George Town Heritage Hotels (GTHH), which owns and runs a stable of boutique hotels which included The Seven Terraces, celebrated its 10th anniversary with a traditional ๐งโ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ผ๐ธ (โLong Tableโ) dinner at its flagship Kebaya Dining Room at The Seven Terraces, this evening.
60 guests were seated at the table to enjoy a sumptuous Nyonya spread.
What were served this evening:
๐๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐๐, ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐-๐ข๐๐๐ฉ - DIY fresh spring roll, where guests were given spring roll skins and a platter of filling options: stewed jicama, creab-meat, julienned egg omelette, cucumber strips, etc.
๐พ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ-๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ - chicken pieces here were marinated with fermented shrimp paste, then batter-fried.
๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐๐ข ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐จ - very good rendition of this spicy-sour-sweet dish, with fresh pomfret fillets, cherry tomatoes and pineapple. Absolutely scrumptious.
๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ - my favourite dish for the evening: fresh, large prawns and spinach cooked in a rich coconut milk-fresh turmeric gravy.
๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ - tamarind-braised duck-breast meat.
๐ผ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐๐ - a traditional Penang-Nyonya pickle with Burmese origins.
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ช๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ช - wild ferns salad, with sambal belacan dressing.
๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ - another rich, tasty vegetable dish, with long beans, French beans and baby corn, in a coconut milk-enriched gravy, strewn with toasted cashewnuts.
Traditionally, Penang-Nyonya sambal goreng has large prawns as the central ingredients, complemented by the other ingredients mentioned earlier. But we were served a vegetarian version this evening.
Still, Kebaya Dining Room has never professed to serve authentic Nyonya cuisine. Its Cordon Bleu-trained head chef, Zachary Choongโs offerings are best described as fusion-Asian, with Nyonya, Vietnamese and Thai influences interplaying with each other.
Dessert:
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ช๐ก๐๐, and ๐ ๐ช๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐ - the creme brulee was more successful, whilst the kuih seri muka was the dinnerโs Achilles heel.
As always, service here was exemplary, and we came away totally sated.
