Yellow Apron, Section 13 Petaling Jaya

From the good ol’ people who brought you The Humble Pie Co, comes Yellow Apron. If you do not know it is run by the same people, fear not. They use Humble Pie's napkins. Waste not, want not we guess. Located in the busy office district in Section 13 PJ, this restaurant serves a twist to normal lunch fares usually expected by the hardworking white collar establishment.

We decided to try this restaurant once we have passed this place one too many times. And after reading a real online food review. A real one.  

Parking was relatively easy here, and free. From the outside, you would not have thought that a high- end restaurant existed in the office building called Heritage Centre, surrounded by converted factories and offices.

 The ambience is quite nice as the restaurant was spacious and adopted a minimalistic approach in its interior design, leaving ample space in between the tables. That way, you do not have to hear what your neighbours are talking about. Or that would probably be a bad thing if that chatty neighbour was bad- mouthing somebody you know. Oooooh, juicy. Anyway, when we entered the premise, the workers were busy cutting fresh flowers to be arranged in small glasses as part of the quaint decoration. The flowers were well thought off and for us was the highlight of the restaurant. Which was kind of sad when you think about it. We gave the ambience an 8/10. R wanted to give it 10/10 though because even the toilets had fresh flowers as part of the decoration.

The menu

Hmmm... we do need to learn a lot about filters

R & N both had the chicken burger. It was not your average burger. It was a fusion burger with deep fried chicken thigh meat lathered in very hot and spicy sambal belacan and slaw with a huge side of either potato wedges or chips. R rated it as 6/10 while N loved it more at 8/10. If you looked at how R ate it you would understand why. He started off really cool and proper but towards the end of the burger he was sweating like we were in Sub- Saharan Africa. N ate his burger with poise and managed to describe eloquently how his chicken thigh meat was still tender and juicy despite the crisp outside layer. The burgers were rather small though but compensated by the huge portion of potatoes, which sorely lacked seasoning. N also, being an opponent of anything dairy, detested the cream cheese dip.

S initially wanted to try the assam laksa but was told that it was not available. Dejected, she opted for the dancing prawns in yee mee instead. Well, the prawns did not look like they were dancing. More like swimming. Or drowning. Either way the yee mee tasted nice but not in the RM 20- worth- it nice. S swore she could have something similar for 10 bucks or less. So she rated it a 6/10.

All of the food came with a cup of coffee or a small glass of lemonade, tasting so- so. We told you we were honest.

Wish we had better things to review about this restaurant. Seriously, we really wanted to. But at the end of the day food speaks for itself despite man's best effort in accessorising the whole eating experience with chic interiors and fancy names. And sad to say, we have had better food for the price we paid here, which rounded up to RM 73.

Here is the address if you would like to prove us wrong: 

3, Jalan 13/6, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Alas, till the next review

Honest Foodies Review Team