Whimsical display for Christmas
December 6, 2018
If there’s a
prize for cuteness in buffet displays, Sedap Restaurant wins knives down. It’s
hard to be a Grinch when the display, from appetisers to main courses and
dessert, is a parade of whimsical fancies, punctuated by icing sugar figurines
of Santa and elves.
Sedap (Malay
for delicious) is just off the hotel lobby where a 3m tall Xmas tree stands. As
you approach the restaurant, your eyes will be drawn to a red brick stall
stacked with festive cookies, cakes and gingerbread houses. Right across from
this is a red leather upholstered chair and beyond that, a selfie magnet in the
shape of a black hippopotamus sofa underneath a gold Christmas tree. But don’t
tarry too long with the selfies. The buffet spread awaits.
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| Selfie moment on the Black Hippo sofa |
Oh, check
out the cubes of seared tuna on sticks… the little soupspoons filled with
marinated scored squid… mousse rolls with seaweed squiggles… and colourful cubes
of vegetable terrine. Are those cherry tomatoes in little sauce bowls? It looks
like the chefs have injected the Christmas spirit in the food for a full blast
of festive ambience.
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| Skewers of Seared Tuna |
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| From top: Marinated squid, vegetable flan and potato balls stuffed with cream cheese |
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| Snowman guarding the Seaweed Mousse Rolls |
The only
thing I find lacking is proper food labels for all the dishes so that I’d know
what I’m taking. Most of the time, I’m guessing what I’ve picked. For instance,
the “cherry tomato” turns out to be hollowed potato balls tinged red and filled
with a delicious cream cheese centre.
There’s
plenty of appetisers. The seared tuna skewers and scored squid demand second
helpings. I love the stuffed capsicum, mixed mushroom salad and chicken ham
salad. Cold cuts are also available.
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| Works of art on the buffet table |
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| Smoked salmon |
At one side,
there’s seafood on ice – mussels, slipper lobsters, crayfish and the freshest,
sweetest poached prawns, along with lemon wedges and a selection of dressings,
from bottles of red and green Tabasco to balsamic-olive oil, mayonnaise and
tartare. Oysters are schucked while you wait.
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| Seafood on ice with choice of dressings |
The seafood display
is flanked by freshly cut fruit and the Japanese corner where I help myself to sashimi
and sushi, smoked salmon and poached salmon, which is perfectly done to retain
all the soft juiciness of the fish.
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| Poached salmon |
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| Selection of the freshest sashimi |
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| Some salad choices include (l-r) chicken ham, roasted potato and marinated mushrooms |
At one side
of the restaurant, running along the perimeter, are trays of hot food: Roasted
meats, vegetable dhall, mini beef burgers, spinach and onion quiche, teriyaki chicken-leek,
pizza, pasta, rice, fried noodles, two choices of soup and bread.
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| Teriyaki Chicken-Leek |
There’s also
an action station where you select your meats or seafood and the chef will fry
them in your favourite sauce. He will even make pasta to order or dish up a
plate of char kway teow.
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| Pick your favourite seafood and meat and chef with cook it the way you like it |
Naturally,
we gravitate towards the braised wagyu beef short ribs with parsley crumb and 12-hour
brined roasted turkey. Playing second fiddle are an assortment of vegetables
such as baby carrots, Brussels sprouts, baked potatoes, sautéed vegetables and sliced
pumpkin as well as apple chestnut bread stuffing, chestnuts and giblet gravy.
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| Braised Wagyu Short ribs |
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| Delectable vegetables to go with the Short Ribs and Roasted Turkey |
Do keep a
bit of tummy space for dessert. Children will love the chocolate fountain but
honestly, the other dainty, fanciful offerings are what calls out to me.
Cakes come
in bite sizes, each decorated as artfully as the next. Chocolate cases are
filled with mango compote or kiwi fruit, cookies iced white, sandwiched with
cream and topped with strawberries to turn them into mini trees while rum babas
and mango compote are flambed while you watch.
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| Mango and kiwi fruit tarts as well as cakes |
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| Rum Babas are flambed for serving |
Wait, the celebrations have not ended. Just before you go, each table is presented with a bare gingerbread house.
Bare? That’s right but it comes with an icing bag, marshmallow twists, cookies
and icing figures.
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| Decorate your own Gingerbread House. I did (right) |
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| All the "tools" for decorating the gingerbread house |
This is when the fun begins. Customers can decorate their
own gingerbread house any way they fancy and when they’re done, the waiting
staff will wrap it up for the customers to bring home.
Available only for Christmas Eve
dinner and Christmas Day Brunch.
SEDAP RESTAURANT
Level 1,
Pullman Hotel KLCC
Jalan Conlay
Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
Telephone
+603-2170
8888
Opening Hours
Promotion
Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve Dinner Buffet
6.30pm to
10pm
RM168 per
person inclusive party pack
RM198 per
person inclusive free flow sparkling wine, house wine and beer
Christmas Day & New Year’s Day Brunch Buffet
Noon to 3pm
RM128 per
person inclusive party pack
RM198 per
person inclusive free flow sparkling wine, house wine and beer
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