It's official: molecular gastronomy has arrived in Kota Kinabalu! Or so it has been claimed.
Here’s how it went:
The KK Food Fest 2012 was officially kicked off yesterday so the family and I trooped down to Suria Sabah to have a look-see.
Out of the 30 participating restaurants, it looked like only about 20 set up stalls for promotion. Only one or two had free samples as the rest either only had brochures or a selection of food for sale which strikes me as a silly thing to do.
I mean, this is Malaysia; free food attracts a hell lot of people!
One of the stalls with free samples was the English Tea House; it was fun to see my mother panic when I ate a spoonful of 'dirt' offered by the chef from a 'potted plant'. It was nothing more than finely chopped black olives with seasonings and some green onions planted in a flower pot but I do so enjoy new things in comparison to my more traditional mother.
We had the option to try out English Tea House once last year but in the end demurred as nobody was really in the mood for authentic fish & chips as written on the chalkboard but as I chatted with the chef, I found out that they were moving location from Jesselton Point (good luck finding parking) to Perdana Park (which is much closer to where I work and I do despair trying to find a good dinner place).
Anyways, according to the KK Food Fest pamphlet I picked up, English Tea House has molecular gastronomy on its menu (though it did not specified what exactly) as well as a menu for authentic fish & chips, sheppard's pie and a evening tea menu. Its website was rather dismal though as it appears to have been last updated in 2011.
I'm going to have to pay a visit to the restaurant sometime in the future after hearing and watching all the hype about molecular gastronomy. Carrot foam, anyone?
Meanwhile, there's the fringe events for the festival to think about as I pointed out the Whisky tasting event at a Korean BBQ restaurant that's close to home and pretty good.
