We’re in MCO! No more restaurant dine-in meals, no more trawling Facebook to check out new openings, no more gathering the Echo troops for food tasting forays. Hopefully not for long. So I’m rolling up my sleeves and getting into…
Mahraj’s Kitchen Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon revisits Mahraj’s Kitchen “The most beautiful moments always seemed to accelerate and slip beyond one’s grasp just when you want to hold onto them for as long as possible.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes…
Onyx Premier Dining I was recently invited to an exclusive dinner together with some of Ipoh’s ‘who’s who’ to the Infinite Room at the top of Regalodge where Onyx Premier Dining was launched. I had reservations about accepting given our…
Legen Indian Fusion Restaurant Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon is served a King’s Banquet When you have been the personal chef to the Sultan of Brunei for 10 years, you develop a certain savoir faire in all culinary styles, and…
ES kitchen Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon expands her coterie of fave western restaurants Ipoh has always been known for its local food, be it hawker or its “Tai Chau” places, and it was only when Julie Soong opened Indulgence…
Eatup Dining Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon discovers Halal Chinese hawker fare in Meru Raya A few of my Muslim friends have often asked me where to go for Halal Chinese hawker food. Yes we are seeing a proliferation of…
Rish’s Kitchen Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon delights in “Melangerie” at Rish’s As the word “fusion” has been done to death by the culinary world (the description, not the art), I have decided to call the combination of eastern and…
Uncle Long Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon treats herself to charred and sticky sweet perfection. Char Siew literally means “fork roasted” (siu being burn/roast and cha being fork), named after the traditional cooking method for the dish where long strips…
La Formule Bistro Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon has nostalgia for France and finds it in La Formule A Formula for my Parisian blues? Perhaps. La Formule Bistro, a newly opened French restaurant near Symphony Hotel just may assuage some…
Chow Yang Vegetarian Restaurant Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon goes Vegetarian. Again. I did mention in an earlier article that my inclination towards vegetarianism is getting stronger by the month especially with this lingering pandemic. Not that I believe that…
Hainan Kia (HBR Cafe) Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon Enjoys an Oxymoron and other specialties Fried Porridge struck me as an oxymoron (a self-contradicting word or group of words) and an interesting one which immediately piqued my curiosity. This happened…
Dana’s Bamboo Biryani & Curry House Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon is bowled over by Bamboo Biryani How deep is my love for biryani ? The mere mention of them makes my pulse race, starts me salivating and my mouth…