– Invited Tasting –

Unilever Food Solutions (UFS), one of the world’s top food service companies, provides professional ingredients and services to meet the needs of F&B businesses – from hawker centres to 5-star hotels across Singapore.

UFS is proud to be working together with restaurants to raise awareness of their new dishes. This is especially so with the Zhi Char restaurants who have recently gone into creating innovative dishes for their diners without compromising on flavour and flair. It’s through UFS, fast-paced chefs are given an avenue to be creative and the ability to come up with new and exciting dishes that would get diners come back for more. On top of the usual seasonings/ bouillons/ stock bases that are currently used in zhi char kitchens for Chinese cuisines, i.e. Knorr Concentrated Chicken/ Scallop Bouillon and Knorr Chicken Seasoning Powder, UFS also sells to these restaurants notably Knorr Mashed Potato.

One of the restaurant group partners UFS is working with is Chang Cheng Group. Ming Kitchen, the zhi char chain under the group, with a string of 32 outlets, have prepared a treat for their 2014 Chinese New Year Menu where diners will be able to fill their tummies for a prosperous ‘Horse’ year in 2014.

Dried Oyster stuffed in Prawn Roll/黄金蚝事 (Available in set menu)

The traditional prawn roll, or more familiarly known as ‘hae-cho’, has been recreated to have mixed in dried oysters into the roll’s filling – and then coated with mashed potato flakes like how chefs usually coat cereals when preparing Cereal Prawns. The Knorr Mashed Potato mentioned earlier, is prepared from fresh potatoes and then dehydrated. Instead of adding liquids and seasoning to make it the Western Mashed Potato, Ming Kitchen stir-fried it and added spices to create a coating to wrap the 黄金蚝事. It is distinctly different from fried cereal or oatmeal and is discernible from its texture which is smooth and also has that melt-in-your-mouth sensation.

Abalone Treasure Pot/鲍鱼盆菜 ($168)

The traditional festive dish where many Chinese families have during CNY boasts a slew of fresh and dried seafood such as South African Abalone, Braised Pig’s Trotters, Salted Drumstick, Fish Maw and Dried Oyster, which bodes great fortunate for the family. Chef Desmond has skilfully transformed the base stock of this traditional dish by using UFS’s chicken and scallop stock for a time-efficient prepared dish.

Chinese New Year reunion set menus are priced at $138 and $198 for 6 pax, and range from $198 to $428 for 10 pax. Be the first 100 customers to order the $428 set menu and receive a prosperity gift worth $68.80.

The CNY set menus are available now till 14 February 2014 across all Ming Kitchen outlets. Reserve early to avoid disappointment.

Chinese New Year is this Friday! Be sure to check out Zalora and enjoy massive discounts!
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Ming Kitchen Seafood Restaurant