Friday, January 16, 2009

Food Gossip 7- Bubba Gump, Nathong Seafood, Fong Lye

1) Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

" Mama always said life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get".

The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurant and Market is a chain of seafood restaurants inspired by the 1994 film Forrest Gump. The restaurant is named after the movie’s main characters Benjamin Bufford “Bubba” Blue and Forrest Gump who talked about going into shrimping business.



In the movie Forrest Gump, Jenny (Forrest’s girlfriend) is shouting “Run Forrest Run” to Forrest Gump as he was being chased by a few bad kids and the quote “Stop Forrest Stop” based on the signs used to help Forrest when he played football at the University of Alabama.

In this restaurant, the red “Stop Forrest Stop” sign is used to signal that a table needs service and the blue “Run Forrest Run” means that all is well.




The menu consists mostly of shrimp dishes, but also other seafood, as well as Southern and Cajun cuisine.


Let’s move on to the food and what I ate at the restaurant. I started off with a garden salad, followed by th fish and chiops.

Lining the food was a piece of newspaper. If you look closer and you’ll see it’s actually a replica of GreenBow County Dispatch, a newpaper in GreenBow County, Alabama.

"That Chocolate Thing " - A special jar of warm flourless Chocolate Cake, topped with Vanilla Ice Cream and Whipped Cream, and drizzled with a Raspberry Sauce.




Bubba Gump Restaurant
Lot 145, 1st floor, Jalan PJU 7/3
The Curve, Mutiara Damansara
Tel: 03-77109862/63

2) Nathong Seafood Restaurant, Bangkok:
Great place! Great food! This restaurant offers a wide variety of fresh seafood.

There is a center stage whereby there will be a live performance to entertain the diners. Besides the al fresco dining, they have different function rooms to cater for private functions such as birthday party and wedding dinner.


Nathong is located at 569/1 Pracha -Utid Road, Sam Sennok, Huay Kwang.
After we ordered, the meal is served within 15 minutes. See, what i have ordered.







3) Fong Lye Taiwan Restaurant, The Garden:

Ten of us suggested to have dinner together. At the end, we have the dinner here but it's too bad as they can't allocate us with a big table for 10 persons after waited for about 20 mins. We have to split into 2 tables.




Dessert is always my top favourite. My buddy, Michael ordered this but i had tasted little, as i experienced stomach upset for the last few days. So i dare not take cold and spicy for the time being. But, what i need to say is -"i love it"!



Fiona ordered the chicken rice set. Where else, i ordered the deep fried prawn cake set.


This is one of the famous starter - deep friend potato balls.



This is my choice, but i can't manage to finish it.






There are always pack in this restaurant, mostly couples and youngsters in the restaurant. Must try!

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