Happy and decadent at Frisky Goat

Frisky Goat shopfront. – The Malaysian Insider pic, March 15, 2014.

Two of my friends have made Frisky Goat Bakery Cafe in Taman Tun Dr Ismail their regular haunt since it opened a couple of weeks ago. 

They couldn’t get enough of the Decadent French Toast served with apple chutney and spiced roasted walnuts, a drizzle of honey, vanilla ice cream aEggs en Cocotte served with toast. – The Malaysian Insider pic, March 15, 2014.nd Chantilly cream.  

I went along last week, and had the FrenchToast and knew why.  It was light, not oily nor sweet. The apple chutney on it was a brilliant touch, moist, cinnamon-y, and sweetened with plump raisins. The spiced walnuts were good for snacking at the end of it, and the Chantilly cream (whipped cream sweetened and flavoured with vanilla) worked well with the apple chutney and bread.

We also had the Eggs en Cocotte, which is eggs baked in a ramekin, usually with just cheese and cream. But here it also has beef bacon, spiced sausage and cherry tomatoes in it.

The sublime Espresso Creme Brulee. – The Malaysian Insider pic, March 15, 2014.These add more flavour to the baked eggs with still runny yolks. I particularly liked the mushy sweet cherry tomatoes in it.  There’s toast to dip into the Eggs en Cocotte, but it’s substantial on its own.

A few days ago we heard Frisky Goat was opening for dinner, after closing at 5pm every day.

It is now serving pasta, soups and salads, and some mains like Slow Roasted Chicken Confit, Bouef Bouguignon and Black Angus Rib Eye Steak with truffled mashed potatoes.

We had the Boeuf Bourguignon, this traditional French dish of beef slow braised in red wine with onions, garlic, bacon and mushrooms, tomato paste and flavoured with bouquet garni, usually for three to four hours. Here it is beef bacon as the restaurant is pork-free, and the chef used beef cheeks for the braising.

Dark, lustrous chunks of beef sat on a thick wine gravy, topped with mushrooms and decked with carrots. Mashed potato was at the side, all the better to mop up the delicious gravy with.

One bite of the beef and we were sold. It was gelatinous, with the bite sinking right through, and revelling in the flavours of the wine, herbs and all the ingredients the beef had been slow cooked with.

We had the salad of the day – the Asian Style Prawn and Mango Salad had a sweet, sour dressing. I picked up lime and ginger in it. There were prawns fried in black pepper in it, thick slices of mango and small, well roasted peanuts. It was good.

Boeuf+Bourguignon. – The Malaysian Insider pic, March 15, 2014.The Asian Style Softshell Crab Linguine caught my eye in the menu.  It spoke of chilli, kaffir lime leaf, coriander and tomato sauce, topped with ebiko in the pasta. 

Yes, we got all these and the fact that the softshell crab was fresh, sweet and meaty scored it high marks.  Each strand of pasta was hugged in the thick spiced tomato sauce, with a light fragrant lift from threads of kaffir lime leaf.

Dessert was a sublime Espresso Crème Brulee.  Crack the espresso sugar crust with a slight bitter edge and the spoon drops into luscious, velvety and creamy perfection. I loved it.Asian Mango and Prawn Salad. – The Malaysian Insider pic, March 15, 2014.

Frisky Goat is also a bakery, and there’s a selection of cakes, pastries and breads at the counter.  There was a Red Opera Cake that disappeared fast, and I was quite tempted by the Croissant Bread and Butter Pudding before we decided on the Espresso Crème Brulee.

The prices: The Decadent French Toast is RM19.90, Eggs En Cocotte RM18.50, Espresso Crème Brulee RM10, Softshell Crab Linguine RM36.50, Boeuf Bourguignon RM55, Mango Prawn Salad RM 24.50. – March 15, 2014.

Frisky Goat is located at 72 Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, tel: 017 881 0251. It is open from 8am to 10pm daily, except Mondays.