It’s hard not to over-indulge when you are in a room where 28 restaurants (some of which are the best in town) are offering their fares. I thought I might still need supper as the servings were in bite-sized pieces but was I wrong! I was so full and satiated eating almost non-stop for almost 40 minutes. There comes a time when you have to tell yourself enough is enough despite all the good food around.
Some of the restaurants’ food was way better than others. Particularly memorable was food from The Restaurant @ The Club Saujana Resort, Prego @ The Westin, Lai Po Heen @ Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Ten Japanese Fine Dining @ Marc Residences. These are the ones I’d gladly pay tokens for their food.
Some of you would have already been there today for their Super Gourmet Safari (from 11am-3pm & 6pm-11pm). Food tasting is available at all the stations with the purchase of token booklets at RM50 containing 10 tokens worth RM5 each. Taste Tokens have been created with the benefit of diners in mind, so that there are minimal queues or delays in people waiting for their change. The average price of each tasting portion is from 1 to 3 Taste Tokens.
The tasting portions are big enough to give an idea of each chef’s creative talents but small enough to allow visitors to try food from a lot of different restaurants. More importantly, this means that first-time diners can try all sorts of new cuisines without having to pay the price of a full meal.
Amazingly tender lamb from Chef Alezander Waschl of The Restaurant
I had to go back for seconds!!! So yummyyyyyyy!
Grilled dried saury pike from Kofuku Japanese Cuisine
I had seconds too, it was so smoky
Choc espresso fondant with choc, hazelnut & coffee tartufo from Prego (best dessert of the night!)
Lovely to look at and eat – Japanese dessert from Ten
So let’s see what’s on offer at the Theatre of Cuisines:-
Celebrating Malaysia’s rich food heritage are Bunga Emas and Enak KL which feature traditional Malay cuisine, with Makan Kitchen providing a multi-cultural round up of Malay, Chinese and Indian cooking, as well as fare from the Peranakan, Kristang and Iban communities. In their menus, you can discover dishes made from recipes that have been handed down from generations, including grilled fish marinated in coconut and cili padi paste and served with honey-tamarind sauce.
Chinese cuisine is strongly represented by The Emperor, Dynasty, Lai Po Heen, Five Sen5es and West Lake Garden, with a range of dishes from across the genre, including BBQ Beijing duck with mango and crispy taro; roulade of roasted crispy duck with eight treasures and glutinous rice garnished with fresh shimeji mushroom; Peking duck and Hong Kong bau.
For a superb mix of Chinese and Thai, there’s Imperial Rama, with creations such as double-boiled guinea fowl with Chinese herbs soup, while rounding up the Asian influence are Japanese masters Sagano, Kofuku and Ten Japanese Fine Dining with fresh raw seafood that can’t be beaten, and newbie Onsemiro Korean Fine Dining, with creations from the land of Kimchi that include beef chuck flap grilled over Korean Oakwood charcoal served with a special sauce; and traditional rice cakes with a honey filling.
Dishes just like those enjoyed by families in Lebanon are brought to you by Al-Amar, while European classics are presented by Prego, Senja and Nerovivo with full Italian flair, L’Heritage with Swiss perfection and Cuisine Gourmet by Nathalie with French refinement.
Then there are Mandarin Grill, The Olive, The Restaurant, New Orleans Bar and Grill, Samplings on the Fourteenth Restaurant, Circus and Grill 582 with the best of Western and Continental dishes, while THE POMELO creates a chilled-out vibe with exquisite healthy cuisine and Qba Latin Grill and Bar dazzles with the unique taste of Cuba and the Caribbean.
For a full range of Festival Menus, prices and offers, visit the official website at www.migf.com
