Restaurant au Jardin is where Penang’s local ingredients put on a French jacket — and somehow still manage to smell unmistakably like home. Hidden inside Hin Bus Depot, this intimate Michelin-starred restaurant turns Malaysian produce into an ambitious degustation experience, with the hay-aged duck stealing much of the spotlight.
It isn’t cheap, it isn’t casual, and it certainly isn’t somewhere to wander into wearing your beach slippers. But if you’re ready to slow down, dress up and let a kitchen play with your expectations, Au Jardin offers one of the more compelling fine-dining experiences in George Town.
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