A Steamy Affair at New Heights!
It’s
my first time enjoying a one-of-its-kind premium steamboat that highlights
coconuts! Yezi, which means coconut
in Mandarin, takes the enjoyment of steamboat to high level. Located at The Roof, Yezi is set against a backdrop
of the city’s view. The restaurant features exquisite steamboat broth
highlighting the natural sweetness and goodness of coconut and other signature
steamboat items.
Walking
into Yezi, diners will find the
ambience gorgeously opulent. The whole restaurant is spacious and has high
ceiling gorgeously decorated with golden Oriental designed lightings. The space
is cleverly sectioned off to allow privacy for diners and there are also
private rooms available as well. Wood chairs intermixed with marbled table tops,
highlighting the fine dining concept of enjoying luxurious steamboat set in grandeur
ambience. More Oriental ornaments added charm together with Chinese paintings.
The one side of full floor-to-ceiling glass allows diners to catch the city
view.
In
the evening, the whole restaurant is amazing with its warm gold glow and the
city’s mesmerizing view.
The
Group F&B plans to open nine more Ye
Zi outlets by the end of the next year with a second outlet at The Club in
Bandar Utama scheduled to launch in three months.
According
to co-owner Katrina, Yezi’s concept was
inspired by a tasting of the coconut-based broth in Shenzhen, China. The
natural flavours of the coconut evoked much soothing and warming sensations.
Coupled with premium ingredients and house made signature items, Yezi is set on
taking steamboat indulgence to new heights with its repertoire of organic and
semi farm fresh menu. Freshness is the key when indulging at Yezi!
To
start off the evening, Yezi has five
signature broths of The Original Yezi
Broth, Imperial Canton Broth, Aromatic Taiwanese Beef Spice Broth, Fragrant
Shao Xing Wine Seafood Broth and Wild
Forest Truffle Mushroom Broth. These are all priced between RM38 to RM78.
Each broth is truly unique and luxurious. As we all know that the secret to
enjoying steamboat is the broth, Yezi
has set the bar high with the five signature broths.
To
go with the steamboat, Yezi has its
own signature steamboat sauce that is unique. The Yezi sauce is made up of Yezi Special Homemade Dipping Sauce,
chili, sand ginger and calamansi lime. There is a guideline to mix the sauce
but diners can always adjust accordingly. I really enjoyed the moreish sauce as
the flavours are well harmonized with savory, sweet, sour and spicy notes. If
you are the typical diner that loves heat, then there is also a kick-ass spicy
chili sauce that is guarantee to rock all your senses with its powerful hit of
spiciness.
As
we wait for our broth and ingredients, we savored some cold and hot appetizers
from Yezi menu.
If
you enjoy Century eggs, you will love the Szechuan
Fried Century Eggs (RM15). The textural dish has wobbly and moreish century
eggs whipped up with lots of dried chilies, scallions and crushed peanuts. It
certainly whets the appetite for more food to come!
There
was also Chilled Jellyfish for some
bite…
Fried Chicken Cartilage (RM8) is a crowd-pleaser with its
crispy salty bites of soft chicken cartilage with some meat.
Our
steamboat ingredients are neatly placed at our table and it was certainly a
delicious sight to behold! We had The
Original Yezi Signature Broth (RM38 per pot - refillable), a clear sweet broth
that has a wonderful aroma eluding the pot as it slowly comes to a boil. Using
fresh coconut water enhanced with bamboo pith and water chestnuts, the natural
delicate broth provides the base to enhance all the fresh key ingredients to be
savored in the steamboat.
It
is recommended to add Organic Chicken
(RM30 – whole chicken / RM20 – half chicken) for extra flavours. After enjoying
the chicken and the broth, then diners can enjoy more ingredients.
The first sip
of the broth was gorgeously sweet with nuances of the coconut sweetness taking center
stage. There is a sense of sensuality of flavours that I have never savored
before. Hitting all the right spots in comfort, the broth has an air and taste
of elegance as well.
Now
we all know that we love our meatballs, seafood balls and other classic processed
balls in our enjoyment of steamboat. What differentiate Yezi from others are their homemade specialties 8 types of meat and
seafood balls that are made in-house on daily basis. Using the freshest
ingredients, the balls are delicious and exquisite in their own variations.
Select
from premium Black Truffle Balls
(RM24), Wagyu Beef Tendon Balls
(RM18), Black Pepper Cheese Balls
(RM16) to classic Squid Balls
(RM16), Chicken Balls with Mushrooms
(RM12), Tung Choy Pork Balls (RM12),
Mui Choy Pork Balls (RM12) and Fried Lobster Salad Balls (RM13).
Topping
my hit list are the Wagyu Beef Tendon
Balls with its firm and bouncy texture and flavourful beef note, Black Pepper Cheese with its unique
combination of spicy hit of pepper with oozing cheese, Squid Balls, Tung Choy Pork
Balls and Mui Choy Pork Balls
for its flavours. Make sure to order these…
Dumplings
or Sui Gow are simply a must for me
in steamboat. It is also a testament to how good the steamboat can be with a
well-made plump dumpling. Yezi’s
signature dumplings had all the checkmarks of a solid well-made dumpling with
its selection of four variations of Coconut
Dumpling (RM12), Imperial Seafood
Dumpling (RM28), Shaoxing Pork
Dumpling (RM12) and Chives Dumpling
(RM12).
Both
Coconut Dumpling and Imperial Seafood Dumpling have plump
and juicy fillings. The price tag for the seafood dumplings is quite hefty but
I can taste chunks of prawns and scallops in them so they are quite luxurious.
We
also had Prawn Paste (RM20) served
in bamboo. These are beautifully sweet and tender with just a few minutes of
cooking in the broth. Other seafood paste includes Fish Paste (RM18) and Black
Truffle Squid Paste (RM20).
Fish & Tobiko Paste Noodle (RM18) was served in a syringe,
making it easy to turn the paste into noodles in the boiling broth. There is a
nice textural bite of popping of tobiko in the fish noodles. One can also order
the Seaweed Fish Noodles (RM12) as
alternative.
From
the meat list, we savored Special Beef
Slices (RM25) and Pork Neck Meat
(RM16). Both fared equally good and only required very minimal swishing in the
broth. If you are up for more pampering, there is Japan Matsusaka Beef (RM290 – 100gm) or Spanish Black Pig (Seasonal Price)!
Seafood
list is endless and filled with luxurious items from Australian Lobster, Geoduck, Australian Abalone, Alaskan Crab, Tung
Sing Pan, Turbot Fish, Sea Cucumber, Tiger Prawn and more to the more
classic affordable Snapper, Squid, Fish
Maw, Scallop, Clam, Oysters and etc.
Vegetables are a must after all the indulgence
so make sure to order the classic organic greens and root vegetables or organic
mushrooms.
For
fillers, there are local noodles and imported ramen and vermicelli aim to
please carb diners like me.
Yezi
even has desserts to sweeten the night. Our Homemade Fragrant Coconut Ice Cream (RM10) was such a welcoming
treat from all the hot food that evening. It was gorgeously aromatic and creamy
with loads of coconut flavours. Another must-order at Yezi!
Yezi epitomize a luscious premium steamboat
that is wonderfully unique. Gather up your foodies for more merriment to enjoy
the list of highlights for a steamboat indulgence. Coupled with a gorgeous
ambience and view, this is certainly taking steamboat to new heights…
For reservations,
please call Ye Zi at 012-3235841
YEZI
Sky Level, The Roof,
1 First Avenue,
Bandar Utama,
47800 Petaling Jaya
Tel: 012-3235841
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Yezi-椰子
Opening Hours: Mon –
Sun: 6pm – 2am
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