D’lish Desserts
November 15th, 2007
i have chanced upon a secret. and a very deeeeeelish secret it is :P
it’s common knowledge that Delicious (1 Utama, Bangsar Village 2) has great desserts, right? and i’m sure most of you also know by now that Delicious is also the proud parent of a new line of delis called D’lish.
the concept of D’lish is fast and healthy; great for the busy and overworked who constantly find themselves calculating in their head the quickest possible solution to the lunch-hour dilemma. with D’lish, you can forget about your usual grab-and-go lunch of sandwiches (bleahhhh) or nasi bungkus (bwarghhhhh), because they’ve brought to the jaded lunching crowd a whole new array of lunch possibilities ready to go in under 5 minutes :)
salads? check.
soup? check.
pasta? check.
sandwiches, but of courseeeee? check.
pies and quiches? check.
nasi kerabu and nyonya mee siam? check :P
the best part is that the heavier stuff like the soups, pasta and rice already come packed in nice and neat microwavable bento boxes, which you can just grab and pay for. no need to wait for them to cook everything, or for you to get back home or to the office and discover that your lunch is one big mess of soggy condensation. wanna eat at the cafe itself? no problemo, the staff just pop the bento boxes into the microwave oven and you’ll be lunching in 2 minutes flat.
BUT ALL THAT IS NOT WHAT I’M HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
i’m here to talk about the besteststestststs part of D’lish, which is :
THE DESSERT
#2 one day’s array of cupcakes at Dlish
#3 sigh dont these look divine!
i’m always on the lookout for new dessert places, and ever since D’lish opened i’ve been a huge fan of theirs. the stuff there is just on par with the excellent quality of desserts from Delicious, not to mention that the opening of D’lish in Mid Valley solved my long-existing problem of never knowing what to eat at Mid Valley. (er.. but now that Gardens has opened..)
Delicious, always more famous for their chocolate cake and banoffee pie, was never well-known for their cupcakes. but what with the cupcake craze that hit KL last year, i suppose they decided to cater to that craze with D’lish - and believe you me when i say they did an extremely good job out of it. they ditched the whole pretty-looking, bad-tasting formula; and instead focused more on developing new combination of flavours using the old Delicious recipes, with only minimal effort being put into the aesthetics.
the result? some of the most scrumptious cupcakes i have ever had.
#4 Raspberry Cheese Cupcake with White Chocolate Curls. even though raspberry is not quite my thing, this cupcake actually made me like raspberry.
#5 Double Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Ganache and Marshmallows. sigh. this is pure heaven in a paper cup. PURE HEAVEN.
#6 Flourless Orange Cupcake with Marzipan Orange and Sticky Date Cupcake with Butterscotch Frosting. the topping on the former just MAKES the cupcake :) the latter is not bad, but pales in comparison to many a sticky date pudding out there.
#7 Rocky Road. several times i’ve gone into D’lish and seen people buying up the whole tray of Rocky Road. my friends all love it, and i do as well, but it can be a little overkill after the first several bites.
#8 Baked Banana Cheese Cupcake with White Chocolate Curls. the name itself just draws you to it like bees to honey (oh hahaha i just watched Bee Movie it’s so bloody funny hahaha please go watch it!), and i absolutely LOVE the combination of the banana, cream cheese and white chocolate. sometimes i eat this and the texture is a little bit off, ie too hard, but other times i eat it and it’s fluffy and just nice :)
#9 Banana Cupcake with Butterscotch Frosting. ooooooooh this is one of my favourites :)
#10 Chocolate Banana Cupcake with Peanut Butter Frosting. surprisingly i think this is the only cupcake in D’lish with peanut butter. there is a peanut butter bar very much like the Rocky Road though, but i have yet to try that. anyway this cupcake is yummy :) not fantastic, but still yummy. the staff say it’s a popular favourite.
i never got around to blogging about D’lish despite always wanting to. but today i went there for a late dinner and discovered something that made me decide i absolutely HAVE to blog about this place NOW.
because between 9pm and 10pm EVERYDAY, EVERYTHING in D’lish is 50% OFF.
NO JOKE. SO ONE CUPCAKE IS NOW ONLY RM 3.25 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was just such unbelievably good news to me, i was practically bouncing off the walls. then i started wailing at the waiters for not ever telling me beforehand despite me being a regular. eh RM 3.25 for one of D’lish’s cupcakes is extremely worth it okay. if you’ve tried any of Delicious’ or Dlish’s desserts, you’ll know what i’m talking about. if you haven’t, well GO TRY ONE and you’ll totally agree with me. i promise :D
okay so yeah that was the good news i wanted to share with the world, that D’lish cupcakes (and everything else they serve) are actually 50% off after 9pm :P as a lover of all things sugary and chocolatey, i just had to spread this bit of joy. forget that Starbucks latte lah… you can buy 4 cupcakes with the money you would have spent on your coffee. that said, i heart Starbucks and always will.
sigh. cupcakes.
D’lish
- Ground Floor, Mid Valley (opposite Starbucks)
- Ground Floor, Bangsar Village 1 (next to Village Grocer)
10am - 10pm daily
58 Comments Add your own
1. Jamie | November 15th, 2007 at 4:14 am
It’s a chick restaurant. They cater for gals who grew up reading chic lit, loves to shop…
Also usually like pink or light purple.
Likes the words “pretty, beautiful, or cute”.
Tell me I am wrong
2. pau | November 15th, 2007 at 6:18 am
chick restaurant or not … four of those cupcakes vs coffee. mmmm cupcakes
3. dylan | November 15th, 2007 at 7:33 am
did you happen to be in Mid Valley last night with a big Island Shop bag?
4. hw | November 15th, 2007 at 7:57 am
I love going to D’lish after 9pm and getting the 50% off stuff, mostly for salads / sandwiches. I haven’t tried their cupcakes, but the RR can be overly sweet sometimes.
5. iamthewitch | November 15th, 2007 at 8:03 am
Oohh.. pretty cupcakes! Isn’t it too bad we don’t such cupcakes in penang? *sigh* well it’s fun to look at pictures though ;)
6. Jeff from LA | November 15th, 2007 at 8:19 am
Those desserts just look ridiculously good at such a reasonable price. The only places like that in LA are incredibly expensive.
This makes me want to visit Malaysia now.
7. songjun | November 15th, 2007 at 9:15 am
so hungreh! i hate u! haha
8. Gin | November 15th, 2007 at 9:38 am
eh. wtf. no wonder. i went and bought cupcakes. and the tag said 6 sumtin but my bill 3 sumtin @_@… den we just blur blur pay… thought maybe they change price or something. lol
9. reallybites | November 15th, 2007 at 9:41 am
i like your quaintly.net watermark/ribbon/whateveryoucallit and i also like the pictures of the cupcakes and i dont like you for posting up pictures of delicious looking cupcakes that makes me wanna eat my laptop screen for breakfast.
10. vvens | November 15th, 2007 at 9:44 am
new watermark? omg i was thining of that last night too because got ppl stealing my pictures. ish.
and oh! i wanna try the banana cupcake eh. looks very very very very delicious. haha.
11. pinkshirtz | November 15th, 2007 at 10:24 am
Bwahaha … hmm … you gave me an idea for christmas party this year with gf … X) Thanks!!!
12. Cookymonster | November 15th, 2007 at 11:24 am
hey, all these pretty pictures that u took make me wonder what digicam are u using? Me in search of a good one, can advise ar?
13. Sharon | November 15th, 2007 at 11:59 am
OMG, how can u indulge in such sinful dessert and yet STILL stay so slim? >_
14. Dan-yel | November 15th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
:0 gaga…
15. Waifon | November 15th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
WHY U DIDNT SAY URE SUCH A BIG FAN OF D’LISH!!
I HAVE to FORCE friends to go there with me okay cos they got so sick of the food (me constantly pestering them to go for lunch/ dinner there with me) hahaha so I always layan diri and go there alone. Eh omg you have to try their peking duck wrap. I always recommend that to first timers. Pasta not too bad but a tad oily. And oh dnt mention about the cupcakes, did u come across one that has lots of cream on top with pretty little red hearts!? That is one of the best vanilla cupcakes i had! :D:D:D
Yah their 50% of after 9 offers makes me a cheapo cos that’s where I buy my sister’s “tomorrow’s” lunch :) senang kerja. And I alwayssssss tapau their cupcakes cos it’s so much cheaper!!! But can’t always wait for after 9 to buy cos desserts after 9…hmmm *looks at jiggly bits* :(
16. Yappy | November 15th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Any desserts totally covered with choc syrup gets my vote. :D so, which cupcake is better, dark secret from bisou or the double choc cupcake from d’lish? or you can’t decide coz both of them are sooo good? haha… i never really look at d’lish till I read your post. gosh, you’re good at this! Cheers!
17. Artificially Timtam | November 15th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
i am stuck in international class and i am hungry. now… i am famished… cupcakes… :(
superfamous superfamous superfamous….
18. Cat-chan | November 15th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
There is a flourless cupcake? That means there’s a cupcake I can eat. Joy~! So there is something I can eat if and when I go back. =^^=
19. vync | November 15th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
wow..a very pretty cup cakes…i seeing it..i feel wanna take in into my stomach…hehe…thanks for info..50% is verry attractive..haha…nice blog!!
20. entwined | November 15th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
i never know what to eat at MV either :(
like your new watermark! and the last time I went to D’lish after 9, MOST OF THE DESSERTS WERE GONE!!!!! no wonder laaaa! Now I will wait for the stroke of 9, then serang! hahahaha :P
thanks for the heads-up! and Rocky Road looks like something i will totally love…mmmm…
21. thegeekinpink | November 15th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
ever since the cupcake craze hits our shore, i knew what kind of cake my wedding cake will be. HAHA. let’s hope nobody i know read part.
wooo i’m going kl in december and i’m going cupcake crazy!
22. fern | November 15th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
do make sure you heart starbucks
i’m a barista :P
but yeah i want 4 cupcakes instead of one latte too!!
23. fern | November 15th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
ps : pretty red shoes! :D (first pic)
24. guy named jon | November 15th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
hi Pink Pau. i saw you in bangsar this evening, walking pass BV and then later on at coffee bean reading a book. you have got to be the most classy 18 year old i have ever seen. its a compliment :) keep up the good blogging
25. Kaiba | November 16th, 2007 at 12:23 am
OMG~! Is it real?!
My eyballs almost drop out from the where they belong!!!
Anyway, thanks for the information!!^__^
26. pinkpau | November 16th, 2007 at 3:49 am
jamie : every society needs its resident pigeonholer eh. you’re wrong btw :)
pau : sigh totally!
dylan : yes, c’est moi!
hw : cis, so this 9pm thing is not a secret after all ! i totally agree about the Rocky Road.. a couple of bites usually does it for me.
iamthewitch : aiyah you all penangites dont need cupcakes :( your food is already so good! leave some stuff for us KLites to have for ourselves.. :(
jeff : YOU SHOULD. i’ll take you to all the best places!!!
songjun : ah ah mr i-cook-everything, lets see how you make this one. bet you cant bake it as nice as i would!
gin : hahahaha just admit you sneakily went off with the rm3 cupcakes :P
reallybites : i dont like watermarks :( sigh if i have to have one, at least make it pink hor. and heehee you come to KL i bring you go eat cupcakes for breakfast!! and lunch! and dinner!
vvens : yaaa must put watermark oredi even though i dont like them. i got the same prob as you - too many people taking my pics. worst still they dont upload onto their own server, so my bandwidth keeps dying >=( eh but i thought you memang always got watermark wan!
pinkshirtz : cupcake party eh :D
cookymonster : i use the canon ixus 75 :) it’s great and i love it to bits
sharon : i think my metabolism is just very used to all that sugar :P
dan yel : gaga indeed :D
waifon : anywhere that has good dessert, i am there! ya i’ve tried their peking duck wrap.. haha it’s so misleading, it’s not even really peking duck cos it’s not crispy and not just the skin! anyway if you really took a look at the duck meat in there, you prolly wouldnt eat it again :P it’s like layers and layers of fat on the meat that they dont bother removing. and no ive never tried the one with hearts, but i will next time! eh you dont have to eat it after 9 wat.. can keep for the next day!
yappy : dlish’s double choc is better :)
artificially : if superfamous turns out crap like the poisoned water cupcakes from the last time, i will kick your butt
cat chan : what ! are you allergic to flour!
vync : go try :) they are very yummy
entwined : thank god for gardens, right?? i was getting really sien of Little Penang and Chopstik Noodle and Kim Gary. hahahaha serang indeed, that’s my new plan too. remember, all’s fair in love and cupcakes…
thegeekinpink : eh i saw before in a magazine, wedding cake made out of cupcakes. very nice!! you should so totally do it :D yes you must go cupcake crazy in KL, but choose the right places ok!
fern : you’re a barista?? that is so cool :P do you say .. ‘one tall hazelnut lowfat latte!’ in that singsongy voice too?! haha and thank you for noticing my shoes! i was so sad no one said my shoes were nice :(
guy named jon : hahaha why thank you for the compliment then
kaiba : yes, very real indeed!
27. Porcupine | November 16th, 2007 at 4:43 am
Noooooo…
Not another food review!!!
I’m so gonna destroy my weighing machine… (T_T)
28. kez | November 16th, 2007 at 6:35 am
I m looking forward to 13 december to try out d’lish. Thanks to you su ann.. 13 dec seems so far to me now..
29. Cat-chan | November 16th, 2007 at 8:58 am
Yes, I am. Gluten and lactose intolerant. Gluten = wheat flour, mostly. So, I can’t eat most commercially produced cakes and cookies. Oh well. Rice flour, glutenous rice flour (no gluten in that, despite the name!), corn flour and potato starch ftw!
30. vvens | November 16th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
eversince i changed my link, i dint put any watermark because i was lazy ;p but i cannot tahan already and had them back recently. picture stealers!!!!
31. Waifon | November 16th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
noooooo i like it cos there’s like a little sweetness to the wrap. okay la not exactly peking duck but im a sucker for duck and pork oh im so going to hell. oh yeah if u notice it, there’s like this oily greenish and purplish tint on the meat wtf hahaha dah la i damn support tht dish ahahaha. yes u hv to try but can get a little too muak cos it’s too vanilla- ish. rocky sth is TOOOO sweet la omg i can nvr finish that. oh the one with little marshies on top is heavenly :D oh yeah dnt ever try their smoked salmon. erlack.
oh i told one of the staff that i totally love their promotional text (okay i dnt knw wht u call those) on their juice bottles and okay, everywhere, and i said your copywriter is damn good. then he got soooo defensive and said “nooooo no no no, we don’t have a copywrite. Our boss is the brain behind all this.” hahahah chill la chill la defensive pulak. hvnt seen u in a long time so yeah, halo! :D
32. Jun | November 16th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
hey su ann! despite ur intentional/unintentional camouflage, i cudn’t help but noticed u had on a pair of red shoes. once upon a time, u told me that u’d flaunt ur red shoes whenever u feel blue, so i hope ur mood’s been uplifted by those sugary cupcakes *hugs*
33. reallybites | November 16th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
eh about those sites that link directly to your pictures, you can upload a picture saying smth like ” tiss person is a thief!!” (or upload some gross pics) and then insert some code somewhere in .htaccess file.so hor instead of showing the pic they linked to, it will show the thief/gross pic.
34. Michelle | November 16th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
You’re really versatile. Am I just not right. I’ve written about you in my blog. Just a short section. You should check it out. Do scroll down. It’s in the recent five posts.
35. fern | November 16th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
of course i do :D it’ll sound like:
“i have ONE tall HEI-zel-nuT LOWfaT LA-tei”, the trick is to accent it on where i put the caps at :D
also try hazelnut chocolate chip frappucino blended cream. Affogato style if you need the caffeine kick
where did u get those shoes! :P
36. Gin | November 17th, 2007 at 10:11 am
mwahahhahaa
37. miss susan | November 17th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
*drool* when is the cupcake sensation going to hit perth?? and why do my cupcakes never look as good, no matter how much effort i put into it? sighhhhh
38. misogynist | November 17th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Thanx for the heads up! very generous of you to share such news, knowing fully well the stampede that is going to ensue. =) Anyway, 50% off only applies to Dlish and not Delicious? TQ
39. C | November 17th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
ahhh just got back from d’lish thanks to this post! the cupcakes ARE divineeeee. i bought one BEFORE and one AFTER nine. do more food posts PLEASEEE :) i swear i’ll live by your recommendations. muahahaha. oh & whenevr ur in midvalley, drop by juiceworks cos.. i work there. HAHA :P
40. carrie | November 18th, 2007 at 12:27 am
hey suann, may i know what fonts are you using for this blog please?
41. Jeff from LA | November 18th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
That’s a really nice offer of you, Pinkpau. If you ever do end up in LA, you should send me an email, and I’ll have to show you the good places to eat. I have to admit that I’m not even close to as knowledgeable about the right places to eat in LA as you are to the places in Malaysia though.
42. miss.c | November 18th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
hi su ann. the pics are so tempting! u make me crave for cupcakes all of a sudden! ^_^
too bad i can’t go out whenever a craving like this hits me :(
your blog is really nice! it becomes my FRB (frequently read blog), ever since the first time. =D
you should be a writer. or a multiple career person. hehe!
oh! and you are really intelligent and classy for your age. =)
43. WP | November 18th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Wow…I want some!!
44. Sandra | November 18th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Hey sweetie! Nice cupcake kan! haha i tried that already! expecially the want with the mashmallow choco cupcake! yum yum rite?? hahahahaha
45. Jun | November 18th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
so happened to be talking to a fren abt cupcakes and he mentioned bisou. do u think bisou’s better or d’lish? oh, and since spore is like ur 2nd home now, have u checked out the cupcakes in marmalade or it’s subsidiary, toast? does martian like cupcakes too? if not, all the more u shud drag him along hehehe (but dun tell him i planted this idea in ur head ;p)
btw, ADELAIDE’S GOT MORE CUPCAKES WAITING TO CHEER U UP!!! ^_^
46. id | November 18th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
damn tempting wey. must def try em out before i hit california fitness 2moro. hoho. bad, baddd combination.
47. hw | November 19th, 2007 at 4:22 am
speaking of desserts, bakerzin’s cakes are orgasmic.
48. lishun | November 19th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
that’s it. i’m heading to d’lish on wed.
everyone else, stay home. the dessert’s mine. hehe.
49. badduck | November 21st, 2007 at 6:30 am
You are kill me woman!!!!
Why must you tempt a fat man….
50. ashleighhhh | November 21st, 2007 at 12:37 pm
i was this close to getting those cupcakes last night. THIS CLOSE. =(
51. cheryl | November 21st, 2007 at 5:13 pm
i love your review on d’lish. will totally check the place out.
52. songjun | November 22nd, 2007 at 12:56 am
haha i havent tried baking yet.. lazy la to bake
not that big a fan of baking. Their off the shelf muffins already so nice.. what for want to bake :P
53. Farah | November 23rd, 2007 at 12:08 am
I took your word for it and here I am, a happy customer munching heavenly thingies at a glacial pace and pausing every now and then, savoring the moment and the taste. You should get paid commission for this free advertising.
My sweet toooth sends it’s love to you.
54. Paul Tan | November 27th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Double Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Ganache and Marshmallows = HEAVEN.
I also like the carrot cake with cream cheese topping and the cute little carrot-looking thing on top.
55. lovie | November 29th, 2007 at 7:47 am
They look so yummy. *drools*
Double Chocolate Cupcake is definitely heaven. The Chocolate Banana Cupcake looks yummy too. Jealous.
=D
56. Cuppacakes with love &laq&hellip | December 27th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
[...] that was until i read Pinkpau’s review on the cupcakes in D’lish. Argh! Please, no more choices [...]
57. swan | January 5th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
after 9pm, not everything is 50% :) The coffee is not. I always been to dlish and enjoy their giant scone with my boyfriend.
58. Sylvea | August 9th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Hey,guess what,I’m so gonna try it out the next time I visit Mid Valley!Thanks for the recommendation
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