Jim Thompson
My Thai Restaurant
吉姆汤普森餐馆

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia马来西亚 吉隆坡 Restaurant餐馆 262.4 M², 100 Seats262.4 M², 100 座位 Interior Design室内设计 2004-2005

Boasting the ultimate in fashion, food, beauty and art, Starhill Gallery is now among the most luxurious and exclusive shopping malls located along Jalan Bukit Bintang, a prominent retail and entertainment area in Kuala Lumpur. Adjacent to Starhill Gallery is the JW Marriott Hotel, and connected by an air-conditioned walkway is the luxurious Ritz-Carlton hotel and serviced apartments. Within Starhill Gallery is Feast Village, a cloister of up-market restaurants that is also home to Jim Thompson’s flagship and first MyThai restaurant.

MyThai fuses the quaint setting of Jim Thompson’s house on the klong, embodying the man’s expansive nature and gracious hospitality, with the rustic charms of a local street-side food hawker cooking up authentic Thai flavours. The restaurant concept is based on the aestheticisation and appropriation of Thai street food culture into an interior restaurant, and aims to offer a dining experience predicated on experience and interaction.

Therefore, the design of the restaurant draws on the various food preparation methods observed on and the interactivity and sensory engagement experienced along a typical street in Bangkok. The concept of a restaurant is combined with that of an open kitchen and grocer’s market where guests are invited to walk right up to the kitchen, to inspect and to participate in the cooking process. Open kitchens demonstrate various tools at work – the open gas and charcoal grilling, the wok stir-frying and steaming, pots boiling soups and gravies, and even one action station focused on the pounding of Thai spices and herbs to create mixes, sauces and aromas. Within the controlled chaos of a home-style cooking environment, an atmosphere of casual freshness pervades, in contrast with one’s experience of the more traditional, controlled restaurant kitchen.

As a Bangkok street would showcase its culinary gems, MyThai is a restaurant in display. The engaging presentation of fresh produce and other food offerings elevate provisions and groceries to the level of design elements. With the physical design subservient to the food displays, guests are drawn more to the food than to the furnishings around them. Bright colours, fabric textures, concrete, wood, glass, sights of fresh produce, the activity in the show kitchen, aromatic Thai food and varied dining settings come together to remind guests of the variety of spices, herbs and contexts that flavour their meal.

Other design features help recreate an outdoor yet cosy dining atmosphere for guests. The highlighted weave pattern of the kitchen range hoods and back wall display shelving play on contrasts of light and shadow one would only experience outdoors. Four distinctly designed dining areas are inspired by vernacular Thai eateries, each a representation of the street side café, the coffee shop, the formal pavilion lounge and a library seating area.

Low coffee tables and chairs evoke the street side café. One perimeter is lined with private Thai-style salas, day-beds draped in fabric and suited for lounging. The other two seating typologies, the coffee shop setting and the library display setting, comprise flexible seating arrangements with glass cabinets and shelves showcasing Jim Thompson products. The retail component within the outlet enhances the Jim Thompson lifestyle product range and bridges the link between its restaurants and retail outlets. A secondary entrance is defined by segments of low, lit walls made of Thai carved tiles.

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武吉免登路是吉隆坡最著名的零售和娱乐区,而升禧广场(Starhill Gallery)现已成为这条路上其中一家最豪华、最高档的购物中心,为消费者提供一站式的时装、美食、美容和艺术享受。升禧广场毗邻JW万豪酒店,并有空调走道连接着豪华的丽思卡尔顿酒店及服务式公寓。在升禧广场内的“Feast Village”汇集了一系列时尚优雅的高档餐厅,当中包括Jim Thompson的首家餐厅

作为“MyThai”的旗舰店,餐厅充分体现了Jim Thompson豁达健谈、热情好客的性格,融合了他在运河旁的房子的古色古香装潢,以及烹调正宗泰式料理的泰国街头小贩所散发着的亲切魅力。餐厅的概念是要把泰国街头美食文化的艺术和特质恰当地带入室内餐厅之中,并希望提供一趟以体验和交流为前提的餐饮享受。

因此,餐厅的设计借用了曼谷一般的街头小贩的各种食物制备方法,以及在享用食物时感受到的互动性和感官体验。餐厅的概念与开放式厨房和菜市场结合,食客可随意走到厨房前,参观和参与烹饪过程。开放式厨房展示着各种正在使用着的烹饪工具:烧得火热的煤气和木炭烧烤炉,热气腾腾的炒锅和蒸锅,香气蔓延的汤壶和肉汁炖锅,甚至是专门用来捣碎泰国香料和香草、创造出各种混合酱料、调味料和香味的工作台。在这个家庭式的烹饪环境里,一切乱中有序,弥漫着一股悠闲清新气息,与层次分明的传统餐厅明显有所不同。

正如曼谷街头是展示其烹饪之最的舞台,“MyThai”也是一场丰盛的展览。新鲜农产品和其他食物的陈列方式有趣动人,使一般食物和杂货都成为了设计元素之一。食物的呈现凌驾于实物的设计之上,食客被食物吸引的程度远超于四周的装潢摆设。鲜艳的色彩,面料的质地,朴实的材料如混凝土、木材和玻璃,新鲜的农产品的美态,开放式厨房里的动静,芳香的泰式美食和多样的餐饮环境集合在一起,以提醒食客他们所享用的食物用上了哪些香料和香草,以及食材的文化背景。

其他设计特色为食客重新创造了一个仿如置身户外的舒适用餐氛围。厨房抽油烟机和后墙的陈列柜上有着突出的编织图案,呈现出一般只有在户外才能体会到的光影对比。在泰国民间餐厅风格的启发下,我们设计出四个个性鲜明的用餐区,以表现街头小吃摊、咖啡座、正规的休息亭和书房的独特风韵。

贴近地面的矮咖啡桌和椅子,让人想起街头咖啡座。另一边是一排泰式私人接待室,设有悬挂着布帐的沙发床,适合闲坐休息,度过悠闲的美食时光。其他两种座位类型分别以咖啡座和书房为背景,包括可灵活调动的座位安排和展示着Jim Thompson产品的玻璃橱柜和陈列架。餐厅内的零售部分提升了Jim Thompson的生活精品形象,同时让人知道其餐厅与零售店皆来自同一个品牌。已装置了照明系统的矮墙用泰国生产的雕刻砖建成,一段段矮墙之间就是次要入口的所在。

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