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| Wine Dating at Villa Danieli, Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur |
Words past times Kirsten Durward, Photos past times (Monica Tindall)
We’re e'er on the await out for fun events offering mingling opportunities amongst nifty nutrient in addition to potable pairings. And the monthly ‘Wine Dating’ at Villa Danieli for certain ticks all the boxes. Each calendar month a dissimilar topic is followed every bit participants taste, sip, chat in addition to learn. This month, with the populace topic the nutrient is all almost earthy flavours in addition to earthy textures, patch the winery featured is good known New Zealand construct Oyster Bay, a goodness mid make favourite. With a surprise thrown inwards at the end. Wait in addition to see.
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| Villa Massa Aperitif |
We are guided through the nutrient stations past times the chefs in addition to nosotros get got an goodness sommelier on mitt also for all of our vino queries.
Live inwards Earth
The outset tasting station impresses instantly with innovative platings of imaginative combinations. The outset I taste, balanced on a sliver of glass, is a delectable concoction of poached beetroot with cream cheese espuma in addition to a sweetness pearl onion pickle. It’s definitely earthy in addition to real more-ish: mine are non the alone fingers snatching for more! Venison is non oft works life inwards KL so I delight inwards the adjacent morsel, where the gamey meat is combined with carrot confit, in addition to enhanced with an organic cinnamon orangish jam. Both of these tasters are a goodness pairing for the Oyster Bay Merlot, which both Monica in addition to I are slightly surprised to savour so much. It’s real plummy with rich berry fruit notes, in addition to hints of spice, oak in addition to chocolate. Very enjoyable in addition to it volition hold upward joining its Sauvignon Blanc cousin on my ‘best value wine’ list.
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| Beetroot |
But, y'all know, us YumListers are e'er on the await out for a flake of a present in addition to it’s the blowtorching of the salmon tartar inwards a petri dish that actually gets my epicurean juices flowing. And non only for present either, the slightly seared mouthful is a flavourful mélange of salmon with capers in addition to shallot, drizzled with basil fossil oil in addition to served on a fresh lite Parmesan crus. Epic. Delicious when nibbled together with Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc. The crisp elegant notes of the vino outburst with aromas of gooseberry in addition to tropical fruits, but the pairing is robust plenty that the nutrient is non overwhelmed.
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| Torching the Salmon |
Earth’s Moisture…
The adjacent station raises a sigh from Jonathan Cheah (the evening’s vino expert) every bit he muses how much of a headache it is for a sommelier to distich vino with soup. I’m interested to encounter the results, beingness somewhat of a soup fan. The outset occurrence is that it’s impossible to swallow soup standing upward patch asset wine, so my novel foodie friends in addition to I get got to perch upward at a nearby tabular array to construct the most of our tasting. The outset soup is potato, thick, creamy in addition to filling. I sweat non to spoon also much of it every bit I’m eyeing upward the pumpkin which is beingness spooned out into scooped out Lycopersicon esculentum bread. Surely pumpkin soup has to hold upward 1 of the most soothing dishes inwards the world? This 1 is made from whole roasted pumpkin, which is peeled in addition to so cooked upward with chilli. We are loving its rustic elegance, in addition to exclaiming over the odd pumpkin seed in addition to risotto canvas for dipping inwards - something old, something new. The pairing respond appears to hold upward the Oyster Bay Chardonnay. Jonathan explains the importance of having a vino with trunk when serving soup, so this choice, which fills the palate is a goodness one. New Zealand is non good known for Chardonnay but this proves to hold upward a decent cool climate presentation with flavours of rock fruit in addition to citrus balanced with a lite oak finish. Again, non a vino I had tried, but I would happily imbibe again. And that’s utilisation of what these events are about: stretching your gustation choices, expanding your palate.
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| Pouring the Pumpkin Soup |
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| Soup in addition to Chardonnay |
From populace to Human…
Chef’s troops surpass themselves with our adjacent station, where our moans in addition to exclamations are drawing interested glances from regular diners. Everyone has a favourite sampler from the 4 options spread earlier us. I’m delighted to banknote that this course, along with the others, does get got a vegetarian option, in addition to it’s 1 definitely worth tasting. It’s a dense rootage vegetable strudel with a warm in addition to tangy dark Lycopersicon esculentum dip, in addition to perfect for a revisit to that Merlot. Meat eaters though would hold upward real pleased with the filo pastry rolled roasted beef with mushroom duxelle in addition to shallot-wine jus. The jus is so goodness I would happily imbibe it on my own. My novel Chinese drinking buddies in addition to longtime Yum List fans are inwards ecstasies over the mini foie gras tortellini inwards aromatic truffle duck broth in addition to fresh chive, telling chef that the duck broth is ‘to drib dead for.’ Wow, at that spot is an accolade. But my selection for dish of the evening, only narrowly eclipsing the beetroot, is the tiny rosemary waffle topped with slithers of 8 hr braised lamb rib in addition to a berry compote that I genuinely desire to continue spooning all night. Who needs dessert with something so delicious in addition to rich for 3rd course?
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| Mains are Served |
Our Merlot in addition to Sauvignon Blanc are brought dorsum every bit drinking choices for the chief class (I cannot error the generous provisioning of vino at the event), but Jonathan also introduces us to the Oyster Bay Pinot Noir. This proves to hold upward a surprisingly complex vino for its cost indicate with intense cherry in addition to gamey notes that sit down good with the ‘Earth’ theme. The long savoury complete makes it a enterprise selection for whatever meat dish, but I suspect it is the fruity hints through most of the tasters that convey out the value inwards the wine. It’s some other potent value choice from Oyster Bay.
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| Oyster Bay Pinot Noir |
I could happily complete here, in addition to indeed my novel buddies are bowing out, citing early on flights in addition to a long drive. But a committed YumLister does non acquire out earlier dessert in addition to it looks similar nosotros are getting some other lilliputian present to boot.
When populace however standing…
The wellness witting amongst us would hold upward taken past times a shot of wheatgrass juice with a jelly topping, in addition to that for certain goes amongst the populace theme. But my eyes in addition to tastes are to a greater extent than drawn towards the Rustic Tiramisu in addition to Deep Fried Chocolate Truffle, both of which are beingness assembled at a alive station. I don’t know which of the ii is to a greater extent than decadent. First I sweat the mitt built tower of almond tuile, whipped mascarpone cream, java soaked sponge, to a greater extent than cream, in addition to fresh strawberries topped past times chocolate. ‘Man that’s rich!’ calls a voice, in addition to I get got to concur - richly delicious.
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| Tower of Tiramisu |
Meanwhile chocolate truffles are beingness rolled inwards fresh kokosnoot in addition to so dipped inwards melted chocolate earlier beingness deep-fried to order. Oh dear. Badness upon Badness. Biting through the crisp hot outer trounce to the oozing cool centre, I get got to unopen my eyes. It is almost also much chocolateyness inwards 1 bite. The kokosnoot gives a lilliputian boost of texture in addition to an exotic gustation banknote too.
And hither is the surprise – As Oyster Bay does non make a dessert wine, the trial organisers get got decided to process us to a gustation of Liqueur 43, which Monica straight off enthuses over every bit a signature Castilian liqueur she is real fond of. Made from a hush-hush recipe of Mediterranean citrus fruits in addition to select herbs in addition to spices, 1 of Liqueur 43’s tag lines is ‘Pura Passion.’ Ahem! Beloved all over Europe the advert refers to the 43 ingredients. And how does it taste? Wonderful! The initial odor is sharp, warm, in addition to complex, with front end notes of vanilla; in addition to and so tangy sweetness fruit, spices, in addition to an aged rum similar presence. The season is strongly vanilla, complex intermixed spices, tangy fruits, in addition to hints of citrus. It tastes so spectacular with my chocolate truffle that I’m forced to get got some other one. What? Just doing my job!
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| Dessert in addition to Digestive |
The eve ends with a fun twist – literally. Each invitee is invited to spin the bike to win 1 of several prizes on offer. Monica in addition to I are both rooting for the spa voucher but I come upward away with xx % off a repast at Villa Danieli, zero to complain almost there! It has been a nifty evening. I’ve met some novel people, tried some nifty nutrient combinations in addition to added novel wines to my drinking list. Perfect. You should sweat it. The adjacent 1 is soon!
Wine Dating takes house on the final Th of the calendar month until the destination of the twelvemonth from 7pm-10pm. Cost is RM220 (nett) in addition to reservations are strongly recommended due to express space.
Reasons to visit: Fun mingling opportunity, innovative food, charming atmosphere, plenty of wine.
Villa Danieli
5th Floor
Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur
Jalan Sultan Ismail
Kuala Lumpur, 50250
Malaysia
+6 03 2717 9900
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