Yearning
for some delicious Greek, Spanish, or Italian? Where can you get all
these food in Kuala Lumpur?
The answer
is simple, look out for Moussandra Mediterranean & Tapas Restaurant located
at A1-1-8 Solaris Dutamas 1, Jalan Dutamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, one of the
pioneering Mediterranean restaurants in Kuala Lumpur. Moussandra started
business in 1996 along Jalan Yap Kwan Seng before moving to Fahrenheit and now
at the present location.
It serves a
variety of dishes which are specialties dishes to each of these countries. We
were introduced to the style of Mediterranean dining. The night started with a
few Tapas dishes. Tapas are appetizer serves in small portion and usually the
Greek have these with beer and drinks. The Tapas are usually eaten with either
Baguette or Pita bread.
First dish
on the table was the Berenjenas Picantes which is Pan Fried Eggplant With Chili
and Tomato. This dish had a little sourish taste due partly to the tomato based
that was used to cook the dish.
Next came the
Gambas Al Ajillo which is Garlic Prawn in Olive Oil. The garlic and the olive
oil blended well with the very fresh, succulent and firm prawns. One of the popular
dishes, that are ordered by many patrons to this restaurant.
The third
Tapas, was the Terrina De Pollo which is Chicken Liver Pate. This is a dish you
either like it or hate it. For me, I find the Pate have a strong liver taste
i.e the chef have used adequate chicken liver to cook it which, is good and its
leave an after taste in your mouth.
The fourth
Tapas we savour for the night was the Datilles Con Bacon which is Beef Bacon
Wrapped Dates Stuffed With Almond. The Bacon was grilled to the right texture
and when you bite into you can taste the soft dates and the crunch of the
almond in one mouthful.
After our
round of Tapas, the first main dish for the night is Pizza Primavera – It is a
thin crust pizza topped with grilled eggplant, roasted red peppers, spinach,
anchovies, mozzarella and basil to give it an added aroma. We usually have meat
based pizza but I was surprised to taste the perfect combination of all the
ingredients in one simple pizza.
Lastly we
had the Paella Valenciana – It is a Saffron Flavoured Rice with Squid, Clams,
Fish, Prawns, Mussels, Chicken, Chicken Sausage & vegetable. It is served
in a wok like pan and the used of quality seafood have blended well with the
rice.
After
finishing our main dish, the first dessert we had was the French Creme Brulee,
This is another one of the must order dish here. The Creme Brulee was served
with a topping of caramelized brown sugar which, when eaten together with the Creme Brulee was sensational. It leaves a tingling sweetness in your mouth but not
too sweet. Most Creme Brulee served at other restaurants are usually the liquid
form of brown sugar which, often than not is too sweet. Hats off, to the chef
for this wonderful dessert.
To end the
night, another dessert that we had was the Vanilla Ice Cream. This is
another new twist where the chef have added some Rum to complement with the simple Vanilla Ice Cream.
So, the
next time you have a yearn for Mediterranean food, you can give Moussandra a
try. Who knows you might fall in love with it. Bon Appetit.
For a video
preview of Moussandra on Youtube, please watch the video below.
“This food tasting session was organised by HungryGoWhere Malaysia – Discover, Eat, Share today!” (URL link HungryGoWhere Malaysia to http://bit.ly/HungryGoWhereMY)
