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“The only time to eat diet food is while you are waiting for the steak to cook.” - Julia Child  This is the sneak-peek of our Sirloin Steak, a beef cut from premium cut rib eye and sirloin. TalentLounge's specialty Sirloin Steak with their signature marination, season to perfection with salt and pepper, finished it off on the grill accommodate to customer liking, from rare all the way to well done. From our kitchen to your table. With your own selection of sauce melting over your hot steak. Yes, it comes with choices of few different sauces to compliment the steak; Chimichurri, Mushroom Sauce, Compound Butter, or Pepper Sauce, Serve with potatoes any style and Arugula Salad. Sirloin Steak: $40 "When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!" - Bobby Flay  Craving for burger? 180 gram Home Made Beef patties grill to perfection, serve with Salad, Fries, and Soft Toasted Bun, choices of few different toppings to accommodate the well craves TalentLounge Burger. Grilled Burger: $25 Add-ons: $5/each Cheese Onions Mushrooms Eggs Talent Lounge WHERE IDEAS COME TO LIFE, GOOD FOOD AND ALL THAT STUFF! |
TalentLounge
Where ideas come to life, good food and all that stuff!
Delicious food
A variety of selection to choose from.
Quench your thirst
Cofee, tea or ice blended.
An event venue
We host a variety of events.
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Thursday, 20 March 2014
We're featured in New Straits Time, the Life & Times section. (Friday, March 21, 2014). Thank you NST! Here's the write up, which can also be read here:
Perfect place to chill
With as many sofas as tables, TalentLounge sets the right ambience for laid-back dining, writes Tan Bee Hong
PROPPED against the glass wall are a bicycle and helmet belonging to a man relaxing at a table outside TalentLounge. He looks familiar and I believe I last saw his picture in the entertainment pages of a local daily.
It seems he has just finished a session at the nearby gym and is enjoying his breakfast of pancakes with house-made strawberry jam and honey.
In front of him, a “square garden” of trees filter the rays of the morning sun to allow a provoking play of light on the gravel floor. A picture of serene harmony.
Inside, the aroma of freshly-brewed coffee proves irresistible and I am impatient to take a sip while waiting for my order of quinoa and smoked salmon on toasted rye bread (RM24).
At other tables, customers are chatting quietly or working on their laptops. Half the interior has comfortable sofas while at one end, a small but permanent stage is where artistes and hopefuls alike come to perform, especially on Friday and Saturday evenings. Only a month old, it’s already the venue of quite a few entertainment events and launches.
Yes, as its name suggests, TalentLounge is more than a restaurant. Ameron Yeop Rashidi and his sisters, Anis and Azhani, opened it with the aim to bring together artistes, writers and musicians as well as young hopefuls so they can interact, chill and showcase their talent. Even the waiting employees are mainly cheerful college students.
ALL-DAY BREAKFAST
ALL-DAY BREAKFAST
Breakfast is a big deal at TalentLounge and a whole page of its menu is devoted to this, with nine items and a few sides too.
“We offer items with a healthy slant,” says head chef Shaik Rhyszard Rahman.
Indeed, there’s even ganoderma coffee, made with lingzhi or reishi. The mushroom adds a slight bitterness to the brew and you can have it black, latte, cappucino style and even in chocolate. Ganoderma lucidum is said to boost the immune system and the liver, improve memory and helps the digestive system.
But if you don’t like the bitter notes, regular brews are available.
My quinoa and smoked salmon with a small salad is a pretty picture. Quinoa, a seed grain, is high in protein and fibre, gluten free and provides nine essential amino acids.
Shaik recommends baked eggs (RM18). Two raw eggs on a bed of ratatouille in a cast iron pot, are topped with mozzarella and baked. Served straight from the oven with two slices of toasted rye, it’s balanced meal. I love the ratatouille with its combination of yellow and green zucchini and peppers, cut in big chunks.
The really hungry should go for the big breakfast (RM26), a hearty serving of two eggs in any style, hash brown, mushroom, tomato, sausage and beef bacon on rye toast. And there is always pancakes or crepes with butter and house-made strawberry jam or honey.
HAPPY PORTIONS
HAPPY PORTIONS
Ameron describes servings of main meals as happy portions, enough to satisfy but not so much you won’t be able to finish. Pasta, steak, burgers - it is not easy to decide.
I pick pan seared duck breast with five spice and sauteed French beans (RM37). Sliced to serve, the duck breast retains a hint of pink in the centre though I feel the sides a bit overdone. But customers can state their preference, something I forgot to do earlier. The use of five spice powder gives it an Oriental flavour which seems to go well with the drizzle of honey mustard sauce and chilli flakes on the edge of the plate.
For pasta (from RM20), there is a choice of spaghetti or fettuccine for aglio olio, carbonara, beef bolognaise, mac and cheese and pesto. The latter is tossed with basil, parmesan and olive oil, with cherry tomato on the side. Lovely aroma.
Fish and chips (RM27) and burgers (RM25) are popular. For burgers, there is a choice of a grilled or steamed patty in a sesame bun with tomato and rocket as well as fries on the side. Looks rather spartan but you can add on cheese, onion, mushroom and egg. Other mains include pan seared salmon with spinach and ratatouille, roast chicken with potatoes, sandwiches and salads (RM20).
The rocket salad with balsamic dressing is a colourful combination of cherry tomato, pitted olives, crisp greens, with rocket (arugula) leaves lending a flavour of minty bitterness. Orange segments to give it a sweet, citrus flavour.
As TalentLounge opens all day long, customers can drop in for coffee, cakes and snacks at anytime. Azhani says poutine-style fries with chili beef or melted mozzarella and gravy are always popular though I prefer the chicken wings (RM14) which simply burst with the flavour of tomato, garlic, soya sauce and honey mustard.
Talent Lounge
Where
Ground level, Block A, PJ Trade Centre, Damansara Perdana, Petaling Jaya.
Ground level, Block A, PJ Trade Centre, Damansara Perdana, Petaling Jaya.
Tel: 03-7722 2952
Website:http://mytalentlounge.com/
Opening Hours
Monday to Thursday: 8am to 8pm
Monday to Thursday: 8am to 8pm
Friday to Saturday: 8am to 11pm
Closed Sunday
Closed Sunday
Getting There
Next to LHDN in PJ Trade Centre. Empire Soho is across the road.
Next to LHDN in PJ Trade Centre. Empire Soho is across the road.
What’s Cooking
Western with healthy slant.
Western with healthy slant.
Must Try
All-day breakfast.
All-day breakfast.
You’ll Pay
About RM20 to RM50 each.
About RM20 to RM50 each.
Atmosphere
Arty chic.
Arty chic.
Service
Youthful enthusiasm.
Youthful enthusiasm.
Overall Verdict
Must try
Must try
Read more: Perfect place to chill - Showbiz - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/showbiz/perfect-place-to-chill-1.523530#ixzz2wZAGmnT3
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
On Wednesday, 19th March 2014, TalentLounge was the venue host for the photography forum, Behind the Lens 27th Edition. The topic of discussion was about Travel Photography - Hobby or Career? With Peter Tan, and the invited panelists, Mr Matt Brandon, Dr Teh Ban Hup, and En Hafiz Ismail, they were interviewed by Sanjitpaal Singh.
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| Participants of Behind the Lens 27th Edition |
Here's a little biography about the panelists taken from the event's Facebook page
Mr Matt Brandon
Matt Brandon is a Malaysia based humanitarian and travel photographer, who collaborates with NGOs to tell their stories and to train their field staff to do the same. To do this he established the On Field Media Project a non-profit designed to teach other non-profits how to tell their story visually. Well known as a photographer and international workshop instructor, Matt’s images have been used by clients such as Partner Aid International, A Rocha, NeighborWorks, the BBC, Honda Motor Corporation, and Bombadier Transport Corporation, Asian Geographic, KLM Airlines and others. His photographic pursuits have taken him to the countries of Egypt, Tibet, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Maldives, Philippines, Malaysia to name a few. Matt also on the design board for Think Tank Photo, a camera bag manufacturer.
Dr Teh Ban Hup
Dr Teh has traveled extensively throughout the region and has led many photo expeditions. Editor's note: Dr Teh is a really modest person preferring a simple bio. Many photographers are familiar with his works and follow his work religiously through social media.
En Hafiz Ismail
Hafiz Ismail is a Malaysian based photographer who loves to travel. When he is not shooting for his corporate clients, landscape and human interest photography is his passion and hobby. Having started late in the aforementioned photography genres, he looks forward to do more travel and see the world. He is a contributor with Getty Images and some of his images has been sold to clients from all over the world through Getty. Apart from commercial clients, a number of his printed work has been sold to individuals. Apart from still photos, he is also into time lapse photography.
Below are the photos during the event. Thank you Behind the Lens for choosing TalentLounge to host your venue! For those interested in having their own events such as this, contact Azlan at +60164113104
Thursday, 2 January 2014
Eat Drink KL did a review of Talent Lounge. Thank you for the wonderful write-up and pictures. We love it! Here's what Sean wrote about us:
Talent Lounge @ PJ Trade Center, Damansara Perdana
Talent rises to the top: Launched this past month at Damansara Perdana,
Talent Lounge is a place that's difficult to define but easy to recommend,
thanks to its cool concept, welcoming setting, friendly people & satisfying food.
Talent Lounge is a place that's difficult to define but easy to recommend,
thanks to its cool concept, welcoming setting, friendly people & satisfying food.
By day, Talent Lounge, owned by a Malaysian family that runs recruitment & training services,
supplies a calm, comfortable space for professionals, complete with workstations for rent
& a meeting room, striking a balance between being business-like & casual.
But Talent Lounge also nurtures an artistic side, turning part of this cavernous hall into a gallery
that exhibits the work of local artists. When night falls, live music
is also featured (once a month, for a start).
So essentially, it's an event venue with lots of facilities.
Food is what we're focused on here; on that note, Talent Lounge's cafe delivers,
with Sarawak-born chef Shaik Rhyszard (formerly of Mukha) commanding a kitchen
that specializes in nutritious favorites like this combo of
smoked salmon & quinoa (RM23) tackled with skill.
with Sarawak-born chef Shaik Rhyszard (formerly of Mukha) commanding a kitchen
that specializes in nutritious favorites like this combo of
smoked salmon & quinoa (RM23) tackled with skill.
Many thanks to Talent Lounge's event manager Azlan for inviting us here; these baked eggs (RM18),
creamy with ratatouille & coupled with rye bread, proved a very pleasant breakfast,
exactly the kind of food that helps to boost our spirits.
creamy with ratatouille & coupled with rye bread, proved a very pleasant breakfast,
exactly the kind of food that helps to boost our spirits.
Poached eggs with alfalfa sprouts & hollandaise sauce over spinach (RM18), also pure pleasure.
Other potential highlights on the all-day-breakfast menu include pancakes & French toast
(customers can choose a savory version with beef bacon & mozzarella cheese
or a sweet sensation with honey & homemade jam).
Snacks include what's simply & deceptively labeled 'chicken wings' (RM12) on the menu.
What emerges is more interesting, glazed in stickiness with an unexpected kick (it's mustard!)
& with crispy breadcrumbs for extra texture. Sandwiches, pastas, burgers & meat & fish mains
are also available; it's a full-on, something-for-everyone menu.
What emerges is more interesting, glazed in stickiness with an unexpected kick (it's mustard!)
& with crispy breadcrumbs for extra texture. Sandwiches, pastas, burgers & meat & fish mains
are also available; it's a full-on, something-for-everyone menu.
Desserts come courtesy of independent baker Butter.Fly;
the chocolate pecan tart (RM13 per slice) makes for an ideal finish to this meal.
Crowd-pleasing choices like red velvets, carrot cakes & banoffee pies are offered too.
the chocolate pecan tart (RM13 per slice) makes for an ideal finish to this meal.
Crowd-pleasing choices like red velvets, carrot cakes & banoffee pies are offered too.
Italian coffee is currently served; expect Ethiopian single-origin to be considered in the future.
Finally, affogato, with a fun surprise: Pillowy-sweet Turkish Delight on the side.
Lots of natural light, some nice greenery to look at outside. All in all, a nifty addition to this area.
Talent Lounge
Block A, PJ Trade Center, Damansara Perdana
Mon-Thurs, 8am-8pm, Fri-Sat, 8am-11pm. Tel: 03-7722-2952
Wednesday, 1 January 2014
Hello there! Welcome to our blog. TalentLounge, can’t be described in a few words. It’s not a corporate office, training centre, talent developer, arts showcase launchpad, event venue or a café bistro. Talentlounge is all of these things and more!
Bringing you a collaborative space for talents, employers, artists, artisans, entrepreneurs, the young and old, to build ideas and make them happen!
We're a warehouse for all things talent: infusing Talent Development + Talent Management, Talent Showcase + Talent Launchpad, Literature & Culture + Arts & Entertainment, Social Innovation, Events Venue + Coffee & Cafe.
Finally, a cafe lounge for talent development! Drop by for a visit!
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