Kee Hua Chee Live!: MIGF 2014---PART 1; MARINI'S ON 57 AT PETRONAS TOWER 3 ON 57TH FLOOR CONFIRMS IT IS KUALA LUMPUR'S BEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE RESTAURANT. AT A STAGGERING RM 1,342.10 PER PERSON FOR THE MIGF FESTIVAL MENU WITH WINE PER PERSON, IT HAD BETTER BE!

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MARINI'S ON 57 HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS MALAYSIA'S FINEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT AND NATURALLY ITS MENU CANNOT BE ACCUSED OF BEING CHEAP OR EVEN MILDLY AFFORDABLE!

Peasants and members of the lower classes can count themselves out from ever stepping into Marini's on 57's hallowed hall and will have to wait for their next incarnation.

Marini's on 57 makes no excuses for pricing itself out from ho-hum, run of mill restaurants as RM 1,342.10 for the MIGF Festival Menu is not exactly chicken feed unless you are Tan Sri Francis Yeoh or Ananda Krishnan.

As a member of the upper class I have been there several times and am always amazed this frightfully expensive restaurant is usually 80% to 90% full! Just shows if you have a great restaurant, people will flock to you!

Under the ministrations of husband and wife team Marini Modesto and Elizabeth Hew, Marini's on 57 is truly at the top of their game. Literally too as it is the highest restaurant in Malaysia on the 57th floor of Petronas Tower 3 adjoining Petronas Twin Towers with towering views of the twin towers.

Location wise, Marini's on 57 cannot be beaten and food wise too!

So if an occasion demands the finest and most creative food, superlative service, posh environment and fantastic views to die for, this is it!

Even more amazing is the fact Chef Fabio Ruggiero is all of 27 and even younger than me! Just shows age has nothing to do with talent!

By the grace of God, Buddha and Jesus, my MIGF dinner at Marini's on 57 was my first meal in Kuala Lumpur after I became a Pahang Dato!

I reached Kuala Lumpur around 1 am on 27 October 2014 from Pekan where I received my Datoship at Istana Abu Bakar and was so tired I slept till 4 pm! I ate nothing as I wanted to savour the best cuisine in the best restaurant so dinner was my first meal as a Dato! I will remember this MIGF dinner to the day I enter heaven.

MARINI'S ON 57
57th FLOOR, PETRONAS TOWER 3
KLCC
03-2386 6030

I WAS SO TOUCHED DATIN SU DAY, CO-FOUNDER OF MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL, TOOK THE TROUBLE TO PRINT A NEW NAME CARD THAT READS 'YANG BERBAHAGIA DATO KEE HUA CHEE'!
MARINI'S ON 57 ALSO TOOK THE EXTRA STEP TO NAME THE WINE GLASSES SO WE KNEW WHICH WINE WE WERE IMBIBING! THIS IS THE ONLY RESTAURANT TO DO THIS! SO HIGH CLASS!

PUAN SRI MOLLY LOW, WINSTON SYA, DATIN SU DAY AND ELIZABETH LEE

HAPPY QUARTET

PATRICK MCVEIGH, CHEAH MING CHIEW, DATIN SU DAY, HER EXCELLENCY MARIA ISABEL RENDON THE ARGENTINA AMBASSADOR AND HUSBAND PIO TRIPPA

HOST WITH MOST AND OWNER OF MARINI'S ON 57 MODESTO MARINI AND YANG BERBAHAGIA DATO KEE HUA CHEE

MODESTO MARINI TAKES A NAP AFTER HEARING DATO KEE HUA CHEE GOING ON ABOUT HIS TITLE BESTOWED BY SULTAN OF PAHANG

JAMES BRANCH AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE AS I AM TOO LAZY TO TYPE YANG BERBAHAGIA

ALEX, KHAIRUL AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE WHO CONDESCENDED TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH COMMONERS WITH NO TITLES AS HE IS SO HUMBLE

FARUK IBRAHIM AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS WEARING HIS DIMP MEDAL AS A PENDANT AND ALSO HIS MINIATURE ON LAPEL

MODESTO MARINI SAID HE CREATED THIS CHAMPAGNE DRINK IN DATO KEE HUA CHEE'S HONOUR

MODESTO MARINI IS SUCH A DARLING TO NAME THIS DRINK AFTER DATO KEE HUA CHEE

ALAS, THE NAME OF THIS DRINK IS 'PORN STAR' OR IS IT 'PAWN STAR'?

DATUK DR KELVIN TAN AND DAMIEN OOI. DATO KEE HUA CHEE WAS MIFFED AS DATUK DR KELVIN TAN HAS 2 DATUKSHIPS FROM PERAK AND SABAH PLUS A DOCTORATE SO HE HAS 3 TITLES AND IS MORE HIGHCLASS THAN DATO KEE WITH 1 DATOSHIP FROM SULTAN PAHANG

DENISE LAI AND DADDY LAI VOON HON

DAMIEN OOI, DENISE LAI AND LAI VOON HON

DATO KEE HUA CHEE THE LATEST DATO IN MALAYSIA AS HE WAS ONLY 3 DAYS OLD, YAM TUNKU TAN SRI DARA TUNKU NAQUIAH TUANKU JAAFAR, YM TUNKU MUDZAFFAR TUNKU MUSTAPHA AND TITLELESS PATRICK MCVEIGH

DATO FARAH KHAN AND KARIM KHAN

SHIRLEY AND MICHAEL ONG

SHIRLEY AND MICHEAL ONG

YUMMY PASSAROUNDS AND THE SERVER QUITE SWEET TOO

DATIN SU DAY AND DATO FARAH KHAN

MY FAVORITE

YUM

WINSTON SYA, PUAN SRI MOLLY LOW, ELIZABETH LEE AND CHEAH MING CHIEW

ELIZABETH MARINI, DATIN SU DAY AND DATO FARAH KHAN

DATO KEE'S ANGELS

ELIZABETH MARINI NEE HEW AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

CHEERS WITH 'PORN STAR' CHAMPAGNE

ELIZABETH MARINI TURNED 40 A DAY EARLIER! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! HER RESTAURANT WAS NAMED 'BEST RESTAURANT' IN MALAYSIA IN LONDON!

ELIZABETH MARINI AND DATO STEVE DAY, FOUNDER AND ORGANISER OF MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL (MIGF)

DATO KEE HUA CHEE, ELIZABETH MARINI AND DATO STEVE DAY

DATO KEE HUA CHEE LOOKING SPIFFY IN HIS DIMP MEDAL WORN AS PENDANT, ELIZABETH MARINI AND DATO STEVE DAY

IN MARININ LOUNGE

DATO STEVE DAY WELCOMING HIS GUESTS

DATO STEVE DAY AND MODESTO MARINI

THE STAFF

GUESTS

HOT LEGS

YAM TG DARA AND CHEF FABIO RUGGIERO

SEATED AND READY FOR A FAB FEAST!

CARD SHOWING NEW TITLE!

YANG BHG DATO KEE HUA CHEE

THE LATEST DATO IN TOWN

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS ONLY 3 DAYS OLD

THE MAIN RESTAURANT

FAB LIGHTS

BIG O LIGHTS

GOOSE LIVER AMUSE BOUCHE. THE BASE IS SOLID STONE AND NOT BREAD AS I THOUGHT

DAMIEN OOI OF ZENS PRODUCTIONS IN SABAH AND DATUK KELVIN TAN

AMUSE BOUCHE OF GOOSE LIVER

FIRST APPETISER

CROWN CRISPY GRISSINI WITH POTATO FOAM AND SWORDFISH CRUDO

SECOND APPETISER BEING SERVED

LOOKS LIKE AN AQUARIUM!

OYSTER LEAVES WITH CAVIAR, NATIVE SEA GRAPES AND ROSEMARY SALAD

BELLINIS AND ROSEMARY SALAD

CAVIAR ON OYSTER LEAVES

DATO KEE HUA CHEE ENJOYING HIS OYSTER LEAVES WITH CAVIAR

ELEGANT SETTING

KARIM AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

KARIM KHAN AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

SWEETEST DUO

STILL CANNOT RECOVER FROM MY NEW TITLE

YANG BERBAHAGIA DATO KEE HUA CHEE SOUNDS SO DE NICE

A PILLOW BEING SERVED? WHAT IS HAPPENING? ARE WE EXPECTED TO SLEEP OR IS THIS A SUBTLE HINT FROM MODESTO MARINI WE SHOULD BE GOING HOME NOW TO SLEEP!

YES, THEY ARE PILLOWS!

DATUK DR KELVIN TAN DECIDES TO SNOOZE THERE AND THEN! WHY NOT?

HAVE PILLOW WILL SLEEP!

PIO TRIPPA AND DATIN SU DAY FOLLOW SUIT

ALL ASLEEP NOW! SWEET DREAMS!

STAFF PRESSING THE PILLOWS...TO RELEASE THE LAVENDER POTPOURRI INSIDE! WHAT A SENSATIONAL IDEA! THE AROMA OF LAVENDER INSTANTLY SOOTHED OUR SOULS THOUGH IT HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT OF AROUSING ME INSTEAD