Meraki Dining in PJ serves creative Malaysian-inspired food


The ayam bakar features perfectly grilled, incredibly succulent chicken juxtaposed against an ulam bearnaise. — ABIRAMI DURAI/The Star

There are many “firsts” that mark the start of something new – first love, first car, first house. And yet for many chefs, that long-held dream of a rainbow on the horizon is often marked by that most precious of “firsts” – a first restaurant to call your own.

For chefs Lai Chee Hung and Barath Kumar M. Sakrapani, this dream finally came to fruition this year with the launch of Meraki Dining, ensconced along a row of shop lots in Petaling Jaya’s Section 17 neighbourhood.

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