The hors d’oeuvres known as devils on horseback (bacon-wrapped dates) and pigs in blanket (cocktail franks in puff pastry) never fail to make me chuckle. I mean, aren’t those names just so cute? Well to tell you the truth, the devils on horseback is the reason I keep coming back to Cristang. Their version is crispy fried bacon-wrapped asparagus. Nice!

There was recently a blogging frenzy on this place and we decided to let it ride for awhile. However, since there didn’t seem to be any letting up on the Cristang Wave , we decided to ride the tide .. and here is our post.

Otak-otak – not the conventional otak-otak as this one is crumbly and gritty as opposed to soft and mushy. Flavour wise – delicious and goes perfect with the crackers. Don’t forget to order your wine by the glass or a huge pot of sangria, like we did. You cannot go wrong with wine. It was priced at something ridiculously cheap like RM18 for an extremely huge glass. The sangria however, left a lot to be desired. Not my cup of tea.

The Nasi Lemak Goreng  here at Cristang resembles fried rice. It comes with Chinese sausages (lap cheong), bacon bits and a nice crispy fried egg on top. It actually looks and taste a little like tomato fried rice to me.. with spice!

The laksa – This was a real winner. Spicy, sourish and full of spices and herbs. This dish I would order again without any qualms.

The P7 – rather difficult to photograph (but I am sure hairyberry would beg to differ).. but really the highest ranking burger on the menu at Cristang. Wait a minute.. it’s so high ranking it’s not even on the menu! Go figure. An excellent burger treat that has in it, all the sinful pleasures that a pork patty, bacon slices, minced pork, and petai could possibly possess.  Mind-blowing. I heard that there is recently a P8..? wait.. a P9? Not sure.. but I think the burgers just keep getting bigger and better!

Top that off with butter cake fried in butter and add a dollop of high fat ice-cream and just call it a day.

Cristang. Have you had your pork fix yet..?

Read about why this place is also these two blogger’s favourites here and here.

This place is massive! Where do we start…

After taking one look at the crowded inside of WIP, we decided to take a table outside.

9pm on a Sunday and this place is thriving. Maybe it’s because it’s fairly new.. maybe because the owners of WIP are also the owners of Soul-out.. and thus have a reputation of having the midas touch.. whatever it is, the proof of the pudding is in the eating .. so… less talk.. let’s eat !

Our friendly waitress … soooo adorable! this place is already starting to take on a HIGH CLASS soul-out feel… hmmm… its makes the anticipation of good food all the more ACUTE. Bring it on

The Sang Har mien, priced at RM33 … i couldn’t wait to sink my teeth in it! It looked really really good!

2 mouthfuls later…. hmmmm…

…..

… what can i say…. I was pretty disappointed
it tasted BLAND and the prawns were over-cooked and soft as mush.

At RM33? Man, i was not impressed…

Things didn’t improve as the night progressed… The pizza was so-so and nothing to rave about. Not enough fresh tomato base. Totally average.

Finally we looked to the ice kacang to redeem the night. No such luck… It was like eating iced syrup at best.. and lacked that round, rich, creamy condense milk texture that i crave in any decent ice kacang.

Oh well, been there, done that… not likely to buy the Tshirt ;P

Food:3/10
Price:overpriced
Service : good
MSG levels : nil