Lunar New Year Lo Hei @ Park Palace (樂宮) Restaurant, Grand Park City Hall Hotel - Alvinology

Lunar New Year Lo Hei @ Park Palace (樂宮) Restaurant, Grand Park City Hall Hotel

This Chinese New Year Lo Hei at Park Palace (樂宮) Restaurant, Grand Park City Hall on 12 January is my first Chinese New Year lo hei for the year 2013. Every year, I count around 14 to 20 sessions of lo hei because of my line of work in the media industry.

Lovely table set-up
Lovely table set-up
Prosperity Mandarin oranges
Prosperity Mandarin oranges
Golden Shunde Yellowtail Yu Sheng, cut to coin-like shapes
Golden Shunde Yellowtail raw fish meat, cut to coin-like shapes
Premium Golden Shunde Yu Sheng. A delicacy hailing from Shunde – a river town in Guangdong, China.
Premium Golden Shunde Yu Sheng. A delicacy hailing from Shunde – a river town in Guangdong, China
Adding in the most important ingredient, the Yu Sheng
Adding in the most important ingredient, the raw fish
Tossing for a year of good luck and prosperity ahead
Tossing for a year of good luck and prosperity ahead
Imperial Suckling Pig
Imperial Suckling Pig
Absolutely dig the crispy skin
Absolutely dig the crispy skin
Golden Happiness Crispy Garoupa
Golden Happiness Crispy Garoupa
Pouring in the sweet and sour sauce for the fish
Pouring in the special sweet and sour sauce for the fish
Chef demonstration for the artful preparation of the Chinese New Year Flambé Pen Cai
Chef demonstration for the artful preparation of the Chinese New Year Flambé Pen Cai

Here’s the beautiful preparation process which I captured on video:

Look how beautiful the Pen Cai is
Look how beautiful the Pen Cai is
Close-up of the mouth-watering pot of culinary treasures
Close-up of the mouth-watering pot of culinary treasures
Dividing into individual portions
Dividing into individual portions
My first serving of Pen Cai (I had a total of three servings)
My first serving of Pen Cai (I had a total of three servings)
The remaining suckling pig from the first course is now served as a second course, oven baked with lemongrass
The remaining suckling pig from the first course is now served as a second course, oven baked with lemongrass
An east-west fusion dish - Auspicious glutinous rice with Foie Gras and preserved meat
An east-west fusion dish – Auspicious glutinous rice with Foie Gras and preserved meat
Close-up of the Foie Gras
Close-up of the Foie Gras
Steamed Mini Pumpkin Dumpling with Green Bean Paste
Steamed Mini Pumpkin Dumpling with Green Bean Paste
Bite-size pumpkin
Bite-size pumpkin
Green bean paste inside
Green bean paste inside
The chefs behind all the wonderful dishes we sampled
The chefs behind all the wonderful dishes we sampled

Ain’ the food glorious to look at? The presentation was really beautiful for all the dishes, particularly the way the Flambé Pen Cai was brought out and prepared in front of us and how the suckling pig was presented as two different dishes at the beginning and the end of the meal.

The coin-shaped Shunde yellowtail Yu Sheng was lovely. The fish is soft and clean-tasting, blending well with the rest of the veggies. I find the lemon grass flavour to the second suckling pig very refreshing and interesting. The Foie Gras with glutinous rice came as a pleasant east-meets-west surprise too.

The Chinese New Year Set Menus at Park Palace Restaurant is available for different number of pax, budget and dish options:
$78++ per person (max two persons)
$288++ for four persons
$438++ for six persons
$588++ for eight persons
$788++ to S$2388++* for 10 persons

If you book now via the Grand Park City Hall website and dine in from 21 Jan – 7 Feb 2013, you get to enjoy 20% off the Lunar New Year Set Menus or à la carte. Find out more via their official website.

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