If you’re angling after a bit of a treasure hunt, Pickle Dining will be right up your alley. The restaurant is hidden in an alleyway right next to Rex KL in Kuala Lumpur. At the moment, there isn’t a sign, although if your eyesight is good, you’ll spot the name of the restaurant on the door.
Otherwise – if you’re a little elderly like me – you’ll walk past it numerous times without realising it’s right in front of you! Once you eventually locate it, you’ll walk up the stairs to a cosy little space (originally a pre-war shoplot) interspersed with plenty of foliage, a feature wall stocked with bottles of fermented and pickled goodies and an open kitchen that is the centrepiece of the eatery. The general vibe here is of a chic Parisian apartment alive with a general “drunk on life” sort of feeling. The music selection traverses the globe and this adds to the overall allure of the space.
At the helm of the eatery is chef-owner Danial Thorlby, who has returned from stints working in glamorous locales like London, Paris and New York to set his culinary imprint in his homeland. Recycled bottles are filled with pickled and fermented ingredients based on recipes Thorlby has picked up from asking numerous people around him. — Pickle Dining “When I was 17, I was at this point where I had to decide what I was going to do.
And it was either become a chef or an archaeologist. Very different, I know. “But I was always interested in why we exist, how we got here a.
