Two Day Birthday Celebration at Marco@1 Utama

Now who's birthday is that? Why so grand? Celebrate until two days? Agong also never do like that wahahaha!!!

Well, it was my brother's birthday and we had a pre-birthday and birthday-proper celebration. It so happened that my partner was away and at times like this, I can always rely on my brother to give me a ride. And when that happens, ah! we get to have dinner together :)

It was my brother who suggested Marco@1 Utama. We used to walk past this place (when it only served desserts, if I am not wrong) and somehow we were never compelled to walk in.

Actually, I wanted to go to KGB@TTDI the day before his birthday and then visit Marco the following evening. But when we got to KGB, the place was not opened yet for dinner. We had a good half hour till opening (6:00pm) and decided to just head over to Marco.

I had already checked the menu and had some idea what  I wanted to eat. There is quite a good selection of pastas, proteins, burgers and beautiful looking desserts. After a quick browse of the menu we ordered a starter for sharing, a pasta each and yes, we had desserts.

Our starter was the Truffle Fries (RM18.00) which are thick cut fries seasoned with truffle oil, parmesan cheese and parsley. We loved the fries which were crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

My brother loves to dip his fries in tomato ketchup and I followed suit, though chili sauce is more my thing.

For mains, we both could not resist the pastas.

Carbonara (RM31.00) for my brother and ....

... Spicy Seafood Aglio (RM31.00) for me.

My brother's Carbonara had generous servings of bacon and he enjoyed the very flavorful pasta. I also enjoyed my Spicy Seafood Aglio as it was very garlicky and spicy hot from the chili flakes. I'll have to say that the serving size is up to mark and get's the thumbs up from both of us.

For desserts, we shared two between us.

The Chocolate Fondant (RM15.00) was very chocolaty with a soft center.

But no, there was no chocolate lava oozing out. Nevertheless, that did not spoil our enjoyment. 

Our next dessert was the Creme Brulee (RM15.00). My brother remarked that he prefers the one we had at Simply Ribs and I'm with him on that.

While enjoying our meal, we were discussing where to go the next evening. After much deliberation and since were on a roll, we decided to come back to Marco hee..hee...

And there we were again on my brother's birthday. This time we had burgers to satisfy our (or rather my) craving after missing out on KGB the day before.

My brother had the The Spanish (pork patty, RM36.00) because he was attracted to the Jamon Serano.

I had the Bistro Burger (beef patty, RM36.00) which I quite enjoyed. 

I usually don't take coffee in the evenings (unless if I want to stay awake) but it being a Friday, I relaxed my rule. And oh my, the coffee was excellent!

As for the burgers, thumbs up! My brother and I think the burgers are better than the ones at Chillis.

Of course we had to have desserts especially when it was a birthday celebration.

This time we selected the Bruleed Cheese Cake (RM15.00) which is cheesecake with a thin layer of bruleed brown sugar, lemon curd and meringue kisses.

Though we found the cheesecake ordinary, we quite enjoyed the lemon curd and crunchy meringue.

Our next dessert was the Strawberry Pancake (RM19.00) which is a fluffy thick pancake with house made strawberry ice cream, cream cheese and berries compote.

The pancake was more like a mini chiffon cake rather than the regular type of pancake. I was not there to critique the pancake and I'll just say that we polished everything off hee..hee..

Well, that was an enjoyable two days of dinner at Marco and we are glad that we finally made it there. It looks like I might even drag my partner there on our Friday dinners dates hee..hee...