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The Friday Wine Lunch @ Chinoz on the Park with Wyndham Estate

December 16, 2008 – 6:38 pm - 3,145 views

A little while ago I was invited for The Friday Wine Lunch @ Chinoz on the Park by Lenny from Millennium Associates on behalf of Pernod Ricard Malaysia (Thanks Lenny!). I do like myself a bit of wine, especially when served up with some delicious food so who was I to say no!

Unsurprisingly our friend KY was also there, along with Eiling and I went along with Kimberly.

I think Chinoz on the Park (at KLCC) has recently revamped and renovated, I like the new look it’s very light and spacious.

The menu looked tempting and we got started with a sparkling wine, the Bin 555 Shiraz.

We got to meet a real chief winemaker too, Nigel Dolan! Quite an experience. Anyway with the Bin 555 Sparkling Chiraz came the Consomme – Wild Mushroom with Oxtail Ravioli. The Sparkling Shiraz was fab!

Honestly speaking the consomme made me think of marmite soup! The Ravioli was very nice though, it had a good texture and a nice solid meaty/salty taste.

After that came the Foie Gras Bon Bon with Caramelized Apple served with Show Reserve Cabernet Merlot.

An interesting meld of textures with the soft and the crunchy, but a bit of a waste of Foie Gras in my humble opinion, I found the wine a little dry for this course too.

After that came the main courses with an option of Salmon and Trout, with 4 of us we had two of each so we could sample. The Beef was Oven Roasted Beef Fillet with Caramelized Shallots, Roasting Jus.

It was cooked just nicely – pink in the middle and tender. The gravy (jus) had a strong rich flavour without being over-powering. The wine served with the Beef was the Show Reserve Shiraz – I really enjoyed this wine.

The Salmon was to DIE for, absolutely melts in your mouth. It was Confit of Salmon Trout with Poached Oyster accompanied by Dill & Cucumber Veloute – served with Show Reserve Chardonnay.

Dessert was served after that, nothing much to shout about – green tea and white chocolate mousse.

Group shot!

From left to right: Eiling, Me, KY, Nigel Dolan, Kimberly and Chris (who blogs at the cork brothers).

With the quality and amount of wine + some nice food it’s quite a bargain at RM100nett per person.

To get on the list you can call Yik Peng at 016 313 1873 or e-mail to:

RSVP – rsvp@millennium.net.my
Lenny – lenny@millennium.net.my
Yik Peng – yikpeng@millennium.net.my

Address:
Chinoz on the Park
Esplanade (G47)
Suria KLCC
50450 Jalan Ampang
KL

Location on Wikimapia (It’s in KLCC at the garden).

Tel: 03-2166 8277

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