Eats: Say that again? Fook Yew?!

I gotta acknowledge this. The Ismaya group really have some pretty interesting ideas for concept-based F&B outlets. And Fook Yew is one of them. Vocally, Fook Yew sounds quite offending, especially if one were to say it with a British accent, but heck! it sure does make you do a double take and look at this restaurant with curiosity. Well this cat got slain and went to check it out.

Menu-wise, it's a bit of a mix and match. I can't really make out what is it. There's no theme here - some Cantonese, some Shanghainese and with a little bit of bubble tea thrown into the mix to throw one off the tracks. I ordered the stir-fry hor fun with beef in XO sauce, as well as Shanghainese "Sheng Jian Man Tou".

The stir-fry hor fun is surprisingly good. Got "wok hei" which literally means "spirit of the wok" which is the essence of Chinese stir-fry. And on the theme of throwing one of the tracks, it came served up in American Chinese take-out box. LOL!

I didn't care much for this i.e. the Shanghainese "Sheng Jian Man Tou." To start off with, I've stop eating wheat-based food due to my allergy, but I ordered this anyway to find out what is this about. I only ate the fillings without the wheaty bun bits. So can't really comment if the texture of the buns were up to mark. But so far my experience of Chinese food in Jakarta tells me that they still cannot grasp texture really nice bun pastries like the ones you can get in KL, Singapore or Hong Kong. Perhaps it was my choice of fillings as well, which was crab meat and some tomato-based sauce. Maybe it would have been better if it was a meat-based fillings.

Decor-wise, Fook Yew is a very visually attractive restaurant. A mix of modern and old, very well played out by the colours and the many decorative pieces found in the restaurant. Maybe that's the idea behind Fook Yew, IMHO. Just an eclectic mix that doesn't make sense.

A pair of his and hers cheong-sam salt and pepper shaker, set on a table top made of tiles.

Surely this reminds you of "Raise The Red Lattern" that made Gong Li an international fame. 

With visual statement like this on its feature wall, one can't help but to really look at Fook Yew which means "Luck" and "Friendship"

Chinese cooking philosophies?! Your guess is as good as mine... LOL!

And perhaps the most interesting of all...