Cafe latte as usual. With deep coffee aroma, oldies music and some dull lighting
BIG on flavor: Brie, soy & barley _ throw them together, they taste terrific!
Rock melon soup with port wine. A liquor lover's dream made liquid, cold & refreshing.
Sumptuous things come in threes: scallops, super-soft potato confit & smoky paprika.
Lamb, peas & barley, another three-dimensional flight of gastronomic fancy. Every component complements each other really, really well.
This one is out of this world: chicken receives the royal treatment, more succulent than most, with a one-of-a-kind "trufflondaise," like hollandaise sauce abundantly aromatic with black truffles, cushioned with quinoa.
Finishing with a flourish: ultra-creamy lemon custard with raspberries.
Even tiramisu is served impressively here, with mixed berry sabayon.
Peanut butter alert! It's peanut butter ice cream, rich & flavor-packed, with thick chocolate.
It's a hit! The BIG Group's Hit & Mrs opened at Bangsar this week, instantly becoming one of the best in The BIG Group's repository of restaurants.
The mastermind behind this amuse bouche of watermelon, goat's cheese, basil & olive oil is Mashad, a Malaysian who recently returned after seven years working in establishments in Portugal, Germany, Austria, Denmark & Switzerland.
Salmon with horseradish cream & celery. Here's how Hit & Mrs works: the menu is meant to change everyday; customers can order a la carte dishes, or have an eight-course tasting meal for roughly RM175++ per person.
Mashad's cross-continental training becomes evident in recipes like this foie gras parfait, practically akin to gelato, with brioche & cranberry jam.
Double the foie, double the fun: Liver paired with peanut butter crumbs (!) & raspberry jam.
Cod fish with brown butter & chestnut cream. Hit & Mrs tries to be inventive; for the risks it takes, for the out-of-the-box cooking that it supplies, it's well worth supporting.
Aussie tenderloin with BBQ gnocchi & onion toffee. Hit & Mrs (be alert, it's Hit, not Hits) currently opens only for dinner, but closes Mondays.
For sharing, this spiced-up Sangria could satisfy four.
