The omakase-style eatery aims to serve food that highlights and celebrates Malaysian flavours from ingredients to techniques, but with a twist that many haven’t seen or experienced before. Eat & Cook transforms Malaysia’s iconic dishes into creations that you’ll have to see to believe and plays around with their ingredients in ways not many can dream up. 

“Eat and Cook’s co-owners and chefs Lee and Soh are reinterpreting their national cuisine in bold, innovative ways,” says Asia's 50 Best Restaurants director of content William Drew. “As the winner of the American Express One To Watch Award 2022, the restaurant is recognised for its refined cooking techniques, surprising combinations and creative execution, as well as its owners’ resilience during challenging times. They are creating a new identity for modern Malaysian cuisine and we expect to see much more of them in the years to come.”

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When dining at Eat & Cook, prepare to be wowed and surprised with the menu. True to omakase tradition, the dining experience shifts and changes in accordance with what is available and freshest on the day of. Chefs Lee and Soh then bring new meaning to the 'modern Malaysian' label with whatever is available at their fingertips. 

Expect some of your childhood favourites like petai prawns and laksa to be morphed into a fine dining creation that still honours and respects its origins, championing locally-sourced ingredients. Take their sambal prawns, for example. Instead of simply using more elegant and refined techniques and presentation skills, chefs Lee and Soh have invented a dish of their own with béarnaise sauce, barley risotto, salted vegetables and tomatoes from Cameron Highlands. 

Despite the hardships that came with opening a restaurant during the pandemic, Eat & Cook has found its way to the top of the big leagues in Malaysia’s dining scene. “It means something big to us and the team that our hard work has paid off and no words can describe how I feel,” Lee enthuses. “This is like a dream that happened so suddenly and when I found out about it, it was crazy to believe.”

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This laudable achievement shouldn't go unnoticed. Eat & Cook has made a mark on the F&B industry beyond Malaysia’s borders and will continue to do so in the years to come. As a celebration of their achievement, Eat & Cook and its talented chefs will be honoured at the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 ceremony on March 29.

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