Dining at Bar X Grill David always promises to be special. Perched on the 1st floor above sister-eatery Cafรฉ-Bistrot David, it exuded a quiet confidence with its comprehensive, well-conceptualized menu offerings, the use of the best quality ingredients available in the markets, to all-round careful, competent cooking in the kitchen.
Service here was disciplined and highly-polished - as one had come to expect of the proprietor, veteran KL restaurateur David Chin, with his no-nonsense approach to offering great food & service to all who enter the premises of his eateries.
Our dinner last night consisted of:
๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
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๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ, with squid ink, garlic alioli and gremolata.
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๐๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข (๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ) ๐ค๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ข๐ณ.
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๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต.
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๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ด with Cajun spices and pecorino cheese.
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- ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ช ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ. This dish reminded me very much of the one at Fergus Hendersonโs St Johnโs in London.
Toasted sourdough wedges were perfect vessels for conveying those fatty, sinful squares of marrow into oneโs hungry mouth. 
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๐๐ข๐จ๐บ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ, with red wine reduction, mushroom, burnt onion, truffle oil and pomme puree gratin.
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๐๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ (๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ) with mushrooms, butter beans, crumbed parmesan, mint gremolata, jus.
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๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ - French crepes with caramelized sugar-butter sauce, orange sauce, Cointreau and vanilla ice-cream.
As with any of the eateries in David Chinโs stable, never a bad meal here. This is one of the few places where, as one finishes a meal, one is already planning for the next visit.
Over here in KL with Bar X Grill David, just like its sister-outlet, Beach Street Bistrot in Penang, they set the benchmark for dining excellence in the respective city each of them is located in.
Address
Bar X Grill David
135A (1st Floor), Jalan Aminuddin Baki, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +6018-986 6805
Opening hours: Wed - Mon (Closed Tues).
Session 1: 6pm - 8pm (2 hrs dining limit).
Session 2: 8.30pm - late (Kitchen last call 9.30pm).
