David Brown's Restaurant & Tea Terrace @ Penang Hill, Penang.

Christmas is just few weeks away. Today, I would like to blog about the Christmas Menu presented by David Brown's Restaurant. 

Location: Strawberry Hill, Penang Hill, 11300, Air Itam, Penang.

Tel: 04-8288337/ 018-4096277

Email: st.penanghill@gmail.com

Website: www.penanghillco.com.my

They are having two types of Christmas promotion as the following:

Chirstmas Dinner Menu (RM98++/pax)

This package will run from 01.12.2015 till 31.12.2015 (excluding Christmas Eve).

The following were the Christmas Dinner Menu that I have savour during my review:

APPETIZER

Soft shell crab salad with sesame dressing

I kinda fall in love with this salad after savour my first bites. Love the sesame dressing. It is a perfect combination of lettuce, tomatoes, seaweed, onion, fodder radish, fish roe and soft shell crab.

SOUP

Chicken and Corn Soup

This chicken and corn soup is a creamy soup. If you love creamy type of soup, you will definitely love this. You will definitely taste the chunky carrot, chicken dice, onion and carrot inside the soup. The bun is very crunchy at the outer part and soft in the interior.

MAIN COURSE

As for the main course you can choose from either one of the following:

David's Roast Poulet

It is basically the roasted chicken maryland. I believed that this roasted chicken has been marinated with several different spices. Then it was coasted with different type of spices gravy. The gravy itself has a very strong herbs aroma. Actually I prefer to have it without the gravy. 

The side dish for this main course consist of corn, steam vegetables (carrot & cauliflower) and roasted herbs potatoes.

OR

Pan seared grouper

For the fish lover, perhaps you can try this pan seared grouper. The grouper is not too dry at all. It came with the fish roe, steam vegetable (cauliflower, broccoli and carrot), wasabi mayo and potato croquette.

I love the wasabi mayo especially it goes well with the potato croquette.

OR

Herb crusted rack of lamb

The lamb is well coated with different kind of herbs. The plate of lamb that we savored was cooked to medium rare. The side dish to go with this dish is potato fondant, steam vegetable (cauliflower, broccoli and carrot), corn and lamb sauce.

DESSERT

Chocolate Brownie with caffee vergnano 1882 espresso chocolate ice cream

Desserts are irresistible and is the favourite to most people. So am I. With this Christmas menu, you are entitle to savour the chocolate brownie. The brownie is being served warm and came with single scoop of caffee vergnano 1882 espresso chocolate ice cream. Just hope that they can serve double scoop of the ice cream. Yummylicious! 

TEA OR COFFEE WITH CHRISTMAS COOKIE

Coffee with Christmas cookie

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Christmas EVE Dinner Menu(RM188++/pax)

This package is only available on Christmas Eve 24.12.2015

 AMUSE BOUCHE

Turkey Croquette

It's a small bite size of turkey croquette with sriracha mayonnaise. It has a hint of spiciness as they use the sriracha sauce. 

APPETIZER

Arugula salad with beef bacon and tempura oyster mushroom

If you love balsamic, you will definitely love this salad. It consists of rockets, crispy beef bacon, fodder radish, onion, and tempura oyster mushroom topped with toast hazelnut and balsamic reduction vinaigrette. It's a nice choice of appetizer to start with.

SOUP

Chicken Veloute with eryngii mushroom soup

This soup is a bit mild if you compare to the creamy type of soup. However, I love this soup very much. The soup is top with two slices of chicken breast and eryngii mushroom + chive.

MAIN COURSE

As for the main course you can choose from either one of the following:

Traditional roast turkey breast

Traditionally, Christmas usually will lead you to turkey. This main course consists of slices of roast turkey breast with purified apple chutney and gravy. It's hard to differentiate between apple chutney and gravy from the photo as both colour are rather close. Apple chutney tastes rather sweet. The side dish for this main course consist of toasted herb potato, broccoli and cherry tomatoes.

OR

Pan seared Norwegian Salmon and Scallop

Salmon lover, you will definitely love this pan seared Norwegian salmon as it was cook to the perfect timing. The salmon is not too dry at all. And the scallop is very juicy. This came with asparagus, fodder radish, chive potato cream, tomato tartar and miso hollandaise sauce.

OR

Rack of lamb with braised lamb pie

The lamb is very tender in texture and the sauces (balsamic lamb sauce) goes well with the lamb. The lamb pie is one of the attractions in this dish. A small lamb pie is very cute in size and nice in taste. It is also glazed with onion and confit cherry tomato.

PRE DESSERT

 Ginger and lime granita

It is a very nice and smoothing pre dessert after all the food intake. It has the hint of ginger and lime tastes. 

DESSERT

 Chocolate Mousse Cake

This is a very nice dessert to end the meal. The chocolate mousse cake is very nicely baked and it was served with caramelised banana underneath the mousse cake. So you will taste the chocolate mousse cake together with the banana. Apart from that, it came with caramelised pop corn, coconut gelee and fresh fruits (strawberry, grapes and berries).

TEA OR COFFEE WITH CHRISTMAS COOKIE

Coffee with Christmas cookie

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PROMOTION

If you make booking for the Christmas Dinner Menu or Christmas Eve Dinner Menu before 15.12.2015, you are entitled to 20% discount. But full payment must be made upon booking.

ASIATIQUE Kitchen & LOUNGE

If you are adventure type of person and looking for some surprises in fusion food,  may be it's time for you to visit:

ASIATIQUE Kitchen & Lounge

Address: C-G-3 Vantage Desiran Tanjung, 10470 Tanjung Tokong, Penang.

Telephone Number: 604-890 3995

Business Hours: 12.00noon-11.00pm (Closed Tuesday)
GPS: 5.456445, 100.307985
FB: https://www.facebook.com/AsiatiquePenang
Website: http://www.asiatique-penang.com.my/

Open space kitchen

Interior of ASIATIQUE

ASIATIQUE Kitchen & Lounge describes themselves as

"Modern Australian cooking on a plate with good, simple and tasty food! People refer fusion to confusion. They see fusion, as perfection. Asiatique Kitchen & Lounge Penang offers casual, yet classy dining with our carefully prepared menu of seasonal, local and quality ingredients. The beauty of combining Asian flavours into French cooking techniques creates a unique tantalizing food experience. They call it, the Modern Australian cooking. They aim for excellence, discipline and perfection in their food. If it ain't good, it ain't leaving their kitchen. ASIATIQUE restaurant and lounge is 100% MSG free. All dishes are carefully prepared by their young talented group of chefs that are dedicated to only serving good food."

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After some briefing of ASIATIQUE, come join me to find out what I have tried during my visit to ASIATIQUE lately.

 Firstly, start with 

ASIATIQUE SPECIAL MOCKTAILS

AMOHLICIOUS - RM15

It is basically Ribena, Lychee fruit, Lychee syrup and Soda water.

LOVE OF DENISE - RM15

Pineapple Juice, Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice and Grenadine Syrup.

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VICTER's SPECIAL COCKTAILS

SPOOKY EYES - RM20

Malibu, Midori Melon, Lychee Fruit, Cherry Fruit and Milk

CRUMBLING MOCHA 

Home made chocolate cookie, chocolate chips, vanilla syrup blend with freshly brewed coffee.

FRESHLY BREWED LATTE - RM11

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SOUPS

GREEN PEA CAPPUCCINO - RM11

Parmesan nutmeg foam and cinnamon lavosh.

POTATO AND LEEK MISO SOUP - RM11

Crispy tofu puffs and nori crackers.
FoOd PaRaDiSe Comment: Out of the two soups, i prefer the the green pea cappuccino. I can taste the strong aroma pea flavours.

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STARTER

CHILLED SILKEN TOFU - RM12

Caviar, dried shrimp, hoisin jam and chives.
Basically as it written on top, it's a chilled tofu top with caviar, dried shrimp, hoisin sauce and chives. It is a nice starter to start with if you want something light.

CRAB AND CORN CAKES (3pcs) - RM16

Singapore spicy chilli sauce and arugula salad.

LAKSA FRIED CHICKEN WINGS - RM13

Laksa paste, chilli and lime sauce.
When this starter being served, I can smell the aroma of the laksa. This actually quite interest me as I never think to marinate the chicken wings with laksa paste. The tastes is quite delicious. I think it will be a good choice to go with some beers or wines.

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MAIN COURSE

PAN SEARED SALMON - RM30

Laksa cream, pickled cucumber, mint salad and fermented prawn foam.
This is another dish that with laksa flavour. The taste vice is quite nice though. I like the combination of the pickled cucumber and mint salad and not to forget about the laksa cream. But i think my gal sure will tell me she will be very hungry if she only had  this for her main course. 

ROAST PORK AGLIO OLIO - RM22

Crispy roast pork, thai basil and chilli flakes.
Have you try roast pork aglio olio before? Well, it's my first time though. I love the combination. But I would prefer the thai basil not to be deep fried. I like thai basil aroma very much. Actually, you cannot taste much of the roast pork in this dish though. Perhaps a bit more roast pork would be perfect.

FIVE SPICE DUCK BREAST - RM34

Yam puree, sautéed chilli spinach, kushiyaki quail eggs and orange plum reduction.
Usually, I will hardly order duck in a western cuisines. The five spice duck breast in ASIATIQUE is kinda delicious. As the duck breast that I tried is quite juicy and tender. I tasted a strong aroma of the orange flavours. I quite enjoy this dish too!

BRAISED PORK BELLY - RM28

Grilled abalone mushroom, garlic spinach aioli, confit potatoes and poached duck egg.
If you like pork belly, may be you can give this a try! And they use poached duck egg rather the normal egg. The pork belly is very tender.

COFIT OF MISO SAKE - RM32

Shrimp and radish cake, coriander and raisin cous cous and miso glaze.

COCONUT AND GINGER CARBONARA FETTUCCINI - RM24

Coconut, ginger and pandan leave cream, poached hainanese chicken, crispy chicken skin and garlic sambal.
This dish is quite rich in flavour. The combination of coconut and cream. I think it tastes nicer to go together with the sambal garlic.

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DESSERTS

SARSI POACHED PEARS - RM12

Rambutan Salsa and nutmeg granita

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ASIATIQUE still has many desserts which I will try out in my next visit there. Overall, it's quite a nice place to eat out. Ample parking space and the staff are very friendly. And I also like the way that they will always change their menu and try out new things. Stay tune for my second visit!