For the past two years, the Magnificent Fish & Chip Shop has stood proudly (and busily) as one of the main attractions on Changkat Bukit Bintang. But, for anyone who is still yet to check out the city’s only dedicated authentic (they wrap them in newspaper and everything) fish and chips, what are you missing? [...]
Archive for December, 2009
28 Dec
Asam Laksa Stall
Madras Lane, the dark, dank walkway that cuts through the middle of Chinatown’s wet market, boasts two stalls selling asam laksa. I eat there regularly but have yet to sample the version dished up by the middle stall. Why? Because I can never nudge myself past the divine hot, sour, and fishy fugue rising from [...]
28 Dec
Kohinoor
The entire review of Kohinoor’s could be summed up in a single word: good. Each dish is good, the service is good, the atmosphere also good. However, nothing seems to really exceed this level. Just as nothing is ‘average’ or ‘below par’, so nothing could be fairly called ‘very good’ and certainly not ‘excellent’. The [...]
28 Dec
twentyone kitchen + bar
Consistently excellent, twentyone’s kitchen, to my mind, produces some of the best food in the whole of the Bukit Bintang area, which is some compliment. On a recent visit, friends and I settled downstairs, trying to avoid eye-contact with the disconcertingly huge mirror that dominates one wall, while (thankfully inobtrusive) revelers went upstairs. It seems [...]
28 Dec
Sentidos Tapas
Before the food arrived this was down as a ‘2 star’ review. But that soon changed. The décor is ‘authentically Spanish’. As long as by ‘authentically Spanish’ you mean ‘walls are painted orange and a handful of bull-fighting posters are dotted aimlessly around’. The furniture barely fits the theme, likewise the white tablecloths (asking for [...]
28 Dec
Shanghai Delight
The location on Changkat Bukit Bintang certainly implies that they are hoping to entice the resident expatriates who, it must be said, largely feel more comfortable with familiar cuisine and flavours. And, having sampled more than my fair share of ‘English’ Chinese takeaways, I can tell you that Shanghai Delights at least ranks favourably against [...]
28 Dec
Restoran Theng Wah
This coffee shop on a particularly desolate and, for some reason, always scorching stretch of Old Klang Road has a couple of things going for it: the pan meen and the char kway teow dished up by its two resident hawkers. Scrape a plastic chair across Theng Wah’s pocked cement floor, rest your elbows on [...]
28 Dec
Fatimah Selera Kampung
They say Malaysia’s best Malay food is found in private kitchens. Consider Fatimah Selera Kampung your entrée to ‘mom-style’ Malay cuisine. Every dish on offer comes out of a home kitchen; the very casual, open-air restaurant is, after all, built onto the side of a private Kampung Baru home. Pakcik Nordin, Fatimah’s amiable proprietor, is [...]
28 Dec
Alexis Bistro
Alexis is an uber-cool kind of place. Wood-fire oven, a contemporary menu of Asian and Western food, extensive wine list, beautiful cakes and pastries fresh each day, frequent popular live jazz performances showcasing local and international artists, they’ve got the lot. Thanks to the authentic oven, their pizzas are light, crispy and perfect for sharing, [...]
28 Dec
Little Penang Kafe
The lack of empty tables at the Little Penang Kafe tells its own story. This is a popular eaterie. Although you wouldn’t know that from the number of diners remarking that the food in Penang is so much better. And you know what? The food in Penang is so much better. But we’re not in [...]
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