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Aliyaa, Bukit Damansara: The Sri Lankan Crab Table
Aliyaa is a Sri Lankan restaurant in Bukit Damansara, and its Sri Lankan Crab Table is a hands-on set meal built for sharing — Ceylonese tradition handled with contemporary technique. The crab is the reason it works. Live crabs are flown in from Sri Lanka twice weekly, which is what gets you the larger, sweeter, juicier animal, then slow-cooked in your choice of curry. What to Order at Aliyaa The Sri Lankan Crab Table runs RM188++ per person, minimum two people. Around the Signature Crab Curry centrepiece it brings Lankan Crab Cakes — pan-seared golden and spiced with Sri Lankan chilli powder, curry powder and black pepper — plus Crab-Infused Nandu Satti Sorru, Kadai Paan, Spring Onion Varai and Eggplant Moju. Dessert is a choice of Classic Lankan Biscuit Pudding or Sweet Appam. Add a wine pairing for RM135++ per person, or drink cocktails instead — the Highland Herbs and the Murungga, both built on Sri Lanka's Colombo Gin. For crab in Bukit Damansara or Sri Lankan food in Kuala Lumpur, this is the set to book a table around.
Stefania Osteria brings casual Italian cuisine to Republik Damansara Heights
Stefania Osteria is a casual Italian restaurant at Republik, Damansara Heights — wisteria over a teal awning and timber arches, styled as a terraced garden rather than a dining room. It is the relaxed sister to Stefania Ristorante Italiano at NAZA Tower, which runs a more elevated menu; the sourcing standard is shared, the formality is not. What to Order at Stefania Osteria For lunch the pastas are the anchor: spaghetti cacio e pepe, gnocchi al tartufo, rigatoni alla carbonara. Dinner shifts heavier — burrata-crowned pizzas, skirt steak, lamb rack — and the sharing plates work across both. There is also a hidden room. Stefania Lounge sits tucked inside the restaurant, speakeasy-style, for an aperitif before eating or cocktails and cigars after. Ask a member of staff to point you at it; that is rather the intention. For Italian in Damansara Heights or a hidden bar in Republik, Stefania Osteria is the approachable half of a two-restaurant family.