Yee Sang and Malaysian Tasting Menu
– First Edition
Our
next CNY festive landed at the modern contemporary Nook at Aloft Kuala Lumpur
Sentral recently. Nook has always been one of my favorite places to enjoy a
bowl of fabulous Sarawak Laksa. I
have yet to find any other places that offer a darn good bowl of Sarawak Laksa
like Nook. This festive season, Nook is joining in the cheer with their
offerings of Yee Sang and a special Malaysian Tasting Menu inspired by local
delicacies.
Kicking
off traditions, guests can enjoy Nook’s
Golden Salmon Yee Sang to welcome in the Year of the Goat with a prosperous
Lou Hei toss! Featuring the
much-beloved salmon, the Golden Salmon
Yee Sang has salmon jeweled with edible gold leaves for extra pampering.
Besides
the lavish touch, Nook’s Golden Salmon
Yee Sang is dressed with a delicious sweet and sour plum sauce kicked up
with popping candy. Yes, you heard right! This yee sang literally pops and
crackles in the mouth as the flavours dances beautifully.
Chef
Rozaiman has taken many of our favorite local dishes and amped them up with
elegance. The Malaysian Tasting Menu –
First Edition features 8-courses with a simple starter of Cured Salmon Kerabu served with Compressed
Apple. The salmon was really lovely and cured well with a subtle hint of
oceanic savory notes. The brunoise of apples added a light crunchy and
sweetness to this starter.
Next
one up, a dainty Chicken Soto Consomme
that comes with a petit bergedil. The clear consommé was flavourful and the small cubes of rice cake with some
shredded chicken and peanut made the whole dish elegant despite its origin as a
rustic street food.
The
third course was surprisingly superb in flavours. Spinach Sambal with Crispy Tempeh may not have any meat or seafood
and looked almost too plain at sight but I will tell you that this dish is
bursting with loads of flavours. The spinach was creamy and went so well with
the spicy rich sambal beneath it. The crispy and nutty tempeh added texture and
earthy flavour to the vegetable. Every ingredient here worked beautifully and I
scraped this plate clean. Super yum…
A
palate cleansing course, I enjoyed the Lime
Sorbet nicely, especially after that robust and spicy sambal with spinach
and tempeh!
Our
firth course was a delectable Silver Cod
Asam Pedas. Once again, this dish is much beloved by many, including me.
Here, it is made more refine with a thick chunk of silver cod, nicely steamed
and covered in a tangy and spicy asam pedas sauce. A wedge of salted egg,
boiled eggplant and lady’s finger accompanied the fish. Personally, I felt that
the eggplant and lady’s finger should be cooked with the asam pedas sauce for
flavour and yes, I would also love more
sauce please.
My
sixth course was the reason why I would always make a return to Nook. Scallop Sarawak Laksa had thin spinach
noodle in the restaurant’s signature Sarawak Laksa broth with poached scallop,
egg omelette and chicken. A side of chili and calamansi completed the dish the
way it should be served. The Sarawak Laksa broth is just as I had remembered.
It is always consistently very good. Not over creamy but I can taste the
gorgeous aromatic spices that is bold and danced in the mouth with explosions
of flavours.
The
seventh course features another classic local dish of Beef Rendang in the form of Tumeric
Nasi Lemak with Wagyu. Beef rendang was taken up to another level of
lavishness with a cut of wagyu beef. Since its popularity when it was served
during the MIGF festival last year, it’s warrants a return this round since it
was so much praised. The wagyu was meltingly tender and well braised with lots
of umami notes. It is creamy and robust as it should in every rendang. Paired
with the lemak rice and fruit chutney, this one is quite filling despite its
portion size.
Dessert
is pretty. Taking on a popular dessert of
Sago Gula Melaka, Nook jazzed up
the dessert with lovely pastel colors on the sago, making it ever so pretty.
Diners are asked to inject in the amount of sweetness and creaminess they like.
The menu eight-course
menu is priced at RM108nett per person and for an additional RM80nett, the
eight course menu can be enjoyed with cocktail and wine pairing. Bookings for
tables of four or eight will receive a complimentary yee sang until March 5.
For more information
or reservations, please call 1800 80 6575 or zip an email to
reservations.aloftkl@alofthotels.com
NOOK
Aloft Kuala Lumpur
Sentral
No 5, Jalan Stesen
Sentral,
50470 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Phone: +603 2723 1188
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