Chinese medical herb has long been famous in the world. That said, the traditional ingredients are able to cure various diseases and keep the immune system. Not surprisingly, China's population average age panjang.Nah, the wealth of Chinese herbal ingredients that are centuries old, presented with the concept of fine dining in a restaurant in the Pearl JW Marriott Hotel Jakarta, Jalan Mega Brass Ring,Brass,Jakarta .
The concept is poured Executive Sous Chef John Chu entitled "Chinese Herb Cuisine". You can enjoy chicken soup with abalone and ginseng, fish stew with tong sum and preserved cabbage, chicken begger fortune, until the fried rice wrapped in lotus leaf.
Let's start with Double Boiled Soup with Abalone Clam Chickep and Fresh Ginseng. Clear broth soup tend the chicken was tasty with a very soft due to be boiled in two stages. Selintasan can smell the aroma of ginseng soup.
"Ginseng is believed to make a long life and endurance," said John Chu told Kompas.com, at the Pearl Restaurant, Jakarta, Wednesday (18/04/2012).
Next is a Fortune Begger Chicken which is a traditional Chinese culinary nan legendary. First, Chinese people cultivate to keep chickens in the clay so durable. John Chu is the creation of this antique menu with Chinese herbs.
The texture of the meat is very tender and easily separated from the bone. When bitten, the meat was so moist and blends nicely with the sauce, the quintessence of Chinese herbs. Presentation is also unique, which is placed above a lotus leaf.
Looks like John Chu in love with the lotus leaf, because again in the menu is fried rice Fried Rice with Assorted Meat and Chestnut Wrapped in Lotus Leaf, he uses the lotus leaf as a container of fried rice. Menu of fried rice is like a classic menu in a restaurant must nan China.
Fried rice with Chinese herbal ingredients, and add nuts and pieces of chestnuts. Then placed on a lotus leaf is very wide. It was given slices of omelet. Another menu is recommended Sauteed Egg Stuffed with Chilli Bean Sauce Plan and Pine Nut.
Eggplant with flour jerky, soft but slightly crunchy on the outside. Garingnya eggplant skin is somewhat diminished because doused peanut sauce that is sweet and slightly spicy. Unforgettable touch of pine nuts.
Herbal healer
China in the field of culinary traditions is the use of food ingredients that nourish and mixed in a dish. Based on the stories of legend, Shennong, or herbal healer likes to do research on the efficacy of spices and ingredients used in Chinese cuisine.
In fact, in the years around 2800 BC, published a book on spices. Listed in the book of informing and efficacy of 252 herbal materials in China. Through this book, herbal ingredients from China more reliable efficacy in health affairs.
John Chu also take advantage of these herbal ingredients as supplementary material in this creation. He said such materials as ginseng, nuts, chestnuts, pine nuts, star anise, clove, dong chong xia cao (a type of worm that emerged in the summer), chen pi (a type of orange peel and dried taken). and many more.
Most of these materials also thrives in areas of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. Such as star anise is believed to cure stomach aches. While chen pi is believed to improve blood circulation in the body.
You can select a complete menu or set menu consisting of appetizer to cover. In total there are 8 menu set menu for Rp 388 000 (+ +) per person. Or, it could also be a la carte menu with prices ranging from Rp 38 000 (+ +). Dish "Chinese Herb Cuisine" can only be enjoyed during the month of April 2012.
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