The Corkman Sigh, this one is personal, and for all the best reasons. The Corkman Bar and Restaurant, located in Changkat, unlike a lot of Irish bars and pubs outside the island, is owned and operated by an actual Irishman who, for once, is not trying to change Irish food to suit the locals here in Malaysia, but is producing authentically Irish food — done so Malaysians can adapt their tastes to our way of doing things. The scuttlebutt on The Corkman is that their fish and chips was something to behold, so while I was hopeful, I didn’t raise my hopes too much, considering I had been let down so badly by another ‘Irish’ establishment whose name shalt not be mentioned anymore on this blog. This is fish and chips done the right way — no multiple choices on what sort of fish you wanted, no frozen chips — nothing but quality from start to finish. The moment it arrived at our table, I knew it was a win. It smelt like home. My first ever job was working in a fish and chip shop, and ther...
EDWARDS Located just around the corner from The Starling Mall, Edwards attempts to distinguish itself from other fish and chip shops in the Klang Valley by calling itself Urban Fish and Chips . Whatever Urban Fish and Chips means remains a mystery to me, but Edwards has built a solid reputation—so it’s their turn for our review. You need to order and pay at the counter before getting seated, which we went along with. Edwards offers three choices of fish: dory and perch (both considered regular options), and barramundi as the premium choice. You can also choose to have your fish either classic (deep-fried) or grilled. We both went for the perch, found our seats, and waited for the food. Straight off the bat, the variety of sauces stood out. Alongside the standard tartar, they also offered a taco sauce and—somewhat surprisingly—a mint sauce. I’ve never seen either paired with fish and chips before. Perhaps this is what makes it "Urban"? The chips are the now-...
This week on our merry travels we visit Bröom Artisan Bakery & Kitchen in Taman Paramount. This is one of the ever-popping-up cafés and restaurants that appeal to the content creator class of our species; you know them, they're the ones sitting there with their MacBooks open all the time, nursing a cup of coffee for 14 hours; those ones. As you can tell, I'm quite cynical about these types of places, but we have to be honest in our reviews and go to places that we would never normally darken their doors. So, we order and wait for our food, which promptly arrives in a woven box. Now, considering how I already have a preconception of these types of places being all style over substance, bringing an Irishman his fish and chips in a woven box isn't a good start—and it goes downhill fast from there. It's plainly obvious from second one that the fish is cooked from frozen; the batter was soggy and the fish itself dripping with water when we cut into it. If you're goin...
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