MIGF 2015----NEROVIVO THE BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN KUALA LUMPUR AND LOCATED AT TOP OF THE HILLOCK AT JALAN CEYLON, BUKIT BINTANT

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VIVA FOR NEROVIVO!
'NERO' MEANS 'BLACK' IN ITALIAN AND 'VIVO' MEANS 'BRAVO' OR 'CHEERS' WHICH IS WHAT DINERS SAY AFTER THEIR MEAL!

Cangkat Bukit Bintang is KL's Eat Street as it is lined with restaurants on both sides. But at the top of the hillock where the upscale condos are located is Nerovivo which is aptly located as it is king of the hill and is easily the best fine dining restaurant in the vicinity.

Nerovivo is based inside a big bungalow with own garden and you might walk past, assuming it is a posh home. But the signs are there so it is easy to find once your peepers are peeled for the occasion. 

Opened since 2004, Nerovivo is known as one of KL's best Italian restaurants. Its current owner is Ceylon-born Abenathan Kanthasamy but Nerovivo was founded 12 years ago by famed restauranteur Paolo Guiati and Chef Ranauro Massimiliano.

Presiding Chef Joao Melo is considered very young as he is all of 31 and started in earnest just 6 years ago when he was asked to help cook in a friend's kitchen in Lisbon as a chef was taken ill. Previously he was a good house cook and an excellent photographer. 

But after dishing out excellent food that fateful night and receiving compliments, he realised this was his forte.

Though not Italian, Chef Joao Melo specialises in Mediterranean cuisine as Portugal is that part of the world. 

The stylishly refurbished bungalow is the perfect palette for this Portuguese as not only is it photogenic (his camera is never far away from his clutches) but offers a stunning vista of KL Tower.

The al fresco dining pavilion is ideal for after work pasta, nibbles and wine!

Expect to pay RM 218 nett for a superb 5 course meal with wine or RM 118 nett without. 
3a, Jalan Ceylon, Bukit Bintang Seats 100 pax
03-2070 3120
info@nerovivo.com
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 THE ALL IMPORTANT CULINARY STAFF OF NEROVIVO LED BY CHEF JOAO MELO FROM PORTUGAL

 TALENTED TEAM

 NEROVIVO'S SERVICE TEAM 

 EXCELLENT AND EFFORTLESS SERVICE PROVIDED BY THIS GUNG HO TEAM

 WELCOME TO NEROVIVO!

 LUXURIOUS ENCLAVE INSIDE BUSTLING BUKIT BINTANG

 TROPICAL TOUCH FOR ITALIAN EATERY

 SLEEK AND POLISHED

 STYLISH ALFRESCO DINING

 COOL INTERIOR

 HIGH FLYING CHEF MELO

 GORGEOUS PORTRAITS LINE WALLS

 ARTISTIC AMBIANCE

 CHIC

 MAIN DINING ROOM

 ENIGMATIC

 HINT OF BALI

 YUMMY PASSAROUNDS

 FASHION DESIGNER MELINDA LOOI, CHEF JOAO MELO AND DIRK LUBBERT

 SPOONFULS OF YUM!

 HIS EXCELLENCY NICOLAI RUGE THE AMBASSADOR OF DENMARK WITH HER EXCELLENCY ASTRID AGERHOLM RUGE

 GROUPIE

 CHEERS TO NEROVIVO

 HOSTS AND OWNERS OF NEROVIVO JAY LEE, MIZA AND ABENATHAN KANTHASAMY WITH CHEF JOAO MELO, DATIN SU DAY AND DATO STEVE DAY THE FOUNDER/OWNER/ORGANISER OF MIGF (MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL)

 DELICIOUSLY SIMPLE GRILLED ARTICHOKE CREAM , CECINA HAM AND WILD MUSHROOMS

 AGED BALSAMIC AND GREEN OLIVE

 CHEF JOAO MELO AT WORK

 READY SOON

 SPINACH TAGLIERINI WITH BURRATA CHEESE, CHERRY TOMATOES AND ROASTED PINE NUTS

 BACALLA CONFIT

 VEAL SCALOPPINA

 POACHED PEAR WITH SAFFRON, POMEGRANATE AND CINNAMON CRUMBLE

 READY TO BE SAVOURED

 PRETTY MIZA WITH LOVELY MUM JAY LEE, WIFE OF ABENATHAN KANTHASAMY

 MIZA IN POPULAR DEMAND, THIS TIME BY CHEF JOAO MELO

THE INDEFATIGABLE DATO STEVE DAY WITH CHEF JOAO

 TERENCE MAHONEY PRAISING NEROVIVO ON BEHALF OF GUESTS

 HIS EXCELLENCY NICOLAI RUGE THE DANISH AMBASSADOR DECLARING HIS PLEASURE OVER A WORLD CLASS EVENING

 OWNER OF NEROVIVO ABENATHAN KANTHASAMY THANKING GUESTS

 DATO FRANK STEINLEITNER WITH DATO STEVE DAY

TERENCE MAHONEY AND JOANE MAHONEY