Steal ing
SOCIAL BITES
In Good Company
Steal ing WAYSANb
AND GRILJPROVE$ IT'STHE BEST IN MANY
ITSSTARÄTVRACTION THE DEAL • ASAU
MALAYSIA TATt• R
AUGUST 2010
E ARRIVE AT THE
Gobo Upstairs Lounge in Traders Hotel KL late one evening and the sun is streaming in. We get a bit of déjà vu as we scan the place; the ample windows that look out to the expansive KJ-skyline remind us of the hotelk all-famous swanky hotspot - The Skybar.Upon closer observation, we pick up on the quirky characteristics of the restaurant like the bar-like dining area for individual diners —relatively unseen in posh places yet it fèels so right in place at the new age Gobo. We wait for the couple of the hour: Farena batch-Cooper, an accomplished public relations and marketing director who now owns an events management and public relations company and known to rub shoulders with some of thc country's elite, with her being their go-to personal event facilitator, and her husband Geoffrey Cooper. MALAYSIA TAT t. v R
AUGUST 2010
FROM LEFT The swanky prpmsses of Gobo UpstatrsLounge IS a vtsual delight; Conw•aalcouple Geoffrey Cooper and
FatehCooper
IRGcnt
TOP
Meanwhile. Iin absorbed in 'X)nxersation Theresa Goh. the communicattomsmanager of the hotel. She\ me on the traits ot-a good prece of steak. facts that are othensise foreten to me, betng a non-Ixefeater- I learn that for a steak seasontng is kept to a mtnimal. a little salt is all it taR•s With
a dollop of mustard
on the side At Golxx there are three vane-tiesof mustard otìéred - Diion. English mustard and whole erairv Essentially. it falls on the staff to find out from the diners how they would like their steak. hether "ell done, medium rare and so on and itk the chefX skill to delner it precisely. Rockomng to be chesAXfor some inexplw-ahle reason, rm surprised to hear quite to the contrarv MALAYSIA TATLER
t 20
—the phrase •melt sour mouth' be the greatest cx»mmendation for a good steak I make a mental note to keep mv ears alert tor that As sshat a marbled steak and its Importance. in ssalks Farena and Geoiirus. knossmof Farena for a hile now but only spoken on the phone until met a few months ago at an event she orgamsed An amiable and attracttve woman, she speaks h slight Bnnsh twang. a from her eats in London v,here she sxas born to parents ho were Malznsiandiplomats After that. she Il'.ed tn Istanbul for a téw years b:fore she finalls ret urned to her roots, settling in Kuala IAImpur in the earls Identif»ng her passion early on. she set out to carve a ruche a career tn public relauorusand Gathering an tmpressnx• network of contacts from the corporate. luxury and life;tvle sectors along the tt only a matter of time that she would up her own company which she did after she and Geoûiey married. Called Magenta it is a one-stop events management and public relattons company that pndes itself in the latest trends in marketing public relanorts and boutique events caterud for a clientele made up of a long list oí promrnent tndrnduals and
corporate clients Seated in a qužet cul-de-sac a tught viei' of KY us- we bask tn the zlow of the brrzht Citylights. each vuth a drmk in hand- I tx•tter acquainted GeotYrey poses-ses an exsvgotng and cheery that can put someone at ease forn the first —hcli07One ot-the last foretgn planters In ho were aplenty back then. Geoffrev the tintted
AUGUST 2010
"
have to try the itšpcrJèct. Really
witha right amount o/ Wrains p Jun by Nielson A
oil plantation in I'criil(j which brothers Dato' and Martin
great for nature. I that Geoiircy prefers his in comparv•dto the concrete sunv,'leot I Isen in the city, the couple hve in an area that very much green by city k standard. in plantation, he started a out ot hobby - to plant endangcrcd trees such as the mer;mti. Ibe park which surrounds the plantation now 7.000 over trees covering 100 species SSI)icliactually originated from the Malaysian jungles. Although born, Geoilcey ISvery much Malaysian in many ways. country been hrs home since he was little boy, One oi his home bases was pleasant surprise tor me - 1
In Good Company
Steal ing WAYSANb
AND GRILJPROVE$ IT'STHE BEST IN MANY
ITSSTARÄTVRACTION THE DEAL • ASAU
MALAYSIA TATt• R
AUGUST 2010
E ARRIVE AT THE
Gobo Upstairs Lounge in Traders Hotel KL late one evening and the sun is streaming in. We get a bit of déjà vu as we scan the place; the ample windows that look out to the expansive KJ-skyline remind us of the hotelk all-famous swanky hotspot - The Skybar.Upon closer observation, we pick up on the quirky characteristics of the restaurant like the bar-like dining area for individual diners —relatively unseen in posh places yet it fèels so right in place at the new age Gobo. We wait for the couple of the hour: Farena batch-Cooper, an accomplished public relations and marketing director who now owns an events management and public relations company and known to rub shoulders with some of thc country's elite, with her being their go-to personal event facilitator, and her husband Geoffrey Cooper. MALAYSIA TAT t. v R
AUGUST 2010
FROM LEFT The swanky prpmsses of Gobo UpstatrsLounge IS a vtsual delight; Conw•aalcouple Geoffrey Cooper and
FatehCooper
IRGcnt
TOP
Meanwhile. Iin absorbed in 'X)nxersation Theresa Goh. the communicattomsmanager of the hotel. She\ me on the traits ot-a good prece of steak. facts that are othensise foreten to me, betng a non-Ixefeater- I learn that for a steak seasontng is kept to a mtnimal. a little salt is all it taR•s With
a dollop of mustard
on the side At Golxx there are three vane-tiesof mustard otìéred - Diion. English mustard and whole erairv Essentially. it falls on the staff to find out from the diners how they would like their steak. hether "ell done, medium rare and so on and itk the chefX skill to delner it precisely. Rockomng to be chesAXfor some inexplw-ahle reason, rm surprised to hear quite to the contrarv MALAYSIA TATLER
t 20
—the phrase •melt sour mouth' be the greatest cx»mmendation for a good steak I make a mental note to keep mv ears alert tor that As sshat a marbled steak and its Importance. in ssalks Farena and Geoiirus. knossmof Farena for a hile now but only spoken on the phone until met a few months ago at an event she orgamsed An amiable and attracttve woman, she speaks h slight Bnnsh twang. a from her eats in London v,here she sxas born to parents ho were Malznsiandiplomats After that. she Il'.ed tn Istanbul for a téw years b:fore she finalls ret urned to her roots, settling in Kuala IAImpur in the earls Identif»ng her passion early on. she set out to carve a ruche a career tn public relauorusand Gathering an tmpressnx• network of contacts from the corporate. luxury and life;tvle sectors along the tt only a matter of time that she would up her own company which she did after she and Geoûiey married. Called Magenta it is a one-stop events management and public relattons company that pndes itself in the latest trends in marketing public relanorts and boutique events caterud for a clientele made up of a long list oí promrnent tndrnduals and
corporate clients Seated in a qužet cul-de-sac a tught viei' of KY us- we bask tn the zlow of the brrzht Citylights. each vuth a drmk in hand- I tx•tter acquainted GeotYrey poses-ses an exsvgotng and cheery that can put someone at ease forn the first —hcli07One ot-the last foretgn planters In ho were aplenty back then. Geoffrev the tintted
AUGUST 2010
"
have to try the itšpcrJèct. Really
witha right amount o/ Wrains p Jun by Nielson A
oil plantation in I'criil(j which brothers Dato' and Martin
great for nature. I that Geoiircy prefers his in comparv•dto the concrete sunv,'leot I Isen in the city, the couple hve in an area that very much green by city k standard. in plantation, he started a out ot hobby - to plant endangcrcd trees such as the mer;mti. Ibe park which surrounds the plantation now 7.000 over trees covering 100 species SSI)icliactually originated from the Malaysian jungles. Although born, Geoilcey ISvery much Malaysian in many ways. country been hrs home since he was little boy, One oi his home bases was pleasant surprise tor me - 1
