The Kitchen,
Lobby Level, Melia Kuala Lumpur,
16 Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-2785 2828 ext 8280
Business hours: 6.00am-1.00am, daily.
This Father’s Day, treat dad to an afternoon of indulgence with a high tea at The Kitchen in Melia Kuala Lumpur.
Dad will be spoilt for choice as about 90 dishes are prepared for the buffet. The buffet spread will be served from 12.30pm to 4.30pm on Father’s Day.
Fathers can start with fresh salmon, white tuna and octopus sashimi on ice, vegetable salad with a variety of dressings, assorted open sandwhiches, three types of cold cut platters, assorted sushi and maki, rojak buah and pickles.
Not only that, seafood chowder will also be served with four season rolls and a cheese board.
At the carving station, the Marinated Lamb Leg with Machbous Rice will be served alongside spicy tomato and mint sauces.
The highlight of the buffet will be the ‘Hot Selection’ where fathers can enjoy the mouth-watering Chicken Adobo with Potato, Beef Medallion with Black Pepper Sauce, Thai Beef Tortilla with Ginger Orange Sauce, Seafood Paella, Eurasian Chicken Stew, Prawn Puff with Honey Mayo, Salmon Quiche, pizzas, Vietnamese Spring Rolls as well as Penne with Creamy Mushrooms.
Mini bites: An assortment of dimsum will be available on Father’sDay.The restaurant also has a live action station where guests can request chefs to prepare a variety of dishes.
The dishes available include a variety of noodles, fried rice, dim sum, pastas as well as grilled items such as seafood, chicken, lamb and beef.
For fathers who prefer local flavours, the ever popular chicken and beef satay will also be served along with Japanese tempura prawn, mee tom yam, minced chicken and century egg porridge.
Under the “Hot Dish” section. fathers can enjoy roti jala with chicken curry, lamb kurma with potatoes, roti bom with dhal curry, BBQ chicken pau as well as mussels with dry chillies.
After sampling the dishes, they can continue with the assorted fruit jellies and puddings, fruity yoghurt parfait, mini marble cheesecake, black forest slice, Malay kuih, bubur cha cha, fresh fruit platter, chocolate pudding, teppanyaki ice-cream as well as coffee and tea.
Executive chef Mohamad Sharif said he had prepared a wider menu compared with the Father’s Day buffet last year where he focused mainly on serving Spanish cuisine.
“We have come up with a wider variety of international and local dishes for the buffet this year.
“We are going to add a few more dishes to the buffet, including enchiladas and tortillas with prawn and avacado.
“The public has also requested we served some paella dishes which I have included in the menu as well,” he added.
The two paella dishes that chef Mohamad has prepared are Paella Negra (made with squid ink) and Seafood Paella.
Sinful: Fathers can indulge in avariety of cakes.Apart from that, bruschetta, calzone pizza, salmon and maguro salad, and sausage and prawn salad will be served.
Chef Mohamad, who has been cooking for 35 years, felt that fathers would enjoy the grilled station the most which offers a healthier option.
Pastry chef Lim Chin Kheng has also prepared special pastries and cakes.
“We will serve assorted macaroons as well as Earl Grey Tea Mousse which I feel will appeal to fathers.
“There will also be 50 types of cakes, puddings and ice-creams including Triple Layer Chocolate Mousse, Red Velvet, Chocolate Fruit Cake as well as bread and butter pudding which is specially made with croissants.
Besides the buffet spread, a string of fun activities has been lined up for fathers.
Fathers who compete in the “pizza making”, “tower building with apples” and “teh tarik” competitions stand to win interesting prizes.
The Father’s Day promotion is priced at RM78++ per person.
This is the writer’s personal observation and is not an endorsement by StarMetro.
