Foodilicious Kitchen Spice Up
Western Cuisine!
Talk
about hidden good eats! We came across Foodilicious
Kitchen located at Komplex Anjung 7 Sek in Shah Alam with some foodie
buddies upon the invite from Lyssa and her family through Chris @PureGlutton. We were told that Foodilicious Kitchen’s signature 7
spices steaks and lamb chops were their specialties. Run by Lyssa and her
brother Azlan Hamzah, who is the chef, Foodilicious Kitchen is a no-frill
casual Western dining café housed in a shop lot food court in the complex.
The
Hamzah siblings have been in the food industry for quite a while. They started
the business as they really enjoy good and delicious food but couldn’t find a
place that serves the flavours they enjoy in Western fare. And so Lyssa and her
family came up with their own secret recipes to kick start their own place
which they named Foodilicious Kitchen.
Besides running the café, Lyssa also provides catering for private functions.
We
met up with Lyssa one Sunday together with other foodies in tow. Lyssa was
really bubbly and friendly and quickly settled us in while letting us know what
their signatures are. I am not going to paint a pretty picture for the ambience
as it is in an open air food court ambience but I will say that the food served
are honest, humble, affordable and delicious, especially their signatures. Foodilicious Kitchen has also garnered
quite a few good reviews in Tripadvisor
and also received a Pilihan TV3 Jalan Jalan Cari Makan as the number 1
restaurant in Shah Alam.
Drinks
are basic and if you order their Rose Sirap drink, its free and refillable.
Soft drinks are also available. Almost everything is cooked by Azlan himself.
Meats are marinade with their own secret recipes and sauces are cooked from
scratch.
The
menu is basically a three page easy to read one as it is filled with photos of
the dishes. Snacks, Steaks, Lamb Chops, Chicken, Seafood, Pasta and Dessert sum
up the menu. We started off with some snacks of Bolognese Nachos (RM7.90), Bolognese
Fries (RM7.90) and Shitake Mushroom
Soup (RM5.90).
I
really enjoyed their Bolognese sauce cooked from scratch by Azlan. The sauce
has a good depth of rich tomato cooked with beef mince. When smothered on
nachos or French fries and drizzled with cheese sauce, it’s practically a dish
that makes me want to keep munching on. The richness of the sauce has the right
balance of tangy, savory and sweet note, pairing well with the creamy cheddar
cheese sauce and salty nachos or fries.
Shitake Mushroom Soup was mediocre but the price is super
affordable so no complaints on this as it even come with a nice piece of Garlic
Bread.
It
took Lyssa and Azlan a while to perfect their secret marinade but they did it
after sessions running through their family with the guidance of their mother. Foodilicious Kitchen signatures using
their 7 spices recipe proof to be a hit with many and so the meat dishes all
uses this spice recipes before it its grilled or cooked.
We
tried their 7 Spices Striploin Steak
(RM20.90), 7 Spices Ribeye Steak
(RM24.90) and 7 Spices Lamb Chop
(RM25.90) since these were their signatures.
Both
7 Spices Striploin Steak and 7 Spices Ribeye Steak came with nicely
chargrilled marks and are served with black pepper sauce, homemade mashed potato with gravy and
homemade coleslaw. They tasted really flavorful with a nice hint of spices. If
you don’t let them know how you like your meat done, it would usually be well
done so make sure you prompt them when you order if you like your meat medium
pink like us. Based on the price for the dishes, I must say the steaks are very
decent for its value. Our steaks had a good juicy and meaty note and were
sufficiently tender. I enjoyed the steaks with the 7 spices and personally felt
they didn’t need the black pepper sauce that came with it on the side.
The
7 Spices Lamb Chop is super
scrumptious! Its Foodilicious Kitchen’s
best seller and I can see why. For only RM25.90, one gets two lamb cutlets that
are wonderfully grilled and seasoned. The secret spices gave the lamb a
beautiful savory sweetness with notes of smokiness. The lamb is tender and does
not have that gamey meaty smell like some lamb meat I have tasted. I also
enjoyed the lamb cutlets as it is without the sauce because I think the spice
marinade already created the right balance of flavours for the meat. The sides
are standard and decent.
If
you prefer pasta over the sides, then you might want to check out the Carbonara Combo Lamb Chop (RM25.80).
Combining the luscious creamy carbonara pasta cooked with chicken and mushrooms
and a piece of the 7 Spice Lamb Chop,
the dish is quite rich. The chef added some chili heat to the carbonara which
is nice as it added more flavours to counter the richness.
Chicken
lovers will be please with their Sizzling
Shitake Chicken (RM18.90), Spicy
Cajun Grilled Chicken (RM13.90) and BBQ
Grilled Chicken (RM13.90). Sizzling
Shitake Chicken resembles our usual chicken chop with mushroom brown gravy
but this one is set on a heated plate. It comes with mashed potato and coleslaw
and loads of brown gravy and sautéed mushrooms.
Spicy Cajun Grilled Chicken looked too charred but when we
tasted it, it was just the right. The spices on the chicken are aromatic and
moreish. The chicken breast was also very juicy. I prefer this dish over the
Sizzling Shitake Chicken as it is more flavourful with lots of Cajun spices to
give it extra oomph. The BBQ Grilled
Chicken also fared decent. Nicely cooked and juicy, the chicken fillet
comes with BBQ sauce, French fries and coleslaw.
Fish
is limited on the menu but there is the Grilled
Salmon (RM19.90) featuring a whole cutlet of salmon grilled and flavoured
with more herbs with the usual sidekicks. This one needed some gravy or sauce
in my books as it was a tad dry.
I
love a good rendition of Spicy Aglio
Olio (RM10.90). The version here had a good note of the intense garlicky
and spicy flavours with a robust breathe of wok. It makes a nice simple pasta
dish with chicken and mushroom.
Lyssa
makes her own dessert which is the Homemade
Brownies with Ice Cream (RM7.90). The brownie is decadently rich and
chocolatey with the pool of chocolate sauce. One can opt to have the brownie
plain or with ice cream or even go for a double piece of brownie. I’d say go
for the one with the ice cream.
Food here is one of
those simple street café Western food and for the price charged, I really think
its value-for-money. I like how Lyssa and her family try to put their own
marinade and twist in their menu. If you are ever in the Shah Alam area and is
looking for casual homemade Western food, you might want to check out Foodilicious Kitchen!
FOODILICIOUS
KITCHEN
Komplex Anjung 7 Sek
Shah Alam
Ground Floor Kompleks
Anjung 7,
Jalan Zirkon 7/B,
Seksyen 7,
Shah Alam
Tel: 017-641-9945
Website:
www.foodiliciouskitchen.blogspot.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/FoodiliciousKitchen
Business Hours:
Opens daily Mon to Sun
from 6pm-11pm
*Halal
Wow, generous Bolognese minced meat on the fries!
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