Remember those western restaurants in Malaysia around the 80s? We were less sophisticated then and western restaurants came with localized flavour both in their menu and decor. In those days, you could find such western restaurants in places like Malayan Railway stations, Padang Kelab Ipoh, Federal Hotel, Majestic Hotel, Puduraya, etc.
For those who are nostalgic of those western restaurants then, I would definitely recommend this restaurant called Restoran Cozy Corner in Ampang Park, Kuala Lumpur. You could definitely find those atmosphere. The best thing is that even the majority of clients seem to be retired government servants of that era.
One look at the picture of the menu at the shop front, you will know that this is a western restaurant ala Malaysia.
As I said, the decor, the staff uniform and even the clientele, all reminiscent of that era.
As a starter, we ordered Escargot Bourguignon. It was creamy garlic and the meat of the snails all came off the shell, there was absolutely no need to use the escargot tong and fork. The garlic was a little bit bitter though. I think Victoria Station has better Escargot Bourguignon.
The soup we ordered were wonderful. Both the minestrone and oxtail soup tasted good. Of couse, it came with bread and butter.
I wanted to order sour sop drink but the waitress who dressed in men's suit told me that they have no more sour sop, but they have soup sop de guava. I ordered that instead and I was surprised by its clear and cool taste. The pineaple juice was good too.
Our main dish was Hainanese chicken chop. This dish is really localized western. It tasted good too. As usual, I did not eat french fries that comes with such dishes. The only french fries I eat is fast food french fries from McDonald or Burger King and it must be hot from the frying pan.
To finish off, we ordered Creped Suzeetta ala Mode. The waiter came and fire up the liquor in front of us. Wonderful! the pancake was soaked in orange tangy syrup and eaten with vanilla ice-cream.
Besides orientalized western food like steak, chicken chop, fish and chips, etc, this restaurant serves local delight like fried kway teow, mee goreng, nasi goreng, etc too. If you are nostalgic of Malaysian style western restaurant of those days in the 80s, Restoran Cozy Corner is a good place to go to.
