MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL - MIGF 2014 - TASTE MIGF REVIEW BEST RESTAURANT TO EAT

MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL - MIGF 2014 - TASTE MIGF REVIEW BEST RESTAURANT TO EAT

Best Restaurant To Eat got a special VIP invitation to attend the GALA LAUNCH of the TasteMIGF and MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL - MIGF 2014 held on the 26th September 2014 at the Sunway Pyramid Convention Hall.

It is one of the most anticipated Gourmet Food event of the year where there are 28 participating restaurant at this year event.

In conjunction with the launch is the TASTE MIGF which is held from 26th to 28th September 2014, the TASTE MIGF gives the opportunity to food lovers the opportunity to taste the Gourmet food offering from these participating restaurant thru a program called SUPER GOURMET SAFARI by using GOURMET DOLLARS to taste bite size GOURMET sampling creations.

We were honoured to be the judges for the best and most creative restaurant for this event. The evening started out with us having the first round taste of all the best GOURMET dishes under one roof at the THEATRE OF CUISINE. 

We were indeed impressed by the elaborate setup of all the restaurants in the THEATRES OF CUISINE. Never in our mind that we have the opportunity to taste so many dishes at one go. Each of the participating restaurant serves at least 3 of their signature dishes by the HOT CHEF of each of the restaurant .

The cuisines serves ranges from the Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French, International and so forth. Details of all the participating restaurant are highlighted as below.

Due to the numerous best gourmet dishes that we had to sampled for the night, the following are my top choice.

1. Dynasty -Whole Chilled Abalone

2.  Grill 582 -  Grilled Australian Short Rib 100 Days Grain Fed Homemade Smokey BBQ Sauce

3. Minori Japanese Restaurant - Salmon Sashimi

4. Chambers Bar and Grill - Charcoal Grilled Wagyu Beef

5. Nerovivo - Pizza Bufalina

6. Minori Japanese Restaurant -Hiyashi Maki

7. Chambers Bar And Grill - Robatayaki Grilled Baby Snapper Fillet

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANT  

MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL - MIGF 2014

No	Restaurant	Type Of Cuisine
1	Aliyaa Island Restaurant and Bar	Sri Langkan Cuisine
2	Bunga Emas Malay	Fine Dining
3	L’Heritage	French Contemporary
4	Minori Japanese Restaurant	Japanese Cuisine
5	Chambers Bar and Grill	Open Grill
6	Chynna	Cantonese Cuisine
7	Graze	European Cuisine
8	Charcoal	Open Grill
9	Cuisine Gourmet by Nathalie	French Cuisine
10	Dynasty	Cantonese and Sichuan Cuisine
11	Sagano	Japanese Cuisine
12	Grill 582	Classic European
13	Imperial Rama	Thai and Chinese Cuisine
14	LTITUDE Restaurant	Bar & Lounge Western & Japanese Cuisine
15	The Olive	Western Continental Cuisine
16	La Scala	Italian Cuisine
17	Maison Francaise	French Modern Cuisine
18	Marble 8	Western Cuisine
19	Marini’s On 57	Italian Cuisine
20	NEO Tamarind	Modern Thai Cuisine
21	Nerovivo	Italian Cuisine
22	Nook	Asian & International Cuisine
23	Samplings On The Fourteenth Restaurant	Western Classic Cuisine
24	Seasonal Tastes	International Cuisine
25	Signature By the Hill	Asian & International Fusion
26	Tanzini	European Modern Cuisine
27	Ten Japanese Fine Dining	Japanese Cuisine
28	Zender’s Restaurant & Bar	European Modern Cuisine

To celebrate Malaysia International Gourmet Festival (MIGF) 2014 - from  1st October 2014 to 31st October 2014, each of the participating restaurant will offer a special Festival Menu for Gourmet Food Lovers to savour upon. for more information, you can view at http://www.migf.com/offers-list/2014

Moussandra Mediterranean & Tapas Restaurant Solaris Dutamas Publika - A touch of Mediterranean fare in Kuala Lumpur

Yearning for some delicious Greek, Spanish, or Italian? Where can you get all these food in Kuala Lumpur?

The answer is simple, look out for Moussandra Mediterranean & Tapas Restaurant located at A1-1-8 Solaris Dutamas 1, Jalan Dutamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, one of the pioneering Mediterranean restaurants in Kuala Lumpur. Moussandra started business in 1996 along Jalan Yap Kwan Seng before moving to Fahrenheit and now at the present location.

It serves a variety of dishes which are specialties dishes to each of these countries. We were introduced to the style of Mediterranean dining. The night started with a few Tapas dishes. Tapas are appetizer serves in small portion and usually the Greek have these with beer and drinks. The Tapas are usually eaten with either Baguette or Pita bread.

First dish on the table was the Berenjenas Picantes which is Pan Fried Eggplant With Chili and Tomato. This dish had a little sourish taste due partly to the tomato based that was used to cook the dish.

Next came the Gambas Al Ajillo which is Garlic Prawn in Olive Oil. The garlic and the olive oil blended well with the very fresh, succulent and firm prawns. One of the popular dishes, that are ordered by many patrons to this restaurant.

The third Tapas, was the Terrina De Pollo which is Chicken Liver Pate. This is a dish you either like it or hate it. For me, I find the Pate have a strong liver taste i.e the chef have used adequate chicken liver to cook it which, is good and its leave an after taste in your mouth.

The fourth Tapas we savour for the night was the Datilles Con Bacon which is Beef Bacon Wrapped Dates Stuffed With Almond. The Bacon was grilled to the right texture and when you bite into you can taste the soft dates and the crunch of the almond in one mouthful.

After our round of Tapas, the first main dish for the night is Pizza Primavera – It is a thin crust pizza topped with grilled eggplant, roasted red peppers, spinach, anchovies, mozzarella and basil to give it an added aroma. We usually have meat based pizza but I was surprised to taste the perfect combination of all the ingredients in one simple pizza.

Lastly we had the Paella Valenciana – It is a Saffron Flavoured Rice with Squid, Clams, Fish, Prawns, Mussels, Chicken, Chicken Sausage & vegetable. It is served in a wok like pan and the used of quality seafood have blended well with the rice.

After finishing our main dish, the first dessert we had was the French Creme Brulee, This is another one of the must order dish here. The Creme Brulee was served with a topping of caramelized brown sugar which, when eaten together with the Creme Brulee was sensational. It leaves a tingling sweetness in your mouth but not too sweet. Most Creme Brulee served at other restaurants are usually the liquid form of brown sugar which, often than not is too sweet. Hats off, to the chef for this wonderful dessert.

To end the night, another dessert that we had was the Vanilla Ice Cream. This is another new twist where the chef have added some Rum to complement with the simple Vanilla Ice Cream.

So, the next time you have a yearn for Mediterranean food, you can give Moussandra a try. Who knows you might fall in love with it. Bon Appetit.

For a video preview of Moussandra on Youtube, please watch the video below.

 “This food tasting session was organised by HungryGoWhere Malaysia – Discover, Eat, Share today!” (URL link HungryGoWhere Malaysia to http://bit.ly/HungryGoWhereMY)