Delicious goes American

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I'm looking forward to this week, probably because so many things are happening at the moment. It's still a holiday for me (with the extended holiday from Labour Day) but not for the blog since I've been busy editing pictures for the coming week. For all the Delicious fans out there, the group has got America up their sleeve. Inspired by the inaugural issue of The Delicious Times - a quarterly publication available at all their stores they have gone Americano or more specifically New York!

A timely tribute to New York - home to the Sex and The City (SATC) gals as the sequel starts in cinemas from 3 June here. Can't wait as I love SATC! There's loads to read within the pages - food, fashion, tech and etc. Delicious seems to be churning these amazing publications that I can't help collecting. We were at Reunion last weekend and picked up their amazing Kuala Lumpur guide. Done in the easy flip-to-read style (similar to the Luxe Guides), it is pretty awesome to have a handy guide on where to eat, shop and chill out. What made it even amazing is that look was exactly my dream guidebook I've always wanted to come up with.


sweet beef ribs, clam chowder to warm the tummy

In conjunction with the launch of their quarterly read, Delicious has also launched an American diner menu and Magnolia Bakery inspired cupcakes. I guess they're envisioning gals all over KL sitting at Delicious cafes sharing those sugary treats just like the foursome from SATC.

cupcakes and chicken wings

We sampled a little of their American diner menu during the weekend. Kicking off with a soothing Manhattan clam chowder (RM18.90), this was excellent with the parmesan crisp. Unlike the creamy rich Boston version, this soup was more hearty with a clear tomato broth and came with loads of potatoes, carrots and clams (of course!). We weren't too enthusiastic about their spicy buffalo wings (RM14.90) probably because it was a little oily. Not very spicy as promised, the only saving grace of this dish was the rich and stinky (the stinkier the better) blue cheese dip. We loved the sweet and sticky spare ribs (RM59.90) - fork tender meat coated in a sweetish sauce. Eat it with the crispy fries and the refreshing coleslaw on the side for a wonderful meal.

On to the Magnolia Bakery inspired cupcakes (RM6.90 each) - there's a total of seven flavours to choose from. By the time, we got to the cafe we were a little too late to sample the red velvet with cream cheese and raspberry swirls as they had sold out. I guess that means I need to make a revisit to sample the red velvet. Instead we sampled the other flavours - chunky apple with butterscotch frosting, bananarama with white chocolate frosting, crazy carrot with cream cheese topping, devil dare with 7-minute icing, after eight chocolate with mint frosting and classic vanilla with strawberry frosting. Our favourites out of the lot, the chunky apple and crazy carrot ones. The chocolate ones definitely needed a little more tweaking as they were quite dry.

For more information on their menu offerings, follow their Facebook group. You can also pick up the latest news on the cafe. More pictures are available in my Flickr set.

Delicious Cafe

Bangsar Village II

Bangsar

Kuala Lumpur

(Also available in all the Delicious outlets. Cupcakes are available until 20 June.)

*Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here is entirely based on my personal tastebuds and may vary for others. This review is time sensitive; changes may occur to the place later on that can affect this opinion. The reviewer also declares that she has not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from this place for writing the review.