In the recent years there are more and more hidden cafes and restaurants in the amid of Kuala Lumpur. Usually one has to relay the information and people come. Muugu Garden Bistro is one of them. With the concept of rustic elevated, Muugu promises quite a serene environment to the diners, It is a bungalow situated at a corner of maze roads with spacious area. Your arrival might be celebrated by a flock of geese.
Simple and modern concept of dining
The Bar area, boozes are available.
With the fact that Muugu operates in a bungalow, it fully utilizes the whole area for dining
As a fan of comics, this has to be my favourite section
Enough with the interior design, let's jump to the food, shall we?
In brief, the concept for the dishes is similar to many rising restaurants that you can find in Kuala Lumpur. Muugu serves beef steaks (three cuts are available: tenderloin, New York strip and ribeye) take note that you can choose the doneness too, medium-medium rare usually the best. Muugu also serves lists of dishes using chicken, fish and lamb. Too american? Don't worry, if you feel you wanna go Italian they have it. they have pastas (penne, spaghetti, fettucine, linguine and capellini) for seven different dishes of pasta. To my surprise, Muugu also serves risotto. Risotto(ri-zo-to) is a type of italian rice dish. Unlike our Malaysian rice dish, risotto is creamy usually while serving. Italian does eat risotto as it is or with sides and garnishes, many flavours are available because risotto is plain, it gives a big room for chefs to create flavourful risottos. Other than that, Muugu serves several desserts, milkshakes and boozes.
The first photo is french fries scented with truffle oil. RM 8. As I always mention one of the character of a good restaurant, always serves the customer with fresh potatoes for french fries and Muugu did just that. Using the most suitable type of potato which is russet potatoes, the real deal was the truffle oil. Truffle is a type of mushroom or fungus that a good kitchen needs to have. It produces a a complex smell that is contentious to some chefs in the world, including Martha Stewart. Hence some dislike the usage of truffle oil. However, most truffle oil in the market weren't made from the real truffle but rather synthetic ones.
The second photo is crispy golden mushroom. RM 12. Made from oyster and button mushrooms, this dish has more downs than the ups. Reading from the menu, I thought it would be tempura-likes. However they made fritters instead. Nonetheless it goes to the taste which the batter could use some more seasoning.
Pesto risotto with red snapper and mixed salad. RM 27.
I loved the risotto. I loved the fish. I am okay with the salad. But I am not sure whether I love them, together. One of the major flaws while serving risotto is the sides should be tougher in texture compared to the risotto. The red snapper should be a little bit crispier(not too crispy) so that the texture is not so bland together. One of the downs is in its portion. I wished for more risotto on the plate. In every plates, there should be one hero and the hero usually appears a lot. But my plate was like on a diet or something. If risotto is the hero, then give more risotto. Judging from the presentation, it is lacking of furnace. But the pesto was delicious.
Rack of lamb. RM37.
Three racks of lamb, medium cooked, mint sauce, ratatouille(hidden, my bad), baked potatoes and some garnishes. The lamb has a good seasoning but the seasoning didn't blend well with the lamb. Unfortunately. I say it blended about 80%. Another 20% may be caused by time insufficiency. I didn't feel the flavour to the bones. Loved the baked potatoes(they left the skin on, which was good). The ratatouille was quite messy but the taste was okay. Presentation was just an okay. I loved the fact that this was actually a balanced diet dish.
Tiramisu for dessert. Good tiramisu. Not the best that I have had but it was definitely good. RM 12.
Since I had an Italian entree, it is only right to finish it with an Italian dessert. They used lady fingers which is a plus point. Creamy and sweet. What can I say.
Overall Muugu was quite good. some down sides which is normal. What Muugu needs to do is to correct the details of its food. I need more furnace on the plate, also. And since they serves Italian then I would love to see Panna Cotta in the menu card, someday.
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