JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur Features Distinctive Rice Dumplings This Dragon Boat Festival At SHANGHAI Chinese Restaurant

SHANGHAI FEATURES DISTINCTIVE RICE DUMPLINGS THIS DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur Features Distinctive Rice Dumplings This Dragon Boat Festival At Shanghai Chinese Restaurant

The "Zong Zi' or the much-celebrated Dragon Boat Festival comes early to me as I was one of the few lucky guests invited to taste their specially crafted three signature rice dumpling at SHANGHAI Chinese Restaurant at JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur.

The festive Chinese dumplings have always been an important celebration in my life for as long as I can remember. My mother never fails to make us her delightful and delicious home made rice dumplings or 'Zong' as we called it. A nostalgic food, I grew up eating my late mom's homemade 'Zong' she specially made for me with selected few of my favourite ingredients of lean pork, salted egg yolk, fried dry shrimps, chestnuts and dhal (yellow split peas). 

After my mom passed on, I was lucky to have my mother-in-law who makes mine special too while my aunt will craft some delicious sambal belacan dumplings for my family and me. So every year in the month of May and June while savouring these Chinese dumplings, they always bring back lovely memories of my beloved mother, mum-in-law and my aunt, Fei Po Po! 

With Dim Sum Chef Kong & His Tasty Glutinous Rice Dumplings

The glutinous rice dumplings are synonymous with the Dragon Boat Festival. Shanghai restaurant at the JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur continues its tradition of creating mouth-watering Zong Zi, as they are known in Mandarin. This ancient fare consists of perfectly steamed glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves and stuffed with delicious sweet or savoury fillings. 

 

  Iberico & Salted Egg Yolk Glutinous Rice Dumpling

RM 49 Each

Master Chef Wong Wing Yeuk introduces two specialty dumplings this month. Iberico and Salted Egg Yolk Glutinous Rice Dumpling is a delectable savoury dumpling filled with ingredients such as Iberico belly meat, salted egg yolk, dried scallops, mushroom, chestnut, sliced black bean and white and black glutinous rice. 

Ingredients

Iberico and Salted Egg Yolk Dumpling

• Iberico Belly Meat
• Dried Scallop
• Mushroom
• Salted Egg Yolk
• Sliced Black Bean
• Chestnut
• White Glutinous Rice
• Black Glutinous Rice

 Sweet Osmanthus & Five-Bean Glutinous Rice Dumpling

RM 29 Each

For those who prefer their dumplings sweet, Chef Wong has also created the exquisite Sweet Osmanthus and Five-Bean Glutinous Rice Dumpling, a colourful creation of five-coloured beans and sweet bean paste, served with a homemade Osmanthus syrup.

Ingredients
Sweet Osmanthus and Five-Bean Dumpling

• Sweet Osmanthus
• Five Color Beans (Red Bean, Green Bean, Sliced Black Bean, Sliced Yellow Bean, White Bean)
• Sweet Bean Paste

Available until May 30, Shanghai’s Iberico and Salted Egg Yolk Glutinous Rice Dumpling is priced at MYR 46 nett each and the Sweet Osmanthus and Five-Bean Glutinous Rice Dumpling at MYR 29 nett each. These dumplings are available for dine-in and takeaway.

Besides the tasting of 2 types of the glutinous rice dumplings, we were treated to a demonstration on dumplings making by Chef Kong. 

 Ingredients All Laid Out For Dumplings Making Session

5 Kinds Of Beans Goes Into The Healthy Sweet Osmanthus & Five-Bean Glutinous Rice Dumpling

Mixed Well Into The Glutinous Rice Prior To Wrapping

Chef Kong deft hands delicately wrapped the rice fillings firm and secure with bamboo leaves.

Nice & Freshly Wrapped Rice Dumplings 

Shanghai is the only hotel Chinese restaurant in Kuala Lumpur that specialises in exquisite Shanghainese cuisine. Guests can enjoy more than 100 authentic dishes originated from the Northern and Southern regions of Shanghai. The restaurant serves a sumptuous selection of Shanghainese Dim Sum and dishes for lunch and dinner.

Apart from the dumplings tasting and demonstration, we savoured some of Shanghai's signature Chinese Tea to go along with their chef's recommendation dim sum.

 Shanghai's Signature Chinese Tea 

Eight Treasure Tea

There are many health benefits to drinking this special tea, consisting of 8 different types of little 'treasure' such as wolfberries, American Ginseng, dried longan, red dates, lotus seeds, rock sugar,  chrysanthemum and last but not least, the fragrant Long Jin tea leaves.   

 Steamed Shanghainese Meat Dumpling 

 

 My Favourite ~ Baked Chicken Pie With Walnut

 

Pan-Fried Meat Bun

 Baked Royal Bridge Biscuit

Located on Level 1 at JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai is open from Monday to Saturday for lunch from 12 pm to 2.30pm and for dinner from 6.30pm to 10.30pm. On Sundays and Public Holidays, it is open for lunch from 10.30am to 2.30pm.

For reservations and enquiries, kindly contact Shanghai at +60 3 2719 8288.

SHANGHAI 
JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur

Level 1 
183 Jalan Bukit Bintang

55100 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 2719 8288

Opening Hours

Monday to Saturday 

Lunch 12pm to 2.30pm 

Dinner 6.30pm to 10.30pm
Sundays and Public Holidays
10:30am to 2:30pm

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