Venicia @Bangsar Puteri

So one fine day, we decided to have some Malaysian Chinese food for lunch. Venicia is a place I've been going to for a number of years and I'm pretty happy with the food every time. This time around, I paid Venicia a visit with a number of UM batchmates. So here's what we ordered...

Lemon Chicken

Mixed vegetables fried with sambal

Sizzling towfoo

Deep-fried Squid

Now, for the commentary...

1. Lemon chicken: Not too thrilled with this dish as I don't really like the batter the chicken was dipped in prior to frying. Pretty mediocre for me. The lemon sauce had a weird bitter after taste, which I'm guessing came from the lemon skin or something. Wouldn't order this again, truth be told.
2. Mixed vegetables: Couldn't get enough of this! This is my first time trying this dish out. Loved the combo of long beans, kacang botol(I'm not sure what this is called in English, sorry. It's one of those moments where Google Translate has failed me), okra and petai. I'm not a big fan of petai but it does give an amazing aroma. Yums!
3. Sizzling towfoo: Good dish, but I'm a bigger fan of their crabmeat towfoo. This dish went "licin" the fastest, me thinks! Bleh.
4. Deep-fried squid: I like it but I don't love it. The batter was a bit too thick for my liking, and the squid was cut in huge pieces, was difficult to bite 'em. I like my squid tiny and crunchy. Also, I didn't like the fact that it was served with plain chilli sauce and not Thai sweet chilli sauce.

Having said allll that, here's a list of fool-proof dishes to order at Venicia that will (almost) never go wrong. Tested and proven by yours truly,

• Assam/Nyonya fish
• Potato leaf with fermented bean paste
• Marmite chicken-to die for!
• Crabmeat towfoo- I once just ordered this and plain rice. SMASHING!
• Butter prawns
• Onion chicken-sounds nasty but it's actually pretty awesome
  
• Salted-egg crab-This one is another to die for. Be prepared for some messy eating, though!

All in all, I'd probably give it a 3.5 out of 5. Price-wise, it was pretty cheap. We ordered plain rice and it came up to about RM11.00 each. Drinks are nastily expensive compared to the dishes, averaging at about RM5.00. Ambiance...ah, who cares! As long as the food is good, ambience doesn't really matter. Not to me, anyway! A true foodie at heart.

P/S: As far as I know, they close on Tuesdays so it's best to give them a call beforehand. Here's their numero- 0320942010.