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| Stoked Damansara |
Stoked, Charcoal Restaurant together with Wine Bar
Words past times Kirsten Durward
Photos past times (Monica Tindall)
‘If loving nutrient makes me a foodie together with so does loving vino construct me a winey?’ asks Monica, Oeonophile is besides long, vino lover besides complex, Australians practice love shortening their words. There is a whole majority on Aussie slang yous know! But whatever the term is for worship of wine, if yous move inward Kuala Lumpur together with yous savor a decent drinking glass or bottle, are seeking for something beyond the regular Australian Chardonnay together with Chilean Merlot, together with so the Vintry grouping of restaurants should definitely move on your list. Featuring odd boutique wines, personally sourced, at extremely reasonable retail prices I retrieve you’d move pushed to detect to a greater extent than interesting vino lists. As several of the outlets characteristic an Enomatic vino dispenser, yous tin endeavor a glass, one-half glass, or quarter drinking glass from equally trivial equally RM8+.
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| Stoked Damansara |
Tonight nosotros are enjoying the rebranding of ‘Stoked’ inward Taman Bukit Damansara. Owner together with visionary, Yin How Wong, tells us how capacity has been reduced to improve the dining experience. The concept is relaxed means fine dining together with vino paired dinners. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 slightly edgy ambience is created alongside an iconic blend of industrial, rustic together with elegant. Rough cerise brick walls counterpoint alongside smoothen greyness wood, soft circular chairs pause upwardly direct lines, colourful meadow flowers add together colouring stuff to crisp white tabular array cloths. On tendency up-cycling is evident inward the cheeky wooden vino box low-cal fittings which nosotros all adore. But actually nosotros are hither to gustation the smoky stylings of ‘Bertha’, the wood/charcoal give notice oven, of late arrived from England. We’re told she’s the start of her variety inward Asia, together with a lot of experimentation is going on to detect the perfect combinations to imbue alongside smoky flavours for client delectation. Monica together with I are delighted alongside the low-cal together with compact menu, together with alongside the concept that iii or 4 items volition alter every 2 weeks, keeping ideas together with tasting opportunities fresh.
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| Chef |
Our thirst from the sultry eve is existence refreshed alongside a drinking glass of Hildon mineral water. The legend on the label, ’Delightfully Still, Authentically English’ makes me giggle. Very English linguistic communication indeed Not a mineral H2O to move institute inward your regular supermarket, but a wonderful accompaniment for nutrient equally it literally has no taste, together with is extremely soft inward the mouth. Reviving.
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| Hildon Water |
We get down our repast alongside Roasted Beetroot (RM25+), 1 of the few imported items on the menu, equally the chef perceives the Australian beetroot to receive got a sweeter together with fuller taste. Bertha has added a wonderful deep smoky gustation to this favourite source vegetable, which is soft plenty to seize alongside teeth into but nonetheless holds a theater texture. Add the mellow notes of pino nuts, slithers of soft mascarpone cheese alongside a drizzle of viscous olive crude together with it’s no wonder Monica is drooling. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 affect of fresh orangish cuts through together with I’m inward fits of excitement over the natural bounding main common salt compaction to end.
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| Roasted Beetroot |
Despite the emphasis on smoking, the aim is to allow the truthful flavor of each element inward a dish is to come upwardly through, together with our side past times side plating typifies the gentle manus alongside which that is achieved. Grilled Whole Squid (RM38+) is theater together with soft, alongside the smoky flavor sitting alongside the deep bounding main notes. The fronds together with tendrils are slight;y charred together with crunchy, giving a lovely alter of texture. Combined alongside the fresh, slightly bitter notes of arugula, together with lifted into a dimension of elegance alongside the add-on of shaved dark truffles, each flavor does come upwardly through. The dish somewhat echoes the textural combinations that visually environment us together with I comment that this is the 3rd fourth dimension this calendar week nosotros receive got seen a really creative interpretation of squid.
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| Grilled Whole Squid |
The Vintry grouping of vino bars together with restaurants started life inward 2006 equally a vino merchants, together with that passion for groovy vino nonetheless flows through the veins of the whole operation. As nosotros await the side past times side course, nosotros are poured spectacles of a rather odd wine. Although this Alois Lagere 2013 (RM120+) is a Gewurtztraminer, it hails from Italy, the Northern purpose of Italy which used to move purpose of Austria. Powerful together with unexpected aromas of lychee together with rose petals arise from the glass, encouraging the olfactory organ to motility together with the lips to start sipping. Its summery golden honeyed notes could construct anyone sing; although I initially experience that the vino is on the sugariness side, nosotros are nearly to detect out how it has been expertly paired.
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| Alois Lagere 2013 Gewurtztraminer |
Robust together with creamy smoked Hokkaido Scallops (RM38+) are enhanced past times a fragile richness of fresh herbs together with a oral fissure cleansing sweetly acidic compaction from the freshly cutting orangish together with fennel salad. And ‘Aaaaah!’ Now nosotros sympathise what that vino is all about. It goes to exhibit that yous cannot trounce agreement of flavor combinations together with how nutrient together with vino tastes tin interact. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 mouthful of this, a mouthful of that, together with 1 complements the other so good that each gustation is taken into a novel stratosphere.
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| Hokkaido Scallops |
Our concluding starter is to a greater extent than similar an indulgent dessert than anything else, together with it too, pairs extremely good alongside the Italian Gewurtztraminer. Pan Fried Foie Gras alongside Cubed Mangoes (RM48++) is an insane sensation inward the mouth. The pan seared outer is slightly charred, alongside the stickiness of a balsamic reduction, but equally your teeth seize alongside teeth through yous detect the perfect creamy lightness that slips downwards oh besides easily. The only correct mango sweetness balances out the savoury smokiness of the foie gras - 1 for connoisseurs.
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| Pan Fried Foie Gras alongside Cubed Mangoes |
Although I would receive got happily kept tasting the starters all evening, nosotros straightaway motility onto hearty poly peptide rich top dog dishes where the stylings of Bertha tin actually come upwardly into their own. Ming Prawns (RM 68+) are served upwardly alongside a low-cal side of herbed greens together with a remoulade dressing. These deep bounding main prawns receive got a rigid flavor together with the chargrilled outer adds a wonderful foil to the dense plump flesh. Caning is muttering nearly bread, together with equally I’m sitting across from the oven I spy Chef putting inward fresh staff of life rolls which intrigues me to endeavor the gustation from the novel means of oven.
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| Ming Prawns |
People oftentimes move confused alongside Coral Trout, existence used to fresh H2O Trout or Salmon Trout. But Coral Trout is locally sourced together with extremely fresh, alongside a much firmer flesh than expected. This 1 has a unique texture that feels similar a combination of steaming together with grilling. That volition move the final result of the woods fired oven. Although it’s accompanied past times a viscous sauce alongside tinges of ginger, for me it is the advised add-on of smoked bounding main common salt that makes the dish genuinely come upwardly alive. The crusty bun fresh from the oven is delicious alongside it’s accompanying truffle butter but also serves good to mop upwardly the remains of common salt together with sauce. Well, he did tell ‘relaxed fine dining’! And alongside whole fish coming on the bill of fare soon, they ameliorate larn used to people using their fingers!
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| Coral Trout |
Moving onto meatier dishes, our vino drinking habits are coaxed together with coached 1 time over again alongside a pouring of Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Clos Guillet 2011 (RM 200+), a identify unit of measurement produced Loire Valley wine, from a producer considered to move 1 of most outstanding makers of chinon wine. From cabernet franc grapes grown inward a limestone/silica/clay soil, this is actually something quite different, rather dry out alongside hints of spice together with somewhat rich tobacco-y leather notes. We detect it quite low-cal together with high inward the oral fissure but groovy to savour together with actually move enriched past times the meaty dishes nosotros are tasting. We are loving the vino together with enthusing nearly the iii Enomatics that volition move working soon. As regular readers volition move aware, I’m partial to vino past times the drinking glass together with similar to seek out places where I tin gustation to a greater extent than than a regular wine. When I withdraw heed nearly Yin’s proposal for ‘Happy Hour Wine Flights,’ iii one-half spectacles of curated wine, I only nearly bounce out of my spot alongside enthusiasm. Now that would move worth coming dorsum for.
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| Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Clos Guillet 2011 |
The start slice of beef that nosotros fix teeth into is an odd cutting for a restaurant, existence a slice of skirt. No settle downwards boys non that type of ‘skirt.’ Skirt tin move somewhat chewy but this 1 cuts through similar butter, or equally our host says, ‘as soft equally tofu.’ The Blackmore Wagyu Bavette (RM 80+ 200g /RM115+ 300 g) is grilled together with and so smoked, served medium rare which, equally my favourite, is of course of report the correct means to serve steak. It’s a highly favourable slice of meat, alongside delicious obese boosts, together with tastes of charcoal that linger inward the dorsum of the throat. We’re pressed to endeavor it alongside the dark Hawaiian bounding main salt, together with I’m loving the dissimilar common salt recommendations assault the table, groovy fun equally good equally delectable. The Red vino reduction manages to move both rich together with light, adding farther flavor to the dish. ‘Just Wow!’ says Caning.
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| Blackmore Wagyu Bavette - Skirt Cut |
The side past times side cutting is a trivial to a greater extent than traditional, Australian Chilled Black Angus Rib Eye (RM 78+ 200g /RM 112+ 300g. ‘The perfect steak,’ says Monica says, ‘is similar the perfect man, large together with tough on the exterior but soft together with melting on the inside.’ That makes us all laugh. Australian sense of humour for Australian beef. The Black Angus is for sure moist together with delicious, the freshness of the vino cutting through together with pairing really good alongside both beefs, but I can’t aid myself going dorsum for some other seize alongside teeth of the Bavette, fending off Caning’s knife for the in conclusion taste.
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| Australian Chilled Black Angus Rib Eye |
Considering cultural eating habits inward KL writing nearly meat tin move a minefield, so alongside consideration for dissimilar needs, nosotros plough our thoughts to lamb. Despite the temptation of a rack, nosotros opt for Australian Chilled Lamb Loin (RM72+), something non oftentimes seen on a eating theater bill of fare equally it is hard to cook. And we’d love to run into if Bertha is upwardly to the challenge! We detect that she is! The char grill is amazing together with the lamb flesh has absorbed the smokiness so well. The beautifully soft together with pinkish meat is superbly accompanied past times an apple tree aioli that has us all groaning alongside delight. The fluffy concoction balances sweetness, acidity together with creaminess, alongside a low-cal apple tree saucy texture, equally though it has been whipped. True to intent, nosotros larn the natural flavours of lamb, together with the natural flavours of apple, but oh inward such a different, intensely enhanced way.
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| Australian Chilled Lamb Loin |
Earlier inward the eve Monica had spied a yoke of sides that tickled temptation for her gustation buds, together with we’ve enjoyed these accompaniments to our hearty meat dishes. Japanese sugariness potato, roasted inward its majestic pare together with served alongside a burnt butter sauce, is really sugariness together with powerful. But Pumpkin alongside Prosciutto is our favourite. With a salty crisp compaction from the teeny Prosciutto pieces, the soft pumpkin flesh literally melts away inward our mouths.
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| Side Dishes |
Bertha has made her name. The nutrient has been fabulous, the vino literally exquisite. But because nosotros haven’t been quite spoiled plenty alongside extravagant starters together with mains, we’re invited to gustation some desserts (all RM 25+). I know for sure that Monica volition non resist the Sticky Date Pudding together with I tin rarely top upwardly an offering of Chocolate Mousse. The glutinous appointment is less of a truthful pudding to my Scottish heed together with to a greater extent than of a low-cal together with moist oral fissure melting sponge alongside a viscous toffee describe of appointment throughout it together with a pecan seize alongside teeth on top. I give 2 yums to the glutinous thick caramel sauce (we actually should practice a postal service on best caramel concoctions) together with nosotros are quite happy until 1 time over again nosotros are advised to add together bounding main salt. The common salt caramel combination puts us over the top equally nosotros melt into puddles of drool that challenger the sauce on the plate. Highly recommended. I retrieve nosotros could move onto a best dessert contender here!
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| Sticky Date Pudding |
Dark Chocolate Mousse is presented similar a trivial crumbly organic garden, inward the delicately scattered means of some of our before appetisers. It’s a surprisingly non besides rich, non besides creamy, non besides dense milk chocolate mousse alongside a deep chocolate crumble serving equally the ‘soil’ together with the lightness of the artisan vanilla H2O ice cream melting everything away. Mixed Fruit Salad alongside Mint together with Yuzu Ice Cream is served elegantly inward a cocktail glass. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 refreshing mix of tropical together with temperate fruits, all total together with light, combined alongside the distinctive yuzu flavor equally the sorbet melts through. I retrieve nosotros actually are finished now!
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| Dark Chocolate Mousse |
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| Mixed Fruit Salad alongside Mint together with Yuzu Ice Cream |
Stoked, nosotros are told has been named for iii reasons, at that spot are iii meanings to the word: the nutrient is ‘stoked inward the fire;’ yous volition move ‘stoked - total of food;’ together with inward a delightful slice of Aussie/Kiwi slang, also ‘stoked - delighted alongside the experience.’ Well nosotros for sure are - cheers so much to our knowledgeable host Yin How.
Reasons to visit: Freshly sourced nutrient smoked inward the exclusively Bertha stove inward South East Asia. Adventurous together with good priced hit of wines. Relaxed fine dining experience.
Stoked Restaurant together with Bar
120-122 Jalan Kasah
Bukit Damansara
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
+ 603 2094 8262
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