Showing posts with label sweet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sweet. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

FESTIVE WONDERLAND OF FOUR SEASONS HOTEL KL


The most wonderful time of the year at Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur is chockful of festive holiday dining experiences, crafted with passion and hosted in dazzling settings.

Festive Takeaway and Gifting

 
Taking the spotlight this year is Gingerbread Panettone, an Italian speciality for Christmas and New Year conjured up by Executive Pastry Chef Yann Roumanille.
 
It takes the chef over three days to meticulously crafted the Panettone, banking on the magic of slow fermentation. The cake is soft, buttery-rich and imbued with a twist of aromatic gingerbread spices. Studded with dried fruits and nuts, it’s the perfect festive gift to present to family and friends.

Also discover the exquisite range of modernist cakes, tempting dessert and viennoiserie temptations for elevating your holiday gatherings.
 
Crimson Noel Grandeur | Christmas Buffet


Yuletide classics, Asian favourites, Middle-Eastern appetisers, international cheese selection and luscious sweet creations are some of the headliners taking front and centre at Curate this festive season.

Our choice picks to start with: an assortment of poached seafood on ice, three types of ceviche, hummus, beetroot & goat cheese with walnuts, and a whole baked pumpkin stuffed with quinoa, crumbled feta and sliced figs.
 

Main courses to leave you wishing for endless tummy space include Palestinian koossa hoos (stuffed squash with spiced rice and meat in chunky tomato sauce), roast leg of lamb and turkey, chicken tajine, Chinese-style steamed fish, fried rice vermicelli with seafood, and biryani rice with assorted Indian curries among others.



Sweet finish awaits in the form of fresh tropical fruits, local fruit pickles, strawberry pralines, poached pear, pumpkin pie, mont blanc, mince pies, basbousa (Turkish spiced cake), pulut panggang, rich fruit cake and chocolate brownies.
 
  • Festive Lunch (except 24 & 25 Dec, daily until 30 Dec), 1pm-4pm. Price: RM193+ per adult, RM97+ per child
  • Festive Dinner (except 24 & 25 Dec, daily until 30 Dec) 7pm-11pm. Price: RM250+ per adult, RM125+ per child
  • Christmas Eve Buffet (Dec 24), 7pm-11pm. Price: RM308+ per adult, RM154+ per child
  • Christmas Brunch Buffet (Dec 25), 1pm-4pm. Price: RM308+ per adult, RM154+ per child
  • Christmas Night Buffet (Dec 25), 7pm-11pm. Price: RM278+ per adult, RM139+ per child


  • New Year’s Eve Buffet (Dec 31), 7pm – 12 midnight. Price: RM488+ per adult, RM244+ per child
  • New Year’s Day Brunch Buffet (Jan 1, 2025), 1pm-4pm. Price: RM308+ per adult, RM154+ per child
  • New Year’s Day Dinner Buffet (Jan 1, 2025), 6pm-10pm. Price: RM268+ per adult, RM134+ per child

For more festive dining information or reservations at Four Seasons Hotel KL, call: 03-2382 8602 or email: diningreservations.kualalumpur@fourseasons.com 

Monday, December 02, 2024

ENCHANTED CULINARY WONDERS AT SHANGRI-LA KL

‘Tis the season to be feasting…the lavish festive spread at Lemon Garden slaps! Laden with scrumptious seafood on ice: lobsters, prawns, mussels and crabs, this is no time to be demure.

Decking the spacious dining hall are a plethora of traditional roasts: turkey (served for lunch and dinner buffet every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and 24, 25 & 26 December), chicken, New Zealand lamb, and prime Black Angus tomahawk ribs.

Freshly baked specialities of salmon coulibiac – savoury pastry filled with tender salmon and herbed rice – beckons alongside a multitude of East and West temptations: think sushi and sashimi, bountiful seafood on ice, nutritious double boiled Chinese soups, aromatic Indian curries, Italian pasta and pizza, international cheese board, healthy offerings of salads and appetisers. Rest assured, you’d be utterly spoiled for choice.


Unmissable holiday-inspired dessert such as creamy burnt eggnog cheesecake, stollen, macaron tower, dainty entremets, chocolate fountain with skewers of fruit and confectionery, tropical fruits, modernist yule log, rich fruit cake, ice cream and mini puddings complete the sumptuous dining experience.


For reservations and inquiries, please contact Shangri-La KL, tel: 03-2786 2378 or email:
dining.kl@shangri-la.com

Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur’s Embrace the Gift of Life

Taking pride of place in the lobby is the Shangri-La KL’s Enchanted Wonders Christmas Charity Tree. Adorned with meticulously crafted Whimsical Carousel Ornaments, the initiative aims at raising funds to provide life-saving medical treatments for children in need.

Since its inception in 1985, this charitable endeavour has raised over RM5 million, funding corrective heart surgeries and medical interventions for hundreds of critically ill children facing severe health challenges.

Companies and individuals are invited to sponsor an ornament with a minimum donation of RM1,100; the donor’s name or company logo prominently displayed at the Enchanted Wonders Christmas Charity Tree throughout the festive season as a beacon of hope and care for the children in need.

Explore the Enchanted Wonders collection at Shangri-La Boutique via https://boutique.shangrila.com/index.php?region=mykl or call tel: 03-2786 2378 or email: festive.KL@shangri-la.com for further more information.

Saturday, October 12, 2024

BEST OF PERU AT FELIZ

 

Do you know chifa is the Peruvian version of fried rice? Heavily influenced by the Chinese, a gastronomy article published in Journal of Ethnic Food reveals chifa originated from the Chinese words: “chi” (eat) and “farn” (rice). The term emerged around the 1930s in Lima when Peruvians overheard Chinese restaurateurs cajoled potential customers to patronise their eateries to chi farn
Egg chaufa or fried rice with ceviche, egg, sesame oil, spring onion and beansprouts is Peruvians’ carb of choice along with French fries, to complement Pollo A La Brasa (RM118), roasted chicken which has been marinated 24 hours with garlic and cumin.
To amp up the flavour, they rely on aji de la casa (house-made chilli), chimichurri (a blend of flatleaf parsley, coriander, garlic, salt, chilli flakes, vinegar and olive oil) and tartara (tartar sauce).
 
This Peruvian speciality is one of the many offerings rustle up by Chef Franco Aldana at Feliz, Klang Valley’s first and only Peruvian restaurant at Avenue K.
Feliz, meaning happy in Spanish, flaunts an open rooftop bar surrounded by gleaming skyscrapers. A tiered water feature and a long, shaded patio decked with potted greenery complete the al fresco section.
Within the entrance, a narrow walkway flanked by multiple shelves of greenery leads into a tastefully decorated dining space. Peru’s vibrant cultural heritage is evoked through a jade-green glass tile wall, a circular wine glass chandelier, colourful Peruvian tassel and macrame wall hangings, and turquoise-toned furnishings.
Our culinary journey to Peru began with chicha morada, a boiled purple corn and pineapple peel drink. It tastes like blackcurrant juice, infused with cinnamon and cloves.
The opening salvo of Ceviche Limeno (RM38) is Peru’s most famous dish. Although it seems simple, Aldana said a good ceviche must be perfectly balanced; from the use of leche de tigre (tiger’s milk), a bright, salty-spicy marinade of aji panca, lime, salt, ginger, garlic and coriander, to the combination of white corn, sweet potato and canchita (fried corn kernels).

We like how the leche de tigre’s punchy sourness melded cohesively with the white corn and sweet potato’s delicate sweetness. Strands of sea grapes lent pops of savouriness as we relished the slippery succulence of marinated fish. Canchita and crispy fried plantain injected crunchiness to the well-balanced dish.
Raw, sashimi-style tuna slices accompanied by a sauce of cold potato pureé, vinegar, leche de tigre, cucumber and mango juices form the chef’s Tiradito De Tuna (RM145). Topped with chalaquita de mango, Peruvian salsa of tiny mango, red onion and cherry tomato dices, the riot of delicate textures and assertive flavours tantalised our tastebuds.
Feliz’s signature Arroz Con Mariscos (RM119), was faintly similar to a perfectly cooked risotto albeit dialled up with aji amarillo (hot yellow chilli), assorted seafood and cilantro.
We also enjoyed meltingly tender and piquantly flavoured Anticuchos De Lomo Fino (RM158), skewers of marinated and grilled tenderloin accompanied by white corn, sliced fried potatoes and chimichurri.
Light and sweet Alfajores (RM27), two buttery biscuits sandwiched between creamy dulce de leche (caramelised condensed milk) wrap up our Peruvian party.
 
The milk-soaked sponge cake topped with Chantilly cream, dulce de leche and fruits making up Tres Leches (RM45) was winsome whilst the Petit Foie Selection (RM45) comprising mini glasses of tres leches, tocino del cielo (creamy caramel flan) and alfajores paves an introductory pathway to Peruvian desserts.
For reservations at Feliz, contact: 011-1771 7742. Address: L4-05, LEVEL 4, Avenue K, 156, Jln Ampang, Kuala Lumpur

 

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