Palace Five Season Combination Platter | JoinMe - Food Review Malaysia

Grand Palace Restaurant is one Chinese fine dining cuisine located strategically at the sixth floor or Pavillion Kuala Lumpur amongst other grandeur restaurants. That floor houses particularly more fine dining concept ranging from Japanese, Korean, Middle Eastern, Meditaranean to Western Continental and many more. The interior décor doesn’t lose out to its competitors too. Elegant and grand ambience are the best description I could think of now. And we have this delectable spread of Palace Five Season Combination Platter. It consists of 5 varieties; braised century egg, baby octopus, mini almond balls, meatball, sea asparagus with sweet peas. I never expect to find baby octopus here other than Japanese cuisine, hehe, but they taste really good. Another equally amusing are the crispy mini almond balls, where you would find the skin is slightly crispy with the fried flaky almonds. As for the middle portion of sea asparagus, they are tangy and complemented with the crisp of the sweet peas. Although it seems to be the plainest choice, it is still appealing to the younger folks :) Double-boiled Shark’s Fin Soup with Chicken and Vegetables Second runner-up would be this Double-boiled Shark’s Fin Soup with Chicken and Vegetables. But I am still not sure why it need to be done twice, or could this better up the flavor? Hmmm…… Later only I know that this Chinese cooking technique (Double steaming), is usually used to prepare delicate food such as bird's nest soup and shark fin soup. The food is covered with water and put in a covered ceramic jar and the jar is then steamed for several hours. This technique ensures there is no loss of liquid or moisture (its essences) from the food being cooked, hence it is often used with expensive ingredients like Chinese herbal medicines and many more. Anyhow, one thing for sure is, this is the first time where I actually get to see the shark’s fin still intact in a piece, delicately boiled in the soup with the other ingredients. There are chicken breast slices alongside with some herbs and sea bird nest to complete that nutritious pot of soup. However, I find the taste of the soup is far too mild and not as rich as I thought would be, after seeing all those marvelous ingredients. Still, I think it’s quite healthy as oily layer is hardly to be seen.



Restaurant at:The Grand Palace Restaurant @ Pavilion



by WendyLee