Feast of holiday season favourites

Having a party at home? Take the easy way out with the Whole Turkey Party Set.

YOU know the Yuletide season is upon us when you see gastronomic offerings on the menu.

This year, Pullman KLCC has a six-metre-tall Christmas tree and a massive gingerbread house with a red mushroom-shaped roof to get visitors into the holiday mood.

At the hotel’s Sedap Restaurant buffet is an impressive array of local and international delicacies lined up from Christmas Eve up to Jan 1.

Dishes such as Deep-fried Butter Oat Prawns, Udang Masak Kalio, Chicken Blanquette with Garden Mushrooms, Baked Minced Seafood Lasagna, and Slow-roasted Beef Prime Ribs are just some of the dishes available throughout the festive season.

Executive chef Fong Teck Fei said guests could look forward to Christmas specialities such as the beef prime ribs and the roast turkey. What caught our attention was the Oxtail Assam Pedas which is unusual since the dish typically features fish.

Herb-marinated Lamb Chop in Sweet Garlic Rosemary Sauce. — Photos: SHAARI CHE MAT/The Star

The prawn curry is also worth looking out for as you work your way through the local selections.

At the appetiser and salad counter, the Tomato Caprese Salad is good to whet the appetite.

It is at this counter where diners can enjoy an assortment of appetisers in serving glasses such as Prawn Salsa on Artichokes, Marinated Tuna with Fig Compote, Smoked Turkey Breast with Orange Segments, as well as pumpkin or tomato cold soups.

For those wanting Afternoon Tea, it is available until Jan 6 from 2pm to 6pm.

Highlights include the Snowman Popsicle, Mont Blanc Chestnut Cake and warm Orange Ginger Scones with Clotted Cream with butter and cranberry jam, priced at RM168 per set for two people.

Sedap Restaurant’s Christmas Eve buffet dinner on Dec 24 from 6.30pm to 10pm is priced at RM188 per adult and RM238 per adult (free flow of alcoholic drinks).

Slow-roasted Beef Prime Rib

Santa will make an appearance bearing gifts for the little ones.

The Christmas Day buffet lunch, from noon to 3pm, is priced at RM158 per adult (free flow of juices and soft drinks) and RM208 per adult (free flow of alcoholic drinks).

The Christmas Day buffet dinner from 6.30pm to 10pm is priced at RM188 per adult and RM238 per adult (free flow of alcoholic drinks).

The New Year’s Eve Countdown buffet dinner, from 6.30pm to 10pm, is priced at RM188 per adult and RM238 per adult (free flow of alcoholic drinks).

There will be a redemption of one mocktail drink to celebrate New Year’s countdown at Blu Bar on Level 2.

Deep-fried Butter Oat Prawns

The New Year’s Day buffet lunch priced at RM158 per adult and RM208 per adult (free flow of alcoholic drinks) is from noon to 3pm.

If you have plans to celebrate at home, you can save yourself the trouble of preparing the big bird by ordering the hotel’s “turkey to go” service a day in advance.

The Whole Turkey (5kg) with traditional side dishes is priced at RM480, while the Half-Turkey Party Set is priced at RM680 (serves four to six persons) and Whole Turkey Party Set at RM880 (serves eight to 10 persons).

If you are looking for cakes, the Wonderland 3D Snowball and Fruit Cake is the holiday special which combines cake, Swiss roll, pudding, custard and fruits. Flavour options are Wild Berries Trifle (RM45), Matcha Strawberry Shortcake (RM45) and Roulade Swiss Roll (RM45).

The Wonderland-themed fruit cakes at Sedap Restaurant are among the takeaway options.

There is a two-day advance order requirement for the Wonderland Fruit Cake.

There is also the option of the 1kg Wonderland Fruit Cake (RM180), which makes a great Christmas gift.

Pullman’s Christmas Gift Box contains treats such as Traditional Dried Fruit Marzipan Stollen, Old British Christmas Fruit Cake, Mailander Cookies and Brunsli Cookies and Gingerbread Man, Local Herb Gravlax Salmon, Chicken Liver Parfait with Black Truffles accompanied by crostini, Old English Mince Pie, Dark Chocolate Santa, Colourful Christmas Popsicle and Christmas Candy Canes priced at RM198 per box, RM258 per box with a bottle of Penfolds Shiraz Cabernet (375ml) and RM299 per box with a bottle of Taittinger Brut Reserve (375ml).

SEDAP RESTAURANT, Pullman KLCC, Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur. (Tel: [phone] ext 8119). Business hours: 6.30am to 10.30am and weekdays, 6.30am to 11am on weekends, 12.30pm to 2.30pm, 6.30pm to 10.30pm daily.

This is the writer’s personal observation and not an endorsement by StarMetro.