Vietnamese Food Promotion @ Latest Recipe, Le Meridien KL

Just PHO You this April, Guest Chef Bui Qui Kim from Sheraton Hanoi Hotel will be showcasing Vietnamese cuisine at Latest Recipe, Le Meridien KL. This Vietnamese Food Promotion will run from April 11-20 (for dinner only), and will feature iconic dishes such as Hanoi crispy fried shrimp spring rolls, traditional pho noodle with beef, Vietnamese pancake and many more.

There will be three menus on rotation throughout the promotion. For appetizers, there are a variety of delicious, healthy salads such as chicken and onion salad (gao xeu phay), lotus stem and prawn salad (goui ngou sen), and seafood and glass noodle salad (goui miean hai san), which was my favorite salad of the evening. You can also find the popular fresh spring roll with shrimps and herbs here too (goi cuon tom).

Fresh spring roll with shrimps and herbs 

Seafood and glass noodle salad - wonderful balanced flavours

Chicken and onion salad

Lotus Stem and Prawn Salad

Other appetizers include tender braised beef knuckle with marinated pickle onion (boo kho an kem kieu chua), which reminded me of salted beef. There will also different soups offered - during our visit, it was a light sweet corn and chicken meat soup with mushroom (sup ngo voi thit ga nam huong).

For hot appetizers, there will be prawn mousse on sugar cane (chaio toam) or watch the Vietnamese chef at the live cooking station make Vietnamese pancake (banh xeo), a thin savory pancake with prawn and beansprouts filling.

Crispy pancake eaten with nuoc cham

Vietnamese seafood spring roll (chau gio hai san)

Moving on the mains, some of the dishes which we tried and enjoyed were the stir fried soft shell crab with chilli sauce (cua soat toong out), chicken curry (ca ri ga), Vietnamese braised beef with cinnamon (boo sot vang) and deep fried chicken wing (caunh gao chiean).

This reminded me slightly of Singapore chilli crabs 

Curry chicken 

Deep fried chicken wings, finger licking good for sure.

BBQ Duck with Honey Glaze (Vot noung mat ong)

Delicious beef stew

And of course, you can't leave without having a bowl of pho. Diners can choose between beef or chicken broth. Here's Chef Bui cooking our bowl of pho bo (beef noodle soup)-  the noodles are topped with a rich, clear broth made by boiling beef and spices for at least four hours. Delicious!

For desserts, we tried an assortment of Vietnamese fruit candy, sticky rice dumpling with green bean syrup (cheo troai noouc), black bean sweet soup (cheo naau nen), jelly (rau caau), and coconut flavoured Vietnamese caramel custard (baunh ca ra men vi dua).

Vietnamese fruit candy

Sticky rice dumpling with green bean syrup - reminded me of our Chinese tang yuan

Coconut flavoured Vietnamese caramel custard - my favorite dessert of the lot, love the fragrant shredded coconut on top.

On top of all the Vietnamese dishes on offer, diners can also enjoy the rest of the international spread, including salmon sashimi, Indian cuisine, teppanyaki, Malay food, cheese as well as desserts.

Vietnamese food enthusiasts, this is one buffet worth checking out! The "Just Pho You" Vietnamese promotion is available daily from 6.30pm to 10.30pm, until 20 April 2016. It is priced at RM138 nett per adult from Mon-Thu, and RM150 nett per adult from Fri-Sun. SPG and Credit Card discounts apply.


For reservations, please call Dining reservations at 03-2263 7434 or email dining.lmkl@lemeridien.com


Opening times: Monday to Sunday: 6.30pm to 10.30pm (Dinner)

Location: Latest Recipe, 5th Floor, Le M�ridien Kuala Lumpur, 2 Jalan Stesen Sentral, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Tel: 03- 2263 7434

GPS Coordinates: 3.135685, 101.686524

Website: http://www.dining.lemeridienkualalumpur.com/



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New Menu @ The Barn, 1 Mont Kiara , KL

The Barn has recently revamped their menu so we went back this week to check it out. On the current menu, you will find tapas + small plates, appetizers, cold cuts, sausages, burgers, meats, from the sea, pizza, pasta and even Asian favorites such bak kut teh and braised pork trotters. 

To start, we ordered the Tapas Combo Platter (RM68), which features their best-selling tapas items such as the crispy pork belly and pork satay with peanut sauce, as well as fried chicken wings, luncheon fries, deep fried button mushrooms and potato wedges. My favorite was the crispy pork belly, which was tender and flavorful with crunchy pork crackling. Other components of this platter was also nicely done - super sinful!

We were quite surprised to see Hokkien Mee (RM27) on the menu, to be honest. However, we certainly did not regret ordering this - they did a good job and it tasted pretty authentic. We could clearly see that the customers loved it too, as we saw plates after plates of Hokkien mee being served during lunch hour while we were there. The Hokkien mee here is cooked with "famous Petaling Street black sauce", with generous amount of pork lard, king prawns and squid.

One of the appetizers we tried here is the oven-baked Portobello mushroom (RM29) which was topped with bacon, tomato and oozy mozzarella cheese. Hubby liked this a lot. I saw another interesting appetizer on the menu which we didn't try this time - Kentucky Fried Frog.

We had the signature pork ribs the last time we were here, and enjoyed it. We were told that this oven-roasted baby back pork ribs (RM59) is an improved recipe. Our waiter arrives with our ribs and flambes it with some brandy before placing it on a wooden board before us. The ribs were tender and falling off the bone, however we felt that it could use a little bit more sauce. So, we requested for some extra bbq sauce and they happily obliged. The ribs are now served with roasted potatoes and vegetables as well as coleslaw.

For dessert, we had the creme brulee (RM25) served with a scoop of ice cream.The custard base was rich and creamy, however it was lacking the layer of hard caramel. Still good, though.

Latte (RM11)

You can check out my previous post here. You can also find The Barn in Gurney Plaza, Penang now .

Opening times: 12.00 noon to 12.00 midnight.


Location: The Barn, G-2, G-3 & G-26, Ground Floor, 1 Mont Kiara, No.1, Jalan Kiara, Mont Kiara 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (opposite H&M) Parking rate at 1 Mont Kiara RM2 per hour on weekdays.

Tel: +603 6211 5620

Website: http://www.thebarn.com.my/

GPS Coordinates: 3.165476, 101.652477

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Afternoon Tea @ The Lounge, Hilton KL

I've always loved afternoon teas, and when I found out I was going to have a baby girl, I told Hubby that I hope someday when my daughter is older, we could go for mother-daughter afternoon tea sessions together. And the dream is now a reality.

We enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea at The Lounge during our stay at Hilton Kuala Lumpur. The afternoon tea offerings regularly change, and during our visit, we had the "Go Green" Afternoon Tea, specially created with the recent Earth Hour in mind. Priced at RM80 nett per person, guests will enjoy a three-tier "bird cage" set, featuring delicate and beautifully made pastries, savouries as well as scones, along with a selection of TWG tea. Many of the food items were also green in colour to match the theme.

I had the Rose Garden tea, while Hubby went for the Caramel Rooibos, both which paired well with the desserts. I was very impressed with the Sweet tier; not only did these dainty morsels look beautiful, they were all pretty unique and tasted great. Some of the items were lime and cheese fusion in chocolate cup, pandan layer with a modern twist, pisctachio raspberry mille feuille and green apple tart. Chloe's favorite is the chocolate cremeux with mint panna cotta served in a cocktail glass.

The scones were also good, particularly the green tea scones, served with clotted cream and apricot jam.

From the Savoury tier, there was marinated Japanese cucumber with herb-feta spread on charcoal bread, marinated chicken verde in tortilla wrap, egg sandwich, and coriander gravlax salmon on pesto bread.

Definitely one of the best afternoon teas in KL, great tea and food paired with a relaxing ambiance.


The Afternoon Tea is available at The Lounge from 3-6pm daily.

Location: The Lounge, Lobby Level, Hilton Kuala Lumpur, 3, Jalan Stesen Sentral, Kuala Lumpur Sentral, 50470 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: +603 2264 2596

Website: www.life.hiltonkl.com

GPS Coordinates: 3.135685, 101.686524


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Dim Sum @ Chynna, Hilton KL

As we stepped into Chynna, we were greeted by their friendly staff and ushered to our table. The resident Tea Master appeared and acrobatically pours each of us a specially brewed 8-Treasure Welcome Tea through a metre-long spout from his kettle. The kids were amazed, and I dare say us parents were too although this is not our first time encountering this agile gentleman.

Open dim sum kitchen

The menu here at Chynna is a mix of Cantonese and Shanghainese cuisine with a focus on healthy eating. We decided to have dim sum, and it turned out to be a fantastic meal, filled with delicate, delicious dim sum.

We started off with the obligatory har gao and siew mai. The steamed crystal shrimp dumplings (RM21) aka har gao had beautiful translucent skin, and was filled with plump, juicy prawns and water chestnuts for a little crunch. It is often said that a good har gao is the mark for a good dim sum restaurant, in that case, top marks for Chynna.

As Chynna is pork-free, the siew mai is made with chicken and prawns, and topped with scallop and flying fish roe (RM21). This was good, and our kids requested for a second basket. I also loved the steamed Australian scallop and shrimp dumplings (RM19) - a winner in both the looks and taste department.

The Canadian cod fish topped with chopped ginger and garlic (RM33) was fresh, flaky and nicely steamed. The chopped ginger was pretty pungent and spicy, but I liked it.

We tried three fried items from the menu; the deep fried shrimp dumplings with homemade mayo, crispy rice paper rolls filled with fresh mango and shrimps and deep fried bean curd rolls with Cheddar cheese and shrimps. I like how everything was nice and crispy, without being oily and with great choice of fillings, especially the mango and shrimps combination (sweet and salty).

For desserts, our kids zeroed in on the steamed charcoal buns with salted egg yolk custard (RM17). With a touch of gold, these buns were just the way our kids liked them - with oozy, liquid salted egg yolk custard. We also had the oven-baked egg tartlets filled with custard cream (RM14) as well as the blended mango pur�e topped with vanilla ice-cream, freshly peeled pomelo and sago pearls (RM20) from the a la carte menu, which was absolutely sublime. Perfect end to the meal!

Verdict: For those looking for an exquisite dim sum experience, you should definitely check Chynna out. Everything was prepared with care and we enjoyed every morsel. 


Pork-free.

Opening times: Lunch : Mon to Fri - 12.00noon to 2.30pm; Sat & Sun - 11.00am to 2.30 pm;
Dinner : Mon to Sun - 6.30pm to 10.30pm.

Location: Chynna, Level 5, Hilton Kuala Lumpur, 3, Jalan Stesen Sentral, Kuala Lumpur Sentral, 50470 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: +603 2264 2596

Website: www.life.hiltonkl.com

GPS Coordinates: 3.135685, 101.686524


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