It had been a while since I reviewed anything in my own hometown of Kampar. Although there are many new eating joints that were mushrooming here, especially in the New Town area, I just find them too mediocre for any mention. Most of them just cater to feed the student with decent food. Of course, there are some newly niche restaurant such as the new boutiques restaurant or specialties restaurant here and there, but the food is just as average as others. The other reason why I am not keen to review them is that they do not last as long. Everytime I "ronda-ronda" around the area, there are bound to be new restaurant and some old ones closing down. But once in a while, there are some that are worth to be mentioned.
Mosel Western and Fusion Cuisine is located in New Town, in the row of shops opposite Each A Cup. Just locate the Grand Kampar Hotel; in the same row locate Vegas ( which is another notable western restaurant) and just look for the small road across Vegas. This is a small, one shop lot size restaurant which may not be very outstanding from outside. Inside, the deco is leaning towards boutique style and minimalist. A few photos frame depicting Marilyn Monroe lift the mood of the simple grey-black colour scheme. The service is attentive, and eating here is rather comfortable with adequate privacy,especially sitting among the high bench.
The menu, is rather western than fusion. The usual chicken chop, pasta and the fusion is referring to the local rice noodle delicacies. It did sound like any cafe style of offering, but the options of the western dishes is notably more, though not as extensive as other western restaurant (eg Vegas). Lyn and me ordered the set menu of the day. The cheezy chicken chop is served with lemon tea and soup of the day (RM16.90) while my carbonara spaghetti is served with tandoori chicken salad (RM13.90). As expected from the student area, this is considerably reasonably priced. I must say that the effort for the food and drinks is impressive. The lemon tea is made on their own (with tea bags and slice of lemon) instead of the ready made ones. The tomato soup is also cooked in their kitchen with other vegetables rather than the creamy soup-in-a-tin/ packet. The soup is rather good, leaning towards oriental style, which may not be everyone's favourite. The tandoori chicken salad is served with few slice of tandoori chicken. The simple dressing is just nice, with or without the chicken. This is a small starter anyway, do expect only a few slice of chicken. Nicely done, I must say. With the impressive first impression, the main dishes fall short of expectations. Not to say they are bad, they are just fairly average. The presentation of the dishes, on the other hand, is really really impressive, with impression of fine dining. I must respect the cook who arrange the vegetable side dishes, to cut the pea into shapes. The cheezy chicken chop is nice, but the gravy overshadow the cheese, making it into an ordinary grill chicken chop. The taste of the carbonara, on the other hand, is rather good. However, the amount and consistency of the cream of the dish felt more like soup. Carbonara is a very filling dish, and with so much cream, it could turn a good dish into a bloated offering.
Even with all the critiques, I can feel the effort that the cook place into their food. I enjoy eating here although the few food that I sample is fairly averagely nice (not exceptionally good), I would definitely return to try the other dishes.ratings: 3 poink~!
comments: compare to the other average offering in the area, this is definitely one good restaurant. Just that whenever I eat the moderately price western, I would tend to compare it with Hot Jack which is very impressive to me.
Mosel Western and Fusion Cuisine
2364, Jalan Hala Timah 3
Taman Bandar Baru
Kampar
1130-2190 (Off thurs)
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