Helmed by the restaurant group Ironwoods – which also runs Ingrained at Cellar 18 and The Flowerpecker – Poseidon Caviar & Seafood Bar is where fresh seafood and affordable wines can be found in the affluent township of Desa ParkCity.
Located above S’mores in Plaza Arkadia, the cosy interior exudes a cool Nordic vibe, furnished with items from the Red Dot Award-winning Normann Copenhagen. If you feel like you’re dining in a furniture showroom, that’s because you are – chairs, tables and selected tableware can be ordered or bought through the restaurant.
The two-month old restaurant (at the time of writing) currently boasts a compact menu of seafood dishes. A must-have here are the freshly shucked oysters which are brought in on a weekly basis, and options include French oysters such as the Fine de Claire, Marennes-Oléron and Tsarskaya, and English ones from Morecambe Bay. For a more complete meal, start off with poached prawns sourced from Sabah, which are served with nothing more than slices of lemon to bring out its sweet freshness. The choices of mains are equally simple, highlighting their individual main ingredient without much fanfare; the tiger prawn aglio olio is a solid choice, or if you prefer fish, get the pan-seared red snapper that comes with seasonal sides. Lobster and Wagyu beef are also on the menu, but it’s best to check with the restaurant on their availability before coming over.
Since you don’t mind splurging (you’re at a caviar bar after all), Poseidon offers a small selection of sturgeon caviar from the Paris-based Kaviari brand that’s available in different varieties of grain size and salt level. The caviar doesn’t come cheap – they range from RM130 for a 15g tin of Transmontanus to RM888 for a 30g tin of Beluga Imperial – but then again, ballers don’t concern themselves with menu prices.
What’s not priced at baller levels are the wines – Poseidon stocks up on a wide list of red and white wines sourced from Tong Woh Enterprise, so you can expect prices that start from around the RM100 point. Among the bottles on offer include whites from Dog Point and Miles From Nowhere alongside reds such as Gaja Barbaresco and more.