Pepper Lunch @ Sunway Pyramid

Few years ago when I was in Singapore, I met up with a friend in Orchard Road. Even before arriving in Singapore, my friend had already told me about this fantastic restaurant that she couldn't wait to bring me to. She kept raving about how awesome the food was and how much she loved it.

Ah well, that place was called Pepper Lunch. When I first heard of the name, I thought to myself - Does this restaurant only serve lunch? Do they add pepper into all the food? What's so special about a place that only serves lunch with pepper? But little did I know that I was in for a surprise. Pepper Lunch is all about food served in a hot plate, and we as customers, get to grill our own food in the hot plate. I could still remember the portion was huge and the food was surprisingly good and tasty. And ever since I came back to Malaysia, I've not forgotten about this place.

Much to my delight, I spotted their outlet in Pavillion KL early this year. But due to time constraint, I never had the chance to visit them until they started opening a few other branches in Klang Valley. Finally, I managed to visit one of their branches opened in Sunway Pyramid.

Before I go on with my review, here's the thing. I had very high expectations for this place, BUT sadly, the experience here was nowhere near the experience that I had in Singapore. Reason? The portion was small yet the price was expensive. Even the presentation of the food was just average. I mean, to charge at such a price, shouldn't you be serving something up to par?

Initially, hubby ordered the Beef Pepper Rice + Bonus Meal, but they took down the wrong order and came with the Chicken Pepper Rice Set + Bonus Meal instead. Being the patient person that he always is, he said it was all right. We took a peek at the dish - it was just a few chunks of chicken pieces served with rice and topped with corns and spring onions. Seriously, they could have done a better job than this. Plus, it looked very different from the illustration in the menu.

Bonus Meal (ice cream) 

Then came my food - Smoking BBQ Chicken served with 7UP (set lunch). Hubby said my dish looked more appealing than his. But for me, it was just a simple hot plate of smoked chicken meat, egg, mashed potatoes, corns and long beans. Nothing much to shout about.

The bill came up to RM40.80.

I hate to say this, but I was kind of disappointed with the experience here and I wondered if this was the same Pepper Lunch as the one in Singapore. If they really want to draw in a huge crowd, they need to work on serving quality food in an appropriate portion at such price.

Pepper Lunch

Add: F1.05, Lv 1, Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall.