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One Utama power outage and on FIRE?!

25 Monday Feb 2013

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My family and I were at One Utama shopping center last night (24th Feb 2013) for dinner when everything went pitch black around 8pm. At first, we thought it is just a power trip at the restaurant and should be fixed quite quickly. We continue eating and the restaurant started bringing out candle lights. That was when I got a little worried. I went out of the restaurant and was shocked to see the WHOLE old wing was in darkness.

The restaurant tried to calm us and say that it should be fixed quite fast and they are liaising with One Utama management on this matter. After 20 minutes, we decided that it’s not worth hanging around anymore. We paid for whatever we have eaten and made our way to another restaurant. (Thankfully, we manage to find one which have space for 20+ of us in such short notice and on the 15th day of CNY somemore!)

When we left the car park onto the main road, hubby saw smoke coming out from the shopping center! And this morning news confirmed it. There was a fire in One Utama last night!!!

I am shocked and disappointed at the same time. MY whole family could have been roast piggies last night ! sigh… AND, we have NO warning at ALL!!!

No fire alarm !

No proper evacuation plan!

No announcement / information!

No proper emergency lighting!

How can this building get fire safety certification in the first place without all these plans / procedure in place?

We were lucky that the restaurant was next to the One World hotel and we have lights emitting from there. Inside the restaurant was pitch dark. I was reading online that many areas was plunge into total darkness. It’s so dangerous considering there’s escalators, steps, railings everywhere in a shopping center. Not to mention, family with elderly folks, children and babies.

I’m very disappointed with One Utama… considering it’s suppose to be the world 4th largest mall, I think having a good fire safety plan is MUST.

Please upgrade your fire safety plan and facilities.

Isetan Eat Paradise – Menya Musashi

14 Tuesday Aug 2012

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I heard about the Isetan Eat Paradise @ One Utama Shopping Centre and was really curious about it.

So, few weeks back, I went to check it out. There were actually 2 Ramen shops there… After hearing a lot of good and raving remarks for Menya Musashi (tokyo style ramen) and I was hooked. The other one is Gantetsu (Hokkaido style).

We got there slightly early, and the little shop looks rather empty. We placed our order over the cash counter and pick a seat. The green tea was served in a really tall mug (I love it!!! – I hate it when they serve you in small cups and then it takes ages for them to fill up). But, because of the big cup, they don’t refill for you. (Fair enough I guess)

Our ramen was served quickly and it smell amazing. The greedy me ordered the biggest pork portion on their menu (I know hub will steal some of mine later anyway). I ordered their onion flavored soup version. Hub ordered the dry version.

Overall opinion? It was ok. But, we were not very impressed, as the soups (wet or dry style) were a little too thick with flavors. I also find it a tad bit oily. Both of us still prefer Santouka’s shio Raman. But, if you like really strong flavors, then, Menya is the one for you.

BTW, It’s also a bit too noisy for me. They kept shouting out greetings and thank yous. On top of that, the kitchen chefs were also shouting out motivational chants almost non-stop !!! (we were sitting really close to the kitchen too). Maybe choose a seat further away if you don’t like the noise. I don’t mind some noise. But, they were really shouting !!! hahaha…