Withlocals Dining Experience
Have you heard of Withlocals website which is a marketplace connecting travelers from every corner of the world with locals in Asia offering unique travel experiences and home dining opportunities. Find out more HERE.
Last 2 weeks I was invited by a friend to join her for dinner at one of the host in Withlocals to experience the latest dining trend at Malaysia ~ the underground supper club or also known as closed door restaurant. It is a social dining eating establishment operated out of someone’s home, generally which provide a more intimate, dinner party style experience.
We arrived the home chef ‘s home located at Subang on a Sunday evening for dinner. The owner Eric was busy preparing our Nyonya theme dinner while we chatted with her wife at the living room.
Chilled Lemongrass Drink
A fabulous thirst quencher for the hot weather!
Boiled Chicken Soup
Other than chicken, this soup was boiled together with a type of root plant as shown as above which has a distinctive flavor tasted similar with onion.
Pie Tee
One of the significant appetizer of Nyonya cuisine.
Homemade crispy top hat shells
Jiu Hu Char
Sweet and juicy julienned jicama, cuttlefish and carrot .
Filled the Jiu Hu Char into the golden shell and add a dollop of Eric’s secret chili sauce to perk up the flavors!
Nyonya Style Steamed Fish
Drenched in vibrant red gravy, the fish was fleshy and nicely steamed with the juiciness still retained. The luscious gravy had the just balance spicy and sour and redolent of spices. Flooded your rice with the awesome gravy seem like compulsory here!
Curry Chicken
The flavor of this curry chicken was just mediocre in my books but I’m still enjoy the tender meat and chunks of potato that well absorbed the all the flavor from the curry.
Stir Fried Mixed Vegetable
Assorted of vegetables contributed the pleasant crunchy factor to the dish, very mild in flavor and light to the palate.
Onde Onde
Been eyeing on this since the dinner started because this is my favourite Nyonya dessert however I was slightly disappointed because the measly amount of gula Melaka filling in each morsels 🙁
All the above dishes was prepared in this spacious and well-equipped kitchen. According to Eric, he also provide cooking class, feel free to make inquiry to him for those interested.
Verdict: It was indeed a unique experience to dine in at a stranger’s home, please click HERE for more information about Withlocals dining experience.
Wow. It looks like a great experience dining in a stranger’s home and receiving such a hospitality. I guess I should really try it out!
A unique experience indeed!
Hmm..very interesting leh
Haha, interested to try out?
Very interesting but still quite skeptical of dining at stranger house.haha.
I think the host is more worry than the guest as they don’t know who’s coming 😛
Yea agree with Yee Ling, its very awkward to dine at other people’s place, especially those that you don’t know… but i guess its a fun way to explore the locals’ cultures 😀
That’s why this more suitable to cater to tourists 🙂
I am hungry now la!! :p
Oppss…. LOL
im eating oats as my dinner…T.T….
I want nyonya food!!
I understand your situation, I will avoid reading any food blog on my diet day >.<
That’s quite a unique dining experience! 🙂
Indeed!
love this new scene, there should be more 😀
More & more popping up now!
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