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Local inspired food with a twist. Where can you actually find that in modern dining. It was a recent discovery for me that Bijan at Changkat Bukit Bintang is actually a well known Malay restaurant visited by many. With the success of this, they have expended it next door with SPG by Bijan. A twist of Malay Tapas and Light Bites and specialize cocktails with local infusion.

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If you are looking for Malay Cuisine then head to their classic well known Bijan.

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Certainly inlove with their ambiance. It reminds me of like when I am in Bali. Casual sitting area with fan and neon purple as background and classic mosaic bar is indeed a perfect place for gathering.

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Their cocktail series is indeed a bomb. Not your usual classic that you get in cocktail bar but it is indeed with local flavours infusion.  Believe that one of a unique cocktail in Changkat Bukit Bintang?

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Hit The Road Jack @ RM 35 : vodka, frangelico, jackfruit, lemon

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Kampung Girl @ RM 35 : gin, cucumber, ginger, blue pea flower

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One of the local inspired cocktail is :Petai Cocktail. YUP! PETAI! Stinkini @ RM 35 pickled petai, gin, vermouth. I was like whatttt.???!!! Decided to give it a try and it blew me away. I am not a fan of petai but this cocktail is another level. A well balance of mix with hint of fermented petai that brings the aroma right at the end. PERFECT PERFECT! – Recommneded!

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Blur Like Sotomg @ RM 42 : Spicy squid ink sambal tumis, anchovies, petai, mozzarella & coriander. One of my favourite for the night as a well nice mixture of flavor. not the usual Italian classic. A clever combination that brings all the flavour subtle.

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Or Chien San @ RM 22 : It’s SPG’s or chien meets okonomiyaki. Fried oyster omelette, miso chili sauce, aioli, bonito flake & sesame. Topped with fresh oyster and omelet is done right. Bonito flakes adds a layer of smokey flavour into it.

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One of the iconic entry for the menu is : Ah Ran Sini @ RM 25 Nasi Lemak flavours stuffed into rice balls & deep fried for deliciousness, served with anchovy mayo

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Lamb Dumplings @ RM 16 : Lamb & Chinese parsley dumplings served with black vinegar, shrimp chili oil. First time having dumpling made with lamb. Lamb is soft and chili shirmp is a great pairing.

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Duck Curry Bun @ RM 29 : Baked Keralan duck curry in a bun.  Extra bread for dipping +5. Second favourite of the night is this unique dish for me. Duck curry bun that had done to perfection. Fluffy bun dip into the bread is just perfect. With its hint of tumeric and duck meat cook to its softness.

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Spring Chicken Diavola @ RM 32 : Spicy roast spring chicken diavola-style with baby potato confit & sautéed vegetables.  A perfect plate to share as it fits well with beer as it is punch with spices.

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Seabass & Acar Noodles @ RM 43  : Crispy rice crust seabass fillet served with pickled vegetable “noodles”

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A clever twist of local infusion with modern dining. Certainly one of my recommended restaurant if you are looking for a unique experience.

A joyful experience comes to this set back of MCO 2.0. This place currently being coverted into private event space till further notice:

Enquiries @ [email protected]
Contact: 03-20313585/
016-4316568

Location:
SPG by Bijan
3A, Jalan Ceylon, Bukit Ceylon
50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
www.facebook.com/SPG-by-Bijan

Operating Hours: 11am – 12pm (non MCO Period)

Tel: +603 2031 3575

In Changkat Bukit Bintang surely is a well known street to many of you. Street party, Bar HOpping & good food is where all those headline would fall into this one street. By strolling up and down this street you will find yourself being harrest by all these aggressive bar people to get you into their outlet. Of course there are some other outlets that approach you in a more friendly polite manner. IT really depends.

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One of the most recent visit is The Steakhouse by Werner Kuhn’s establishment and I am sure many of you have heard this well known pork place in the area – El Cerdo. Its the same owner as you just need to walk across the street. This place would be my second visit and make no surprise to me that on weekdays the restaurant is on 80% capacity also known as one of the best place to hunt for steak in Changkat Bukit Bintang.

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If you are looking for a place with 1 stone kill 2 bird then The Steakhouse is one of the restaurant to consider as it is also part of The Whiskey Bar that seriously offer lots of whiskey that my jaw would drop off. If you look/ read thru their list you will be amazed on what kind range they are providing.

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Its a connected place whereby one outlet offer classy bar seating area and next door is more for dining.

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This is what I mean that they have a few cabinate that display most of their available Whisky and they have a lot of classic and 25 years old or even more than that available in here.

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AT their bar counter, there are mountains of opened whisky that you can order by shots.

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Not only that, if you love cigars then they do have it here and you will enjoy it by sipping on your whisky.

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Heading back to The Steakhouse as the menu is pretty straight forward. As what You see now is the only menu that they are offering. 3 pages as the last page is desserts.

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Being at such a bar before heading to Whisky, I started off with Cocktail ..

1) Margarita @ RM28 pretty decent as I find that the alcohol is very much strong and hint of lime is slightly visible.

2) Whisky Sour is one of my favorite drink. Easy to drink and lemon skin slices being added in to enhance on the taste. It pairs well with most of my starters. I had 3 glass. 😀 @ RM28

3) Classic Mojito @ RM28 is a well balance alcohol with mint leaves is sufficient enough to pull up the taste of it. .

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Next I ask the floor manager what is good to have next then he introduce drinks from Spain.

1) Rose Raspberry Sangria @ RM28

2) White Wine Pear Sangria @ RM28

Both are equally good and consider one of the best I have tried so far or maybe it suits my taste bud. A well balance of alcohol with fruits and among that 2 I prefer the White wine Pear Sangria more as its a bit alcoholic yet I can still taste the sweetness of the fruits being added in. Not only that, its chill enough and pretty refreshing. It goes well with my salad, Oyster and very very well with my escargot.

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Upon ordering our starters, we do not know what to get and the manager highly recommend us to get their Oyster as its fresh and flown in a day ago. We order without any hesitation and no regret after all. I am not a big fan of oyster but I ended up having 5 pieces myself. ITs so sweet and tasty just with squeezing a bit of lemon and 2 drops of tosbasco.  1 Fresh Live Oyster on ice with Shallot-Wine Vinaigrette RM9/piece. If you pair this with the right choice of white wine, it will be a bomb!

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Came next is Portobello mushroom with spinach & seafood @ RM26 per piece which I find it reasonable as coated with aromatic baked cheese serve along with big size mushroom and prawns.

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Something tone down abit your taste bud would be Caesar salad as they served their version here slightly different. Instead of using bacon, they are using smoked duck to enhance the taste of it also its slight chewy. One of the reason they using this also wanted to hold onto their Pork FREE status.. RM26

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Wow wow.. Looking at this picture makes me droll again as this is one of the places that serve really good escargots. It was baked perfectly with garlic herb butter and cheese. It was so aromatic upon it was serve and its perfect in taste as it smells that the snail is a bit chewy and did not over cook it and we drink the whole thing especially on the garlic herbs sauce that left behind. A MUST ORDER! RM 12 per peice

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Before we head into our red med, Duck Foie Gras is the last to serve. Nicely done = and the foie gras are still moist paired in chef’s special sauce. RM42

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The soup are prepared ahead and then baked in oven with melted cheese on top of the croutons.  RM22

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Mushroom soup with olive oil @ RM 20

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Beef Stroganoff @ RM48

This is one of the dish would falls into my very highly RECOMMENDED dish. I love this dish as I have tried a very good one over sea and locally its still hard for me to find one and I must say, finally I have found something that I like. YOu must not miss this dish when you are here as the potato rosti being pan fried till crips on both side and soft in the inside also as the side serve with beef stripes are tender and. Mushroom sauce taste pretty good too.

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BBQ Short Ribs @ RM78

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On my last visit, I did order this and this round order this again as I find it very good. Season well, then went into grill till the outer layer end up with grill mark yet inside is cook just nice. The meat is so soft that just by using fork, it easily tear off.

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Grilled Black Cod Fish @ RM58

Thick black cod fish fillet served with parsley, potato, mushroom and creamy wasabi pesto sauce

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First read to appear is Charcoal Grilled Australian Grain Fed Beef Medallion @ RM88

A medallion shaped cut beef and then charcoal grilled then place on hot plates upon serving to the customer

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Black Angus Tenderloin @ RM98

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Cook to the condition as I like medium rare and the steak is still juicy with the mark left behind too as the hot plate is still grilling on the beef while you are eating. Juicy and tender.

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I am very full till now then flipping thru what whisky set I should try, Full Japanese series or full 18 years old series. Ended up trying both.

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Serving the whisky takes a bit long as you all might know that its just pouring on a shot or 2. Well, one of the reason as they have this very unique kinetic mechine help to shape ice, just by putting a square cube of blog ice in the middle then let the top cover do its magic.

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Tadaa… after about 3 minutes it had been shape up like that to be added into the glass and serve with the set.

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Japanese Tasting Set which consist 4 different years whiskey on your tasting tray. Each were explained on its characteristic and tasting method. Please do not spoil this great whisky with coke as many of you do. ITs either on neat or mix with water. On this tasting series is the Japanese Suntory distillery’s famous Yamazaki, Hibiki and Hakushu ranging from 12 to 22 years. In here still Yamazaki is the winner for me.

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Next tray is Perfect 18 means 5 taster of 18 years old whisky from 5 different whisky disstealeries

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Last but not least, when you are full till like a fat pig could not walk, who say you cant eat anymore! There is always room for dessert no matter how your full condition is. Love the Mango taste and the original is not bad too.

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Tiramisu @ RM22.50

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Baked Cheese Cake is pretty decent as its soft that can still taste on the cheese not too thick either. @ RM22.50

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Looking at their own dessert signature series, Andreas Special on the left come with difference ice cream! It come with white chocolate ice cream, milky chocolate mousse, chocolate crumble, banana in passion fruit and pear in red wine. If you are slightly adventurous and would want a slightly well balance taste then don miss this. AS Andres special (left) have a quite well balance taste with sour, sweet, and slightly bitter end then you must hunt this down!

 

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Werner and Andreas Special @  RM22.50 each

As the dining came to an end I discover that their most expensive beef is not the best I have had and I find that The Steakhouse have its advantage as the one slightly cheaper taste better for me. Moist, juicy and just right! Since everything is juicy, our receipt also very juicy.

Location:
The Steakhouse KL
No.48, Changkat Bukit Bintang,
50200 Kuala Lumpur

GPS: 3.14748, 101.70822

Tel: 03-2143 2268

Continuing on my last trip at Bangkok, the last night itself we wanted to visit some sky bar in the city itself as I have seen many bloggers went to many nice sky bar that available in Bangkok. Then told Goft about it and she mention to us that she will be bringing us to this Red Sky Bar which is located in Centara Grand Hotel in Central World.

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As you head upon the bar you need to do a lift transfer as you need to head to the lobby floor then change lift to head up to level 55 whereby the RedSky Bar is. Love the hotel lobby as it feels so luxury to walk in and all of us were greeted by the friendly staff there.

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Ding Ding, here we are upon reaching the highest floor of the hotel at level Fifty Five.

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Welcome to Red Sky Bar, a bar which is located on the 3rd highest building in Thailand and from the 55th floor itself with 360 degree view accross Bangkok City.

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Here are the details of the bar. .

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The bar offer relaxing ambiance that filled with jazz band, a perfect interior whereby you can bring your love ones to this place for special occasions.

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This would be their private function room covers with huge curtains that make it a total private space for you and your friends that totally no one can look thru it whereby the table will be facing with magnificent view of the city itself.

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The careful consideration from the bar also offer a single seater area for people who just love being a long for a moment  ..

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The place are pretty pack for Friday night and many people came here just to chat or hang out.

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The bar is serve full range of spirits, wines, champagnes, cocktails and beers along with happy hours between 5pm and 7 pm. Get to know that it is one of the popular time with many locals on that time to catch the nice sunset.

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Live Jazz from 7.15pm – 11.30pm daily.

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Too bad that we cant be seated outside that night as it was raining quite heavily and sad to enjoy a perfect view of the city from last night itself.

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I manage to take a few pictures from the top how it looks like ..

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Then heading back where we are seated, as for the night we were super full, so we opted to drink wine for the night.

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Me enjoying the drinks, companion of my best friends and the ambiance~

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Before we left they are all busying taking pictures of the well lighted wall that fully decorated with wine bottles which is quite impressive.

If you prefer some where you can dance or shake around, then you can consider other sky bar as this one are meant more for relaxing as they have jazz band playing along.

You can find out other info on other by this checking out this website – Top 10 Sky Bar in Bangkok

Location:
Red Sky Bistro & Bar, Rooftop
Centara Grand at CentralWorld,
999/99 Rama 1 Road, Pathumwan,
Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Tel : +662. 769 1234

Opening Hours-
Red Sky Bistro- daily from 7 pm- 1:00 am
Red Sky Bar- daily from 5 pm- 1:00 am ( happy hour 5 pm- 7 pm)

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So this ends my adventure in Bangkok and flying off. . . Next trip . .Cambodia~

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This is the new international airport of Bangkok and some predict that it will be one of the busiest airport in Southeast Asia ..

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The airport is quite huge and offers quite a good range of mix retailing in the duty free center.

When Looking for Lebanese Cuisine, Al-Amar is one of the names that often pop out of my head or when friends ask for good recommendation as this outlet never fails to impress on their food, (click here for previous review Al-Amar Express) & Al-Amar Pavilion (click here)

Sometimes right after work, we are just too lazy to be stuck in the jam for hour to head back home and what do most of us do that work inside the city itself. Either, we will go for a dinner and drinks or catch a movie.

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For this round we are heading there to chill out with the rest of our friends as now Al-Amar Express is doing promotion for happy hours.

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Its great to see all of them are here that it had been a while since last seen every one all under one roof. After a tiring day at work and this place certainly a great place to meet up with many shopping malls nearby and parking is certainly convenient as most of the car park offer flat rate already which we need not to worry and calculate how many hours x the rates going to be charged.

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Simple food is offer in this outlet with  Lebanese wraps, healthy sandwiches, chawarmas, salads and Manakeesh (Lebanese pizzas) are all good! Prices start from RM8 – RM25 per dish, besides that  Al-Amar also provide attractive lunch combos & dinner at affordable price ranging from RM19 – RM25!

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and as for the night, we  are onto their cocktails which alcohol is not too strong and pair perfectly with the taste as I like, yet some said its too mild. Well, some like it strong I suggest you ask for more POWER shotz! Mojito for the night to kick start with  . .

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What’s the special on their happy hours is  . .Buy 2 chilled bottles of beers and you will get another for FREE from 4pm – 8pm everyday! 

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That’s how we get it going and flowing with da booze~

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This picture is funny as every one is looking every where with at least 5-6 cameras were taking at that time

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Last but not least, all of us had a great time to catch up as its hard to get every one at the same time. Do try their ARAK.. Very kick to end up your night! Its a love hate relationship drink. Either you love it or you hate it!

For hardcore party people, this news would be great for you if you find that those club that close at 3am is too early as Al-Amar Express would be another option to continue your party or after party hang out spot as they open until 5am every Friday and Saturday night

Location:
Al-Amar Express Farenheit 88
Ground Floor, Fahrenheit 88,
179 Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur

For reservation and inquiry, please call 03-2141 3814

Every year, once after Christmas Celebration, the next festive season would definitely be Chinese New Year, as it is always the period of the year that I love the most is during end of the year with continues festive celebration. As Chinese New Year Celebration is around the corner, a lot of us would be busying buying new clothes, decoration in house and around the mall will be set up and restaurant owner will be busy preparing for their CNY menu for all family, friends and colleagues gathering.

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Then we head to one of the newest mall in Petaling Jaya which is SS2 Mall, open one of the biggest restaurant in the area that can host at least 1500 people in the restaurant itself. So, big family with a lot of friends, this is definitely one of the restaurants to consider as they are not just big, they also do have one of the only concept so far in the area that will provide great host for your friends and family.

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Not only they are good in their restaurant management as if you ever attend a wedding with few other weddings together at one shot? with their new style, they are able to cater as much as 3 wedding at one go in this spacious restaurant with each of the wedding have their private stage and with many railings to be pulled to cater just for your family and friends without disturbing another wedding next to you.

Its a restaurant that well decorated with comfy and much need for us as a diner.

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This is what I mean that they do have a special concept that host our family and friends whichs is a pool party will be throw out when you purchase their packages. With bikini girls serving mocktails or cocktails based on your favourite selection and the whole place will be decorated according to your theme.

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when your guest arrive early, this would be definately a perfect place to hang out or chill with family and friends.

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In their range of menu, they sure do have extensive array of food to be choosen from, start as cheap as RM8. Another highlight on this restaurant is that the menu, some of the special dishes, you are able to get in this restaurant only as the onwer hire 5 executive  chef in its 5 outlet and 5 of them have their very own signature dish. Therefore, what you eat here might not get a chance to eat in other restaurant.

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A little early for Yee Sang? Don think so, as it is only around 3 weeks away from CNY. Alot of people aready made bookings for their ‘Sau Gong Jau’ (closing lunch/dinner before CNY is to mark that’s the end of the year in Chinese Calendar).

World Cup fever is on at the moment, no matter where you go, restaurant, mamak, coffee shop, pub or club as long as any where there are TV or Plasma, you will see people sitting there cheering and shouting for their favourite country. Sid’s Pub is one of the place to be.

Sid pub is located at Bangsar South one of the new development area, and I would just say, regulars who patron this place would go back constantly after that. Frank which one of the owner, greet every one of his customer including us and he believe that there are no boss – customer relationship just that every one in the shop are friends that never talk.

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In the signage already mention that they are a pub in a friendly neighbourhood, therefore you can expect full house most of the time.

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The interior is very classicly decorated with old pictures and news paper cutting with old wooden style on the ceiling to create the ambiance out similiar like England.

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In the bar, they serve variety of shots, cocktails and few choices of draft to choose from, one of their famous one is Strongbow.

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For me and my siau friends, we always stick with Guinness and the other one stick with his favourite Budweiser.

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These are my two siau friend + Colleague..

One of the reason we revisit this place is, the Happy Hour for Guinness is RM17++ per pint all night long and the place close on last man standing, with this kind of hospitality, what could we ask for. . .

Location:
Sid’s Neighbourhood Pub
Jalan 112h, Kampung Kerinchi,
59200 Kuala Lumpur,


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