Well, there is Seroja, a 1 star joint in Singapore that claims to serve Malaysian food. I’ve been trying to convince the waifu to go try with me but she just can’t seem to justify paying $300 per person for food that she grew up with which would normally cost a fraction of that asking price… sigh.

Definitely not worth it.

There's a new one star in New York serving Malaysian food, where the owner has never even been to Malaysia hahaha.

So we were over in Sydney for winter (and got back), which would explain why I was suddenly so free to be full-time on /k, but had no time to update any food photos.

And, before we left, we saw this:



As I've previously mentioned, there's no Michelin starred joint in Australia, but this scored the max 3 hats of their local rating system for decades. It's a veritable icon of fine dining in Sydney, and it's closing down. We were lucky to have one last dinner there, and I thought I'd post it for the memories when it's well and truly closed.

The oysters (an additional extra) were crisp and sweet and unbelievably fresh. Obviously, we've had fresh oysters - we ate the entire way down NSW's coast - from Merimbula to River Moruya and continued eating all the way to Tasmania during our epic road trip there last year, but there's something special about the way it's done at Tetsuya's.


Tuna line caught from Queensland with caviar


Hokkaido scallops


Our personal (evergreen) favourite, the famous ocean trout

We swapped the squid noodles (not a big fan) for toothfish and were super happy that we did


Next was pork with cabbage and it tasted a lot better than it sounded


Melt in mouth full-blood wagyu steak


Desserts:

And a little memento box for us to remember them by. Inside was a churn of Tetsuya's butter.


The menu (we didn't order additional caviar, and as mentioned, the oysters were an off menu item)


And since this was a treat by my colleague (the same family that I took to Candlenut when they visited us in Singapore earlier this year), I don't have the bill to show, but per person was about AUD300. Well worth it, and cheaper than anything equivalent in Singapore.

Gotta say… I felt the same tinge of sadness when Andre closed down his eponymously named 2 star place …. Saddening

Dr, when you come back to malaysia, try out Beta. It's malaysian food theme and Beta got 1 star michelin recently.

I havent been there myself but a good friend recommended to try even before they got the 1*. All in (tax included) is about RM500++ per person. It is cheaper than $300 per person.

Maybe she might be more open to that. Think of it as contributing to malaysia economy.

Hahah. Thanks for the tip. I’m obviously keen as I’m a foodie … My accountant wife, well, accountants being accountants, old habits of frugality die hard.

Burnt ends has slot now for 2nd Aug. I recalled you wanted to try before..

Damn it... thank you but false hope leh. I went to book, but only the lunch slots are left. Dinner slots all kena sapu'ed already!!!!

Geram!

Need to check very (very) regularly.. the slots I got are usually last-minute cancellations. Couple of times I got dinner slot within same week (even Friday and Sat) so cancellation happens a number of times as it's free to cancel within 48 hrs i think..

Bro, you’re a lucky man to have dined there. World’s 68th best restaurant wor! I’m jelez.

If you happen to see a slot for dinner pls lemme know o in this thread please please.

Gam Xia Many Many

I’m more excited to see you try and get your honest opinion because having tried few times I really think it’s somewhat overhyped haha…

The cooking is good and they deserve 1 star for sure but i dont understand why it’s so hard to reserve…

Maybe it’s because they don’t ask for a deposit prior to booking… all the others require a $300 deposit which will be forfeited if you don’t turn up.

https://www.theworlds50best.com/the-list/disfrutar.html

We visited this restaurant a few years ago

If you still remember your experience and still have the photos, post a review please!

a portion of foods, the dinner took us 3.5 hours.


This post has been edited by icemanfx: Jun 19 2024, 10:46 PM

All these Mxxxxx stars are just BS trying to rip ppls $$ . It’s not the food that costs u arms n legs ,it’s the environment n hyped up advertisement , look at the food …work of art ?or just some bs

If you say so bro, if you say so.

What was your experience with a Michelin starred restaurant that out you off so badly?