Z-CUB3 Cafe & Gallery, PJ New Town

Laziness does pay off. Just look at us, we were too lazy to walk farther from our parking place to our intended original destination and stopped at the first decent- looking restaurant that crossed our path. We saw their value lunch meal deals menu displayed outside. They got us at ‘value’.

Once inside, we were pleasantly surprised by the nice decoration which resembled a pricey hipster cafe with air conditioning, wooden rustic tables, menu written on the chalkboard and those Ikea- like lighting chains. But in fact, the food are priced affordably and they actually looked and tasted good. So that was a major plus point for us and it was a unanimous 7/10 for ambience. The perplexing thing is that it is called a cafe and a gallery. The cafe part we get. But we could not figure out which part of this establishment was meant to become a gallery.Tables? Chairs? Food? Just curious.

The waiter was quick to get our order with no smartphone apps or tablets involved. The waiting time for the food was reasonable, maybe 5 to 10 minutes, we kind of lost count as we surfed through the free Wifi provided in the cafe. Service was good with N & S giving a 7/10 while R rated it an 8/10. The value lunch meals came with drinks and started at RM 10.95.

N had the teriyaki chicken rice set, priced at RM 13. The chicken chicken cutlets were tender and succulent cooked with capsicum and topped with grated carrots and cabbage. The accompanying sauce had the right balance of heat, sweet and salty flavours. The white rice was lightly sprinkled with crispy  fried onions and freshly chopped spring onion. The peppery aromatic soup was an added bonus as well as the crunchy crackers. N rated his food a 7/10.

R had the butter cream chicken rice set, priced at RM 10.95, which was similar to N’s set except for the chicken cutlets deep fried in crispy batter garnished with shredded carrots and cabbage and served with a creamy rich butter sauce, salty and added with just the right level of spice. As the sauce was served separately from the chicken cutlets, the cutlets managed to keep its crisp flavour without becoming too soggy by the wetness of the cream sauce. R also rated his food a 7/10.

S had the lemon chicken rice set, also reasonably priced at RM 10.95 (really, can’t they just round it up to RM 11?). The lemon sauce tasted okay, but she still preferred R’s creamy sauce. The lemon sauce probably lacked more lemon juice. The generous portion of the deep fried chicken certainly helped with her review, though. She rated her set a 7 out of 10.

The iced lemon tea all of us had tasted nice. Not bad. I mean, how different can an iced lemon tea be?

Overall, a good eating experience in our continuing gastronomical journey of PJ New Town. We hope we can make further discoveries in this quaint (but insanely difficult to find parking) part of town and make our mentor Francis Light proud.

Here is the address should you feel excited to try this place out:

No 31, Jalan 52/8 PJ New Town. ( It is just besides the multi- level parking building. Yeah, N & S also did not notice this old, dingy multi- level parking building existed before until today.)

Until the next food- tastic review,

Honest Foodies Review Team.