Time Out KL Food Awards 2012 Winners Revealed

Time Out KL Food Awards 2012 Winners Revealed

First and foremost, thank you Time Out KL for inviting us to participate in the Time Out KL Food Awards (TOKL) 2012. We are grateful and gratitude for the continuous support of TOKL and also nominated as the TOKL Food Awards 2012 Bloggers Choice Award. This is our second year of participating TOKL Food Awards.

It was a wet evening with Moet champagne, Kronenbourg beer and a gathering of friends. Even before the event started I was already tipsy, pardon me.

Like previous year, being nominated was fun and winning anything will be a bonus. To be part of the most celebrated food award in Malaysia was already an honour. We didn’t manage to win but we enjoyed as part of it. Better luck next year and I hope we will be invited to participate again. Thank you TOKL and congrats for running such a wonderful event, see you next year.

And the full award winners as below:

Best Chinese

Winner: Celestial Court

Shortlisted:

Li Yen

Restoran New Paris

Yut Kee

 

Best Malaysian

Winner: Bijan

Shortlisted:

Songket

Enak KL

Makan Kitchen

Old China Café

 

Best Indian

Winner: Bombay Palace

Shortlisted:

Fierce Curry House

Passage Thru India

Saravanaa Bhavan

Annalakshmi

 

Best Healthy Eats

Winner: Marmalade

Shortlisted:

RAW (Real and Wholesome)

The Yogitree

Living Food Bistro

 

Best Cheap Eats

Winner: Nasi Kandar Pelita

Shortlisted:

Fierce Curry House

The Humble Chef

Yut Kee

Meng Kee

 

Best Meat

Winner: Ril’s Steakhouse

Shortlisted:

PRIME

Jarrod & Rawlins

The Daily Grind

DISH

El Cerdo

Las Vacas

 

Best Seafood

Winner: Fatty Crab

Shortlisted:

Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant

South Sea Subang

Unique Seafood

Causeway Bay Spicy Crab

Fisherman’s Cove

 

Best Banana Leaf

Winner: Kanna Curry House

Shortlisted:

Raju Restaurant

Sri Nirwana Maju

Devi’s Corner

Nagasari Curry House

 

Best Thai

Winner: My Elephant

Shortlisted:

Erawan

Surisit Thai Kopitiam

Rama V

Tamarind Springs

 

Best Middle Eastern

Winner: Al-Amar

Shortlisted:

Hadramawt

Laziz

Tarbush

Naab

 

Best Coffee

Winner: Artisan Roast Coffee

Shortlisted:

Antipodean Café

RAW (Real and Wholesome)

Chilla Cup

Whisk Espresso Bar & Bake

Espressamente illy

Café Art at The Warehouse

 

Best Pub Grub

Winner: Sid’s Pub

Shortlisted:

The Green Man

Healy Mac’s

Tom, Dick & Harry’s

D Legends bar

 

Best Italian

Winner: Garibaldi

Shortlisted:

La Risata

Neroteca

Ciccio

Sassarosso

il Lido

Tatto

 

Best Fine Dining

Winner: PRIME

Shortlisted:

Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar

Frangipani Restaurant & Bar

Cilantro Restaurant & Wine Bar

Ten Japanese Fine Dining

 

Best European

Winner: El Cerdo

Shortlist:

Albion

Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant

The Press Room

twenty.one kitchen+bar

 

Best Japanese

Winner: Kampachi

Shortlist:

Kyoto Lab

Fukuharu

Rakuzen

Gonbei San

Hanare

Ten Japanese Fine Dining

 

Best New Restaurant

Winner: Acme Bar & Coffee

Shortlist:

La Vie En Rose

Five Sen5es

myBurgerLab

Wondermama

Ten Japanese Fine Dining

Bistro à Table

 

Outstanding Chef of the Year

Winner: Chef Garth Welsh, The Westin

Shortlist:

Chef Steve Allen, DISH

Chef Nathalie Arbefeuille, Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio

Chef Amir Khan, The Press Room

Chef Pierre Chahda, Al-Amar

Chef Isadora Chai, Bistro à Table

 

Restaurateur of the Year

Winner: Benjamin Yong, Big Ideas Group

Shortlist:

Joseph Afaki, The Eatertainment Company

Dan Thompson & Richard Holland, DrBar

Khairil Ibrahim, Ril’s Steakhouse

Edward Hyde, Gastrodome

Werner Kuhn, The Werner’s Group

 

Bloggers’ Choice

Winner: Bangsar Babe, Yuzu Japanese Restaurant

Shortlisted:

Places and Foods, Gu Yue Tien

Kelly Siew Cooks, Loco Mexican Restaurant and Bar