Catering to You.

Mother's Day Special

2009-05-08T01:17:00.003+08:00

To all the mothers out there, we wish you a Happy Mothers' Day.
On this special occasion, dont forget to pamper youself and your love ones.
And as for us, we prepared only the best meal for all of you, special women. :)

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We're already operating at our new place!

2008-11-03T17:30:00.010+08:00

We're now open in two places. One is in Kelana Mall, Kelana Jaya and another one is here, in Armanee Condominium, Damansara Damai.

In Kelana Mall, it is business as usual- catering our food from 11am to 7pm on Monday to Friday and close on the weekends.

In Armanee Club House, our operating days are still tentative but we're open on the weekends.
The hour is from 9am to 9pm.

Do come over and enjoy our meals.
Our home delivery service is available only for Armanee Condominium tenants. I will update our menu available in our cafe soon.

Our new place is situated at Club House, Armanee Condominium, Damansara Damai, Sungai Buloh.
Call us via 019 2685496

Feast for the eye

2008-10-29T13:51:00.010+08:00

Just had our food testing and photography session at our cafe in Kelana Mall. We had it as for our new promotion and at the same time, perfecting the taste of our Chinese/Malay spreads by our resident chef for the new place. Pictures were taken with my daughter's Lumix digital camera and attended only by my small family because so far, they have been my toughest critics. Nothing fancy though.

Nasi Goreng Kampong

Nasi Goreng Belachan

Nasi Goreng Vietnam

Nasi Goreng Cantonese

The Chef's Special - Tomyam (Seafood or Mixed with Noodle)

Mee Goreng Mamak - Another specialty in our cafe

Spicy Mee Hoon

Click on the picture for bigger, clearer view. :D and click here for a look at our western menu.

A celebration of lights and colors

2008-10-23T18:30:00.005+08:00

Happy Deepavali to all our Hindu friends out there.
May this celebration brings more joy and better understanding of love toward every aspect in our lives.

A new home.

2008-10-20T23:52:00.006+08:00

We're expanding!
This time it will be at the club house in Armanee Condominium, Damansara Damai. A location perfect for a very private function, small wedding ceremony and many others.
Just take a look at the place.

Front view/Entrance

The dining area

The outside view - perfect for a private barbecue session with family of 20

We're opening on November 2008.
For more info, call us at 019 268 5496 (Pn. Rohana)

EID MUBARAK

2008-09-29T00:21:00.002+08:00

We, the SanaSini Cafe team, are wishing you a Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.
Have a fun and safe journey back to your love ones.

We're now open for catering booking to those who wants a hassle free open house.
;)

Call Pn Rohana at 019-2685496 for more info.

A birthday party

2008-06-18T23:09:00.006+08:00

Location: Sana Sini Cafe, Kelana Mall, Kelana Jaya.

Date: June 13, 2008

Aside from catering and your everyday eatery, our cafe also held private functions.
For more info, do not hesitate to call us.

Update on Mother's Day Promotion

2008-05-16T10:28:00.008+08:00

Here is the new menu for the Mother's Day promotion.
We thought of add more menus just for the fun of it. After all having more choices always better. :D

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Mother's Day Special

2008-05-05T01:09:00.004+08:00

Click image for a clearer view :)

A Feast Fits For Everybody

2008-03-09T03:38:00.004+08:00

It has been a long silence, but we are back featuring more delicious foods from our menu.
Let us introduce you to the new additions from our food family.

Chicken Chop topped with steamed Asparagus and served with creamy mashed potato and brown sauce .

Fish and Chip served with Tartar and green pea sauce and topped with long bean and eggplant Tempura.

Merry March

2008-03-03T00:31:00.001+08:00

How the cafe got its name?

2008-03-02T23:23:00.004+08:00

When the idea of having our own cafe was mooted with my partner, many names were proposed. Being an eatery establishment, words that conjure the meaning of food kept coming up such as Limau Kasturi, Sri Lawang, Bawang Putih etc. etc. We feel such name were too common and does not align to the bigger vision (well let it be our secret for the moment) of the cafe business which we have in mind. The name was created by my husband from the two partners' nick name i.e Ana (which is mine) and Ani (belongs to my partner) by adding the letter S infront of our nick. Everybody seems happy without much deliberation.

However, when the name of the cafe was mentioned to friends and strangers, many gave a non-believing look as the name has no indications or relationships whatsoever to food or an eatery establishment. Some are making fun and feel the name is unsuitable, while there are some who said the name is catchy and commercial. After one month of its establishment the name has become soothing to the ear as more and more people are calling ...from the pasar borang vegetable seller, the butcher, the fish monger, the egg supplier and off course the CUSTOMER.

A dear Sri Lankan friend of malay origin when asked to transalate the name of the Cafe, he has translated it as Here There and Everywhere. This has given us an idea of having Here, There and Everywhere as our tagline (yet to be agreed). My daughter would prefer it as Here There and Back Again which also could be another possible tagline for our cafe.

Even now RTM is using tag line Sana Sini Pilihanraya. Who is copying Who. Sana Sini has been the talk of town during this election and name Sana Sini Cafe would follow suit. Insyaallah.

Our Combo Lunches

2008-02-25T15:23:00.001+08:00

An introduction..

2008-02-23T20:43:00.005+08:00

of our chef's special.

Nasi Goreng Sambal Belachan.

Valentine's Photos

2008-02-23T19:45:00.023+08:00

In preparation of the Valentine's Special, we decorated the cafe with candle lights and fresh flowers.

These are pictures of the event itself and some of the guests.

Our new set of Lunch Combos

2008-02-18T01:29:00.001+08:00

Seorang Ibu Terpinga-pinga Seketika.

2008-02-17T14:28:00.005+08:00

Pada Khamis yang lepas, seorang pelajar UNITAR ingin membawa ibunya makan tengah hari. Ibu pelajar itu berkata dia tidak mahu makanan mamak. Anak ibu itu menjawab "OK. Jom pergi sana sini". Si emak tadi berungut “orang lapar dia nak bawa sana sini. Makan dululah baru bawa sana sini". Dalam emaknya berungut, si anak mendapat panggilan telefon dari seorang rakan yang ingin bersamanya makan tengah hari. Maka si anak menjawab kepada rakannya "aku bawa emak sana sini". Emaknya sekali lagi merungut "Kata nak makan. Nak bawa mama sana sini buat apa". Bila sampai di Sana Sini Café emaknya terkejut lalu berkata "OH! Sana Sini tu café".

Cerita ini telah diceritkan oleh ibu pelajar tadi kepada pelayan and mengambil tempahan makanan. Nama Sana Sini itu telah membuat ibu tadi terpinga-pinga seketika.

CitCat.com

2008-02-14T19:02:00.010+08:00

We are listed at citcat.com among other famous restaurants that are serving for the Valentine's Special.

The Valentine's Spread

2008-02-14T03:31:00.013+08:00

HAPPY VALENTINE!
We had the pre-valentine dinner and these are some of the spread available for tonight.
Bare in mind that these pictures are varies, taken from the courtesy of fellow diners and the ambiance was quite dark because our source of lights came mostly from the candles.
:D

The Caesar Salads

Stuffed Chicken with Sauté Zucchini and Potato Rockets.

Baked Veal Champignon with Asparagus Sauté

Lamb loin with Crab Suzette and Grilled Pumpkin

The Pumpkin Soup with Bun

The Fruit Cocktail

The Table's Deco

Click here for reservation.

Photo credits to Ilsa and Wanie

The combo menu

2008-02-11T02:13:00.002+08:00

Combo Lunches

2008-02-11T00:12:00.000+08:00

As mentioned in my previous post, 2 new malay restaurants opened for business three days after Sana Sini Cafe's official openning. As these two restaurants, Sana Sini Cafe also offer malay buffet spreads for lunch to its clientele consisting of students and lecturers from UNITAR, staff of Brothers and surrounding Banks and offices. As we are offering same kinds of foods at more or less the same prices, I saw a lot of redundancies leading to lots of food leftovers and wastages. Further more, our buffet spreads start at 11.00 a.m and by 3 o'clock the foods are already cold and look very unappealing to the appetite.

Considering our customers' need for quick and reasonably price and yet hot food irrespective of time, SANA SINI CAFE has for time being scraped off it buffet lunches but instead will be providing quick and hot COMBO LUNCHES. We offer 3 different sets of Combo Lunches to choose from to setiate the appetite. These Combo Lunches are accompanied by all day long Ala Carte Menu consisting around 40 different food items including breakfast spreads, Fried and Soupy Noodles and Rice, Brunches and Snacks, Pasta and Western.

So, to those who read this blogspot either through references, words of mouth or coincidently, please do drop by at SANA SINI Cafe to "Enjoy the Food.....Fill the Time .... Love the Feeling". At SANA SINI Cafe you are always WELCOME.

From HR Consultant to Cafe Owner

2008-02-09T16:01:00.000+08:00

When I told my friends that I would be operating a cafe many of them were amazed and astonished. Being a HR Consultant and Practioner for more than 28 years, ones never thought that i would be inolved in foods and services business. Before, most of our converstaions and discussions would dwell around HR issues though it was done over food in good cafes and restaurants in town. Yes! indeed I was surprised too. The decision came at the spur of the moment about 2 months ago.

As many of my friends are aware, my HR Consultancy has brought me to the international arena that I had to be away from my family most often. I have decided to slow down on my International HR Consultancy so that I could be at home, particulalry I am attending to an ailing mother of 85 years old. After leaving Malaysia for quite sometime, to make my presence felt in Malaysia would take some times. While in the meantimes I need to stretch the US Dollars to keep me financially supple for the next few years. Food business if it is done well would provide me with a steady cash flow. Insyaallah.

However my dear friends, the few obligations (which are known to most of you) which I have made through ASPIRE Human Development Center (ASPIRE) would not be sidelined. This is where my passion lies and gradually when the cafe can be independently taken care by my partner, I would again give my full commitment in the many activities that I have planned for ASPIRE. Currently ASPIRE is moving but rather slow.

Do give me your continuous support and encouragement.

Free WIFI

2008-02-09T15:37:00.000+08:00

WIFI is now available in Sana Sini Cafe.

Gong Xi Fa Chai

2008-02-07T10:03:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to all Malaysians.
Sana Sini Cafe will be closed during this festive weekend and will resume its operation on Monday of 11th.
Valentine's is just around the corner. So do not forget our promotion for that day.
:D

I just bought the Maxis Broadband package and I need to find a 3G modem so the cafe will be equip with WIFI soon.
Do anyone knows where can I find it and possibly the price as well? The children mentioned about Low Yat Plaza but that will be too far out of the way for me just to get that one particular devise. Thank you in advance.

Colek Gigi

2008-02-07T00:12:00.000+08:00

Surprise! Surprise! Sana Sini Cafe was patronised by top ranking official from Jakarta (A Minister) who was on personal business meeting in Malaysia. He was accompanied by his wife and in-laws. Guest who brought him to our cafe? An unexpected friend of mine. We were indeed very grateful to him.

We were lucky as our buffet spread for the day includes Pecal - a famous Indonesian food. We did take the opportunity to introduce Nasi Goreng Sambal Belachan and Mee Goreng Mamak from our ala-carte menu. They finished that too. However at the end of the meals, one of them requested for a 'colek gigi' and that single thing was not available (yes, we own a cafe with no sign of toothpicks). My partner came to my rescue and save the day. This what she said:
"maaf ya pak.Kami masih baru masih serba kekurangan. Tapi kalau bapak bisa tunggu saya usahakan sekarang"

Dalam pada melayan bapak tadi, kami dapat membeli colek gigi and menepati kehendaknya.

He gave a very commendable remark of our food and service through our friend. We hope he would visit us again and again and bring more new customers along the way.

Tindakan rakan kongsi saya menepati one of our Cafe's axiom "You dine...we serve"

Terima kasih juga kami ucapkan kepada Encik Zainal, our very supportive friend.

And to the rest of our future customers, dont worry.. now toothpicks are available in our cafe.

Live and learn.

A little announcement

2008-02-05T16:37:00.000+08:00

About our new promotion for the Valentine's special, it will be held on both days of 13th(evening, the eve of Valentine's) and 14th of February.
The place will be set for a romantic candlelit dinner available only for 2 persons per table.
So places are limited and reservation and early notification is required.
Just call 019 2685496 or 016 971 6638 to book.

Looking forward to it.
:)

On the day of 14th February 2008

2008-02-05T02:14:00.002+08:00

With the new chef, we're going toward a different direction. Do tell of what you think on our latest deal.

Taking a step backward to move 10 steps forward

2008-02-04T00:21:00.000+08:00

We were closed last Saturday and Sunday. We used the time to take a step backward and analyze achievement of Sana Sini Café (SSC) after 5 days of operations. We received many feedbacks, both positive and negative. We accept negative feedbacks as challenges and take the positive feedbacks as a driving and motivating force to move forward.

We found that SSC was not operating on a commercial basis and the meals provided were similar to that of a home-stay program in a kampung in Kuala Selangor. We did not breakeven on those 5 days operation.

My partner and me were astounded. We thought as a homeowner, food business is ‘kacang’ and we could make it just like many other stall and restaurant owners have done. But we were wrong. Despite wanting to be motivated our spirit do get effected especially when we knew that another two restaurants serving Malay food opened for business on either side of our café three days after we opened for business. So at the end of business last Friday we have a brainstorming session on ways to improve our offers of food. We understand that to carry the name ‘café’ we must have a niche of our own.

In moving forward, we spent our Saturday interviewing new Chefs and on Sunday working with the Chef on new menu for Sana Sini Café. The new Chef has brought with him, his signature dishes and we hope soon his food followers would flock our café.

Map to our cafe

2008-02-01T17:13:00.000+08:00

Address: 31-2 (2nd floor), Jalan SS6/12,
Kelana Mall, 47301
Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Phone: 019 2685496 / 016 9716638

The journey begins

2008-02-01T16:38:00.000+08:00

Alhamdullillah. Praise to the Al-mighty.
After months of painstaking hard work, brainstorming and so much more, our cafe is finally ready to operate.

My deepest gratitudes are to all who have helped me and my partner through out the entire operation of turning our idea into a beautiful reality.

Sorry if this blog is still unappealing to some, I will keep on working toward its beautification as I go along.

In the mean time... welcome dear readers to my humble spread of ideas and thoughts.

:)