The newly reopening with great style recently was the China Treasures, the well-loved Halal fine dining Chinese restaurant in Sime Darby Convention Centre at Bukit Kiara. The restaurant was refurbished tastefully with subtle, contemporary decor influenced by oriental elegance and can now accommodate up to 150 persons.

I felt so at home having to able to watch the chefs cooking in style as it had its own new open kitchen that came with a large indoor aquarium filled with fish, oyster, lobster, geo ducks, prawns and crabs, just an amazing view while dining.

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I found it interesting as the restaurant had a refreshing menu and all had been well planned by renowned Chef David Pam and the inspiratoncame from his recent trip to Beijing, Qing DAo and Wei Fang in China. Among sopme of the new items to look forward to are the Deep Fried Mushroom with Wasabi Sauce, Baked Prawns with Cheese and Tomato Sauce, Sauteed Lamb Cubes with Sliced GArlic, Roasted Duck Hong Kong Style, Stir Fried COd Cubes with Dried Chilli and Cashew Nuts and Braised Fish Paste Beancurd with Oyster Sauce.

Last week I was invited for a food indulge at Pizza Hut to try out thier newly launch Crunchy Cheesy Bites Pizza. Unlike normal pizzas that have a smooth round crust, the new Crunchy Cheesy Bites pizza is cut around the edges, creating bite-size pieces all around its crust that gives pizza lovers a unique crunchy and cheesy eating experience all at the same time.

When I arrived at Pizza Hut, I meet Sloppy Chic, our DLSR King Ken of Foodpoi, Christopher, Jessica, Witch, Saucer and our celebrity SuperWilson. On that night we had a surprise installed for SuperWilson. read more at the end of the this post!

These Crunchy Cheesy Bites Pizza pieces were filled with crunchy cornflakes and stuffed with an exquisite blend of three of the world’s most famous cheeses – Mozzarella, Parmesan and Cheddar, truly awesome, taste good and smells terrific!

This was interesting, the cornflakes makes them crunchy on the outside and the cheese soft in the inside, giving the pizza its unique crunchy-cheesy eating experience. To add to this innovative delight is a scrumptious bed of eight tempura prawns, wow! A regular Crunch Cheesy Bites Pizza is only costs RM27.50 and a large one RM37.40 and defintely my winning pizza.

As for group dining there are set combo meals for RM30.90 for two persons and for RM45.90 for four persons that includes garlic bread, soup and 7Up Revive. I was told that customers buying it a la carte for dine-in or takeaway using Maybankard are entitled to a 30% discount, defintely a sure bonus.

Crunchy Cheesy Bites Pizza is now available at all Pizza Hut restaurants in the country for a limited period only, from now till 4 December 2009.

Recently I was invited to tag along with a group of media for a food tasting and this time we were at the newly opened Grand Imperial Restaurant located at USJ, Subang Jaya. This restaurant looked spacious and very impressive to me, just made me wanting to dine immediately.

While wondering around the restaurant, I stumbled upon a table of treasures, winning tropies, medals and awards, a collection from cookery competitions by the restaurant chain itself and their chefs, truly awesome.

At a recent SKYY VODKA event, the opening act of transforming the actual fruits of citrus, raspberry and passion fruit into their respective tranquil and distinctive cobalt blue bottles only served as the curtain raiser for the real magic encounter with the newly introduced SKYY InfusionsTM.
During the gathering, the invited guests like myself were given the opportunity to sample a selection of specially prepared mixtures including the SKYY Infusions™ Citrus Cooler, SKYY Infusions™ Citrus Drop, SKYY Infusions™ Passion Fruit Maracujá Mélange, SKYY Infusions™ Campari Passion and SKYY Infusions™ Lampone Fizzante.

Before being pampered with dinner, myself and a few invited bloggers got the chance of the lifetime to view Carven’s latest ‘cheong sam’ collection and also a close encouter with the designer himself. Well I was so jealous as the female bloggers got to try Carven’s creation, maybe next time Carven can design some men’s line too and defintely I will be the first one to try!

THE UMA is definitely the place to be if you are seeking for a truly Balinese food experience, “Authentic Balinese Cuisine, Relaxing Hideout”. The food served here is simple yet special and so easy to associate with, simplicity is the best word to describe the whole experience I had during my visit at The Uma, very relaxing indeed.

The perfection in creation and chef’s dedication had transformed The Uma into a place that I myself would love to dine in, gorgeous food, well decorated, relaxing and very affordable. At The Uma, we can experience the extravagant feast of Balinese food which is only available during temple ceremony of births, weddings and other religious celebrations, isn’t it wonderful? I found out that they serve they house specialty “Nasi Ratus”, an individul -serving of Balinese nasi campur, just amazingly interesting.

Xenri D’Garden Terrace located at the podium block of Menara Hap Seng along P. Ramlee Road, Kuala Lumpur played as our host for the day. This time a few of us got to taste with pure pleasure on their MIGF Festival Signature Menu. This time Xenri D’Garden Terrace offered us a truly memorable journey featuring scrumptious medleys of textures, flavours and fine detailing presentation. I also observed there was an extensive menu offering a blend of authentic Japanese recipes with contemporary ingredients and taste. I was well informed that here at Xenri, serves seasonal offerings and known for it’s Kaiseki-style servings . . . something I was looking forward to on that day.

I overheard that Xenri had put a lot of attention on detailing, great artisitc and incoperate with the finest ingredients and grest freshness as possible. This place was filled with Zen-inspired minimalist decor with a serene view of a Japanese garden beyond the floot-to-ceiling glass windows which made Xenri a truly intimate dining haven and not forgetting it’s exclusive tatami rooms which I could not resist of not having one to myself for my private dining!

SAGANO was my first Japanese restaurant to visit on my MIGF list, a very simple elegant with a home feel flush decorated restaurant, very comfortable indeed. This restaurant is located at the Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel and with Chef Yastoshi Ito’s Japanese authentic, innovative and meticulously prepared culinary creations to indulge the diners. That night we were there to taste his creation and to be more authentic in culture we decidedd not to pair the festival signature creations with the picked wines but we have them with the in-house selected sake instead. I had been noted for my sharp taste in Japanese food amount my Japanese friend in Kyoto and I just can’t wait to indulge into Chef Yasutoshi Ito’s creations.

The awesome smooth and refreshing chilled sake.

Al-Amar in Arabic means “the moon” is one of the restaurant listed on the Malaysia International Gourmet Festival that I had managed to fork my tastebud into their finest Lebanese cuisine, located at the Pavilion, Level 6, right exactly in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. The lovely ruby red deco caught my attention as I was walking into this restaurant, the spacious sitting had made me felt so truly pampered!

Well, I am not a frequent Lebanese cuisine fan as there are not many around Kuala Lumpur but in recent, I noticed there are a few good ones around and therefore this got me so excited completely and was looking forward to this fine dining session. At here, I got to express surprisingly to you that one of my comfort food is having hommos dipped in corn chips and I can have loads of them in just one go. Just awesome!

As I went through the MIGF menu here, my eyes sparkled like diamonds as I saw my salivating hommos was waiting for me to be indulge! Perfect!

I had been waiting for this festival and it had just arrived on my doorstep this month, October 2009. Only just less than a week I had belted myself with such incredible knowledge on fine dining which is currently being offered in the heart of my cosmopolitan city of Kuala Lumpur. In this year’s Malaysia International Gourmet Festival MIGF there are twenty four participating restaurants which offering various flavours of fine dining ranging from French, Italian, Lebanese, Japanese, Chinese, Indian to Malay cuisine, just pure luxurious. First stop, pure indulging at Dynasty at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel.

DYNASTY

The richness of the Chinese setting and design adds a certain charm to the majestic of this restaurant. Fashioned after the private dining halls of the grand emperors of acient China, fine bone china offers diners a glimpse into the historical wealth and diversity of the Chinese culture. The scene grandeur of this restaurant is further enhanced by the figure of a flying angels, illustrated in the classic Chinese style, adoring both the entrance and tableware. An imperial feast awaits diners at this restaurant with exquisite selection of delicately prepared tradisional Cantonese fare and the array of award-winning dim sum, stately dining befitting a king.

DYNASTY RESTAURANT- Festival Menu

Sweet & Salty
Salted Egg Yolk Layer Cake
Barley Sherbet, Herbal Jelly, Mini Dumpling