Date: 3rd July 2010
Venue: Genting Highlands
Country: Malaysia
Cuisine: Asian
Initially mum wanted to have assam fish head at the cafe in Resort Hotel, but to our dismay, we were told that they were only serving buffet dinner that evening. So we walked all the way back to First World Plaza to look for an alternative. Seeing it on the menu of Hainan Kitchen and the dinner crowd in the restaurant, we decided to have our dinner there. However, we totally regretted our decision not even halfway through our dinner.
Pig Trotters in Black Vinegar (RM17.00 / US$5.30)
We ordered this dish after seeing the banner outside the restaurant 'promoting' this dish.Yet boy, the gravy has totally no taste of vinegar at all. It was basically braised pig trotters braised in diluted soy sauce and Shin even had to request for chilli to enhance the flavour of this dish.
Side Note: This is a common Chinese confinement food, made by braising pig trotters and ginger in undiluted black vinegar. This dish is said to be rich in calcium (from pig bones dissolved in vinegar) and able to dispel the 'wind'.The pig trotters will taste slightly hot (depending on the amount of ginger added) and sourish, hence no need for additional condiments. The gravy can be drank on its own or goes well with white rice.
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Assam Fish (RM16.90 / US$5.30)
This dish was the main reason why we decided to have dinner at Hainan Restaurant. Unlike the usual version we had, this version was simply 2 steamed fish drizzled with some assam gravy and morsel of vegetable. Nothing much to comment about this dish except that maybe it was a simply bad decision to order assam fish from a restaurant that specialised in hainanese cuisine.
Side note: Assam fish is a Peranakan style dish made by cooking fish in a spicy tamarind based sauce with generous servings of vegetables, like eggplant, long beans, lady's fingers, pineapple, tomato etc.
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Each of the above set came together with a serving of white rice.
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Address: Level 2, First World Plaza
Opening hours: 24 hours
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Total Cost of Meal (2 Adults) =RM 52.80 / US$16.50 (incl service charge and taxes)
Rating = 2/5
Flip : None
Flop : Both dishes
Venue: Genting Highlands
Country: Malaysia
Cuisine: Asian
Initially mum wanted to have assam fish head at the cafe in Resort Hotel, but to our dismay, we were told that they were only serving buffet dinner that evening. So we walked all the way back to First World Plaza to look for an alternative. Seeing it on the menu of Hainan Kitchen and the dinner crowd in the restaurant, we decided to have our dinner there. However, we totally regretted our decision not even halfway through our dinner.
We ordered this dish after seeing the banner outside the restaurant 'promoting' this dish.Yet boy, the gravy has totally no taste of vinegar at all. It was basically braised pig trotters braised in diluted soy sauce and Shin even had to request for chilli to enhance the flavour of this dish.
Side Note: This is a common Chinese confinement food, made by braising pig trotters and ginger in undiluted black vinegar. This dish is said to be rich in calcium (from pig bones dissolved in vinegar) and able to dispel the 'wind'.The pig trotters will taste slightly hot (depending on the amount of ginger added) and sourish, hence no need for additional condiments. The gravy can be drank on its own or goes well with white rice.
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This dish was the main reason why we decided to have dinner at Hainan Restaurant. Unlike the usual version we had, this version was simply 2 steamed fish drizzled with some assam gravy and morsel of vegetable. Nothing much to comment about this dish except that maybe it was a simply bad decision to order assam fish from a restaurant that specialised in hainanese cuisine.
Side note: Assam fish is a Peranakan style dish made by cooking fish in a spicy tamarind based sauce with generous servings of vegetables, like eggplant, long beans, lady's fingers, pineapple, tomato etc.
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Address: Level 2, First World Plaza
Opening hours: 24 hours
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Total Cost of Meal (2 Adults) =RM 52.80 / US$16.50 (incl service charge and taxes)
Rating = 2/5
Flip : None
Flop : Both dishes
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