Poblano Kl — Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur

I wouldn't normally write a review until I am truly convinced with the consistency of a restaurant or in other rare instances when the food or service are truly beyond reprehensible, For the case with Poblano after visiting several times with the likes of my friends, colleagues and customers, I reckon it is the right time to finally share my views about this place now (No prizes for guessing it right being a positive review since I have patronised this place several times by now)

My latest visit was a few days ago on a Friday night along with my two friends. Me being the veteran after several experience here, while two of my friends are here for the first time.

So I noticed some minor changes in the menu, of course it is no longer a non halal restaurant that they used to be during the initial opening, but fret not, this place is good literally in every sense.

We have ordered the following for dinner for sharing;

1. Gambas - A tiger prawn tapas sautéed with garlic sauce & spicy tomato - You can't go wrong with this dish, just simply appetising and good for sharing since it was served with some nicely toasted bread. Of course, being the typical Malaysians that we are, we obviously requested for more bread to fill up our tummy and being a tightening of the purse string strategy since everything goes up in Malaysia, not our salary environment right now.

2. Braised Lamb Shank - We have a winner here as well with this succulent and juicy lamb cooked to perfection coupling with creamy smooth buttery mashed potatoes.

3. Stuffed Seabass - With lemon infused into the cooking, the fish tasted brilliantly refreshing and zesty as opposed to the typical seafood dishes which culminates a fishy after taste in our palate. Coupling with some degree of spiciness due to the chilli paste, it was truly delightful and doubles as a good counter balance on the first two dishes we have ordered that is greasier and heavier in flavours. Of course, the doneness was impeccable as it was not overcooked which would have impacted the texture of the fish.

4. Espagueti Verde - This is not particularly up to my liking since it was a pesto based pasta which is not exactly what I fancy, well it was ordered by my friend actually and I have had two bites of it. Being Asians, we needed our carbs somehow.......Much to my surprise there was a slight twist to this dish as it has a tinge of spiciness in it which was quite invigorating to the palate. Overall my friend like it, and I am ok with it.

After dinner we have ordered a Mexican Tiramisu and another Mexican Chocolate Mousse. Well we clean up the plates with these two, so I need not explain further.

As for drinks, we were going with beers all night long and surprisingly they are serving probably the coldest brew in town and a very attractive pricing that we wouldn't be expecting in a restaurant like this.

In summary, the ambience was lovely with deco nicely complimenting the theme of the cuisine that they are serving. Friendly and HANDSOME waiters (according to my lady friend). Perhaps the only drawback would be the limited parking space but this too can be averted since they have jockey service which is fairly priced at RM15 in city centre.

Overall, it has lived up to our expectations, with pocket friendly pricing in terms of food quality, dining experience that far exceeds our expectations. Highly...

This is a beautiful place with a calmer ambiance than what you'll find on nearby Changkat. Cash and credit cards accepted. Outdoor and indoor seating. Google neglects to mention that while they're open until 11pm their last kitchen orders must be placed before 9:45pm. Staff was friendly and apologetic about lacking certain items/ingredients.

This is a beautiful little spot. Latin-flavored music and not at dance club volume. Google lists this as a Mexican restaurant which is why I went. That's only marginally true. They consider themselves much more of a Latin-themed restaurant and draw recipes and ingredients from a much broader palette.

Chips and salsa is a mandatory first taste for me. Chips started out crisp, salted perfectly and I suspected might be made in house. However the first layer of crispy chips hid a basket full of broken pieces - more like the bottom of a bag of tortilla chips - and those chips were not as crisp or fresh tasting. The salsa served with them strikes me as more Italian than Latin. Perhaps it was the parsley instead of cilantro in it. A little bit of heat but hard to identify the source of it.

The fish tacos were impressively plated. The fish was breaded and fried to perfection - an excellent light outer crunch over very tender whitefish. Served in a flour tortilla atop a bed of lettuce with pico de gallo on top and some sauces. But while the texture of it all was appealing and the tortilla handled the contents admirably, the taste was incredibly mild and elusive. No strong flavor profiles but a uniformity of flavor that was frustrating. Not bad, but not memorable either. The pico de gallo was far better than the salsa with the chips but still lacked cilantro and any real heat.

I asked for hot sauce and they offered Tabasco (Cajun, not so much Mexican or Latin-inspired), and then brought a small sampling of a habenero-based sauce. It wasn't bad but lacked immediate punch, providing instead a slower, building heat that emerged several seconds after swallowing and lingered a while. I think whatever choice of vinegar they used (perhaps apple cider?!) overwhelmed the flavor of the actual habeneros.

They serve beer and alcohol as well as soft drinks and other drinks, but their selection of tequila was abysmal - only Cuervo 1800 and maybe one other lower mid-range option. I attempted to order a La Paloma but they were out of grapefruit juice. Their cocktail menu is notably lacking in tequila-based cocktails other than the ubiquitous margarita.

So if you want a nice place to sit over food or drinks this is a lovely option. I had higher hopes for the flavors but at the end of the day the vibe outshines the dine. Perhaps their other dishes...

‼️Just over a few weeks old, Poblano is the newest addition to the bustling 🏙️ Old Malaya Heritage Building located in the centre of Kuala Lumpur. They are serving 💃🏽 Latin American & Spanish Cuisine 🍽️ and here’s what we had :

🍽 Food : 🍄𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐬 (𝐑𝐌𝟐𝟖) 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒔. I’m usually not the biggest fan of cheesy dishes / sauces so coming from me you have to trust that this is something you MUST TRY 🚨 We wiped the bowl clean - its the perfect creamy texture, flavour and combination. 10/10 for me

🐑𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐬 (𝐑𝐌𝟑𝟗) 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒃 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒂𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 -Meatballs were tender and sauce was unique, but still couldn’t get over the previous, if you’re struggling to choose - go for this if you want meat instead !

🥔𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐬 (𝐑𝐌𝟑𝟎) 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒔𝒆 - 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 - Reminds me of baked potato, but more unique with the deep fried crust, there’s a good kick 🌶️ to it from the beef and it comes with guac and sour cream which helps balance out the mash potato

🦐𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬 (𝐑𝐌𝟒𝟖) 𝑻𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒂𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 - fresh juicy prawns and the spicy sauce went really well together with this ! Perf if you want a seafood dish with a smaller portion :)

🌮𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬 (𝐑𝐌𝟑𝟔) 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔 (𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒌, 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒏) - They are SO GENEROUS with the fillings that it was loooaaaded, the chicken was actually my fav ! Juicy and succulent. A great sharing platter and for you to try different flavours at once

Continued in the comments ✨

🐟𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬 (𝐑𝐌𝟓𝟗) 𝑾𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒔, 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆, 𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒆 - Great portion size ! The stuffings elevated the flavours of the fish - which was really tender, soft and super fresh ! Comes topped with a spicy sauce like in the Gambas - the mexican rice is also unique being short grained and a bit coarser (but i still prefer my long grain rice 🤣)

🥤Drinks : 🍓𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐭𝐨 (𝐑𝐌𝟐𝟖) 🥭𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐭𝐨 (𝐑𝐌𝟐𝟖) The pricing for their drinks are great ! Taste wise is really spot on too! The strawberry has a bit of a stronger taste while the sweetness from the mango makes it taste less strong (i liked the mango more)

💡 Tip : There’s a valet parking service so you don’t have to worry too much about parking but do try to go early before its too full - you can also park and walk from the...