Locating at a superb location at Changkat Bukit Bintang, the spanking new Twentyone Kitchen and Bar is chosen for this month Martell presents KLUE event. The menu offers a large variesties of dishes but the fusion cuisine clearly dominates, it is also a great place for a drink or two as you can see, the bar is heaving with bottles of alcohols.
It offers a spacious interior with bright lighting and neutral décor. Modern fittings and fixtures can be seen throughout the place.
Since I arrived surprisingly early, which is 1 hour before the event started, I hang around the upper level. I love this, lovely balcony to take in the views of the ever happening Changkat Bukit Bintang. One can feel a sense of tranquility amidst big city turmoil over here.
For appetiser, we were served with Trilogy from the Sea which consists of grilled tiger prawn on mango salad, marinated tuna loin with peach, seared scallop with citrus dressing. The succulent and juicy grilled tiger prawn is served on a bed of mango salad, which tastes like som tam, minus the green papaya. The pan seared scallop stays plump and juicy and the citrus dressing added a hint of sourish taste to it. The tuna loin is a total rip off, most of my friends could not bear to swallow it. It has a very unpleasant, malodorous fishy smell and instead of peach slices, orange slices is served with the tuna loin. My friend has reflected this to the serving staff, but noone seems to bother to apologize or offer to replace the tuna loin. It leaves a very bad first impression.
For mains, we had stuffed chicken with creamy mash and reduction and pan-fried seabass with lemongrass salad, sweet chilli and tomato salsa. The stuffed chicken is a tad too dry, but the sauteed mushroom and mash potatoes is simply delicious. My seabass tastes mediocre, eventhough I’ve always been a fans of seabass and tomato salsa.
Saving grace of the day would be the dessert, sinfully delicious chilled upside down cheese mousse with fruit compote. It is very creamy and delicious but the serving size is so small! Haha
Nah, we had a great time albeit the dissappointing food. I have with me the friends that booze together, talk incessantly about what are we up to after few months of absence. From left: Sky High, Star Dust and Martell Neat.
We had an early birthday celebration for Mun Lin too. She was so thrilled and surprise because she wasn’t aware of the plot and secret planning set behind her. Happy Birthday Girl! I wish you the fulfillment of all your fondest dreams.
Over all, mediocre food, great service from the Martell girls (never ending demands for polaroids) and 21’s serving staff (run in and out getting us drinks), extremely reasonable price of RM 60 nett and last but not least, it was one helluva party filled with overflowing booze!
food that bad? maybe its all the crowd? .. too much food too little time and man power?
Wow modern oneO.o too bad the food didn’t taste well ( they should work more on the food then the interieur then hehe)
v used to hop on to such events those days until we developed allergies to
brandy & those corky things …disappointing
haha…ur fren looked overjoyed in the pix, overdose of martell?
teckiee: it does no justice to the chef as the crowd is quite big..but this event is a good opportunity for spanking new restaurants to promote their food..they shud put in more effort towards the food rite?
giddy: hie there..exactly..but i lvoe the bar area , will go back for drinks but not food
team bsg: why???!!! singing praise for booze..haahha
xiu long bao: lol most of my frenz are tipsy/ drunk, im the one who remain conscious bcoz i know how ‘strong’ is the martell neat
i think its a good idea to hold a party during klue events..those free flow alcohol is really good stuff!..cheaper sommore
Didn’t know there’s this poshy modern bar there. Maybe should drop by for a visit on Friday or Saturday night 😀
Yup, great idea to do a party but not a good idea for food tasting as quality will be compromise due to the crowd.
pity u said that the food wasnt that great. the pics look fab though!
do link my new food blog at http://feastmalaysia.blogspot.com/
*my mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance*
HAHA. So catchy. A way to attract more customers i guess. The interior is really nice tho..
joe: exactly..doesnt need any planning ahead and the price is fixed..just drink all u want
jason: hahha..u go with who jek??
wmw: a bit dissappointed with the food ..but next mth it will be hajime ..am tempted to try again but was afraid of the quality
ginger: hie there..welcome to the flogger world
waiseng: lol..yeah..catchy indeed..hehe im in love with that place..
well… is so true over da food! that’s why we decided not to attend those events anymore…
Wahh. your “tone” in the question 😛
Go with friends la of course.
meiyen: hmmmmmmm..maybe i should try to avoid such event..but the free flow martell is pulling me…………..
jason: hahaha..wat kind of fren ooooooooooo??
Any floggers went for this one?
pea: i dun think so le
wow this all amazes me as a regular at twentyone kitchen+bar weekends i cant get a table unless i book ahead summor the food is to die for so was amazed to read this i thin u should try again.
hi all cool site and very interesting.
am sumwhat amazd as a regular at twentyone kitchen+bar where u need to book days ahed for fri and sat the food is yummy and varied indeed.
id suggest a re try i think the standard is very hi for here in malaysia.
OMG, now i have to reconsider to throw a party there for my gal.