The youth of currently as good as their single malts. In my day, a trickle of Hennessy X.O. in to a potion of crackling ice, was a sign of ultimate luxury. It was a singular treat, given usually during Chinese New Year as good as special occasions. Speaking of special occasions.....
..my dear buddy, AWHIFFOFLEMONGRASS (AWOL), really kindly enclosed me in her disdainful list of invitees for Hennessy's XO Appreciation Grows, a lah dih dah event, organised by Hennessy, Moet Hennessy Diageo Malaysia Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Riche Monde Malaysia), as good as Milk PR Sdn Bhd, (who was a a single who invited us thru AWOL, appreciate we really much).
At RM800 per person, we were full of heightened expectation, wondering what wonders lay in store in a specially assembled dome upon a drift of a Bukit Kiara Equesterian club, actually built upon a site where horses did their daily trots around a corral. We were ushered in to a outdoor sanctum of a vast marquee, in a comforts of airconditioning, while watchful for a laggard guest to trickle in. When an invite says 6.30, black tie, a single would expect a bit of punctuality.
We were then ushered nonetheless an additional step closer in to a holy of holies, in to an additional sanctum, where we donned upon state of a art wireless headsets which didn't work, but were regaled with a story of Hennessy XO, by a dashing Regional brand ambassad! or, Arna ud Mirey.
The Kuala Lumpur glitterati....
Speaking of Kuala Lumpur glitterati, if we know these two, we substantially know a total of KL. The inimitable Nigel Skelchy, who takes half an hour to pierce 20 metres since he has to stop as good as contend hallo to everyone.
Happiness, detached from family, great health, friendship, love as good as all that, is saying bottles as good as bottles of costly liqour watchful to flow down a throats.
The Man of a Hour, Michelin Star Chef Alvin Leung, pity a light moment with Frederic Noyere, MD Of Riche Monde Malaysia, in a "press conference" similar to setting. The floor was open to a really bashful press, to ask questions. Of a 4 or 5 questions asked, we think 3 came from OUR group, namely Nigel, of course, as good as a really own celebrity, Aly of Red FM.
Alil disobedient monkey, with BabeKL in a background!
She looks similar to she's crooning, That's What Friends Are For.
Our Menus, wrapped in a black napkin, similar to a tuxedo laidat. So grand hor!
The circus has come to town...the categorical dining area is a single big domed tent, a bit similar to Hogwarts..the ceiling changes cinema as good as theme according to food which is served. Rather engaging concept.
The first plate was Glass Garden, an avant garde Hong Kong understand of a garden dish, done from oven baked morel soil, droughty enoki, braised larva fungus, as good as green onion puree. It's supposed to resemble a vineyard in winter? Dried vine plants upon a brownish-red soil. we suspicion this plate was utterly amazing. The green onion puree was something really unique, as good as a flavours were intriguing. Familiar, nonetheless completely new. The texture, ethereal, as good as light.
The combination of a dusty morel soil, which was delicious, with a green mousse was additionally inspirationally clever.
Orchids seem to be a FOTD. (flower of a day) [cheers to you, Fratmustard]
Har Mi...or Har Mai, a perfectly executed crouton of carebinero, sauteed capellini, roasted cherry tomatoes as good as! deep fr ied sage. In English, a fundamentally dusty shrimp which has been cooked for 48 hours (much similar to serunding), tossed together with angel hair pasta. A lot of people spoken this their prime dish. Again, it was a familiarity as good as joy food component of this plate which substantially appealed to a palate, but yet, with which added culinary twist which we could never utterly replicate.
Of course, Foie Gras is regularly MY favourite. So we was delighted when a illness conscious similar to Nigel decided usually to have a taste of his, as good as upheld a crumbs to a watchful rakyat. Palate Fantastique, pan fried foie gras meticellulose as good as xantana. we similar to it, when we do not know a meanings of some-more than half a difference in a description.
Melt in a mouth, as good as which blob of froth upon a foie gras, (molecular gastronomy ma!), awesome. Incidentally, all these dishes have been interconnected with a XO, which a in residence culinary guru, Nigel, forked out, finished a flavours. Apparently there was regularly a blank component which was done complete usually with a sip of a XO. My unsophisticated palate could of march have no such distinction, as good as we suspicion a food tasted remarkable, with or without a XO. But there is no jealous which a XO was conspicuous as well.
A singular treat, when we were given a eventuality to bite a well-spoken ethereal moments of a ULTRA LIMITED EDITION HENNESSY X.O. MATHUSALEM, a 6 litre bottle of ultra limited goodness, combined by master blender as good as secret keeper, ! Yann Fil loux. Arnaud here is demonstrating how to have use of his rod to remove a precious fluids.
Kukomi Intrigue, an umami dish, combined from fully cooked chicken soup, sous vide egg white, foie gras as good as julienne truffle. we suspicion a soup itself was a bit upon a salty side, but we see, it had to be drunk with a accompanying egg white during a base, completing a flavours. Gold leaf floating upon a surface added a nice hold to a already festive event.
Nigel wastes no time in perplexing HIS hand during using a rod as good as poking it in to a precious fluid.
Wagyu Wonders, Alvin Leung's specialty of sous vide wagyu striploin, cheung fun as good as black truffle. The hardness of a cheung fun was amazing, stretch nonetheless not overly so, as good as a wagyu was simply sublime. Tender, warp in a mouth but nonetheless with which hardness of beef, which doesnt have we feel similar to you're swallowing pure fat. Lovely.
! The real ly affable Frederic Noyere, playing a undiluted host, starting from list to table.
Dessert..probably a many adventurous plate of a night. Named Eastern Ascent, an unforgettable dessert of kikorangi (NZ) blue cheese, milk, cream as good as dusty longan granita. A glamorized leen chee kang, a little said. Yeah, this was really a many engaging dish, in a clarity which it was adventurous step of faith, intermarrying a intense odor of blue cheese, with a fundamentally pedesterian tong shui. we enjoyed it, but it wasn't my prime for a night.
Stars of a feather flock together.
An encore dessert, fundamentally a tiramisu with liberal doses of X.O., which wasn't upon a menu. we would have elite it served cold. Ours was during room temperature.
Our Michelin Chef, as good as rising comic star, Alilfatmonkey.
To review some-more about Chef Alvin, check out a Hennessy XO website HERE.
This eventuality is upon till a 25th of September, but we hear it's been sole out. However, if we feel constrained to attend, maybe we can contact Adeline Ong of Milk PR during 603-20948915 to see if they still have tickets available.
A special interjection to Milk PR (and a CEO, Wei, for being such a friendly host), as good as A Whiff of Lemongrass for a invite. It was truly an honor.
