Kuala Lumpur Restaurant Tips by mizzzthanggg

Restaurant Name: Tamarind Springs

I recommend Tamarind Springs as a restaurant for discerning travellers out there on their honeymoon, or even groups who want to eat Indochinese (Vietnam, Laos/Cambodian) food in beautiful, peaceful surroundings. There's also a bar if you just want to go for drinks. They do pickups from all major hotels in the city. It's in a wonderful hidden part of residential KL, surrounded by forest and a nearby golf course so it's very lush and green. If you go at night the pathway you see in the picture is lit by tealights all the way down the sides, but you don't see all this from the access road outside as the entrance is just a little doorway, the first glance as you enter and turn towards the path is magical! Tamarind Hill, a sister restaurant, is also very nice (you can find it on the website also) and a good alternative if you plan to dine on Monday when this one is closed. Prices are more than average for KL as it's targeted for upmarket clientele but comparable to other restaurants in its class. Bear with the waiters who may be a bit slow if they're busy, but the whole experience is worth it! Awarded 'Best Restaurant' 2003 (Tatler).

Favorite Dish: Sample menus are available on the website. The waiter's recommendations were all good. Can't remember most of the names but I think the Deep Fried Perch with Tamarind Springs Own Spicy Sauce was what we had for the main course. Nyummy!

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Theme: Pan-Asian and Pacific Rim
Comparison: more expensive than average
Prices: US$31-40  » Currency Converter
Phone: 03-4256 9300 (noon-midnight)
Address: Tamarind Springs, Jln 1 Taman T.A.R, 68000 Ampang.
Directions: Head for Kelab Darul Ehsan, Ampang if you're driving. Follow the road around the golf course (for about 500m) until you reach the entrance for Tamarind Springs - look out for a little doorway on your left. Map available on the website.
Website: http://www.tamarindrestaurants.com/SprAbout.htm
Other Contact: closed on Mondays

Restaurant Name: Fatman Steamboat

You can find Fatman Steamboat at most nightmarkets around the Klang Valley, but I usually visit them every Sunday from 6.00 - 9.00 pm at the Bangsar "Pasar Malam" or Night Market. It's just a great, cheap and fast way of enjoying a bit of steamboat, esp. when you just want a few sticks of jellyfish or fishball or cuttlefish etc. It costs about RM1.75 for any stick. You pick out the stick of whatever it is you want, dip it into the hot water and wait for it to boil, and then fish it out amongst everyone else's sticks in there, and enjoy! Keep the sticks till the end for them to calculate how much you've eaten.

Favorite Dish: My personal favourite is the jellyfish - it's chewy, crunchy and has an interesting texture. Others are not similarly enamoured as they consider it bland. Whatever! There's so much other choice here though, from intestines to vegetable stuffed tofu to crab claws and cockles, you'll definitely find something you'd want to try. You have a choice of 3 sauces to dip into once your stuff is cooked - oyster sauce, sambal, and something else.

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Theme: Street Vendor
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Bangsar Night Market, Jalan Telawi 5
Directions: In front of Lotus Restaurant in Bangsar. Just walk along all the night market stalls till you find Fatman Steamboat's truck.

Restaurant Name: Steak Hut

Steak Hut (operating hours 6.00 pm - 11.00 pm) is part of the Suzi's Corner establishment. See separate entry for Suzi's Corner.

Favorite Dish: Serving the best black pepper/t-bone/tenderloin steaks etc. in Kuala Lumpur. Great meat, juicy cuts, wonderful mushroom or black pepper sauce available on top or on the side - served with a portion of chips and veg. All for RM25.00!

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Theme: Steakhouse
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Suzi's Corner - on the corner!
Directions: At the intersection of Jalan Ampang and Jalan Hulu Kelang, on the way to the zoo, Batu Caves, Taman TAR, KDE etc. from KLCC
Other Contact: Closed on Tuesdays