Tell me, WHO can say no to the street foods of Asia?
That’s correct! NOT JIN!!!
And so when I saw the Wok This Way! Asian Street Food Promotion at JW Marriott, I immediately booked a table and waited restlessly and impatiently for Saturday night to come.
Wok This Way! is the fruit of Executive Chef Hector Pliego and Executive Sous Chef William Cheng’s travels to Southeast Asia’s top culinary destinations in search of the best street foods. In this journey which they document in their blog, they explore, they research, they taste, they learn, they replicate, and now they bring back to Hong Kong not so authentic tastes of the best Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam have to offer. They bring to us…
Sauces, Spices, Herbs
My Special Nasi Lemak – with everything on it (Thank you, Paul!)
Except for the coconut rice being too sticky, this complete meal on banana leaf is quite a delight. Polishing off the whole plate is not part of my strategic buffet eating plan, but you know how when no one is checking, things don’t always go as planned? Well, for 5 full minutes, no one was looking. BUURRRPP!!! Ooops! Tee hee…
Beef, Chicken, Pork Satay – need. spicy. peanut. sauce.
E-Fu Noodles with Lobster and Cream Cheese Dressing – DELICIOUS!!!!
Fried Shrimp Cakes – would have been good if not too oily
Bánh mì Station, Thai Appetizers Station – Hello, COLD appetizers!
We all LOVE the Duck with Mango & Melon Salad and keep going back for more. The other three – grilled beef salad, spicy diced chicken salad, and peach and chicken salad - are also good, but not AS good.
Will someone PLEASE introduce to The Ice Cream Man the wonderful, tropical flavors of durian, coconut, jackfruit, mango, banana, calamansi, mangosteen, rambutan, passion fruit… please???
Coconut Creme Caramel – such a waste of eggs!
The mashed banana is so good it takes all the self control I could muster not to scoop out all of them from the buffet spread and leave behind the sorry-tasting pudding they sit on. The mango sticky rice is just ordinary, nothing to write home about.
Overall, I would say Wok This Way! the story, the blog, the buffet is a truly awesome concept. Now if only the execution was just as awesome...
Wok This Way! Buffet is available at The Lounge every Friday and Saturday, 8pm-11:30pm until September 5, 2009. For reservations, please call +852-28108366.
The Lounge: Lobby Level, JW Marriott Hotel, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong. +852-28413846
