It was another Saturday. After waking up to a breakfast of home-made roti john and doing some gardening and then lunch at a neighbourhood kopitiam, I sent my daughter to her monthly orthodontic follow-up appointment.
Then we decided to go to the Pavilion for jalan-jalan and dinner. Took a slow drive as my son was sleeping in the car.
Christmas decorations are aplenty at the Pavilion with Christmas trees, decorations, faux snow, santa sleigh & reindeer replicas, Santa clauses/santarinas/elves milling around the mall and department stores, Christmas carol performances and muzak, etc. One can't help feeling a little christmassy all over.
The hibiscus bowl fountain just outside Pavilion reminds me a little of London's Piccadilly Circus- lots of people lepakking around and posing for pictures. There are so many foreigners here speaking all sorts of languages, all enjoying the carnival-like atmosphere.So my family & I walked around, shopped and even sat and watched a performance of harmonica quartet performing mainly Christmas songs at the centre court of the mall. After that, we went to Bosphorus at Level 6, a Turkish Cuisine fine dining restaurant.
The decor was very pleasant- modern with touches of Turkish design elements/decor items with a predominating blue colour scheme. We were given a table in the centre of the restaurant.
Before taking our orders, we were shown a tray of appetisers that were available. This was very helpful to us who were relatively new to Turkish cuisine. Then the orders were taken.
The appetisers came with a complimentary bowl of turkish bread.
These were what we ordered:
Coban Salata (Shepherd's Salad) - a salad dish of greens, olives, feta cheese in a tangy olive oil dressing with herbs (chopped coriander?). This was really nice and refreshing.
Lahmacun (Turkish pizza) - mini pizza pieces with spiced mince meat served with a mildly hot salsa-like chili/tomato/onion/parsley dip. This was also very nice.
Patlican Salata (Eggplant salad) . Grilled eggplant with tomatoes and grilled green chilies with a yoghurty sauce. This is also very nice.
Karisik Izgara (Mix Grill for 2 persons). Consists of grilled chicken, grilled beef, lamb kebab, chicken kebab, salad, grilled chilies, grilled tomatoes, 2 bowls of yoghurt dip and 2 portions of rice. This is really good plus you get to sample of a lot of things on the restaurant's menu.
Kekikli Tavuk Budu Izgara (Grilled chicken drumsticks). Described on the menu as "off the bone, grilled with fresh oregano and served with tomato, chillies, and eggplant sauce". This was really nice as well.
Baklava- the ubiquitous Middle Eastern/Mediterranean/Turkish/what-have-you dessert. This was really one of the nicest I have ever tasted where the baklava is nutty and not too sweet and the milk sauce really complemented it very well.
Kunefe with cheese. A dessert with a pistachio centre with a ring of fine noodles which is fried and served with a sweet milky sauce and cinnamon powder. This is really, really good. A must-try should you ever come to this place!
After dark, the Christmas trees and decorations outside the mall lit up and attracted lots of people.
See the faint white dots? That's snow (fake snow, actually - small bits of soapy foam)! Kids (and adults) got really excited about the whole thing!
I like this Santa's sleigh and reindeers lighted decoration thingy.
Coban Salata (Shepherd's Salad) - a salad dish of greens, olives, feta cheese in a tangy olive oil dressing with herbs (chopped coriander?). This was really nice and refreshing.
Lahmacun (Turkish pizza) - mini pizza pieces with spiced mince meat served with a mildly hot salsa-like chili/tomato/onion/parsley dip. This was also very nice.
Patlican Salata (Eggplant salad) . Grilled eggplant with tomatoes and grilled green chilies with a yoghurty sauce. This is also very nice.Next - the main course!
Karisik Izgara (Mix Grill for 2 persons). Consists of grilled chicken, grilled beef, lamb kebab, chicken kebab, salad, grilled chilies, grilled tomatoes, 2 bowls of yoghurt dip and 2 portions of rice. This is really good plus you get to sample of a lot of things on the restaurant's menu.
Kekikli Tavuk Budu Izgara (Grilled chicken drumsticks). Described on the menu as "off the bone, grilled with fresh oregano and served with tomato, chillies, and eggplant sauce". This was really nice as well.Then, comes the desserts!
Baklava- the ubiquitous Middle Eastern/Mediterranean/Turkish/what-have-you dessert. This was really one of the nicest I have ever tasted where the baklava is nutty and not too sweet and the milk sauce really complemented it very well.
Kunefe with cheese. A dessert with a pistachio centre with a ring of fine noodles which is fried and served with a sweet milky sauce and cinnamon powder. This is really, really good. A must-try should you ever come to this place!Overall, a very nice dining experience with nothing to complain about. Actually the main reason we came to this restaurant was that my wife got a RM100 voucher for this restaurant when she purchased some jewelry at KM Oli in Bangsar Shopping Centre about a month back.
It was a good thing we had the voucher as the prices of the items here are on the steep side (as with most restaurants this side of the Pavilion mall, I gather). Still, it was money well spent.
After dark, the Christmas trees and decorations outside the mall lit up and attracted lots of people.
See the faint white dots? That's snow (fake snow, actually - small bits of soapy foam)! Kids (and adults) got really excited about the whole thing! 
I like this Santa's sleigh and reindeers lighted decoration thingy.We went home around 9pm.
Ciao!
Amir Fuad.
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