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There aren’t many restaurant that serves Western Pork meals and I gotten the opportunity to taste one at Solaris Dutamas.Ante Bar And Kitchen which is located at A2-G1-09, Solaris Dutamas, Sri Hartamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, well a catchy name but soon I found out that it is a term used in the game of Poker. In fact, the original idea for this restaurant was to have a concept of Poker theme where patrons can come and enjoy a game or two on Poker while relishing the nice food and drinks, but unfort

Eating Pork Knuckle always leaves me a strong guilty feeling as the cholesterol level will hit the roof. To me, this dish is a hard to resist dish and although feeling guilty, this is a must try and eat dish.There are many variations of Pork Knuckle serve in many restaurants. Firstly there is the salty German version, which is the most famous type serves in most places, the Chinese version either serves in butter sauce, deep fried version or roast. I have the luxury of tasting the fourth one tod

Cooking a perfect steak especially Pork Steak is very challenging. First of all, it will how the chef will marinate the steak for a period of time. For some, they will not be bothering about marinating it and will have to depend on the sauce that accompanies to flavour the steak. Here, the chef had taken the time to marinate the meat prior to grilling it. Moreover the meat choice used by the chef was excellent as it chooses the meat with a layer of fats that makes it succulent when grilled. We a

The Pork Ribs was very well marinated and it was cooked to a soft texture before it is sent to the charcoal grill. The use of the piglet ribs is much better as the meat is more tender and easier to cook and grill. The in house BBQ sauce was a perfect combination to the juicy ribs which makes it very flavourful and tasty. The serving is a full rack ribs and this is ideal as dish to share with your friends and companion but I understand that there are customers who can eat the whole plate by onese

When it comes to Roasted pork – the Chinese version is always my benchmark. I am a great fan of “Siew Pai” – Roast Pork Belly. Benchmark of a perfect Roast Pork Belly is a real crisp with the right amount of salt infused marinate. Chef of this “Siew Pai” spent a great deal of time to poke the Pork Belly skin with a special nail type of hammer to poke whole so that when it is grill the heat will penetrate and make the skin very crispy and crunchy. Moreover this method will extract out the fats la

Crispy Pork Knuckle - RM78The portion for this dish is certainly meant for sharing. Juicy and surprisingly soft pork, oven-baked to produce a crisp layer of skin. I was instantly hooked after the first bite, although I managed to only have one since everyone was wrestling to have more.The Hoggers Pork Ribs - RM75Undeniable, a mouth-watering dish that got all of us craving for more. I liked that the meat can be easilly cut/peeled off from the bones - it makes eating so much easier since I never w

Vegetarian Pizza (top) and Bacon Chorizo (bottom) - RM27 eachUnlike the usual pizzas which are served circularly, Ante's was a surprising take since theirs were pretty flat and shaped in a long rectangulared piece. The significant point of the pizzas were the homemade crusts, which were thinly crusted to minimize the amount of satiation you'd feel after gobbling many slices of pizzas. Both pizzas are originating from the same recipe with the exact tomato base. Of course, the vegetarian one, do n

Enoki Bacon Skewers - RM26Main highlight of the day lol. I recall having a similar dish like this in Thailand but so far Ante is the first to present this back to me here in Malaysia. Enoki mushrooms are cooked and wrapped with juicy, thick bacon as well as pork slices, marinated and deliciously tasting like Teriyaki sauce. It tastes even better when it's dipped in the egg yolk gravy! I could eat this endlessly, although having to pay RM26 for 5 sticks may seem a bit on the high side for me.

Brocolli (top left), Pumpkin (top right)Tomato (bottom left) and Mushroom (bottom right)My favorite is actually the pumpkin soup!! Everyone agreed so as well, including the boyfriend who loathes pumpkin. The creamy texture with the added rich flavor of the pumpkin was like heaven to my mouth ≧(´▽｀)≦ The reason why the pumpkin's flavor was so evident in the soup was probably due to the fact that they roasted the pumpkins first before boiling them. The mushroom soup comes second on my list. Grinde

Passionfruit Mojito (left) and Rosie's Lychee Fizz (Right)Banananilla (left) and Shiley's Temple (right)All mocktails are priced at RM12 each. For a first-timer like me, I actually took a daring try of the Banananilla and instantly regretted so. It wasn't bad, but it tasted oddly weird to fit in, what with the combination of banana, vanilla cream and soda while the fizziness of the soda just made the Banananilla somehow similar to alchohol champagne. But it's still kinda weird though haha.

ante sells some cakes for desserti don't think they make them therethe chocolate cake is very rich and sinfulbut what i like about this cake is the toppings of roasted and caramelized almondsthe cake itself is smooth and fluffly but when paired with the almonds they provide you the extra sweetness and crunchiness that makes this cake so uniquea slice costs almost Rm10 with tax

this bread and butter pudding was on the house because it was my friends birthdaythe bread was toasted until the edges became crisps.the bread had several layers and on top sits a big scoop of vanilla ice creami wonder where they got such a huge spooncinnamon powder is sprinkled on top of the ice cream to give it an aromatic fragrance and some added flavorthis is a good dessert to complete your porky meal

ragu means minced meat if i am not mistakenin italy its actually minced liver saucebut here in malaysia, we are not so welcoming of liver and other internal organs which we deem dirty and unhealthyso ante has turned it into minced meatbeware those non beef eaters because the minced meat is mixed pork and beefit's tasty in a tomato paste and it's garnish with a piece of fresh basil leaf before it is served

the mushroom soup at ante is a very hearty soupi just wished they would serve it with some bread even better if the bread is refillable like in italianies there are no chunks of mushrooms in this soupall of the mushrooms has been blend and purree till the consistency of the soup is smooth it is garnished with a piece of parsley leaf before servingand deep fried croutons on the side

ante's pork burger is no ordinary burgerit comes with a side of salad which is neatly tucked into a small bowl that has a handleit also comes with home made wedges and not those you defrost out of a bag and deep fry itthe pork burger had a thick patty and few slices of pork baconon top if the patty was a sunny side up egg with the yolk still wriggling the burger bread was slightly sweet with raisins baked into it