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In Chinese Food By Taufulou 4 Mins Read

Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant CNY Menu 2013 @ One World Hotel

22/01/2013 1 Comment

I have seen people starting their ‘Sau Kong Chau’ already with 3 more weeks to go right before Chinese New Year by ushering year of snake for 2013. Promotions on Yee Sang, Set lunch and dinner menu are widely available now by many restaurants. As for this round, went to Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant which is one of my favourite restaurant to sample out their Chinese New Year Set menu.

Traditionally, before any main meal, Yee Sang will be serve upon first. AS for this year, Zuan Yuan is not using salmon, tuna and this round they decided to go with Soft Shell crab.

Added all ingredients on top and ready to toss. I like the sauce that the chef had made, slight sour to my liking and I kept refill my bowl with more.

Braised Shark’s Fin Soup with Dried Scallop, Bamboo Shoot and Crab Meat is one of the best I have come so far in menu tasting for CNY, with generous ingredient on shark fin and scallop that make the soup tasty. Not too starchy nor salty as it was cook to perfection.

Ohh ohh, the super star of the night is their Zuan Yuan Crispy Roasted Duck. Absolute crisp on the skin, that roasted with slightly Chinese herb, that each bite will have slightly after taste of it and makes it so aromatic. Meat are juicy, and tender as I eat quite a number of pieces. – REcommended!

not only that, there are 2 sauces available for your duck meat to be dip. With the original sauce and sour sauce to go along. I still find it better without these sauces. Its optional for you to dip.

I rarely eat fish but this Steamed Star Garouper with Wood Fungus and Red Date, was done in a way that the soy sauce is good, fish meat is soft and every bite eat along with food fungus and red date is something that I like.

Wok Fried Tiger Prawn with Oats and Chilli, huge pile of oats added on top that I still manage to peel off the prawn shell and eat with a mouthfull of oat. Been stir fried to perfection and prawn is big and juicy.

A simple dish that done nicely if you dine it with a bowl of rice is just the right combination. Braised Sliced Mexican Abalone with Sea Moss, Dried Oyster and Seafood in Claypot.

When come to finale, Steamed Lotus Leaf Rice with Assorted Preserved Meat, Chicken Sausage and Yam is a dish that mix pretty well with flavour and I add in a little bit more of soy sauce, it just pulls more flavour out of it. Just nice~

not only that, dim sum is also serve if you wish to opt for it.

Steamed Shrimp Dumpling with Crab Roe sprinkled with Gold Dust

Steamed Assorted Mushroom ‘Sek Lou Gou’ with Nam Yee Sauce

Deep Fried Prawn Roll with Katafi served with Salad Sauce

Taro Scallop Dumpling with Chef’s Special Garlic Butter Sauce

Deep Fried ‘Nian Gao’ with Cheddar Cheese

One of the most unique or creatively done by the chef by adding in a slice of cheeze on top. Find it unique in taste and do pairs well. If the cheeze is added another slice then it would have been perfect, cuz it add the little saltiness to the texture and flavour and pairs with the coconut in my thought.

Chilled Red Date and Longan with Sea Coconut and White Fungus

These are the 2 mastermind chef that behind the whole awesome meal with dim sum and Chinese New Year dish.

Family reunion, sau gong chau or Hoi gong chau, Zuan Yuen Restaurant certainly falls into my recommendation when it comes to it for its food quality.

*Pork Free

Yee Sang with Seaweed & Assorted Fresh Fruits RM55++ (half portion) RM110++ (full portion)

Yee Sang with Soft Shell Crab and Condiments RM70++ (half portion) RM140++ (full portion)

Yee Sang with Snow Pear and Salmon RM85++ (half portion) RM170++ (full portion)

Yee Sang with Sliced Abalone & Snow Pear RM90++ (half portion) RM180++ (full portion)

Table meal ranges from :

RM1088++, RM1288++ and RM1588++ (for a table of 8 – 10 persons)

For reservations at Zuan Yuan, please call 603-7681 1159

Location:
One World Hotel
Lebuh Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya,
Bandar Utama
03-7681 1111

In Buffett By Taufulou 3 Mins Read

Ramadan Buffet @ Cinnamon Coffee House, 1-World Hotel

26/07/2012 No Comments

Fasting month had just started few days back and every one is looking for nice places to ‘Buka Puasa’ and certainly Cinnamon Coffee House, an award winning place located inside 1 World Hotel is one of the restaurant that many of you should consider. For this year Buka Pusa Menu 2012, you will be pamper with more than 100 choices of food that is available and one best part is, you will never get the same menu daily, as they have 7 different sets of menu that will be rotating around.

I start off with soup and bread section that serve along with 4 types of soup that day. I just have to start my buffet meal with this section, just a habit. 🙂

Salad Bar

Local favourites section

Variety of condiments for you to choose

And this is one huge roast lamb for you to go after.

With local style cooking that fills your plate with :

Ayam Percik, Daging Bakar Ayam Masam, Rendang Daging Tok, Ikan Patin Masak Lemak Linggi, Kupang Masak Berlado, Udang Gulai Pekat dan Tempoyak, Kerabu Mangga Muda, Asam Pedas Ikan Tengirri

This is the Japanese counter that I never miss . . .

Cold platter section

Fresh prawns, oyster and crab

sushi area

Follow by chef Special Noodle of the day as this section will have different fried stuff every day.

Indian cuisine corner, as never miss out their Murtabak

Dim Sum corner

Nasi Dagang

follow by if you walk to the far end you will reach this section . . A taste of Indian and Malaysian Favourites.

Where all the satay and ikan pangang is available here.

Today they have yong Tau Fu .. .

Fresh fruits being cut~

4 types of drinks being prepared . .

Local kuih muih. .

Little western corner that serve with mini burger and pizza

One of my favourite section is their Italian range. .

and lots and lots of deserts for you to hunt for after your main dish

Something cook simple and delicious that I hardly miss. .

Fried Koay Teow from the chef special of the day

After trying out the food mostly inside and I walk around again, there are more small little hawker stalls on another side of it. . with more variety . .

Today’s special is. . Laksa Kedah whis is very good and mee rebus. .

mini BBQ area. .

Ice Kacang Stall . .

apam Balik is pretty good as I like mine thin crips with lots of peanut and corn . .

Rojak

Crepes

Deep fried burung puyuh that you must not miss. .

Buffet Dinner: 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm

01 – 17 July

RM93++ per adult

RM47++ per child aged 4 – 12 years

18 July – 18 August

RM118++ per adult

RM59++ per child aged 4 – 12 years

Surau facilities are available for Muslim guests as well as ample parking.

For reservations, call Cinnamon Coffee House at 603 7681 1157.

In Events By Taufulou 4 Mins Read

Samsung Galaxy S3 Launching @ One World Hotel

26/05/2012 No Comments

Heading to mid year 2012, as there are many things happening and one of the most anticipated phone by many user with a lot of improvement on the previous version, by making a remarkable sale with 20 millions units being sold world wide since its first day launch was Samsung Galaxy S2 and now many of the Android platform or in Smart phone industry, the latest unit of Samsung Galaxy S3 had being reveal and I got the privileged being invited to attend this launch.

Being a global mobile phone provider, they announce this new unit with Design for Humans and Inspired by nature which is the third generation phone for Samsung Galaxy S.

This is the launching scene that being held at One World Hotel back with huge rectangular screen . . .

a group of orchestra being there to play the background music ..

Then kick start with Kwon Jae Hoon the Managing Director for Malaysia telling us how superb and user friendly it is with many new features being introduce.

He also mention that ” with the introduction of Samsung Galaxy S III, they are confident that Samsung will surpass the success of Galaxy S II”

The latest unit emphasizes on human-centric designs, natural interaction and instant sharing. Comfortable grip, gentle curves and organic form deliver a rich organic design. With its new concept, Inspired by Nature it reflects the elements with wind, water and light are all evoked in the physical construct of the unit.

Then came the product manager to introduce all the functions that have in the unit. I am totally impress on the new features that they have.

Smart Stay – as it recognise how you are using your phone as when you are reading webpage or e-book the front camera identify your eyes to maintain its bright display.

S Voice – a very improve version from previous one and it can recognize our Malaysian English easily and one of the impress feature. It listens and response on your command.

S Beam – allows us to transfer any large files simply by touching another Samsung Galaxy S3 unit without Wi-Fi or cellular signal.

this feature as in the picture is another cool feature as you read your sms and intend to call the person, just lift the phone near to your ear and it will auto dial to that person. I have only mention a few and there are a few more to discover yourself. . 😉

A short video that I manage to capture to show what’s the new phone about . .

All the key person that had made the phone being launch in Malaysia.

After the launching, we are being lead to another room with many of the S3 phones are being display there and for us to get our hands on.

Here you go, with the unit of Samsung Galaxy S3 and I am quite impress with its upgraded performance, super fast and definitely light weight of 133grams and measuring only 8.55 thick. Its also their first device that have quad core processor.

Again being a food blogger, sometimes to make things handy or did not bring my huge camera, certainly the new S3 camera impress me alot with both front being 1.9MP and 8MP back with led flash installed, multi burst shot and best of all is instant capture like DSLR! Me and Yukiko are impress with the camera capture quality.

Power by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and 2,100 mAH battery.

I know many of you cant wait to get this phone and I find that this phone its the most perfect size as its smaller than Galaxy Note bigger than S2 and alot of the girls that love its size, look and feel and its light! opt for Samsung Galaxy S3?

For more information on the unit, you can visit their website www.Samsung.com/my and many service provider are going to launch soon. What are the pricing not too sure yet as it will be reveal very very soon . . .

Thanks to Yukiko for all the pictures!~!~

A video that’ says all:

In Buffett By Taufulou 3 Mins Read

Christmas Celebration at Cinnamon Coffee House @ One World Hotel, PJ

08/12/2011 No Comments

Christmas celebration had made alot people gear up in decorating their place looks nice. Besides that, friends and family do gather, sit and get along also meant to bring joy to many people especially to kids.

To mark this, One World Hotel had invited children’s from underprivileged home , The House of Joy which is located in PJ alongside with their staff for the Hotel’s light up Ceremony.

The hotel will also launch its Grant-A-Wish programme to fulfill the Christmas wish of 30 children from the House of Joy. The children from the home will be hanging up their wish list on the 20-feet Christmas Tree at the hotel lobby. The good news is that all the children’s wishes have been fulfilled by the hotel staff itself.

All the children got their wishlist come true which all had been fulfill by the hotel staff itself

One World Hotel is also taking on the Alvin and The Chipmunks theme. This is in collaboration with FOX’s forthcoming release of the move, Alvin and The Chipmunks 3 Chipwrecked on 15 December

Not only that, lets head to Cinnamom Coffee House what do they have in store to offer for Christmas buffet that offers Western, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and local fare to complete your hunger for the month of December.

Japanese section is one of my favorite section that I always stop by here for the first stop ..

Followed by their Italian range. .

at salad bar

Little Asian corner. . .

Christmas, Turkey of course it is a must whereby to complete a proper Christmas meal . 😀

Roast beef . ..

pancake . .

You will be pampered with their selection of Christmas desert. . . ..

Till date, the food in Cinnamon Coffee House did not dissapoint as its still good no matter how many times I go there, still if you are a big eater, definitely worth it . .:D One of my favorite bufett restaurant.

Christmas Eve Festive Revelry
24 December
6.30 pm – 10.30 pm
RM108++ per adult (includes one glass of wine)
RM55++ per child aged 4 – 12 years (includes one glass of mocktail)

Christmas Day Gala Buffet
25 December
6.30 pm – 10.30 pm
RM108++ per adult (includes one glass of wine)
RM55++ per child aged 4 – 12 years (includes one glass of mocktail)

Christmas Day Hi-Tea Galore
25 December
12 noon – 4.30 pm
RM65++ per adult
RM33++ per child aged 4 – 12 years

For reservations, please call 03 – 7681 1157

In Cooking Workshop By Taufulou 4 Mins Read

Taufulou in da Kicthen : Making of Snowskin Mooncakes @ Zuan Yuan, One World Hotel

19/08/2011 No Comments

This year I have to admit that mooncakes mood set in really early as I did received a mooncake list from my friends as early as end of June and already show what to have and privillage for early birds discounts. This year I got the privillage to set my foot into a hotel kicthen again to learn how to make moon cakes as this round I will be learning how to make Snowskin Mooncakes with the courtesy of Zuan Yuan, One World Hotel.

What is in the kitchen for us this round is to make Low Sugar Wheat Grass and Green Tea Snow Skin Mooncakes.

Ingredients involve: icing sugar, glutinous rice flour, shortening and green tea powder.

Then jus unwrap all the prepared ingredients. . . . and this round I the lucky bloggers around are lionelOng.com, Foodpoi.com and best of all our special guest of the night from all the way Melbourne, Australia is SneakyLily.

Then you just pour all the ingredient into the tray and mix around . .add half bowl of water and mix the flour and other ingredient with your hand till its start to get sticky.

pour the rest of the water into the tray and mix thoroughly till the whole ingredient mix well. End resulst should be a bit sticky huge green tea ball.

Then you prepare another tray that you roll it then weight to prepare on the skin.

Then you take another layer of skin which you have prepared roll it till its flat and a bit thick so when you wrap it wont break.

Place the think layer on your hand then place the greentea ‘bola’ on top of it. . .

press it gently and slowly roll it with your fingers till it slowly cover the whole ball on the outer layer.

Sneakylily serious in action . .

There you are. the darker green are the base inside and the one behind with a bit mixed with flour are the end result.

Then you place the ball into the wooden craft and press it gently till its even and solid, smack hard both on the left and right edge, shake a bit in the middle and turn it 180 degree hit hard on the table to enable the base to fall off.

Tadaaaa…this is what you get for the end result. . .with the crafting of logo onto the mooncake skin. Izint it is simple.?

Since I can do it.. I believe you can do it tooo . . .:D

After our hardwork in the kitchen then we were pamper with some food to digest before heading for mooncake tasting.

In Buffett By Taufulou 4 Mins Read

Buka Puasa Ramadan Buffet at Cinnamon Coffee House @ One-World Hotel

03/08/2011 No Comments

Starting early this month, which is month of August means is the starting of fasting month for all my muslims friends and wishing them Selamat Berbuka Puasa to all of you out there. In this special occasion, most of them will find an opportunity to gather with friends, family or even company get together and there is one of my favourite place to dine in and enjoy is Cinnamon Coffee House located inside One World Hotel which is Next to 1 Utama.

Cinnamon Coffee house is one of my favourite buffet place is that, you cant really find all section consistent in quality and with the amount I am paying this sure gives me the worth every penny feel with the huge selection and international mixture they have in there.

For this round, One World Hotel kick start off with the theme Selera Kampung-Ku and with that classic theme, they manage to get one great chef to prepare this sumptuous spread of home cooked favourites like Nasi minyak sari shawal, kari daging tetel berkentang, ayam masak rendang raya, ikan tenggiri goreng belada, udang sambal petai hirisan and many others to hunt for.

Cheeze lovers, you do have cheeze platter for you to get your favourite cheeze to get on started.

Their Italian range always never fail to impress as I like their carbonara, its quite nice and I always sprinkle mine with lots of cheeze at the end of it. Their tomato base sauce is good too . .

you can choose what types of spaghetti you prefer.

the Pizza is infuse with local flavour with Rendang Pizza and Satay Piza.

If you like many flavours to your food, this section allow you to mix and match your own creation and if you mix more than that you might end having discomfort in your tummy. . 😀

This round, their local flavours are very good, as the taste of it is quite authentic and goes along with rice very well . .

Their signature is this Lamb Beryani, I always love the part at the bone there and will request the chef to specially cut it for me.

they have black peper sauce and dal for you to go along with your lamb and of course the mint sauce next to it.

This is the first section that I usually attack when I come to this buffet. Their Japanese range is very impressive.

Grill Salmon

Their very fresh section filled with clamps, crab, prawns and oyster. Their oyster is always up in grab and always gone in seconds.

This area is for you to play around with your food that you can actually take veggie and mix it around with the flavours available.

Then you head to their local snacks and indian section as the serve pretty decent food, chicken satay to look out for and the lamb murtabak.

Noodle Section that have soup version, mee goreng, char koey teow, tomyam, nasi goreng kampung and some others.

Yong Tau Fu

Tempura section. . .

Further behind at the end you will find another section filled with more east coast malaysia food .. .

Their roti jala with curry chicken is superb..not to miss out . .

Pulut, nasi dagang, and nasi kunyit

you will be pamper with huge selection of kuih-muih too . .

Chocolate fondue and fruits section . . TEh tarik is aalso another stall not to be miss and remember to request less sweet, as the original we find it too sweet.