The Way to Indulge A Duck. . . . . !

AROMATIC & CRISPY DUCK

This dish is served and eaten in the same way as Peking Duck -wrapped in a pancake along with shredded spring onion, cucumber sticks and Hoi Sin sauce. I prefer to add spicy dry prawn chilli paste, very oishi delicious. In a restaurant, this dish can be much conviniently served than Peking Duck because a quantity of duck can be precooked in the marinade or cooking sauce and put aside. When required, they are simply deep-fried for 10-11minutes and served, bcause of th final deep-frying, the duck meat will invariably be crisper and without the care and precise timing required when preparing and cooking traditional Peking Duck.

Ingredient

4-5lb duck
vegetable oil for deep-frying

Cooking sauce
6cups good stock
6tablespoons sugar
6slices fresh ginger roots
a bunch of spring onion
2/3cup soy sauce
4teaspoons yellow bean paste
6tablespoons dry sherry
6pieces star anise
1/2teaspoon five spice powder
1/4teaspoon pepper

Garnish
cucumber sticks
shredded spring onion
Hoi Sin sauce
pancakes

Preparation

Mix ingredients for cooking sauce together in large saucepan. Clean duck thoroughly and cut in half down backbone. Place into liquid and submerge.

Cooking

Simmer duck gently for 2hours. Remove from cooking liquid and leave to cool. When required to serve, heat oil, place duck gently in oil and fry for 10-11minutes. Drain well.

Serving

Place duck on large heated platter. Serve by taking meat off the carcass at the table and wrapping it in pancakes together with Hoi Sin sauce, cucumber sticks and shredder spring onion.

Cooking time: 2hours 10minutes
Serves: 6-8

Gosh, I got to admit that I can have half of a duck all by myself, you must try this recipe as it is pretty awesoe, simple and yet not difficult at all. You can even prepare it a day earlier, just deep fry when need to serve. If not try at your nearest chinese restaurant or if you are in Petaling Jaya, you can drop by the CUBES . . . . . . yours SidneyK

Serious About Food, A Way to Good Food!

Being serious about the food being serve is something we cannot ignore, so do the people at The Flavors, Swiss Garden International, Kuala Lumpur. Ms Linda Evelyn Wong, Chef Wong Yean Loong and Chef Zulkifly Mohammad Fairuz going through the dishes the restaurant going to serve.

Chocolate Sensation

Ingredients

44gm Butter
44gm Sugar
88gm Dark chocolate
1 Eggs
20gm Flour

Preparation

Melt butter with sugar and dark chocolate until evenly combined and remove from heat. Slowly add in the eggs and whisk the mixture then slowly fold in the flour. Pour mixture into muffin tray and bake at 200C for 10-12 minutes. Garnish with sliced fruits and brandy syrup.

Catch Of The Day With A Local Twist by Chef Zulkifly Mohammad Fairuz

Chef Zulkifly's Neptune's Catch

The signature dish, Neptune’s Catch was created by Chef De Partie, Chef Zulkifly or better known as Chef Zul, from the culinary team of Swiss-Garden Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Chef Zul has 13 years of experience in the hospitality industry and has held various key positions in 5 star hotels and restaurants in his early years in the kitchen.

He has garnered vast skills and exposure from his previous stint and training in Ireland in the Great Southern Hotel in Killerney for 2 and half years, where he specialized in the infusion of various ingredients to create sauces. The expertise which Chef Zul has acquired from attending the training in Ireland enables him to impart his expertise and skills to the rest of his culinary team in Swiss- Garden Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

Neptune’s Catch

Ingredients

80gm each Red snapper (2 portion fillet)
20gm Acar rampai
30gm Potato wedges
20ml Perchik sauce
20ml Tomato salsa

Preparation

Marinate the fillet. One with tom yam paste and one with basil and mixed herbs
Panfry fillets on both sides

Tomato salsa
Chop tomato, parsley and onions, add few drops of olive oil and combine. Set aside to rest before serving

Place fried potato wedges onto the plate. Stack the pan fried fillets onto the potato wedges and lace the fillets with tomato salsa and acar rampai. Lastly, drizzle the perchik sauce onto the fillets.

A New Place To Be

FLAVORS THE RESTAURANT

This new Flavors restaurant is a unique concept of chic yet charming all day dining with a stunning backdrop of traditional motives such as the "anyaman" style paneling and linear partitions creates a timeless era. Guests may choose to dine in the Spice Private Room or on an elevated platform while the show kitchen and live cooking stations provides the visual element for discerning diners. A wide array of international, fusion and local flavors are available including weekly highlights, theme dinners and signaturemenus featuring delectable treats such as the Neptune's catch while the a la carte menu offers an innovative collaboration of flavors. Located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pudu.

Tom’s Soup

Ingredients

250ml Vegetable stock
50ml Tomato concase
20gm Garlic and shallots chopped
5gm Bay leaf
50gm Tom yam paste
100gm Cream
20gm Flour
Salt and pepper to taste
3 tbsp Olive oil

Preparation

Sautee shallots and garlic till light brown then add bay leaf. Add the flour and slowly pour in the tomato concase and vegetable stock and lastly add the tom yam paste and garnish with cream before serving.