I had the opportunity to dine at Deluxcious for both lunch and dinner recently. If you are the type of mom who brings your toddler almost everywhere you go, I’m sure you will agree with me that you tend to forgo the nice restaurants, where glassware instead of plastic ware are used to serve the customers. Anyways, I was in a “set lunch” mood that particular day, so I took my mom and Rachel there. I’m happy to report that Rachel has given the restaurant her blessings – meaning no tantrums, no loud noises, but instead, she played quiet games and enjoy being entertained by the staff and other customers. She did play with the Coffeemate and sugar packets, and proceeded to throw them all onto the floor, but at the end of the meal, we made her pick up all the stuff she threw and put them back on the table (something that I insist on doing to let her know that she cannot simply throw things for others to pick up).
Our lunch order – we both took the RM20.90++ set each
Starters: soup-of-the-day for my mom (cauliflower) and salad for me. My mom didn’t really enjoyed the soup (she said it tasted funny), but I did, and so we exchanged starters.
Main course: I recommended the linguini with mushrooms and ginger cream as base to my mom, and I tried a chicken dish. I don’t remember the name now, but there was wasabi sauce. I loved the chicken dish! Unfortunately, so did my mom, so we split half and half.
Dessert: Lime sorbet. The waitress asked Rachel if she wanted ice cream and Rachel declared “No!” (this is always her first answer to all questions). I did not correct her because I didn’t want her to eat ice cream. When our sorbet arrived, I offered her a little bit. At first she cringed – not sure if it was due to the coldness or the sour taste. Later she requested more and more, we had to quickly finish ours too. We: No more (with hand gestures). Rachel: No more (following our hand gestures).
A week later, I was so stressed out at work, that Rueben suggested we have a nice dinner together. Usually if we were to go on a date, we wouldn’t bring Rachel along. This time we decided to try the 2-plus-1 thing. And since I was curious about Rachel’s behavior during lunch there, I suggested Deluxcious again. The setting for dinner was even more elegant and q-u-i-e-t. The place was dimly lit, wine glasses were laid on the tables, people talking in hushed voices … I was feeling kind of nervous. Will Rachel be able to repeat her feat of being the angelic toddler that other customers (and staff) approve of? Thankfully, she did it again! Throughout dinner, she mostly enjoyed herself eating/playing with the bread, listening to her “radio” and singing to herself. She also earned herself a free ice cream, which, to our horror, arrived in a glass! Rueben and I took turns feeding her – Rueben fed big spoonfuls so she really enjoyed that. I fed a much smaller bit, so at times she had to stare really hard to make sure there were indeed ice creams on the spoon.
Our lunch order – we both took the RM20.90++ set each
Starters: soup-of-the-day for my mom (cauliflower) and salad for me. My mom didn’t really enjoyed the soup (she said it tasted funny), but I did, and so we exchanged starters.
Main course: I recommended the linguini with mushrooms and ginger cream as base to my mom, and I tried a chicken dish. I don’t remember the name now, but there was wasabi sauce. I loved the chicken dish! Unfortunately, so did my mom, so we split half and half.
Dessert: Lime sorbet. The waitress asked Rachel if she wanted ice cream and Rachel declared “No!” (this is always her first answer to all questions). I did not correct her because I didn’t want her to eat ice cream. When our sorbet arrived, I offered her a little bit. At first she cringed – not sure if it was due to the coldness or the sour taste. Later she requested more and more, we had to quickly finish ours too. We: No more (with hand gestures). Rachel: No more (following our hand gestures).
A week later, I was so stressed out at work, that Rueben suggested we have a nice dinner together. Usually if we were to go on a date, we wouldn’t bring Rachel along. This time we decided to try the 2-plus-1 thing. And since I was curious about Rachel’s behavior during lunch there, I suggested Deluxcious again. The setting for dinner was even more elegant and q-u-i-e-t. The place was dimly lit, wine glasses were laid on the tables, people talking in hushed voices … I was feeling kind of nervous. Will Rachel be able to repeat her feat of being the angelic toddler that other customers (and staff) approve of? Thankfully, she did it again! Throughout dinner, she mostly enjoyed herself eating/playing with the bread, listening to her “radio” and singing to herself. She also earned herself a free ice cream, which, to our horror, arrived in a glass! Rueben and I took turns feeding her – Rueben fed big spoonfuls so she really enjoyed that. I fed a much smaller bit, so at times she had to stare really hard to make sure there were indeed ice creams on the spoon.
Our dinner order – we both took the RM30++ set each
Starters: both soup (carrot) and salad were served. The carrot soup was good, and even Rueben enjoyed it very much. Slices of smoked salmon were added into the salad (the lunch set did not have salmon).
Main course: Rueben had a chicken dish – I did not try it, therefore could not comment. Mine was lamb with red miso. It was really good! Rueben, who normally detested miso stuff, also said it wasn’t bad. I usually eat lamb with mint sauce, but this is nice too. My only (slight) grumble was the lamb was served on a bed of salad … I thought I just had salad. Seriously, salad + salad = too much of the same kind of green.Dessert: Rachel’s ice cream arrived at the same time as our coffee and tea, so we thought that was it. I asked for the bill, only to be informed that the desserts were still in the making (something about freshly baked), so we waited while being entertained with a live performance. I’m not sure if this is for every dinner, or every Friday, or every weekend. Their performance is not bad. Finally the dessert arrived, and … what a great smell! It’s a little piece of cake(?) served with ice cream on the side. Mix the cold ice cream and the toasty-warm cake and you have yourself a wonderful end to a lovely dinner.
Starters: both soup (carrot) and salad were served. The carrot soup was good, and even Rueben enjoyed it very much. Slices of smoked salmon were added into the salad (the lunch set did not have salmon).
Main course: Rueben had a chicken dish – I did not try it, therefore could not comment. Mine was lamb with red miso. It was really good! Rueben, who normally detested miso stuff, also said it wasn’t bad. I usually eat lamb with mint sauce, but this is nice too. My only (slight) grumble was the lamb was served on a bed of salad … I thought I just had salad. Seriously, salad + salad = too much of the same kind of green.Dessert: Rachel’s ice cream arrived at the same time as our coffee and tea, so we thought that was it. I asked for the bill, only to be informed that the desserts were still in the making (something about freshly baked), so we waited while being entertained with a live performance. I’m not sure if this is for every dinner, or every Friday, or every weekend. Their performance is not bad. Finally the dessert arrived, and … what a great smell! It’s a little piece of cake(?) served with ice cream on the side. Mix the cold ice cream and the toasty-warm cake and you have yourself a wonderful end to a lovely dinner.
Rachel's stamp of approval
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