Look Out Point
Was in the midst of figuring something out for my future and Mushu recommended this place to me, saying that I would love this place very much.
"Good place with nice view," followed by a few recommendations and she forwarded a few sites for my reference.
So, last Saturday, a day before Hong makes his move back to Malacca, for dinner I decided to bring the entire family to go up the hill.
With helps of the map and the directions obtained from the Internet, and through the rains and wet road condition we managed to reach the place within 1 hour of driving. Appromixately 30km away from Sri Kembangan.
Located on a hill, there would be 3 food and beverage outlets, namely Look Out Point, Bread & Olive and one drinking hole at the far end.
I got to admit, I kinda forgot Mushu's advise on not to go into the first restaurant and due to the fact, Dad and Mom started to get restless on everything due to the long ride.
So, another reminder, DON'T GO INTO THE FIRST RESTAURANT!!
I will tell you the reasons in a short while, read on and you will know the truth.
About the Restaurant:
So, this is the facade of the restaurant, Look Out Point Restaurant.
And, yeah, it's foggy! Just like some highland resorts. To be honest, I don't know what's the height like, I mean, I can't find another demarcation on the sea-level thingy, but I guess it would quite high, else we wouldn't get the fogs or the nice cool weather. It's quite cold up there.
Not much people were there yet when we arrived, but we got to sit near to the kitchen and couldn't get the thing we're there - the nice KL City night view.
As you can see, the open air concept, no walls and the roof is supported by pillars instead, allowing the patrons to have the widest possible view outward.
No fancy chairs, no fancy tables and no nothing. Quite a minimalist I would say about the boss.
About the Food:
The waiter handed over the menus after we're seated. Obviously he is not a local, Dad again thought every single soul he encounters would be local and able to speak proper Mandarin or Malay or English... Well, globalization is just next door.
See, the menu clearly tells you that, "Look here, I am not into fancy design, so shut up and order your food,". The menu shown us properly, what kind of food is available here, which I would say, nothing special.
We got no problem at all placing the orders and the drinks arrived.
Tea Dangdut, it's tea actually, only they layered apart the tea and the milk, that's all.
We opted for hot drink instead of those icy drinks, but I really salute those who can drink ice-blended up there.
Not long (around 20 minutes, I think) after that, our foods arrived.
3 Sizzling Chicken Chop; and not to be conned by the gimmick "Special", the difference between Sizzling Chicken Chop and Special Sizzling Chicken Chop is only the so-called special one comes with a pathetically small pieces of cheese and ham. That's all.
I made another mistake that night, by forgetting the advises and comments over the virtual world (too many people to handle okie?) on NOT TO GO FOR STEAK. I ordered one and the tears started to roll over my cheeks when the steak arrived. It looked like a piece of burger meat being put under high pressure compressor. And it tasted like one too. Tears still rolling down on my cheeks when I was writing this. Saddist.
One lovely thing about my parents, they can't live without rice. So mom ordered Seafood Fried Rice.
The Verdicts?
If you ask, and if you really want to know, (are you sure?) well, the foods are teruk!, just in case the boss reads blogs.
Teruk means BAD in our Malaysia official language.
But I guess, being a minimalist himself, the boss won't even read my blog right? He even cut cost on hiring good chef inside the kitchen! And you expect him to pay for his internet access? Fat hope.
1) The chicken chop, I got no chance to taste it, brothers didn't even offer their shares, maybe it's too small already. But they said, nothing special, and they even said the tiny cafe in Teluk Intan serves better chicken chop than this one. Ouch.
2) The pathetic steak, I ordered it to be done MEDIUM and I saw that waiter wrote 50% beside my order, and? I got a well-done steak. Well done.
3) And, I particularly didn't enjoy at all, their serving method, maybe they think it's cool, but I think otherwise. When it comes to sizzling hotplate, they will pour the sauce in front of everyone, EVERYONE and viola, you got fogs (which is lovely) and you got smoke (which is not that lovely).
The Perks:
To run a successful F&B outlet, you must have few things; good customer service, good foods, good feels and good ambiance.
For this one, basically it failed almost all the first fews, and the last one, is the priceless gift from Mother Nature. Strategically located up high on the hill, the KL City night view is just under you. And from my experience, I don't think the foods play any important for the continuous crowd queueing to enter this restaurant but it's the view.
Here, I serve you the view, the priceless scenery of KL city at night.
Frankly, I gave 5-stars for this restaurant solely because of the view, nothing to do with the foods or drinks.
And.
The Damage Report:
RM84.84 for 5 paxes who had lousy foods but enjoyed the night, amazed by the night view.
Will I Return?
Definitely, for the view, with someone else, most probably someone special, but the next door restaurant this time. NOT this Look Out Point Restoran & Cafe, no way.
How to Go There?
Sure you sure? Siao ah? But worth going there, for the view.
Look Out Point Restaurant and Cafe, Kompleks Pelancongan Menara Tinjau.
1.Exit the MRR2 at Pandan Indah Interchange.
2.Go straight until the T-Junction. Esso will be on your left (and right too). Turn right at the traffic light.
3.Take a left at the next traffic light, almost immediately after the no.2.
4.Take another left at the traffic light beside Puteri Plaza after driving pass Ampang Hospital.
5.Go straight on the coming traffic light.
6. Turn right on the next coming traffic light, on your left would be a row of shop.
7.From this traffic light the road is winding for about 3-5 km. It's uphill, dark, and winding. Berhati-hati di jalan raya.
7.Look out for the sign board "Menara Tinjau". Actually, you won't miss the place, it's covered all over with lights.
8.Will come across a food court on the right with carpark. Turn in and drive up the hill to the Look Out Point Restaurant.
9. Park your car, make sure you enter the right gear.
10. Go to the other eateries available and skip Look Out Point.
References:
1) I googled - here.
2) My brother's blog - here.
Lastly, enjoyed the view and enjoyed snapping photos using Nikon 2100, Panasonic Lumix LX1 and Nikon D70s.
"Good place with nice view," followed by a few recommendations and she forwarded a few sites for my reference.
So, last Saturday, a day before Hong makes his move back to Malacca, for dinner I decided to bring the entire family to go up the hill.
With helps of the map and the directions obtained from the Internet, and through the rains and wet road condition we managed to reach the place within 1 hour of driving. Appromixately 30km away from Sri Kembangan.
Located on a hill, there would be 3 food and beverage outlets, namely Look Out Point, Bread & Olive and one drinking hole at the far end.
I got to admit, I kinda forgot Mushu's advise on not to go into the first restaurant and due to the fact, Dad and Mom started to get restless on everything due to the long ride.
So, another reminder, DON'T GO INTO THE FIRST RESTAURANT!!
I will tell you the reasons in a short while, read on and you will know the truth.
About the Restaurant:
So, this is the facade of the restaurant, Look Out Point Restaurant.
And, yeah, it's foggy! Just like some highland resorts. To be honest, I don't know what's the height like, I mean, I can't find another demarcation on the sea-level thingy, but I guess it would quite high, else we wouldn't get the fogs or the nice cool weather. It's quite cold up there.
Not much people were there yet when we arrived, but we got to sit near to the kitchen and couldn't get the thing we're there - the nice KL City night view.
As you can see, the open air concept, no walls and the roof is supported by pillars instead, allowing the patrons to have the widest possible view outward.
No fancy chairs, no fancy tables and no nothing. Quite a minimalist I would say about the boss.
About the Food:
The waiter handed over the menus after we're seated. Obviously he is not a local, Dad again thought every single soul he encounters would be local and able to speak proper Mandarin or Malay or English... Well, globalization is just next door.
See, the menu clearly tells you that, "Look here, I am not into fancy design, so shut up and order your food,". The menu shown us properly, what kind of food is available here, which I would say, nothing special.
We got no problem at all placing the orders and the drinks arrived.
Tea Dangdut, it's tea actually, only they layered apart the tea and the milk, that's all.
We opted for hot drink instead of those icy drinks, but I really salute those who can drink ice-blended up there.
Not long (around 20 minutes, I think) after that, our foods arrived.
3 Sizzling Chicken Chop; and not to be conned by the gimmick "Special", the difference between Sizzling Chicken Chop and Special Sizzling Chicken Chop is only the so-called special one comes with a pathetically small pieces of cheese and ham. That's all.
I made another mistake that night, by forgetting the advises and comments over the virtual world (too many people to handle okie?) on NOT TO GO FOR STEAK. I ordered one and the tears started to roll over my cheeks when the steak arrived. It looked like a piece of burger meat being put under high pressure compressor. And it tasted like one too. Tears still rolling down on my cheeks when I was writing this. Saddist.
One lovely thing about my parents, they can't live without rice. So mom ordered Seafood Fried Rice.
The Verdicts?
If you ask, and if you really want to know, (are you sure?) well, the foods are teruk!, just in case the boss reads blogs.
Teruk means BAD in our Malaysia official language.
But I guess, being a minimalist himself, the boss won't even read my blog right? He even cut cost on hiring good chef inside the kitchen! And you expect him to pay for his internet access? Fat hope.
1) The chicken chop, I got no chance to taste it, brothers didn't even offer their shares, maybe it's too small already. But they said, nothing special, and they even said the tiny cafe in Teluk Intan serves better chicken chop than this one. Ouch.
2) The pathetic steak, I ordered it to be done MEDIUM and I saw that waiter wrote 50% beside my order, and? I got a well-done steak. Well done.
3) And, I particularly didn't enjoy at all, their serving method, maybe they think it's cool, but I think otherwise. When it comes to sizzling hotplate, they will pour the sauce in front of everyone, EVERYONE and viola, you got fogs (which is lovely) and you got smoke (which is not that lovely).
The Perks:
To run a successful F&B outlet, you must have few things; good customer service, good foods, good feels and good ambiance.
For this one, basically it failed almost all the first fews, and the last one, is the priceless gift from Mother Nature. Strategically located up high on the hill, the KL City night view is just under you. And from my experience, I don't think the foods play any important for the continuous crowd queueing to enter this restaurant but it's the view.
Here, I serve you the view, the priceless scenery of KL city at night.
Frankly, I gave 5-stars for this restaurant solely because of the view, nothing to do with the foods or drinks.
And.
The Damage Report:
RM84.84 for 5 paxes who had lousy foods but enjoyed the night, amazed by the night view.
Will I Return?
Definitely, for the view, with someone else, most probably someone special, but the next door restaurant this time. NOT this Look Out Point Restoran & Cafe, no way.
How to Go There?
Sure you sure? Siao ah? But worth going there, for the view.
Look Out Point Restaurant and Cafe, Kompleks Pelancongan Menara Tinjau.
1.Exit the MRR2 at Pandan Indah Interchange.
2.Go straight until the T-Junction. Esso will be on your left (and right too). Turn right at the traffic light.
3.Take a left at the next traffic light, almost immediately after the no.2.
4.Take another left at the traffic light beside Puteri Plaza after driving pass Ampang Hospital.
5.Go straight on the coming traffic light.
6. Turn right on the next coming traffic light, on your left would be a row of shop.
7.From this traffic light the road is winding for about 3-5 km. It's uphill, dark, and winding. Berhati-hati di jalan raya.
7.Look out for the sign board "Menara Tinjau". Actually, you won't miss the place, it's covered all over with lights.
8.Will come across a food court on the right with carpark. Turn in and drive up the hill to the Look Out Point Restaurant.
9. Park your car, make sure you enter the right gear.
10. Go to the other eateries available and skip Look Out Point.
References:
1) I googled - here.
2) My brother's blog - here.
Lastly, enjoyed the view and enjoyed snapping photos using Nikon 2100, Panasonic Lumix LX1 and Nikon D70s.
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