Migf Festival Carte Du Jour 2010 @ Senses, Hilton Kuala Lumpur

organic bloom pot


MIGF seems to move the buzz give-and-take this whole calendar week (and likely the whole month). At Senses Hilton Kuala Lumpur, their festival menu is a purse of surprises that contains organic produce, whimsical visuals to convey out the kid inside us too bursts of umami. It is also a bill of fare based on seasonal create i.e. Autumn mushrooms too truffles so the umami levels of a few dishes are heightened. The house was packed the nighttime nosotros dined at that topographic point too I spotted a blogger I've read close before but never spoken to earlier aka Ahmok.com. That's the thing, I tin mail away recognise people from their blogs but I'm still a piffling shy to teach upward too tell hullo to them. I reckon I'm nonetheless really shy too don't desire to move known every bit a weblog stalker!



edible bill of fare (and how to consume it), canapes: savoury macaron, dark sesame sponge too scrambled egg espuma


When the festival bill of fare said we'll start out alongside an edible menu, a welcome drinkable too canapes, I expected some bites set together for us. Hence when I was served a menu, a shooter drinking glass of my pinkish fizzy drinkable too a row of canapes, my eyebrows shot up a little. Hold on, y'all hateful my bill of fare is edible?? This brings novel pregnant to literally eating the menu! As Michael explained, the bill of fare is specially printed on a spud based starch alongside edible ink. You are meant to tear it too dip it in the pinkish cod roe. The flavours aren't really distinct with the newspaper (it tastes similar an undersalted spud crisp but alongside an oily experience to the paper) hence you're meant to consume it alongside the cod roe. Once I digested my "menu", I also had my row of canapes - an unusual duck foie gras filled macaron, dark sesame alongside miso sponge too a scrambled egg espuma. The lite too frothy espuma is presented inwards an egg compaction alongside a piffling smoked cod inwards it to add together a impact of flavour, piece the sponge leaves a lite sense of savour of dark sesame on my tongue.



golden tea


Next is the organic bloom pot. Not a novel concept inwards the public of fine dining, these organic gardens served inwards a bloom pot is said to move inspired past times Noma's genius chef Rene Redzepi's cuisine which has an intimate connector alongside the Earth. It's my bit garden inside a calendar month - initiative off 1 was the Alvin Leung's drinking glass garden alongside vacuum dried enoki mushrooms, porcini set down too a pungent greenish jump onion mousse. While Alvin's one looked strangely similar a dead garden alongside no greenish buds, this bloom pot of mine was pretty too brimming alongside fresh vegetables too edible flowers. Hidden underneath are dark stones to move along the vegetables upright too a set down made from nuts too a mild tasting dill mayonnaise. Within my asparagus too royal carrot spears, I abide by foie gras shavings too a chanterelle mushroom. Michael's rationale of the garden was to create something out of the ordinary alongside a impact of zen.



golden tea alongside beef consomme


Don't worry, this is 1 dish that y'all tin mail away forgo your manners. You're encouraged to slow pick through your private bloom pot to nibble on each piece of vegetable dipped inwards the set down too the mayonnaise to give it flavour. Next upward is the interesting named golden tea. Here you're presented alongside a gilt leafage tea purse on hand off of an assortment of mushrooms, truffle, stewed lamb natural language too babe spinach leaves. A deft pour of hot beef consomme into the ensemble sees your gilt leafage melting away into bits. Michael explains this soup was inspired past times Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant, where he spent 1 calendar month working there. The soup has a rigid umami sense of savour too similar my swain diner said it reminded her a flake of Marmite. The bits of mushroom too truffle also operate their magic to pack the soup alongside lots of flavour but my favourite flake was the soft stewed lamb natural language within. On the gilt leaves, there's non much sense of savour to it but a flake of gritty texture to it.



crystals, smoked jade tiger abalone


We displace on to the smoked jade tiger abalone. The salad leaves, slices of abalone too mushrooms is uniquely presented on a flattish stone. Under the stone is a cedarwood paper, slightly burnt to give us a hint of the smoky odor it produces when it is placed inwards forepart of us. This is the same type of forest used to mutual depression temperature fume the braised abalone that had spent roughly fourth dimension inwards a konbu sake broth. There's a piffling Asian inwards this since it uses abalone, a revered constituent inwards Chinese cuisine piece the mutual depression temperature smoking technique is inspired past times Michael's Swedish roots. It was a piffling difficult to consume my leaves too my silvers of abalone together since it seemed to slide downwards the rock. Again, at that topographic point was a rigid umami sense of savour to the whole dish alongside the konbu infused abalone too mushrooms.



cracking it to teach fork tender beef too a visual of the dorper lamb rack


I'm already groaning from the nutrient earlier my principal course of pedagogy started every bit all those small-scale bites are outset to overwhelm me. The waiter rolls inwards a trolley alongside 2 plates that are each covered alongside a white clay. A cleft of the clay alongside the dorsum of his spoon reveals a hidden treasure - tedious braised beef encased inwards a cedarwood newspaper cocoon.  The beef is meltingly soft too Michael reveals that it has been slow braised for v hours inwards a depression temperature oven. It's inspired past times roughly other of Senses dishes that he makes alongside giant steaks large plenty for 2-3 people.  Also on the plate was a spud pave topped alongside truffle shavings too a bonus inwards the floor of a large fresh porcini mushroom. My initiative off fourth dimension trying a fresh porcini too it has a lovely rigid woody aroma. We didn't teach to endeavor the other alternative of principal course, the Dorper lamb rack but Michael explianed that the lamb is coated inwards a stock that adheres to it similar gum which is too so rolled inwards truffle bits. Hmmmm, 1 tin mail away imagine the flare-up of flavours from the whole combo.



frost that is made from Tasminian Leatherwood Honey


We're almost at the destination but earlier nosotros displace on to the sweetness from the savoury, a piffling palate cleanser is served to us called Frost. Michael explains that the frost is made from a mixture of Tasminian leatherwood love (we teach a sense of savour of that divine love afterwards on!) too Mumbai Sapphire Gin, which he paco jets to create a frosty appearance. This he says reminds him of Sweden where the snowfall melts. Nestled inside the white frost are blackcurrants, raspberries, strawberries too broken bits of purple meringue. It's a piffling sudden but refreshing to clear upward our natural language from the rigid umami flavours.



visuals from the gala launch - the large garden they made, macarons too Michael Elfwing goofing for the MIGF promotions


We displace on to the final particular on the bill of fare i.e. the dessert that is presented similar a child's drawing of a uncomplicated bloom arising from its chocolate soil. Named cherry-red poppy, nosotros were wondering if we'll suspension whatever rules for indulging inwards this heed inducing bloom but nosotros were told portions of the poppy are also small-scale for us to teach "high". The pinkish bloom petals are made from an unusual emulsion of Valrhona Ivoire white chocolate, H2O too cherry-red poppy extract. This is based on Michael's other famous dessert they serve at Senses, his Manjari emulsion. To mimick the flower, a sprinkle of poppy seeds is set inwards the middle. Savour each petal every bit it is polish too a piffling sweetness from the role of white chocolate too the specially French imported cherry-red poppy extract.



red poppy


Eat it alongside a scoop of the chocolate set down too a piffling of the banana sorbet, a kid similar flavour. The whole display is meant to jar y'all dorsum to your childhood days alongside the familiar flavours too kindergarden drawing.


Overall, I felt the bill of fare was really rigid visually as it was also pretty for words starting from my organic bloom pot to my red poppy dessert. The flavours were inspired past times a lot of tumble ingredients so it was really umami laden too a piffling also rich for my palate peculiarly when I reached the principal course. A final give-and-take on service, it was impeccable every bit ever peculiarly when the house was heaving alongside people since they had a large grouping of diners to attend to.


Senses Restaurant
Mezzanine Flour
Hilton Kuala Lumpur
3 Jalan Stesen Sentral
Kuala Lumpur


Tel: 03-2264 2264


(Pork Free. The bill of fare is priced at RM398++ alongside vino pairing too RM318++ without vino pairing. Available for the calendar month of Oct only. For to a greater extent than data on the MIGF menu, run into this link. Note that Hilton Kuala Lumpur's other restaurants Chynna too Iketeru are also participating inwards MIGF. Love the duck sushi from Iketeru too the steamed cod from Chynna. More pictures of Senses are also available inwards the Flickr set.)

*Notice: The reviewer declares that this review was past times invitation from the restaurant.

Bagikan Artikel ini