Had a quiet evening out at The Curve (yes, I seem to be there a lot!). Decided to have something quick and light, so I headed over to O’Briens Irish Sandwich Bar and ordered a “wrappo” and a drink.
They now have three different types of wrappos — plain, wholemeal and spinach. I decided to try the last option since I’ve never had it before. A wrappo is basically a glorified popiah. I had a Hummus Wrappo (RM 11.00), and well, it is a glorified price for a simple snack, isn’t it?
Somehow, they weren’t as generous with the fillings as they usually are at O’Briens. Today’s wrappo was a little under-stuffed and they skimped on the potato chips too! The green-coloured tortilla tasted like a regular tortilla — nothing spinachy about it. It was wrapped around some lettuce, bell pepper, sun-dried tomatoes, and a very, very thin smattering of hummus (pureed chickpea, also spelled houmous). There was so little hummus that I didn’t actually taste it till my third bite!
Stingy portions aside, it was a light dinner that went down well — simple flavours to keep the palate happy. And I thoroughly enjoyed the freshly-prepared concoction of Apple, Carrot and Ginger, which the people at O’Briens call a “detox” drink. The ginger gave a nice zing to the natural sweetness of the apple and carrot juices. Very refreshing!
Decided to give myself a little treat for dessert, so I dropped by The Apartment on the way back and picked up some cuppacakes®. Yes, more cupcakes! These were slightly smaller than those from the other cupcake place I visited earlier this week and slightly cheaper (RM 4.00 each). The cake is also denser — think homemade buttercake. The cake base is essentially the same (with the addition of chocolate chips for some flavours). Only the frostings and toppings change.
Tried the Royal Vanilla©, Orange Choc Chip, Mint Choc Chip and Strawberry Dream©. The frosting was a lot less sweet than the other cupcake place. I enjoyed the dense buttercake — both with and without the choc chips. The orange choc chip is my current personal favourite because I’m a sucker for anything that combines chocolate with orange! Plus, they were very generous with the yummy chocolate frosting on the orange choc chip — it was about 1cm thick!
Only complaints … There wasn’t much strawberry flavour in the strawberry frosting and a little too much mint essence in the mint frosting. Besides that, I think it’s safe to say that I’m well on my way to becoming a cuppacakes® fan. Won’t you join me? Ha ha!
O’Briens Irish Sandwich Bar
Lot G79, Ground Floor, The Curve
Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Tel: 03-7727 2181
Open: Mon-Thu 8am-11pm, Fri-Sun 8am-1am
cuppacakes® by + wondermilk
Tel: 019-387 4107 or 019-369 9102
Open: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
Visit: cuppacakes.blogspot.com
17 April 2008 at 3:33 pm |
Haha, the cupcakes’ frosting look…Err..Too sugary to me. A bit over Ang-Moh…Dunno my sweet tooth can take it or not =p
29 June 2008 at 11:05 pm |
I’m glad you’re you have few complaints of O’Briens. Everytime I go there it’s a new saga. The last time being the worst, the girl didnt clean the knife before spreading the hummus and I got a wrappo filled with fish, well my Dad enjoyed it, I was left hungry and with one less O’Briens I will go to.