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Tony Roma’s @ CineLeisure

My sis-in-law TA took us out for lunch at Tony Roma’s (TR’s) during a recent weekend.  The last time when we went to TR’s Cineleisure located at Mutiara Damansara, the place was fully booked and we (or rather our stomachs) didn’t have the patience to wait for our turn to be seated.  Since then, EL had been hankering to go there and his gastronomic dream finally came true, haha!  

I noticed that generally steakhouses have woodsy interiors; possibly to convey an unpretentious and down-to-earth ambience (well, it’s quite difficult to act high and mighty when you’re chomping down on a slab of red meat, hehe).  The interior design at TR’s had a nice blend of modern and rustic; even the brickworks are just facades concealing the concrete and wooden walls behind.  Black and white picture frames lined the walls.  TR’s does not have its own washroom which could be inconvenient when you want to wash up after eating with your fingers.    

 We were served complimentary baguettes with garlic butter spread:

The 2 bread pieces which were conveniently cut into slices were warm, soft and fluffy.  The garlic butter scoop on the side was tasty although I would have preferred a more pungent garlicky taste.

Our Bottomless Beverages (models not included, hehe!).  I wondered why the waiter gave EL a smaller glass than the rest of us though

Next up was a humongous Tony’s Sampler for starters:

The platter consisted of buffalo wings, onion loaf, potato skins and raw vegetable sticks with 3 different types of dipping sauce.  I LOVE the celery sticks because I can ‘psycho’ myself that I am eating healthily while dipping them into the fattening but delicious sauces, haha!   The buffalo (i.e. chicken) wings were spicy and a tad too salty for my liking.  As for the onion loaf which consisted of onion rings breaded and deep-fried, it’s best to eat when still piping hot as the onions rings became soggy after a while.  The potato skins topped with bacon and chives were okay; I still prefer the ones in Jack’s Place.   

 

Our waitress recommended one of the new items on the menu, Wagyu Beef Steak:

 

Ooh-la-la, this steak dish is THE BOMB!   Haha…seriously, it was the highlight of lunch for me.  Served with steamed broccoli florets and baked potatoes with sour cream, bacon and chives, the super-expensive piece of meat was cooked to medium rare perfection thanks to the suggestion of our red meat expert TA as the meat gets tougher the longer it’s cooked.  The taste is truly indescribable; so tender, flavourful and juicy without any sauce to mar its exquisiteness.  Since then, I have been dreaming of eating Wagyu beef (yes, yes, continue to dream on, right?).  Even while writing this piece and looking at the pictures of the glistening meat, my mouth starts to salivate like Pavlov’s Dog, haha!       

Our second main dish was TR’s Bountiful Beef Ribs: 

The beef ribs were basted in TR’s original sauce and we felt like The Flintstones while gnawing on the meat!   You can choose from 6 types of TR’s in-house sauces (aiyah, can’t remember the names of the sauces as we forgot to snap a picture) to go with the ribs.  I personally prefer without any sauce as the beef ribs had a lovely smoky, slightly spicy and sweet flavour of its own.  TA and E commented that the coleslaw was nice; I could see that it striked a right balance of being not too dry while not drowning in mayonnaise. 

The last main dish was Roma Burger:

By this time, all of us were stuffed to the brim.  We decided to doggy bag-ed this burger of chunky beef patty served with french fries, Cheddar cheese (can you see the cheese oozing out of the burger?), shredded lettuce, tomato, red onions and pickles.  Even after heating the burger up in the microwave oven for dinner, the burger tasted pretty yummy, so you can imagine how delicious it will be if we had eaten there and then in the restaurant!

Erm, maybe our stomachs were not too full for dessert, hehe

TR’s Chocolate Avalanche comes with a piece of moist chocolate cake and a huge scoop of vanilla ice-cream topped with hot chocolate fudge and Heath Bar crumbles.  My verdict is ‘have chocolate, will work’, haha!  

TR’s is a great dining place for family and friends as you can share the huge portions amongst yourselves.  If you are one of those who survive on raw vegetables and water, do avoid this place as you will be in a food hell! (and why should you be torturing yourself with rabbit food in the first place?)

Thanks a bunch TA for the lovely ‘mucho meat-os’ and burp-a-licious lunch!

 

Restaurant details:

Tony Roma’s CineLeisure,

G29(II), G-32 and G-33,

Ground Floor, Mutiara Damansara,

47800 Petaling Jaya,

Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Tel No.: 603 – 7728 7833

Website: www.tonyromas.com