I love travelling and one of the place I travel quite often few years back was Indonesia, then did stay there for about a month too till I ask my friends to bring me around the whole city and went for food hunting. Since then, its hard to find nice Indonesian food except Ayem Penyet which is one of my favorite that I find it similar to their local taste. IR 1968 Indochine Restaurant and Bar.
Not until last week, a dinner was organise here by Lisa and Henry at Terrance Hock Choon that a newly build up area that operate not that long located at Jalan Ampang, which is a conversion of an old building to a few combination of restaurant that serve fine dining with a classic old building that provide a perfect ambiance to host a romantic dinner, corporate function or even events.
A few restaurant is in this place and what I have been told by my friend that the Japanese Restaurant Fukuharu serve pretty unique menu for the night, as the menu is a board with a limited choices (served fresh ingredient for the day) with chef’s special.
IR stands for Indonesian Restaurant which I got to know that is one of a famous restaurant that visited by many celebrities in Hong Kong and recently had branches a new outlet in Kuala Lumpur.
Through its great history that the restaurant had been founded as early as 1968 by Hudson’s grandfather operating their first outlet in Hong Kong then operate by his dad and now himself, the cuisine is serve with a hint of Chinese mix Indonesian as they are originally from Indonesia and operate in Hong Kong that the taste changes to suit local taste bud.
Let’s head up to the restaurant for a peek before dining. . . It was decorated with a very romantic feel at the ground floor with pale white near transparent curtain hanging around the stair ways and candle light lit all the way up to the restaurant.
I love how the restaurant is decorated by painting black on the walls and ceiling, modern Chinese lantern is place up, filled with ashes wooden chairs and tables.
Lovely couples can be seated seated here, with the place is decorated perfectly with candles, laterns and dim oval, lights placed in between.
A bar that ready to cater all your thirst.
Wine range is quite unique.
Decorative item in the restaurant is quite unique too,with animal head in bronsze/
This gives me the memory of a cartoon that you ask for future and past that what is going to happen.
You can be seated outside if you like and for smokers, its quite a comfortable area to go after~
night view~
To all the world cup fans out there, they also do have big projection screen to play some of the live mathes.
If you are a corporate functions, they can arrange the whole list of menu and setting for you.
A very comfortable ambience to be in while dining and catching up with friends~
They used classic traddional china style porcelain . . wish I can steal one back….:)
Nice meeting you too, man! I miss the Semur Lidah the most haha.
WOW, The environment & decor really impress me!!!! But the price range here should be quite high huh… 🙁
The dining environment is really nice lor…….Not sure how the food tasted but by looking at the pix, seems yummy 🙂 Must go visit there dy….
hello ah bok,
love your name lo~ sounds cute cz and it suits ur blog name too..mayb u can change it to taufubok..
really sorry that only now i saw ur review on IR1968. You have taken lot of nice pictures eh and not forget a good write-up about it too!! hope to go for food review with you n vialentino again if there is a chance~ Take k and all the best^^
hahha..taufubok is what my friends call me also..:D
of course nice to meet you too…if got chance will invite you for review also..;)