West Lake Garden Restaurant Sunway Resort Hotel

Tonight I had the chance to taste some delicious and unique rice dumplings at this really posh chinese restaurant in Sunway Resort Hotel thanks to Rebecca Saw. West Lake Garden Chinese Restaurant at Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa will roll out some novel interpretations of traditional rice dumplings in conjunction with the annual Rice Dumpling Festival from 25th May to 6th June 2011.

West Lake Garden Chinese Restaurant

West Lake Garden Chinese Restaurant is this really nice restaurant located on the lobby level of Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa with a stunning view of the lagoon. One thing that caught my attention was the restaurant is a pork-free establishment, a rather impressive feat as we don't get many of these in KL.

West Lake Signage

West Lake Garden Chinese Restaurant
Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa,
Persiaran Lagoon, Bandar Sunway,
46150 Petaling Jaya Selangor.
03-7495 1800
Open Daily 12pm-2:30pm (lunch),  6:30pm-10:30pm (dinner)

Arriving just past 7pm, we were ushered to our tables by Ms Crystal Koh from the restaurant. Met up with a few other fellow bloggers, which as usual gave me this really good warm happy feeling. I always love meeting up with people of the same interest, blogging. So there we were, to put into words, "waiting to be fed" some really good rice dumplings.

The master chef Chan Choo Kean himself came in with the dumplings!

Served a la carte for lunch and dinner, these little flavoursome rice packages are also available for take-away. Master Chef Chan Choo Kean and his team at West Lake Garden have concocted five unique flavours for this celebration. We were lucky enough to be served all 5 flavours. These were awesomely tasty dumplings I tell you. Do check them out below.

#1

#1 Superior Giant Glutinous Rice Dumpling with Assorted Meat and Chef's Special Savoury Sauce - RM118++ 

First off, don't be put off by the price tag for this giant piece of rice dumpling. The 3kg rectangular dumpling can feed up to 10 persons or more! It is shaped like a giant bamboo and packed with an equal spread of dried scallop, dried oyster, barbecued chicken, lotus seed, chestnut, salted egg yolk, mushroom, dried shrimp and yellow pea.

#2

#2 Steamed Glutinous Rice Dumpling with Yam and Lamb - RM 23++

Personally, I find this very unique. How often do you find lamb meat inside rice dumplings? I've never come across one yet, so I really dug my teeth into this one. Having the ingredients of yam, dried shrimp, mushroom, chestnut and seasoned lam meat brings out the taste really well. I can say this was my favourite dish among the five. Maybe this is because I really liked the taste of lamb which was both unique and delicious!

#3

#3 Hong Kong Style Steamed Glutinous Rice Dumpling - RM28++

This would be the authentic traditional meat dumpling generously filled with dried scallop, barbecued chicken, salted egg yolk, black mushroom, chestnut, dried shrimp and yellow pea. Nothing much to shout about here.

#4

#4 Steamed Vegetarian Glutinous Rice Dumpling - RM 18++

For vegetarians, or just for us "meat'arians" who love to sample some vegetarian rice dumplings. The taste wasn't bad actually, in fact it was really tasty due to the different mushrooms inside. We have the enoki mushroom, abalone mushroom and black mushrooms all stuffed into its fillings.

#5

#5 Steamed Glutinous Rice Dumpling with Sweet Red Bean - RM12++

This final flavour is rather sweet in nature. We have these creamy bits of red bean as the filling. Ccoupled with some honey sauce, this rice dumpling is bound to satisfy your sweet tooth! Who says savoury and sweetness doesn't mix. They do, and here's the proof of the two tastes blending together in one small package.

Our table full with dumplings!

Now wasn't that some really good stuff? There's more to come. To complement the delightful dumplings, we made the experience even more fulfilling with West Lake Garden's traditional Chinese Tea and sweet desserts. Be tempted with the pictures below!

Chinese Tea to complement your dumplings

Mango Puree and Vanilla Ice Cream (Comes with Tempura Durian Puff below) - RM12

Heavenly Tempura Durian Puffs which came with the mango puree above.

Double Boiled Dried Longan with Almond and Apple - RM12

Double Boiled Fresh Ginseng with Sea Coconut (in whole coconut) - RM12

Homemade cincao Herbal Jelly with Honey - RM12

What intrigues me was that all desserts on the menu were priced at a standard pricing of RM12 no matter what was ordered. Anyway, it was a great food experience. With the rice dumpling festival coming up, and if you're up for some really unique rice dumplings, do drop by West lake Garden Chinese Restaurant for these sinful delicacies. Remember it will be available from 25th May to 6th June 2011.