Chinese New Year

Udderly-adorable Cake to Make Your CNY Celebration Lit

February 21, 2021 By Keith Leave a Comment

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Are you blown away by this udderly-adorable “Year of the Ox” firecracker cake? I mean, who can resist that delectable fondant exterior and a customizable cake base? Homegrown brand Elevete Patisserie presented a range of baked goodies from their “Elevete Cow Cow” menu for families to enjoy this Chinese New Year. We’ve picked a few that you need to see.

Firecracker Cake

Let’s be honest. The best part about Chinese New Year is the firecrackers. So when we saw this firecracker cake replete with a glimmering wick, bright red fondant with the Chinese character wealth labeled on it, we were very excited. We had a look and saw that they offer five cake base for people to choose from:

Salted Caramel Chocolate
Pandan Gula Melaka
Red Velvet
Death by Chocolate
Butterscotch Cookies Cake

The firecracker cake is only available as a 5-inch x 4 layers cake (1.2kg) and feeds about 5 to 6 people. It is available for RM188.

Treasure Pleasure

If you’re feeling nostalgic about white pagoda t-shirts, porcelain teapots, and mahjong, check out their gorgeous enamel tiffin carrier filled with homebaked goodies:

Abundance Four
- Pineapple Tarts 10pcs
- Peanut Cookies 10pcs
- Lucky Nutty Coin 7pcs
- Chocolate Chip Cookies 10pcs
Kuih Bangkit 20pcs
Mama Jia’s Butter Cookies 10 pcs
Pandan Gula Melaka Cake Bites 8 pcs (1″ x 1″ per piece)
Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake Bites 8 pcs (1″ x 1″ per piece)

The Treasure Pleasure retails at RM158.

East Meets West Platter

How about a gastronomical journey filled with French–Chinese flair? Look at their East Meets West Platter – it’s an exquisite dessert platter with various French pastries – for globetrotter families.

Each platter includes :

Orange Madeleines
Gula Melaka Coconut Eclair
Red Velvet & Honeycomb Macaron
Almond Florentine
Mango Lime Meringue Tart
Lemon Poppyseed Financier

East Meets West Platter retails at RM98.

You can make a pre-order at their website, available to order starting from now until 26th of February. Elevete Patisserie is also offering free deliveries within the Klang Valley area for customers who use the discount code ‘COMBAT-19’ when checking out. Visit https://www.elevete.com.my/collections/chinese-new-year.

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Fortune Favors the Bold – Butterkicap

February 17, 2021 By Keith Leave a Comment

An informative post about Penang Malaysia.

At the beginning of every lunar new year – celebrated in several Asian countries and famously known for the Chinese New Year celebration aka Spring Festival, Chinese and Vietnamese communities worldwide light up with a fireworks display. Families gather for a reunion dinner. This year, however, may be different as the world is still battling the pandemic.

Despite the challenges, the Hilton Garden Inn KL South is determined to go ahead with its annual Chinese New Year offering – and who can blame them? The communities need an encouraging call to start the year fresh with positivity, mainly since the Year of the Ox represents diligence, honesty, strength, and determination.

What sets them apart is that they understand the importance of honoring traditions, bringing families together, and the food’s significance at the reunion table. For example, fish at the dinner table represents ‘surplus’, signifying a wish for abundance; dumplings represent great wealth due to their shape like a Chinese gold coin, while noodles are all about longevity and smoothness. Not to mention the famous Malaysian Lou Sang, which is an opportunity for families and friends to make a toss for their wishes to come true.

Chinese culture — Make a toss for fortune with the lou sang. Picture by Hilton

Suppose the covid-19 situation is managed, and authorities have declared that it is safe for all Malaysians to venture out again. In that case, communities deserve its big, beginning of the year opportunity to clink glasses and make a toss for good fortunes. It is worth looking into Hilton’s Honor Traditions, Renew Fortunes offering at:

Rooftop 25 Restaurant

Chinese New Year Celebration Set

23 Jan – 20 Feb 2021 | 12.00pm – 10.00pm

RM98 nett per set for 2 persons

Special offer of RM68 nett for every second set for 2 persons

Each celebration is inclusive of 1 starter, 2 main courses and 1 dessert. Served with Mandarin Oranges

Starter Options

Crispy Fresh Yee Sang with Norwegian Smoked Salmon
Chicken Dumpling & Spring Roll
Golden Spicy Chicken Pops & Crispy Stuffed Tofu

Main Course Options

Longevity Noodle with Braised Seafood
Curry Pan Mee
Malaysian Herbs Fried Rice
Grilled Chicken Mushroom Burger

Dessert Options

Chilled Honeydew Sago Pomelo
Warm Chocolate Brownies

Ala-Carte Lunch & Dinner

1 Jan – 28 Feb 2021 | 12.00pm – 10.00pm

Curry Pan Mee – RM28 nett

Egg noodle served with prawn, squids, chicken slice, poached egg and crispy tofu skin in aromatic lemongrass creamy curry soup

23 Jan – 28 Feb 2021 | 12.00pm – 10.00pm

Longevity Noodle with Braised Seafood – RM38 nett

Longevity noodle with prawns, squid, crabmeat, fish dumpling and green vegetable in seafood broth

Yee Sang

23 Jan – 20 Feb 2021

Smoked Salmon Yee Sang – RM68 nett (for 2 – 3 persons) | RM118 nett (for 4 – 5 persons)

Crispy Fresh Yee Sang accompanied with prosperity toss salad made of a medley of fresh vegetables and herbs topped off with Norwegian smoked salmon, Taiping pomelo and pure honey

If this sounds good, reach out at +603 2771 6888, or email KULMY_FB@hilton.com to talk to them about your Chinese New Year plans. Nevertheless, if you are planning to make your meals from scatch, check out our Chinese New Year recipes here. Remember to #butterkicap and tag us if you decide to post about the food you made.

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Poon Choi Recipe: Prosperity Dish For The Chinese New Year

February 11, 2021 By Keith Leave a Comment

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Foodies, Lunar New Year is less than two days away, and reunion dinner is just tomorrow. We bet most of you are busy preparing all the ingredients for a sumptuous meal. We thought a pot of lavish Poon Chooi might add conversation to the table. Traditionally a Cantonese festive meal, today, Poon Choi is widely available in most Chinese restaurants to signify prosperity. We all know the dish can get very expensive, so why not make it yourself this year with this lavish Poon Choi recipe?

A Step-by-Step Poon Choi Recipe For The Lunar New Year:

A good pot of Poon Choi is usually filled to the brim with all sorts of ingredients to signify prosperity. Chinese will usually add expensive ingredients on the top to resemble wealth in a pot. They do not go too far from vegetables, meat, fish maw, prawns, abalone and more. Then again, you’re free to include or exclude any ingredients of your choice.

Ingredients:

(Serving: 6-8 pax)

Cantonese cuisine — Photo: eckitchensg (Website)

150g Dried Fish Maw (Soaked and Soften)
60g Dried Mushroom (Soaked and Soften – reserve soaking liquid)
500g Fresh Sea Cucumber (Washed; Soaked and soften if using dried ones)
1 kg Prawns
250g Fresh Scallop
1 kg Roast Meat (Roast pork, Duck, Chicken or mixture)
1 Can Abalone
300g Broccoli (Floret Only)
1 Can Sea Asparagus
150g Carrot (Peeled & Sliced)
500g Napa Cabbage (Cut into Chunks)
500g White Radish (Cut into Chunks)
300 Fried Yam

1 tbsp Oil
1 tbsp Chopped Garlic
2L Water (including reserved mushroom soaking liquid)
120ml Oyster Sauce
60ml Fish Sauce
1tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
2tsp Sugar

60ml Hua Tiao wine
4tbsp Corn Flour
4tbsp Water

Steps:

Soak and prepare all ingredients in advance (fish maw, sea cucumber, mushroom & etc) and set aside.
Heat the oil in a large heated pot over medium heat.
Add chopped garlic and sauté until fragrant. Add in water, mushroom, fish maw, cabbage, white radish and all other seasonings required for the broth.
Photo: eckitchensg (Website)
Bring it to boil over medium high heat then lower the fire to simmer for 30 minutes to an hour.
Cook and blanch ingredients that needed to be cooked in the broth. Remove the ingredients when cooked and set aside for layering.
Photo: eckitchensg (Website)
Estimated Time (Varies based on size): Prawns and Scallops about 3 minutes. Broccoli about 15-20 seconds. Carrot about 2-3 minutes, sea cucumber about 3 minutes.
Once all is done cooking, turn of the heat and set the broth aside.
Ingredients that do not need to cook in broth: Roast meat, Abalone, Sea Asparagus, Fried Yam

In a clean pot, start with Napa Cabbage and White Radish.
Then arrange the rest of the ingredients in section, based on your creativity or preference.

Once layering is done, set aside and bring the broth back to boil. Add Hua Tiao Wine and allow it to boil for a minute.
Mix the corn flour and water in a small bowl. Slowly pour in the corn flour mixture into the boiling broth and stir while adding.
Then, ladle the broth over the pot of layered ingredients.
Photo: eckitchensg (Website)
Once the ingredients are soaked in broth, bring the whole pot of Poon Choi back to the stove for a boil. Or, serve over induction hotplate.

Tips For The Perfectly Umami Poon Choi:

Hua Tiao Wine — Photo: eckitchensg (Website)

While it does take up a lot of time and effort to make this dish, you’ll be surprised by the outcome. You’ll taste the flavor of home and togetherness when the whole family gather around to feast. Here’s a few tips: Remember to prepare all the ingredients beforehand, especially those that requires soaking for up to days. For example, fish maw, mushroom, sea cucumber and more. Some may take hours, some may take days depending on the quality of your ingredients.

Poon Choi is typically separated into 3 layers, with bottom layer filled with ingredients that can soak up the flavor and broth. Second layer is filled with ingredients that has lots of flavors and gravy. The expensive ones go on the top for presentation purposes. With this Poon Choi recipe, you can play around with the ingredients and come up with your desired pot of abundance and prosperity! Have fun making, and Happy Chinese New Year!

Recipe & Photo courtesy of: eckitchensg

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Poon Choi Recipe: Prosperity Dish For The Chinese New Year

February 11, 2021 By Keith Leave a Comment

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A Step-by-Step Poon Choi Recipe For The Lunar New Year:

Ingredients:

(Serving: 6-8 pax)

150g Dried Fish Maw (Soaked and Soften)
60g Dried Mushroom (Soaked and Soften – reserve soaking liquid)
500g Fresh Sea Cucumber (Washed; Soaked and soften if using dried ones)
1 kg Prawns
250g Fresh Scallop
1 kg Roast Meat (Roast pork, Duck, Chicken or mixture)
1 Can Abalone
300g Broccoli (Floret Only)
1 Can Sea Asparagus
150g Carrot (Peeled & Sliced)
500g Napa Cabbage (Cut into Chunks)
500g White Radish (Cut into Chunks)
300 Fried Yam

The Broth:

1 tbsp Oil
1 tbsp Chopped Garlic
2L Water (including reserved mushroom soaking liquid)
120ml Oyster Sauce
60ml Fish Sauce
1tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
2tsp Sugar

Finishing Touches:

60ml Hua Tiao wine
4tbsp Corn Flour
4tbsp Water

Steps:

Soak and prepare all ingredients in advance (fish maw, sea cucumber, mushroom & etc) and set aside.
Heat the oil in a large heated pot over medium heat.
Add chopped garlic and sauté until fragrant. Add in water, mushroom, fish maw, cabbage, white radish and all other seasonings required for the broth.
Photo: eckitchensg (Website)
Bring it to boil over medium high heat then lower the fire to simmer for 30 minutes to an hour.
Cook and blanch ingredients that needed to be cooked in the broth. Remove the ingredients when cooked and set aside for layering.
Photo: eckitchensg (Website)
Estimated Time (Varies based on size): Prawns and Scallops about 3 minutes. Broccoli about 15-20 seconds. Carrot about 2-3 minutes, sea cucumber about 3 minutes.
Once all is done cooking, turn of the heat and set the broth aside.
Ingredients that do not need to cook in broth: Roast meat, Abalone, Sea Asparagus, Fried Yam

Layering the Auspicious Pot

In a clean pot, start with Napa Cabbage and White Radish.
Then arrange the rest of the ingredients in section, based on your creativity or preference.

Finishing and Thickening of Broth:

Once layering is done, set aside and bring the broth back to boil. Add Hua Tiao Wine and allow it to boil for a minute.
Mix the corn flour and water in a small bowl. Slowly pour in the corn flour mixture into the boiling broth and stir while adding.
Then, ladle the broth over the pot of layered ingredients.
Photo: eckitchensg (Website)
Once the ingredients are soaked in broth, bring the whole pot of Poon Choi back to the stove for a boil. Or, serve over induction hotplate.

Tips For The Perfectly Umami Poon Choi:

Recipe & Photo courtesy of: eckitchensg

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Bak Kwa Recipe: Make This Delicious CNY Snack At Home Using An Oven

February 11, 2021 By Keith Leave a Comment

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Chinese New Year is so close right around the corner that everywhere you go, you’ll see red decorations and festive music playing in the background. And without realizing it, we are munching on CNY cookies like there’s no tomorrow. One other thing that comes with Lunar New Year is none other than Bak Kwa, or Meat Jerky. Today, we will be sharing a Bak Kwa recipe that’s close to the hearts of many Malaysians celebrating Chinese New Year. Shall we get started?

Try Out This Bak Kwa Recipe & Make Your Very Own At Home

Bak Kwa is usually made with pork but of course, you can replace them with the meat of your choice. They are a must-have during Chinese New Year and to describe briefly, they are thin slices of barbecued meat jerky, The kind we love are usually moist and grilled to get that nice char.

Ingredients

500g of ground meat with some fat
1 tbsp Soy Sauce
1 tbsp Fish Sauce
2/3 cups Sugar
1/2 tsp Five-Spice powder
Honey to taste
1/2 tsp Ground White Pepper

Directions

Marinate ground meat with sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, five. spice powder and ground white pepper in a mixing bowl.
Stir the meat in one direction only using chopsticks to get a sticky and paste-like texture
Cover and let the marinate in the fridge for 6-8 hours or preferably overnight
On a jelly roll pan, line it with parchment paper and then roll the marinated meat out to cover the entire pan, about 2mm-2.5mm in thickness
Line another piece of parchment paper on top of the meat and roll it out evenly using a rolling pin
Let it bake in a preheated over (120 degrees) for 15 minutes and then gently flip it over and bake another 15 minutes
Remove from oven and cut it into the desired size
Then, increase the temperature to 220 degrees, brush the meat slices with honey and bake until they turn to your preferred colour and has a nice char to them
Next, flip the meat over and brush with another layer of honey and let it bake (requires close monitoring)

Have Fun Snacking On Bak Kwa

And there you have it, fresh-out-of-the-oven bak kwa slices for you to feast on. You can store these bak kwa for up to 3 days in an airtight container under room temperature. Once you master this recipe, you’ll get to munch on these snacks for days. Happy trying and have a blessed Chinese New Year foodies!

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34 Bishop @ Bishop Street, Georgetown, Penang.

July 24, 2019 By Keith Leave a Comment

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The following submission was indeed produced courtesy of Ken Hunts Food. They frequently provide videos of the best quality so are no doubt one of my must-watch writers. You are going to enjoy.

Replacing the lot previously occupied by Simply Wang Thai is 34 Bishop, a newly opened cafe right next to Two Frenchies on Bishop Street. The name surely does not ring a bell (except the location) but in actual fact, it is a cafe offering Western menu… as well as some local delights. Step in the place and you will find a huge aquarium in the middle of the cafe, with a few eye-catching polka dot Stingrays. You will then notice they are all over the place… on the menu and mural paints on the wall but it has no direct relationship with what the place offers (except that there is only one Stingray dish on the menu). Options are pretty safe here with good consistency and reasonable prices; but sometimes, the serving time takes a little longer than other places.

Lamb Stew with Garlic Toasts (Rm 26.90)

Miso Wafu Pasta (Rm 17.90)

Creamy Fettuccine with Chicken (Rm 16.90)

Piri Piri Chicken (Rm 21.90)

States and federal territories of Malaysia

Bananas Foster French Toast (Rm 15.90)

We were there on one of the early Chinese New Year days and the serving speed was very slow. It took them a little less than an hour to serve the mains and another half an hour for the dessert. We were quite disappointed with their serving speed and hope that it was because of Chinese New Year and nothing else.

Both Pasta dishes did not disappoint… with Miso Wafu Pasta stands out more. The Spaghetti was al-dentely cooked and served with rich and creamy Japanese-styled Goma sauce. The Miso flavor was not strong but the Sesame flavor was bold. The sauce felt a little salty at the beginning but it gets better when the Spaghetti was well-mixed together. Lamb Stew with Garlic Toasts was the star dish of the day, the meat was tender and the flavor-combo was beautifully done. The accompanying Garlic Toasts were not shabby either, the texture was fluffy and soft, almost like buttered Brioche. The seasonings were however, on the heavier side. We ended the meal with their Bananas Foster French Toast… ordinary ersatz Toast served on a bed of Caramel sauce. It did not seem convincing at first but the Caramel sauce was delicious. It was not saccharine sweet but just good enough at comfortable level, we were a little let down with the choice of Toast though, Brioche might work better in this case.

Ratings:

Taste: 7/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)

Service: 6/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)

Price: 7/10 (1-3 expensive, 4-7 average, 8-10 cheap)

Parking: 6/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)

Ambiance: 7/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)

Pork-Free

Service Charge: No

Government Tax: No

Additional Information:

Address: 34, Bishop Street, 10200, Georgetown, Penang.

Business Hours: 11:30 am to 10:30 pm. Closed on Sundays.

Contact Number: 6012- 474 3286

34 Bishop Facebook Page

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