacon Pasta
Serano Ham & Bacon Pasta with dried chili and olive oil was something different.
First of all i liked it because it’s cooked using linguine pasta which absorbs better than normal round pasta, then i love it because the sauce is thick but dry.
Sometimes you get really runny sauce that when you twirl it into a bundle with the fork and put it in your mouth then slurp the end that got away, you get sauces on the chin. I hate that.
Anyways the ham and bacon bits were great.
Pork Roast Sandwich
Aha! Here comes the star of the evening.
I know that having sandwich for dinner isn’t really appropriate but we couldn’t resist it.
Here you can customize about any dish you want. You can make your personal salad or sandwiches too. All you need to do is to fill in the form left on the table, tick the ingredients you want before the staff whisk the paper away. In a minute or two you have your favorite sandwich in front of you.
This is what we had:
White toasted bread
Roast Pork
Lettuce
Rocket
Olive
Feta Cheese
Balsamic vinegar
Branston pickle
Onion
Yummy!
Like i say the meat here is fantastic. The roast pork is to die for! The skin so crunchy!
The combination of all the ingredient we selected were awesome. Yum yum *rubs tummy*.
It was a surprise that the bill just came under RM180.00 seeing that we had 3 beers. Not bad at all.
Large Grillled Chicken Salad – RM23.00
Guinness Beef Stew & Creamy Mashed Potato – RM29.00
Serano Ham & Bacon Pasta – RM32.00
Roast Pork Sandwich – RM20.00 (Sandwich Base RM9.00 + Roast Pork RM4.00 + Feta Cheese RM4.00 + Rocket RM3.00)
Leffe Blonde – RM21.00
Kilkenny 1/2 pint (Happy Hour) x 2 – RM32.00
Total: RM180.55 inclusive of 5% gov tax + 10% serv chrg
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Jarrod & Rawlins
Lot G08B, Ground Floor,
The Ampwalk, 218 Ampang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603-2166 0708
Fax: +603-2166 7708
