CNY 2018: Luk Yu Tea House, Feast Village KL

Usher in the Year of the Dog in the charming Luk Yu Tea House in Feast Village, Starhill Gallery with a well-crafted pork-free menu with family, friends and colleagues.

Keeping it simple, Luk Yu will be offering yee sang and a nine-course Chinese New Year set menu (priced at RM888 nett for 10 persons), available from 1 February until 2 March 2018.

Toss to a prosperous and auspicious year with Luk Yu’s variety of Yee Sang complemented by toppings such as salmon, abalone, jellyfish or vegetarian. The CNY Set Menu starts with the Prosperity Salmon Yee Sang. I like that they still recite all the "auspicious" wishes as they add the final touches to the yee sang before the toss. I hope this tradition continues for a very long time. :)

Next on the menu is the Braised superior soup with dried scallops, seafood and crab meat. I love these thick Chinese soups full of seafood goodness, which are perfect with a touch of vinegar.

A whole chicken served during Chinese New Year symbolises prosperity and togetherness of the family. Just as the name suggests, the Hong Kong-style roasted crispy sesame chicken had a lovely, crispy skin and moist, juicy meat.

Fish is a must-have during the Chinese New Year  period, as its homonym means abundance for the new year. The sea grouper lightly steamed with soy sauce and with crispy dried radish and garlic, had a wonderful, firm texture.

Steamed sea grouper in soy sauce

The prawns are peeled (yay for easier consumption), battered and then wok fried with chef's signature sauce and topped on crispy noodles. The sauce is a delicious combination of sweet, sour and spicy flavours. Eat more prawns and ha-ha-ha (laugh your way) into the Year of the Dog.

Wok-fried prawns with chef's signature sauce

For the vegetable course, the braised dried scallops, Pacific clams and mushrooms in superior oyster sauce are served with broccoli florets.

These sticky parcels of Steamed glutinous rice with oysters and salted egg yolk were absolutely delectable and full of flavour.

For dessert, we had the refreshing Chilled lemonade longan with sea coconut and crispy Chinese New Year cake (nian gao) balls with a yummy sweet potato coating.

Yee Sang Menu at Luk Yu Tea House

CNY Menu at Luk Yu Tea House

To enjoy this indulgent dining experience at Luk Yu Tea House, kindly call 03-2782 3850 or send an email to lukyu@ytlhotels.com.my.


Check out their pork-free dim sum offering here.

Pork-free.

Service: Excellent.

Location: Luk Yu Tea House, Feast Village Starhill Gallery, 181 Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Tel: 03-2782 3850



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CNY 2018: Pak Loh Chiu Chow, Feast Village KL

Welcome the auspicious Year of the Dog at Pak Loh Chiu Chow in Feast Village, Kuala Lumpur, with an array of sumptuous Teochew-style (Chiu Chow) cuisine to elevate your Chinese New Year dining experience.

Led by Executive Chinese Chef Alex Au, the restaurant will be offering two festive Set Menus, namely the Four Seasons Fortune and Golden Jade Prosperity, as well as a decadent a la carte menu, available from 1 February until 2 March 2018. The set menus are available for four, six and ten persons starting from MYR 99.50 nett per person. An option to include additional person(s) is available. Please scroll to the bottom for menu, with prices. 

Toss to prosperity, health and wealth with a variety of yee sang, ranging from salmon to vegetarian to classic Chiu Chow.

The Chiu Chow-style yee sang is pretty unique and is one of the best yee sang we've eaten this year. It tastes fresh and lighter than the norm, as Chiu Chow cuisine focuses highly on the use of fresh ingredients.

On the platter, you will find radish, carrot, starfruit, yam, parsley, chai poh (preserved turnip) and deep fried garlic. Just before tossing,the raw red snapper slices and deep fried fish skin are added, to symbolise abundance for the new year. This is followed by sesame seeds, crushed peanuts and yau char kwai (Chinese cruellers) in lieu of crackers to add crunch to the yee sang (and it also symbolises "a floor full of gold"). Finally, a sesame and peanut sauce, as well as plum sauce, both made in-house is poured over the yee sang before the toss. Highly recommended!

For the rest of the afternoon, we sampled dishes from the Four Seasons Fortune Set Menu.

Consisting of pork, chicken, goji, top shell, cordyceps and fish skin, the soup was very flavourful and tasty, as it has been boiled for at least 6 hours.

Double boiled top shell soup with cordyceps flower

Fish symbolises abundance, and all the better if it is served whole. The Classic steamed red snapper was fresh and meaty, and was complemented perfectly by the salty-savoury bean sauce.

Prawn is another must-have dish during the festive season as its homonym symbolises laughter and happiness. The prawns have been baked and then deep fried, drizzled with salad sauce and topped on deep fried beancurd. Lovely fresh, large prawns.

Baked prawns with salad sauce

I loved the skin on the Golden crispy chicken with lemon sauce - so crispy and delicious! The meat  was moist and tender too, and lovely eaten with the tangy lemon sauce.

Abalone, a highly prized ingredient during Chinese New Year is loved as it symbolises "definite good fortune". The sea abalone is braised and served with broccoli florets.

For the Stir fried mixed waxed meat rice with pumpkin, three types of waxed meat are used (lap cheong, lap yuk and yun cheong) to create this fragrant, delicious rice dish. We love it!

We end our meal with a delicious dessert combo, the Golden crispy Chinese glutinous cake (nian gao) with yam (so good!) and a rich, creamy Double boiled lotus seeds and lily bulbs with black glutinous rice.

CNY Menu at Pak Loh Chiu Chow

For reservations and enquiries on the Chinese New Year dining experience, kindly call Pak Loh Chiu Chow at 03-2782 3856 or send an email to pakloh@ytlhotels.com.my.

Serves pork.

Service: Excellent.

Location: Pak Loh Chiu Chow, Feast Village Starhill Gallery, 181 Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Tel: 03-2782 3856



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