It’s All About US!
Following
in hot pursuit of their famed Coffee
Société and Garage
51, the owners of the same establishment is set on another culinary and
coffee journey with their latest offspring of Underground Société (US). Located in Bandar Sunway, US is quite the talk of the town
with its concept of serving great food and respectable coffee with wine thrown
in for good measure.
The smart casual
bistro cum coffee bar strives to defy the norm of many F&B outlets. While
many goes all out to make sure everything is clearly blasted for its diners, Underground Société takes on the underground route to showcase
their alternative lifestyle and artistic expression through their food and
coffee. One might even miss US
while you are driving pass the place as the bistro has a discreet signboard
that only states US with some artistic impressions on the building situated
along shop lots of car accessories and services area. It is all a hush hush
operation… after all it is named Underground
Société…
Once you walked
into the bistro though, you’ll be taken into a modern contemporary space filled
with many foodie enthusiasts hanging out for a decent meal with coffee.
Designed to vibe a hip and urban industrial ambience, the bistro has wood and
steel set with backdrops of unfinished floor, dark ceiling, wood wall panels
and a long graphical wall mural. Long banquette seating is available as well as
the standard seating in the bistro.
Menu is fairly
long and filled with solid lists of breakfast, light meals, main course, pizza,
pasta and dessert. The beverage menu is also a good one, filled with coffees,
wine, beer, cocktail and more. As they are known for their coffee, coffee
junkies will certainly be pleased with the various choices of coffee available
including Coffee on Tap (RM16),
a refreshing cold brewed coffee fresh from the tap. Coffee on Tap even has a layer of creamy foam on top, mimicking a
stout I know…
I
had their mocktail of Virgin Mojito
(RM17), a sour and minty beverage that I am very fond of with its refreshing
flavours.
Kids
meal are also available at US
so ask for it if you have little ones dining with you. My kid’s meal of Fish
& Chips is really good as the golden crispy crumbed fish is yummy while the
chips are nice, crisp and golden.
If
you are into brunch, you would like US’s brunch and lunch menu. The offerings are
delightful and creative with lots of prettiness injected on the plating. We had
Eggs
Atlantic with Avodaise
(RM18), US’s version of Eggs Benedict. The platter is so pretty with vibrant
colors. Savor thick slices of toasted sourdough bread with smoked salmon, two
beautiful poached eggs and avodaise or avocado hollandaise sauce. There was
even a strewn of edible colorful flowers on the Benedict to make it prettier.
It’s not just a lovely presentation but this dish is delicious. The poached
eggs were perfect with the gorgeous soft flow of egg yolk enriching the salmon
and toast while the creamy avocado hollandaise is silky, buttery and savory.
Another
pretty dish of Smoked Salmon Scramble on
Sourdough (RM18) was also decent with simple renditions of creamy scrambled
egg with salty smoked salmon on sourdough toast. Best eaten hot as the eggs are
more soft and creamy and contrasted nicely with the smoked salmon flavours.
French Toast with Nutella (RM15) was a whooper! When we saw
the dish, we were delighted at the thoughts of French Toast with mint ice cream
for brunch. It’s an icy treat and the whole French toast and ice cream was
drizzled with Nutella and piled with fresh berries and edible flowers. Now I am
not a fan of mint ice cream so I would have preferred this with regular vanilla
ice cream but it’s just my preference. It is still a treat as the French toast
with Nutella is a match made in heaven.
200g Grilled Atlantic Salmon with
Pesto Gnocchi, Sautéed Capsicum and Foyot Sauce (RM36) is also on their brunch and
lunch menu. Recently, I have a fondness of fish and have been enjoying lots of
fish dishes. This one was pretty good in my books. The salmon was cooked till
medium, another plus point for me, the pesto gnocchi was deliciously yum
because it was lightly fluffy and the pesto sauce was flavourful. I think it’s
quite clever to pair the fish with lots of capsicum as it gives the fish a nice
sweet peppery note. The foyot sauce was ok as it is quite similar to a Bernaise
sauce. I think the portion is really good and I was happy with the overall
flavours and textures of this dish.
After
we had out brunch and lunch dishes, we moved on to appetizers and main courses
for dinner. Platter of Avocados with
Jamaican Pineapple Salsa, Stuffed Mashed Egg, Couscous & Caviar and Feta
Cheese (RM26) was an appetizer and it was a fairly light one too. Since
avocados are good for health, savoring this appetizer with plenty of avocado is
a good choice. You get four variations of fillings paired with creamy smooth
avocados. Out of the four, I love the Stuffed Mashed Egg and Feta Cheese the
most as they have the most flavours in the pairing.
Smoked Duck with Pesto, Mozzarella,
Parmesan, Arugula on Thin Crust
(RM28) was one of my favorite dish that day. I love the smokiness of the deep
rich duck flavours paired with nutty pesto and the lightly bitter note of
arugula leaves with lots of cheese. All the ingredients go so well and the
flavours compliment each another harmoniously.
Slipper Lobster Aglio Olio with
Asparagus & Chili Flakes
(RM34) proved that the most basic pasta can even be a match for the lush
slipper lobster. This one is sufficiently satisfying with lovely garlicky and
chili notes. Pasta is served only after 4pm.
After
6pm, for dinner, check out their Grilled
Cajun Chicken Breast with Asparagus, Roasted Pumpkin, Broccoli, Beetroot,
Sauteed Herb Potatoes & Robert Sauce (RM33) or Grain Fed Australian Beef Tenderloin with Asparagus, Roasted Pumpkin,
Broccoli, Beetroot, Sauteed Herb Potatoes & Robert Sauce (RM49). Both
dishes are similar except for the main protein where you choose chicken or
beef. The good news is whether you choose beef or chicken, both are really
prepared well.
The
grain fed Australian beef tenderloin is beautifully tender and cooked till
medium as requested. The chicken breast was surprisingly delicious as it was
cooked to perfection with succulent juices and tenderness from the white meat.
There are lots of sidekicks for both dishes and together with Robert sauce, a
rich and robust mustard sauce, married everything together beautifully in
flavours and textures.
Grilled New Zealand Lamb Rack with
Mint Crust with Asparagus, Roasted Pumpkin, Broccoli, Beetroot, Sauteed Herb
Potatoes & Robert Sauce
(RM45) is also another similar dish to the earlier two but this one has nice
thick cuts of lamb rack cooked to your liking. I like the mint crust a lot on
the lamb as it helps to add more depth of flavours to the lamb.
Desserts
proved to be hot conversation pieces! From Underground
Grenade (RM26) to Underground
Fireball (RM12), both which contains alcohol and is quite the showpiece.
Underground Grenade even comes with a tagline of ‘You
haven’t been underground till you try this!’. There is a 30 minutes waiting
time for this dessert. Beneath the toasted meringue is a mount of mint
chocolate chip ice cream with chocolate. Sambucca is poured over and light up
to burn off the alcohol. It’s an icy oblivion of minty cream with dark
chocolate and fluffy sweet meringue with hits of Sambucca. What more can a girl
want in a dessert? Wink!
Underground Fireball is also another dessert worth
lusting after. Chocolate ball on chocolate sand with a ring of meringue and
edible flowers also gets the hot light up treatment with alcohol. Once the fire
died out, the chocolate ball melts lightly to unveil more hidden chocolate
lusciousness inside the ball. It’s utterly divine and sinful.
It may be an
underground concept but Underground Société won’t remain anonymous for long. The Choong
brothers have certainly added one more potential F&B outlet to their group.
At US, it’s not just coffee
anymore, it’s also about the food!
UNDERGROUND
SOCIÉTÉ
68, Jalan PJS 11/7,
Bandar Sunway,
46150 Subang Jaya
Tel: 60 3-5613 3851
Business Hours: Open Daily 11am – 2pm
