Awesome Canteen at Taman Paramount Petaling Jaya: Restaurant Review

A Risky Gambit

Naming a restaurant ‘Awesome Canteen’ is a risky gambit, but this Paramount Garden newbie possesses the potential to live up to that description.

Dominated By Auto Workshops

Thanks to Joachim for pointing us to this place, which opened this month on a street dominated by auto workshops, further up the row anchored by Loong Foong, the Chinese restaurant famed for roast duck.

Contemporary Tastes

Awesome Canteen is a thoughtfully outfitted outlet, with salvaged-wood tables & 20th-century relics like rotary phones & typewriters providing a nod to the past in a cafe that clearly caters to contemporary tastes.

Delicious Burgers Are Offered

Come during dinnertime, when surprisingly delicious burgers are offered, ranking among the Klang Valley’s Top 10. Spicy creations include a Tex-Mex medley of tabasco-grilled beef patty, melted pepper jack cheese, tomato-&-guacamole salsa & grilled chilies.

Chicken Burger With House-Made Sambal And Anchovies

Equally excellent, if not more: A chicken burger with house-made sambal & anchovies. The fillings taste fabulously fresh, with a brilliant balance of flavors, complemented by fluffy-light poppy-seed buns; most of the burgers hover around the RM20 mark.

“Paleo Burgers”

Gotta love burgers when they’re lusciously loaded; Awesome Canteen also serves bun-free “Paleo Burgers” for those on the primal caveman diet.

Thai-Influenced Veggie Relish

Here’s the Thai-influenced veggie relish that’s the topping for Awesome Canteen’s Tom Yam burger, featuring crisp, vividly refreshing flavors that prove the hallmark of this cafe’s recipes.

Herb-Tinged Fries

Even the herb-tinged fries are well worthwhile, thanks to the diligent efforts of a nine-person team that includes Diane Ong & her friends at a Malaysian graphic design firm who’ve decided to pursue their dream of running an F&B establishment, hiring a talented young chef in the process.