Room for Cantonese delights by Han-dy cooks

The exterior of The Han Room at the Gardens Mall.

SUMPTUOUS dining and great company are necessary ingredients for a memorable celebration.At The Han Room in the Gardens Mall, Kuala Lumpur, much thought is given to bringing out the best of premium-quality ingredients and in food presentation.

The restaurant is part of the Oriental Group of Restaurants.

Oriental Group marketing and ecommerce manager SK Foo said the restaurant’s Cantonese and festive Chinese New Year dishes were sought-after by guests.

Among the menu highlights is the Charcoal-flamed Claypot Rice with Waxed Meat and Hong Kong Liver Sausage.

“Some of the dishes such as the claypot rice is inspired by Hakka-style cooking, which has a stronger flavour but we have improvised it according to the milder Cantonese style.

“For instance, our claypot rice is not coated with a lot of brown sauce so that guests can enjoy the flavour of the waxed meat with the mild-tasting rice,” said Foo.

Among the other dishes available is the one-pot poon choy meal.

Silky, soft goose web after four hours of slow-cooking is among the delightful ingredients in the Shunde-style poon choy.

Shunde is a district in Guangdong province that is well known for its food.

Comprising 17 ingredients such as abalone, sea cucumber, goose web, fish maw, dried scallop, half a smoked free-range chicken, roast duck, king prawns, dried oysters, cuttlefish, roast pork, Bailing mushroom, yam, Chinese cabbage, mushroom and beancurd, the poon choy is perfect for a reunion meal.

It is priced at RM888 nett.

Another dish worthy of an order is the Roast London Duck with Wild Mushrooms and Black Truffle, priced at RM198 nett.

If you are wondering about its name, the dish is prepared using imported duck and is infused with black truffle during the roasting process.

Stir-fried Mixed Vegetables with Conch and Golden Shimeji Mushrooms is also on the menu.

Of course, the festive table would not be complete without yee sang.

“Our yee sang comes with a variant of the traditional yee sang as well as the modern yee sang that consists only of vegetables,” said Foo.

“Our yee sang can be paired with eight ingredients, such as the golden crispy enoki mushroom, silverfish, crispy fish skin, salmon, soft-shell crab, salmon and anchovies, salmon and prawns, and grilled pork neck.

“This auspicious reunion classic is available as our a la carte dish or part of our Gourmet Celebration set,” she said.

Chinese New Year meals are never complete without sweet desserts such as the nian gao.

Han Room has this served either fried or steamed.

The Han Room, T-216A, The Garden Mall, Lingkaran Syed Putra, Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur.

(Tel [phone]) Business hours: 11am to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 10pm.

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