You will be dining to the wonderful delicious cuisine prepared by Chef Jamsari and his team of chefs!

Experience the distinctive culture of Baba Nyonya cuisines which consists of Chinese, Portugese, Dutch, Indian, British, and Malay influences. Also known as Peranakan cuisine, the main ingredient in many dishes would mainly consist of Belacan which is a Malay variety of shrimp paste. Samples of Peranakan dishes on the buka puasa buffet are Nyonya Chap Chia, Pongteh Chicken, Nyonya Duck Curry, Black Pepper Crab, Pajeri Nenas Peranakan, Nyonya Kari Kepala Ikan Merah, Ikan Jenahak Masak Tauchu and more.

Ever since he started his first job at the age of 21, Malay Chef Jamsari has been besotted with food. While he personifies happiness and is chatty amongst his friends, he makes no compromise when it comes to creating authentic and traditional Malay cuisines. ‘I love to cook Malay dishes because it is an incredible challenge! The spices have to be just right and it takes great skills and patience to cook most of the dishes to perfection. The balance is all about preparing it without under or over cooking it. Tricky, but I like it,’ says this fun-loving chef.

Set in a dinning hall with under an expansive skylight that lets in ample natural sunlight, your gastronomical journey at Essence begins  off on a high note. You’ll be impressed with the amazing buffet spread that spans the hall from one end to the next.

Beside the Roasted lamb you can then have your pick at the asian appetizers. You have your keropok or jeruk.

Would you like to make a date with some dates? hehhe. Look at that selection!

Here’s just one of the highlights of the Peranakan Cuisine. Do not miss the opportunity to sample the restaurant’s signature favourite – Roasted Whole Lamb with Nyonya Sambal Marination and Roasted Potatoes.

Take a look at all the cheeeeeeesssseee. Cheese and crackers yummers!

Look at the very colourful spread at the Malay Cuisine corner, where you can find emang, ulam, ketupat, paru goreng, ikan masin, rojak etc.

Choose your own contents for the asam pedas; red snapper, stingray, mackerel, sea bass, clams, cockles, crabs, snails, prawns, beef, lamb, ox-tail… and vegetables. In the picture is walauwei blogger Jason helping me pick my asam contents hehe.

2 types of assam pedas sauces, with distinctive tangy fragrant of tamarind will assault your senses. In addition to the usual assam pedas sauce, there will be the Assam Pedas Daging Tetel sauce – which is a true Melakan recipe. Each night, Chef Jamsari will prepare a variety of assam pedas dishes showcasing 5 or 6 types of fish, beef, prawns, crabs and a variety of vegetables.

Right next to the satay Celup are all your yummy dim sums. Nothing spells out asian, like dim sum dishes. My personal favourite out of the everything there, the red bean pau!!! i’m a huge fan of “Tau Sar Pau”.. droool!!

Fresh oysters!

Here’s one thing you can’t miss out from Melaka, their famous Melaka Chicken Rice Balls! Have your chicken either steamed or roasted!

Want a break from all the fried food, you can also have something from the sushi bar!

I was fascinated by the dessert room at Essence. I hadn’t realised it was a dessert room, till Mynn started roaming the red room with her camera. i really thought it was just for decoration. Walking into the cozy glass room, the red shelves are adorned with all sorts of sweet goodies. I was spoilt for choice! and oooo my shoes match the room haha.

No buka puasa fare is complete without tempting desserts. You will not be disappointed with the array of sweets the culinary team has created for this special occasion. Tantalise your taste buds with traditional favourites like Seri Muka, Kuih Lapis, Kuih Talam, Bengkang Bunga, Kasui, Bingka Ubi, Ang Ku, Kuih Gandus, Onde Onde Buah Melaka, as well as other alluring desserts – Cheese Cake, Blueberry Creme Brulee, Chocolate Banana Cake, Carrot Cake, and variety of cool Ice Creams, amongst others.

Lexie, Mynn and I with the Chefs, that made our tummies very very happy -  Chef Kabir, Chef Kamaruddin and of course Chef Jamsari who happens to be from Melaka. Thank you for the wonderful meal!

Details on the Ramadhan Buffet:-
Price: RM108 per person
Promo: For every 10 paying guests, you will get 2 complimentary free seats.
Date of Availability: 3rd – 27th August 2011 (dinner only)

Executive Chef Pascal Schnyder has worked with the team at Weissbrau from Day 1. His 2011 challenge has been to revolutionise the menu and create even further regional favourites to offer at Weissbrau. Pascal is an accomplished Chef, who in addition to being the Executive Chef of Weissbrau, which sees him creating the menu, training the chefs, and looking after quality control, also owns and operates his own resort restaurant concept in Thailand. With an extensive career behind him, Pascal has worked in some high profile kitchens with some equally-amazing Chefs, and brings this to Weissbrau through not only his creativity, but his adherence to authenticity.

Here’s Chef Pascal Schynder

So let’s see what happened at the launch.

The crowd before the Launch began.

Here’s the REDFM Crew with Photographer of the night Jaz Khai

One big happy family.. ^_^

Celebrities were also around for the launch.. here’s…

Actor Mr Will Quah on the right. He’s a marvelous and hilarious actor!

Racer Alex Yong

Bloggers giving a big cheers all around!

Weissbrau also has an extensive list of beers. Among them The list of beers available at Weissbräu is extensive, but just to name few, Erdinger, Hoegaarden, Franziskaner and Leffe Blonde are available on tap while imported bottled beer such as Paulaner, Lowenbrau, Becks, Konid Ludwig, Grolsch are served chilled. A Draught 5 liter Paulaner beer is also available to cater small functions or party. The usual suspects include Carlsberg, Tuborg, and Royal Stout. Weissbrau also offers a good range of spirits, liqueurs and wine.

Now lets check out the most important part. THE FOOOOODD!!! What you are about to witness on this blog.. is worth every penny. I assure you! The food is too awesome to pass off. ^_~ Thinking and even writing this post now.. is almost too much for my saliva glands to handle.

Beef Lasagne “Spasso” (RM32.00) From the kitchen of Felice Martinelli (check it out here – Spasso Milano)

Jagerschnitzel (RM38.00) Porkloin schnitzel served with mushroom cream sauce

Caprese Schnitzel (RM38.00) Porkloin schnitzel topped with tomato, basil and mozzarella.. i can feel the cheese just melting in my mouth now!

Delicious looking burgers.

From the top – Swiss Mushroom & Cheese (RM32.00) Homemade pork patty, sauteed mushroom & chedder   Bavarian Bacon & Cheese (RM28.00) Homemade pork patty, bacon & cheddar. Frankfurt Miester (RM38.00) Homemade pork patty, meatloaf, cheddar and fried egg.

For those who want something to watch your weight.. well you can try.. Check out the sandwiches! OMGOSH these were to die for! i mean i had to seriously will myself so that i wouldn’t drool on the platter. lol Here are some shots of the new selection of sandwiches!

Sandwiches range from (RM24.00  – RM38.00)

Tuna Sandwich wrapped in a croissant (RM24.00) 

Honey Baked Ham, Turkey Pastrami, Parma Ham and possibly Bierwust!

Spicy and EVERYTHING nice!!

Hungarian Beef Goulash (RM34.00) [NEW!!!!] Paprika flavoured beef stew.

Alsatian Sauerkraut (RM38.00) Classic alsation dish with boiled meats and sausage, served with Sauerkraut (Shredded Cabbage in white wine vinegar) beneath.

Can you say me of my chicken delight!

Chicken Cordon Bleu (RM32.00) Breaded chicken filled with honey ham and cheese.

Country Style Rosemary Pork & Neck (RM38.00) Spiral cut ribs and neck marinated in rosemary.

Forget your mash potato or the potato wedges this was a real treat for the taste buds!

Rösti Weissbrau (RM16.80) Onion, bacon, cheese & fried egg (each topping is RM4.00)

This is something you cannot.. and i say CANNOT with a capital “C” miss. This was soo incredibly awesome. You can die happy.

Sausage Platter – you can have a choice of 1/2 Portion (RM98.00) or Full Portion (RM180.00)

So have i tantalised and tempted you enough? You can check out Weissbrau at these two locations.

Or just head on to their website. Weissbrau

In a nutshell

Food:

Rating: ★★★★★ 

That is also the home of Spasso Milano! Which currently at the moment has a fantastic promotion running for their lunch period. Scroll on down to see the promo!

Below Spasso Milano is Papa Rich, for those who want dishes that are closer to our local taste buds.

Let’s now talk about Spasso Milano and the great food. Spasso Milano is contemporary Italian restaurant which offers cuisine which represents the gambit of all things Italian. Simplicity and understated elegance is the only way to describe the environment. Designed with the busy business professional in mind, as well as the family, and everything in-between, Spasso provides for different levels of relaxed dining. With a separate bar, outdoor veranda, poolside area and formal dining room, Spasso offers an opportunity for everyone to sit back and enjoy the gastronomic sensations prepared by Chef Felice. Nothing represents the Italian lifestyle quite the way Spasso Milano does.

Here’s the Lunch Main course menu.

Here are some shots of what was available at the buffet area.

oh goshhh i’m so hungry no looking at all this >.<

I decided to go ahead with one main dish

and here’s  a shot of the exterior of the building. just as you enter from the side entrance to Papa Rich. No you aren’t allowed to jump in. But i can imagine it would be very nice for a simple party or gathering by the bar. ^_^

A very worthwhile buffet if I do say so myself. Go check it out and try it while the promotion is still on!

I wanna thank The Lord for a thing called Maxis 3G and blogs who blog about food. For if it weren’t for Suanie who mentioned it on her blog. i think I would’ve gone hunting for these chocolates all over the place.

Ok I’ve maybe passed the store a couple of times when I was at the supermarket level in KLCC but it never really caught my attention. All the more I shouldn’t be buying chocolates.

However while picking out the chocolates that Aunty Rayean needed, I decided to give the chocs a try as well. They were absolutely heavenly.

This is the one i tried which are shaped in little cubes.

Truffles delight.

There are either chocs with liqueur or non at all. When you po p them into your mouth, it’s pure ecstasy! The chocolate is not to hard where you have to chew or anything. Instead the texture is just right, where it melts onto your tongue. The liqueur in it is very mild so don’t worry your head on getting high. lol.

I managed to take a few more shots of the other chocolate delighties they had there. OooOOOOH wHeeeeee. I love choc!

Meaning of course in the end, other than buying for Aunty Rayean. I ended buying a box as well for myself to eat. Hohohohoho. Here is my very own Grand Marnier Royce Chocolates. I got these for about RM39. Ok la, a bit pricey but worth every bite!

Ahhh my very own Royce chocolate! Here’s what I enjoy the most about opening things wrapped. You get this very kiddish feeling inside, cause you look forward to the item inside the wrapping. With Royce chocolate, I found out that you need to keep the chocolates at 15 degrees celcius or lower. Reason being that these babies melt really easily, hence the wonderful taste in your mouth.

The chocolates were wrapped with an impressive heat insulator and inside that they had placed an ice pack on top. To ensure that the condition of the sweet heavenly chocs were in perfect condition.

After unwrapping everything you will be delighted of the sight of the goodies inside. Check it out, they provide a knife for you!

Ahhhhhh blissssssss ~~~~~~~~~~!!!! See me swoon with my chocs! Think of it like a bar of chocolate, just that everything has been cut up for you. Sprinkled with choco powder on top.

i heart my Royce chocolates!! Sweet kisses Eat that Hershey.

The bread is shaped up in a cone and then they have all the pizza stuffing shoved into the little, medium or large cone. Think of a huge waffle cone but it’s some nice tasty partially crusty bread. I ordered the Roast beef so which means they will toast the bread cone first then only pop in the stuffing. 

This how they toast the bread. You can see there’s another cone in there but stuffing already in it. I think that was a spaghetti something stuffing. So they needed to melt the cheese inside the bread… crap now I’m hungry. 

Once the bread is a nice toasty brown the guy stuffed the beef and veggies into the cone.

This is the ready to eat look for the kono pizza. Yummy. Great for a small snack and well.. not too bad. A bit over priced though. 

This is some lemon vanilla cupcake. It looks real pretty eh? ^_^

Ah here’s the oreo cupcake. Not too bad.. been a while since I had oreo.

Overall the cupcakes are alright nothing that great, but just had to give the place a try out. I find that the cream was a tad too much and for the price of RM5 per cupcake, I’d rather buy one from which cost less and has a bigger serving.

After that we then headed to The Apartment. Yeah we still had a bit of a craving… or rather my sister wanted to just see if there was anything new.

Nothing new in terms of cupcakes there, just a new look.. it’s still a chocolate chip cupcake.

This however is what I want to drool about. This wonderful piece of Red Velvet cake just made me shoot to pastry heaven. Sigh… I’m not much of a sweet tooth, but a cake like this was tooo good. I bugged Nessa to go and learn how to make it. The icing was just delish!! Sighh… drool drool

The menu consists mostly of shrimp dishes, but also other seafood, as well as Southern and Cajun cuisine, due to the main character Forrest coming from Alabama. On the company’s menu, the company’s CEO says (quoting from the movie) that “shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried, there’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. Th-that’s about it.” – Wikipedia

Hehehe see that buckey there with the smiling shrimp – which reminds me of the mafia shrimps in a ‘Sharktale’ lol. Yeha I’m reminded by a lot of things. In Roadhouse Grill it’ll be filled with peanuts and after opening a shell you just throw it on the floor. Here at Bubba Gump, it has some toilet roll (tissue la) and i think ketchup in there. That Chain is hooked up to a pink pong bat which is yet another menu! So cool – don’t have a pic of it though

Moving on to the signs on the table. I love the concept of it. See when you want to call a waiter, you don’t do the usual kissy wissy noises you make at the mamak, or raise your hand and wave it about like a mad person. No.. you just flip the sign that says “Stop Forrest Stop”.

This is to tell waiters passing by “Oi, I need some service here” hehe. Then once you are done with whatever demands you request from the waiter, you flip over another sign that says…

“Run Forrest Run”.

Just like in the movie when he was running away from the bullets. This sign means “Ok I’m done, you can move along now” ^_^ Sounds so patronizing in a way lol.

Originally i was flipping through the menu and came across the steak section and Nick flipped me back to the shrimp page immediately, stating. “You are at Bubba Gump.. you order SHRIMP!! not Steak!!!”

OK OK.. i’m sorry.. I was just looking… sheeeeshhhh ^_P

Nick had ordered some alcoholic drink which was called Malibu, Midori, Orange Juice. He ordered the drink because it had jap words in it.. hehehehe so cute.

While Min Li and I shared a pasta … oooh yum. oh yeah it’s called Of Course We Have Scampi!“.

The prawns served in one dish goes on for ever.. oooh yeah!! You know how some people like to save their prawns at the side of plate, cause there are only like one or two in a serving? They’ll scoot it to one side and not touch it till the very end.. haha. Here you don’t have to do that haha, if not it’ll be overkill. That’s how many prawns there are in one dish.

They were each at RM4.50. Not too bad a price for something at tea time and to keep you full for a bit.

This is a chocolate on chocolate version called On Cloud Nine. It was nice, but i found it to rich. Plus the marshmallows gave it a cute look, but boy was i guilty after that.

Othello was a better mix with Chocolate as the cake and Vanilla as the Icing. That is one thick amount of icing