Eat Drink KL: St Mary Place

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Zenzero @ St Mary Place

Remember Andrea Zanella? The temperamental but terrific Italian chef who founded Chiaroscuro & later took charge at il Lido is back in action, now commanding the kitchen at the freshly unveiled Zenzero.

This understated, unfussy outlet seems set to nurture a placid presence at St Mary Residences; it's casually elegant, maintaining the spotlight on enjoyable food served by a hardworking team.

With a chef like Zanella, everything's worth eating, but our top pick's the Ancona-style brodetto, a seafood soup that brims with fresher-than-expected octopus, mussels, clams, fish & shrimp. Beautifully satisfying.

At RM22+, it's the ideal illustration of how Zenzero's prices might be the fairest of them all.

Baked spinach & gorgonzola cheese pie (RM24+). Crispy-creamy textures, mild-&-light flavours. Another pleasant starter that two can share.

Hearty, house-made fettuccine with a thick truffle sauce (RM38+). Pasta that provides pure pleasure & compelling comfort.

Baked gnocchi sorrentina (RM42+), carbs made cheesy with mozzarella, tangy with tomato sauce & buoyant with basil leaves.

Ravioli filled with Piedmontese beef (RM28+), robustly savoury.

Warm apple phyllo strudels with a stuffing of pine nuts, a thin coat of grappa sauce & a cool companion of raisin ice cream. RM18+.

Sicily's sweet pride, ricotta-choked cannoli fried pastries, to wrap up this feel-good lunch.

Carte Rouge Bordeaux, Calvet (RM78+ by the bottle). Zenzero's cheapest wine is a well-chosen, earthy one.

All in all, Zenzero's another fine F&B find at St Mary Residences; will we hear more about this outlet in 2014? Count on it.

Zenzero Restaurant & Wine Bar

A-0-9, St Mary Place, Jalan Tengah, Kuala Lumpur. Beside Delicious.

Currently open for lunch & dinner, Tuesdays through Sundays. Tel: 03-2022-3883

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Niu Taste @ St Mary Residences

This is one beautiful restaurant, especially after sunset, filled with crackerjack flourishes that benefit from shadowy lighting.

Niu Taste, opened at St Mary Place this past month by the team behind Black Market, calls itself a noodle & grill bar, specializing in Vietnamese, Taiwanese & Japanese recipes. No pork is served here.

The high-profile choices on the menu: Niu Taste's take on Taiwanese red-braised beef noodles ...

... plus 'pho bo,' Vietnamese flat rice noodles with beef balls, tenderloin, shank, tendon & stomach.

Each hearty serving with everything thrown in costs RM28+. Could be punchier in flavor though.

Prefer porridge? Niu Taste has a fish-flooded version of that too, mixed with tiger grouper meat, stomach & liver that might be an acquired taste (RM28+).

For plain protein, the tender-tasty lamb loin saddle with garlic mustard provides pure pleasure. RM16+ for two slices.

Eel liver? Yep, find it here: Skewers of grilled unagi liver teriyaki (RM18+). A very interesting option, slightly more concentrated in flavor than eel flesh.

Century egg with tofu (RM8). Elegant simplicity.

Sake, wine, whisky & beer are all available.

Niu Taste @ St Mary Place

A-04, Ground Floor, St Mary Place, Jalan Tengah, Kuala Lumpur.

Mon-Sun, 11am-11pm. Tel: 03-2856-9866

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Black Market @ St Mary Residences

Another branch so soon: Black Market opened its first outlet only this year at Kampung Pandan, but it's expanding already, launching its latest place at St Mary Residences.

Entries on Black Market @ Kampung Pandan: March 13 & March 15.

Black Market's menu has broadened in the months since March, now comprising new temptations that nonetheless remain unabashedly porky & irredeemably decadent. Even this salad isn't spared from sinfulness, thanks to the Jamon Iberico & sunny-side-up egg that come with rocket leaves, cherry tomatoes, olive oil & shiitake balsamic dressing.

Cool way to squeeze a lemon slice over this recipe, cutely nicknamed "Fly Pig To The Moon" (RM26+) on the menu (combining the imagery of rocket, pork & yolk).

More Spanish cured ham, this time accompanying a succulent slab of pork shoulder grilled with red wine sauce & served with poached zucchini (RM38+).

Minced pork & fish maw in a Chinese-style soup (RM15+). Not bad, not brilliant.

These pork ribs (RM42) might look dry but they're not, oven-baked to tasty tenderness.

Not exactly a pork burger, but every bit as satisfactory: 'The Great Hog Bun' (RM28+), essentially a pork chop panini with guacamole & nachos on the side.

Dessert hops over in the form of a bunny bearing a boozy tiramisu (RM16+), infused with illy coffee liquor (barely perceptibly though).

This branch of Black Market looks nice, in its own fashion. Fairly classy.

Black Market at St Mary Place,

St Mary Residences, Jalan Tengah, Kuala Lumpur.

Open for lunch & dinner, except Sundays.

Tel: 03-2022-2060

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

ARTside Gallery & Cafe @ St Mary Residences

Contemplate paintings & pastries at the newest entry to St Mary Residences' increasingly popular F&B floor.

ARTside doubles as both gallery & eatery; to be sure, the work on these walls will weigh very heavily on the wallet, so most customers might instead be lured by this venue's light, wholesome meals, to be savored in the embrace of natural sunlight.

Won't go wrong with a mushroom quiche (RM9.50+), warm & moist.

Vegetarian popiah (RM4.50+), fat, fresh & flavorsome. Choose either a chili-free rendition or a fiery one with a fine kick.

Cakes abound, of course, everything from creamy-nutty chocolate ones to Boston cheesecakes, lemon butter cakes & carrot cakes.

Caffe latte (RM9+), featuring what the cafe calls the "finest coffee beans from the highlands."

Other highlights include ciabatta filled with roasted veggies, salads of stick veggies with hummus & croissants with preserves; the menu's mostly meatless, but chicken & salmon sandwiches are also available.