Not just Pasta and Sausages...

This would be my first visit to the new shopping mall 'Jem'. Rather than walking around the shopping mall aimlessly, I was actually invited to a food tasting event at a 'European Restaurant'. And the following are the list of items that we have tasted that day. :D

'Roasted Pork Knuckle (Half)' served with Sauerkraut, Light Brown Sauce and Mashed Potato 'Pork Knuckle', a difficult delicacy to savour. So why is it a difficult delicacy? While trying out the 'Pork Knuckle' that different types of restaurants are offering, I find the part of cutting the extremely crispy skin to be the most annoying. Some of the 'Pork Knuckle' out there in the market are as hard as a rock and the dining experience could easily turn into an unpleasant one. As for the 'Pork Knuckle' over here, they have nicely sliced it up into small slices, which makes it much more easier to be shared among a group of friends. Although I find parts of the skin to be a bit too tough, but the meat is pretty tender and it goes well with all the side dishes.

'CurryWurst' Though it's known as 'CurryWurst', it's actually 'Bratwurst'(a type of German Sausage) topped with 'Curry Powder', 'Ketchup' and 'Onions'. The 'CurryWurst' were crispy on the outside and it's juicy, bouncy and tender on the inside. On top of that, the nice mixture between the taste of the 'Curry Powder' and the 'Sausage' is heavenly and it's worth a big (+). Fries wise, isn't something special, but you can dipped it in the sauce to enhance the taste of the fries even further.

'Chicken Corden Bleu' The breaded chicken breast meat are stuffed with smoked ham and cheese and it's added to a pool of mushroom cream sauce and 'Spatzle' + 'Purple Cabbage'. Probably the first 2 items are far more tasty and meaty than this dish, therefore I find the taste of this dish to be pretty ordinary. And it's the pool of delicious 'Mushroom Sauce' and the chewy ingredients that have gained my attention.

'Honey Ginger Chai Latte' Since this is suppose to be a mixture of 'Honey', 'Ginger' and 'Chai', I was hoping that there would be a mixture of both spicy and sweet taste. However, the end product seems to be neither here nor there and the taste seems to be pretty normal for a 'Chai Latte'.

'Ambush Paella' This dish comes with lots of seafood ingredients. There's 'White Clams', 'Mussels', 'Queen Scallop', 'Prawns', 'Sliced Bacon' and 'Sausages'. The rice itself ended up to be sticky but the taste of the ingredients have blend into the rice nicely. However, the portion is kinda small for an individual.

'Baby Scallop & Flying Fish Roe - Squid Ink Sauce' This is a plate of 'Black Coloured Pasta' topped with Japanese 'Hotate'(Scallop). Though the overall texture of the 'Pasta' is slightly a bit oily, but the overall taste is pretty interesting. In fact, there's a mix of butter and squid ink in every single bite, which is amazingly interesting. :P

'Char Grilled Lamb Saddle Steak' The chewy steak is pretty tender and it doesn't comes with the strong odour of 'Lamb'. However, probably I'm not so much into the 'Lamb', therefore I ended up spending more time savouring the vegetables and 'Mashed Potatoes' more than anything else.

'Crispy Chicken & Seaweed - Aglio Olio Ambush Style' Although the texture of the pasta is slightly a bit oily, but the taste and the crispy of the fried chicken is pretty good. When you have mix all the ingredients together, the nice mix of crunchy and chewy ingredients is a good combination. :P

'Poulet Roti' The specially marinated 'Chicken' not only tastes good, the succulent meat is a (+) too. But after giving numerous meaty dishes a try, I ended up spending more time digging into the vegetables, 'Mustard Mashed Potato' and the mushroom sauce. :P

'Schweinmedallion' Pan grilled slices of 'Pork' surrounded with a pool of 'Mushroom Sauce' and side dishes like 'Spatzle' and 'Purple Cabbage'. The texture of the meat is slightly a bit more dry and firm than the 'Pork Knuckle' and you probably need to add a bit of 'Mushroom Sauce' over it to enhance the taste of the meat further. Now it's time for some desserts...

'Molten Chocolate Brownie' A mix of both hot and cold ingredients. The hot chocolate brownie is topped with a scoop of 'Vanilla' ice cream.

'Tiramisu' This is a pretty innovative way to serve the 'Tiramisu'. You will be given a plate of breadcrumb sticks and you actually have to dip and scoop out the dessert yourself.

'Apple Crisp' Probably because I'm not a big fan of chocolate, therefore out of all the desserts that I have tried over here, I find the taste of this to be the best. It's a slice of apple pie topped with a scoop of 'Vanilla' ice cream and sweet 'Caramel' syrup.

'Chocolate Lava Souffle' The last item that we tried that day would be this. Though it's a 'Lava' cake, but there isn't a lot of 'Lava' flowing out of the cake when we slice it open.

So where can you give all these 'European Food' a try?

The name of this 'European Restaurant' would be 'Ambush'. The above shows the outlet located on level 4 of 'Jem'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  11:00 - 22:00 Daily

* Click here for the 'Facebook Page' of 'Ambush'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'Jem'.