T. Bowl is one of many concept restaurants opening up around the world that tries unique designs and concepts to differentiate itself from other businesses and to draw crowds who proclaim to be the adventurous, the curious, and the brave.
At least, that's what we - the entire team consisting of Cheryl, Alyona, Jesslyn, Umme, Priscilla and I - called ourselves as we walked into T.Bowl at Sunway Pyramid that features ... you guessed it: A Toilet Concept!
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| Excited over our first look at food shaped like "poop"! |
We stared in awe at the interior deco;
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| Poop shaped designs, showerheads as lights, sinks as desk and toilet bowls as seats! |
That decorations was jawdrop no. 1#
Jawdrop no. 2# came when we sat down and opened our menus and dived straight into the strange and slightly gruesome world of toilet cuisine.
T. Bowl boasted a variety of cuisine, from Western to Hong Kong and Taiwan to fusion. Their food is also VERY affordable; ranging from the cheapest RM 3.90 (desserts) to most expensive RM 16.90 (Western Combo).
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| Clockwise from top left: There's a toothbrush stuck on top of the menu; They have take away option for their more popular desserts; Western and Japanese Teppanyaki on same page - diversity!; Write down your own orders |
Jawdrop no. 3# was when the food finally arrived! The food were served in decorative dishes that followed the toilet concept humorously.
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| Look at the miniature toilet bowl dish! |
The Cheese Baked Rice is a typical dish served in Hong Kong style restuarants (Kim Gary, Wong Kok). It is a dish where the rice is baked entirely with cheese and a meat of your choice.
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| Chery with her Chicken Chop Cheese Baked Rice (RM12.90) |
When it was first served, we stared at it with a healthy dose of skeptism as it did not look appetizing, but the Chicken Chop Curry Cheese Baked Rice was surprisingly good! The curry chicken was aromatic and the rice was softened with cheese.
T. Bowl can easily compete with other more "better" established restaurants, and T. Bowl's baked rice is cheaper!
T. Bowl can easily compete with other more "better" established restaurants, and T. Bowl's baked rice is cheaper!
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| Eggplant with Pork Belly Steam Rice (RM10.90) |
A friendly warning; be sure you know what exactly you're ordering. Priscilla (who ordered this dish) is allergic to prawns, however, the menu doesn't list what each particular dish consists of so to her dissapointment, Eggplant with Pork Belly was served with dry shrimps.
The rest of us, not being able to stomach the idea of eating a proper meal (even though we came during lunch time) ordered T. Bowl's more well known desserts instead; like the ice-cream!
Starting from left: Mix Fruit Delight (Recommended Dish),
Coco Vanilla Delight and Donut Delight (RM 7.90 each)
Consistently following its own unique concept, they served their ice-cream in the shape of well ... poop.
Whilst this idea in theory draws hordes of curious crowds to try out T.Bowl (it was one of the main reasons we decided to choose this venue too!), in reality once the ice-creams are placed infront of you, mixed reactions occur.
The more daring, and adventurous of us are raring to try it!
Alyona doesn't even want to use a spoon to start eating hers!
And once we do, we realize exactly why their ice-cream is so popular! The portion is quite large for one thing, and putting aside the poop shaped aesthetics, T. Bowl decorates their ice-cream with flourish and appeal.
The fruits are fresh, and it doesn't melt too quickly either, and especially in hot days like the ones we have in Kuala Lumpur constantly, their ice-cream are refreshing and delicious at the same time! Definitely recommend this!
The fruits are fresh, and it doesn't melt too quickly either, and especially in hot days like the ones we have in Kuala Lumpur constantly, their ice-cream are refreshing and delicious at the same time! Definitely recommend this!
However, there are others who beg to differ. In this particular case, Umme - the one most turned off by the toilet concept - insisted all throughout the eating of her ice-cream that her one tasted "funny" (even though we're all eating the same ice-cream flavor).
Umme and her DELICIOUS Donut Delight
T. Bowl also boasts a variety of other desserts. The Matcha Toast (below) is a Recommended Dish. It's basically toast with a thin powder of green tea. I thought this dish was rather bland. There was too much bread and not enough spread.
Matcha Toast (RM 4.90)
The last dessert - Ice-Cream Thick Toast - was ordered by Jesslyn. She said that it was a forgettable dish. There was too much bread and not enough of anything else, although the ice-cream did manage to salvage what would have been a terrible dish.
Ice - Cream Thick Toast (RM 4.90)
All in all, we had a pretty good time in T.Bowl. There was no rush to leave and just the right amount of noise that filled up the space, but not too loud to distract us from our own conversations.
There weren't a lot of other people in the restaurant with us, even though we stayed during peak lunch hours (12 pm to 2 pm). The people that mostly came in were the youths, maybe one or two families, or mostly young working adults adventurous enough to try this unconventional restaurant.
The waiters were efficient (maybe because there weren't a lot of people). They were also very accommodating. They were willing to open separate bills for all 7 of us which is something that not a lot of restaurants will do for you.
Out of 7, 6 of us would come back again to try something new. I would definitely come again, just to eat the ice-cream!
T. Bowl is a place where you should bring your friends, if not for the food then just to see the horror expressed on their faces when their food arrives! You need a strong stomach and an open mind to be able to sit on a toilet bowl over a sink and eat and enjoy your food at the same time!
T-Bowl Concept Restaurant (Sunway Pyramid)
Lot 1F-96-97, First Floor,
Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall,
No. 3, Jalan PJS 11/15,
Bandar Sunway
46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel: 016-8086661
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