Venezuelan Gastronomic Festival at Prince Hotel, KL

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Venezuela has always been known to me as a country with a bevy of beauties, as it is apparent from their impressive record in always winning beauty pageants. However, if you talk about Venezuelan cuisine, it is a whole new league for me. Thanks to Prince Hotel which is hosting the Venezuelan Gastronomic Festival for the Fifth time in Malaysia now, I had the chance to savour and embrace Venezuelan culture and cuisine.

Venezuelan Week at Prince Hotel

Venezuelan tidbits

Prince Hotel is bringing delicious and exotic dishes which  used to be made in Venezuela back from 200 years ago! Celebrity Chef Tamara Rodriquez was specially flown in all the way from Venezuela to indulge us spoiled Malaysians with her unique recipes, specially prepared on the occasion of her country’s Bicentennial anniversary of Independence.

Celebrity Chef Tamara Rodriquez

Herbs and Spices

Some of the signature Venezuelan dishes that night include:

Ensalada de aguates y palmitos tomatitos relenos (Avocado and Palm Heart Salad with stuffed cherry tomatoes)

Tachira-style Stuffed Hen

Tamal stuffed with spicy black beans and wrapped in banana leaves

White Fish Fillet with cashews and nutmeg sauce (Fillets Angoustura con crust de merey y salsa de nuze moscada)

One of the dishes to note was the roasted caramel steak which was tender and juicy. The caramel sauce was not too thick nor thin, and blended with the steak perfectly.

Roasted Caramel Beef

Asado Negro

Melose oriental coconut and cheese (Melose oriental de coco y queso creamy cake)

Bienmesabe

Green papaya in syrup with cheese (Dulce de lechoza con terrine de queso)

All the Venezuelan dishes above were personally crafted by Chef Tamara using a selection of ancient Venezuelan ingredients such as cocoa, and indigenous spices and fruits, nuts and meat.

Besides the special Venezuelan dishes mentioned, there was also the usual spread of buffet offered by Eccucino.

Appetizers:

Oysters and mussels on ice

Assorted sushi and sashimi

Dessert bar:

Chocolate fountain

Marshmallows and strawberries

Variety of cut fruits

Oops Saucer caught me staring into the desserts area. *LOL*

witch at Eccucino, Prince Hotel

In the midst of dinner, His Excellency Mr Manuel welcomed the guests and gave a short speech.

Ambassador of Venezuela – His Excellency Mr. Manuel Guzman Hernandez

After that he was invited to cook his signature dish! We were all anticipating with eager what his ‘signature dish’ was.

Mixing the sauces together

In the end, it turned out to be a dish with his signature, hence, the ‘signature’ dish.

Signature dish

After that, we were also entertained by a special Latin American dance performance which was sexy and hot!

witch with a mask

The ambassador having dinner

It was indeed an enjoyable dinner as usual, this time with some new member in the food gang too. Most importantly, I was exposed to some of the culture and culinary delights from Venezuela for the first time, without having to fly there.

Group picture with His Excellency and Chef Tamara

This gastronomic week’s lavish spread will be available at Eccucino Restaurant, Prince Hotel and Residence Kuala Lumpur from 12th til 18th April 2010 only.

Buffet dinner at RM88++/pax

Eccucino
Prince Hotel and Residence Kuala Lumpur
Jalan Conlay,
50450 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Tel: +603 – 2170 8888 (ext. 8119/8120)
E-mail: [email protected]
www.princehotelkl.com