A Piggy Birthday Celebration

It was my brother's birthday last month and he wanted dinner at Morganfield's. The last time we were there was back in 2014 at The Curve.

This time we headed out to the outlet at 1 Utama which is more convenient for us. 

We took a while to decide on our order and we picked the Jack Daniel's Glazed Baby Back ribs for sharing. We remembered the humongous spare ribs we had and since we were not super hungry, the baby back ribs would do.

We also got ourselves a starter - The Fourplay to share. For drinks, my brother went with the Sour Apple Mojito while I chose the Berry Easy.

My brother's Sour Apple Mojito came first. Let me turn his glass around and show what's inside.

I see lots of mints leaves, some apple chunks and sour plum (asam boi) in some sort of fizzy drink. I had a sip and yes, it was very refreshing. 

My Berry Easy was very nice too since I love berries. 

Now, this is the Jack Daniel's Glazed Baby Back ribs. My brother's first remark was "Not so perfect" and he was referring to the condition of the ribs. Let me show you.

Yes, it looked like that (we hadn't touched it yet), not in one perfect whole piece. I think you can see from the photo that it was not good.

I found the meat dry and stringy and there was not enough glaze on the ribs. It felt like this piece was prepared way earlier and reheated, hence the poor condition. I was so disappointed.

Luckily redemption came in the form of the amazing Fourplay. 

Spicy Chicken Wings....

......Beer Battered Onion Rings.........

........Russet Potato Boats (my favorite!) and....

.... Crab and Spinach Dip. Let my brother show you how yummy and creamy it was.

It was a struggle to eat the dry meat from the ribs and I gave up.

Then we ordered a dessert to share. Only one choice was available because there will be a change of menu in April.

This was our Crispy Waffle served with chocolate ice cream, chocolate sauce and marshmallows.

As we were enjoying the ice cream, this very nice chap who appeared to be the supervisor or manager (he was the one who took our orders) came to find out how was the meal. So I simply had to tell him the truth about the ribs.

He asked if he could replace it for us, but we were already done. Then he told me in future, to inform the service staff if anything was not in order and they would replace the ribs.  

Well, I guess I should have spoken up earlier but I just didn't want to make a fuss. Besides, I have heard horror stories of what they do when you send back food. 

Later we were informed that dessert was on the house. Well, that was very nice though I saw it more fitting for the ribs to be waived.

Though the ribs were a major fail at a rib house (I'd like to think this was a one off incident, we were unlucky) the dinner was not totally lost as we enjoyed the starters, the drinks and the ice cream (though the waffles could have been better).

We would visit again and hopefully when we do, the ribs deliver.