Secret garden…

I bought this book for my daughter when she was much younger…

…but this post has got nothing to do with the book. There is this place in town that is pretty new – the Secret Garden Grill…

…and despite the name, it has got nothing to do with the book either…nor that Australian band with the same name. Oops! That’s Savage Garden!

There used to be a dim sum place at that particular location – in the morning, at least…and a Chinese restaurant the rest of the day. We did go and try the dim sum once but were not impressed, so we never went back again.

This new place is pretty nice – big and has several sections depending on whether you prefer to dine indoors or outside. Since it opened, it has been getting pretty good reviews from people who have been there…except for a few who complained that there were a lot of mosquitoes…and indeed, there were!.

This is the bar/counter…

…and the decor inside is somewhat unique…

This partition reminds me of the children’s song – “Six green bottles”…

…but I do wish they would do away with those kopitiam-style table numbers…

For a place like this, they should at least have some more stylish engraved little blocks of wood placed strategically on the tables or perhaps, some brass or copper tags instead. But of course, what matters most would be the food, that goes beyond saying.

The guy who served us claimed that people who had eaten their burgers commented that they would never have burgers elsewhere ever again, so my daughter ordered their double cheese to try…

…and true enough, it was really great! Their thick own-made beef patties, not the frozen ones, are really to die for!

It’s not cheap though – RM16.90 but they sell burgers at more or less the same price at the Burger King outlet at KLIA and this one is heaps nicer! Real value for money!

I heard that their baked rice (RM12.90) was also nice, so I ordered the seafood one…

…but if you want my honest opinion, it tasted like…rice…

I did not really enjoy it and if I were to go there again, I certainly would want a burger – no second thoughts about it! Take my word for it, it was THAT good!