With the Chinese New Year just round the corner, have you made your celebration plans? More specifically, your feasting plans. Let’s face it – Chinese New Year is all about eating – aren’t the gatherings and reunions all over food? If you have not made any meal bookings yet, do check out the Oriental Group of Restaurants. With 15 restaurants all over the Klang Valley, there’s bound to be one near and convenient to you. As the premier Chinese restaurants group in Malaysia with 20 years under … [Read more...]
LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVE DINING at RUYI, Bangsar Shopping Centre
It’s a well-known fact and we always have this issue whenever we dine at Ruyi: Executive Chef James Ho and team create dishes which are not only so good to eat, they are incredibly pretty to look at as well. In fact, some are just so pretty that we don’t have the heart to dig in! I mean, it’s like so sayang to eat up all that prettiness! With the lunar new year festivities coming up very soon, we checked out some of the special dishes at Ruyi recently. First on the table was of course the Yee … [Read more...]
Chinese New Year Feasts at STILL WATERS, HOTEL MAYA Kuala Lumpur
Still Waters is the signature restaurant of Hotel Maya Kuala Lumpur. We visited this contemporary-themed restaurant recently for a preview of its Chinese New Year festive dishes. The casually elegant restaurant spots some strong Japanese presence in its deco as well as its cuisine. At the same time, there are also elements of Cantonese influence which the culinary team skillfully fuses into the restaurant’s repertoire. We saw how the interplay of cuisines resulted in some memorable dishes at the … [Read more...]
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION @ HOTEL ARMADA, PETALING JAYA
The first time I tried Hotel Armada’s Chinese New Year dishes was last year and I was pretty impressed with its repertoire. As many of us know, Hotel Armada may not be the biggest or newest hotel around but its Chinese New Year offerings is value-for-money and the dishes are prepared with a lot of heart and dedication. So this year I chose to visit Hotel Armada again for a preview of their festive promotions. Once again, Executive Chef Chew Teik Chye and team have come up with some … [Read more...]
A Taste of Super Foods at RUYI, Bangsar Shopping Centre, Kuala Lumpur
Diners stepping into Ruyi now have a chance to savour the first of Ruyi’s Eat Well Live Well dinners, which is available until 23 December 2019. It’s a collaborative effort with Cabana, KapowBalls and Kintry Artisan Food – all purveyors of healthy food. Cabana is popular with their Acai Bowls and Smoothies using organic acai berries, freshly blended and free from refined sugars. Kintry is a home-grown Malaysian company specializing in healthy snacks made from scratch. Their top-selling halal … [Read more...]
New Menu at FIVE SEN5ES by Chef Ron Lean
Recently The Westin Kuala Lumpur welcomed a new chef to their stable - Chef Ron Lean Wen Seng as the Chef De Cuisine in Five Sen5es, their Chinese specialty restaurant. I was thrilled to be invited to a tasting of Chef Ron’s maiden food presentation to the media. The youthful-looking amiable chef, a Perak native, brings with him more than 17 years of culinary experience, having started in the kitchen at the tender age of 15. Chef Ron started in small local restaurants, developing his skills … [Read more...]
Best of Hong Kong & Organic Village Chicken Promotion at ZUAN YUAN, One World Hotel, Petaling Jaya
This month, October, is a nice time to dine in Zuan Yuan at One World Hotel, Petaling Jaya. With two food promotions going on at the same time, diners will be spoiled for choices! Let’s see… first up: if you are a fan of chicken, don’t miss out on the special dishes using organic village chicken prepared by their Executive Chinese Chef Tommy Choong Chan Hoo. Using his personal and family recipes, Chef Tommy’s repertoire of 5 special poultry dishes are bound to please. Using only premium … [Read more...]
45 SPEAK VEZY BAR @ Jalan Kamunting, Kuala Lumpur
At 45 Kamunting, time stands still. Or so it seems. Taking after the address, 45 Speak Vezy Bar is a casual laidback joint in Jalan Kamunting in downtown Kuala Lumpur. Amidst taller, newer buildings in the area, this 1928 pre-war house at the corner of an alley stands its ground. Framed with potted leafy plants, the porch holds some rickety-looking tables and chairs, so reminiscent of the olden days. Stepping into the cool interior, I feel as if I have stepped back into my … [Read more...]
LE SENSE: Dim Sum on another level
Where should I start about the best Dim Sum experience I’ve just had? No, it wasn’t in any high-class Michelin-starred restaurant nor any 5-star hotel in the big city. It was in this modest restaurant in a row of nondescript shophouses like most shophouses around here are and this was in a quiet enclave in Damansara Kim. If you are not looking out for it, you may just drive past the plain simple signage. Let me tell you about Le Sense. You see, even the name sounds a bit out-of-place … [Read more...]
“A Joint Culinary Journey of 88 Years” @ ORIENTAL GROUP OF RESTAURANTS
88 years - this figure refers to the combined number of years of culinary experience of both Chef Justin Hor and Chef Jacky Lam in the food industry. That sets the premise for this year’s culinary celebration by the Oriental Group of Restaurants - an annual event that highlights the different dimensions of classic Chinese cuisine which also aims to educate the dining public on the cultural significance of the featured dishes, Justin Hor needs no introduction really - being the Executive Chef … [Read more...]
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