Lunch treat at "Mar-shay"

Last Sunday, we were given a special lunch treat to Marche (pronounced as "mar-shay"
It's an Italian restaurant with the "food court" concept but "sky high" prices. Well, not very high exactly, but definitely higher than the affordable, average RM3.50 per fried rice we have in normal times.



We were given each a "food card". Loss of any cards would be chargeable, RM200/card, and the money would go to a charity of your choice, as it's stated in the card. What we need to do is to walk around the area, pick the food we like, give them the card to put a "stamp", and off we go. It's just like food court, ain't so? And instead of paying cash at the respective stalls, we pay the whole lump sum at one go when we are done.

The stalls are so attractively arranged with various colors on display. I guess that's what we are partly paying for.




The dessert stall is made up of sinfully delicious goodies.. made us salivating by just looking at it.



We ordered a plate of fried rice for the children. Not a very good choice, but the children all resists to try unfamiliar food, so it's just to fill up their tummies.



It's like a marketplace, but these vegetables are arranged so much tidily and beautifully that it looks like "playthings" to me.




The dessert, but by the time we were done with the main meal, we were too full to order these.




The whole ambience is cosy and comfortable, albeit a little bit too noisy.

Little playgrounds for children to slide in and run around is mushrooming in every restaurant. It's a necessity to attract family to come and dine these days.

The "old couple" who had our tummies full to the brim.

Adrian would be eager to pose for me when he's in the mood. Guess he really "gives face" to this lucky cow which stands outside to "moo" for customers.

It's never a perfect shot with all 3 of them. It's always one looking this way, the other at opposite direction and the last trying to run away after smiling for you for 1 second.

There's an interesting flea market, but it's too tough to walk and shop with these children. Have to come another time without them.

Inside the shopping mall, people are making money by simply putting some "rides" and charge each Rm3 for a 10 min ride around the concourse area. Everything is $$$.

Quite a nice Sunday lunch for a change. Thanks, friend!