2012, Year of the dragon according to the Chinese Calendar. This year is the auspicious year which Chinese community believe that is the best year to do something be it business or personal. A family dinner is inevitable in all Chinese families where everyone get together to have a dinner during the first to 15th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Thisstrengthenthe bond between family ties and also businessassociates.
I believe most of you usually have a table dinner where the foods served one by one through out he night. Some of the members like the particular dish and some may not. So sometime that feels kinda wasted. This year I attended something out of ordinary hosted by Dorsett Regency Kuala Lumpur located at the old KL suburb area along the Imbi Road. They are doing it the buffet way for the reunion dinner. You may think that the food are so so or feel cheap on them. You are wrong! Read thru this article and the exact thing will be served on the buffet line on the night itself.
Upon seated, we were greeted with a golden fresh pineapple that for sure will freshen you up.
Prosperity Splash Drink
Presentation wise this already makes your guest feel prosper according to Chinese saying. Pineapple is pronounced as WONG LAI in Malaysian Cantonese dialect. WONG means prosper and LAI means come. The welcome drink already welcoming prosper. What a way to greet your guest on these auspicious day.
Checke! rs Cafe provides a lovely ambience and environment for the traditional Chinese New Year Eve reunion dinners.
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As media we were served on a sit down dinner since it is an intro of the highlighted dish. Upon running through the dish list something caught my attention.
Crispy Salmon Fish Skins! Yee Sang .
Chinese Sous Chef Lai Chan Meng who orchestra the whole reunion dinner menu
The Yee Sang is almost the same like any others but the sauce makes the difference. Plum and fruit based sauce were designed for this prosperity toss to ensure healthy style dieting.
The aftermath of the prosperity toss which we still keep things under control. Everything still on the plate. Talk aboutpracticea lot last year with so many rounds of Yee Sang tossing.
The crispy salmon skin were thin and crunchy.
Introducing my favorite dish of the night.
Pan-fried Lamb Rack with Chef Special SauceChefs! Special
Lamb Rack with special sauce is one of Chef Lais specialty. Skillfully pan-fried with his secret combination of sauces and spices. Chef Lai explained that quality lamb racks are used as they dont carry a strong gamy taste or smell. The meat was tender, juicy and coated with very tastefully caramalised secret sauce.
Braised Sharks Fin with Assorted Seafood
A bowl of seafood treasure baseddelicacy that consist of dried scallops, sharks fin and crab meats. A dash of vinegar and whisky added will spice up the soup to another level. If you happen to bring your own whisky for this dinner, add some to the soup before serve.
Steamed Chicken with Herbs
The poach chicken were done right where the texture is buttery smooth, meat were tender and filled with herb flavors which steamed together with some Kai Lan vege.
Deep Fried Cod Fish with Superior Soya Sauce
Crispy on the outside and moist inside. Drizzled with superior is what needed to bring out the flavor of the cod fish fillet.
Deep Fried Prawns with Seafood Sauce
Juicy and succulent prawn makes everyone going thru a HA HA happy year. HA means prawn in Chinese which symbolize happiness. The prawn were deep fried and tossed with seafood sauce brings out the of the prawn.
Braised Fish Maw, Sea Cucumber, Dried Oyster and Black Mushroom with seasonal vegetable
Fried Rice with ginger and salted egg
Golden SesameBall with Red Bean paste
Steamed Nian Gao
Nian Gao is a Chinese New Years cake, its prepared by Chef Lai himself from scratch. He purposely make it slightly softer for better texture and coated it with shredded coconut. It is considered good luck to eat nian gao during this time, because nian gao is a homonym for higher year. Eat more if you wanna get a raise this year.
Both the dessert were accompanied by a bowl of homey style red bean soup.
REUNION DINNER MENU @ CHECKERS CAFE
HOT DISHES
Roasted Lamb Leg, Salmon Confit with Poached Egg, Kari Ayam Berkentang, Pan Fried Cod Fillet with Cod Caviar, Sauteed Vegetable with Fish Maw, Braised Sea Cucumber and Mushroom, Nian-nian You yu Steamed Sea Bass, Buddhas Delight Braisedd Mixed Vegetables, Lucky Chicken Golden Roasted Chicken, Deep Fried Prawn with Oats, Chinese Glutinous Rice in Lotus Leave, Stir-fried Dry Oyster with Fatt Choy, Braised Chinese cabbage with Dried Scallops and Fish Paste, Fried Wanton Mee with Shitake Mushroom and Seafood, Cantonese Fried Rice.
MALAYSIAN HAWKERS FARE
NOODLE SOUP OF THE DAY
Curry Mee
SATAY CORNER
Charcoal-grilled chicken, beef, lamb satay serve with rice cakes, cucumber, onions, pineapple and peanut sauce.
JAPANESE CORNER
SUSHI DELI CORNER
Maguro and Salmon sushi, baby octopus and unagi sashimi, Futomaki Rice Rolls with Prawn and Vegetables, Californi Rolls with Avocado and Cuumber served with Kikoman, wasabi and pickles radish.
FRUITS
Watermelon, honeydew, papaya, pineapple, dragon fruit and jack fruit with asam powder.
DESSERT
Orange Brulee Tartlet, Strawberry Fantasy, Ginger Cream Caramel, Panna Cotta, Mango Smoothness, Profiterole, C! hocolate Baked Cheese, Trutti Fruity and Tiramisu, Assorted Malay Kuih, French Pastries, Chinese New Year Cookies, Fried Nian Kao, Golden Sesame Balls
ICE CREAM COUNTER
Choice of Ice Cream
Chocolate Fountain
Topping and condiments: Macadamia, pistachio, almond, walnut, chocolate chips, peanut, apricot with choolate, vanilla, raspberry and strawberry sauce served with waffle
HOT DESSERT
Rice Pudding, Bread and Butter Pudding
HOT BEVERAGES
Coffee and Tea
Catch Lion Dance Performance on 26th January 2012 at 9:30am at Dorsett Regency Kuala Lumpur, held at the main Lobby
Reunion Buffet Dinner
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