MEJA AT T.R.E.C NEXT TO NEW ZOUK IS A FABULOUS, NEW RESTAURANT DISHING OUT WESTERN AND MALAYSIAN CUISINE SO DELICIOUS AND WELL-PRICED (NOT THE CHEAPEST MIND YOU BUT VERY REASONABLE) YOU WILL BE MAKING THIS YOUR DINING ROOM. AND AFTER MAKAN AT MEJA, YOU CAN HOP UPSTAIRS TO AVALON FOR A DRINK OR NIGHTCAP! BOTH ARE OWNED BY ROGER HEW AND FELIX YANG SO IT'S MORE OF A GOOD THING! BUT BEST OF ALL, FROM NOW UNTIL GOD, FELIX AND ROGER KNOW WHEN, ALL DISHES ON MENU IS 50% OFF! YES, I DID NOT MISS-TYPE. I SAID 50% OFF AS IN HALF PRICED! ON EVERY ITEM ON MENU! NO NEED BUY BEER OR BE A MEMBER OR VALID ONLY WITH MAYBANK CREDIT CARD OR KNOW WHICH BUTTON TO PRESS. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SLEEP WITH ME, ROGER HEW OR FELIX YANG TO QUALIFY. YES, EVERY DAY 50% OFF FOR 3 HOURS ONLY! YES, THIS IS THE ONLY CATCH---50% OFF FROM 12 NOON TO 3 PM WHICH IS PERFECT FORM LUNCH! DINNER BACK TO NORMAL PRICES! SO EAT HERE AND THEN TAPAU FOR DINNER AND SUPPER! OR RE-HEAT FOR SUPPER!

KEE@FSWMAG.COM

MEJA KITCHEN, BAR, CAFE, LOUNGE, GRILL AND ASIAN/WESTERN RESTAURANT
AT TREC KUALA LUMPUR NEXT TO NEW ZOUK IN CASE YOU JUST ARRIVED FROM ULU KELANTAN. 

The food is utterly delicious as surprisingly good quality ingredients are used which I didn't expect since this is not a 5-star hotel. The imported salmon is same quality as those used in fancy restaurants at tripled the price and the vodka is Grey Goose which shocked me half to death and not some moonshine made in my backyard!

The name 'Meja' means 'table'in Malay. Explains Felix the cat Yang, "We wanted an easy to remember and pronounce name and you cannot go wrong with 'Meja'! After all food is always placed on a meja!"

Explains Felix Yang, director of Meja Kitchen and Bar, "Meja is our first and flagship restaurant so we are going all out to establish it before expanding the brand through franchising locally and abroad. So we need a short but memorable name that reflects Malaysian norms."

As it is, Meja serves Western and Asian cuisine but not fusion as this over-used, long-exhausted term connotes nasi lemak served with steak and sashimi! Luckily Meja serves proper western and Malaysian food with no pretensions! Just good, generous portions to satisfy hefty appetites, the way it should be!

Meja is pork-free but not halal as liquor is served. Says Felix Yang, "The meat is halal and even the chef is Muslim which is important as Muslims can eat here with confidence."

Meja will follow the footsteps of the hugely successful Movida chain of cafe restaurants which is lower-priced and caters to the masses while Meja is more fine dining at mass prices. 

Grins Felix Yang in charge of franchising and director of Meja, "Before we start, my parents and parents of partner Roger Hew the MD of Meja must come to the premises to check. Only when we have our parental approval will we open! No cutting corners, no drugs, no vice, no gambling or any hanky-panky!"

Movida now has 9 outlets of which 3 are owned by Roger Hew and Felix Yang and their partners.  The 10th Movida will open in Menjelara and 11th at Genting. My favorite is Movida at Centrestage PJ! 

WWW.MEJA.MY
03-2110 5657
GROUND FLOOR, TREC @ZOUK, 436 JALAN TUN RAZAK, 50400 KUALA LUMPUR

 NO, I DID NOT PUT WRONG PHOTO AS MEJA IS IN THIS PICTURE! ALAS, 99.99% OF READERS DO NOT SEE OR ARE UNABLE TO NOTICE MEJA SIGNAGE WHICH CONSISTS OF TINY SCRIBBLES THAT RESEMBLE A WALLPAPER PATTERN! LUCKILY AVALON CLUB BELONGS TO MEJA TOO!

 AGAIN, EVERYONE SEES AVALON INSTANTLY BUT MISS OUT ON 'MEJA' AT LOWER RIGHT WHICH APPEARS AS 'MAYA', 'MEN' OR EVEN 'IMAGE'! EVEN THE 'M' IS TOO FLOWERY AND CONVOLUTED! I TOLD THE OWNERS 'MEJA' SHOULD BE SPELLED CLEARLY SO EVERYONE CAN READ THE FONT AND NOT MISTAKE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE SINCE 'MEJA' IS NOT A TYPICAL NAME. FOR INSTANCE, 99.999% WILL AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME 'RESTARANT' MEANS 'RESTAURANT' BUT WHO WILL GUESS THE NAME OF THIS GREAT EATERY IS 'MEJA' WHICH IS AN UNIQUE NAME FOR A RESTAURANT 

 BAR

 FAMOUS BIG DOG BREEDER KEN PHUA AND FAMOUS ANTIQUES DEALER PAUL LAI OF DYNASTY ANTIQUES

 KEN PHUA, PAUL LAI AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

 KEN PHUA, PAUL LAI AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

FELIX YANG, ROGER HEW, PAUL LAI, TRAVIS LIM AND JACKIE CHERN

 TRAVIS LIM AND JACKIE CHERN ARE BOTH FROM KLANG

 FELIX YANG AND PARTNER ROGER HEW OWN MEJA, AVALON AND MOVIDA !

 TRAVIS LIM AND JACKIE CHERN 

 THE KLANG BOYS SPORT IDENTICAL HAIR-DOS

 ROGER HEW, PAUL LAI AND KEN PHUA

 CRUNCHY, DELICOUS OCTOPUS

 ROAST CHICKEN THAT LOOKS AND TASTES LIKE CHAR SIEW

 NACHOS

 YUMMY CHICKEN WINGS

 FELIX YANG, ROGER HEW, PAUL LAI, KEN PHUA, TRAVIS LIM, JACKIE CHERN, DATIN SHARON GAN AND TRACY TOH OF MOVIDA CENTRESTAGE

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE GOES FLORAL

 POPIAH

 SEAFOOD PIZZA

 SALAD

MOJITO WITH ASSAM! 

DATO KEE HUA CHEE TUCKING  IN 

 REFRESHING

 YUM!

 ASAM LAKSA

 BEST NASI LEMAK! EVERYTHING TASTES DIVINE!

 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

 THIS HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE GETS TOP MARKS!

 BETTER THAN MANDARIN ORIENTAL'S!

I ASKED WAITER TO CHOP NASI LEMAK CHICKEN 

MEJA'S STAFF STARTED SINGING 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY'!  HOW DID THEY KNOW IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY? 

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE ORDERINGJACKIE CHERN TO BE IN GROUP PHOTO

 JACKIE CHERN, TRAVIS LIM, DATIN SHARON GAN, KEN PHUA, PAUL LAI, FELIX YANG, ROGER HEW AND BIRTHDAY BOY DATO KEE HUA CHEE

 CHEERS!

 TRACY TOH JOINS IN

 SERENADING DATO KEE HUA CHEE

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND STAFF OF MEJA

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DATO KEE HUA CHEE

 THUMBS UP TO MEJA!

 MEJA IS A MUST-TRY RESTAURANT

 50% OFF ON ALL MENU DISHES FROM 12 NOON TO 3 PM DAILY! 

 GREAT NEWS!

 BLING RINGS

 PAUL LAI, DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND KEN PHUA

 DATIN SHARON GAN, DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND TRACY TOH

 ROGER HEW, DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND FELIX YANG

 ROGER HEW, DATO KEE HUA CHEE, FELIX YANG, TRACY TOH AND DATIN SHARON GAN

 JACKIE CHERN, DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND TRAVIS LIM

 WAFFLE IS NOT ONLY FOR BREAKFAST

 FELIX YANG AND KEN PHUA

 DATIN SHARON GAN JOINS

 TRACY TOH JOINS

 ROGER HEW, FELIX YANG, KEN PHUA, DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND PAUL LAI

 THE KLANG BOYS JOIN

 DATIN SHARON GAN AND TRACY TOH SIT

 JACKIE CHERN, ROGER HEW, FELIX YANG, KEN PHUA, DATO KEE HUA CHEE, PAUL LAI, TRAVIS LIM, TRACY TOH AND DATIN SHARON GAN

 THUMBS UP TO MEJA! 

 AVALON CLUB AND LOUNGE

 DEEJAY

 DATIN SHARON GAN, TRACY TOH AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

AVALON IS UPSTAIRS