CC by Mel: This Cute Restaurant In Bukit Jalil Serves Japanese Fusion Food Topped With Flowers 🌸

Nestled on a second floor shophouse in Bukit Jalil (really close to the sparkling new Pavilion Bukit Jalil), CC by Mel is a cosy casual dining restaurant that only moved in to the space five months ago. We've seen photos of CC by Mel's pretty dishes on social media and were delighted to finally check it out for ourselves!

CC by Mel is located on the second floor of a row of shophouses at The Park Sky Residence Bukit Jalil. Keep an eye out for the not-so-obvious signboard as you drive along the street - once you spot it, go round the corner and you can park in the basement where there's ample parking, and take the lift or escalator up ✨

The restaurant is bright and cosy, with the best seats lined up against the wide windows! We highly recommend placing a reservation in advance as it can get quite packed during lunch and dinner hours. Only walk-ins are allowed on weekends and public holidays though.

Address: Residensi Park, 2-13, Persiaran Jalil Utama, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur

CC by Mel is the brainchild of home-based florist Melanie, which is no wonder why many of the dishes here incorporate floral concepts, are aesthetically plated, and prettily garnished with edible flowers! The restaurant has a pretty extensive menu of mains, drinks, and desserts, most of which are Japanese fusion items ✨ All meals are also known to be freshly prepared within the same day of orders.

From nori tacos to matcha sandwiches, fusion nasi lemak (served with chicken karaage!), smoked salmon steak, inventive pastas, and wagyu beef burgers, we were definitely spoilt for choice when deciding what to order. If you're thinking of heading over, here's a list of recommended items on their menu (we only tried a couple of them, but we're including suggestions based on the reviews!):

The nori tacos at CC by Mel are kinda a crowd favourite - they come in a few flavours, look super cute, and are perfect for sharing. ✨ You can opt to have your taco filled with salmon and tuna sashimi (Tropica Nori), prawn (Ebi Nori), tuna saku sashimi (Yu Nori), angus striploin (Gyu Nori), or even fruits (the vegetarian Summer Nori filled with refreshing pineapple chunks, strawberries, mandarin oranges, and more). If you're visiting with friends or family and want to try a bit of everything, the Trio Taco Box is a great pick!

We unfortunately didn't manage to try any of the sandos at CC by Mel, but they're also very highly recommended based on the reviews of people who've been here. The sandos are made with soft Hokkaido loaf bread and filled with your choice of ebi katsu (Ebi Matcha Sando), smoked salmon and egg mayo (Sando Sun), or even unagi and homemade kimchi slaw (Unagi Sakura Sando)!

If you prefer something light and refreshing, the Mel's Bowl is perfect for that. This poke bowl-style Japanese rice dish comes topped with a Japanese egg yolk, torched aburi salmon, ikura, tobiko, mentaiko mayo, yuzu tare, and toasted corn. The toppings were very fresh and portion is also pretty generous.

Despite not seeing many reviews about it, we took a leap of faith and ordered a Chizu Kani Bowl, and genuinely enjoyed it. If you like cheese baked rice, you won't go wrong with this dish. Best part? The dish is topped with snow crab and it's garlic fried rice instead of plain rice! Do note though that the portion is huge, so don't expect to be able to finish it on your own unless you're feeling really hungry. It's great for sharing though, so you can definitely try it out if you're dining with others (this way you can also avoid feeling too jelak from a cheese-overdose 🧀).

The Ocean Capellini is a refreshing appetizer pasta dish topped with salmon maguro ebi sashimi, ikura, and a yummy drizzle with a dressing of lime and truffle oil. We also didn't manage to try this but it looks legit based on photos - the restaurant is so generous with its toppings! ✨

Salmon lovers, you have to give the Shake Salmon Don a go 🍣 Satisfy your cravings with generous toppings of salmon sashimi, aburi sashimi, salmon belly, and ikura! If you'd prefer something less raw, we heard that the House Smoked Norwegian Salmon Steak (served with potato fondant) isn't too bad either.

There are a couple of pasta dishes on CC by Mel's menu, with the most popular one being the Yuzu Seabass Pasta. Unlike other savoury pastas, this dish tastes a bit zesty thanks to its citrus bread crumbs and sauce cooked with yuzu garlic shallots, lemon, and lime - giving it a refreshing, unique taste.

You can head to CC by Mel for teatime desserts over good conversation as well, if not for lunch of dinner. From watermelon cake to a unique genmaicha cheesecake, and choux pastries, we had a hard time deciding what to order since we were pretty full from our mains.

We ended up getting a Petite Rose Oolong Chiffon Cake, but please don't be fooled by the word "petite" like us - the cake was actually much bigger than we expected! 🍰 We loved how light and fluffy it taste though, it also looks super cute and would be perfect if you're celebrating a special occasion here.

The drinks at CC by Mel were surprisingly really good too. We got a matcha latte (this was highly-recommended when we went through the reviews 🍵), cappuccino, and a houjicha latte because we were feeling a bit ✨extra✨ (this drink comes with a cute floating bear meringue 🐻). They also serve fresh juices and chocolate beverages if you're not a fan of caffeine.

While we agree that the food at CC by Mel may be a bit pricey for some, we think it's still not too bad for a premium casual dining restaurant like this. We'd also add bonus points for the cosy environment and nice ambience - it's easy to imagine coming here for a special date with a significant other or a group of girlfriends, as well as for celebrations like a birthday lunch or dinner.

Besides, you can enjoy an extra 20% off when you dine here on weekdays (Monday - Thursday) with discounted cash vouchers bookable on Klook! Ready to check it out for yourself?