22 Oct 2011: Fusion Restaurant @ Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Whenever Uncle Siang is in town,

we go for a family dinner.  

This time it is at Fusion Restaurant, Uptown.

LocationDamansara Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

55-57, Jln SS21/60, Damansara Utama, 46300 Selangor

CuisineFusion

Fusion serves “tai chow” dishes and also ala-carte noodles/rice.

Braised tofu, fuchok and snow peas

claypot curry with fish slices

sizzling hot plate prawns

butter chicken

mushroom omelette

our dinner

string beans

ice kacang for dessert

then I popped next door and bought 2 cakes for the October birthday persons

cakes from Tong Kee

What is Fusion cuisine?
Fusion cuisine is general term for the combination of various forms of cookery, and the concept can take several forms. One approach is regional fusion that combines different cuisines of a region or sub-region into a single eating experience. Of this sort, Asian fusion restaurants have become popular in many parts of the United States and United Kingdom, often featuring South Asian, East Asian, and South-East Asian dishes alongside one another and offering dishes that are inspired combinations of such cuisines. (from Wikepedia)




Where is Uptown?

SS21, especially the Uptown offices project, is the commercial hub of Damansara Utama, which houses the Malaysian offices of many multinational companies such as Federal Express, Novell, Embedded Wireless Labs, Logica, L'Oréal, Nike, Agilent, Symantec, Deloitte, Unisys, Tetra Pak, IBM and ISUZU.
There are many shops within the Uptown area. Among them are restaurants, opticians, fashion houses and miscellaneous goods.
There are also a few banks including foreign banks that have set up their branches within the area.

• Maybank
• Public Bank
• RHB Bank
• AmBank
• CIMB Bank
• Hong Leong Bank
• Alliance Bank
• Standard Chartered
• UOB
• OCBC
• HSBC
• Ryzo Coperation

Although Damansara Utama does not have any shopping malls, it is in proximity to several shopping complexes in Bandar Utama, where most of the former's residents do their shopping. These shopping malls include the 1 Utama shopping complex, The Curve, IKEA and the Ikano Power Centre as well as The Atria in Damansara Jaya. Damansara Utama used to have more than 20 pubs in its heyday. Today only a few are left due to high drink prices and stiff competition from new suburbs like Damansara Perdana.

Verdict?
Ambience:
AirCon a tad hot, not a new place, crowded and dark lighting.
Food:
The children loved the happy mix of the "fusion" but the oldies (me and the husband) did not care for it.
Give me pure Chinese cuisine, or authentic Western fare,or plain Malay lauk, anyday. fusion? It takes getting used to.
Location:
Uptown is very happening, with lots of eateries, and businesness (closed for the night)