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Buka Puasa Ramadhan Buffett @ Serena Brasserie, Nikko Hotel

12/08/2010 No Comments

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and a time when Muslims across the world are required to fast each day of the entire month, from sunrise to sunset. The evenings are spent enjoying family and community meals, engaging in prayer and spiritual reflection, and reading from the Qu’ran during buka puasa time at Serena Brasserie.

This month Serena Brasserie will be featuring a lavish ‘Buka Puasa’ spread of traditional local specialties from four different Malaysian States and ‘a-la-kampung’ favourites for all to ‘berbuka puasa’, whether with families of friends.

To the joy of festive mood, the terrace area had transform into mini hawker area with ketupat plastic lights tie around the stall to create up the ambiance. It was nice to see a little green, yellow and pinkish that holds one of the Malay cultural colour during this period.

Wide variety of food ranges from local to eastern cuisine not to be miss.

Salad Bar

Local drinks with grapes, syrup with lime, Soya Bean and my favourite Corn drink.

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New ala cart menu at Benkay Japanese Restaurant @ Nikko Hotel

11/08/2010 18 Comments

Eating Japanese food can consider everyone’s favorite, but how many of us are able to cook or make sushi? During my uni life at oversea, me and my housemate did try to make sushi ourselves by using our own logic to do it without find a proper recipe to go along with (which is very wrong) but then the meal turns out to be not so bad, the rice we did was using Japanese rice but not as sticky as it is compare to the restaurants.

This time besides eating nice sushi, now I had a chance to learn from the best from Chef Yanagida by teaching us make simple and nice sushis, eg: Nigiri Sushi, Tobiko Gunnkan Nigiri, California Roll and Inari Sushi. During the session, I had hands-on experience by in making the sushi, it was not that easy as I thought by looking at the chef at sushi bar wrapping it but I still prefer my responsible by just eating it.

All the fresh ingredient prepared for us to get hands on.

One of the trick to make the rice sticky was to cook a . . . . . . (cannot tell) to make the rice sticky.

With Chef Yanagida vast experience he had come out with quality food with the Asian and Western Combination.

After the special sauce was cook, the sauce was pour into the rice and let it dry up. (part to ensure sticky of the rice and aromatic)

slicing and prepare California Handroll.

This is the way how you wrap a proper handroll, little ingredient at the start roll to solid in the end.

Samples of the chef’s creation.

To make another sushi. . .

and at the end with my hand’s on…This is my skillfull set of wrapping sushi (please do laugh) . . .

After the mini preview of the class, we head back to another section to enjoy what had been prepared for us.

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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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Dim Sum Culinary Workshop with Chef Lo @ Nikko Hotel

14/07/2010 No Comments

Dim Sum is consider one of the family outing on weekend for most people especially for kids that need to drag themselves out of the bed is quite challenging but at times when it comes to the mood of having tim sum, waking up early is not difficult at all. Nikko Hotel

I love to eat tim sum as well, however sometimes I do wonder how to make a nice tim sum at home just for fun, and I have always dream on getting myself to work in a big kitchen to get the feel of it, that was was not until recently, got a chance to hands on Dim Sum Culinary Workshop organize by Nikko Hotel.

Dim Sum Culinary Workshop with Chef Lo.

It is such a huge kitchen

All the girls got hype up in this new challenge.

Vialentino just cant wait to get his hands on for this workshop and with him are Uli, Witch and Me.

Uli and Chef Lo

Chef Lo Tian Sion fondly known as Chef Lo, the Dim Sum Chef of Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant at Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur has made his mark in many well-known restaurants and hotels in Kuala Lumpur with his experience in culinary scene for more than 19 years.

With a humble beginning into the culinary world in the year 1989, he start as an apprentice at a small coffee shop in Johor and went on to the Concorde Hotel in Singapore as a Comis I (1991). In 1993 Chef Lo moved to Kuala Lumpur as Chef de Partie of Pan Pacific and Concorde Kuala Lumpur (1994).

Chef Lo in action, Chef Lo joined the Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant, Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur in 1995 as an Assistant Dim Sum Chef until year 2000 he was promoted as Dim Sum Chef. During his services with Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur, Chef Lo honed his dim sum skills while he was training in few places, Japan, China, Taiwan and Bali, Indonesia.

Before the workshop start, we got a chance to taste their very upcoming mooncakes selection by the Chef himself and let me tell you, it taste awesome!

Let’s head to the items and ingredients that need to be prepared, of course small plates, bowls and basket.

Variety sizes depending on how big or how many dim sum going to be steam.

A long table that prepare for us that ready for us to mess it up. 🙂

Basic ingredients needed to prepared a simple yet delicious dim sum and the wonderfull thing is we are learning

1. Steamed Diced Chicken Dumpling with Scallops
2. Steamed Fish Ball with Chopped Coriander Leaf
3. Deep Fried Crispy Prawn Dumpling
4. Deep Fried Sweet Potato Balls coated with Sesame Seed

Just change the main ingredients, replace it with Scallop.

Mackerel Fish meat and fine slices of squid, behind are all the fresh prawns prepare for wrapping into the tim sum.

All of us are good to go and picture taking are quite limited with both of our hands are dirty.

Lets start off with how to wrap Chicken Dumpling with Scallop. Place the wantan skin on your palm and spread the chicken in the middle.

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Roots Ahoy, Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant @ Nikko Hotel

02/07/2010 No Comments

In early morning, most of us are unable to wake up early to go for dim sum but it still remains as one of our favourite breakfast to hunt for especially when we are in the mood. I guess we were very lucky to be invited by Nikko Hotel to their dim sum making preview class few days ago Roots Ahoy, Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant. . . Will blog more about it soon . . .

This is the ‘Prawn Wanton’ that I have wrap and after fried, it doesnt look that bad what and it taste awesome. Recepi, will be revealing soon . . . . Something easy and I am looking forward to do it at home again. . 🙂

Year 2010 had just gone past in a blink of an eye. I just could not believe that it is July already. With second half of the year starting, lets boost up your ‘chi’ with a few selection of nourishing dishes. . low in calories, high in fibre and just bursting with nutrients. . .

Ingredient such as reddish had an old saying that, its called as ‘little Ginseng’ in China which is rich in vitamin C and help to aid digestive problems, relieve constipation and for diabetics it is as good as cucumber, with carefull selection by the chef to create this menu had rool out this special Roots Ahroy promotion menu for the month of July.

Kick start our meal with ‘Braised Yam Soup with Scallop and Dried Scallop’ @ RM18 per portion

A simple bowl of soup that had been boil to perfection with full of aroma and every sip is flavorful. A bit gingerish yet sweet with some ingredient that added it that had just make me lick my bowl clean. . . .RM 18 per portion

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World Cup Fever at Bentley’s Pub @ Nikko Hotel

11/06/2010 9 Comments

Once in every 4 year when a competition with one of the most view telecast around the world lands this World Cup Competition, from this June 11th till July 11th most mamak stalls, café, pub, clubs and most of the F n B industry are gearing up for this World Cup Fever by decoration and having great promotions to attract patrons to their premises.

After a hard working day and to find a place to chill, lands us at Bentley’s Pub at Nikko Hotel for the evening.

Bentley’s Pub is one of a typical English Pub that can be found in KL that decorated with timber paneling to offer warm cozy ambience, and furnish with large comfortable sofa seats which provides a relax ambiance to make it a good place to catch up with friends, business associates and of course a great place to watch World Cup 2010.

The bar counter dotted with high-stool chairs is the focal point with the beers pulled from the taps and countless selections of drinks available.

with variety of wines to choose from

In house pouring liquor

a few shots to get you warming up. . . .

You can sense the World Cup Fever is on! From 11th June to 11th July, Bentley’s Pub invites all World Cup fanatics to watch the matches ‘live’ on the big screen whilst enjoying A COMPLIMENTARY BEER.

Order a whole bucket and stand a chance to win A TRIP FOR TWO to the winning country of the 2010 World Cup Team or a limited edition of Budweiser 2010 World Cup Aluminium Bottled Beer.

If you are a beer lover, you are going to love it here with some local and variety of international beer, with my personal favourite are:

A Germen Beer ‘Weihenstephan, Hefe-Weissbier Beer’ which is one of the oldest brewery in the world and ranked the best in Germany. I just love the taste of hazy amber, thick creamy white head, foamy lacing that drinks smooth and finishes almost crisp that drinking in such a hot weather is just perfect ended up me and Andrew were drinking a few bottles. Recommended`

‘Warsteiner, Premium Verum Bier’ is another Germen Beer that surprise me, that it is a non alcoholic beer, in my fav list. The taste is fresh, uncommonly smooth taste with a brisk clean finish, till I cant really differentiate it until I turn to the back of bottle. For non alcoholic drinker, sure this is the beer to go after.

Be happy every day of the week. Come and have a good jolly time with friends and colleagues. Take advantage of the Happy Hours deal of Buy 1 Free 1, Mondays to Fridays, 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm. Citibank credit cardholders have more reasons to be happy with the all night long Happy Hours on every Monday and Wednesday.

If you find that bottles beer doesn’t come to your liking, then fear not, as they have draft beer available on bar ranging from Heineken, Kilkenny, Guinness, and Tiger.

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Buka Puasa Ramadhan Buffett @ Serena Brasserie, Nikko Hotel

New ala cart menu at Benkay Japanese Restaurant @ Nikko Hotel

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

Dim Sum Culinary Workshop with Chef Lo @ Nikko Hotel

Roots Ahoy, Toh Lee Chinese Restaurant @ Nikko Hotel

World Cup Fever at Bentley’s Pub @ Nikko Hotel

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Boston Craft Beer, Perth now in KL

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Curate Coffee Roaster at SS2

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Boston Craft Beer, Perth now in KL

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