MIGF 2014---ALIYAA ISLAND RESTAURANT AND BAR. 'ALIYAA' MEANS 'ELEPHANT' IN SINGHALESE AND JUST AS ELEPHANTS DON'T FORGET, CHEF YOGESHWARAN SELLADOREH SERVED US A SRI LANKAN REPAST WE WILL NEVER FORGET!

KEE@FSWMAG.COM
ALIYAA IS THE ONLY SRI LANKAN RESTAURANT IN KUALA LUMPUR AND IT IS DOING THAT NATION PROUD BY SERVING AUTHENTIC CEYLONESE DISHES THE WAY THEY ARE COOKED IN THE ISLAND CALLED SERENDIPITY!

Located in Plaza Damansara facing the main road, Aliyaa is easy to spot. Housed in a doubel storey shoplot, the bar is upstairs and not down as expected. The 'island' refers to the bar and not some poolside barbecue.

Aliyaa prides itself by importing all the spices from Sri Lanka plus the chefs too. Even the service staff appear Sri Lankan so this is as good as flying to Colombo or Kandy!

Royal Patron of MIGF YAM Tg Naquiyuddin Tuanku Jaafar said, "One of the reason I wanted to come to Aliyaa tonight is because my daughter is also named Alia but the spelling is different."

It must be added YM Tg Alia Nadira does not in any way resemble a pachyderm and nor did her father aspire her to do so when he named her!

Added YAM Tunku Naquiyuddin Tuanku Jaafar, son of the 10th King of Malaysia, "We ate like elephants tonight and like elephants who never forget, we will certainly remember tonight's wonderful meal!"

Even more astonishing are the prices for the MIGF Festival menu;
RM 98++per person without wine for full menu or RM 88++per person without wine for sharing menu for minimum 4 persons.

As MIGF founder and organiser  Dato Steve Day commented, "This is half the price of breakfast in London!"

And with the money saved, you may wish to purchase one of the paintings/photos by Aliyaa's owner Abbi which hang on the walls!

www.aliyaa.com 03-2092 5378
Plaza Damansara, Jalan Medan Setia 2, Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur

T.SEE GOH OF COMPUGATES, DATIN SU DAY THE CO-FOUNDER OF MIGF MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL, SOORIA PERERA AND JEFFREY PERERA 

KEE HUA CHEE JOINS THE MERRY BAND AT ISLAND BAR IN ALIYAA

JEREMY OLIVER AND DATO STEVE DAY FOUNDER OF MIGF

DATO STEVE DAY IS STILL AT IT AFTER 14 YEARS!

DATO STEVE DAY AND DATO TOM  ABANG SAUFI

IMAN LOUGH AND DATIN SU DAY

DATO TOM ABANG SAUFI AND YAM TUNKY NURUL NUR HAYATI

DATO TOM ABANG SAUFI AND YAM TG NURUL HAYATI

KEE HUA CHEE JOINS IN

ELIANE OLIVER AND CHE PUAN WINNIE SOFIA TG JOHANEZ

ELIANE OLIVER, JEREMY OLIVER, CHE PUAN WINNIE AND YM TG JOHANEZ 

T SEE GOH AND GOH KHENG PEOW OF COMPUGATES WHO HAD NEVER HEARD OF KEE HUA CHEE BUT HUS WIFE DID!

YAM TG NAQUIYUDDIN TUANKU JAAFAR AND GOH KHENG PEOW

YAM TG NAQUIYUDDIN TUANKU JAAFAR AND GOH KHENG PEOW

DATO STEVE DAY WELCOMING HIS GUESTS TO ALIYAA

DATO STEVE DAY INTRODUCING THE CULINARY TEAM OF ALIYAA HEADED BY CHEF YOGESHWARAN SELLADOREH AND CHEF PARTIP THE KING OF APPAMS!

JEFFREY PERERA AND GUESTS

SANGEETH WELCOMING MIGF GUESTS

ELIANE OLIVER, IMAN LOUGH, DATO TOM ABANG SAUFI AND CHE PUAN WINNIE SOFIA

GROUP PHOTO!

DATO STEVE DAY AT WORK

DATO STEVE DAY REMINDING DINERS TO AWARD MARKS FOR EACH DISH

FISH CUTLET AND LAMB ROTI ROLL

SEASTRING HOPPER KOTHU

ELIANE OLIVER AND KEE HUA CHEE DON BIBS IN ANTCIPATION OF A PROPER FEAST!

NO CURRY CRAB STAINS ON OUR COUTURE CLOTHES!

JEREMY OLIVER AND DATIN SU DAY DO SAME

CHEF PRATIP HOLDING THE 1 KG CRAB THAT WOULD SOON BE ON OUR TABLE! 

SRI LANKAN MUD CRAB IS DELICIOUS

SRI LANKAN CRAB CURRY COLOMBO STYLE! JUST LOOK AT THE STEAM EMANATING FROM SHELL!

PERFECTION!

YUMMY

MAIN COURSES OF MUTTON, FISH, LAMB, PRAWN, BRINJAL, EGG APPAM

DELECTABLE FEAST

CRAB CURRY COLOMBO STYLE. COLOMBO IS CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA

EGG APPAM

EGG APPAM

CRAB CURRY JAFFNA STYLE!

T SEE GOH BEING SERVED SCRUMPTIOUS CRAB CURRY JAFFNA STYLE

NICE

LOVELY

ENJOYING CRAB CURRY JAFFNA STYLE SHOULD BE DONE LIKE THIS WITH GUSTO!

GOH KHENG PEOW OF COMPUGATES BEING SERVED CRAB CURRY JAFFNA STYLE

THUMBS UP FOR ALIYAA'S CRAB CURRY!

SOORIA PERERA AND GOH KHENG PEOW

DATIN SU ENJOYING CRAB CURRY JAFFNA STYLE 

PLEASURE

YUM

JEREMY OLIVER BEING SERVED CRAB CURRY JAFFNA STYLE

DATIN SU DAY, JEFFREY PERERA AND T SEE GOH

JEREMY OLIVER

THIS ENGLISHMAN DOES IT THE UPPER CRUST WAY THOUGH HE WAS BORN AND BRED IN MALAYSIA AND SPEAKS MALAY!

SWEET APPAM FOR DESSERT

SWEET APPAM WAS DELIGHTFUL

FOLD AND EAT!

VATILAPPAM WAS SWEET TEMPTATION!

DATO STEVE DAY THANKING GUESTS AND STAFF OF ALIYAA

SANGEETH AND CHEF YOGESHWARAN SELLADOREH

YAM TUNKU NAQUIYUDDIN TUANKU JAAFAR SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF DINERS

LISTENING INTENTLY

SOORIA, GOH KHENG PEOW AND ELIANE OLIVER

DATO STEVE DAY, JEREMY OLIVER AND DATIN SU DAY

ALIYAA'S CHEFS

ALIYAA'S TEAM

CHE PUAN WINNIE, NEIL RANAWEERA AND JEREMY OLIVER

CHE PUAN WINNIE, NEIL RANAWEERA AND JEREMY OLIVER