To usher in the Year of the Golden Ox, Purple Cane Tea Cuisine has a good selection of festive menus for your family gatherings. Most of the dishes are enhanced with tea for added aroma. Flavours are not too heavy, yet the refreshing nuances are perfect for these meals to be shared with loved ones for good health and abundant prosperity. Heart-warming dishes like Abalone Yee Sang with Passionfruit Sauce infused with Long Jing tea is perfect to start a festive meal. I like how fresh … [Read more...]
PROSPERITY MEALS at ORIENTAL GROUP of RESTAURANTS
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...]
PROSPERITY YEE SANG & FESTIVE DINING @ De.Wan 1958 by Chef Wan
As a multicultural country, we celebrate all kinds of cultural and traditional festivities in Malaysia. That should be the way. I mean, like what’s wrong with wishing people “Merry Christmas” and putting up red decorations in public places to usher in a new year? And most of us have been practising this, especially when it comes to food! Like how we love our ketupat & rendang, murukku, roast turkey and yee sang! Yes, yee sang is now served and enjoyed in Indian and Malay restaurants! Let's … [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...]
Celebrate the Lunar New Year at ZUAN YUAN, ONE WORLD HOTEL
“Gathered Elegance” is the theme for this year’s lunar new year celebrations at Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant in One World Hotel. Aptly chosen – as since the restaurant’s massive makeover in end 2017, “elegant” is but one word to describe the restaurant. So, to welcome the Year of the Swine, why not have a sumptuous meal or two within this restaurant oozing with contemporary elegance? Gather your friends and relatives to usher in the new year with 3 decadent set menus listing dishes which … [Read more...]
This Chinese New Year, have a BLAST FROM THE PAST at RED @ Pullman KLCC
It’s my first time stepping into RED, the Chinese restaurant in Pullman Kuala Lumpur City Centre and like many first-timers here, I’m taken aback (in a good way) by its stunning setup. Its striking black and red theme is like a breath of intense fresh air, quite unlike the traditional oriental deco favoured by many Chinese restaurants. Backed against the stylish walls are giant-sized photos of gorgeous designer cheongsam by couture designer Carven Ong, adding on an air of mysterious … [Read more...]
Lunar New Year Festivities take on an artistic scale at RUYI, Bangsar Shopping Center
Who serves Yee Sang with 28K gold? Talk about attracting prosperity, Ruyi ups the game by serving edible gold in their Yee Sang. Labelled “28K Golden Koi YU Sang”, it takes Masterchef James Ho about 20 minutes to assemble this beautiful creative platter. After all, this is Ruyi – where food takes on the forms of art and Chef James’ creative touches is the name of the game. Central on the plate are two lively colourful koi fishes made of shredded carrots and radish swimming on blue pea … [Read more...]
Celebrate “Year of Blooming Abundance” at HILTON PETALING JAYA
It’s the Chinese New Year season again and before long, the Year of the Pig will be ushered in with bouts of celebration. What better way to celebrate than to gather family and friends for some good makan sessions? In anticipation of this, the culinary team at Hilton Petaling Jaya is all geared up to give guests a rousing delicious welcome for the “Year of Blooming Abundance”. The main happenings will be at Toh Yuen Chinese Restaurant where several special set menus have been curated for the … [Read more...]
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