One World Hotel Dim Sum Buffet at Zuan Yuan Restaurant

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Did you guys hear about the Hot Air Balloon festival last weekend held in Putrajaya? To be honest, it was my first time hearing about such an event and it was apparently happening annually! I guess I was just not that exposed to these events back then when I was still in Penang. Anyway, the group of us bloggers decided to join in the fun to take pictures at the ungodly hour of 7am on Saturday! *groans* Not to mention I slept at 2am the night before, so I only had 4+ hours of sleep before heading to Putrajaya.

witch with Darth Vader

witch and Saucer with Bunch of Balloons in the background – cute!

Firing up

The weather that morning was not so nice, hence most pictures turned out to be pretty dark.

Hot air balloons colouring the sky

witch with Levi’s jeans

After sweating it out and being chased out by the guards (because I was not holding a DSLR!), we were hungry looking for breakfast/lunch. Ken came to the rescue and suggested we go for dim sum buffet at Zuan Yuan restaurant located in One World Hotel. Immediately, all of us said yes! More like our tummy said yes. *LOL*

Zuan Yuan restaurant @ One World Hotel

Zuan Yuan, being the hotel’s signature restaurant bears an aura of oriental exuberance. With the restaurant name that is synonymous with a treasure trove of gems, Zuan Yuan welcomes its patrons with silver leaf ceilings, ebony doors and artifacts of wine jars that complement the decor and cuisine of the restaurant.

Grand table setting

Meticulously set table

Huge chandelier greeting us at the entrance

Numerous award-winning restaurant

Nu Er Hong rice wine

When all of us arrived, we downed cups of the exquisite Chinese tea after the sweltering morning.

Chinese tea

With that, our taste buds were ready and awaiting. What is dim sum without the ever famous signature ‘har kao’ or prawn dumplings? The dumplings here were steaming hot when served, with several (at least 2) succulent prawns within each dumpling, doubling up our satisfaction.

Steamed prawn dumpling

Being a halal restaurant, the siew mai here is creatively modified to use, guess what? Shark’s fin (!) AND shrimps instead of pork. Well if you ask me, I’ll say yes to this version of siew mai anytime!

Steamed shark’s fin dumpling

Steamed prawn dumpling with spinach

Steamed minced Squid ball with Dried Octopus and Crab Stick

Steamed Teo Chew siew mai

Fancy loh mai kai but always think it’s too big or filling? Fret not, for Zuan Yuan has painstakingly inserted the loh mai kai into cute little dim sum sizes glutinous rice balls, where you can enjoy the goodness of glutinous rice without getting too full.

Steamed Glutinous siew mai

Done with the steamed items, we moved on to the baked and fried items. *drools* All of them were served hot and crispy!

Bean curd roll

Pan-fried Shanghai Dumpling (woh tip)

The cheese tarts were amazing! At first glance, I thought they were egg tarts but with the first bite, the melted cheese flowed into my mouth (luckily it wasn’t burning hot when I ate it) and the aroma of cheese just filled up all my taste buds.

Oven-baked cheese tart

Flaky Barbecue char siew pastries

Deep-fried Sesame Ball with Peanut paste

Taro Dumpling Wu Kok style with Scallop and Miso Sauce

Another version of prawn dumpling but fried! This was also filled with several succulent prawns, fried to perfection! Best eaten alone or with the salad dressing.

Deep-fried Prawn dumpling and Salad dressing

Barbecue Char Siew Chee Cheong Fun with sesame seeds

Stir-fried Turnip cake with XO sauce

Oven-baked mini Egg Tarts with Caramel and Cinnamon

Dining at Zuan Yuan made me feel like royalty. Why, you ask? The Steamed Seafood Dumpling with Superior Stock and Shark’s Fin says it all. It was my first time drinking such a soup, and I totally fell in love with it. The broth was rich with seafood goodness and when I opened the dumpling, I was welcomed with more wonderful surprises! I would personally call the dumpling the Seafood Treasure for it was filled with lots of goodness including fish maw, to name an example. This soup is so good that I’m going to give it the iamthewitch.com Golden STAR DISH award! Yes, from now on, whenever I do a food review I’ll give one special dish a Golden Star award, to commemorate the chef for doing such a brilliant job.

Steamed Seafood Dumpling with Superior Stock and Shark’s Fin

Other than the Star Dish above, guest can choose to have Braised Shark’s fin with Crab Roe soup as well. Unfortunately, each guest is only allowed to have either ONE of these soups and only ONE serving for the buffet. No points for guessing which one I would choose eh?

Braised Shark’s fin with Crab Roe

The Water Prawn noodles is apparently one of the signature dish of Zuan Yuan as well, and this is also a limited order with one portion per guest. So make sure you don’t miss this out!

Water prawn noodles

Last but not least, to complete our meal, we ordered unlimited helpings of desserts such as the Chilled Aloe Vera infused with Lemon Grass and Double boiled Crystal Pear with Fresh Ginseng. Both are cooling and refreshing to the body and soul.

Chilled Aloe Vera infused with Lemon Grass

Double boiled Crystal Pear with Fresh Ginseng

Ah, look at the dim sum spread that we had that day! Splendid! If you would like to have the royal feast that we had, simply make a reservation with Zuan Yuan restaurant at One World Hotel.

The wonderful glorious dim sum spread

The dim sum buffet allows you to order unlimited orders of all the steamed, bake and fried items listed in this post plus the limited orders of one water prawn noodle and one soup each. Best of all, this buffet only costs RM48 per person! At a 5-star hotel! This is definitely variety and quality at reasonable price.

Dim Sum buffet at RM48++/person, only available on Sunday and Public Holidays (11.00am to 2.30pm)

Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant
One World Hotel
First Avenue
Bandar Utama City Centre
47800 Petaling Jaya
Tel no: 03 76811159
www.oneworldhotel.com.my