OIC Cafe

OIC actually stands for original international café. They first opened in perak and have recently set foot in Petaling Jaya in the heart of Aman Suria. It’s hard to miss this restaurant as it’s a really big two storey establishments right beside Kayu. They serve more than just coffee with a wide variety of Western cuisine, Asian food such as noodles and even a BBQ steamboat for family meals. The ambiance is warm and cosy and with lots of windows for natural sunlight to sift through.
We had the steamboat on one trip there. Priced at about RM 36, they offer quite a good selection of meat, seafood and vegetables. The signature soups include curry, pumpkin porridge and tom yum. The pumpkin porridge was quite interesting but I wouldn’t have it twice as it was too filling for a full meal along with the ingredients. The boiled chicken soup fared better with the herbs really prominent after being boiled for hours, you can also top up the soup at an extra cost. The ingredients are standard steamboat fare such as crab, prawns, fish, sausages, fish balls, all kinds if vegetables and noodles plus my favorite — mushrooms! Besides that, they also have cooked items that you can snack on while waiting for the soup to boil — even nasi lemak which was just mediocre and lamb chops which was quite decent.
For dessert, we had fruits, tong sui (Chinese dessert), cakes and even a chocolate fountain to dip marshmallows and cake bars in. It’s worth the money for fresh food though nothing to shout about really.