Belgian chocolate is a deep culinary tradition
dating back to the 17th century where it was created to indulge the royalties. The unique
combination of the finest ingredients, exclusive production methods and
stringent quality controls makes Belgian chocolate a favourite worldwide.
MAGNUM recently hosted an exclusive fine dining session
at MAGNUM Kuala Lumpur to celebrate
the best of Belgian Indulgence where guests were invited to caress their senses
by experiencing exquisite chocolate inspired dishes created using the highest
quality Belgian chocolate by Chef Steven Chin, Group Executive Chef of Magnum
Kuala Lumpur.
For more than 10 years he has been creating unique dishes for
different type of cuisines and desserts for five stars international hotels and
fine dining restaurants and the chocolate inspired signature dishes were the
interpretations of his vast culinary experiences and passion for chocolate.
“As the frontier of
chocolate expertise, this event is organized to showcase how MAGNUM will tickle your palette by
creating signature dishes that were infused with Belgian chocolate. We want our
consumers to always remember that remarkable pleasurable moments are now beyond
every bite of MAGNUM ice cream”, shared Mr Shawn Tan, Category Head (Ice Cream), Unilever Malaysia
Holdings Sdn Bhd.
During
the event, guests were tantalized with a 4 course chocolate inspired signature
dishes. For starters, guests were served with spice
butternut squash which is a
butternut pumpkin soup, scented with cinnamon and topped with shaved bitter
dark chocolate. The dark chocolate gave a smooth and light bitter taste of chocolate
for the creamy butternut soup and the dark chocolate goes amazingly well with
cinnamon. It's definitely my favourite soup in town now...Haha.
Following was the appetiser, marinated capellini pasta
with ulam-ulaman served with crispy unagi beignet, salted choc emulsion, soy
reduction and crispy ginger. The combination of the dark chocolate’s bitter
sweet taste with the fried unagi and herbal taste of cold marinated cappelini gave
the guests a fun yet refreshing appetizer experience. Appetising and stimulating my appetite that's for sure.
Guests were then served with the main course, the pan
seared butterfish fillet served with sautéed baby spinach and white sauce which elevated the
whole gastronomic experience. The drizzling yummy sauce that's staining my lip into my strong taste bud actually managed to pierce into my heart and soul instantly to fall in love with this special main course after I took the 1st bite of it.
Translated from French word "white
butter", white beurre blanc sauce
is a hot emulsified butter made with vinegar and shallots. In order to
incorporate the MAGNUM touch to
this, Chef Steven Chin added the MAGNUM white
chocolate to create a layer of sweet and sour taste to the butter fish fillet.
The ultimate Belgian Indulgence came to its
highlight when Death by Chocolate was served. It is the richest chocolate
dessert that MAGNUM Pleasure Store
has ever offered. Death by chocolate is a baked to order warm chocolate molten
lava cake served with MAGNUM chocolate
brownies ice-cream and chocolate crunch pearls that tickled the taste buds and
indeed it was a remarkable pleasure to all guests.
MAGNUM has certainly brought everyday pleasurable
indulgent to a whole new level. The MAGNUM experience does not end there as the
purveyor of chocolate expertise and premium ice cream will be launching a
campaign in April 2015 called “Celebrating Chocolate Pleasures”. Overall, all these dessert pleasures kinda melting my day to a happier and joyful mood after indulging so much sweetness inside of me.
This will mark another MAGNUM milestones of exciting
consumer campaign that will provide consumers the ultimate taste of premium
chocolate and ice cream experience through concourse events, digital contests
and in-store promotions. For more information about MAGNUM ice cream and it
latest offering, you can visit MAGNUM Malaysia official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MagnumMalaysia.
wow.... awesome food! looks so yummy! :D i want some magnum
ReplyDeleteHaha...Yea Henry, yummy food here. Go grab your Magnum! :D
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