Voir Dire & Terrace Arms @ Kota Damansara

A bit of bistro-hopping at Kota Damansara, a neighborhood of gastronomic hits & misses.

First up, Voir Dire. The place is small and the menu is compact, but bigger isnt necessarily better. Voir Dires pork platter is a simple Chinese-inspired selection of sausages, balls, luncheon meat and sui kow dumplings, all well-done and wonderful for snack-lovers to share.

Slurp-worthy spaghetti carbonara, bolstered by bacon and enriched with a raw egg.

Pork burger, also a pleasure. Voir Dires probably worth recommending; no frills, but a fun nook.

If Voir Dires co-owner and resident mixologist James is around, ask him for some of his specialty cocktails. This one was created to help a heartbroken customer forget her lost love. Potently constructed with cointreau, blue curacao, triple sec, rum and lime juice.

Not our grandmothers tea: Gin, ginger ale and cranberry juice.

Not our grandfathers coffee: Kahlua, Baileys and milk.

Beer and hard liquor are the focus at this pool table-equipped hangout, but theres still carefully chosen wine by the glass and bottle.

Down the street, we move from pork to beef, heading to the Terrace Arms steakhouse.

Grain-fed chilled Aussie rib-eye, about RM80 for 300 grams. So-so, frankly.

Tiramisu, laced with what seems to be a little kahlua.

Wine, not bad at Terrace Arms. But maybe not enough to make us come back.

Voir Dire,

41G, Jalan PJU 5/21, The Strand, Kota Damansara.

Tel: 03-6151-7778

Open for dinner, closed Sundays.

Terrace Arms,

21G, PJU 5/21, Kota Damansara.

Tel: 03-61505277