by Lira Jamaluddin and Janice Teh
W Kuala Lumpur
Before you know it we'll be welcoming Chinese New Year. It is one of the important celebrations for feasting and celebrating as we look forward to a happy and prosperous year of the Rabbit. This year, the festival falls on Sunday, January 22nd and the CNY reunion dinner will be held on the day before. It is considered the most memorable get-together meal of the entire year with family, relatives or colleagues.
Here we have some great places that offer an array of unique dishes to usher in the Year of the Rabbit. The menus feature exquisite Chinese cuisine, sure to satisfy your appetite.
Concorde Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Visit Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur for bountiful reunions with your loved ones, and don’t forget to pick up some Chinese New Year prosperity boxes and hampers filled with traditional cakes, pastries, cookies and tarts.
Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant
Fresh Salmon and Snow Pear Yee Sang
Celebrate your reunion dinner with Yee Sang featuring an assortment of abalone, jellyfish and fruits. Chef Wong Pak Seng ensures that his festive menu sets are sure to please the palate.
Choose from fruity yee sang, jelly fish yee sang, fresh salmon with snow pear yee sang and abalone yee sang. Prices range from RM98.00nett – RM148.00nett per order (small/large). And while everyone is planning for reunions with office mates, clients and loved ones, check out Xin Cuisine’s highly recommended Chinese New Year specialities.
Prosperity Menus
*Fortune (RM1,688.00 nett), Happiness (RM2,088.00 nett) or Prosperous (RM2,288.00 nett).
Fortune set lunch/dinner menu
Starting with prosperity yee sang followed by mouth-watering festive dishes such as shredded abalone dried scallop soup, Hong Kong style roasted chicken, steamed fresh dragon grouper with ginger wine, stir-fried prawn with Szechuan style, braised pork knuckle with dried oyster and black moss, fragrant waxed meat rice, double-boiled snow pear and white fungus with hawthorn and two varieties of Chinese pastries.
*RM1,688.00 nett menu is not applicable on eve of Chinese New Year (January 21)
Reunion Poon Choy
Poon choy in Cantonese (when translated means ‘basin dish’), is a wonder pot, full of decadent Chinese New Year delicacies like seafood, meats and vegetables. This year, Xin presents its special poon choy consists of pork knuckle, abalone, dried scallop, dried oyster, sea cucumber, fish maw, prawn, roasted chicken, roasted pork, mushroom, lotus root, Chinese long cabbage, white radish, yam, black moss and beancurd skin. For dine-in, poon choy is available at RM848.00 nett per order while guests can also choose to takeaway poon choy at RM798.00 nett per order.
Waxed Meat
Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant- Waxed Meat.
Whenever Chinese New Year is around the corner, one particular dish will always find its way into the welcoming households of the Chinese. This delightful dish is called lap mei fan or Chinese preserved meat claypot rice. Enjoy this delicacy – a comfort food for the soul. Choose waxed meat rice in claypot, wok-fried rice with Chinese sausage or steamed mixed waxed meat. Prices range from RM40.00 nett – RM138.00 nett per order, choose from small, medium or large portions.
Prosperity Boxes
To usher in the Year of the Watter Rabbit, Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur presents an array collection of popular 3D LED light boxes, featuring four exquisite designs with adorable bunnies and charming koi fishes. As part of the Rabbit festivities, there are two types of prosperity boxes available for the season of giving – CNY Cake Set and CNY Hamper.
