Blog Entry #2: Something fishy going on here? (The Manhattan Fish Market)

Greetings, my fellow food lovers! I am certain you must had been left with such an absolute feeling of delight after reading the first blog entry. Now moving on to our next stop …

On a typical hot Wednesday morning, a large group of Sunway college students were seen laughing giddily on the way walking through the canopy walk. It was in fact, me (Deniece) and my friends (Regina, Shan-Na, Ailyn, Vivienne, Shahnaz, Nirmala … I lost count) getting all hyped up to hunt down for food at Sunway Pyramid. Passer-bys gave us weird looks for being so loud and chatty. We were deeply sorry - but that’s exactly how HUNGRY PEOPLE are.

It took us long enough wandering around, staring blankly at the directory map till we finally stepped into pretty well-known Manhattan Fish Market. By the time we literally gawked at the waiter to get our tables combined for 12 of us, we were famished. *time for the hunger games everyone!*

At the end, we still sat separately at two tables (sadly). Because apparently a whole row of tables were already booked beforehand by some college … kids, pretty much the same age as us. Considered the rush of lunch time hasn’t exactly ticked off yet, the restaurant was already so heated up with crowds. Observing around the place, we saw that the seafood restaurant was definitely a local catch as it attracts people of all age and all races as well. The ambience of the place was casual and comfortable. It was well-lit, with bright and clear lighting, but at the same time had a cozy and homey feel to it.

Don't it just feels like - home sweet home?

Take #1: Woman In and Out of The Mirror ;)

Back to the food, we had such a hard time selecting our choice of food because we wanted to make the RIGHT decision so badly. Ah, we’re all the fickle-minded kind of human, picky and choosy when it comes down to something as important as filling up our stomach. There were in fact far too many delectable dishes to choose from the menu. The snapshots of the food were certainly enticing, attention-drawing and uniquely displayed, leaving the lot of us already full as a feast for the eyes.

But wait, don’t they always type in this tiny-weensy font below the menu – for illustration purpose only? Oh yeah …

Before that, I definitely must say the waiter that served us was very friendly! Seeing us as college students, he suggested us to go for either the student package or combo set which was at a more affordable price. We were all appealed to his ideal suggestion as there was no need to burn a large hole in our wallet!

And we shall begin with the appetizers and drinks first, monsieur. My table ordered the thirst quenching and all time favourite, ice honey lemon tea. And then as the usual starters we had a small bowl of creamy mushroom soup. It was indeed in a smaller portion, but still enough to satisfy our taste buds! Whereas for the other table, they ordered a variety of drinks and they had this amazing and scrumptious fried country mushrooms, which was gobbled up by everyone in split seconds. Each one of us only had a fair share of one or two pieces. Sadly. 

Soup of the Day: Creamy Mushroom Soup *oh boy!* 

Shahnaz and her fizzling cold drink, look at the light effects! 

Note: Yes or no to colouring-s my people?

 
The Chef Recommendation: Fried Country Mushrooms

Shahnaz and Vivienne both ordered Manhattan Baked Dory in Garden Herbs. The baked fillet sprinkled with herbs all over it was served with Garlic Herb Rice and gotten thumbs up from both of the girls. Other three of my friends, Bryan, Nic and Shan-Na went for a taste on Manhattan's favourite dish - Manhattan Fish 'n Chips. It was the restaurant's signature item and so of course, it was the best of all! Johanna and I had Cala Ala Olio, spaghetti and shrimps dusted with cilli flakes. But the girls rated - just okay. The one that took the longest to serve was Regina and Adelyn's Giant Fried Platter, because it was definitely a huge feast to prepare. Underneath the giant mix of fried fish nuggets, shrimps, calamari and fried country mushrooms was garlic herb rice, what a surprise it was when they saw it half way eating through the very crunchy dish.  

Shahnaz enjoying her Baked Dory in Garden Herbs.

Bryan having a bite of Manhattan's signature dish - Fish 'n Chips.

Johanna showing off her pasta before indulging into it.

The Giant Fried Platter that was definitely worth the wait! 

No doubt, most of us made the perfect and right choice of food! And take note we are not being bias here, but our tummies were SO satisfied and even yearned for more. Unfortunately, we were a little tight on our cash flow, therefore we resisted for the next time. (just wondering when would next time be ... ) 

You know what? Forget about for-illustration-purpose-only, these are for real people. Trust me - one bite was all it took.