MIGF DINNER AT NEW ORLEANS BAR & GRILL AT SUNWAY RESORT HOTEL & SPA

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The guests at West Lake and New Orleans dinner at Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa


DATO STEVE DAY AND WIFEY DATIN SU WAI FUN HOSTED ANOTHER FABULOUS EVENING OF WINING AND DINING AS PART OF THEIR LANDMARK MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL WHICH IS ON RIGHT NOW UNTIL 5 NOVEMBER.

The Ambassador of Japan HE Shigeru Nakamura, Dato Ngeow Voon Yean, Managing Director of Sunway Property Investment Division and Dato Steve Day, founder of Malaysia International Gourmet Festival

Dato Ngeow Voon Yean and Datin Lee Shar

His Excellency Matti Pullinen, Ambassador of Finland and spouse

Mrs Anna and HE Shigeru Nakamura, ambassador of Japan
Datin Su Day and Richard Latsch, director of Amee Philips Fine Jewellery

Kee Hua Chee conjuring 9 dragons---OK so he was merely admiring this culinary work of art as the dragons were made of carrots, cucumbers and various carved veggies! Amazing! 

Chef of West Lake Chinese Restaurant, Farizal Jaafar of Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa and Richard Latsch

Kee Hua Chee joins in

Dato Steve Day, Kee Hua Chee and Richard Latsch


As part of their Dine-Around series held in Kuala Lumpur's best restaurants, the dinner last night was at New Orleans Bar & Grill at Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa.

The most prestigious, glamorous and definitely bling-est hotel in Petaling Jaya, this 5-star establishment is long renowned for its superlative accommodation, services, facilities and of course food. It is also part of the world famous theme park Sunway Lagoon and Pyramid Shopping Centre so it is a mini-destination by itself for Malaysians and tourists.

Richard Latsch, director of Amee Philips Fine Jewellery and I arrived at 7.25pm and were rather sore to discover we were the second and not the first guests as Mr and Mrs Jonathan Lim had pipped us by several seconds.

The host and hostess and head honcho of Sunway Group were nowhere to be found at West Lake, the Chinese restaurant where    canapes and appetizers were served prior to dinner proper at the adjoining New Orleans Bar & Grill. 

Luckily Farizal Jaafar, Vice-President of Marketing for Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa was there to welcome me in the style I am accustomed. In other words, just ply me with food and drinks and sex.

Farizal provided the first two in great abundance but not the third so I went home a virgin as per usual. The Peking Duck at West Lake is to die for and I ate 5 pieces of the wrapped delicacy plus both drumsticks of the bird.

The Wagyu beef was delightful and the baby abalone was delicious and I was impressed as such expensive dishes are seldom served to non-paying guests! Another costly comestible were the bird's nests served in papaya! I was so amazed and delighted I ate 6. Or should that be 'drunk'?

In vain Farizal Jaafar pleaded with me not to over-eat as I need to plough through a full course dinner at New Orleans. But you  never know if an earthquake might strike Sunway resort and dinner would be cancelled so I guzzled the various Chinese delicacies as if there was no tomorrow.  

Only 26 fortunate friends of Dato and Datin Steve Day were invited and I didn't see YOU there...

Anyway, you can enjoy the selfsame menu I enjoyed for only RM 180 so you can still live my rich and fabulous lifestyle tonight or whenever just by calling 03-7492 8000.

Entertainment was provided by Marco from Cuba though many eyes were fixed on the pianist as he was both young and handsome. He looked familiar. Then I realised he is the lover of current Miss Malaysia World Yvonne Lee! I met them at G Six Club last month and he is Daniel Veerappan, son of Michael Veerappan the wellknown jazz pianist. Obviously his son has inherited his genes!

As usual, Dato Steve Day stood and introduced his guests so everyone knew how important and fabulous every guest was. Naturally he praised me to high heaven but then, all his guests got the same treatment, including his wife who has been his business partner for 29 years. Datin Su Day is now an accomplished cook as she has paid some RM 58,000 for a 9-month Cordon Bleu cooking course at Sunway University and should complete the course by early 2013, provided the world does not end on 12/12/12 or is that 21/12/12?

There were 3 ambassadors---Finland, Chile and Japan---and business people and I was the only one not employed fulltime. 

The floral arrangements on our tables were spectacular and were a veritable botanical garden cum rockery with brilliant displays of hydrangea and white roses artfully embedded onto tree branches.

As for the food, I should have listened to Farizal's advice but I still managed to tuck in since I did not have lunch. 

MENU
BY CHEF RAYMOND TAN
*Mango Sorbet with Pink Pepper and Gold Leaf

*Foie Gras with Caramelised Pineapple, Brioche Loafs and Hazelnut Dressing
*Crab Gumbo With Chorizo and Okra
*Roasted Silver Codfish with Puy Lentil Ragout and Zucchini, Tomato Confit and Apple Hazelnut Emulsion
*Oven Roasted Grain Fed Baby Lamb Best End with Spinach Truffled Risotto, Carrot Foam and Aged Port Wine Glaze
*Trilogy of Dessert of Seasonal Berries Granite, Pecan Tart and Vanilla Chocolate Mousse

For the finale, the chefs, cooks,culinary team and service staff came out so we could thank them. The 3 ambassadors spoke on behalf of the guests and it was all I could do to stagger out from my seat to go to the loo and then home.

Another soul-satisfying night of fine food, friends and fellowship! 

The dragons looked like precious jewels!

I was very impressed by the craftmanship as the cucumber slices really looked like scales

Jeweller Richard Latsch was impressed too

Mr and Mrs S.B Cheah of Malaysia Milk, a sponsor of MIGF and beauty pageants

Dato Lee Hwa Beng and Dato Ngeow Voon Yean

Dato Lee Hwa Beng, Kee Hua Chee and Dato Ngeow Voon Yean

Terror 3some

Chef of the night Chef Raymond Tan and Bruno Delamare

Favoured guests

Kee Hua Chee doing what he does best as he has a very big mouth and even bigger bling

Richard Latsch with musician

Kee Hua Chee

HE Mr Matti Pullinen the Finland ambassador and spouse

Richard Latsch, the Finnish ambassador and Madame Pullinen

Richard Latsch, HE Matti Pullinen, Madame Pullinen and Kee Hua Chee

All ready to wine and dine

Dato Steve Day preparing to give welcome speech

Dato Steve Day and Dato Ngeow Voon Yean

Dato Steve Day and Dato Ngeow Voon Yean

"Next year Sunway Resort will have a major refurbishment"

"We will always support Malaysian International Gourmet Festival"

The red lanterns gave a very Chinky effect

These were the favoured guests feted and wined and dined to the Plimsoll Line

We were entertained by these lads from London before Marco

Looked like Backstreet Boys or Petshop Boys

British idols
The hydrangeas were stunning

Richard Latsch's nose is so sharp as he is half chink and half German

Jeffrey Perera of ePetrol

Richard Latsch and Suria Perera

The appetiser looked like something from a wicked witch's cauldron due to the dry ice!

No, he is not smoking a cigar but drinking soup from a test tube

Ditto for Kee Hua Chee

Still at it

Just sip, slurp and swallow

Spectacular floral arrangements

Dato Steve Day introducing Chef Raymond Tan Yiap Kin

See the dramatic floral displays? Stunning

Plenty of thought went into this dinner

Live entertainment by Marco from Cuba

Marco

But all eyes were focused on handsome Daniel Veerappan

Thumbs up for Daniel Veerappan

Chefs and staff assembling for the grand finale

Dato Steve Day introducing the culinary maestros
The ambassadors from Chile, Japan and Finland

The Chilean, Japanese, Finnish ambassadors and Dato Steve Day

The Finnish ambassador thanking Dato Steve Day and Sunway Resort on our behalf

The Chilean ambassador gave a bottle of special Chilean wine to Dato Steve Day

Chefs and Chilean ambassador

The Japanese ambassador making a speech

Envoy from Japan was delighted with the evening

Group photo of hosts, chefs, cooks and service team





Thumbs up for Dato Steve Day, Dato Ngeow Voon Yean and Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa!

Every guest was given 2 photos as the evening ended!

What a wonderful souvenir!

Restaurant manager and Chef Raymond Tan

Host with the Most with guests with the most!

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