Mid-Autumn Bliss Menu @ Elegant Inn Hong Kong Cuisine

Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festive with Poon Choy & Mooncakes

As we gear up for the coming Mid-Autumn festive month, it is the perfect time to usher in the festive mood with what Malaysians do best… gather to enjoy great food and good company with family, friends and business colleagues.

Elegant Inn Hong Kong Cuisine, anointed as One of Asia’s Finest Restaurant by Miele Guide, has been serving over a decade of fine Cantonese cuisine as well as Hong Kong-inspired dishes to gourmands. It’s solid reputation for serving the finest cuisine with quality ingredients has garnered a loyal foodie cult of the elite in the city.

Although its my first time stepping into Elegant Inn, I have long heard of its acclaimed reputation through the industry’s grapevine. What started as a 6-table restaurant in Taman Connaught, Cheras before moving to Menara Hap Seng 11 years ago has truly paid off as gourmands can now enjoy the restaurant’s signature dishes in the bustling city of Kuala Lumpur.

Elegant Inn boasts of the city’s glitzy view of skyscrapers of our nation’s prides with Twin Tower and KL Tower at sight. The restaurant is housed on level 2 and often gets missed by many city dwellers. However, true blue epicurean knows to hunt down the restaurant for a taste of its fine cuisine.

CNY Menu 2017 @ Zuan Yuan, One World Hotel

Splendour of Spring CNY Set Menu

Indulge in an epicurean journey to usher in the new Lunar Year of The Earth Dog at the newly relocated Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant at One World Hotel.

A season of meeting and greeting with an abundance of feasting to follow, Zuan Yuan’s Chinese Chef Loh Weng Lam and his culinary brigade has curated special festive dishes and set menus for the festivity.

The newly relocated Zuan Yuan is gorgeously set in grandeur. Opulence with an Oriental theme, the spacious restaurant now seats 165 pax in the main dining area and also has 6 private rooms.

Diners can also now catch some kitchen actions through the glass panel of the kitchen as well as the open kitchen that is located on the side of the main dining area.

From their silver leaf ceilings to majestic chandeliers, beautiful ornamental artifacts that complements and adds to the opulence of the theme, the brand new Zuan Yuan is worth a visit for some delicious Cantonese dining experience.

This festive season, Zuan Yuan is offering 3 Splendour of Spring Menu – Unity, Wealth and Longevity that starts from RM1738 to RM2218 for 10 pax. Each set menu starts with the mandatory yee sang to usher in the New Year with good blessings to come. Poon Choy is also available.

The Fruit Yee Sang with Soft Shell Crab is deliciously exceptional with its vibrant and juicy mix of fruits and the usual yee sang ingredients plus crispy soft shell crab. The fruity plum sauce has just the right balance of sweetness with tangy notes, enhancing the flavours of the ingredients beautifully.

Lou Hei!

Besides the crispy soft shell crab yee sang, there also the more classic Salmon with Crystal Pear, Abalone with Crystal Pear, Abalone with Crystal Pear & Salmon Skin as well as a vegetarian Fruit Yee Sang.

For the soup course, the Braised Golden Pumpkin Soup with Sea Treasures turned out to be a crowd pleaser. The chef’s skill in harmonizing and balancing the sweetness of the pumpkin with the savory broth was perfection. Not only are flavours well-balanced, the beautiful light golden hue from the pumpkin makes the soup looked enticing. There are also bits of seafood such as prawn and scallops in the soup for added textures and flavours.

The next course taste as good as it looks. BBQ Roasted Chicken & Duck Platter Zuan Yuan Style showcase deliciously lacquered roasted duck with crisp skin, tender roasted chicken and crunchy jellyfish salad. Both roasted poultry had moist and tender meat with subtle flavours that goes well with a light dip in the sides of plum sauce or salt and pepper.

Tuck into Spicy Wok Fried Sea White Prawn with Oat, another moreish dish that requires one to enjoy a luscious buttery sauce generously coated with oat on large prawns. This is so good, one may want to just chuck away the cutleries and use your fingers as they are simply lip-smacking yum.

The Steamed Red Snapper Fish with Ginger Sauce and Crispy Shredded Ginger is a classic Chinese preparation to highlights the freshness and sweetness of the fish. The fish, steamed just right, coupled with the gingery sauce was satisfying from all counts of flavours and textures.

For a touch of indulgence, savor Braised Sliced Abalone, Mushroom & Green Garden for the vegetable course. The ingredients are well-braised in a superior rich brown sauce. Tender mushrooms, crisp greens, soft beancurd sheet and tender whole premium abalones made the dish very enjoyable.

For fillers, the unique Claypot Rice with Fried Yam Preserved Duck Meat & Sausage makes a lovely and healthy dish after all the courses. The rice is fluffy and light, well-flavoured by the preserved meats and sausage. Tiny creamy cubes of yam and sweet potato added a nice note to balance up the heavy notes of the preserved meat and sausage.

End the festive dining with traditional Deep Fried Nian Gao with Sweet Potato and Sweetened Dried Longan with Six Treasures.

The set menus are available for lunch and dinner and prices at RM1738nett, RM1988nett and RM2218nett for a table of ten with a complimentary bottle of wine or a box of Pu Er tea.

Besides festive set menus and yee sang, Zuan Yuan is also offering Prosperity Poon Choy with 2 set options priced at RM688 and RM888 for 10 pax.

Zuan Yuan remains open on the eve of Lunar New Year and throughout the festive period. For more information or reservation enquiries, please call 603 7681 1159 or email zuanyuan@oneworldhotel.com.my.

ZUAN YUAN CHINESE RESTAURANT

One World Hotel

First Avenue

Bandar Utama City Centre

47800 Petaling Jaya

Tel: 03-7681-1159

Website: www.oneworldhotel.com.my

Facebook: www.facebook.com/#!/OneWorldHotelPetalingJaya

CNY 2018 @ Xin Cuisine, Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur

Festive Blossoms of Prosperity Menu

Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur is celebrating this coming New Lunar with flavours of tradition at Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant. Located in the heart of the metropolitan city, Xin Cuisine has already been a favorite hotspot for Chinese cuisine. Locals flock here for one of the best dim sums in town at the restaurant.

This festive season, indulge on Xin Cuisine Blossoms of Prosperity festive dishes and set menus available from 8 January to 2 March, 2018. As the restaurant is a popular spot for dinning, make sure to call in for reservations in advance, especially if your dining party is big.

Xin Cuisine is offering 6 varieties of yee sang this year, ranging from premium abalone to salmon, soft shell crab, baby octopus, jellyfish and even a vegetarian snow pear yee sang. The Prosperity Yee Sang is priced from RM80.00 nett to RM198.00 nett (regular/large).

Our Prosperity Norwegian Salmon Yee Sang comes with an additional order of Snow Pear for RM10. This classic version never fails to please and they are generous with the salmon slices too. The snow pear added a juicy and fruity sweetness to the overall dish.

Here’s to a new year of blessings…

Poon Choi has been another dish that has now become a staple during this festive season. Xin Cuisine’s Bountiful Fortune Pot is priced at RM388 nett (regular) and RM688 nett (large). Loaded with lots of meat and seafood, this is one dish that befits the festive season for gathering with family and friends to indulge in a large feast together.

Xin Cuisine’s Bountiful Fortune Pot is fully loaded with roasted pork, steamed chicken, roasted duck large prawns, abalone, fish maw, dried oyster, sea cucumber dried scallop, mushrooms, yam, dried braised bean curd sheet, radish and more. This premium one pot meal is perfect to gather everyone to slowly enjoy the layers of deliciously braised ingredients that signify unity together this festive season.

Besides offering the poon choi, one can also order Xin Cuisine’s CNY set menus. There are 3 set menus with various dishes that is priced at RM1,388, RM1,688 and RM2,188nett respectively. Some of the highlights from the set menus are as follows:

Double-Boiled Chicken Soup with Dried Scallop, Wolfberry & Chinese Herbs epitomized the heart and soul of Cantonese cuisine where every meal is never without a nutritious soup to kick off the meal. This one is beautifully soothing and delicious with glorious essence of chicken, dried seafood and delicate notes of Chinese herbs.

The Crispy Roasted Duck with Chinese Herb was a crowd pleaser. Gorgeously lacquered with a glistening crisp skin, the meat was also moist, plump and tender with a delicate note of herbs. Xin Cuisine has always been popular for their roast meats as they have an excellent Hong Kong roast master chef helming the roasts.

Nian Nian You Yue is signify through the highly prized Steamed Loong Fu Pan or Dragon Tiger Grouper with Fresh Fungus and Beancurd Sheet. Steamed to perfection, the fish’s thick flesh was superbly fresh, sweet and divine. The superior soy sauce enhanced the fish well together with crunchy fresh black fungus and soft beancurd sheets.

Taking a healthy twist on the classic waxed meat rice, the Stewed Chinese Sausage with Two Variety of Rice uses a mix of brown red grain rice and white rice and Hong Kong waxed meats. Robust and redolent of a lovely aromatic balance of savory sweetness, the rice is well studded with Chinese sausage, liver wine sausage, waxed duck and waxed bacon. Prices starts from RM45 nett to RM108 nett in small, regular or large.

To end the lovely meal, Xin Cuisine is presenting their signature 3 types of Nian Gao and a sweet Chilled Peach Resin with White Fungus and Red Dates.

The Nian Gao or glutinous rice cake is prepared three ways – Nian Gao with Coconut and Nian Gao with Peanut as well as Crispy Glutinous Sesame Rice Ball with purple sweet potatoes and Nian Gao. This is a dessert not to be missed at Xin Cuisine!

The Chilled Peach Resin with White Fungus and Red Dates was a lovely sweet ending with its healthy ingredients of crunchy white fungus, lotus seeds, peach resin and red dates.

*Xin Cuisine is closed on the first day of Chinese New Year (16 February, 2018) and will reopen for breakfast on February 17, 9.00 am.

For reservation, call +603 2144 8750 or email to fbkl@concorde.net

Chinese New Year Gift Box 2018

Have a prosperous New Year celebration with Concorde exclusive gifts. Gift giving during this season shows your affection, extending your well wishes to clients and family members.

Choose Concorde exclusive gift boxes, aptly themed to usher a prosperous new year. Each gift box is filled with traditional nian gao (sticky rice cakes) or freshly-made new year cakes. The elegant gift box set comes with LED lights, USB port and cable.

Chinese New Year Gift Box comes in 4 designs:

Flourishing Wealth 年年有余

Blooming Prosperity 花开富贵

Token of Appreciation 小小意思

Growing Fortune 越揾越有

Price  RM138.00 nett per box (each box consists of 4 CNY cakes or nian gao)

Promotion Price – RM118.00 nett per box (*for a limited time only)

Collection of Concorde New Year Gift Box is on display from 12 January to 11 February (while stock last) onwards daily from 10.00 am – 9.00 pm at Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant at the lobby.

For reservation, call +603 2144 8750 or email to fbkl@concorde.net

XIN CUISINE CHINESE RESTAURANT

Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur

2 Jalan Sultan Ismail,

50250 Kuala Lumpur,

Tel: +603 2144 8750 or +603 2144 2200 ext 2338

Fax: +603 2144 1628

Website: http://kualalumpur.concordehotelsresorts.com/

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