2ND Floor raises the contemporary cuisine bar in KL

Linguini with smoked salmon, crumbed slices of eryngii mushrooms and a dollop of lumpfish caviar.— ART CHEN/THE STAR

Possibly one of the best foodie secrets you’ll learn this year sits innocuously on the upstairs level of a row of shops in Taman Tun Dr Ismail – 2ND Floor Kitchen & Bar is at the right angle of an L-shaped sandwich; hidden bar The Pawn Room is right above and Private Room, the also-hidden wine bar, is adjacent.

The restaurant is under the same management as the cocktail and wine bars, a natural extension, from the world of inspired cocktails and carefully-curated wines to excitingly contemporary cuisine. And wine pairings can come from next door, if you so wish, while a list of classic cocktails from upstairs is available at the restaurant (for the more unusual creations, just head up, post-dinner).