Avenue K is greeting year 2018 CNY celebration with the campaign themed Bloom of Grandeur’, which transform the mall into a garden of beautiful blossoms. The ground level is set up with 13 CNY booths offering a variety of festive treats and goodies.

We were invited to the launch for this month-long event that will lasts from 19th Jan to 25th Feb. Other than CNY booths, there’s a series of CNY themed workshops from crafting paper lanterns to designing CNY cards made from AngPows for kids aged 4-12.

Flower Power CNY At Avenue K
Flower Power CNY At Avenue K

From 19/1 to 15/2/18, spend a minimum of RM 388 (max 2 receipts) and you get to join the AK Prosperity Draw with Asia Miles and be one of the five lucky winners to walk away with 60,000 Asia Miles points redeemable for a pair of return tickets to Hong Kong and RM 1000 Shoes Gallery by Parkson gift vouchers. There are also consolation prizes of RM 500 (x5) worth of cash vouchers to be won.

For those spending up to RM 288, there’s the AK Wheel of Prosperity in which you get to spin and win prizes. With RM 188 in a single receipt, you’ll get to redeem exclusive AK Ang Pow packets.

The highlight of the event will be on 23/2/18 where there will be a Lion Dance Money Showering session, yeap, literally having acrobatic lion dance throwing money to shoppers. There’ll also be fire crackers lighting ceremony followed by dotting of the lion’s eyes. Then, there’s ‘Rolling in the wealth’ segment in which there will be rolling of mandarin oranges from the main entrance of the mall, to ensure that prosperity will flow into the building. All in all there’ll be 8 pairs of lion performing on the day. It’ll be quite a sight.

Dolly Dimsum with special CNY menu including yee sang
Dolly Dimsum with special CNY menu including yee sang

Of course, since this is a food blog, what I am particularly interested in this period is what some of the restaurants are doing. For this, we were invited to Dolly Dimsum for their special CNY menu.

CNY special menu at Avenue K
CNY special menu at Avenue K

For the CNY period, Dolly Dimsum, which is one of the few halal dimsum restaurants in the city, offers a special set of CNY menu priced at RM 62++ per pax (6 pax group dining). The good thing is, the limited time dishes in the menu is also available ala-carte basis, and we got to give them a try.

scallop dumpling, golden kamquat dumpling, lucky 88 noodle, szechuan tofu
scallop dumpling, golden kamquat dumpling, lucky 88 noodle, szechuan tofu

The dishes include a yee sang (RM 65) with plum sauce & fresh salmon. Scallop dumpling (RM 17.8) which was one of my favorites, huge chunk of scallops with a base of prawns underneath too.

Then there’s the Lucky “88” Noodle (RM 36.8), fried yee mee with really generous amount of crab meat, prawns, and again those delicious scallops that I absolutely love. Then there’s also the Schezuan Tofu (RM 23.5) that comes with really soft tofu, chicken, and the sauce that has a bit of those szechuan kick, tho personally I probably want it a bit more spicy.

nian gao with fresh coconut, lunar blossom mocktail
nian gao with fresh coconut, lunar blossom mocktail

For sweeter ending, there’s the Golden Kamquat Dumpling (RM 9.9), basically mung bean paste wrapped in mochi skin. Their version of nian gao, called Happiness Kuih (RM 11.8), is one of the rendition that I actually find not overly sweet while still carrying that unmistakable CNY spirit, I think having fresh coconut coating was the right way to go.

 

map to Avenue K

Address:
Dolly Dimsum
G-9A Ground Floor,
Avenue K Avenue K, 156,
Jalan Ampang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur
GPS: 3.159257, 101.713610
Tel:  03-2181 3830

KY eats – Dolly Dimsum & Bloom of Grandeur CNY at Avenue K
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10 thoughts on “KY eats – Dolly Dimsum & Bloom of Grandeur CNY at Avenue K

  • February 6, 2018 at 6:45 pm
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    Nian kao with fresh coconut reminds me of some Malay kueh, kueh kosui.

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    • February 6, 2018 at 11:03 pm
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      suituapui: haha ya it’s not too far from that, but a bit more exquisite I think.

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  • February 6, 2018 at 8:53 pm
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    The mocktail looks nice. I like anything pink. haha.

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    • February 6, 2018 at 11:03 pm
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      Merryn: can’t fault that logic. haha.

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  • February 6, 2018 at 10:14 pm
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    KY, you had grand dinner. Hoping to see many more.
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    • February 6, 2018 at 11:03 pm
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      Vickie: there will be!

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  • February 7, 2018 at 4:42 am
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    who is dolly? #millenial

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    • February 7, 2018 at 11:37 am
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      Kekeke: the lady who makes dimsum

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