Time Out KL Food Awards 2011

This year’s Time Out KL (TOKL) Food Awards was such good fun! It felt like the Grammy awards, arriving on the red carpet etc. All the glitterati, paparazzi, bloggerati, and hot Restaurateurs gathered under one roof to hear the results. This years award winners were revealed at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center (KLPac) and the event was hosted by Daphne Iking and Dominic Lau. For the first time as well, was the Bloggers Choice category and the winner was Memoirs of a Chocoholic who recommended Village Park, for nasi lemak.

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TOKL Food Awards.. BAGUS!!!

 

Since photos speak louder than words.. here are the paparazzi shots of the night!

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mama, I wanna be famous..

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I wanna be hot like fire!

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prettiest dinner table ever..

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Hiding behind that TOKL picture frame ain’t gonna make you less famous!

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My favourite fine dining restaurant SAGE didn’t win.. but never mind.. it’s still within the family.. and I did get to snap a shot with the fabulous Chef Daniel of Sage!!


 

Best Chinese:
Li Yen, Ritz Carlton (winner)
Chynna, KL Hilton
Grand Imperial
Restaurant New Paris, PJ SS2
Shang Palace
Yut Kee

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Best Chinese Li Yen

 

Best Continental:
Hakka Republic (winner)
El Cerdo (specially commended)
Albion KL
The Press Room
Tanzini
Twenty.One Tables+Terrace

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Best continental Hakka Republic

 

Best Fine Dining:
Cilantro (winner)
Lafite, Shangri-La KL (specially commended)
Sage, The Gardens Hotel & Residences

Shook!, Starhill Gallery
Chalet, Hotel Equatorial

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Best Fine dining Cilantro

 

Best Hawker/Mamak:
Devi’s Corner (winner)
Hutong, Lot 10
Nagasari Curry House
Nasi Kandar Pelita
Sri Nirwana Maju, Bangsar

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Best Hawker Devi’s Corner

 

Best Healthy Eating/Vegetarian
Marmalade, Bangsar Village (winner)
Annalakshmi, Brickfields
Haven, Ampang Hilir
R.A.W. (Real and Wholesome)
The Yogitree

 

Best Indian
Kanna Curry House (winner)
Bombay Palace (specially commended)
Gills
Passage Thru’ India
Sri Nirwana Maju, Subang Jaya

 

Best Italian
La Risata (winner)
Il Lido (specially commended)
Cicio
Nerovivo
Sassorosso

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best Italian .. la Risata

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but if cuteness is anything to go by.. then il Lido should have won;) Here is Lyla Lin of il Lido with her ‘specially commended’ trophy

 

Best Japanese
Kampachi (winner)
Fukuharu (specially commended)
Rakuzen (specially commended)
Tatsu, Intercontinental Hotel
Gonbei San, Starhill Gallery
Zipangu, Shangri-La

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Best Japanese – Kampachi

 

Best Malay
Bijan (winner)
Enak KL
Makan Kitchen
Songket
Rebung

 

Best Middle Eastern
Al-Amar (winner)
Al Andalus
Al Rawsha
Hadramawt
Laziz
Tarbush

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Best middle Eastern Al-Amar

 

Best Thai/Indochinese
Rama V (winner)
Erawan
My Elephant
Sao Nam
Tamarind Springs

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Best Thai – Rama V

 

Best for Pub Grub
Jarrod & Rawlins (winner)
Arthur’s Bar & Grill
Hoofed
Sid’s Pub
Tom, Dick & Harry’s

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Best Pub Grub – Jarrod & Rawlins

 

Best for Coffee
Espressamente Illy (winner)
Antipodean, Bangsar
Chilla Cup
R.A.W. (Real and Wholesome)
Whisk Espresso Bar & Bake Shop, Empire Subang

 

Best Seafood
Restaurant Fatty Crab, Taman Megah (winner)
Causeway Bay Spicy Crab
Fisherman’s Cove, Starhill Gallery
Green View, PJ
Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant
Pantai Seafood Restaurant

 

Best for Steak
Prime, Le Meridien KL (winner)
Jake’s Charbroil Steak
MeatWorks
Qba, The Westin KL
Suzi’s Corner, Ampang

 

Best New Restaurant
WINNER: Ben’s
Antipodean
Arthur’s Bar & Grill
Brotzeit
Cuisine Gourmet by Nathalie
Hoofed, TTDI

 

Outstanding Chef of the Year

WINNER: Chef Nathalie Arbefeuille
Chef Saiful Baharin, formerly of The Press Room
Chef Michel Karam, Al-Amar
Chef David King, formerly of The Westin KL
Chef Adi Radzi, Hakka Republic

 

Restaurateur of the Year

WINNER: Benjamin Yong, BIG
Joseph Afaki, Al-Amar
Richard Holland & Dan Thompson, DrBar
Edward Hyde, Gastrodome
Werner Kuhn, The Werner’s Group

 

Finally.. HOTTEST Blogger .. i mean, BLOGGER’S CHOICE CATEGORY – VILLAGE PARK NASI LEMAK!!

Memoirs of a Chocoholic is the Blogger’s Choice!!!

Glam, glam , glam..

L – R : Isadora Chai of

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