Patissez@Damansara Uptown (CLOSED)

You know, it's very hard to go on a diet when there are so many nice makan places near my office. The latest to join the group of diet saboteurs (hah..hah..) is Patissez.

Patissez is situated at the space once occupied by Dim Sum Kitchen (along the row of shops where the famous Hokkien mee is). When renovation works was underway, I was hoping that the new occupants would be a restaurant.

See? I am self sabotaging here. I should be hoping for a stationery shop or a yoga center or whatever that is not food related. Haiz....

So when I saw the green awning with the word "FreakShakes", I more of less guessed that Patissez was coming to Uptown. I have seen their Freakshakes on blogs and I was curious. So.

Every time I walk past since their opening, I could not summon the courage to go inside. Let me explain. I have this phobia of going into cafes or restaurants on my own if it was my first ever visit.

Especially if the front entrance is not an open concept or if they are not located on the ground floor. If I need to push a door open (or climb a flight of stairs), I freeze. Am I weird? No, I am a coward >.<

So all I ever did was peer into the cafe and secretly covet the jars and jars of Nutella. Those things are expensive, you know. 

Well, one Friday my brother paid me a surprise visit at the office. "Cher, can we do brunch?" At that point Patissez was the furthest thing on my mind because I was working on something that melted my brain.

Once I recovered my faculties, it occurred to me that I now have gang to go to Patissez. And so began my first visit.

We were handed a menu that looked like a magazine. I was quite impressed with what was on offer because I was under the impression that they were all about Freakshakes and nibbles and not much else.

Water is served here which is great for people who prefer not to have sweet drinks.

This is my brother's very loaded Muddy Pat 2.0. I see a chocolate brownie and I believe that disc-looking thing is a marshmallow. I have slight OCD and honestly, all that  messy chocolate dripping off the glass bothered me a bit but I stopped myself from wiping it clean.

My turn. This is my Pretzella. It's a Nutella milkshake adorned with lots of pretzels. Those pretzels are stuck to the rim of the glass by using Nutella as glue. One sip and I was done for. This Pretzella is so sinful. Bye bye diet. I don't want to see you ever again.

My brother was not attracted to the Big Breakfast because of the chicken bacon. So he got himself an Aglio Olio. He said it is not bad but lacking the punch of you-know-what.

I got me a Cheeseburger because I haven't had a burger in ages since McDonalds moved. 

This burger is awesome. I enjoyed it very much and I shared the fries with my brother who thought that the fries were extremely good. 

Can we lick that clean?

See how messy the glass is? I casually mentioned to my brother that it must be very difficult to wash, what with all the oily sticky mess.

Being the funny guy that he is, he remarked that hopefully none of the Nutella/Chocolate came from the previous serving. That's a scary thought but I am sure nothing of that sort would happen here.

So that marks my first Freakshake experience. Some of you may be wondering, is it too sweet? Is it too big? Yes, it is sweet but not super duper sweet.

I find the sweetness level acceptable and no, the shake is not that big. I could finish it and have my burger too. But if you are small eater, then perhaps it is better to share. But seriously, I would not want to share the Pretzella.