New ground for expatspotting.

If the most of us who live in flats have the warong Tom Yam downstairs, Dua Residency too have a new place to wine and dine it up. This posh condominium priced in the millions neighbours the Singapore embassy, Menara Tan & Tan, Istana Hinggap Perlis and is aligned towards the Petronas Twin Towers.

From the front.

Back when I saw the 'delicious days ahead' cladding around Dua Residency's former showroom months ago, I had this wonderful vision of having my plate of rarebit and rosemary potatoes a table away from some intellectual-looking, Missoni robe-wearing Henk, secretary from the Belgian embassy, who just popped in for supper.

One recent night, I did a drop-by and asked the parking attendant to not charge me RM 5 because I just wanted to survey the area. There are three different restaurants within the block; delicious, delicious ingredients and Kirishima [a boring Japanese restaurant]. The regular delicious sits on the first floor [or second floor, if you're not a local], where you can expect perennial hits like Caesar salad, Nyonya curry laksa and sticky date pudding.

From the lounge area.

Creeping branches.

Back on the ground floor is concept fine dining delicious ingredients, which incorporates a bakery, gourmet grocery shop that also sells Kitchen-aids, and a selection of wines and spirits.

Managers preparing for opening day.

Fruit conserves for your tartine.

No Henk-like personalities were spotted within the premises, just local families who are first-timers having their ritual Saturday night dinner. Oh well, maybe I can find a better luck at delicious at Marc Residency [a person like Henk is most likely to rent a unit at a service apartment, rather than buying an RM 6 million unit at Dua].