Tuesday, October 14, 2014

MIGF 2014---NOOK RESTAURANT AT ALOFT HOTEL HAS CARVED A NICHE FOR BESPOKE FINE MALAY AKA MODERN MALAYSIAN FINE DINING!

KEE@FSWMAG.COM

As Nook is located in Aloft Hotel, which is as trendy as W but more affordably priced, you cam safely assume its decor and cuisine are not the run of mill or garden variety type. And you are right!


The decor reflects the food which is modern eclectic. There are elevated pods and private booths from where you can perch and look down on fellow diners while slurping Sarawak Laksa which is by now nationally famous and will be regionally famous by next year and then internationally famous by 2020. 


Of course Sarawak Laksa is nothing compared to Kelantan Laksa but since I am from Kelantan, I have been accused of being biased. 


So I was miffed when Chef Rozaiman Mohd Sahid did not include Nook's signature Sarawak Laksa in MIGF Festival Menu so you will have to order it separately as it is that good.


But Nook's MIGF Festival Menu is excellent with enough delights to make you say 'Yum'! The Modern Malaysian cuisine aspires to pedestalise local dishes into fine dining by mixing, matching and morphing wellknown delicacies available at hawkers' stalls with pricey ingredients.


Chef Rozaiman has successfully transformed local favourites into dazzling new creations aimed at the elitist market. And they are working like a dream!


RM 250 ++ WITH WINE OR RM 188 ++ WITHOUT WINE


LEVEL 1, ALOFT HOTEL, SENTRAL 50470 KUALA LUMPUR
03-2723 1154

WWW,ALOFTKUALALUMPURSENTRAL.COM


DATO STEVE AND DATIN SU DAY THE FOUNDERS OF MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL NOW INTO ITS 14TH YEAR, DATO SERI ABDUL AZIM MOHD ZABIDI, DATIN SERI RAIHAN ABDUL RAHMAN, PAOLO CAMPILLO THE GENERAL MANAGER OF ALOFT HOTEL KL AND WIFE VICTORIA CAMPILLO
LOOKING GOOD
DATO STEVE DAY, DATO SERI AZIM AND DATIN SERI RAIHAN AND KEE HUA CHEE
PASSAROUNDS SERVED IN INNOVATIVE STYLE AT XYZ LOUNGE WHERE WE CONGREGATED PRIOR TO DINNER AT NOOK ON 1ST FLOOR
HOT COUPLE---DATIN JOYCE GOH AND HUBBY DATO LIAW CHOON LIANG
DATO LIAW CHOON LIANG IS FOUNDER OF FOCUS POINT, MALAYSIA'S BIGGEST AND BEST CHAIN OF DESIGNER SUNGLASSES
DATO STEVE DAY, DATIN JOYCE GOH, DATO LIAW CHOON LIANG AND DATIN SERI RAIHAN AZIM
NIK AIDIL SERVING PASSAROUNDS
DELIGHTFUL NIBBLES!
YUMMY
I THOUGHT DATIN SERI RAIHAN COULD BE SISTER TO WAITER NIK AIDIL FROM KELANTAN. SEE THEIR SIMILARITIES? SHE TOLD ME SHE NEVER KNEW SHE HAD KELANTANESE BLOOD
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
HENRY KOK OF BINA WAREHOUSE, MALAYSIA'S MOST FAMOUS TOILET AND KITCHEN CHAIN AND YVONNE YIP WHO OWNS ELEGANTE BELLA BEAUTY SALON
YVONNE YIP WAS VOTED MOST BEAUTIFUL AND SEXY WITH BEST CLEAVAGE
WHAT YVONNE YIP LACKS IN JEWELLERY COMPARED WITH KEE HUA CHEE'S BLING, SHE MAKES UP WITH SEXY CLEAVAGE AND RM 35,000 CHANEL BAG!
ANDY KUAN, STANLEY NG AND RICHARD BEH WHO OWN PORSCHES, FERRARIS AND LAMBORGHINIS AND ARE MEMBERS OF PORSCHE CLUB MALAYSIA
DATO STEVE DAY JOINS IN
DATO TAN BOON PUN AND DATIN MIN YEE LEE OF WAWASAN TKH NAMED AFTER HIS FATHER WHO FOUNDED FAMOUS TAN CHONG MOTORS
DATO TAN BOON PUN AND DATIN MIN YEE LEE
PUAN SRI DATIN SERI PANGLIMA SURAYA ABDUL KADIR, DATIN SERI RAIHAN, TAN SRI ABDUL KADIR SHEIKH FADZIE AND DATO SERI AZIM ZABIDI
HOT QUARTET
EVEN HOTTER SEXTUPLETS!
YVONNE YIP WITH HOT LEGS, RAYCE HAN, MRS KUAN, SANNY BEH AND CYNTHIA NG
DATO STEVE DAY WELCOMING GUESTS


HOT GALS LISTENING INTENTLY WITH STANLEY NG
DATO STEVE DAY HOLDING COURT
ANDY KUAN, DATO C.L LIANG AND HENRY KOK


PAOLO AND VICTORIA CAMPILLO STAND BEHIND SOFAS
PAOLO AND VICTORIA CAMPILLO AND DATIN SU DAY


GROUP PHOTO
APT DECOR OF RED HOT CHILLIS AND CAPSICUMS TO MATCH MIGF THEME OF 'RED HOT CHEFS'! 
KEE HUA CHEE LOOKS THE HOTTEST TOGETHER WITH YVONNE YIP
KEE HUA CHEE SAT NEXT TO YVONNE YIP SHOWING CLEAVAGE AND RAYCE HAN WHO SADLY DID NOT SHOW ANY CLEAVAGE
YVONNE YIP IS SULTRY, SMOULDERING AND SEXY 
LOOKEE AT HER HOTTEE CLEAVAGE
RAYCE HAN 
HER NAME SHOULD BE SPELLED 'RACE' AND SHE IS CONSIDERING MY ADVICE AS HER FRIEND KEY SOON YUE RUNS PORSCHE CLUB MALAYSIA
RACE HAN, I MEAN RAYCE HAN AND KEE HUA CHEE
SUCH A GORGEOUS COUPLE
ANOTHER GORGEOUS COUPLE
LOVE YVONNE YIP'S DRESS THAT RESEMBLES A NIGHT GOWN AS IF SHE IS READY FOR BED JUST LIKE KEE HUA CHEE WHO IS ALWAYS READY TO GO TO BED, PREFERABLY WITH SOMEONE SEXY AND WILD
YVONNE YIP AND KEE HUA CHEE WERE THE HOTTEST COUPLE AT NOOK AND PROBABLY KL
HENRY KOK ENJOYING KEROPOK
CHEF ROZAIMAN MOHD SAHID WITH YVONNE YIP
RAYCE HAN, RICHARD BEH, YVONNE YIP AND CHEF ROZAIMAN SAHID
STARTER---MARINATED SEA CONCH, OCTOPUS AND SEA URCHIN ROE IN COCONUT KERABU WITH FIDDLE-HEAD FERN
LOCAL HERB MIXED WITH WESTERN STYLE SEAFOOD 
EXOTIC
EXOTIC
OOOH THIS RED ERECTION REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING BUT I CANNOT MY HAND ON IT
THE RED HOT DISPLAYS REMIND ME OF SOMETHING BUT IT SLIPS MY COTTON-PICKIN' MIND
KEE HUA CHEE AND RAYCE HAN
HOW COME RAYCE HAN'S FACE IS SLIMMER THAN KEE HUA CHEE'S MOON FACE?
YVONNE YIP HOLDS DEADLY SYRINGE AS IF READY TO INJECT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
YVONNE YIP INSISTS HER ASSETS ARE GOD-GIVEN AND NATURAL
THE SYRINGE IS ACTUALLY A NOODLE EJECTER! 
THE CONTENTS OF SYRINGE MIRACULOUSLY AND INSTANTLY TRANSFORM INTO NOODLES THE INSTANT THEY TOUCH THE SOUP!
RAYCE HAN AND RICHARD BEH PLAYING WITH THEIR SYRINGES
CLEAR CHICKEN SOUP WITH NO NOODLES
CLEAR SOUPY
AFTER INJECTING THE OODLES OF NOODLES APPEAR LIKE MAGIC!
LIKE THIS! SEE
NOW IT IS CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP!
MAIN COURSE 1---COD FISH ASSAM PEDAS WITH GARLIC RICE, SALTED EGG AND TEMPURA EGGPLANT!
UNUSUAL MELANGE OF INGREDIENTS THAT WORK!
LEMON GRASS, LIME AND PANDAN SHERBET
MAIN COURSE 2---BEEF TONGUE AND TENDON WITH PERCIK SAUCE FROM KELANTAN AND ACHAR CRUDITE
EASTERN DELIGHT WITH WESTERN FLAVOUR!
NOOK CHENDOL
THE 2 SYRINGES CONTAIN GULA MELAKA AND SANTAN COCONUT MILK!
LIKE PLAYING MASAK-MASAK!
WE WERE ALL DELIGHTED AND AMUSED NO END
YVONNE YIP PLAYING WITH HER SYRINGE
2 AT THE SAME TIME SUMORE!
THE MORE I LOOK AT HER DRESS, THE MORE IT LOOKS LIKE UNDERWEAR
NO WONDER I TOOK 76 PHOTOS OF YVONNE YIP AS SHE WAS THE SEXIEST DAMSEL
RAYCE HAN WAS 1ST RUNNER-UP IN THE HOT BABE CONTEST ORGANISED BY KEE HUA CHEE
RAYCE HAN ALSO USES BOTH HANDS TO DO THE JOB
THE SEXIEST DAMSELS OF THE NOOK NIGHT
YVONNE YIP'S WINE GLASS AMPLIFIES HER CLEAVAGE
DATO STEVE DAY THANKING CHEF ROZAIMAN SAHID AND HIS TEAM FOR A MOST INNOVATIVE MEAL
GUESTS MARKING THE FOOD


DATO SERI ABDUL AZIM MOHD ZABIDI GIVING HIS THOUGHTS ON BEHALF OF GUESTS
DATO SERI AZIM SPOKE GLOWINGLY ON THE FOOD
MY TABLE


YVONNE YIP RULES
SERVICE STAFF OF NOOK
THEY MAKE IT HAPPENED!
TAN SRI DATUK SERI PANGLIMA ABDUL KADIR SHEIKH FADZIR SPOKE OF THE TIME WHEN HE WAS MINISTER OF TOURISM
TAN SRI ABDUL KADIR SAID FOOD TOURISM IS JUST AS IMPORTANT A TOURIST ATTRACTION AS OUR NATURAL ATTRACTIONS LIKE BEACHES, MOUNTAINS, CAVES AND DIVE SITES!




LOVE THE CEILING LIGHTS!
















DATO STEVE DAY CONGRATULATING THE CULINARY TEAM OF NOOK
WELL DONE
CONGRATS


MY PHONE BATTERY 'DIEDED' ON ME BUT NOOK HAS A MULTI-PHONE CHARGER IN THE LOBBY!
PERFECT ACCESSORY! LOVE IT! SO THOUGHTFUL---ALL HOTELS SHOULD HAVE THIS! 

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