Vistana's Festive Feast - Tok Wan 101 Recipes

Festive Feast - Tok Wan 101 Recipes Ramadan Buffet at Vistana Penang Bukit Jambul. (23 May 2017)


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Tok Wan 101 Recipes Festive Feast is the 2017 Ramadan buffet for Vistana Penang Bukit Jambul. This buffet is a celebration of grandmother's age old recipes (Tok Wan being the colloquial term for grandmother in the Pahang Malay dialect). In brings together 101 dishes sourced from within the restaurant team of Vistana.

Festive Feast - Tok Wan 101 Recipes Ramadan Buffet is held from 29 May until 24 June, 2017. It is priced at RM70nett per adult, and RM30nett per child aged 4-12. Price is inclusive of 6% GST. For reservations or enquiries, please get in touch with Vistana Penang Bukit Jambul at +60 4 646 8000.

Festive Feast - Tok Wan 101 Recipes food review

My wife and I had the privilege of an invitation to sample Vistana Penang Bukit Jambul's Festive Feast - Tok Wan 101 Recipes Ramadan Buffet on 23 May, 2017. The buffet, which is held at the Grand Ballroom of the hotel, was to start at 6:30pm, so we thought we would be early in arriving at 6:10pm. But no. When we got there, we saw that there was already a large number of guests who have arrived even earlier than us, and some have already started to partake of the dishes. So we quickly went into action to photograph all the dishes before they were messed up.

There is a stupendous amount of food at the Tok Wan 101 Recipes buffet. The dishes were arrayed throughout the foyer of the Grand Ballroom, and they even spilled onto the sidewalk.

I am amazed that, for this mountain of food, the price of this buffet is just RM70nett per person. I hear that, on top of this, there is an early bird special which will bring the price even further down.

Surveying the dishes, I saw that they are separated out into various stations. Arrayed down the middle of the foyer are the main dishes. Along the wall I saw the various kuih-muih, beverages, ulam, kerabu, sauces, sweet broth and even boiled cockles. On the side in front of the window, there's murtabak, laksa, bread and ais kacang, among others. And outside on the sidewalk, there's lots of grilled items, and a whole Kambing Panggang, is over the fire.

Among the main dishes featured include daging rendang, ikan cencaru belah belakang, ayam goreng berempah, rendang itik, gulai daging and siput belitung masak lemak cili padi. The dessert station is a rainbow of colours, consisting of various Malay kuih-muih including onde-onde, seri muka, ketayap, kuih lapis, kuih loyang and kuih cara, along with Western cakes, puddings and mousses.

To top of the evening, the hotel even provided us with live entertainment. It was a wonderful evening. We ate so much and so well that night. My wife and I register our heartfelt thanks to Vistana Penang Bukit Jambul for giving us the pleasure of enjoying this buffet.

Here I am with Mr Wayne Lee (right), the General Manager of Vistana Penang Bukit Jambul, and its Head Chef Lee Kim Sheng. (23 May 2017)


Daging Rendang Tok. (23 May 2017)


Ikan Keli Goreng Berempah. (23 May 2017)


Pucuk Paku Masak Lemak Kuning. (23 May 2017)


Serunding Ayam. (23 May 2017)


All the ingredients to make your own laksa. (23 May 2017)


Lemang. (23 May 2017)


Murtabak. (23 May 2017)


Restaurant hands preparing the satay. (23 May 2017)


Kuih-muih galore. (23 May 2017)


Row upon row of kuih. (23 May 2017)


At the Ais Kacang "Stall". (23 May 2017)


Live entertainment to complete the lovely evening. (23 May 2017)


Hundreds of guests attending the Festive Feast. (23 May 2017)


Group shot of the friends at our table. (23 May 2017)

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