The words ‘family restaurant’ are enough to make most of us run away screaming and Marco’s, on the face of it, looks as hideous as most. Bright colours, faux-cheery staff, unimaginative menus, incongruous play equipment, Marco’s has the lot. However, that’s exactly what a lot of parents want. And kids love it. The colours and [...]
Archive for December, 2009
29 Dec
Daorae Garden
Korean isn’t quite spur-of-the-moment food; diving into all that garlic and chilli requires a bit of advance planning. And whomever you plan to spend the rest of the post-meal day with had better partake with you, because you know what they say about garlic breath (it’s best shared). But issues such as these needn’t be [...]
29 Dec
Padi House
I avoided the gentleman offering me the use of a sheesha (Before the meal? Really?) and took my seat upstairs on the balcony. This meant choosing the ‘realism’ of garden furniture and dirty tablecloths over the stylish and contemporary interior setting. It also meant the dulcet tones of Ms Whitney Houston, whose ‘Best Of’ collection [...]
29 Dec
Neroteca
A recent lunch of simple but well-prepared standards left us feeling that some of KL’s more high-falutin’ restaurants could learn a thing or two from Neroteca about letting good ingredients speak for themselves. The antipasti plate for two was as good a version as we’ve had outside of Italy. Featuring a surprisingly abundant selection of [...]
29 Dec
Gonbei
In a city with no shortage of respectable Japanese restaurants, Gonbei is perhaps the most spectacular. It’s certainly a special occasion whenever you dine there, even if the feel is more rustic charm than the slick, contemporary lines more fashionably found at other hotel-based locations. Gonbei’s five counters offer diners a choice of how they [...]
29 Dec
Al Amar
Chic by day, romantic by night, Al Amar dishes up sumptuous authentic Lebanese cuisine immaculately prepared by highly experienced Lebanese chefs with the best and freshest ingredients flown in directly from Lebanon. The restaurant prides itself with serving some of the finer Lebanese cuisine available in Malaysia. Try out some of the restaurant’s signature dishes [...]
29 Dec
Fisherman’s Cove
The irony about KL-ites adoration of seafood is that, by and large, the quality of the fish and crustaceans on offer is not actually that high. That’s not the fault of any of the restaurants, I should point out. It’s merely a factor of being far from the ocean. Getting the catch to your plate [...]
29 Dec
The Apartment Downtown
Sprinklings of genuine brilliance peeked from behind this safe, enjoyable dining experience. The menu perhaps undersold the quality as it peaked interest without over-raising expectations (until dessert anyway). I expected good, contemporary fare and that’s precisely what I got. However, in between were utterly incredible moments of sheer dining excellence. To start, we ordered several [...]
29 Dec
Sutraa
Before I went to eat at Sutraa I was a little confused. I had two friends who had visited, one who promised me it was an Indian restaurant, the other swearing blind it was a nightclub/bar. To be honest, even after eating there I’m not sure which it truly is. In some cases – such [...]
29 Dec
Ghazal
In football, sometimes you can have all the possession, pass the ball nicely around, create loads of chances, put the other team under pressure, but they still score a lucky goal and you end up losing. I can’t help but think of this peculiar analogy when I stand on Changkat Bukit Bintang and look at [...]
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