There is a watering hangout place in
TTDI that have revamped its kitchen to emphasise on serving some original Portugese
fare and Western cuisine.
We were invited by HungryGoWhere to
try out this new menu of the DUKES and DUCHESS @ TTDI located at 52, Lorong
Rahim Kajai 14, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan
Kuala Lumpur.
DUKES and DUCHESS @ TTDI Kuala Lumpur
is a favourite drinking kaki hangout place in this quiet part of TTDI. The DUKES
and DUCHESS @ TTDI Kuala Lumpur is everything as you imagine of a watering hole,
In the early evening, DUKES and DUCHESS @ TTDI is a nice
place to dine in to enjoy the new fare.
Our review dinner started with the Roasted Mushroom
Soup which was served with toasted baguette.
Helming the kitchen is a new chef i.e Chef Don Theseira
with more than 35 years, which has its roots from Melaka. DUKES
and DUCHESS@ TTDI introduces a few new speciality dishes like Devil’s Curry –
This is a tone down version as the original version might be overly spicy to be
eaten by most.
Next, we had the Mutton Curry – the
chef which uses a variety of the spices have manage to reduce the gamy mutton
smell significantly. It was cooked until the meat was very tender and soft.
Another specialties dish was the Chilli Padi Chicken – which have a special strong flavour thru the use of the bunga kantan which extrudes a very strong and aromatic flavour. This dish although cooked using chilli padi was not overwhelmingly spicy, I suppose the chef have tone down the spiciness index by one or two notch. Best eaten with white rice or bread.
For the western cuisine, the chef
have prepared some porkylicious dishes for us. As I am a big fan of Pork Knuckles,
there was no hesitation to order one to try.
The Chef had cut out the Pork
Knuckles into bite size pieces, so there is not much effort to devour this
dish. The only minor setback for me is that the skin was not that crusty.
This Pork Knuckles is also served
with a few pieces of bacon that was fried and laden on top of the Pork
Knuckles. The grilled bacon juice brings out the best of the pork knuckles meat.
This dish is best eaten with cold beer.
Next, we had the Australian Sticky
Pork Ribs, The pork ribs meat was very soft, The pork ribs was marinated with
the Chef special sauce for 24 hours before grilling it and topped up with the
Black Pepper Sauce. You can have a choice of other sauce topping for example Mushroom and BBQ
sauce too.
This was followed by the succulent
and perfectly "Silence of the Lamb: which is grilled Lamb shoulder. The lamb
shoulder was well marinated and grilled to perfection, We could just eat it as
it is without any sauce to taste the marinade and the natural lamb taste.
We then had the Spicy Bacon Pizza
which is on a dough of thin crust. The pizza was laden with a generous amount of spicy grilled
bacon and lots of cheese which have emboldened in the crust. Best eaten, when
it is still fresh from the oven.
Another one of a perfect beer /liquor
matching food is the Nacho Chilli Con Carne. The Nachos was made in-house by
the chef and was fried until it was crisp and then drenched with the Chef chilli
corn carne and lots of melted cheese to top it off. The result, you can’t help
yourself to the second and so forth. It was very addictive.
To end up the night, our dessert is
no other than the Molten Lava Cakes which was served with either the Vanilla or
Strawberry flavoured ice-cream. A piece of advice, eat this cake, as fast as
possible so that you can get the molten chocolate flowing out effect. If one waited
too long, the molten will then be hardened and you get a lump of chocolate
instead.
Overall, the new menu item at DUKES
and DUCHESS@ TTDI are very beer or liquor friendly, some of these dishes are
nice to be taken with a cold beer. So, the next time you need to jam up with
your buddies or associates, you might consider this joint for a change.
This food tasting session was
organised by HungryGoWhere Malaysia
– Discover, Eat, Share today!
