Cilantro Eating Seat & Vino Bar - A Worthy Win Inward The Miele Lead 2010/11

warm Rex salmon with poached oyster too avruga

Congratulations to the squad behind Cilantro Restaurant & Wine Bar! For the get-go time, Malaysia has scored a house on the tiptop 10 best restaurants inward Asia equally voted inward the Miele Guide 2010/11. It's a worthy respect since Cilantro is placed at publish viii too alongside peachy restaurants such equally Iggy's from Singapore, Mozaic from Bali too Caprice from Hong Kong. Even though the Miele Guide is non equally widely recognised compared to the Michelin Guide (which has yet to travel inward on our shores), it is nonetheless a large pat on the dorsum for the fine dining scene inward Kuala Lumpur.

the only argue to ditch that diet too swallow all those carbs - Cilantro's divine truffle butter

To celebrate, nosotros decided to dine at Cilantro this Fri for their infamous lunch for RM150 nett (only available on lazy winding downward Fridays). It was perfect timing also since it was Diwali, the Festival of Lights too all the argue to savor our fourth dimension off from work.

muscovy duck consomme with foie gras too chestnut mushrooms served inward a Titanium Staub mini cocotte

Dining hither is ever a peachy pleasance - comforting nutrient that soothes the soul weary from the daily drudge of life paired with impeccable service. Combine all this with peachy fellowship too y'all have got a formula for success. While Cilantro reopened halt of terminal yr (I recollect my get-go see for a exceptional Xmas eventide dinner), they only restarted their infamous Fri lunches around July this year.

char grilled principal Kobe rump with babe cos too Parmigiano


For lunch, it is best that y'all have got the hateful solar daytime off to thoroughly savor it since the repast tin normally stimulate y'all into a nutrient coma. Unlike its sis eating seat Sage, lunches hither tend to hold upward a tad richer too to a greater extent than indulgent.



I'm feeling really festive with the Kir Royale


You start of with a flute of Kir Royale - the perfect potable to celebrate with a medley of tiny bubbles from the champagne too a touching of creme de cassis. Next you'll hold upward slow lulled into nutrient sky equally y'all dine on the warm Rex salmon with poached oyster gently placed on a bed of finely sliced potatoes. There's a trivial cream on the side with a spoonful of avruga caviar to brand it fifty-fifty to a greater extent than pleasurable.



panache of seafood with saffron risotto too jus served on a cast Fe Staub


Next it is a lighter agency to savor foie gras, sliced too poached inward a duck consomme with chestnut mushrooms that gives it a silky texture. I love the tiny Titanium Staub cocotte that is used to serve this dish. Being the atypical kitchen geek, I was secretly coveting that for habitation but god knows when am I going to have got an occasion to serve my nutrient inward mini cocottes. The only affair that slightly mars these gorgeous dish is the duck while was on the chewier side.



feuillantine of apple tree with calvados H2O ice cream


Mains is normally a alternative of meat or seafood. This fourth dimension round, it is melt-in-the-mouth Kobe beef served with crisp babe cos lettuce with Parmiagiano. Opting for the lighter meal, the seafood panache is perfect since it is an assortment of the ocean's bounty (scallops, clams, fish too prawns) all beautifully pan seared too served with small-scale component of saffron risotto that tasted to a greater extent than similar the briny sea versus the precious reddish bloom stamens.



the accolade - a movie taken past times the photography maestro Paranoid Android


My only gripe is desserts since they're not also innovative with their sweetness course. Nevertheless the combination of silky smooth vanilla H2O ice cream served with crispy tuiles and the heady olfactory belongings of calvados apples is nonetheless quite pleasurable to halt the meal. We current of air downward with java to trace us through the nutrient coma - the perfect agency to halt an indulgent lunch.


Cilantro Restaurant & Wine Bar
MiCasa All Suite Hotel
368-B, Jalan Tun Razak
Kuala Lumpur


Tel: 03-2179 8082


(Pork free. Open for tiffin on Fridays only from 12 noon to 2pm. Dinner is from 6-10.30pm. Closed on Sundays. More pictures of a previous tiffin tin also hold upward obtained inward the Flickr set.)

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed hither is solely based on my personal tastebuds too may vary for others. This review is fourth dimension sensitive; changes may reach off to the house after on that tin impact this opinion. The reviewer also declares that she has non received whatever monetary or non-monetary compensation from this house for writing the review.

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