 Chinese Food Festival at Ahaar
Ahaar, the buffet restaurant at The Residency, once again brings to you Chinese Food Festival in its truly distinct and unique format from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China.
The Chinese New Year Celebrations at The Residency commences from February 9 to 18, 2007, with a unique buffet spread which promises a wide variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes handpicked by the executive chef with authentic spices. The Chinese New Year buffet at Ahaar will lay emphasis on Chinese dishes apart from the regular offerings.
Beginning with Kimchee, Cold Cuts, and tasty appetisers you can move on to the famous Chicken Manchow Soup, Yu Pain Yen Hoee Tang (sliced fish in cilantro soup) or Roa Yami Thong (crab meat soup with egg white) as rendezvous with the Chinese Food Festival.
For seafood lovers, there is the traditional Singapore Prawns, Fish Penang, Wo Thud Kai (double cooked chicken) or Chinese Kung Pao Lamb and more. And for vegetarians the famous Thai Phak Manow, Delight Pot (a combination of diced vegetables, tofu and mushroom in sweet and spicy sauce), Kumpao Fried Rice, Hopping Noodle are a few dishes to be named.
Chinese New Year is the most important of traditional Chinese holidays. Celebrated internationally in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, the Chinese New Year is considered to be a major holiday for the Chinese as well as ethnic groups who were strongly influenced by Chinese culture.
The Chinese New Year is based on a lunar calendar in which each year the date is different. Chinese New Year usually falls between January–February. What is unique to this calendar is that each year represents a certain animal. This New Year is the year of Boar.
This culture includes Japanese, Koreans, Miao (Chinese Hmong), Mongolians, Vietnamese, Tibetans the Nepalese and Bhutanese.
The dessert counter will include continental dessert along with traditional Indian sweets, accompanied by Banana Toffee, Date Coconut Pan Cake, and Ice Cream, which sweetens your taste buds. The menu changes every session.
The venue is fully created to infuse the spirit of the Far East and the entrance and the interiors transform you to sights from Thailand, China, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The staff are dressed in trademark Chin Chin uniform to add to the special touch.
The Chinese buffet is available at Ahaar, priced at Rs 350 including taxes per session per person. It is open for lunch & dinner.
The lunch will be on from 12.30 p.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner from 7.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.
For more information and reservation contact Ahaar, R Jayaraman (Food and Beverages Manager), The Residency, 49, G N Chetty Road, T Nagar, Chennai –17. Phone No: 28253434 / 52121122 Ext: 6118.
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