Bangsar’s new Chara blazes in with bold-flavoured bravado, cranking up a parrilla open-flame grill to bring elemental energy to Argentinian beef steaks and ribs.
The beefiest binge? The Argentinian Black Angus picanha, sultry with primal seduction, its robust juices bolstered by roasted bone jus, extra-guilty with crackly crisps of beef tallow smashed potatoes.
Chara is no conventional steakhouse: Its durian wood-grilled fare breaks through Southeast and South Asia’s borders.
Twelve-hour-smoked beef ribs bear hints of Indonesian iga bakar, served with spicy peanut sauce and shallot anchovy salad; five-day-aged golden pomfret is marinated with house-fermented chillies that channel Thai aromatics; lamb finds heat and harmony with Indian-inflected smoked tomato chutney and spiced yogurt.
Even small bites strike big. Try the beef offal skewers, baited with gelatinous honeycomb tripe and intestines, sticky-smoky with a crunchy Chara char.
Service is warm, welcoming and meticulous.
63, Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.
