The Cow & Chicken at Desa Sri Hartamas: Restaurant review

The Cow & Chicken succinctly delivers what its name suggests, concentrating on a shortlist of steaks and rotisserie chicken.

Triumphant fowl

In this back-to-the-basics battle between bovine and fowl, the latter triumphs here – the roast chicken is enjoyable from the first bite to the final chew, from the irresistibly crisp skin to the irreproachably juicy flesh, blanketed with flavour. RM24 for a quarter, RM38 for half, and RM62 for the whole chicken.

All mains come with bread rolls (fab – fresh, warm and supremely fluffy), frites (passable), a side salad andchoice of bearnaise, chimichurri, Cafe de Paris butter, beef jus, chicken jus, or peppercorn sauce.

Sadly though, the steaks proved a miss for us – the Black Angus rib-eye (RM88 for 350 grammes) was gristly and executed in a manner that left us feeling like we were eating fried beef strips instead of a full-blown luscious steak.

The grass-fed filet mignon (RM72 for 250 grammes) fared even worse, with a mushy mouthfeel and flatness of flavour.

Liquor lovers, never fear: The Cow & Chicken’s cardamom-infused apple cider and Valrhona hot chocolate with marshmallows can be optionally spiked with white wine and rum respectively.