Posts Tagged ‘fusion’
Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio, Solaris Dutamas, KL – SEPT 2010 Menu
September 5th, 2010 • 8 comments Expensive eats, Food, General, MAIN
Tags: cafe, french, fusion, solaris dutamas
The Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio September 2010 Menu is out!
I dropped in for a quick lunch today as my friend wanted to try Chef Nathalie’s creations after reading numerous blog posts about it. Truth to be told, I only partook a bite of each dish as I’m still nursing a “stomach flu”, whatever that’s supposed to mean. All I know is that it’s blardy annoying to puke everything you eat.
Anyways..
We started with the Crab & Spinach Charlotte, Salmon roe, Creamy Mustard Sauce, ( RM27). This dish/dome is like a work of art! So prettyyy!
But to consume, it has to be “torned” apart..
..and it does taste as good as it looks! Plentiful of crab meat & spinach tightly encased in that little dome & all coupled nicely with the creamy sauce.
I gave a yelp of joy upon seeing “duck confit” on the mains menu. I was expecting the duck confit to be somewhat like the one I had previously (pic in the post HERE) . But the Duck Confit & Porcini Hachis Parmentier, Porcini Sauce, (RM50) turned out to be this. . .
My friend Kevin gave it thumbs up, while I sulked that it wasn’t the duck confit that I envisioned it to be. It was a very well prepared duck confit nonetheless, bold in flavours & moist in texture. I personally find it to be a tad salty, but that’s coming from a low- tolerance- of- sodium person so it’s best for you to judge it yourself.
We moved on to desserts, and I finally found something on Nathalie’s dessert menu that caught my fancy, the Revised Rum Baba, Orange Soup with Rum, Apricot Sorbet & Orange Espuma, (RM22).
A rum baba is actually a cylindrical yeast cake, supposedly originated from Poland/France (I’m not going to go into details of the argument of the originating country) & it is soaked in rum after baking, hence the name. Here at Nathalies’, I barely tasted any rum and upon enquiry, was told that it has indeed been soaked in rum for 24 hours prior to serving.
Well, the yeast cake itself wasn’t great, but its accompanying sides of Orange Soup with Rum, Apricot Sorbet & Orange Espuma certainly made up for it.
Kevin’s choice of Raspberry Frozen Souffle, Pistachio Dacquoise, Pistachio & Raspberry Coulis RM20, showcased the best of Nathalie’s skills in the desserts department. One can’t go wrong with ordering sorbets here.
Below: Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio Sept 2010 menu. We peeked at the other diners’ choice of dishes and we agreed that for starters, the tuna bites with the Arugula Sorbet (it was really presented as a scoop of sorbet!) looked intriguing while for the mains, the Cod looks positively lovely; a big slab of translucent white meat, almost glowing in its paleness. Yup, that shall be my choice for my next visit! 
* Check out June & July’s menu HERE.
** August Menu HERE..
Note: Solaris Dutamas is NOT Solaris, where the Cold Storage is.
To get here, go PASS Solaris on your left, head on straight till you are at a T-junction. Turn RIGHT. Drive along the road which will eventually curve left.
After about a minute, you will see a block of commercial building on your left. There are a lot of F&B outlets, etc here. You can’t miss it.
GPS: N03 10.25′ E101 39.91′
Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio
A-4-1-5 Dutamas Solaris,
Jalan Dutamas, 50490 Kuala Lumpur.
T: 6 03 62079572
W: www.nathaliegourmetstudio.com
Close on Sun.
Opens Mon to Sat: 9am – 6pm.
Nambawan Cafe, Taman Sri Manja, PJ – Another option for PORK burger!
August 19th, 2010 • 39 comments Food, General, MAIN
Tags: cafe, fusion, Non Halal, PJ, pork
Always on the look out for good pork burgers, it didn’t take much persuasion for me to seek this place out, especially after reading a few positive reviews from blogs.
Unfortunately, the area completely eludes me. And Old Klang road is not a vicinity I would venture into voluntarily. GPS coordinates would have been helpful, if any could be found.
The only option left then, was to get a human GPS. The one that I know, however, happened to be a lazy won’t -travel-far-for-food-unless-it-is-bak kut teh bum.
So one weekend, I refused to eat lunch unless lunch is at Nambawan. And wisely, the other half figured that instead of dealing with a sulky bitch, a phone call to find out exactly the location of Nambawan Cafe would be a better alternative.
And thus the weekend was saved. I sat in Nambawan Restaurant & Cafe a short while later & happily browsed through the menu for my order.
Midsummer Nights Feast @ Starhill Gallery 2010 – Celebrity Chef Stephen Mercer showcasing modern Australian cuisine
July 9th, 2010 • 10 comments Events, Expensive eats, Food, General, MAIN
Tags: fusion, KL, KL events, Restaurant, Starhill, YTL
“If God is in the detail, then dining at Mercer’s is heaven” – such was an accolade awarded by a food critic to Chef Stephen Mercer.
And I agree wholeheartedly, as it was a dinner nothing short of amazing.
Stephen Mercer, winner of the Australian Golden Chef’s Hat Award by Age Good Food Guide for 6 consecutive years!
As an invited guest of Executive Chef Kevin Cape, I languished in the company of 4 master chefs & had the opportunity to have my taste buds stimulated with Chef Stephen Mercer’s modern Australian cuisine. Yes, it was an excellent night. 
From top left to right: Chef Stephen Mercer, Leaf – PA to Master Chef Jacqueline Qiugiong of Shook! Shanghai, Taya – wife of Chef Kevin Cape, Chef Wai of Pangkor Laut Resort, Master Chef Massimo Martina, Exec Chef Kevin Cape.
Bottom left to right: Rebecca Saw , Master Chef Jacqueline Qiugiong of Shook! Shanghai, Soo Yee – PA to Chef Kevin Cape.
Starhill Gallery presents Midsummer Nights Feast 2010 (2 July – 9 July 2010)
June 9th, 2010 • 23 comments Events, Food, MAIN
Tags: American, chinese, fusion, halal, italian, KL events, Restaurant, spanish, thai, YTL
Decadence.. Luxurious.. Opulence and Lavish.
I have always said to NOT expect anything less than the above from any projects from the YTL Group. And that’s exactly what one can anticipate from YTL Corporation’s annual Starhill Gallery’s Midsummer Nights Feast.
A week of fabulous food & wine, paired with music & entertainment to create a convivial, festive experience that CELEBRATES life (Ok, I’m not going to argue with that!) by engaging all the senses & the intellect.
The map of all the restaurants in Starhill Gallery, KL.
Grand Imperial Restaurant – BSC
November 15th, 2009 • 23 comments General
Tags: bangsar, chinese, fusion, tai chow
The Grand Imperial, had perhaps, hoped to be a strong contender for The Grand ‘ole Dame of Chinese cuisine, The Ming Room in the vicinity of Bangsar.
A quick Internet google did not yield much results except for the dim sum review by Joe & another by STL of happy Happy.
Since we wanted to go ala carte, it still left us pretty much undecided on either The Ming Room or Grand Imperial.
So 30mins before the agreed meeting time, I stood in front of Grand Imperial Restaurant, flicking through their menu and then repeated the same procedure for The Ming Room.
Finally I decided on Grand Imperial, for just based on the menu alone, seems to offer a wider selection of preparation for each category of seafood, meat & so forth. Anyhow, it’s good to check out a new place, I reasoned to myself.
Even at 645pm, the place was fast filling up with patrons, mostly families and even businessmen, all talking loudly & enjoying their drinks.
While having wines and champagne with Chinese cuisine was almost unheard of back in my younger years (it was then beers/shandy, tea or sarsi/orange cordial), it seems that every restaurant worth their salt now are going all out with the wine pairing trend.
And it is no exception here at the Grand Imperial, which I must say, offers quite grand of a selection of alcohol.
A non alcoholic person, I settled for some good old Chinese dessert instead, and the words “Avocado” jumped out at me from the menu.
Sadly, my Chilled Avocado Cream with Sago, RM7, was sickeningly saccharine- sweet, with nary of the luxurious creaminess expected of avocados. And this was supposedly their signature dessert.
My companion didn’t have much luck with his Chilled Lemongrass Jelly w Sea Coconut, Rm6 either. See below. Doesn’t it look outright pathetic?
Since our fourth guest is late, and happens to be a Malay, I quickly fired orders for a plate of siew yuk.
The crackly top hats and alternating layers of tender pork & fat restored some of the good vibes around the table. Maybe desserts isn’t their forte, we thought.
Anyhow, we added an order of BBQ Sliced Pork it with Honey Sauce RM16 just to be sure.
Rainy nights and stressful days got us hankering for stewed, double boiled, body nourishing soups hence we ordered 2.
Both were recommended orders of the Restaurant Supervisor & was a complete joke.
Double Boiled Seafood Soup, RM22 & Mushroom Soup, RM14.
When we couldn’t spy any seafood nor mushrooms in both bowls, we called her over to confirm if it was the right order.
She proceed to dig the spoon into both bowls and shoveled up some of the contents. After repeating that for several times, (while we watched her digging away at our soups) she merely said “Oh, the chicken one is the seafood soup, and the pork one is the mushroom”.
My boss then tactfully reminded me that this is a business meeting & I should try not to create a scene. Hurmph.
This cost us RM42.00.
It was just another crap, uh…I meant craB dish.
Fisherman Fried Rice with Salted Egg Yolk. RM16.
The culprit?
SALTED FISH. Which ingenious chef fries rice with salted fish AND salted eggs?!!
I think it was written somewhere in the menu as Australian beef. That’s probably why.
Texture and taste-wise? It could have been Malaysian cows for all we know.
So I do look forward to any good reviews anyone may have to share! ;p
Grand Imperial Restaurant,
Lot T5,3rd Flr,BSC East Wing.
No.285,Jalan Maarof,
Bukit Bandaraya,
Bangsar,59000, KL.
03-22831118
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