Editor’s Note – January 2020


[Editor’s Note]
Chinese New Year Menu at Ti Chen, The Saujana Hotel Kuala Lumpur

 
Naomi and I recently visited Ti Chen Chinese Restaurant at The Saujana Hotel Kuala Lumpur to try their spread of specialty gourmet dishes available this Chinese New Year. This year, Ti Chen is offering three (3) themed set menu creations namely the Silver and Gold Set, Rich and Affluent Set, and Fortune and Longevity Set, signifying representations of the astrological tradition.
This year’s Chinese/ Lunar New Year menus will be available from 8th January till 8th February 2020 from 12 pm to 3 pm (lunch), and 6 pm to 10 pm (dinner). Ti Chen will be open daily during the festive period except on the first day of Chinese New Year (25 January 2020).
“We are excited about our special menu created for our guests this year, highlighting the abundance set menu style meal packages of Silver and Gold, Rich and Affluent, and Fortune and Longevity, targeting corporate clients, families and friends to toss and celebrate the mark of another wonderful season,” says Chef Lim Chee Woi, Chinese Executive Chef.  “2020 is set to be a year filled with luck, growth and prosperity”. Symbolic of good luck, prosperity, health and all things auspicious, toss to “Loh Hei” with Ti Chen.
The set meal packages for five to ten people cover a full range of time-honoured favourites including Roasted Sesame with Cracker and Green Chilli Sauce Chicken, Salmon and Snow Pear Yee Sang with Crispy Shredded Treasure and Blackcurrant-Plum dressing, Mini Steam Glutinous Rice wrapped in Lotus Leaf with Dried Oyster, Wok Fried Sea Prawn with Butter and Egg Yolk in traditional style Chilled Lemon Grass Jelly with Yuzu Sorbet, and much more.
The meal packages are offered with a bottle of Jacob’s Creek Shiraz or Free Flow of Soft Drinks for three hours.  The Rich and Affluent Set, and the Fortune and Longevity Set come with one (1) bottle of Glenlivet Captain’s Reserve, or Berry Bros. and Rudd Classic Sherry Cask.
The price for set meal packages ranges from RM1,788 for the Silver and Gold Set, RM2,088 for the Rich and Affluent Set and RM 3,088 for the Fortune and Longevity Set, inclusive of service charge and government taxes.
To commemorate the Chinese New Year festivities, the Saujana Hotel will host a lion dance performance in the lobby area at 10.30am on 30 January 2020. 
Below are some of the restaurant’s signature dishes (that are in the three menus) that we tried during the media preview.
 

福寿双全齐捞起
Soft Shell Crab and Salmon Yee Sang with Crispy Shredded Treasures and Blackcurrant-Plum Dressing
This yee sang was topped with both salmon and soft shell crab! Takes the crown for being my fav yee sang (so far) this year!

  

花胶竹笙菜胆汤
Double Boiled Chicken and Vegetable Soup with Bamboo Pith, Fish Maw and Sun Dried Scallops
A rich and flavourful (and very healthy!) soup that really warms the soul!

  

山珍海味富贵鸡
Stewed Chicken with Dried Seafood and Chinese Herb
Something different from normal (and sometimes dry) roast chicken.
 

奶皇蒜香烤生虾
Oven Baked Fresh Water Prawns with Chef’s Signature Sauce
One word to describe this – DECADENT!
 

药膳稻香银鳕鱼
Steamed Fish Cod Fillets with Chinese Herb in Congee Sauce
This was a really wonderful dish of perfectly cooked cod fillets in a flavourful (but not overpowering) sauce!
 

碧绿锅塔伴鲍鱼
Braised Abalone 5 Head, Dried Seafood Cake and Fatt Choy with Green Vegetable
 

柚子冰糕香茅冻
Chilled Lemon Grass Jelly with Yuzu Sorbet
鱼跃龙门年年糕
Steamed Golden Fish Chinese New Year Cake with Grated Coconut
A sweet end to the meal with steamed nian gao “fishes” swimming among the grated coconut. Top marks for presentation!
 

 
Ti Chen is located at:
The Saujana Hotel,
Saujana Resort,
Jalan Lapangan Terbang SAAS,
40150 Shah Alam,
Selangor, Malaysia.
 
For details of the Chinese New Year promotion or to book online, head over to http://www.saujanahotels.com – promotions, or call (603) 7843 1234 ext. 6122, or email dine@thesaujana.com
Website: https://www.saujanahotels.com/dining/ti-chen
  
Thanks for having us over!
  
The photos above were shot using the OPPO Reno2 and are completely unedited.