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.
Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur
Yee Sang at Lai Po Heen, Mandarin Oriental KL.
Celebrate the auspicious Year of the Water Rabbit with loved ones at Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur as the award-winning Lai Po Heen presents an enticing array of yee sang selections and festive menus to usher in the Chinese New Year. From now to 26th January 2023, the hotel presents a line-up of season-inspired dining.
No Lunar New Year celebration is complete without the traditional toss to abundance, good fortune, and health with ‘lou hei’, also known as yee sang, a prosperity dish unique to Malaysia during the festivity.
Lai Po Heen offers diners a selection of six enticing yee sang, namely MO Lucky Rabbit Yee Sang presented in a shape of a rabbit, with connective significance to the new year. All Yee Sang’s are available during lunch and dinner and are priced from RM 168 to 260 for half portion and RM 336 to 520 for full portion while the MO Lucky Rabbit Yee Sang is priced at RM 1,000 for full portion. For memorable reunions, Lai Po Heen offers four exquisite set menus namely Fortune, Prosperity, Wealth, and Seasons Peace that are priced at RM 388+, RM 528+, RM 728+ and RM 988+ per person respectively.
FORTUNE SET MENU
Salmon yee sang with persimmon, crispy shredded treasures and blackcurrant-plum
Double boiled abalone soup with premium bamboo fungus
Brine-braised free-range chicken with aged soy sauce
Prawns coated with black truffle dressing with enpiko mushroom
Braised Japanese sun-dried scallops, dried oysters and fatt choy
Hong Kong-style steamed grouper fillet with spring onions, coriander and superior sauce
Fried rice with dried Japanese shrimp and foie gras
Chilled mango purée with vanilla ice cream, sago, pomelo and water chestnut
Batter fried Chinese brown sugar glutinous rice cakes
Yunnan pu erh tea
PROSPERITY SET MENU
Abalone yee sang with crispy shredded treasures and blackcurrant-plum dressing
Double-boiled fish maw with enpiko and fish broth
Black truffle-marinated roasted crispy duck
Crispy prawns coated with lemon dressing, garnished with tropical fruit salsa and tobiko
Stir-fried Japanese scallops with asparagus and shrimp
Steamed omega grouper fillet with duo of mushrooms in soy sauce, spring onions and fresh coriander
Lotus leaf fried glutinous rice with abalone and shrimp
Double-boiled almond milk tea with egg white
Batter fried glutinous rice cakes
Ti kuan yin tea
WEALTH SET MENU
Sea urchin and tobiko yee sang with crispy shredded treasures and blackcurrant-plum dressing
Double-boiled morels with fish maw and sun-dried scallop soup
Braised South Africa five head Abalone with sea cucumber, Japanese Bean curd and brown sauce
Deep-fried cod fish fillet with two kinds of mushroom
Steamed freshwater prawn with glutinous rice minced garlic in bamboo basket
Chilled creamy avocados with chocolate
Steamed glutinous rice cakes with gold leaves and shredded coconut
Ginseng oolong tea
SEASONS PEACE SET MENU
(All dishes served individual, excluding Yee Sang- family style)
Seasons yee sang with crispy shredded treasures and blackcurrant-plum dressing
Double-boiled black chicken soup with dendrobium and dendrobium orchid
Braised South Africa five head abalone with Kanto Sea cucumber and brown sauce
Oven-baked Australian baby lobster with foie gras
Braised egg noodles with fish maw and shrimp roe
Double-boiled bird’s nest with almond milk tea and steamed glutinous rice cakes with gold leaves and shredded coconut
Ginseng oolong tea
Mandarin Oriental KL CNY Afternoon Tea Set
At the same time, Mandarin Oriental will also be featuring a Lunar New Year themed afternoon tea set at Lounge on the Park from 9 January to 28 February 2023. Priced at RM 188+, it will feature special Chinese New Year inspired desserts and sandwiches to go along with any selection of tea.
For reservations to this delectable afternoon tea set, please visit Mandarin Oriental or call +60 (3) 2330 8798.For dining reservations at Lai Po Heen or to place Yee Sang orders, please contact +60 (3) 2179 8885 or email mokul-lpoheen@mohg.com.
