Zen at The Leela Palace, Bengaluru is
having yet another food festival and this time it is Cheung Fun food festival. Before
you think it’s some fun related festival, let me tell you that Cheung Fun is steamed
rice noodle roll, which is a popular dish in Southern China. Cheung Fun is made
with prawns, chicken, beef, pork or veggies and it’s a bundle full of flavors. Zen
has created a striking menu with all the above items mentioned, which makes you
feel like you shouldn’t miss a single Cheung Fun dish. Some of my favorites
were the ‘Crispy Prawns Cheung fun’, Three style Mushroom Cheung fun, Steam
Angus with spicy Hoisin sauce and BBQ Pork Cheung fun.
Recently I was invited to experience the
Cheung Fun menu along with few food aficionados. We started off with two drinks – Pineapple cooler
and Strawberry drink. The Ombré effect on the tall glass of Strawberry drink
was visually appealing but as I’m not an inky-pinky person, I was happy with my
Pineapple cooler which was perfect for the afternoon. Meanwhile, the Senior Sous Chef Abhijit greeted us and gave us more
details on Cheung Fun. By now we were sure that we are going to have a wonderful
afternoon with great food and conversations.
Along with drinks we had some
accompaniments like prawns wafers and flavored crisps. Our meal started with
a cold, delightful, and crunchy veg salad with lettuce, juliennes of
vegetables, caramelized onions, and nuts. It tasted exotic as it sounds.
I
love the usage of Bird’s eye chili in Oriental cuisine and the refreshing Manchow soup had my favorite element.
Next on the menu was the much awaited
Cheung Fun dishes. I love the way it was carefully crafted with veg and meat fillings;
which were taken with or without sauces. I
have dined at Zen before and for a perfect Oriental fine dining experience,
this is one of the best places in town.
We tried the following Cheng fun dishes
-
Steamed Chicken and Black Pepper Cheung Fun
Crispy Prawn Cheung Fun
Steam Angus with Spicy Hoisin Cheung Fun
BBQ Pork Cheung Fun
Crispy Vegetable Cheung Fun
Three style Mushroom Cheung Fun
All Cheung Funs were presented with a hint
of micro greens and not a single Cheung
fun disappointed me. Each one was better than the other one and portion size
was perfect for our tasting session. Few Cheung Fun wraps were so delicate as
well as colorful. The beetroot gave it a beautiful purplish red color. Another
interesting ingredient was tiny beads like structured flying fish roe used in
the Prawns Cheung fun. It not only gave a visual appeal but tasted great too.
The overwhelming hospitality at The Leela Palace draws me to this place again and again.
They served us some main course and desserts which were not part of the fest. For the main course, I had a small portion of egg fried rice, veg Hakka noodles
along with a flavorful Chinese Chicken gravy.
By now we were almost done and
then they surprised us with some desserts of our choice. They doled out some Litchi
lemon sorbet and Wasabi Cheesecake with wild berry compote. My vote goes for
the Wasabi dessert. The taste of Wasabi was very mild which I felt it could’ve
been a bit more as I love Wasabi a lot. My perfect afternoon meal ended with a
hot cup of coffee.
Whether it’s the ambiance, wonderful
hospitality or just the array of gourmet offerings; Zen at The Leela Palace
never fails to satisfy its patrons with an extraordinary experience. Chef
Abhijit and his team have done a brilliant job with these master creations in
the form of Cheung Fun. Cheung Fun Festival is on until 15th May 2017 and if you haven’t tried then make
your reservations asap. A meal for two would be ₹2500/- (approximately).
Address:
Zen -The Leela Palace
Old Airport Road,
Bangalore
For reservations, contact - 080 30571520
Check out their website - The Leela Palace, Bengaluru
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