Villa Danieli, Wood-Fired Menu, Sheraton KL

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Villa Danieli, Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur

 

Villa Danieli Invites You for Authentic Italian
Delicacies,
Cooked Fresh from the Wood- fired Oven
Words by Kirsten Durward
Photos by The Yum List (Monica Tindall)
Although Villa Danieli is a hotel restaurant, the
team manages to pull off the impression of a free-standing trattoria, with a
cosy feeling interior that is the right side of authentic.Β  Styled in the fashion of a rustic home,
lively Italian guitar music and singing builds a wonderful atmosphere. Rajesh
Kanna and his team believe in serving authentic Italian cuisine with quality
ingredients and traditional flavours. A new addition to the menu is expanding
the use of the wood fired oven from pizza to other specialties. Everything we
taste this evening is baked fresh in the oven.
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Villa Danieli
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Villa Danieli
It’s an impressive start with four different types of
bread arrayed like a box of candies. We can choose from charcoal bread rolls,
focaccia slices ciabatta squares, and a selection of home made bread sticks. We
rip and dip into the black tomato paste, which proves smooth, oily and packed
with flavour.
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Wood Fired Oven
We’re starting with a sip on two whites to accompany
our choice of starters. The NZ Villa Maria Private Bin Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
2013 (RM38++) is one of my favourite sauvignons in the price range. A perfectly
smooth and round, easy drinking wine, with smooth tinges of strawberries and
lychee. It goes beautifully with the Mediterranean style food.
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NZ Villa Maria Private Bin Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Banfi Fumaio Toscana IGTΒ 2012Β from Tuscany, Italy (RM36++)
is a more complex wine with the contrast of oakiness from the chardonnay grapes
and the sharp limey tinge from the sauvignon. It has a long lingering taste on
the back of the throat.
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Banfi Fumaio Toscana IGT 2012
We see that we’ll need a hearty appetite tonight from
the size of the stuffed Cheesy Portabello Mushroom (RM32++) placed on the
table. The firm juicy mushroom is stuffed with oozy dribbly herby melty goats
cheese, which is extremely moreish. Slender slices or red onion give a slightly
sweetish zing to the dish, my favourite of the night.
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Cheesy Portabello Mushroom
Monica’s
ecstatic with the choice of oven-baked Eggplant
Parmigiana (RM36++) with Roma tomatoes, zucchini tomato sauce and
mozzarella cheese. A firm chewy top, melting centre, with a strong tomatoey
sauce we sink our teeth happily into this, loving the intensity of flavour in
the caramelised crust.
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Eggplant Parmigiana
A
monster of a fish with herb and salt coating is heralded in on a tray flanked by
ultraviolet lights (to aid the tableside fileting service), for the Salt-crusted Whole Sea Bass
with steamed fennel and potato and lemon butter sauce (RM120 ++). It’s
an impressive plating which silences even us for a moment or two before our
charming server breaks the salt crust, and begins to filet the fish. He removes
the head, the skin, revealing freshly steaming white flesh within. A simply
enormous plateful of moist firm fresh fish ensues, and I love the fresh salty
tinge. Delicious! The lemon sauce is very buttery and I suggest you leave it to
the side for dipping in order to enjoy the fish to its fullest.
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Salt-crusted Whole Sea Bass
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Salt-crusted Whole Sea Bass
An alternate to a rack we try the recommended baked Lamb
Ribs with a choice of sides and sauce (RM118++). We choose to go with the create-your-own-dish option on the menu,
selecting broccolini, roast vegetables and mash. However Monica’s too intrigued
by the Coca Cola BBQ sauce on the plated lamb dish, so we beg for that basting.
The finished article is sweetly sticky on the outside and flaking off the bone.
The oven cooking has kept the moisture intensely inside, and we can truly taste
why people like this dish.
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Lamb Ribs
With
the lamb we’ve meandered to red wine, and I’m quite happy with the range of six
by the glass. We select the Gerard
Bertrand Reserve Speciale Syrah 2010 from Southern France (RM36++). The nose
and first tasting notes are of sweet overripe fruit, a very full and lush wine,
which opens nicely over a little time to complement the dessert choices very well.
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Gerard Bertrand Reserve Speciale Syrah 2010
Our second red choice is the Penfolds Private Release
Shiraz Cabernet 2012 from Barossa Valley, South Australia (RM36++). This is a
dryer wine, somewhat peppery on the finish. We both enjoy sipping it with our
savoury dish.
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Penfolds Private Release Shiraz Cabernet 2012
As usual we take a little time to settle on the
choice of dessert, but for the sake of our waistlines, decline the kind offer
to try all three. Which girl can resist the melting ooziness of Chocolate Lava Cake (RM28++)? Not this
one! Our sample tonight has a slightly crunchy outer and a distinctly different
pairing with the walnut ice cream.
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Chocolate Lava Cake
Pear Tartin (RM28++) is beautifully plated. Served
with mango sauce, strawberry, sable crumble and ricotta mousse, it’s a tasty
bite, although in my opinion just not quite enough of it.
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Pear Tartin
Villa Danieli opens for lunch from 12 noon to 2.30pm
from Mondays to Fridays, while dinner is served from 6.30pm to 10.30pm from
Mondays to Saturdays. The restaurant is closed on Sundays and Public Holidays.
At present, Starwood SPG members can enjoy up to 50% exclusive discounts off
total food bill.
Reasons to
visit:
Β  relaxed atmosphere; large starters and mains;
more original than a regular Italian but true to the authentic flavours.
Villa
Danieli
Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur
Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
+6 03 2717 9900

 


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8 Comments

  1. such a great ambiance, I love the portabello mushroom, I think it's calling my name.

  2. The salt-crusted fish is a gorgeous dish i must say, i like everything salt-baked, be it fish, chicken etc πŸ˜›

  3. Wowwwww!!!! Awesomely luxurious looking place. Oooo…mushroom, eggplant…all my daughter's favourites. Me? I'd go for the lamb…and the chocolate lava cake. Slurpssss!!!!

  4. When I looked at the first two pictures, I though this place was a Spanish tapas bar! πŸ˜‰
    Yes, I'd to try that fish too!

  5. oooo i love to try the egg plant parmigiana..my favourite..droolsss

  6. the lamb ribs look and sound absolutely awesome … pure protein pleasure πŸ™‚

  7. Looks insanely delicious!

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