The Suan won! Yipee yay yay! Go, go to her blog to congratulate her!
Fairuz and I got the consolation prize of RM500 vouchers for Robinson/Marks & Spencer and a priceless experience. Of course, we got the most canggih phone at the moment, Nokia N82 too. Hehehe.
Now I have an N95 and an N82. I’ve grown attached to my N95 already but I’ve also fallen in love with the new N82. How could you not????
More report and pictures soon, I’m so tired now I can’t even type properly.
In conjunction with St. Patrick’s Day, Bossa Nova (Parkroyal Hotel), Bulldog, Sevenatenine, Delaney’s, Nikko Hotel and Jarrod & Rawlins are participating in Guinness Draught Infused Food Creation Contest, serving their very own Guinness-inspired dishes throughout the month of March. All the Guinness-inspired fare will be judged by Chef Emmanuel Stroobant of Asia Food Channel’s Chef in Black.
Thanks to the good folks from Guinness, I was able to sit down for lunch with the celebrity Chef himself, Emmanuel Stroobant at Jarrod & Rawlins. He was there to evaluate the food creation by Jarrod & Rawlins and I was just there to get starstruck, eat and be merry :)
Guinness Stout.
The chef from Jarrod & Rawlins whipped up some Guinness ribs from scratch while Chef Stroobant watched on. I’m all for open kitchen concept cause watching your food meticulously put together by a chef is a wonderful experience.
Kitchen kungfu.
Chef Stroobant shared with me his judging method for all the participating outlets. He has about a dozen categories ranging from hygiene to creativity which he would rank between 1-10, 1 being poorest and 10 being exceptional. He showed me the scores of the other participating restaurants he has ranked in his moleskin notebook.
It was very interesting….I shall not divulge who pwns who aye!
Chef Emmanuel Stroobant evaluates.
Grilling the ribs, baby.
The ribs were pretty good, the meat was juicy and very well flavoured. And I absolutely love the contrast of taste courtesy of the diced beetroot. I hope they will continue to serve the dish after March.
Hearing the little voice calling out for a perfect pint of Guinness yet? Well, then head on to Guinness St. Patrick’s Festival this Saturday, 15th March 2008 at Plaza Mont’ Kiara because starting from 5pm, the first 1000 party guests will get a free pint of Guinness!
Guinness St. Patrick’s Festival
Of course, for the weight watching ladies, there’s always the hotness that is Chef Emmanuel Stroobant as a reason to go to the carnival ;)
Chef Emmanuel Stroobant.
p/s: I’m still waiting for my picture with him. Will post it up as soon as I got it!
So proud to see a Malaysian doing great in the International circuit! Our 13 year old has kicked all 81 arses from around the world. Oops mind the language, it’s a peace poster contest after all, heheheh.
KUALA LUMPUR: A 13-year-old boy from Bidor, Perak, created history by winning the grand prize in the 20th annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest.
Ming Yang Soong emerged victorious after competing with more than 350,000 children, aged between 11 and 13, from 81 countries.
“I felt very sad to see so much fighting and so many people dying in the world. I hope my drawing will help to promote peace.
“All nations must work together to keep this world peaceful,” he said in a statement yesterday.
His grand prize poster was chosen for its originality, artistic merit and portrayal of this year’s contest theme “Peace Around the World”.
Source: The Star.
This is the winning poster. Absolutely beautiful!
Source: USA Today (yes! got picked up by USA Today some more!)