It's been years since we stepped into Shook!, the longtime centrepiece of Starhill Gallery's Feast Village, but returning here is like a reassuring embrace from an old friend - the restaurant remains as exuberant as ever, with the festive liveliness particularly pronounced for its Sunday buffet lunches, when families & friends come together & linger for hours of merriment.
Typically, Shook! hosts a Mad Hatter-themed lunch each Sunday; we were here for Father's Day, with the entire buffet remaining intact. Shook! continues to advocate four primary show kitchens that bustle with action & energy - Chinese, Japanese, Italian & a Western grill - with a smorgasbord of temptations across the counters: fresh seafood to cold cuts & multiple types of house-cured salmon, red meat & poultry galore, soups, salads & stews, rice & noodles, creamy cheeses & luscious, colourful desserts. The midday meal lasts for four hours, so take your time to savour everything your heart desires.
Besides the buffet, customers at the Sunday lunch can also order an a la carte sampling of plated specialities that include some of Shook!'s familiar signatures - pan-seared scallops with green pea puree, cod fish with potato & curry veloute, beef cheeks with mashed potatoes, tortellini with wild mushrooms, steamed sea bass with bean sauce, stir-fried 'dancing prawns' with hot mayo & honey-glazed walnuts, fried rice with chicken, grilled tenderloin with polenta & peppercorn sauce, & more.
Sunday lunches clock in at RM298 nett with a limitless flow of Moët & Chandon champagne, or RM188 nett for food only & RM94 nett for children. For the Father's Day event, Shook! teamed up with Broker's London Dry Gin to create a special selection of hand-crafted gin-based cocktails - Frisky Brit (Broker's Gin, tonic, a splash of 7-up, fresh cucumber), Broker's Promise (Broker's Gin, cranberry juice, 7-up), Winston Churchill Martini (Broker's Gin shaken over ice & served with a twist of lime) & John Collins (Broker's Gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup, soda water). A roving mime & magician (with an excellent bending fork performance) kept everyone's spirits high throughout the session. Many thanks to Shook! for having us here.
Shook!
Feast Village, Starhill Gallery, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 03-2782-3875 or 03-2719-8536
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