Venezuelan Gastronomic Fest @ Vogue Cafe, Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Venezuelan Author and Chef Carmen Rawstron
Entertainment at the opening ceremony provided by Huascar Barradas Latin Trio – catch them in concert at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas Monday April 23rd + Venezuelan dancing beauties
Ensalada de Palmitos – hearts of palm salad
Ceviche – seafood marinated in citrus juices with coriander
Guarapita – classic Venezuelan beach cocktail made with rum and passionfruit
Empanadas – traditional Venezuelan foldovers filled with a variety of ingredients
Tequenos – beloved Venezuelan party snacks – pastry filled with white cheese
Caraotas Negras – black beans
Carne Mechada – shredded beef
Platanos – fried ripe plantains
Arroz Blanco – white rice
Baked Oysters
Plantain Chips
Pan de Jamon – ham bread, this version made with turkey ham, raisins and olives is customarily prepared around Christmas
Rice Pudding with Cinnamon
Torta de Queso Llanero – cheesecake from Los Llanos (the central flat lands of Venezuela)
Andale andale! Get yourself over to the Renaissance Hotel and transport your taste buds to the lively Latin American country of Venezuela. Passionate author and Chef Carmen Rawstron has prepared a mouth watering sampling of classic Venezuelan dishes as part of the country’s yearly cultural and business celebrations. These tastes of the Caribbean will be featured as part of Vogue Cafe’s evening buffet for the next two weeks, April 16 – 29.
Besides the regular Vogue options, expect to see many endeared national recipes headlining the buffet. Pabellon Criollo is regarded as Venezuela’s sovereign dish. Combine white rice, black beans, shredded beef and fried plantains to fabricate this plate ending with a balance of savoury and sweet. Tequenos are an obligatory party snack and no wedding would be complete without bountiful platters of these hot cheese logs being passed around. Another jewel at any time of day, but especially suited to days at the beach, are empanadas. These fold over pastries are made with a corn dough, filled with minced beef, shredded chicken, cheese or any number of other stuffings, then deep fried and devoured hot out of the pot – usually with copious napkins to contain the moisture that would otherwise drip down your arm and chin. Your experience won’t be consummated until you try the Pan de Jamon – a soft bread dough roll-up of ham, olives and raisins, habitually eaten around Christmas. Treated as gold by the expatriate community in KL, it is shamelessly coveted, so get a piece on your plate early on before it disappears.
With stomach’s replete, you might consider dancing off some of those calories at the Venezuela Party, April 27th at Modestos, Cap Square. See http://thevenezuelanweek.blogspot.com/ for more details of the fiesta and other related events.
Dinner Buffet is available from 6:30 – 10:30pm, April 16 – 29, and costs 86++ RM per person
Reason to visit: a once in a year opportunity to sample traditional Venezuelan cuisine in KL
You've got two weeks to give it a try! Rice pudding is common throughout South America. Each country adds their own unique flavouring to it such as cinnamon, raisins, vanilla etc.
Tummy full or not you should still come to the Venezuelan party at Modestos Cap Square on the 27th. It's so much fun they can only handle them once a year 😉
Now you are speedy! Lovely photos and lovely to see you and meet the hubbie too 🙂
Trying to stay on top of things. I have such a back log! Yes, great catching up with you again. 🙂
i want the cheesecake 🙂 in fact, all the food look good there
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Cheesecake's a favourite of mine too. 🙂
very nice.. i like the baked oyster…
n the teqeunos looks good..
Oooh yes, both delicious choices.
Sorry I had to miss this.. the food looks mighty interesting. Is rice pudding a common dessert in Venezuela?
You've got two weeks to give it a try! Rice pudding is common throughout South America. Each country adds their own unique flavouring to it such as cinnamon, raisins, vanilla etc.
oo.. so sad I miss this event too now that I saw yr pics.. hope next year will come sooner for the next celebration! =)
You still have two weeks to give it a whirl. 😉
wow, what a fascinating spread! this does make me wish that a venezuelan restaurant would open permanently in KL! 😀
Maybe if we're nice we could convince Chef Carmen 😉
I've never tried Venezuelan food before! Looks very hearty. 🙂
Yep, it's definitely not light cuisine. It's fantastic how so much flavour can be achieved without the use of spices. Hope you give it a try.
alluring spread of food…and i love the end bit of your post that says "With stomach's replete, you might consider dancing off some of those calories…"
that's much needed with all the food that going into the tummies:D
Tummy full or not you should still come to the Venezuelan party at Modestos Cap Square on the 27th. It's so much fun they can only handle them once a year 😉