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awesome blossom, extra awesome
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I went to Chilli's today for the first time in many many months with Desmond and Joshua.

Now just before we were going there I was talking about how good the Awesome Blossom is - which is a beautiful deep fried onion strips creation that to me is one of Chilli's signature dishes.

Onion ring lovers like me will (probably) agree with me that this is indeed one of the most enjoyable variations of deep fried onions.

Now this was the very first thing that I planned to order today, and after a few rounds pouring through the menu in the Gurney Plaza branch in Penang, I was very puzzled as to why I couldn't find this on the menu.

We then decided to ask the waiter about this. To my very surprise the answer was this - "the awesome blossom has been taken off the menu".

OK. These Western restaurants are everywhere. I knew it was inevitable that eventually I will be dropping by one of these famous franchise restaurants.

Tony Roma's is another American franchise restaurant that is mushrooming all over Malaysia. In other parts of the world, their specialty is their pork ribs, but because they want to ensure that this restaurant is 'halal' friendly here, beef is the substitute.

My cousin was kind enough to give us a treat at the Sunway Pyramid outlet. So how does this place rate against the likes of TGI Friday?

Let's find out.