Dewakan
Gooseberry Kombucha with Tomato Consome
Sizzling smoked sturgeon from Tanjung Malim in a chilly button mangosteen soup with sea grapes
Barely cured crayfish skewered with fragrant twigs with yeast sauce
Thinly sliced cuttlefish and crab roe in a diminished guava juice dressing
Rice tempeh dumpling crammed with clams in an egg soup
Mulberry and Berries
Adan rice steamed in a mahang leaf served with venison, sturgeon caviar and kerdas
Lacto-fermented star fruit juice with mango vinegar
Greens on a breadfruit crisp
Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing – belinjau, labu siam, keranji
Tea with Lychee, torch ginger, orange peel
Braised cock’s crest and stone crab seasoned with salted litsea
Rose tea with Balsamic vinegar
Retired dairy cow plate – loin, tongue, tempura mind with snake fruit and grilled greens
A scorching broth earlier than some candy dishes
Perah ice cream with candied bidara and tropical chestnut
Coconut jelly with mulberry and bambangan juice
Fermented cocoa husk tea
Cacao-less chocolate made with dabai, served with rose fudge in a coronary heart of palm and keluak tart shell
Toddy Butter Cake, palm wine
Situated on the forty eighth flooring of Naza Tower a go to to Dewakan begins with probably the most prolonged kitchen excursions one will discover, Chef Darren Teoh’s love for Malaysian flavors instantly evident in an area roughly translated as “meals from God.”
The son of a culinary household, Darren’s childhood ceaselessly spent in markets the place his grandmother bought sun-dried Herbs and Spices, company at Dewakan exit an elevator to all-smiles as employees inform a narrative of childhood recollections, forgotten Substances and a Chef who seeks to convey each into a brand new future.
Boasting beautiful views by floor-to-ceiling home windows, the Kuala Lumpur skyline transitioning from nightfall to glittering lights throughout 2.5 hours, it’s from a well-informed employees that twelve programs come paired to housemade juices or fermentations with every sip and chew steeped in custom.
The current recipient of it’s second Michelin Star plus Inexperienced Star recognition, the previous Malaysia’s solely, dinner begins with three nibbles together with beautiful smoked Sturgeon in Mangosteen Soup adopted by housemade Tempeh crammed with Clams in a creamy Egg Foam.
Story-teller delicacies with a objective, from a Chef happy with his heritage and Substances hardly seen in wonderful eating, Caviar subsequent finds itself atop Venison with Kerdas Fruit as Tartare earlier than a fragile stack of Breadfruit Chips and Greens.
Not forgetting the pairing, Teoh’s fascination with fermentation evidenced by jars of Garum and Kombucha within the kitchen, assertive Tea follows an Instagram-friendly “Butterfly” of Chayote and Velvet Tamarind earlier than Cock’s Crest is married to Crab with Berries which might be concurrently acidic and earthy.
Sourcing retired Dairy Cows as an alternative ubiquitous Wagyu, an exploration of flavors together with fried Mind appearing as Dewakan’s primary course, it’s after cleaning Broth that sweets proceed to inform a story of Jungles, Farms and Fields together with Ice Cream of Elateriospermum Seeds and delicate Coconut Jelly.
Consciously utilizing Cocoa Husks for the final Beverage, a faultless pairing to the “Cacao-less chocolate” Tart, dinner wraps with Toddy Butter Desserts which might be gentle however moist with a definite trace of alcohol offset by dipping Cream reminiscing Baba au Rhum.
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