Our Experience of Tequila & Mezcal Tasting @ Hotel Nikko !

•May 10, 2010 • 2 Comments

Well, we when for Tequila and Mezcal tasting at Bentley’s Pub in Hotel Nikko! I never knew that there’s a pub in Nikko Hotel till I when for this event ! And I never heard of the word Mezcal before thou! With 3 different tequilas and 4 types of Mezcal plus delightful Mexican snacks to enjoy ! Its theme with Mexico. A Festival of Flavours !!

This is one of the Tequila Tizoc. With just a sipped, your definitely gonna be hot all night long! its totally different with those we drank before. it doesn’t taste like those Tequila Pop we have in the club with salt and lime! this taste so strong and bold! And its all the way from Mexico!

That night, we were given the opportuity to taste 3 types of tequila :-

1) Blanco

2) Repesado

3) Anejo

And this is Mezcal which the aroma smell like wood/leather. Well it taste very bitter and we had diff type of Mezcal that night which ranging of Mezcal of Espadin Maguey (9-12 years old), Mezcal of Wild Bicuixe Maguey (12 to 15 years) and Mezcal of Wild Tobasiche (12 to 15 years), Mexicano (13 to 16 years) and Bicuixe Maguey (12 to 15 years)

We were quite fortunate as well cause this guy – Mr. Kevin Tapia, one of the best somelier from Mexico was there to taught on how to taste Tequila and Mezcal !Its not about drinking but to feel it and taste the drinks. One of the tips on how to see if the tequila is real?? “You need to shake on the bottles and if the bubbles/soap is more, the better it is of the quality of the Tequila” !!

Mr. Kevin also taught us to put a bit Tequila on the hand and scrub on both hands for few seconds and smell it! This is where the leather or wood smell came from especially on the Mezcal!

Its a great experience for us on that day. And the price per person is only RM80++ !! you got to drink and got to learn how to drink it ! Faboulous aren’t ??

That’s not all… we also bring back home a wine class of Mexico as a  souvenir!! ^^

Hotel NikkoKuala Lumpur

603-2782 6302

http://www.hotelnikko.com.my

LebaNese CuiSine @ Al-Amar Pavillion

•April 25, 2010 • 9 Comments

The Restaurant is located at Pavillion KL and the opening hour is till 2am! So the great thing about it is its one of the indoor restaurant in Pavillion which open till late. Although the entrance door is closed but you just need to said ” I am going to Al-Amar” the guard will let you in ! Cause that’s the only indoor restaurant which open till late.

Ya, it seems to be quite privileged haha.

On the way I when it was actually quite blur cause we ain’t knowing where and which restaurant we were going for a review. What I know is its at Level 6, Pavillion. Never had I ever thought of Lebanese Food ! Its indeed a great experience to taste different type of cuisine and a good exposure and a new things for us to try!

Well , you must be guessing what is this? Hesitate to guess but it looks like some sort of kuih right?? haha… its called “falafel” . Its quite unfortunate cause we arrived late on that day so ended up sitting at the most corner of the table away from the host. Restaurant owner Joseph was kind enough to introduce all their delicacies and how to eat it. But according to our blogger, it is to be dipped in a “tahini sauce”. All those terms sound awky for me as most of the food name is from Lebanon word. Forgive me for being so unattentive >.<

Oriental rice

Fragrant basmati rice cooked with minced beef and spices. Thus, its good combination with the grill served.

Lamb Cutlets

Definitely this is not the portion exactly served! haha.. One thing good about Lebanese food is their emphasis on uses of spices in most of their food and the sauce they serve. If you are a person which loves trying new food i would suggest to give a try at Al-Amar. The restaurant owver Mr. Joseph assured us that their food doesn’t cost much as what you think. Even if you order a glass of wine, the meal wont cost you more than RM100 per person. And its definitely worth the try to dine in this fine dining restaurant at Pavillion.

If you would want to have something full, here you goes… the mixed platter with Kafta Antabli (New) and Kafta Khiskhash (New) (combination of chicken, beef and lamb) Perfect for meat lovers with 3 different kind of meat to taste.

Salad – Tabbouleh Harra

The salad were made of spicy mix of parsley, tomatoes, onions, bulgur wheat and green chili topped with lemon, olive oil and spices which definitely opens up my taste bud. Taste sour and spicy and good to be eaten with pita bread! My suggestion lar 😛

Dessert – Baklawa

In short, Lebanese sweet which taste really really sweet for me ! but looks cute! like old time games- batu seremban !!

Well, don’t be bias with Lebanese restaurant as most of you would have think no alcohol here! nop , you were wrong. To my surprise they served arak Fakra that has an alcohol content of 53% and is one of the best known brands of Lebanese Arak. It is mixed with a ratio of 1 part arak to 2 parts water, and ice is then added. But the effect is so strong. I just have a sipped and I was feeling the kick and my face turned red later due to blood circulation. I guess in about 5 to 6 sipped i am gonna be black out! seriously, this is the strongest alcohol drink i ever tasted!!

According to Joseph, there is once a guest who don’t believe on his advice for not drinking this too soon and he ordered a bottle and bottoms up in half an hour time. End up being escorted home by the friends. Pity him…… hehe.

Apple shisha

Well, another point you could spend there at Al-Amar is chilling out with Shisha smoking. And this is the 1st time i tried on shisha smoking with apple taste. Taste weird like some kind of dettol taste but its indeed a good experience for me cause I would sometime seen it at some of the mamak stall road site but always wondered how it is feels or taste like. And finally I tried and its quite fun actually just for the purpose of fun and to try out new things ! 🙂

Well, dinner end with celebrating Coco’s birthday! The cakes and cup cakes were specially made by Sunny, Big Boys Oven ! Looks nice and attractive! I wish I could have a cake tailored made for me too on my birthday ^^

My bad.. there a lot of back log. Gonna push myself further soon ! Blame on viruses on my lappie and hard disc. Bringing so much trouble ! Hope to get it fixed soon !!

Al-Amar Lebanese Cuisine
Lot 6.10, Level 6, Pavilion KL,
168, Jalan Bukit Bintang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-21661011
Fax: 03-21551300
Opening hours: 10am to 2am

Oh ya, another special thing about Al-Amar is on every Friday and Saturday night start at 9p.m onwards there will be a guest apperance by Zein – musical live band duo and accompanied by Belly Dancer all the way from Lebanon only on Saturday after 10p.m!!

Thanks Joseph and Sidney for bring us to the review 🙂

A Taste of Korea at Eccucino, Prince Hotel @ KL

•March 29, 2010 • 1 Comment

On 11th March 2010 we have been invited to attend the Korean Food Festival at Prince Hotel Kuala Lumpur ! Its in collaboration with Lotte Hotel World Seoul Korea. It been a while I’ve been away and its time to recharge myself again from now on.

Well it was indeed a special event jointly supported by The Embassy of The Republic of Korea, Samsung, LG, Hyundai and others.

The exotic flavours of Korean cuisine were prepared by Korean Guest Chef Han Chang Soo and the rest of his culinary team! Its an eye opener cause it gather a few other chefs as well in the event.

We were welcomed by this 2 pretty lady dress in traditional Korean attire!

What’s more other than big feast we had had on that day ! Buffet style Korean food & others !!!

A table full with varieties of delicacies and obviously lots of sashimi and fresh oysters which attract most of the ppl the most !!

Chef on hand to prepare in front of the guest of the day.

Korean Bibimbap ! Hard to resist and is my fav among the Korean food…

Fresh sashimi …. the texture definitely shown how it taste already without further need to describe 😛

Well its hot here…. and the chef is busy grilling. Different meat here with mixture of grill chic, lamb, beef and etc.

The tofu taste sour and a bit spicy but just nice to be eaten. Another fav of mind too !!

Besides the food there are varieties of fruits and desserts too which is hard to resist and yummy especially the choco drip !! 😛

Finally we’ve been entertained by the group from Korea which present Drawing Show Theater. There were professionals presenting non-verbal performance of magical drawing show with diverse drawing techniques and special effect. Mostly drawn by their hand with special equipment lives!! Not only that, we were attracted as well with their dancing skills! Great combo between drawing and dancing with is an opener for all the guest present !!

This is 1 of the final drawing from them !! which is great and fantastic show ever !! Salute to them for their art work which is incredible !!What a great night !!

For reservation, contact Eccucino at 603- 2170 8888 ext 8119/8120 !!

More pics and post coming up next !! ^^