It’s January, Christmas jingles made way to those Chinese New Year songs that seems to always resurrect the career of a few non-Chinese singers who sings in Mandarin but nobody ever care the rest of the year.
To many of us gluttons, this time of the year also means that we can have yee sang (鱼生) again! One of my favorite Malaysian invention (yah, they claim it’s from Singapore, or Hokkien province in China… I don’t care)
Gu Yue Tien at Chulan Square, classy place
My very first lou sang session came with the courtesy of Meena’s invitation to the food review session at Gu Yue Tien in conjunction to the Standard Chartered’s Extravagant 8 Menu.
From 20th Jan to 17th February, Standard Chartered credit card holders enjoy great deals at 8 restaurants with special customized menu priced at RM 888++ per table for 8pax.
my very first yee sang for CNY 2011
First dish was of course, the yee sang I’ve been waiting for since some 11 months ago. The version at Gu Yue Tien is a little different, fresh salad with addition of sengkuang, raisin, crushed nuts, crackers, oil, strawberry sauce, and of course, plenty of fresh raw salmon.
The taste is a bit sweeter and a bit fresher tasting, it was so good quite a few of us had second servings.
Gu Yue Tien soft boil egg with foie gras
Next came the dish I had my eyes set on the moment the menu was sent to me via email – Gu Yue Tien’s soft boil egg with foie gras. According to Chef Frankie, he had the idea to create this dish from a visit to some charity cooking event in New York, East meet West.
It is basically a soft boiled egg, with most of the egg white taken out and replaced with foie gras sauce with chunks of foie gras in it. It was rich, savory, and pure heaven, I had two!
seafood soup with crab roe, salt bake Spanish Iberico pork ribs
No real Chinese dinner is complete without soup, and I really give Standard Chartered a big thumbs up for NOT serving any sharks fin in all their Extravagant 8 menu.
So we had seafood soup with crab roe that comes with prawns, scallops, crab meat, and other goodies instead. Tastes better than any sharks fin soup that I had before (I’ve since stopped consuming sharks fin though, and I think you should too.)
Then there’s the salt baked Spanish Iberico pork ribs. I’ve had plenty of ribs before, but boy, this one really tops them all. Slightly salty, tender and juicy on the inside while crispy on the outside, the ribs is superbly flavorful and absolutely addictive. If you go to Gu Yue Tien, this is an absolute must-order dish.
steamed giant grouper, glutinous rice with fresh water prawns and wax meat
Fish is another classic dish during CNY, we had steamed giant grouper with minced ginger and yellow bean paste. The fish meat is indeed tender, and I’ve always enjoy the thick but tender giant grouper skin as well. This dish is a good follow up from the ribs, with minced ginger countering the savory pork after taste.
Steamed glutinous rice with fresh water prawn & wax meat was the last main dish of the night. An unlikely combination of seafood with wax meat, but it is one that turned out very well. The wax meat imported from Hong Kong, and fresh water prawn sourced locally, the two ingredients tasted awesome themselves, but also give the glutinous rice a rich and very delicious taste.
pan fried nien gau, chilled mango cream with pamelo
We wind down the night with the CNY-compulsory nien gau (sticky cake), only this one is pan fried with sesame; and chilled mango cream with pamelo to cool off and try to clear off the super savory+yummy after taste in our mouth.
At this point, my stomach was protesting, and my brain shutting down due to food coma.
KY & Haze, Bald Eagle & Chef Frankie,
Mei Yee & Lionel, KK & BabeKL, Meena & Alison
For those of you who holds a Standard Chartered credit card (or know someone who does), don’t miss out on this great offer. I throughly enjoyed every dish at Gu Yue Tien, and if your taste bud is anywhere close to mine, I have no doubt you will too.
Chef Frankie is also one of the most friendly and inspiring person, he shared the story of stepping into the kitchen at the age of 13 to becoming an executive chef to owning Gu Yue Tien, amazing stuff.
Now chef, how about some of that ribs again? Gu Yue Tien is located just above Gaucho Grill at Chulan Square.
Address:
Gu Yue Tien
Lot 5A, Chulan Square
Jalan Raja Chulan
50200 Kuala Lumpur
GPS: 3.148518, 101.716114
Tel: 03-2148 0808
i have stanchart credit card! mari mari
kimberlycun: lai lai lai!
Oohh the iberico ribs have been haunting my mind ever since! Let’s go have the ribs again!! 🙂
iamthewitch: yessss, I want more more more!
We ate like we hadn’t eaten for a week! Lol. That’s why I love eating with you guys. 🙂
Lyrical Lemongrass: hahaha yah, leave no prisoner!
Yums! Super post! Really loved the rice… thanks LL & Baldie 🙂 xx
aly: thanks for the vote of confidence! 😀
One of my all time fav Chinese restaurants! Must go and try those Iberico ribs as it looks darn yummy.
boo_licious: yeaa, they are super yummy!
The prawns look AWESOME.
neko-hime: big and juicy!!
wow! haze looks awesome!
connie: but what about me???? 😛
u r so lucky lor… hehe
connie: thank you thank you *bow* 😀
I need to find someone with a Standard Charted Credit Card!
(Those iberico ribs are calling my name….)
J the chocoholic: make it happen! 😛
aiyoh this dinner is the most memorable CNY dinner i ever had. not only the food, the company too. i wanna go again!!!
babe_kl: me too!!! T_T
only StanChart card?? not applicable for other cardholders??
Leo: yah, this particular menu is only for StandChart card holder, but if you’re bringing a table of 8 I’m sure someone must be a card holder!
Oooh Alison is a food blogger now?
And hmmm it actually looks really good, tempting – especially for the reasonable price.
ShaolinTiger: yah, food blogger + celebrity dj! I’m drooling over the ribs T_T
wah haze is looking hot! I’ve always like the lou sang at GYT, it’s ze best!!!
eiling: you’ve been to GYT many times, no? 😀
All the dishes looks tempting and delicious! Time to make some booking!
JD: yes make it happen 😀
prawns and pork ribs pics look so tempting!
Haze can look absolutely hot and pretty if she wants to, right!?
lb: haha that’s true, unfortunately i don’t have such an option. 😛
Haze looks really hot here!!!
XCB: another comment for haze, but what about meeeee? 😛
the ribs damn good, but sinful too. So how? eat or don’t eat? Lol
lionelong: eat first, think later. hehehe
Rocking post.. love the food. Frankie is mah HERO.
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i loveee gyt’s foie gras in egg. decadent to the max! but for some reason i thought GYT closed down .. good to know it hasnt ^_^
quaintly: GYT’s still there and doing fine! 😀
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