Showing posts with label Cantonese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cantonese. Show all posts

August 20, 2020

Auntie Sim Kitchen @ Damansara Uptown

 

Regal Comfort Chinese Dishes
 
A restaurant that has been running past a decade in the bustling township of Damansara Uptown, Auntie Sim Kitchen has been serving up Teochew and Hong Kong style Cantonese dishes to ardent foodies. What started as a casual café has now been elevated to private dining as well as casual Chinese dining space to appease palates of all diners.
 

The restaurant is named after Elaine Sim, more commonly known as Auntie Sim to many, who is so passionate about ensuring her diners enjoy quality and tasty dining at Auntie Sim Kitchen. Strongly focusing on the quality of the ingredients, Elaine often travels to source the ingredients from Hong Kong herself. The restaurant has two floor dining spaces. While one can opt for the ground floor for a casual and comfort ambiance, they also have the option to head upstairs for more privacy dining with private rooms available as well as main dining room.
 

Menu is full of dishes and those first timers like me was obviously impressed with the list of choices. From premium seafood, soulful soups, to succulent beef and pork as well as the humble chicken rice, there’s even the traditional Teochew braised duck and pork, the menu literally caters to even the finickiest eaters as well as those who seeks comfort dishes.
 
The Traditional Teochew Prawn Balls (RM35) and Szechuan Style Salt & Pepper 3 Combo (RM25 small) came highly recommended as the restaurant’s signature bites to whet the appetite.
 

Heh Cho or Traditional Teochew Prawn Balls had us tucking into balls of sumptuousness. Deliciously moist, the prawn and meat filling had a solid bite encased in crispy beancurd sheet. From the perfect balance of crispiness to juicy filling, it’s certainly a must-order at Auntie Sim Kitchen.
 

A trio pairing of eggplant, squid and Shimeji mushrooms, skillfully fried to light crispiness and finished with a tasty coating of chiu yim sums up Szechuan Style Salt & Pepper 3 Combo. The dish is so light and easy to enjoy, we polished this off happily that evening.

May 31, 2020

Abundance Set Menu 2020 @ Elegant Inn Hong Kong Cuisine


Luxurious New Set Menus



Exquisite fine flavours have always been Elegant Inn Hong Kong Cuisine’s forte when it comes to a gastronomic culinary journey in the heart of our city. The fine Cantonese cuisine restaurant is now opened for dine-in or takeaway after a hiatus from the recent global pandemic period. Gourmands can now tuck into luscious dishes that Executive Chef Wesley Ng and culinary team is well-known for. The nearly two-decade restaurant is located in Menara Hap Seng and offers a culinary experience of the finest dishes using premium ingredients hand carried personally by owner – Jeannette Han herself from Hong Kong as well as fresh ingredients from locally source premium suppliers.

Diners are assured of safety dining at Elegant Inn Hong Kong Cuisine. Jeannette has recently installed a Medklinn system, one of the best air purification and sterilization system, eliminating 99.9% of all harmful pollutants in the restaurant. Used in Singapore Changi Airport as well as Resorts World Genting and other international companies, the system helps to protect diners as well as the staffs of the restaurant, offering a peace of mind while dining.

Besides the purifying system, the restaurant has also spaced out the dining as per the required SOP for safety. Diners can enjoy dining in the main dining room as well as their private dining rooms.


Elegant Inn has launched a new list of set menus recently filled with their signatures as well as some new additions. The set menus cater from 2 pax to 10 pax and every set has different dishes to tempt even the most discerning palate.

We had the honors of previewing two set menus that offers a kaleidoscope of dishes featuring beautiful premium ingredients. Our journey commenced with the Blissful Set Menu for 4 pax at RM688+. The set menu consisted of a trio of appetizers, a soup course, 4 main dishes and another trio of desserts.


The trio of appetizers is beautifully presented at sight, featuring Crunchy Japanese Eel Roll, E.I Salt & Pepper Fried Homemade Tofu and Crispy Soft-Shell Crab with Light Spicy Sauce.


May 29, 2020

Elegant Inn Hong Kong Cuisine Rice Dumpling



With Duan Wu Jie (端午) around the corner, many will commemorate the festival with rice dumplings or Chung in Cantonese. The art of making rice dumplings require a long process with many ingredients to yield a delicious result. Elegant Inn Hong Kong Cuisine has always been synonymous with fine Cantonese cuisine. Owner Jeannette Han and Executive Chef Wesley Ng pride themselves for their fine rice dumpling curated specially for this festive season.


Armed with a tagline that says ‘The Ingredients say it all’, Elegant Inn’s rice dumpling is a luscious concoction featuring Spanish Olive Pork, Japanese Sakura Ebi, Organic Inner Mongolia Mungbeans and Taiwanese Organic Pearl Glutinous Rice along with chestnuts and double salted egg yolk.



The glutinous rice is creamy and delicious. Mungbeans are mixed with the rice to yield that nutty and sweet creaminess enhanced by moreish nuances of tiny Sakura Ebi or Japanese dried prawns. Generous tender pork along with earthy water chestnut and sublime salted egg yolks take this rice dumpling to a whole new delicious level to be shared among family and friends this festive season.

October 6, 2019

Best of Hong Kong Cuisine at Zuan Yuan Restaurant @ One World Hotel




Fine Hong Kong Dishes & Organic Village Chicken Promotion for October 2019


For the whole month of October 2019, diners are in for a sumptuous feast from Executive Chef Tommy Choong at Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant at One World Hotel in Petaling Jaya. Renowned for fine Cantonese cuisine along with their pork-free dim sum, the restaurant is also perfect with its elegant ambiance decked out in grandeur.


First up, a menu highlighting organic village chicken prepared in several flavours. For a nutritious start, Chef Choong recommends the Organic Village Chicken with Chinese Herbs (RM120nett per bird). A dish that requires a 24-hour reservation as the dish requires slow and long hours of preparation to render the chicken to be beautifully tender and flavourful with the assorted Chinese herbs.


The gravy is not thick as Chef Choong wanted diners to enjoy the delicate and clean flavours of the chicken along with the well-balanced notes of the herbs. It’s a dish that can be enjoyed on its own or with steamed rice!

Other Organic Village Chicken dishes include Steamed Organic Village Chicken with Cordyceps Flower in Bamboo Basket, Poached Organic Village Chicken with Garden Greens & Dried Scallop Sauce, Smoked Organic Village Chicken and Roasted Organic Village Chicken with Black Truffle Paste.

The promotion of the month is priced from RM60nett per half bird and is available for lunch and dinner.


Foodies know that Hong Kong has long been hailed as a gourmet mecca from street food to fine cuisines. Throughout the whole month of October, one only needs to head over to Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant for a taste of Chef Choong’s Hong Kong signatures.

January 2, 2019

Le Mei CNY 2019 Menu @ Le Méridien Putrajaya



Curated. Creative. Colourful. This Lunar New Year



More feasting are in order! Le Méridien Putrajaya is welcoming this New Lunar New Year with creatively curated CNY set menus at Le Mei from 16 January to 24 February 2019. Award-winning Executive Chef Michael Wong and culinary team have created festive set menus along with yee sang menu to usher in all things auspicious for the new year.


Le Mei is renowned for fine Cantonese cuisine set in an ambience of old-world Shanghai. From the spacious main dining area to its private dining rooms, the elegant restaurant is set with gold, red, black and cream. Le Mei seats 158 pax in the main dining room and has five private rooms.


For this festive 2019, Le Mei is featuring four festive set menus of Spring & Happiness Set, Everlasting Prosperity Set, Wealth & Fortune Set and Emperor Set, price starting from 1888nett to RM8888nett. Each menu comes with a bottle of celebratory wine, champagne or brandy depending on the menu chosen.



Chef Michael prepared his yee sang with a twist of fruity sauce. The Salmon Yee Sang with Shredded Treasures & Blackcurrant Plum Dressing is deliciously fresh with slivers of sublime salmon. The blackcurrant plum dressing has just the right balance of tangy fruity note with the moreish plum sauce.


Lou Hei, lou hei… shouts of good wishes for the coming new Lunar year is simply a must!


For the soup course, the Double Boiled Chicken & Vegetable Soup with Fish Maw & Sun-Dried Scallops is beautifully sweet and savory with much needed earthy comfort notes from the broth. The premium dried seafood are the highlights of the soup along with tender chicken and soft vegetables.



More indulgence followed pursuit in the course of Sautéed Lobster with Asparagus in XO Sauce. The crustacean of the sea is always a crowd favorite, especially when prepared well. The lobster tail is cooked just right and super scrumptious in the house made XO sauce along with asparagus. The sauce has that umami note of richness from the long list of ingredients from dried seafood to chili, spices and fresh herbs, all simmered for hours to rendered down the sauce to its prized robust notes.



During festive season, many diners will feast on rich and luscious dishes. Chef Wong takes on comfort flavours with his Steamed Cod Fish with Spinach Congee & Wolfberry. The premium cod fish is gently steamed and served on a bed of spinach congee. A generous crispy ginger shreds along with coriander completed the dish. The flavours are delicate and tasty with a luscious oceanic sweetness that made this dish so wonderfully enjoyable.



The next course also featured premium seafood. Sautéed Scallops with Asparagus, Wolfberries, Ear Fungus & Macadamia Nuts tasted just as good as it looks. Large diver scallop, plump and juicy, is cooked just right and glazed in a light savory clear sauce. The accompaniment of mini crispy rice basket filled with black wood ear fungus, asparagus, Shimeiji mushrooms, goji berries and macadamia nuts complemented the sweet scallop well.



Chef Wong takes a creative spin on the classic fried rice and infused his Cherry Shrimp with Beetroot & Scallops Fried Rice with the pretty tint of beetroot red. The fluffy rice has that wonderful breath of wok. Though one cannot taste the beetroot, the rice is still very tasty with generous bits of seafood and crispy cherry shrimps for textures.


Last but not least, Crispy Deep-Fried Chinese Brown Sugar Balls with Sweet Potato as a sweet ending for the festive set menu. Don’t be judge by the plain looking golden balls. These are utterly delicious and addictive. Crispy golden pastry encasing a sweet and creamy filling of nian gao and sweet potato will have one asking for more of this delicious dessert!


LE MEI CNY Set Menus
*comes with a bottle of celebratory wine, champagne or brandy depending on the menu

Spring & Happiness Set RM1888nett
Everlasting Prosperity Set RM2588nett
Wealth & Fortune Set RM3688nett
Emperor Set Menu RM8888nett

Yee Sang menu starts from RM50nett onwards.

For further information or to make a reservation, do call +603 8689 6888/6847/6868 or email at dining.lmputrajaya@lemeridien.com



LE MEI
Le Meridien Putrajaya
Lebuh IRC, IOI Resort City
62502 Putrajaya, Sepang
Selangor
Tel: +603 8689 6888
Fax: +603 8689 6899

Website: www.lemeredien.com/putrajaya
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lemeridienputrajaya

GPS: N 02 58 W 101 43

Business hours:
Lunch 12noon to 2.30pm
Dinner 6.30pm to 10.30pm


September 24, 2018

Celestial Court New Menu @ Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel



A New Dining Experience with Exquisite New Dim Sum & Chinese Menu


A new Celestial Court commands a new dining experience with a Chinese feast fit for royalty. Celestial Court has been serving Cantonese cuisine at Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel since it first opened in 1996. The award-winning Chinese restaurant has recently undergone a face lift in the month of June 2018.


An opulent interior of plush cream, gold and dark wood sets the mood of elegance and fine pleasures of a sensory dining experience. The main dining area, graced with crystal chandeliers, is beautifully spacious and set with comfort dining in mind. Private rooms are also available, decorated with the same theme of colours and grandeur.



Helming the refreshed Celestial Court are Cantonese Chef Ho Boon and Dim Sum Chef Ken Liew together with the culinary team that is responsible for the scrumptious creations of Celestial Court’s new menu. With the many culinary experiences from both chefs, diners can expect an exquisite list of Chinese dishes as well as delectable dim sums of imperial standards.


Dim sum has always been a constant favorite with foodies. Celestial Court’s new dim sum menu is simply gorgeous at sight, offering plenty of classic and creative choices for a delightful dim sum experience.


Tuck into Grilled Stuffed Honey Glazed Dried Chicken Meat with Seafood Mousse served with “Man Tou”. A master piece of fluffy steamed mantao sandwiched with a savory and sweet piece of chicken bakwa filled with bouncy seafood mousse, topped with chicken floss and sweet chili sauce is divine at sight and taste. The texture is unique and delicious, making every bite a pleasure. Unusual but a definite stunner in creativity and taste…



The Signature Prawn and Chicken Siew Mai is well-made with the essential plump and juicy meat dumpling textures. Seasoned well, the siew mai is finished with ebiko and asparagus.


Another new dim sum to look out for is the Seafood and Black Garlic Dumpling Topped with Savory Unagi. The balanced of unagi and seafood mousse with hints of subtle sweetness of black garlic is sublime.


The Beet Root Crystal Vegetarian Morel Mushroom Dumpling with Truffle Oil Essence is lusciously aromatic. Heady with generous truffle aroma and essence, the vegetarian dim sum has a chewy tint of pretty fuchsia from beetroot. It is filled with chopped mushrooms and other vegetables that contribute to the textural part of the dumpling as well as a delicate fresh taste.


Besides the steamed dim sum, diners can also enjoy the Prawn Paste Ball with Bitter Gourd in Salted Egg Yolk and Pumpkin Sauce. Large king prawn balls lusciously coated with the much-beloved salted egg yolk is a sure crowd pleaser. The skillful chef even cleverly incorporates bitter gourd and pumpkin into the sauce without much of a fuss since its deliciously subtle.


The Golden Fried Smoked Salmon Kataifi Roll with Seafood Mousse and Avocado served with Mix Fruit Salad is another creative twist to the dim sum menu. Not often used in Chinese cuisine, kataifi is middle eastern shredded phyllo pastry. The roll has a delicious seafood filling that is jazzed up with a creamy sauce and fresh sweet fruits as well as generous dollops of ebiko.

There are plenty of dim sum on the menu to try such as Imperial Sea Treasure Dumpling with Abalone, Sun Dried Scallop in Superior Chicken Consommé, Cabbage and Beancurd Sheet Roll with Sea Cucumber in Conpoy Sauce, Poached Szechuan Crab Meat Dumpling with Spicy Chili Soy Dip, Oat Coated Prawn and Banana Roll served with Wasabi Mayo and more.


Moving on to the Chinese a la carte menu, the Signature Hong Kong Style Roasted Duck with Five Spice makes a guaranteed dish to impressive at sight. A signature of Celestial Court, the gorgeous duck has such a rich and glistening lacquered on the skin. The crisp skin is wondrously addictive while the meat is deliciously succulent, so much so that each bite into the piece of duck yields much satisfaction. A must order as the duck is so good on its own that no sauces or condiments are required!



The Deep Fried Grouper Fillet with Lime Chili Dressing has thick pieces of grouper fillet, thinly battered and fried. Dressed with a piquant citrusy lime and chili dressing, it is also finished with textural components of thinly sliced raw onions, lime and coriander.


The vegetarian option of Braised Bamboo Pith with Mushroom and Asparagus is a dish that is easy to enjoy. Chockful of sweetness from crisp asparagus, earthy soft mushrooms and tender bamboo pith with nutritious goji berries, the dish has one savoring the natural sweetness that is good for us.


Finish your meal with a fruity sweet note of Cream of Mango with Vanilla Ice Cream Pomelo, Pearl Sago & Almond Flakes!

Reservations and inquiries can be made by calling 03 2717 9988 or email at celestialcourt.imperial@sheratonhotels.com



CELESTIAL COURT
Level 3, Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel
Jalan Sultan Ismail,
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603 2717 9988

Business Hours:
Mon to Fri – Lunch 11.00 AM - 2.30PM | Dinner 6.30PM - 10.00PM
Sat, Sun & Public Holidays – Lunch 10.30AM - 3.00PM | Dinner 6.30PM - 10.00PM