Gastro Bar dessert selection is more compact but showcases equally elaborate & enticing ensembles, founded on fruits - a spiced apple crumble pie with brown butter sparks magic with honey-&-bacon ice cream, citrus chocolate ganache & black sesame soil (RM32).

LivingFood Bistro & Cafe Delicious food and very easy to digest because of the quality and preparation of the food. I eat here 4-5 times a week as the food is that good! My favorite is the "living enchilada", pasta with tomato sauce with lamb or beef meatballs and then the apple crumble desert. Divine food!

The carrot cake is also yummy and over 80% carrots. I love that they have Kangen water to hydrate my cells in such a positive say. The juicing drinks and cappuccinos are the best. Finding a restaurant like this is a dream come true and I wish I had this restaurant near my other home in the US.

Joshi Josh is another reliable contender in the catering scene at Klang Valley. They are pretty much recognised for their thematic setups, a factor that certainly falls under the good books of Instagrammers.

Moving onto the food, they dish out a medley of local and Western delights and range of desserts. If innovativeness is what you're looking for, they do serve dishes like scallop porridge, apple crumble, crème brulee and assorted tarts that are rather a natural fit for high tea sessions.

Jaslyn Cakes Jalan Telawi 2 Bangsar Baru Their cakes are to die for.. They are baked in the shop itself..

Butterscotch Brown Butter Blondies - crunchy on the outside chewy on the inside, the sweetness is just nice with a tinge of saltiness to balance it off.. Peanut Butter Chocolate Slice - rich cacao fluffy sponge cake with layers of creamy peanut butter.

Gastro Bar, Japanese tonkatsu donburi is reassembled & revitalised as marinated panko-breaded pork katsu with brown butter garlic rice, water chestnuts, snow peas & lemon bacon sauerkraut (RM38) & a chunky pork belly stew emerges brazenly rich with lap cheong, smoked cheese, pickled fennel & pear in lamb reduction with jalapeno hot sauce & ricotta herb baguette toast slices (RM36).

Gastro Bar, Pan-seared sous-vide chicken similarly takes its cues from both West & East, partnered not only with pancetta & pumpkin puree but recast with a creamy-starchy risotto of black glutinous rice & a reduction of black chicken & traditional Chinese herbs (RM38).

Gastro Bar wine list merits investigating too, with most bottles of red clocking in between RM122 & RM230. All in all, this revamped direction for Gastro Bar is very promising, & the restaurant has some intriguing plans still to come.

Even if you're not in Petaling Jaya, this is a destination that feels worth the effort to travel to. We're likely to be back soon - many thanks to Gastro Bar for having us.

Gastro Bar bruleed caramelised banana tart is compellingly coupled with banana-pandan compote & bourbon ice cream (RM28), while a watermelon, calamansi & yuzu granita with glazed ciku, gula Melaka & dragon fruit (RM16) is as rejuvenating as its sounds. Our only lament is that the cocktail repertoire has been truncated, though you'll still find sufficient temptations with a twist or two, like a Mai Tai with banana-infused rum or Gin & Tonic with jasmine-infused gin (RM38 each).

Pastas & poultry illuminate Gastro Bar forte: Each of its nearly thirty current recipes is discernibly distinctive, weaving together global gastronomic threads into a tapestry of flavours & textures shaded with Asian/Malaysian sensibilities. A flattened mound of orzo rice-shaped pasta is buoyed by brown sugar-glazed bacon crisps, duck liver sausage & horseradish cream (RM30), tasting like a sweet-savoury cross between a Tuscan summer salad & Hong Kong lap mei fan.

Gastro Bar, shallow fried mantao is stuffed with masala beet hash instead of meat patties, making for mouthfuls of vegan-friendly pleasure with caramelised orange segments, wilted spinach & cilantro with kabayaki sauce & miso hollandaise (RM24). And what initially looks like a plate of scallops turns out to be eryngii transformed into truffled doppelgangers of the molluscs with a firmer bite, bolstered with blackened kailan, roasted soy baby corn & watercress, & decadent arugula-laced butter (RM32).