Putien @ Sunway Velocity, Cheras

Finally, it has arrived at the heart of KL – Putien, the one Michelin star Chinese restaurant. I had my hopes high the moment we stepped into the restaurant. The dynamic duo was there for lunch so we did not try a wide variety of the dishes but what we did try were all their signature dishes and were all par excellence.

The service was pleasant, fast and efficient, with well-trained staff. The first dish we tried was “siong tong yin choy with ham tan” which means spinach in superior broth, salted egg and century egg. I have never had this dish in this combination before but it was a wonderful and amazing combination of tastes, every spoonful of broth and salted egg had just the right amount of rich flavor but without the salted egg being too over-powering. This was a WOW dish. Goes without saying we slurped up every morsel of the broth.

Next, we had the baked sesame buns with pork. The bun was crispy on the outside and the sesame added a real nice taste to it. But the pork filling was a bit ordinary, only in relativity to first dish. It was still good.

Do not let the appearance of this humble looking dish fool you. Every bite into this fried yam piece was every bite of perfection incarnated. Soft yam on the inside, crispy but not hard on the outside with every bite-piece coated with sweet caramelized sauce. Again, such a wonderful and amazing combination!

To top up on our carbohydrates we ordered the traditional fried beehoon. The beehoon was the most refined and slim shreds of beehoon I have seen. The taste of the various seafood was just infused into every bite of the beehoon. Goes without saying the beehoon was fried just right, not too dry or wet. Another winner.

Lastly, we tried their summer dessert- chilled loquat in herbal jelly. It was very refreshing and just right to finish-off what I can only call a BEAUTIFUL lunch experience. Here is a tip, they are now giving out vouchers for free one signature dish if you help them fill up a customer feedback form online, so remember to ask for that maximize your bang for buck!

Overall rating:

Food: 5/5

Bang for buck: 4/5 (our bill came to RM70+ even with one free dish but its worth it!)

Service: 5/5

Lot 2-25 Sunway Velocity Mall
Lingkaran SV, Sunway Velocity, Cheras
55100, KL
Tel: +603 9201 3228

Other branches and links:
putien one utama
bangsarbabe putien-ss15-courtyard-subang
smartdory.putien-gardens-mall
http://www.putien.com/

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