How "not too expensive" are you looking at? Valentine's Day is the worst possible day to try to save money. Almost every "romantic" restaurant will be serving some variation of a V-Day dinner that costs double what a normal dinner would cost.

Depends on your budget and your date's expectations.

you post in this thread for what?

It's been a long time since I last went, but Villa Danieli in Sheraton Imperial got a nice 3-piece "lounge music" (dunno how to explain lol) style band at nights, no idea about lunchtime, though.

""Ten" has been recognized as Malaysia's BEST Japanese Restaurant! “Malaysia's Best Restaurant's 2012” by Tatler"

Expensive, though ... rm300/pax for the kaiseki can already compare to Takashi Kimura's degustation at Cilantro ...

I'm going UK for holiday/brother's wedding in Sept so I was just checking out some of the celebrity restaurants over there, and was amazed at just how cheap some of them are.

Example Gordon Ramsay's 3-star restaurant has a gbp45 3-course set lunch; his 2-star place has a gbp30 3-course set lunch. if you don't convert (earn gbp spend gbp kind of thing), this is so damn cheap! Over here you want anything comparable, it'll be like 2-3 times the price

Explain it how you like, the fact remains that a UK fresh grad would need to pay "just" gbp 30/45 to sample 2/3mich star food, as compared to a Malaysia Fresh Grad who pays rm150 at Cilantro, or rm100 at Sage.

[edit] moving up the scale to the big $$ items, it's no different. dinner at gordon's 3-star joint is gbp125 for 7-course dinner, gbp155 for degustation. Cilantro, which probably wouldn't even get 3 stars, is rm260++ for 4 courses, rm320++ for degustation.

This post has been edited by deodorant: Aug 6 2012, 10:02 AM

where?

[edit] don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to argue or be hostile or whatever. neither am i saying omg malaysia no michelin stars so food is lousy; on the contrary there's tons of food that's awesome but which the gwailos would be all like "dafuq, this table is so dirty and i'm sitting next to a drain." But with respect to "fine dining" ... rm 30-rm50? is that really possible?

This post has been edited by deodorant: Aug 6 2012, 10:08 AM

what on earth is a "5 star" or "6 star" restaurant?

so where can i find a listing of 5 and 6 star restaurants in Malaysia?

My point is, there is no such thing as as "5 star restaurant" or a "6 star restaurant." There is no "food authority" that reviews restaurants and gives them a "star" rating. Nor is there any 'generally accepted' criteria as to how a restaurant would qualify for X number of stars.


In Australia woh ...

Going to UK & Paris next week for brother's wedding, made a few reservations at 2- and 3-starred (lunch lol, dinner too expensive) joints there. Gonna see how they compare to our Cilantro and Sage ... considered doing the Tastings menu at The Fat Duck but gbp200+ a little steep plus they are fully booked for months anyway.

Thanks, made a booking for Dinner. I'd already made a booking earlier for Gordon's 2-star place Petrus ... set lunch is gbp30 so that's pretty cheap couldn't get his flagship RGR cos already fully booked for the days I'll be in London

try sage? http://www.sagekl.com/home.php lunch menu rm100nett/pax

http://www.cilantrokl.com/menu.html

rm150nett for lunch incl a glass of wine. Cilantro is M'sia's best restaurant according to Miele guide.

cafe cafe is more romantic, sage has better food.

i would go with sage.

bang, this is PJ hilton, not KL Sentral Hilton. PJ hilton tepi is that Armada hotel.

Go Cilantro lor. Supposedly best restaurant in Malaysia.

It's a moot point cos Sage Dinner is rm175-rm195/pax, so bocor your budget liao, so by default the choice is cafecafe.

[edit] from sage website

Monday, 24th December 2012

Christmas Eve Dinner RM288.00nett per person
Tasmanian Salmon with Shio Kombu
Black Truffle Consommé with Foie Gras Terrine
Duo of Turkey with Wild Berries Sauce
Blood Orange Granité
Wagyu Beef Striploin with Chasseur Sauce
Rum Raisin Galette with Whisky Ice Cream


Tuesday, 25th December 2012

Chritmas Day Lunch RM150.00nett per person
Norwegian Salmon with Parsley Oil
Green Tea Soba Noodles with Hotate, Piment d'Espelette
Royal Daurade with Shio Kombu Butter Sauce
Alternatively
Angus Beef with with Yuzu Kosho
Rum Raisin Galette with Grappa Ice Cream

This post has been edited by deodorant: Dec 21 2012, 07:52 PM

99% you will be the only couple dancing. You might be ON but is your partner also ON? Hehe. Anyway the last time I went to Vila Danieli (sheraton imperial) I remember in front of the bar area there is a small area that could be used as a dance floor, there was a 3 or 4 piece band playing lounge/slow music. Food is also decent, ambience is very nice. But this was like 3 years ago so I dunno whether anything's changed since then.

my last visit there was like 4 years ago so it might not be relevant now, but for KL standards pretty good. Food was nice, environment quite nice, but like all KL restaurants service isn't up to par with fine dining places elsewhere