If you are a frequent shopper at 1 Utama you would have seen Bar B.Q. Plaza‘s advertisement showing on the screens. Their funny and catchy advertisements never fail to make me stop to watch them.
Despite that, I have always been skeptical about Bar B.Q. Plaza. Maybe because their barbecue concept is very much similar to the Korean style, where you pan fry the meats on hot plates. And I for one, am not a fan of Korean BBQ. But let me just say in advance, I was so wrong lol.
Bar B.Q. Plaza is located at the Rainforest section so for me to find it was quite tricky because 1 Utama is still like a maze to me sometimes lol. But when you see that friendly dragon statue then you are sure to be at the correct place already.
We had the Deluxe Supreme set @ RM36.90 for 2 pax (with white rice), which was chosen because it had everything. The usual Supreme set only had meats but this had some seafood too. There are basically three types of meat here: pork, beef and chicken, all sliced into thin pieces. Also included are fish noodles, lots of cabbage and some processed food.
Actually there are some steps to follow at Bar B.Q. Plaza to ensure your meal is as good as it could be. I am not going to elaborate since they have a leaflet with the detailed instructions. But the first step is always to oil the hot plate with cubes of lard. Yes, LARD! Haha.
Then, clear chicken broth is poured at the side of the pan, which is for boiling the cabbage and other vegetables. So when the frying is in process, the flavors from the meats will not go to waste because all of them would end up in the simmering broth.
Some condiments provided for the barbecue are garlic, lime, cili padi and a bowl of their home-made vegetarian sauce, made mainly of peanut butter. I was skeptical again when I saw this. What? No chili sauce for dipping? Peanut butter? You must be kidding me, how can!?
And again I was wrong.. the vegetarian sauce, prepared and shipped all the way from Thailand was the perfect condiment to complement the barbecued meat. Simply tasty and appetizing.
The meats are fresh and from what I heard, the pork is sourced from Euro Deli so the quality is very much assured. Although the Deluxe Supreme set was enough for both of us, we couldn’t stop and had an extra portion of marinated chicken thigh @ RM6.90.
Overall, the meal turned out to be much much better than I have anticipated, something that I honestly did not expect. Although 1 Utama is huge, I always find their selection of restaurants to be either too expensive or at so-so standards. But Bar B.Q. Plaza is now one of my top choices for a fun and nice meal. Yep, frying is fun alright.
F338A, First Floor,
Rainforest (new wing), 1 Utama Shopping Centre.
Tel: 03-7727 8148
**10% service charge and 5% Govt Tax
haha, din’t expect you will blog about this lol.
yes its good, the soup is amazingly good to drink (although super limited)
make me miss it 99 liao
It’s quite famous in Thailand too I think, or at least Bangkok. Had it when I was there last time and it’s pretty good.
Yeah, it was famous in Bangkok. Now not so, for the novelty probably has run off.
Still, I had fun rubbing that piece of lard over the grill, and the fried rice as accompaniment was lovely.
It has been like, 5 yrs now? Wow, how time flies.
after reading your post, i feel like having it again! once had it twice. :)
Wow u’re such a noob at doing food blog…do we need you to introduce bbq plaza that already existed for years?
In that case then most of the restaurants or eateries in Malaysia do not require introduction. Simply because they have existed for years, some even more than 20 years. Right?
Go troll somewhere else.
Nice answer , VK.
I highly doubt BBQ plaza exists longer than , lets say hong kee porridge, sek yuan and such :p
BBQ plaza is actually a bit expensive which can cost more than RM20 per pax. and the portion of the vegetable is too much IMO and the meat is quite little…but the meat itself is damn nice, especially mixed with the peanut sauce..yummy!!
vkeong, if i may ask, does the bill includes Govt Tax and Service Tax?
hi M@Y, after including tax and service charge (plus the extra marinated chicken), the bill is about RM50.
i love this place too!!!! =)
I was born on this in the Tinggi BBQ Bukit’s service is poor, very disappointed!
the outlet bkt tinggi (p.i.c) mr andy low was not provide us gd service.when we request need something he ignore about it n show us unhappy face.the staff also same bad actitue.i felt so disappointed.we prefer like manager mr andy yap bcos he know what the customer need n like. i hope ur company looking for this case .pls training ur staff same as mr andy yap responsibled.
but the service in sunway pyramid outlet is quite good and fast, and our chinese tea is constantly being refilled.
the food is very good n nice,but staff service very bad
the green tea got some smell ah,only the service lah not good,
Not really like this. As i went there before….