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Mid Autumn Festival with Westin Mooncakes

14/09/2017 No Comments

CELEBRATE THIS EUPHONIC MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL WITH WESTIN MOONCAKES

Mid-Autumn Festival is the festive season where families, friends and loved ones gather to celebrate the moments of unity and happiness. The Westin Kuala Lumpur presents a range of whimsical mooncakes under the theme of YUÈ this celebrative season, transporting individuals back to the old world charm of lunar worship and the end of summer harvesting celebration.

Featuring 7 delightful varieties of traditional baked skin mooncakes, guests can satisfy their sweet tooth with all-time favorites such as Lotus Pandan, Pearl of Prosperity, Signature Supreme Mixed Nuts and Red Bean Paste.

For the health-conscious consumers, light and delicious Low Sugar Plain White Lotus Paste, Low Sugar Plain White Lotus with Single Yolk and Charcoal Precious Black are included in the list to liven up the selection of Westin mooncakes.

The special mention among the mooncake selections will have to go to the bold-flavored Mini Snow Skin Pure Musang King specially curated for durian lovers. Being the premium grade of durian, guests will savor 100% Musang King as they bite into this delectable delicacy.

悦乐赏月 YUÈ MOONCAKE GIFT BOX

Typically offered between families, friends and colleagues, Westin Mooncakes packaged in unique and bespoke gift boxes make perfect gifts during this euphonic season of love and laughter.

Designed with the concept of reminiscing old times, the elegant YUÈ Mooncake gift box is presented in 2 distinctive traditional outlooks with a modern twist. Regardless of the genre one prefers, music always work wonder as a therapeutic time machine and bring sweet memories back. YUÈ refers to the phonetic symbols for delight, music and moon, this multi-functional gift box comes incorporated with a set of Bluetooth speaker, allowing customers to play their preferred tracks as they relish on the exquisite Westin mooncakes.

WESTIN COLLECTIBLES BLOOM GIFT BOX

Due to great reception received for Westin’s BLOOM Mooncake gift box last year, The Westin Kuala Lumpur is introducing the interactive gift box as Westin Collectibles. BLOOM Mooncake gift box by Westin is a dual usage storage unit that comes with an integrated potting container. Each purchase of BLOOM Mooncake set is complemented with a DIY terrarium kit and user-friendly planting instructions. This allows customers to turn the gift box into a lovely potted plant with storage compartments, making the box an attractive and practical home decorative item. The BLOOM Mooncake gift box is designed with the customers’ wellness in mind, understanding that indoor plant brings a great number of physical and mental health benefits such as easing breathe, purifying air, improving one’s memories and many more.

PRICING AND OFFERS

Westin Mooncakes are available for order from 01 August till 04 October 2017. The YUÈ Mooncake gift boxes and Westin Collectibles BLOOM boxes are offered at very attractive prices, starting from as low as RM 138.00nett per set. Patrons are able to select any of the 4 flavours to make up the purchase of a gift box.

YUÈ Mooncake Gift Box

Baked Skin Flavours RM 168.00nett per set of 4

Mini Snow Skin Pure Musang King RM 240.00nett per set of 4

Westin Collectibles BLOOM Gift Box

Baked Skin Flavours RM 138.00nett per set of 4

Mini Snow Skin Pure Musang King RM 210.00nett per set of 4

Westin Mooncakes can be picked up from Five Sen5es (Level 1) from 01 September 2017 onwards between 10.00am to 10.00pm daily.

Enticing Discounts

Starwood Preferred Guests (SPG) and Beyond Dining members receive 10% discount for YUÈ Mooncake gift box and 15% for Westin Collectibles BLOOM Mooncake gift box during the promotional period.
Free delivery for purchases of 30 boxes and above to one destination within the Klang Valley area.
Bulk purchasers for Westin Collectibles BLOOM Mooncake gift box enjoy:
- 10% savings for purchasing 25 to 50 boxes
- 15% savings for purchasing 51 to 100 boxes
- 20% savings for purchasing 101 to 150 boxes
- 25% savings for purchasing 151 to 200 boxes
- 30% savings for purchasing above 201 boxes

*Prices are inclusive of 6% GST and discounts are not accumulative, higher value of discount will be accorded if two or more discounts are applicable.

To book your mooncake gift boxes or for further enquiries, call 03-2773 8338 or email [email protected]

In Chinese Food By Taufulou 5 Mins Read

Moon Cake @ Lai Poh Heen, Mandarin Oriental, KL

11/09/2012 No Comments

I am excited as setting my foot for the first time in this restaurant Lai Poh Heen in Madarin Oriental. I have read many good feedback about this Chinese Restaurant and further more, one of my favourite chef is here, Chef Ricky Thein that I got to know him when he is in Prince Hotel Tai Zi Heen.

As you walk thru the main entrance, you will be greeted with friendly staff then follow by a huge open concept kitchen that the chefs are happily greeting along too.

Then you will reach this porch huge dining area that is well attended with many of the waiter. It is a newly refurbish restaurant.

If you are in a group or need some private space, can request for their close door dining area.

As for this round, we are invited along to sample their mooncake creation for this year 2012

As I see the display that prepared for us, I just cant wait to sample any of those. It just look appetizing as mooncake is a once a year celebration and I always ended up eating alot.

The molding of Mandarin Oriental logo is so nice on the traditional mooncake.

If I got a chance to skip nutty mooncake I would just skip it, as I just do not prefer these nutty type, but the rest were enjoying every bite of this as they said its just lovely. Rich in ingredient and fragrant.

You may say I am classic yet I still prefer the classic Lotus paste with single yolk. Lotus paste is smooth, and I just love the skin texture as it is a bit like smooth sand, and aromatic skin. Perfect!

Besides this, they do offer other classic mooncake too such as white lotus paste, lotus paste with single yolk, lotus paste with double yolk, red bean and lotus paste with single yolk and diced chicken ham with almond.

pandan flavour mooncake & Durian mooncake – Back: Blueberries and grated coconut

For Durian snowskin, this is by far one of the best I have come across as they use D24 to make it along and it taste exactly like eating durian yet in chill version. – Recommended!

Jeng Jeng Jeng, this is by far the section that I am staring at the whole night. For the first time I come accross Chocolate mooncake!

Available in 4 different flavour and 4 if it looks very tempting and mouth watering.

Dark chocolate with star anise and red bean ganache

White chocolate with orange ganache and cream

Milk chocolate with peanut butter crunch – If you give me 4 pieces of this, I would be very happy, as among the other 3 I prefer this more. I guess I am bias one side as I just love anything with peanut butter. Not too milky chocolate and the peanut butter just pair well. It just give you the feeling like you are eating Reese peanut chocolate.

Dark chocolate with salted caramel ganache

I just love double boil soup. As this was place infront of me, I can just smell the sweet scent of soup occupying the air as I quickly capture the picture and get a soup of it. It just taste awesome sweet as like how the smell occupying that instant moment. Imagine how good the soup would be that is filled with huge scallop and abalone that is juicy and chewy. It is something worth spending on this Double-boiled Abalone Soup with seasonal dried deluxe seafood and baby cabbage at RM 188.

Jasmine Tealeaf Smoked Chicken, chicken meat is soft and if flavourful with tea leaf flavour. Slight moist with the sauce that pair along and eat along with the garlic just make the whole taste more outstanding. @ RM38

Another eye opener as Crispy egg noodles with Assorted Seafood and Vegetables @ RM 48. Crab is succulent sweet with huge scallop and noodle been deep fried that store along with gravy.

something which might look simple to cook along yet Special seafood Fried Rice being cook evenly fragrant that filled with wok hei that makes every one enjoy every bite of it. RM36

Durian pancake @ RM38 – for 3 pieces

One of the best pancake you can get around the area, as I gulp this whole big piece in one bite and let the aroma burst into my mouth. Strong taste of durian detected with a good quality durian being included as the meat, wrap along with thin fried egg slice then chilled along. Taste awesome!

As one desert just make our craving engine started, and every one just browse thru the desert menu on what to have. Guess what we order in the end. We ordered the whole desert menu. 😀

1) Chilled Mango Puree

2) Chilled Almond Bean Curd

Black Sesame Panna Cotta

Lemongrass Jelly

1) Warm Sweetened Red Bean Puree

2) Double Boiled Five Treasures

3) Hot Gingko Nut and Snow Fungus

Chinese Inpired Chocolate Coconut Dome

Double Boiled Sweetened Ginger Tea with Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Dumpling

Banana Split among so many desert, this is one of the best on my preference and something that worth ordering. @ RM22

Coconut Pudding and Pea-shaped Green Tea Dumpling

Mango Pudding with Chocolate Twirl

In the end of the meal, we were all very satisfied and you can place your mooncake as the form above and do go for their Chocolate version, Snowskin Durian and classic lotus paste with single egg yolk.

Location:
Lai Po Heen Chinese Restaurant (Pork Free)
1st Floor, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Kuala Lumpur,
Kuala Lumpur City Centre,
50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel No.: +603-2179 8885
Website: www.mandarinoriental.com/kualalumpur/dining/restaurants/lai_po_heen/
Opening Hours: Lunch (12.00-2.30pm weekdays / 10.30am-2.30pm weekends), Dinner (7.00-10.30pm)
GPS Coordinates: N 3 09.360, E 101 42.700

In Chinese Food By Taufulou 5 Mins Read

Celebrate Mid Autumm Festival with 5 Elements Mooncake @ Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant, Nikko Hotel

04/08/2010 4 Comments

Every year when comes to Mooncake Festival, I would surely ate a few pieces of moon cakes as it remain as one of my favourite must have dish. The Mid-Autumn Festival or more popularly known as the Mooncake Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, around the time of the autumn equinox. Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant.

This year I would celebrate it differently with more umph, chi around me and luck all the way as most of the Chinese know that every one have different elements that bring different luck on them if they believe. This year 2010, Nikko Hotel, Dim Sum Chef Lo Tian Sion and his team have created a range of innovative and modern mooncakes with the main 5 elements, Fire, Earth, Water, Metal, Wood . . .

Special design that had been created by them with Toh Lee embedded on the wood craving to make it their signature.

The new packaging that Nikko Hotel had come out with.

Lets present you the one and only 5 elements that available at Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant, Nikko Hotel.

Five Elements mooncakes – Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth (金，木，水，火，土)

(From Front to Back)

Mini Pumpkin Paste with Cream Cheese and Gold Dust
Mini Durian Paste with milk Cream
Both are in white represent METAL element (or gold). Metal indicates harvest, business and success (financial). Metal (also frequently referred to as “gold”) indicates harvest, business and success. This is usually financial success. The color is usually white, but can also be gold. It symbolizes autumn and west; and represents the adult years. Priced at RM25.00++ per piece.

Mini Green Tea Paste with Single Egg Yolk
Green in color represents WOOD element. Wood is creative and innovative, socialable and community minded.Wood is sociable and community minded, also represents the colour green, the season spring, and the direction east. Wood also represents birth and early childhood. Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

Mini Bamboo Charcoal and Egg Cream Paste with Silver Dust
Black in color represents WATER element. Water nourishes all living things. Water indicates travel, communication, and learning; also relates to literature, arts and media. It also relates to literature, the arts, and the media. Water nourishes all living things and represents winter and north. Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

Mini Japanese Anko Paste with Rose Flavour
Pink in colour represents FIRE element. Giving energy and enthusiasm, an element of natural leader, brings warm and cheers too. Fire represents red, summer and south. Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

Chocolate Paste with Mixed Nuts.
Brown in colour represents the EARTH element. Giving stability and related to real estate and legacies. Earth is patient, just, honest and methodical. Priced at RM13.00++ per piece

I personally love the Mini Durian Past with Milk Cream, Green Tea Paste and Charcoal.

Besides the snow skin mooncake, you may also find the traditional baked mooncakes –
White Lotus and Single Egg Yolk
Pure White Lotus Paste with Nuts
Pandan Paste with Egg Cream and Walnuts
Red Bean Paste with Sunflower Seeds
White Lotus with Double Egg Yolk.

Prices ranging from RM16.00++ per piece to RM21.00++ per piece.

Normally for mooncake, I seldom go after cold skin but this makes me fall in lurve with it, fine thin skin with aromatic taste that makes it exceptional and best of all, its not so sweet as I expected.

One of the best thing about it, is that they are made daily and they don do much and freshness is their top priority.

but anything still cant beat the original of it. Still the best and with masterclass of super thin skin is created which requires alot of skills to do it.

Sifu Dim Sum Chef Lo Tian Sion that is the one behind all of it and on that day itself, we were able to witness the making of mooncakes.

With all the necessary ingredient prepared along, pumpkin and charcoal seed prepared.

Mixed all the ingredient till its like a dough. . . .

Roll it up and ready to be cut. . .

Cut it equally in sizes . . . .

Use a roller roll over it to make it flat. . .

So that you can make it as a skin base and wrap over the pumkin seed. Then placed it onto the craving wood, presss it firmly till it fit the 95% of th hole .. .

The the craving wood knock hard on both the edge and overturn it to make it fall off. Then the shape of it will be enhance as what the mould would do.

Lastly, brush it with gold dush to make it outstanding.

The same procedure goes for Charcoal. . .

The Five Elements Mooncakes are available in box of six and baked mooncakes are available in box of four and six.

• Every RM100.00 spent on a single receipt for mooncake purchases shall be entitled to a RM10.00 Toh Lee Dining Voucher.
• Purchases of 5 boxes and above shall be entitled to a Zi Wei Dou Shu 紫微斗数 (the Purple Star System) or BaZi 八字 (the Eight Characters) reading by Madam Leong Siew Wei, Chinese Astrologist

Mooncakes are available from 1st August to 22nd September 2010
To order your mooncake, please call 03-2782 6128
or you can make purchases at The Deli and Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant.

Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant
Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur
165, Jalan Ampang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2161 1111
Fax: 03-2161 1122

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