COOL HELLO KITTY CREATIONS AT CREME DE LA CREME

Global icon Hello Kitty turns 45 in cool, sweet style at Crème De La Crème (CDLC) with ultra-cute Hello Kitty themed ice-cream, petits gâteaux, and CDLC's “Bloop! Bloop! Bloop!” beverages.

 

A first-of-its-kind collaboration between Sanrio and CDLC to mark Hello Kitty’s 45th birthday resulted in a selection of delightful treats specially created for Malaysian fans. Us privileged few walked in to the debut party, to find CDLC walls and table tops adorned with cute and colourful decals of the ultra-lovable icon.

Inspired by Hello Kitty’s favourite things, CDLC teased our tastebuds with two artisanal ice cream variants: Apple Pie Crumble and Strawberry Fantasy.

The first interprets Hello Kitty’s favourite apple pie as a delectable scoop of Madagascar vanilla goodness, swirled with homemade fresh apple compote, cinnamon and crumble. 

 

More delicate but no less delicious is Strawberry Fantasy – a sublime combo of strawberry-centric flavours: luscious strawberry ice cream with housemade strawberry jam and fresh strawberry bits. 

 

Passionate Hello Kitty fans will go gaga over the petits gâteaux named after Hello Kitty herself. The whimsical Kitty White treat is crafted from Madagascar vanilla ice cream, strawberry passion fruit sorbet, passion fruit crème, crumble and chocolate.

As a tribute to Hello Kitty’s favourite word “friendship”, cream-cheese ice cream is artfully melded with strawberry ice cream, strawberry jam, peach sorbet, citrus crumble and chocolate to create the Friendship Ring.

 

You can also raise a toast to the kawaii occasion with two Bloop! Bloop! Bloop! beverage. Named after Hello Kitty’s pet hamster, Sugar comprises a mixture of fresh strawberries, fresh sweet basil leaves, freshly squeezed lemonade and raspberry sorbet. 

Referencing Hello Kitty’s pet cat, Charmmy Kitty blends fresh milk with strawberries, complemented by toppings of strawberry ice cream and peach chunks.

Lio Lim, the managing director of CDLC said: “We are madly in love with Hello Kitty and it’s such an honour to be chosen by Sanrio for this special collabora- tion. CDLC’s Hello Kitty creations promise to be a multi-sensory experience for everyone who savour them!”

Caroline Tsang, COO of Sanrio Wave Hong Kong enthused, “Sanrio strives to bring people together and create happiness to make the world a better place. We are excited to partner with CDLC to bring our Hello Kitty fans this once-in-a-lifetime experience. With CDLC’s premium, one-of-a-kind artisan ice-cream creations inspired by Hello Kitty’s favourite things and CDLC’s Hello Kitty Land, it will be an unparalleled treat for the senses.”

The CDLC Hello Kitty selection will be available until end December 2019.

For information, please call Crème De La Crème, tel: 03-7494 0735.  Address: 35G, Ground Floor, Jalan SS21/60 Damansara Utama. Business hours: Sunday – Thursday: 12pm – 11pm, Friday & Saturday: 12pm – 12am

CHILLI CRABS FOR BUCKED OUT SEAFOOD AT GOBO CHIT CHAT

To paraphrase a famous fast food chain, it’s finger-lickin’ good. Hot, saucy and meaty Chilli Crabs are the ‘must have’ dish of Gobo Chit Chat’s Bucked Out Seafood promotion.

Although disposable gloves are provided, we reckon a first-hand experience in grappling with the saucy mud is the best way to go. The mud crabs yield a good amount of sweet meat. Deep-fried pieces of mantou buns are served, for dipping into the scrumptious sweet and sour sauce.

 

Aside from that star dish, the restaurant’s popular seafood feast is a siren’s call seafood-loving crowd in the city couldn’t resist at RM149 nett per person. 

Available every Friday and Saturday from 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm, Gobo Chit Chat touts its fresh seafood market concept with aplomb. 

 

 

Stacks of stainless steel buckets are provided for diners to pick and choose from the wide assortment of seafood: live mud crabs, langoustines, baby slipper lobsters, flower crabs, crayfish, razor clams, cherry stone clams, scallops, prawns and mussels.

 

 

Hand over your bucket of raw seafood to the chefs and they’ll cook them with your preferred sauce: coriander lime sauce, garlic cheese sauce, sambal sauce, and rendang sauce.

 

If you like adrenalin-boosting chilli heat, the coriander lime sauce will set your tastebuds ablaze. Our vote goes to the creamy garlic cheese sauce as it amplifies the inherent sweetness of the seafood. 

 

 

 

More of King Neptune’s deep-sea treasures are laid out in an international showcase of culinary styles: from Japanese and Thai to European and Scandinavian, to reel in hungry diners.

A riot of colours catches the eye from the impressive array of sashimi, sushi, maki rolls, tempura and Japanese appetisers: jelly fish, marinated seaweed and chuka idako (marinated baby octopus) while freshly made takoyaki (Osaka’s famed dough balls filled with chopped octopus) beckons nearby.

I enjoy tossing my own salads from the multitude of mixed greens, condiments and sauces laid out at the salad bar. Chilled seafood such as poached slipper lobsters, crayfish, scallops and mussels jostle for attention alongside salmon gravlax, cold cuts, smoked white fish and little shot glasses of ready-to-eat appetisers.

 

 

 

The hot main course section will leave you spoiled for choice. Noteworthy specialities to savour include grilled salmon head, seafood paella, a whole fish grilled Thai-style in salt crust, steamed red snapper with garlic, otak otak, seafood spaghetti aglio olio, grilled seabass with salsa, mussels with black beans, roasted beef brisket and breaded jalapeno with cheese among others.

 

 

If you manage to find tummy space for dessert, sweet treats such as churros with cinnamon sugar, durian crepes, banana fritters with cheese, assorted cakes and local kuih, and ice cream will leave you on a lovely high.

For every group of five paying diners, the sixth diner can dine for free at Gobo Chit Chat. Reservations are highly recommended to avoid disappointment.

For reservations, call Gobo Chit Chat, tel: 03-2332 9905. Address: Level 5, Traders Hotel, Kuala Lumpur City Centre.