The Daily Grind : Carnivores Stop

Hidden at the basement of Bangsar Village shopping mall ( old wing) , The Daily Grind has been deprived by the attention it ought to receive. For the quality of the ingredients and the timeless effort they put onto the customer's plate, only the one taking the bite will know. And he or she will definitely come back for more. 

We were once among the ignorants who underestimated this eatery, thought it was just another American food outlet.
  Same old fries and burgers. 

However, when we did an in-depth research ( you know, being food junkies), we were surprised to find out that this place specializes in their burgers, GOURMET BURGERS!

  At this point you might think that duh, its AMERICAN FOOD! 

But don't be too quick to judge, just so you know The Daily Grind produces their own, lets see, patties, bread, ketchup, chili sauce, bacon, fries, etc etc. Whatever that is derivable raw will stay unprocessed, meaning NO CHEMICAL. Even the cheese in the burgers are au naturale. 

They made these themselves!
But we prefer the artificial in- store ones,  SORRY!

The spotlight of their concept are on the patties, derived and grind from 100% real meat! 

Where else can you find this is Malaysia!? 
FYI, most Malaysian burgers spells scam.

Upon digesting these info, we quickly made a date with each other and went there for lunch. 

Petite-Mei decided that treat will be on her this time :) 

 We finally settled on The Triple Stack Burger and also TDG's Steak Sandwich after contemplating for a long time, because everything on the menu just looked so mouth-watering! 

The alluring menu

Triple Stack Sandwich,  RM37

That's three 100g beef patties,
 top with a fried egg and two slices of TDG 's own turkey bacon.

Just-incredible said his burger was so juicy. Served with TDG's own burger buns - sprinkled with oats and goodness, the patties was succulent with a typical cheese burger flavor, only better.

 The half cooked egg yolk adds extra moisture to the already luscious stack. 

To top it all, the dash of tomato sauce perfectly garnishes the entire dish. It is really a gusto feat!

TDG's Steak Sandwich , RM 28

However,  the TDG's steak would be a total disappointment for anti mustard-ians, as appealing as it may look, Petite-Mei would prefer it with other sauces. The mustard had too much attention to itself. And the requested medium cooked beef slice turned out to be well done. It was too dry to chew on. 

Info : Petite- Mei is very particular with her beef.  

Thank God there's the yummy coleslaw from the sides to save the day.

On a brighter note, the overall portion was really hearty. Healthy in a way. A piece of steak, accompanied by varieties of greens that seem to be a whole salad on its own, sandwiched in between two slices of wheatgerm / sour dough looking bread and some pan fried mushrooms to taste. Organic, organic, organic. 

It would be a lie if we say that we won't come back of more, we'll definitely return for its burgers. Afterall, they are the only shop in town known to serve patties of good fresh pure meat, 

and we are health loving people, only with a very ferocious tastebuds ;p
(And hence we made a second visit to the shop but this time with more people,
 meaning, more orders !!! continue reading below.)

Like all other good food outlets, TDG has its own list of regular customers. During our one an a half hour lunch date there, many customers were seen to just drop by to catch a quick bite or take away their protein packed meals.

 How do we know? Well, they don't survey the menu and then hesitate to order like us. 

They just know their business :D

Pictures shown below are from second visits to the restaurant, told ya we love 'em food!

My Big Fat Greek Burger , RM 29

This is a MUST TRY.
 The combination of spices and yoghurt made it taste almost like arabian food.

It was all praises on the table that night, shinning above other burgers that we had ordered. The lamb was nicely grilled, and there was no weird mutton stench, so no worries lamb-a-phobic eaters ! Besides the aromatic flavors, it is also oh-so-healthy considering that theres no other additional fats, even the carbo is to the minimum, only two thin pita slice :) 

Classic Beef burger with Cheese , RM 28 

This is a rather small burger with a fat ball-like patty, topped with the usual wholemeal bread garnished with butter, nothing really special here. We ordered it with cheese and that cost an additional of RM 4.  Of course with a promising beef burger flavor, this would be a healthier choice compared to those sold in other restaurants.

Italian Mozza burger, RM 35

The interior 

This burger was ordered mainly because cheese lovers like us were attracted to the word MOZARELLA.  After enquiring, we got to know from the staff that the burger includes a beef patty too. However, we were very shock to find out that the beef patty turned out to be so HUGE. Its so thick, we have to admit that it sort of lost the flavor. Tasted more like sausage instead. The presentation came like an open sandwich as usual with one bread off the top, but for this burger, so much leaves were folded with a scoop of pesto lying in the midst of greens. We had a tough time figuring out how to take a bite with everything in one mouthful. It was the chillies piled below that gave the entire burger its character. A very mexican taste, sorry italiano folks! 


Our second visit there was during dinner time on a Saturday evening, the place was more crowded than in the afternoons, however, it was easy to get a table for 5.
So, we recommend you to scoot on over for a casual family dinner if what you have in mind is just good food and great company!