It’s fine and elegant dining at Lafite, Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur for Christmas and New Year. Chef de cuisine of Lafite, Jean-Philippe Guiard has prepared special dinner menus for the festive season. For dinner on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day there is a choice of a five-course or seven-course menu. The five-course menu at RM395 nett per person.
On Christmas Day, a buffet lunch is served at Lafite, at RM275 nett (adult). Among the dishes in this lavish buffet are Christmas duck breast and duck liver terrine, Marinated scallops with grapefruit, citrus confit and avruga caviar, Escargot vol au vent with garlic and parsley butter and Roast rack of Lamb with ratatouille and Taggiasca olives.
There is a carving station offering Roast Christmas turkey with chestnuts and giblet sauce, and Traditional beef wellington. An action station cooks a la minute Scallop and asparagus risotto, and Snow crab and rock lobster risotto. A Japanese station, cheese station and of course the dessert corner are also at the buffet.
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Lafite with an eight-course dinner menu at RM675 nett per person. Begin with the first course of Marinated and grilled tuna, condiments, avocado puree, aquitaine’s caviar and sea urchin. Then savour Roasted Hokkaido scallop skewer with dry fruit crust, black truffle celeriac puree and emulsion.
Fillet of turbot “duglere”, confit cherry tomato, garlic chips and olives Taggiasca follows. Revel in Lobster royale, squid julienne, smoked trout sauce and salmon roe, then Pan seared duck liver ravioli, clear duck consommé with black truffle.
Refresh the palate with Lemon emulsion, lemon sorbet, fennel confit and dill. Take your pick of main courses – Roasted rack of veal, truffle pomme amandine, grilled asparagus and morel sauce, or Pan seared sea bass, crispy langoustine, poached oyster, sautéed artichoke with Pomme Amandine and avruga caviar sauce. End dinner on a sweet note with Chocolate and raspberry parfait, crispy chocolate tuile.
**For reservations or more information, call (03) 2074 3900 or email restaurantreservations.slkl@shangri-la.com or visit our site at www.shangri-la-specials.com.
