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Hi! So I went to Kuala Lumpur (KL) for a short two-day work trip recently. Unlike Joanne Peh who has Qi Yuwu visiting her during her recent KL work trip, I hanged out with fellow colleagues to search for my love: good food!
As it was pretty late when we
flew into KL, we decided to settle dinner at Mid Valley Mall where our hotel was
located.
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Located at the basement of
Mid Valley, Purple Cane Tea Restaurant has quite an interesting concept that
promotes healthy eating. Its dishes are mainly infused with tea. All kinds of
tea that one could imagine. The menu even recommends the tea pairing that goes
with the tea-infused food.
This meal would not be
possible without our sponsor Prada... No la just joking. That's my friend's
bag.
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Starting off with some hot
Pu-er tea. Twin pots are used. Tea leaves are added to the first tea pot for
immersion for about 20 seconds. The tea is then poured into second tea pot which
is served. This is to ensure that the tea leaves are not over-brewed and the tea
is not too strong or bitter when served.
We had Long Jing green tea rice (RM1.80/~S$0.70) which is just white rice infused with green tea leaves.
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We had Long Jing green tea rice (RM1.80/~S$0.70) which is just white rice infused with green tea leaves.
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Stir fried abalone
mushroom with dry chili and tea | Tea used: lychee black tea
(RM18/~S$7)
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If you read too fast, you
might have thought this is an abalone and mushroom dish. But no, this is abalone
mushroom, a mushroom that is abalone-wannabe. Which I learnt from Wikipedia that
it is a type of mushroom which the caps are laterally attached. For those who
are as sua ku as me, this is abalone
mushroom.
|
via Wikipedia |
Stir fried chicken
boxing in tea | Tea used: lychee black tea (RM
16/~S$6)
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The accompanying fried dough
(you tiao) was the scene stealer. It was crispy on the outside but fluffy on the
inside, not oily and there was a yam stick in the middle. Very lovely.
Fried dough has won the boxing
match.
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Homemade braised
beancurd in tea sauce | Tea used: Dong Ding Oolong (RM18/~S$7)
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This is supposedly the
signature of Purple Cane. The beancurd was smooth like baby skin, and the
outside skin was crisp. Loved the flavorful, spicy and
saltish hae bi (dried shrimps) that were
generously topped on the beancurd. Drizzling the fragrant tea sauce on the
beancurd made it even more appetizing.
Stir fried Chee Cheong
Fun with green tea curry | Tea used: Long Jing green tea
(RM12.90/~S$5)
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The name was so interesting.
Green tea + curry.. We were looking forward to this dish. It was not really
green tea. The stir fried chee cheong fun was coated with curry spice that was
subtle and not very spicy. As for the green tea, I didn't really taste
it.
Burdock chicken tea
soup in tea pot | Tea used: Dong Ding Oolong
(RM7.90/~S$3)
We got a soup in tea pot. The
soup is supposed to have extracted and absorbed the essence and nutrients from
the chicken. This burdock chicken soup was very intense, and had a bitter and
medicinal taste to it. Must be very nutritious.
Ginseng chicken tea soup in
tea pot |
Tea used: Dong Ding Oolong (RM6.90/~S$3)
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It's
amazing how the soup in this small tea pot is able to absorb the flavours and
nutrients of the chicken and ginseng herbs. The taste was very intense and
bitter. But it suits me very well as I love my ginseng soup to be as intense as
possible.
Purple
Cane is a classic example of how home-cooked style food can still be tasty and
healthy at the same time. The tea blends well with the food and one can't really
taste the tea in most dishes. I
can foresee this is going to be a permanent fixture in my KL itinerary in the
future.
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Lingkaran
Syed Putra, Mid Valley City, 58000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia (at basement near Din Tai Feng)
Tel: +60
3-2284 0322
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