Everyday Food I Love

Chinese New Year celebration is never complete without the partaking of the traditional auspicious salad dish known as ‘Yee Sang’. To kick start the Year, Promenade Hotel Kota Kinabalu shared a customary tossing of ‘Yee Sang’ session with members of the press before indulging in a tantalizing medley of Must-Try festive dishes specially prepared by the Hotel’s Executive Chef Alvin Tan 陈書淵 & his team of Master Chef’s. Due to its past overwhelming response, Chef Alvin & his team will continue to serve this year’s ‘Yee Sang’ condiments with healthy Olive Oil （采用健康橄榄油的鸿运鱼生）to usher in Good HEALTH, Fortune, Luck, Wealth and Longevity throughout the year.

As the Year of Pig is around the corner, Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur welcomes the great fortune and good luck with the following culinary delights at Yun House, Decadent, The Lounge and Curate.

Chinese New Year celebration spirit at all-time high at Tiger Beer’s On-Ground Consumer Engagement. With Chinese New Year just around the corner, the festive celebration spirit was high during Tiger Beer’s “Abundance of Prosperity” consumer event held at Kepong Food Court, where consumers gathered with families and friends to celebrate a year of hard work while looking forward to a better year ahead. The exciting buzz from the laughter and chatter of the crowd, and the regular breakouts of loud ‘yum-seng’ toast, were further amplified by the energetic Lion Dance, the appearance of God of Prosperity, games and live music performances presented to consumers by Tiger Beer.

In celebration of the Lunar Year of the Rooster, Zipangu the Japanese restaurant at Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur is offering three types of dinner buffets with Yee Sang from now till 11 February 2017. With a lavish spread of local and international cuisine and a variety of seafood, it is an ideal choice for reunion dinners and get together dining sessions.

Mention Malaysia’s Favourite Mountain Resort and you will almost certainly be answered with Genting Highlands. Undisputedly acknowledged as a favourite holiday destination for those in the Klang Valley, it is just a short hour's’ drive from the city center and has been around for literally generations. The entire place is run and managed by Resorts World Genting and sports many wonderful attractions both old and new. There is in fact enough material to write about worthy of a guidebook, but in conjunction with the coming Chinese New Year, we are going to relate our experience visiting the Genting Palace, a chinese restaurant that serves Cantonese or Yuècài (粤菜) cuisine.

Nestled within the heart of the Bukit Bintang district is the Grand Millennium Hotel. This august hotel is host to three well-known restaurants, in particular the Lai Ching Yuen Chinese restaurant. I have heard of it spoken well-of from many satisfied patrons, it was thus with high expectations that we visited them to try out their Chinese New Year dinner menu.

Commemorate the Chinese New Year with friends and family by tossing the Yee Sang for prosperity at Shang Palace. All of the ingredients in this colourful salad of fruits, vegetables, and seafood has an auspicious significance to shower you with an abundance of luck, wealth, and happiness. The six varieties of Yee Sang available at Shang Palace are salmon Yee Sang, crispy fish skin and jellyfish flower Yee Sang, crispy soft shell crab Yee Sang, sliced abalone Yee Sang, tempura lobster meat Yee Sang and Korean snow pear Yee Sang.

The Sime Darby Convention Centre (SDCC) is a great place to host your business and social events. Situated nearby the KL Golf and Country Club, it is within easy driving distance from the city center and Petaling Jaya. When you couple this with lavishly furnished conference and banquet facilities with plenteous parking, and staffed by attentive personnel eager to cater to your every needs with customisable packages for both corporate and private functions, you can be assured of success to anything you may have in design.