"Hello, i'd like to make a reservation please"
"For how many people?"
"For two please"
"What time?"
"6.30 please"
"7 o clock"
"no, it's 6.30" (spelling it slow, loud and clear so that he doesnt misheard the second time)
"NO... 7o'clock" (But HE insist!)
*WTH???????*
"Errr... okay... 7 o'clock then"
I was really puzzled by this whole commotion, after the phone call to reserve a table at the time of HIS choice, i had to return call to my friend to change our dinner appointment to 7pm...while in my mind, im thinking who the heck is this rude uncle?
It turns out the restaurant only open at 7pm, (why can't he just explain clearly to me at the first place?), but that aside, the uncle aka owner (i suspect) is a very fun loving guy who crack jokes and make conversation with us. It is a comfortable and relaxing dining experience indeed.
The restaurant is located deep into the residential area of Damansara heights, thank god for GOOGLE MAP on Blackberry who once again saved me from getting lost, it might be a bit hard to allocate the restaurant especially when there is NO SIGNBOARD indicating the name of the restaurant whatsoever, but don't let that discourage you!
The almost no-frills restaurant with basic interior settings. A tiny blackboard hangs from the wall recommending (almost taunting) its diners to order from it.
I mean, how can i resist names like LORD OF THE RIBS and PORK KNUCKLES right?
My initial intention is to come here to try their Pork Knuckles, but sadly they ran out of it. So we gave other dishes a try, and boy were we hungry!
We enjoyed the Pork Ribs immensely. Served with mashed potatoes, and salad on the side, The ribs was tender and flavourful - not exactly fall off the bone texture but what makes it all work is the spice rub on the pork rib's back. However, we do not taste any hint of it being chargrilled so im assuming its oven-baked which may lack a tiny oomph to bring the flavour to its new height. My current favourite ribs is still the ones served in El Cerdo.
Pork Loin that comes with mashed, salsa salad, and BBQ sauce on the side. I don't quite fancy their salsa salad but the potato mashed goes really well with its pork loin. The pork loin turns out to be slightly overcooked and tough, but it was well marinated.
Probably our least favourite of the night is Checker's Aglio Olio spaghetti . Quite forgettable and the ingredient was a bit fusion. why the chinese mushrooms?
Please drown your sorrow in this sinfully alcoholic ice cream with red beans, cendol, and leong fun. This simple dessert with ice cream is mixed with good dose of rum liquer, it is as if the ingredients pairing were made for each other. WE LOVE IT!
Our bill came up to RM140 between two.
Note: no corkage fee for BYO
Ratings:
Food: 6/10
(i wannnn pork knuckles!)
Ambience: 5/10
(clean, comfortable neighbourhood restaurant)
Service: 7/10
Presentation of food: 6/10
Overall: 6/10
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Checkers
19, Lorong Setia Bistari 2,
Damansasra Heights
Tel: 03-20953304
