Feast Big with 9 Sensational Experiences!
Good Golly Miss Molly!
There’s a new kid in town and its BIG… a haven for foodies looking for a feast.
Brolly is the name and 9 experiences
is their game. Seek out Brolly at Menara Felda in Kuala Lumpur along
Persiaran KLCC. Brolly represents
all 9 kitchens under its umbrella. Foodies are tempted with so much different
cuisines all neatly married under one roof!
It’s the perfect place
to dine, wine and enjoy with family, friends and business associates as there
is plenty for everyone in choices of their menu. Going the extra mile, Brolly takes foodies around the world
with a little something from American cuisine, Italian cuisine, and Japanese
cuisine to our very own local cuisine. It’s a place that will guarantee that
you leave with your belly full for sure.
The owners at Brolly decided that it’s time to share
the best of their own experiences during their travels and Brolly was born in September 2015. One should not miss Brolly with its striking red bus placed
strategically in the front of the place along Persiaran KLCC. With plenty of
personality and charm, Brolly’s
interior takes on a whimsical play on groovy gas station cum car garage. The
whole place is sectioned off and decorated with lots of various inspired eras’
of the garage concept. We loved how funky and eclectic the décor is.
An old Datsun is strung
upside down over their pool table. Private rooms with wall panels covered in shiny
hubcaps where one would never think that there are private dining rooms on the
other side of the wall. More working tools splashed all over another wall. The
seating are well-spaced out too so there’s lot of space. An eye catcher in the
room would be the pillar that is covered in exhaust pipes, side mirrors of all
shapes and tires with copper insert that acts was a wash basin with petrol pump
pipes. Pretty cool right?
A huge black bar sits in
the middle of the dining space, flashing with neon lights of the various
kitchen logos.The other sections also has unique touches. A red wall is covered
with black records, echoing a retro vibe in the room. There is also a foosball
table besides the long wood table. Another section is decorated with lots of
steel, grey cabinet with more tools and herringbone wood flooring. It is really
quite the funky and fun place to unwind your day.
Bang Bang Baller Bar
If there is one thing to really kick off the stress, its Brolly’s Bang Bang Baller Bar and their menu of beverages. No ordinary bar, this one is housed in a red bus located at the front of the restaurant.
There are some really
awesome signatures at Bang Bang Baller
Bar. We checked out quite a few of their signatures of Beergaritas and
High-Ballrus. The Beergaritas are huge mugs of beer and cocktail blends with
fruity flavours such as Classic, Green
Apple, Maracuja, Passion Fruit, Pineapple and Peach whereas their High-Ballrus are whiskey with soda and fruit so
take your pick from Classic (Whiskey
& Soda), Green Apple, Wild
Blueberry, Passion Fruit, Maracuja, Peach and Pineapple.
I had the Pineapple Beergarita (RM30) and Passion Fruit High-Ballrus (RM30) together
with another mocktail of Passion
Blueberry Pu-Er Ice Team Mocktail.
Super refreshing but go easy as these can really be addictive and yet packed
quite a hit. My favorite has to be the Beergaritas so make sure you order a
few!
We were in awe at their
dining menu. There are 8 eateries under Brolly
– Moley’s Oyster Bar, vari.EAT.y, My
Wing Man, Nove9 Pizzeria, Ember & Bara BBQ, Crab Factory, Raksasa Mirai
and Sweet Endings. One might need several visits to try them all or round up
your foodie gang and share for more options just like we did.
Moley’s Oyster Bar
The aphrodisiac bar that
oysters lovers like me would flock to for succulent briny and sweet oysters.
Carrying two of the highly favored oysters, one can have these au naturel or
dressed up as well as shooters. If you are going in all the way, order the Mumm’s
Champage to indulge in the ultimate pairing of champagne and oysters.
Both oysters are
different and utterly divine in their own flavours and textures. Fine de Claire No2 Oysters (RM 144 per
dozen) from France have a solid balance of clean briny saltish and sweet notes.
The squeeze of fresh lemon juice heighten the flavours beautifully in a refine
way.
Kelly's
Gigas No4 Oysters (RM
96 per dozen) hails from the cold waters of Ireland. These are gorgeously plump
with a pale creamy outlook. I recommended again just with the squeeze of fresh
lemon juice as it really enhanced the oyster flavours nicely. This one is my
favorite as it has a luscious creamy salty note of the sea.
My Wing Man
With wings like these,
who needs to stick to the norm! My Wing Man takes flight in various Asian and
Western flavours from Old FashioN BBQ
Coffee, Old Fashioned Spicy Chocolate and Peppery Brown Sauce to Spicy Korean Bean Paste, E&B Sambal, Tomato
Tango, Kung Fu Kung Pao, Japanese Curry and Cencaluk.
Our wings of the evening
were Cencaluk Chicken Wings (RM18)
and Tomato Tango Chicken Wings
(RM18). No ordinary wings, the flavours on these sounds funky but rest assured,
they are yummy. The Tomato Tango Chicken Wings have a similar note to tomato
salsa, a little tangy and fresh with tomato flavours. The Cencaluk Chicken
Wings were more piquant with a heavy and saltier note from the fermented
shrimp. I would have love to try all their other flavours too, especially the
Old Fashioned Spicy Chocolate!
Vari.EAT.y
We moved on to
vari.EAT.y, a fun take on all the various good stuff that is perfect for
snacking. Quite the mix, these nibbles are inspired from a journey on the Silk
Road. Diners can munch on Grilled Skewers, Fried bites, Grilled items or Soup.
There’s a whole list of
yummy dishes that diners may not be able to resist and we started with Onion Flower (RM 18). A blooming golden
beauty at sight, the super large onion was cut to resemble a bloom with its
onion petals evenly battered and fried to super crispy. Well-seasoned, I can
taste the spices in the batter. Dip these in the side of brown sauce for extra
goodness!
Calamari
Tentacles (RM 18) and
Prawn Popcorn (RM 23) are just meant
to be with Beergaritas. Savor these crispy battered seafood with them awesome
beer or Beergaritas for a light bite while chilling out or having some pool
time.
If you’re looking to amp
up the poshness, Brolly even has
escargots! Morsels of escargot are served a la Cajun Escargots (RM 24) or Garlic
Escargots (RM 24). These are baked with spices or lots of garlic bits. Ok
so make sure to order some garlic bread to go with these babies.
Soup lovers seeking
comfort soup will love their Short Ribs
Soup (RM 35). This is such a soothing and heartwarming dish of our local
version of ‘sup tulang’ but with more refinement. The tender pieces of short
ribs still has a good bite while the spiced up earthy flavours of the soup had
me kept spooning and enjoying the soup happily.
From the ikazaya of the streets of Japan comes
the Kushiyaki (3 skewers per order).
Skewers of meat, seafood and all its glory with some vegetables makes great
snacking. We had their Chicken Softbone
(RM9), Chicken Heart (RM9), Seafood Tofu (RM9), Quail Eggs (RM9) and Spring Onion (RM9). Never would have
pegged me for a Chicken Heart fan but I’d admit to being hooked on this one as
there is a good firm bite to the heart. I spied Smoked Duck, Cubed Striploin, Baby Octopus, Lamb Shoulder and Tiger Prawn for my next round…
Nove 9 Pizzeria
Brolly took 9 of their
pizzas and made them green! Well green spinach dough that is… so one can enjoy
your pizzas and others can get a little green with envy. You won’t want to
order the classics because there’s the adventurous flavours of Lambogarlic (RM26) and Thai Beef Guava Salad (RM28).
The Lambogarlic is potent enough to keep some vampires away and yet
gave you the satisfaction of superb garlicky and creamy notes. The pieces of
lamb sausage and minced lamb made the pizza meaty and filling. Both lamb and garlic
sauce seemed to match well in flavours.
The Thai Beef Guava Salad takes on beef with fruit. Pretty unusual
pairing of beef, guava and mango but it seemed to taste pretty delicious and
aromatic. Tender beef slices with a peppery note is offset by cubed crunchy guava
and sweet ripe cubed mango. The creamy melted cheese with tomato sauce wrapped
up the whole bunch of ingredients together while finely shredded ginger torch
completed the local touch on this pizza.
Ember & Bara BBQ
Ember
& Bara BBQ is
hot, flaming hot dishes from the charcoal grill. It’s also East meets West and
features a whole lot of seafood and meat cooked Asian and Western style. The
menu let diners choose their meat or seafood for single or double portions and
then choose a sauce from the list to prepare the dish. The sauces are really
unique with four Asian and four Western sauces of Old Fashion Coffee, Old Fashioned BBQ Spicy Chcolate, Tarty Tropicana,
Classic Chamalla, E&B Sambal, Tomato Tango, Kung Fu Kung Pao and Fragrant Tamarind Coconut. Then there
are also vegetables and sides to go with all the grilled and baked meat and
seafood too.
First to show up was the
huge bowl of BBQ Small Yabbies (RM60
– 1kg)! Boy, were these so scrumptious! Yabbies are definitely hard to find
here and we are just glad Brolly takes care of importing these live and kept in
tanks till orders comes in. Then they are bbq over the hot coals to give them a
lush smoky charred note and intensify their sweet meat and juices. It may take
a little work to get to the meat but its worthy effort as the meat is sweet and
tasty.
We went will over the
seafood cooked a la Asian. Fish, crabs and prawns are baked in foil with sauces
over hot coals and served with side of shredded cabbage. We had Meat Crab in E&B Sambal Sauce (RM
65), Meat Crab in Tomato Tango Sauce
(RM 65), Prawns in Fragrant Tamarind
Coconut (RM 25), Prawns in Tomato Tango
Sauce (RM25) and Seabass in E&B
Sambal Sauce (RM 50).
The E&B Sambal Sauce is fiery and packed quite a heat punch while
the Tomato Tango Sauce was mellow,
sweet and lightly tangy. I really enjoyed the aromatic, creamy and spiced Fragrant Tamarind Coconut flavours with
hints of tangy touches.
Next up, the Western
grilled meat was paired with the Western sauces. We seemed to have order quite
a fair bit of this lot with steaks of Chilled
Sirloin with Old Fashion BBQ Coffee Sauce (RM 34), Chilled Ribeye with Tarty Tropicana Sauce (RM 60) and Chilled Tenderloin with Old Fashion BBQ
Coffee Sauce (RM 70). Make sure to tell the waitstaff how you like your
steaks cooked. My favorite of the lot was the Chilled Ribeye with Tarty Tropicana Sauce.
We also enjoyed their Spring Chicken with Classic Chamalla Sauce
(RM 45) and Lamb Frenched Rack with Old
Fashion BBQ Spicy Chocolate (RM 120). A whole spring chicken split flat and
smothered in a lovely spice marinade and served with a piquant Chamalla sauce
on the side. The chicken is juicy and so moreish. The Lamb Frenched Rack was
superb. Gorgeous French trimmed lamb that was so juicy and tender and smothered
with a rich BBQ sauce with hints of chocolate won many hearts that evening.
With all the meat and
seafood, we knew we needed some greens. We chose Grilled Watermelon & Pineapple Minty Salad (RM 15), Grilled Caesar Salad (RM 15) and Spinach & Feta Melon Salad (RM 15).
I like how the grilling on the fruit or greens evoked a subtle hint of smoky
and earthy notes in the salads. It’s hard to choose any favorite here as I happened
to enjoy them all individually.
Crab Factory
Now Brolly happened to share the same owner as Crab Factory in SS2, hence it’s a no-brainer that Crab Factory is
also available here. Showcasing New Orleans’ pride and joy, diners can enjoy
the full list of Crab Factory’s menu here. Choices of seafood from the lavish
King Crab, Lobster, various Crabs, Prawns, Yabby, Scallop, Baby Octopus,
Japanese Snails and Mussels vie for your pick against Louisiana famed Po Boys,
Southern Chicken & Waffle, Hush Puppies, Gumbo and more.
Our eyes stared in amazement at Crab Factory’s Po Boys! Bulging out of the long buns are a series of crispy battered seafood and meat with lettuce, tomatoes and onions before being smothered in classic remoulade sauce and served with heaps of thick cut fries.
We had their Fried Prawns Po'Boy (RM 22), Fried Softshell Crabs Po'Boy (RM 22)
and Pulled Beef Brisket Po'Boy (RM
18). My personal favorites were the prawns and softshell crab with their
full-on crispy and juicy seafood cooked well. The remoulade was creamy and very
tasty, lending its magic on the seafood and bun. Besides what we had, there are
also Calamari and Chicken Strips. I hope someday, Crab Factory would offer the
New Orleans classic Oyster Po Boy here!! That would be a bomb for sure…
More serious seafood hit
our tables and these are the lavish Neptune’s treasures of huge Brown Crab and
Spanner Crabs. The seafood are priced by the grams depending on the type of
seafood. Both our Brown Crab and Spanner Crab are RM19 per 100gm. As mentioned
earlier, one can catch these seafood in the tanks at the back of the bar. It’s
as fresh as it gets!
Brown
Crab in Jamba Jamba Sauce (RM
247 – 1.3kg). It’s a very meaty crab with chunks of sweet flesh. Since we love
heat, we went for the Jamba Jamba Sauce. Even at Medium Spicy Level, the heat
was quite a punch. Thoroughly addictive, we even ordered Garlic Bread (RM8.90) to mop up the sauce.
I have never seen a
Spanner Crab that big in my life!! I had tasted small ones that are poached,
chilled and served but these hardly had much meat it in. Now the Spanner Crab
here are dead serious huge in size. We opted for Spanner Crab in Garlic Butter Sauce (RM 237.50 – 1.25kg) and Spanner Crab in Signature Southern Bang
Sauce Medium Spicy Level (RM 266 – 1.4kg) with added on Buddies of Button Mushroom Bag Buddies (RM 8.90).
We all truly enjoyed our first experience of Spanner Crab this size. There were
lots of sweet chunks of crab meat that made us oohs and aahs over it that
evening. If you have never tried it, you should because Spanner Crabs this size
is utterly gorgeous and truly worthy of a taste… Super shiok!
Raksaksa Mirai
Rice lovers will
celebrate at the sight of Raksaksa Mirai’s
menu. Name inspired by yesteryears of watching the famous Japanese animated
Ultraman fighting the monsters, Raksaksa
Mirai serves contemporary Japanese inspired dishes served with various rice
and Japanese curry sauce.
There’s plenty of
choices of meat, seafood and even a vegetarian option of dishes cooked
differently and served with rice of your choice. Go for the white rice at no
additional charge or go for the creative flavoured rice with a small additional
charge.
We had the Tori Garlic Mayo (RM23) in Traditional Curry Sauce with Signature Rice (RM 2.50), Hotate Scallop Eryngii Omelette (RM24)
in Traditional Curry Sauce with Garlic Shallot Rice (RM2.50) and Salmon Katsu in Coconut Curry Sauce
(RM25)
Generous portions of
everything served on a pool of your choice of Traditional or Coconut
Japanese Curry Sauce is a perfect filler for big eaters. Another plus point
is that the curry sauce leaned towards the savory rather than the sweet. Enjoy
all these hot as it does get a tad salty when cold. The Tori Garlic Mayo was creamy and moreish while the Hotate Scallop Eryngii was buttery,
savory and earthy in flavours. The crisp Salmon
Katsu went well with the creamy curry sauce too.
Sweet Endings
With all the food coma
we had with all the various kitchen dishes, we knew we had to go all the way
and end our experiences with Sweet
Endings. Our sweet treats are served in large mugs or baked in foil.
Choosing can be quite a task since the list of desserts look and sound divine
on the pictured menu.
In the end, we settled
for Chunky Peanut Butter Granola (RM
16), Creme Brulee (RM 16) and Grilled Montel Banana Parcel (RM 16).
Chunky Peanut Butter Granola was O.M.G. delicious! Lots of peanut butter crumbs
with granola are layered with vanilla ice cream and blueberry sauce made my
day. These are so nutty, buttery, sweet and fruity with a lush creamy note. A
Must-Order please…
The Crème Brulee is also decent with all the usual creamy and smooth
flavours and textures. Another treat to end the evening would be the Grilled Montel Banana Parcel. Two large
Montel bananas are baked in aromatic cinnamon and other spices with butter and
served with large dollop of whipped cream. So tantalizing in aroma and
flavours.
Despite us working our
stomachs through all the above, we barely touched half of the menu at Brolly. There’s a lot of reason to pay Brolly a visit. One gets 9 delicious
experiences from all the various kitchen concepts from the menu, beergaritas
to-die-for, sumptuous fresh seafood and an ambience like no other! Oh and
please bring an empty stomach or round up your foodie gang for a big treat of
feasting…
BROLLY
Ground Floor, Menara
Felda
Platinum Park
Persiaran KLCC
50088 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2181-4122
Business Hours:
11.00am-11.00pm
