Tuesday, June 26, 2007

No Ordinary Luncheon

Sememangnya kadang-kala aku dan rakan sekerja yang lain membuat perancangan makan tengahari in advance terutama sekali sekiranya tempatnya special sedikit dari kebiasaan. Pada hari ini venuenya adalah di Restoran Rebung yang terletak di Lorong Maarof, Bangsar kurang 15 minit dari our office. Restoran Rebung ini dimiliki oleh celebrity chef, Chef Ismail dan Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (the latter name rings any bell?). Malaysia's first astronaut lor and recently listed as salah seorang daripada 30 lelaki yang digilai dalam majalah Wanita bulan Jun 2007). At RM28 for buffet lunch, harga memang berpatutan considering the wide buffet spread from gulai-gulai masakan kampung to the Malay traditional kuih-muih.

Kami berenam adalah pelanggan yang pertama pada hari itu dan yang paling mengejutkan bukan kerana personally disambut oleh the ever bubbly Chef Ismail himself tetapi siap dengan paluan gendang dan loceng oleh beliau. Sudah beberapa kali aku ke sini sebelum ini, tak pernah pula disambut sebegitu walaupun sudah beberapa kali berjumpa dengan Chef Ismail. Selepas kami mengambil makanan, Chef joined us at our table and had his lunch. Apalagi riuh meja kami dengan Chef yang sememangnya peramah, ditambah pula kami yang asyik melayan. Dalam bergurau-senda gelak ketawa tu, Chef sempat berkongsi perancangannya untuk restoran tersebut termasuk membuat cultural show with kampong style set up. Sepanjang kami menjamu selera, kami dihiburkan dengan dendangan lagu-lagu Kak Pah membuatkan aku teringat kepada seorang rakan yang amat meminati beliau. Kalaulah dia ada di sini, mesti dia enjoy the food and ambience sambil dihiburkan oleh penyanyi pujaannya.


We also unexpectedly berpeluang bertemu dengan Sheikh Muszaphar yang pulang bercuti for 3 weeks. Aku hampir-hampir tak mengenalinya sebab the last time I saw him at Rebung was before he started his training and he was much much fairer and berisi sedikit. Now a little darker and thinner maybe because of all the training. Selepas kami habis makan, he came and sat at our table dan peluang tidak dilepaskan untuk bergambar dengannya. There we were squeezing into the 3-seater sofa which was absolutely fine with us ladies (*grinning*). Sempat juga aku bertanya perkembangan terbaru and wished him all the best.

Pulang ke pejabat, kami berkongsi cerita dengan a few colleagues tentang our encounter with Sheikh Muszaphar. Kebetulan pula salah seorang daripada rakan wanita aku was admiring him in the Wanita magazine the day before. She could only looked at us with her mouth opened and "green with envy’.

Anyway, I will be going to Rebung again in a couple of days to meet some bloggers but that will be another story……….

10 comments:

famil said...

are the food any good?

as for the astronaut... hi hi.. poor you guys.. drool all you want, he's taken..

Xis said...

Nurul
Syed Mudzaphar reminds me of myself when I grow old.. except for his hair.. LOL!! Hmm.. Datuk Pah was there? Cool!! If I knew that, I would have been there already.

Xis said...

Nurul
opss.. sorry... sheik muszaphar I mean.. not syed.. lain sebut lain plak tertaip...

Nurul Abid said...

Famil - not only the food that make us come back but the ambience and hospitality.

I know he's taken but tumpang excitement one of our friends going ga-ga over him. Anyway, he's nice and friendly...

Xis - Abg astronaut reminds you of yourself?...Errrr....tang mana? Lagu-lagu Kak Pah yang berkumandang tapi orangnya nowhere in sight. Sorrylah...pulling your leg only the other day.

Azhar Ahmad said...

Eishhh kat belah mana rebung restaurant yerr.. nak pegi lah nanti kalau sampai kl

Nurul Abid said...

Azhar - it's easier if you come from Jalan Maarof/Bangsar towards flyover ke Midvalley. Instead of taking the flyover, susur ke kiri and immediately make a left turn just before Dataran Maybank and make a left turn again. The restaurant is right at the corner on your left, across Wolkswagen showroom or Menara UOA. Ada banyak ketupat gergasi bergantung kat pagar restaurant tu. You should not miss it.

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Anonymous said...

hi assalamualaikum doc ....how are u.one day i must come to your restaurant....i live in penang its ok i just want to taste the food but iwant u to cook it by yourself of course u can...dr, amus can.

Anonymous said...

ayu angkasa, if u know his nick is amus, u must be a close friend or relatives...

Anonymous said...

great!! nice picha yea.. nnt kalo adew ksempatan leh la p restoren rebung.. :) i'allah..