New series of Western Cuisine at Lazio Italian Restaurant and Bar, Danga Bay - Johor Bahru

There are new series of Western Cuisine available at Lazio Italian Restaurant (N1.47423 E103.72441) since months ago and we decided to try out on one of the evening. Lazio Restaurant is located at Danga Bay of Johor Bahru, you can relax and enjoy the meal along with the beautiful scenery of Straits of Johor. You can read through my previous blog post about the restaurant here.

Lazio Italian Restaurant of Danga Bay

The decoration of the restaurant still remain the same as we visited a year ago...



The new Exeutive Chef - Mr Stanley Yim from the restaurant had launched the new series of delightful dishes which provide a different dining experience to their customers. At first he humbly presented 3 different type of pasta for us before the main dish...

Pesto Di Funghi

The pasta above was served with mushroom and pesto sauce in spinach basil linguine pasta. It was tasty and special.

Aragosta

The dish was served with half lobster, herbs tomato sauce in Fettuchini pasta. It was rich tomato flavor and went well with the cheese and lobster.

Capesante

The dark colour pasta above was delicious! The squid ink fettuccine pasta was served with scallops on fetta cheese cream sauce. I like the taste very much!



Before we can finish the pastas on the table, the Main Attraction of the day - The Aussie Wagyu Tomahawk Chop Rip-eye Steak served on our table!

The weight was 2.11kg.

The Grilled Wagyu Tomahawk Chop Rip-eye Steak from Lazio Italian Restaurant

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The Tomahawk Steak is a Bone-In Rib Steak with the entire rib bone intact. This long bone is frenched (trimmed of meat and fat), leaving a beautiful presentation piece. The Tomahawk, being a Rib Steak, has the largest amount of intermuscular fat, making it the most flavorful steak. The Tomahawk is cut based on the thickness of the bone and is typically two inches thick. One Tomahawk can easily feed two people. The Tomahawk is cut from the rib section. The primary muscle of the Tomahawk is the longissimus dorsi, which is also the primary muscle in the Porterhouse. Source from here.

The Tomahawk was served together with mushroom sauce, steak sauce and garlic sauce.

The rip-eye steak that we had was about 2-3 inches thick and serve up to 4 persons.



The Tomahawk steak had everyone full attention once it nicely presented on the table. Mr Stanley and his assistant gently cut the prime steak and served to each of us....

Mr Stanley and his assistant

The big 2.11kg weight of Rib Eye Steak was cut into 7-8 pieces and it was about 200-250g each...

The steak was grilled to perfect with a little of char on the outside...the medium rare doneness is a Must for a prime steak.

The bone with the tender flesh and fat

The flesh was succulent together with the precious fat and meat juice. The steak was so nice untill we felt it really melt in our mouth!

The slice of Wagyu Tomahawk Ribeye Steak

I like my steak with the original taste which is without any sauce, but I did tried out the 3 types of sauces provided. Among all, I like the garlic sauce very much (strongly recommended by Mr Stanley).



This was a total different dining experience enjoying the steak in Johor Bahru. And It was also my great pleasure to enjoyed this wonderful dinner together with Mr Tony from Johorkaki.



Thanks to Mr Stanley and his team who presented such a Fabulous dish from Lazio Restaurant.

The Executive Chef of Lazio Restaurant - Mr Stanley Yim

For steak lover in JB, you must try out (at least once) this extraordinary steak from Lazio Italian Restaurant with your family and friends, I bet you will not regret! And I believe they are the Only restaurant serve the Aussie Wagyu Tomahawk Chop Ripeye Steak for the moment.



*  The Aussie Wagyu Tomahawk Chop Ripeye Steak above was 2.11kg with the cost of RM850++. Every Tomahawk steak serve with the minimum weight of 2kg. Please make your reservation for the particular dish in one week advance with the 50% deposit.

Lazio Italian Restaurant and Bar

Danga Bay, Johor Bahru.

Tel : +607-2217988/+607-2215688

Business hour : 12pm - 1am, 12pm - 2am for Fri, Sat & holiday eve

https://www.facebook.com/groups/laziodangabay/

GPS coordinates : N1.47423 E103.72441

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The SkyBar of Traders Hotel at Puteri Harbour - Nusajaya, Johor.

The SkyBar (N1.41768 E103.65640) is located at the Rooftop pool deck of Traders Hotel at Puteri Harbour, Nusajaya - Johor. We were invited to the SkyBar for their opening private party on Saturday evening 12th Oct 2013. SkyBar is the trademark of Traders Hotel, have you been to the SkyBar at Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur?

The SkyBar is totally different from day time and night time...it's a beautiful infinity swimming pool overlooking the Puteri Harbour and Straits of Johor during the day time, when the nights fall...the pool area is beautifully lighted up with the good company by your side, the feeling is simply magical!

The Sky Bar of Trader Hotel, Johor.

It was about 7pm, the invited guests were walking into the SkyBar area one-by-one...foods and drinks were prepared much earlier to serve all the guests...

The small table in the pool was the fresh seafood like oysters and others...this was a special arrangement, nice!



About 120 guests from members of Singapore Sport Car Club, Exotic Car Club, AT Rider Superbikers from Johor Bahru and corporate guests attended the opening party.



The guests queue up for foods very soon just after 7pm, guess everyone can't wait to taste the delicious cuisine prepared by the Executive Chef - Alan Wong and Food and Beverage Manager - Avraam Koutsides, Traders Hotel.

Everyone was queuing up for their favorite food which located at border of the SkyBar. There were plenty of varieties on that evening with the wide food range from local to international, from raw to cooked...

The local popular food - Satay

Packs of fried rice

Grilled beef

There was a long queue for the above foods...especially the grilled beef! Yummy!



The seafood counter was specially presented in the children pool...yes, you heard me right! It was inside the pool.

The seafood counter in the pool

Fresh oysters and hors d'oeuvres topped with caviar served from the counter

The dessert and finger food corner was located just next to the children pool. I can't stop myself to took a small cube of dark chocolate, and it was nice!

Finger foods

Strawberry dessert

The dining area was assigned in every corner, filled up the SkyBar...

Outside the SkyBar

The SkyBar of Traders Hotel, Johor.

I like this special sunken corner (below) very much! It's located next to the infinity pool, surrounded with tempered glass and the blue-lighted relax chair! Overlooking the Puteri Harbour and Straits of Johor...Awesome!

The blue-lighted corner of SkyBar, Traders Hotel - Johor.

Once everyone filled up their stomach, the party began! The beer was serve without interval pause from Carlsberg's 4 pretty promoters. Followed by the music played by the DJ Herbs and Deeraj.

One of the Carlsberg's promoters of the night

We had a glass of the ice cold beer beside the pool and started our photo shooting session...

During the music played, there was a troupe of synchronized swimmers performing in the pool followed by 4 pretty colourful mermaids! That was a surprise! Everyone was busy triggering their shutter of the cameras crazily! Haha! It was a very nice scene with the mermaids swim across and the underwater lighting...

The Mermaids at The SkyBar - Traders Hotel

The mermaids by the pool

Photo session with Mr Boon Aik Pang, Avraam Koustsides and the mermaids

Photo session with Ms Aidah and the mermaids

The 2 colourful lions were performing their dance in the bar and presented the oranges to the Executive Chef - Mr Alan Wong and F & B Manager - Mr Avraam Koustsides.

And the photo session continued...

You can have a excellent view of Puteri Harbour and catch the spectacular sunset (if the weather is good) from the SkyBar of Traders Hotel.

Puteri Harbour during the night

Some high-rise buildings in Johor Bahru can be seen from the bar...

This is also a nice place for night photography lovers, you can enjoy the delightful dinner company with nice wine or cocktail while taking the shots of the beautiful surrounding night view...

The SkyBar - Traders Hotel Puteri Harbour

Persiaran Puteri Selatan, Puteri Harbour, 

Nusajaya, Johor.

Tel : 07-560 8888

Operating hour : 12pm to 12am Sun - Thu, 12pm to 1am Fri & Sat.

https://www.facebook.com/tradersputeriharbour

GPS Coordinates : (N1.41768 E103.65640)

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Another visit to Food Republique at Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru.

This is my second visit to Food Republique (N1.48435 E103.77502) since Jan 2011 which was more than two years ago...

Everything looks the same, but we surprised by the taste of the foods which are much much better than before...

The cafe setting same as it...

I like these yellow hanging lighting display very much, it created the warm & relax atmosphere within...

We had 3 starters, 1 soup and 4 main course for the dinner...



1)  Nachos served with special sauce

2)  Italian Bruschetta

3)  Fried Polenta

4)  Chicken Clam Chowder

5)  Grilled Chicken Chop

6)  Cameralized Cheesy Cheese Bacon Burger

7)  Pan Fried Milked Fish

8)  Texas Honey Glazed Australia Beef Ribs

Nachos served with special sauce

These Nachos were handmade from the Chef - Ben. It was crunchy and went well with the special sauce from Food Republique.

Italian Bruschetta

Cube size of summer tomatoes, fresh garden basil and garlic presented on top of the crunchy biscuit. It had a little bit of sourness and taste good for an appetizers!

Italian Bruschetta

Fried Polenta is one of our friend's Favorite, it's an Italian corn meal fried to perfection. It was crispy from the outer skin and soft, flavorful inside, I tasted with and without the homemade sauce...both perfect! Don't miss this appetizer!

Fried Polenta

After taken the apprtizers, we had another flavorful soup - Chicken Clam Chowder. Rich creamy chicken and clams loaded with potatoes in the clams base soup. Another surprised for us! The finely chopped clams mixed well with the creamy chicken soup...I like it!

Chicken Clam Chowder

After a short break, the main courses started to presented on our table one-by-one...



The first was the Grilled Chicken Chop.

Grilled Chicken Chop

The plate of Grilled Chicken Chop served with the US Russet Potato Fries, Roasted vege and the homemade spicy black pepper sauce. The chicken was well marinated with the special seasoning, nice char with the herbs and succulent inside! And the homemade sauce played the big part of the dish, Delicious!

The homemade spicy black pepper sauce

The taste was nice and difficult to described by words, with the good combination of the char outer skin and the juicy chicken inside. You have to try this if you are a chicken chop lover.



Followed by the Cameralized Cheesy Cheese Bacon Burger.

Cameralized Cheesy Cheese Bacon Burger

The big size Burger served with the US Russet Potato Fries and corn. It was a total different experience on the burger! As for me, my experience with burgers only from the fast food restaurant and the Malay stall along the street...but this was totally new experience for me! The patty was well prepared and mixed well with the bacon, I like the moment when chewing on the char grilled bacon! Mr Ben told me before, they serve a varieties of nice burger. And my friend also noticed me that one of the very nice burger - Honey Glazed Burger which is off the menu too...

Excellent!

The bacon in the burger...

The Cheese, Bacon and the patty

Next, the Pan Fried Milked Fish.

Pan Fried Milked Fish

The butter fish dipped into their special seasoned and lightly flour patted, pan fried with the perfect timing. Served with mashed potatoes and roasted mixed vegetables.

Pan Fried Milked Fish

The fish was really juicy inside with the mouthful of butter flavor! Beside that, it went well with the spices outside and it was another delicious dish serve by Food Republique!



Texas Honey Glazed Australia Beef Ribs. This was the dish we were waiting for...

Texas Honey Glazed Australia Beef Ribs

The ribs served in about 600-700 grams, it's good for 2-3 persons. The ribs were grilled with the Texas sauce, tender inside and slightly sweet. You have to try the 2 different way which are...with and without the sauce. Some part of the ribs was dry because of its shape that the heat hardly reach to every part of it, but...it's time that you can compromise with the sauce...

This was also my first time trying on the beef ribs with Texas sauce, Marvelous!

It is a dish you cannot miss when visiting Food Republique in Taman Pelangi.

We will definitely be come back often to try their new dishes from the new menu. Do drop by if you just around the corner, you might fall in love with the dishes serve by Food Republique.

Food Republique

72, Jalan Kuning,

Taman Pelangi,

80400 Johor Bahru.

Tel : +607-3311718

https://www.facebook.com/foodrepublique

GPS Coordinates : N1.48435 E103.77502

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