Kee Hua Chee Live!: MIGF 2015 DINE-AROUND DINNER STARTED WITH GALA DINNER HOSTED BY CHERRY LEE OF MACAU GOVERNMENT TOURIST OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE IN MALAYSIA AT TEH FOOD STUDIO AT AMARIN KIARA

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The first dine-around dinner of MIGF 2015 last Wednesday 9 September 2015 was at The Food Studio at Amarin Kiara in Jalan Desa Kiara hosted by Cherry Lee of Macau Government Tourist Office Representative in Malaysia.

The Food Studio is not a restaurant per se but a cooking school like Cordon Bleu so the VIP guests of MIGF co-founders and organisers Dato Steve Day and Datin Su Day did not have to give points to the evening’s menu.

Normally, participating restaurants in MIGF create a special, value for money menu just for the duration of MIGF but if certain dishes prove a hit (as they always do), then they find their way into the main menu later!

The Food Studio is not open for lunch or dinner as you just cannot saunter in and order. Presiding head honcho Chef Paul who has been in Malaysia for 16 years and participated in the history inaugural MIGF 15 years ago, said, “The Food Studio caters for private events, gourmet cooking classes and fine catering. You can hold a private dinner for 20 people minimum at RM 200 per pax and we tailor made a nice menu to your taste.”

However, Chef Paul did not have anything to do with the Macau Dinner which was created specifically for the occasion by famous Macau chef Antonieta Fernandes Manhao flown in from Macau. She is half Portuguese and half Chinese as Macau was a Portuguese colony until it rejoined mainland China.

Beamed the chef, “I also have a food studio in Macau so drop by next time you are in town! Tonight’s cooking is not 100% authentic as no wine and pork are used but I hope you will still enjoy a taste of Macau.”

The evening was graced by Royal Patron of MIGF the Tunku Laksmana of Negeri Sembilan Y.A.M Tunku Naquiyuddin Tuanku Jaafar who has been Royal Patron for 15 years!

Almost all had never been to The Food Studio which was introduced to them by Datin Su Day who is a Cordon Bleu chef herself!

So it was very pleasant and interesting evening as Chef Antonieta introduced each of the 7 courses, including a ‘lala’ dish and meat with caramel or as Chef Wan said, ‘kicap manis’!

THE FOOD STUDIO IS LOCATED INSIDE THIS STYLISH BUILDING

THE FOOD STUDIO

NICE VIEW

LOOK AT GOLDEN BULL

THIS IS THE ENTRANCE

CHERRY LEE, DATIN SU DAY, DATIN SYLVIA KOH, DATIN TEO NAI YEE AND DATO EDDIE TEO

BILLY LEONG OF THE SETTLEMENT HOTEL MALACCA AND BMC TRAVEL AND SHIRLEY TAY OF ASIAREACH MEDIA

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IN LORD'S TAILOR BESPOKE BLAZER, BILLY LEUNG, WORLD FAMOUS DATO CHEF WAN AND PATRICK GOI

MATTHEW NAYLOR AND DATIN NAI YEE

MATTHEW NAYLOR, DATIN TEO NAI YEE AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

THE FOOD STUDIO KITCHEN IS IN FULL VIEW OF DINERS

BEAUTIFUL SETTING WITH NICE VIEWS

TERENCE CHEW SUN CHAN AND DATO EDDIE TEO

YAP LEE HIANG AND JASON LIM OF GOLDEN TOURWORLD

CHERRY LEE, DATIN SU DAY, DATO ALICE CHOON OF POH KONG, GARY CHANG AND SHIRLEY TAY OF ASIAREADCH MEDIA

CHEF ANTONEITA FERNANDES MANHAO FROM MACAU AND CHERRY LEE

2 HOT VIPS

CHEF PAUL, DATO ALICE CHOON AND CHERRY LEE

ROYAL PATRON OF MIGF TUNKU NAQUIYUDDIN TUANKY JAAFAR AND DATO SIMON FOONG OF AQUARIA

KITCHEN UTENSILS AND ALL

DATO STEVE DAY THE FOUNDER ORGANISER OF MIGF WHO DESERVES A TAN SRI-SHIP FOR HIS DEDICATION, BILLY LEONG, SHIRLEY TAY AND KEY SOON YUE

CHEF PAUL AND Y.A.M TUNKU NAQUIYUDDIN TUANKU JAAFAR

DATO STEVE DAY AND CHERRY LEE

DATO THOMAS WONG AND DATIN MANDY PAK GREETING ROYAL PATRON

DATO SIMON FOONG

CHEF ANTONIETA MANHAO WITH TEAM MEMBER

VIP GUESTS

DATIN SYLVIA KOH AND DATIN TINA ALI ABDUL KADIR

MINGLING

EUNICE WONG AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

COMFY

TAITINGGER!

GREAT WALLS OF FIRE

YUM

DATIN SU DAY, Y.M TUNKU MUDZAFFAR, Y.A.M TUNKU DARA TAN SRI TUNKU NAQUIAH TUANKU JAAFAR AND DATO STEVE DAY

CHERRY LEE KOWTOWING TO DATO STEVE DAY?

TUNKU DARA TUNKU NAQUIAH, TUNKU MUDZAFFAR AND DR BEH CHOR KIM OF HEARTSCAN INTERNATIONAL

DR BEH IS FAMOUS HEART AND CANCER SPECIALIST

DATO STEVE DAY HOLDING COURT

CHEF ANTONEITA FERNANDES MANHAO

GROUP PHOTO!

DINING!

CHEF ANTONEITA EXPLAINING EACH COURSE

VIP GUESTS

MOVING FROM TABLE TO TABLE

STAFF OF ASIAREACH MEDIA

CHEF WAN HOLDING KICAP MANIS BOTTLES! AKA CARAMEL IN MACAU!

CHEF WAN IS STUNNED OVER KICAP MANIS USED IN GOURMET COOKING!

TUNKU DARA, DATO EDDY TEO AND CHEF ANTONIETA

TUNKU NAQUIYUDDIN SPOKE ON BEHALF OF DINERS AND THANKED CHERRY LEE AND MACAU TOURIST OFFICE

TUNKU NAQUIYUDDIN TUANKU JAAFAR SPOKE ON HIS RECENT TRIP TO MACAU AND THE LINKS TO THE 3 'M'S---MALACCA, MALAYSIA AND MACAU

CHERRY LEE THANKING MIGF ROYAL PATRON FOR GRACING THE OCCASION

DATO STEVE DAY CONCLUDING THE EVENING

CHEF WAN COMMENTING ON THE KICAP MANIS (SWEET SOYA SAUCE) HIS MOTHER USED TO COOK CHICKENS WITH WHEN HE WAS A CHILD AND NOW USED IN MACAU! THERE THEY CALL IT CARAMEL