Do you know Singapore Chicken Rice has a new branch?

It’s located at Hock Lee Shopping Centre, easily located, just near the main entrance.

The interior is quite different than other branches.

It’s so colourful and divided into sections with different designs.

You can see 3 different interior designs in this post alone.

As usual, the food we ordered… No prices and exact names available because forgot to keep track of ofthem but the pricing and naming are similar in every branch.

Steamed chicken rice.

Roasted chicken rice.

Mushroom noodle (this isn’t the exact dish name but these two words can be found in the actual dish name).

Dumpling chicken noodle (hope the name is correct).

Mixed vegetables, could find 2 prawns in there.

There you go… The latest branch of SCR in town. I think it’s the biggest branch too.

Attention to cheese lovers! Ending on 29th!! Quick before it’s too late!

Say Cheese!

Cheese is a type of food that not many can gate. In fact, it is adored by many and exists in many complimenting forms, be it as an one part of the ingredients for pizza & pasta or as the ‘leading role’, in cheese cakes and so on. We crave for its gratifying taste as it melts in out mouth or the affectionate aroma it carries hot from the oven.

According to cheese.com, there is evidence that cheese had actually existed as far as during the prehistoric age. There is no claimed or known inventor of cheese and it is more likely that cheese was ‘accidentally’ created when milk coagulated or thickened. Today, cheese comes in hundreds of different varieties, made from either raw, skimmed or pasteurized milk of the cow, goat, sheep, and even those of buffalo, horse and camel.

Still, when it is time to indulge, one just have to give in to the calling of food food and that’s exactly what Grand Margherita has to offer with its Say Cheese promotion at the Orchid Garden Coffee House, happening 20th till 29th January 2011.

The Buffet lunch that pays tribute to ‘everything cheese’ starts off with 8 enticing cheese tapas. Chicken wings with Blue Cheese Dip, Risotto Croquettes with Mozzarella and Smoked Turkey, Smoked Salmon Cheese Roll and Mozzarella in Carrozza with Anchovy Sauce are amongst the ones not to be missed out.

Adding a pinch of Japanese to the buffet, there’s also the Cheese & Chicken Floss Maki as well as the Cheese, Cucumber & Crabstick Maki.

For main course, diners are set to be spoilt for choice as the buffet line expands to host more than 12 wonderful dishes. Braised Beef Brisket with Danablu Butter & Creamed Potato, Oven Baked Lasagna with Chicken Bolognaise & Cheese, Gran Moravia Crusted Cod Loin with Sauce Vierge as well as the Slow Braised Lamb Shank on Soft Polenta with Cheese are some of the leading casts for the show.

Not forgetting the simple yet equally satisfying selection of cheese with condiments and freshly baked bread and cheese stick for diners to mix and match with their favourite types of cheese.

At the show kitchen, our chefs are also readt to serve you your choice of pasta, be it spaghetti, penne or fettuccini stopped with your favourite type of sauce.

The gastronomic journey ends with a high note at the Dessert station where diners would find Coffee Cheese Cake, Green Tea Creme Brulee & Sweet Fruit Chutney, Oriental Carrot Cake as well as the Classic Cheese Cake ready to satisfy. Our pastry chef is also ever ready the Dessert Station to fold out piping hot Cheese Pancake.

Say Cheese is a Buffet Lunch happening at Orchid Garden Coffee House daily from 20th - 29th January 2011. The buffet lunch is priced at RM45++ and seats can be reserved by calling 082-423111 ext 1158/1109.

In conjunction with the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration, Nu Er Hong, the contemporary Chinese restaurant in Pullman Kuching proudly presents the magnificent 8-course set dinner menus for families intending to dine out for reunion dinner - Wood Rabbit, Silver Rabbit and Golden Rabbit priced at RM688++, RM788++ and RM888++ per table for 10 persons.

The courses begin with “Fortune Platter” Yee Sang, a luck bringing appetizer where the family members gather round the table and toss it together by chopsticks. For the Chinese community, the believe the tossing of Yee Sang to be significant to longevity and prosperity for the coming year.

The restaurant also provides “Take Away” Yee Sang with either Jelly Fish or Salmon. There are two types of sauces that you can choose from; the classic Plum Sauce or the “Spicy” Plum Sauce. Vegetarian Yee Sang will be available. They are priced from RM48++ onwards.

The chef’s specialty dishes are individually named; “Lucky 8″ braised eight treasure duck with fresh mushroom & vegetable.

Corona Beer.

“Prosperity symbol” Braised Shark’s Fin Soup with treasures of the sea.

“Dancing Phoenix” Signature three style “Peking” ducks with condiments.

“Jade Emperor” Silver Pomfret Fish steamed in “Teo Chew” style.

“Gold Dust” Wok-toss fresh water prawns with golden sand & salted egg. Special “Gong Xi Fa Chai” two flavors prawns with black pepper and with butter & coconut.

“Boutiful Harvest” Wok-toss mixed vegetables, seafood & house-made beancurd in winter melon.

“Golden Blossom” Taiwan “cheong fun” with mix seafood, asparagus in dried scallop paste and many more.

The Schedule
7 January to 17 February 2011: “Take Away” Yee Sang
2 February to 17 February 2011: Reunion Set Dinner
2 February to 4 February 2011: Oriental Brunch at RM58++ per person

All the food served in Pullman Kuching are halal certified and there is no MSG (Monosodium glutamate) added in all the food preparation. For reservations or enquiries, please contact +6082-222 888 or email to H6332@accor.com.

I’m sure this is no stranger to those who always hang out at tHe Spring.

Hot & Roll, easy to spot, located at the same area of Ta Kiong, Starbucks, Magic Bite, KFC, and Kluang Station.

They have Savoury Paratha, Sweet Paratha, Savoury Crispy, Sweet Crispy, and Chapatti range for you to choose.

The price range from RM3.90 to RM6.90

Chapatti Chicken Sausage(RM4.90)

Sweet Paratha Apple Cinnamon (RM3.90)

Last but not least, it’s HALAL! Check out their website for more details.

Heard of The Secret Sanctuary Boutique Cottage?

The location is at The Secret Sanctuary Boutique Cottage Taman Stutong Indah.

This place has 5 types of guest rooms for you to choose if you plan to visit Kuching and want to stay here.

The place is very unique. I’m sure you will experience a different feel when you’re here.

They have various spa facilities for you too.

Nice right?

Very unique right?

Only ordered Heineken to chill out there. You can always order food there. They have wide selection of food for you to choose. You can check out their website for more details: http://www.thesecretsanctuary.com

The Secret Sanctuary Boutique Cottage Kuching (古晋秘密保护区别墅酒店)

Address: 133, Lorong 12A, Jalan Setia Raja, Taman Stutong Indah, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak.

Tel: +6082-363001

Fax:+6082-364044

Exclusive for readers of the blog, get 10% off for the Xao Luck Fest & Steak Your Claim when you quote the following code: OCTPROMO10

Grand Margherita Hotel is having special treat you this October. For an entire month, starting from 1st October onwards, step out in style and dine in an ambiance of exclusivity with Steak Your Claim, happening for both lunch & dinner from Monday to Thursday at the Orchid Garden Coffee House. First, it’s “Steak Your Claim” that is happening at Orchid Garden Coffee House. You can choose to dine here from Monday to Thursday for lunch or dinner. It’s a wonderful opportunity to savour air-flown steaks, freshly flown in after being aged for at least 60 days. Executive Chef, Ricky Kong explained that while we are accustomed to having steaks ‘as it is’, a steak, when aging, dry and wet with the later being more prevalent. When beef is aged, enzyme action relaxes muscle tissue, resulting in meat that is both tender and juicy.

Char-Broiled Elephant Rib - RM28.50++

Char-Broiled T-Bone - RM35.50++, if you need more flavours, you can opt for various sauces available:

Sarawak Black Pepper Sauce, Homemade BBQ Sauce, Mushroom Sauce, Dijon Mustard or English Mustard. Each portion comes with French fries, baked potatoes, onion ring and either the option of garden vegetables or salad bowl.

Char-Broiled Fillet Steak - RM38.50++

Next, it’s the Xao Luck Fest. Meisan Restaurant delivers its own package of culinary surprise this October. Titled “Xao Luck” Fest or Chinese Barbeque Fest, Chinese Barbeque Chef, John Lee will be presenting his version of Asian Gourmet, showcasing his specialty of assorted Chinese barbeque recipes.

Among the dishes to order include the Meisan Twin Barbeque Combination that allows you to have the best of both worlds with a selection of 2 types of meat in a single order. Chef John had also specially designed a few exciting dishes worth trying for this promotion. One of the dishes is the Combination of Honey Glazed Chicken Charcoal & Roasted Duck as well as the Roasted Chicken Fillet Top with Tuna Mantau. There’s also the Diced Beef Marinated with Aged Tangerine Peel as well as the Crispy Roasted Chicken with Fragrant Spicy Sauce. Chef John also recommends diners to try the Chilled Chicken Cutlet Sauteed with Spicy Garlic Sauce as well as the Roasted Duck Fillet & Duck Floss ‘Cantonese’ Style. With his specialization in Chinese barbeque, Chef John’s exciting line up of ‘xao luck’ recipes is a promotion not-to-be-missed as it happens this whole month for lunch & dinner at Meisan Restaurant.

Oven Baked Honey Glazzed Chicken Roll RM 10（small） ｜ RM 20（medium） ｜ RM 30（large）

Combination of Honey Glazed Chicken Charcoal & Roasted Duck RM 28（small） ｜ RM 36（medium） ｜ RM 68（large）

Roasted Chicken Fillet on Prawn Crackers RM 36（half）｜ RM 60（whole）

Please call  Grand Margherita Hotel at 082-423 111 extension 1109／1158。 For more enquiries about the October promotion, the hotel’s F&B department can be reached at ext 1109/1158.

This year, mid autumn festival happens on 22nd September 2010, a Wednesday. Yet, celebration mood can be felt much earlier and if you’re up to celebrate with your loved ones, let your destination be set at one venue long known for its palatable dishes and delightful choices of food.

Starting from this Sunday, 19th September till 22nd September 2010, Meisan Restaurant, Grand Margherita Hotel will let diners slip back into the wonderful memories of past mid autumn festivals with their array of traditional as well as modern dishes.

Chef Ricky, executive chef for the hotel shares with us some of the items not to be missed when the buffet starts this Sunday.

At the start of the buffet line, appetizers in the likes of Selection of Cold Hors D’oeuvre, Chinese Cold Lobster & Chicken Roll, Cold Lobster with Fragrant Salsa as well as Cold Flower Crab on Ice tops the mouth-watering list. Not a fan of cold entrees? Opt for the Spicy Thai Chicken Feet or Deep Fried Crispy Potato before setting your sights and appetite on the soup counter.

Next stop, the soup counter offers you the tantalizing choice of Shredded Duck Soup with Ginger & Chive the creamy Seafood Veloute with Tomato. The unorthodox later pick would be a delightful surprise to the predictable choices of Chinese cuisine.

At the showmanship station the chefs are on standby, chopping board and all with a wide array of BBQ specialties from their Chef John Lee. Sesame Chicken, Char Siew Chicken, Roasted Crispy Duck and Braised Beef Brisket are among his wonderful creations.

If your food thoughts are at the piping hot notch, the chef at the Yong Tau Foo station would be there to serve you your choice of the Steamed Bean Curd, Stuffed Bean Curd, Deep Fried Fish Ball, Fish Cake Slice, Tang Hoon, Kueh Teow or any combination of the ingredients available. The Chick Koo Teh counter is yet another wonderful choice of hot, cook-as-you-order food if you’re in the mood for some homely dishes. Let the chefs mix the ingredients of chicken, lettuce, deep fried bean curd stick and different types of mushroom into a bowl of Chick Koo The, the Meisan way.

Coming back to the buffet line and arriving at the Hot Station, pleasant surprises await in the form of authentic Chinese recipes combined with creative western dishes. The Fish Slice with King Soya for example sets the ideal choice of tradition-revisited while the Stir Fried La La lets you have the rare opportunity of sampling this local delicacy, fresh and cooked to perfection.

If your westernized palate kicks in, their choice of Pan Seared Lamb Chop and Boiled Pasts with Grilled Chicken Slice & Cheese would be more than satisfying. You would also be tempted to try the Curry Beef with Potato and the Rock Salt Prawn with Spring Onion & Chili at the Hot Station before moving on to the next station.

Nothing says tradition more than porridge yet at Meisan Restaurant; this traditional dish is anything but plain. Available in a choice of red rice, potato, white or peanut porridge, you are your own chef as you choose between the different condiments to add. Fond memories mix well with the available condiments of salted peanut, yu char kueh, century eggs, salted eggs as well as salted vegetables with black beans.

Do not be intimidated if a small queue forms at our Sushi Bar as it is a sign of appreciation for the fresh sushi and sashimi you can handpick or have the chef prepare for you. This break out of tradition seems fitting as Japanese food offers a healthy option for those who are watching their weight or calories count.

Any mid autumn festival is incomplete if there’s no mooncakes so Chef Ricky has that area covered as well. Sample the chef’s pick of mooncakes in different flavours, paired best with the company of your loved ones. But the desserts train does not stop there. Allow yourself to be tantalized by the aroma and unique flavours of their Durian Pancake and the Mango & Pomelo with Coconut Cream dessert. Then sink your teeth into Sweetened Sweet Potato & Yam or the Deep Fried Sesame Ball. Fresh seasonal fruits add a beautiful closure to the scrumptious celebration dinner.

While we may not be able to pinpoint the rightful beginning of the mid autumn festival, what matters today and hopefully in future is the joy of having celebrated the festival with people that matters most to us. Let this mid autumn festival be the time where you can once again share a joyous moment with your loved ones.

Seats are being grabbed fast so pick up the phone and call the hotel’s F&B department at 082-423 111 ext 1109/1158. The buffet is priced at RM79++.

Biggest Buffet Dinner is back in Town!

Happening for the first time since the recent hotel renovation patrons have a choice of dining at the refreshed Orchid Garden Coffee House or enjoy the scenic view of the Sarawak River from the pool side. The coffee house is tastefully decorated with its floor-to-ceiling glass walls and vibrant coloured interior.

The Original Macam - Macam Ada Buffet Dinner by Grand Margherita Hotel is back again this time with even more to offer. Widely regarded as the biggest buffet in town, patrons will be treated to a wide offering of Chinese, Indian, Western, Middle Eastern, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Indonesian and 1Malaysia favourite dishes.

With over 188 flavouful dishes served daily throughout the month of Ramadhan, this buffet dinner also features carvery delights from the Middle East, live cooking stations and authentic Penang hawker specialty such as Char Kueh Tiaw, Asam Laksa and Hokkien Prawn Mee served fresh and hot by chefs flown in from Penang itself.

Start off on a memorable culinary experience with the chef’s selection of appetizing Chinese Cold Cut and also the ever popular red dates which has become an important part of the breaking fast ritual. Do not miss out on the Ramadhan specialties such as the Gurame Goreng Sans Cabek, Opor Ayam Kluwak, Ayam Bumbu Ketumbar and Pepes Ikan Mas from Indonesia as well as cuisines from the Middle East namely the Dajaj Lafat, and Kofta Bil- Tahina.

Also available is the Indian food selection featuring Biryani Rice with Condiments, Thandoori Murg, Roti Naan and also Potato Samosa, Wok Fried Mix Vegetables, Changkok Manis Masak Lemak dan Labu and Tumis Sayuran for vegetarian diners. For those with a sweet tooth, indulge in the seemingly endless dessert list of Soft Ice Cream, Kuih Nyonya, International Pastries, Sago Gula Melaka and our popular local dessert Bubur Cendol Sungai Bedil to name a few.

In the heart of the coffee house lies the island styled show kitchen where interaction between diners and chef is very much encouraged.

The Original Macam - Macam Ada Buffet Dinner is a month long promotion happening from 11th August to 9th September 2010, RM79++/person.

A popular choice for diners, seats are being snatched up quickly and so to avoid disappointment, early reservations should be made at 082-423111 ext 1109 / 1158.

Here… Some photos to share with you for the Kuching Festival Food Fair.

Date: 31st July – 22nd August
Time: 6pm – 11pm
Place: Dewan Masyarakat

The entrance. Just going to show you the surrounding, food will come in coming post(s) because I’m still collecting them.

As usual, you can always find the same old stalls every year without fail.

There are also news ones. It seems like there’s more stalls this year compare to the past.

More stalls…

Was caught with surprise when I smelt durian smell. You got to be kidding me! Sell durian in food fair?!?! WOW! I hope the tourists won’t be shooed away by it. Anyway, there’s many people lining up to buy the food there. Seems like it’s quite a hit.

Various associations were given the chance to sell there too. You can find food from various races/dialects there.

Another section of the food far.

This stall has the most “advanced” banner.

Food photos will come soon, maybe in the coming post.

Ever heard of Donushi by Big Apple Donuts & Coffee?

Sounds interesting right? Bought a box few days back to try. This is the box for 28 Donushi, RM28. If you want smaller box, then it’s RM23 for 18 Donushi.

DONASHI™, donuts dressed like sushi, with new and out of this world flavours. Every piece is cream filled wall to wall for that rich and delighting experience everyone deserves.

These extremely sushi-licious donuts will be available tomorrow at all Big Apple Donuts & Coffee outlets nationwide! East Malaysia fans please be patient as you can only get your hands on them on 11th June 2010.

Important: No animals or fish were used or harmed in the production of the DONASHI™. The makers of this confectionery affirm that the product is suitable for Vegetarians.

We tried 13 types but you can only see 10 here because we didn’t take the photos of the other Donushi and some were too ugly because we accidentally tilted the box in the car and they were a mess!

DO-TAKUWAN, feel the passion of Papaya.

DO-IKURA, Orange pellet gels juggling for attention.

DO-NARUTO, enhanced with Strawberry Chocolate maze.

DO-FUTOMAKI, Kiwi fruit filing, Strawberry and Vanilla battle for supremacy as Orange bits take centre stage.

DO-KAPPA, Kiwi with subtle Chocolate.

DO-IKABURI, coconut Vanilla with Chocolate lacings.

DO-TAI NIGIRI, the all Vanilla favourite with Coconut and Orange bits.

DO-TAMAGO, Purely Mango with a dab of Chocolate.

DO-TAKO, a fill of Vanilla, a thrill of Strawberry, a spill of chocolate.

DO-SAKE, strawberry complemented by lacings of Coconut delight.

Very interesting don’t you think so? If I’m not mistaken you can’t buy it at night, only until 7pm and it’s on first come first serve basis.