HAPPY NEW YEAR! Yes, 2014 is upon us. This is when everyone will exclaim how incredibly fast the previous year has passed and they can’t believe that a new year has been ushered in in the blink of an eye. It’s true – I feel the same way too. I also notice that the older you grow, the faster the years seem to zoom past. Looking back at my calendar, 2013 has been a good year for me. It has been kind to me and I am very blessed. There was no major illness, no major mishap and aside from some … [Read more...]
Private Kitchen – flavoursome Chinese New Year Set Meal
The Year of the Horse will dawn in less than a month and weeks before this, restaurants have already concocted their special Chinese New Year feasts. It’s always a busy never-ending feast during the lunar New Year celebrations. Private Kitchen in Damansara Uptown will be serving some special dishes at affordable pricing during the Chinese New Year. The meal of course starts with a yee sang and Private Kitchen’s version is the Prosperity Salmon/Jellyfish Yee Sang. Fish and prawns are … [Read more...]
My recipes are featured in Flavours magazine!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s January 2014 and yes, finally I can reveal this. Six of my recipes are featured in the January 2014 issue of Flavours magazine. It’s in the special Chinese New Year section from page 36-41. When I was first approached to undertake this project, I wasn’t certain if I have it in me to do something like this. During a chat, my good buddy Alice Yong asked me what kind of dishes we eat at home during Chinese New Year. I cited a few dishes which have always made … [Read more...]
Ocean Shabu Shabu @ Seri Petaling
Almost every other evening now is wet and chilly. The rain just won’t let up and on evenings when the sky opens up and pour torrents down, that’s the perfect time to have a steamboat dinner. I enjoy steamboat for the simple method of cooking food at the table where meats, seafood and vegetables are cooked in the healthiest way and eaten immediately. How do you eat your steamboat? Do you dunk everything in once the soup starts boiling? Then you cover up the pot and let everything inside … [Read more...]
Afternoon Tea @ 1885, The Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang
So where would you go, in Penang, if you wish to have a quiet tête à tête with your best friend over a traditional English Afternoon Tea? Why … to 1885, of course. 1885 – named for the year that The Eastern & Oriental (The E&O) Hotel was established, is a classic colonial-style dining venue located along the corridor linking the Victory Annexe to the Heritage Wing. Everything about the place oozes traditional colonial charm - from the curved doorways to the elegantly paneled … [Read more...]
The Malt & Leaf @ The Roof
Step into The Malt & Leaf and the first thing that hits you is the sense of breath-taking space and height. Which isn’t really a surprise since this 4,000 sq ft intimate enclave is housed within the latest trendy entertainment hub that’s hit Petaling Jaya – The Roof. The glass and wood elements of this elegant bar and lounge exude an air of cosiness too and if you choose to seat yourself by the curved windowed wall, you will certainly feel very elevated as you peer twenty storeys … [Read more...]
Crabbing at Kali Little Restaurant, Pandamaran, Port Klang
This place doesn’t need any more publicity, nor any introduction, especially among crab lovers. Crab lovers from far and wide make a beeline to this humble looking restaurant every night – the place is packed all the time. During weekends diners hog the tables as early as 5pm and if you go after 7pm, you can be sure all their bright red plastic chairs will be occupied. Tucked in the depths of Pandamaran, this restaurant is located beside a Chinese temple and next to it is actually another … [Read more...]
Cocobar & Kitchen Club Lounge @ Publika
Cocobar & Kitchen Club Lounge is tucked in a quieter row and that’s a good spot to hangout if you don’t really want to be hemmed in by crowds in the noisier sections of that sprawling crazy maze known as Publika. Its cosy and intimate theme is great for some private chit-chats; at the same time, for the restless, there’s a pool table for some friendly challenges with buddies. Cocktails, wines, champagnes and liquors are all available to tickle your fancy. Cocktails come with names … [Read more...]
Classic American Festive Set Menu at Chicago Rib House
For this festive season, if you don’t fancy pigging out on some lavish buffets, why not have a simple 4-course Christmas Set Menu? You can do this in an American diner-like restaurant – Chicago Rib House. There are 3 drinks offered in the set, so take your pick from the alcoholic Peach Bellini (fresh peach blended with peach juice and sparkling wine) or the Christmas Berry Delight (refreshing berry fiz) or the Mint Lemonade (cool light mint-flavoured lemonade). Whet your appetite … [Read more...]
Festive Buffet Dinners at Eyuzu, Eastin Hotel Petaling Jaya
It’s December and almost every hotel in town has lined up special festive feasts for Christmas and New Year. Brain-stormed and concepts prepared months before, buffets and set meals menus are offered with special items included to bring out the festive cheer. If there’s one buffet I would go for, then it has to be a Japanese buffet. Eyuzu, the Japanese restaurant in the Eastin Hotel, Petaling Jaya does offer a pretty extensive range. Eyuzu serves its popular Shumatsu Buffet Dinner on … [Read more...]
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