Tempting tastes for the Tiger

By YIP YOKE TENG Photos by YAP CHEE HONG

Coffee house continues a tradition of serving up fine buffets

BUFFETS have always been popular with the diners at the coffee house of Tropicana Golf and Country Resort’s club house, especially during the festive season.

Piping hot: Junior sous chef Hadi Kadir preparing oyster omelette at the live counter.

This year, the coffee house is treating members and visitors to the club to yet another buffet spread featuring more than 100 dishes for the Chinese New Year celebrations.

Popular Chinese dishes take centre stage from Feb 6 to 21 to usher in the Year of the Tiger.

Also inviting is the outlet’s prevailing muhibbah spirit as the Chinese dishes are all prepared by non-Chinese chefs, headed by senior sous chef Roslan Hamid.

“Tossing yee sang is a long held tradition during Chinese New Year and to celebrate the auspicious occasion, we will treat every table of diners to a complimentary plate of yee sang,” Tropicana Golf and Country Resort Bhd assistant manager for events and promotions James Thor said.

Buffet diners will also not be charged for corkage of wines and liquor.

To start the ball rolling, an array of Chinese appetisers including cold cuts, plain and marinated salads complemented by seven choices of dressing will be served to whet your appetite. Fresh salmon slices and oysters will also be available.

Before venturing on to the hot dishes, check out the live counters where oyster omelette, grilled beef tenderloin, pie tee, barbecued items, satay and fried and soup noodles are served on different days.

The steamed corner is a special feature of the buffet, where seafood of your choice will be steamed on order to get a taste of the cooking method that is popular with the Chinese.

Tasty start: Appetisers such as Chinese cold cuts and fried finger food to whet your appetite.

Among the main dishes to look out for are steamed chicken with scallop sauce, crab in spicy sauce, black pepper beef Chinese style and creamy butter prawns.

For desserts, be tempted by a colourful selection of Nyonya kuih, French pastries, as well as cooling Chinese sweet soups like longan with sea coconut, snow fungus, gingko nut and mango sago.

The buffet dinner is priced at RM52++ and RM62++ per adult, and RM35++ and RM40++ per child, for members and non-members, respectively.