When
planning where to eat in KL (aside from the “street food” see here) there was only
one restaurant on my ‘must do’ list… the restaurant widely regarded as
Malaysia’s best - Cilantro.
Housed
within the MiCasa All Suite Hotel, Cilantro is a French restaurant that makes
use of Asian ingredients - particularly those from Japanese chef, Takashi
Kimura’s homeland.
Cilantro
has twice been listed in the Miele guide’s list of the Asia’s Top 20
Restaurants (at No.8 in 20122 and No.6 in 2012) but it dropped out of the 2013
rankings.
We
opted for the Dégustation Menu.
Bread
with Black Truffle Butter and Amuse Bouche (the butter was the highlight of the
meal)
Confit
of Foie Gras with Brioche
Capellini
with Abalone (undoubtedly the stand out dish)
Lightly
Smoked Ocean Trout with Asparagus
Lobster
& Sakuraebi Soup
Wild
Bar (Sea Bass) Fillet with Leek Etuvée & Sliced Hotate (Scallop)
French Veal with Jus
Grilled
Wagyu with Mushrooms
Crème
d’Anjou with Raspberry Sorbet
Chocolate
Soufflé Renverse with Caramel & Chestnut Cream
The
meal, setting and service were all good but I do not feel as though Cilantro is
on a par with high-end restaurants in, say, neighbouring Singapore or the UK –
if we were to return to KL, we would probably stick to the “street food” and
casual dining venues.
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The meal looked ok but bears absolutely no reflection to Malay cuisine.I can never understand why these high end Asian restaurants (many in Bangkok) serve up very highly priced western food when they should be adapting and moving forward with their own countries national cuisine.
ReplyDeleteHubby and I was there in the afternoon on the same day and he commented "maybe we will see Hungry Hoss here" LOL! Maybe next time ;)
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