Merry Guinness with Masterchef Adam Liaw

I've been lagging in my blog post. Sorry. Two weeks ago, I was invited to a food tasting session where Guinness invited Masterchef Australia, Adam Liaw to show us his Guinness infused menu for this upcoming Christmas Guinness promotion.

I'm one happy man already.

I'm a happier man now.

It's more fun to share food with fellow foodies. Chris, Christine, Ai Wei and Wilson.

正所谓“吃色性也”。美女和酒当然不可分开。 =)

美女没有人会嫌多吧？ =P


After about an hour of drinking and mingling. It's time to start the event. 好了！开Show啦！

Looks like there will be cooking demonstration on the spot.

The man himself. MasterChef Australia, Adam Liaw.

Cooking up some lamb shank in stock that had Guinness Foreign Extra Stout.

I thought we're going to eat the lamb shank like what we normally do, the whole thing. Turn out Masterchef has something up his sleeve. The sliced lamb meat soaked up the stock nicely and has a strong Guinness present to it. You'll love it if you like Guinness Foreign Extra Stout. Pair it with some smooth champ. Yums.

Open GUINNESS® Lamb Shank and Mushroom Pie with Champ Fine

Actually, we started with this. I must say, I like the Guinness mustard very much.

Farmhouse Terrine with GUINNESS® Mustard

At first, I thought the Guinness cream will be sourish. How wrong I was, the cream tasted very mild and it enhanced the natural sea taste of the oyster instead of covering the oyster taste.

Oysters with GUINNESS® Cream

Guinness butter anyone? Yes, infused Guinness Foreign Extra Stout with butter and marinate the chicken with it. Voila. Tenderlicious roasted chicken but yet the taste is not overwhelming.

Roasted Chicken with GUINNESS® Butter

That day was the first time I heard of and tried Guinness infused salt. I didn't we can do that. Crispy, a tinge of spiciness and Guinness savoury. It's a very nice snack to go with a Guinness Draught.

Crispy Squid with GUINNESS® and Chili Salt

Actually, there are also food that is part of the Guinness menu but not designed by Adam Liaw but it's too many to post all here. If you want to find out more about the Guiness infused menu, click here.

Of course, what is a feast without dessert? I love these GUINNESS® and Fruit Christmas Puddings. Who whole have thought that Guinness can be used to make puddings?

GUINNESS® and Fruit Christmas Puddings

I like the combination but I found the damper is a bit too hard to my liking. Maybe I should soak it more with the ice-cream.

Sweet GUINNESS® Damper with Maple and Blackberry Compote

Ah, it's a wonderful feast. Are you interested to have a taste of the Guinness infused menu inspired by Mastercef Adam Liaw? Then you're in luck.

GUINNESS® will be throwing Merry GUINNESS® Christmas parties that will feature a culinary feast which will include MasterChef Adam’s special Christmas dishes throughout the month of December.

The Merry GUINNESS® Christmas parties will be held at:-

1. El Meson Spanish Restaurant & Tapas Bar, 13th December 2011
2. Jarrod & Rawlins, AMPWALK, Ampang, 15th December 2011
3. Garibaldi Italian Restaurant & Bar, Bangsar, 17th December 2011
4. Market Hall, Pavillion, 21st December 2011
5. Souled Out, Ampang, 24th December 2011

Not to forget the Merry GUINNESS® Christmas Promotions

2000 outlets nationwide are participating in the event with 85 outlets featuring selected GUINNESS®-infused recipes from MasterChef Adam’s Christmas menu.

Every purchase MasterChef Adam’s delectable cuisine at a participating outlet will entitle consumers to a pint of GUINNESS at a special festive discount of 50%.

Consumers will also receive a limited edition stainless steel money clip when you purchase 6 pints or 1 bucket of GUINNESS at participating outlets nationwide. A perfect addition to your Christmas stockings this festive season!

Good Food, Good Fun and Tiger Crystal

Last Thursday I went to a Tiger Crystal beer food pairing session at Italiannies.

Started with Clams in chili tomato puree kind of sauce. A bit of sourish with a tinge of spiciness. Down it with a bottle of Tiger Crystal. Ah......

Coming up. Pepperoni and Cheese Pizza. The cheese just melts in my mouth and the crust is thin, I like. Down it with a bottle of Tiger Crystal. Ahhhh.......

Next up. Sau-sa-geh with onion, chili and fried ikan bilis. One of Marcky's favourite of the night. Cool down the spiciness with a bottle of Tiger Crystal. Ahhhhhhhhh!!.......

Lamb rib cutlets were tender and charcoal grilled just nice. The mash potatoes is le creamy. Washed it all down the stomach with? Yes. Tiger Crystal beer of course. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!.....

Some spicy chick came up later. Mexican? Spanish? Italian? Who cares? It's one hell of a tender and spicy chicken. Did I just wrote spicy? What beer goes very well with spicy food? Tiger Crystal!!! Ahh...............................

What? We haven't finish yet? Seafood pasta. Fettuccine to be exact. Marcky favourite again minus the mussels lol.

Last but not least. Dessert. Some kind of bread. It's very nice too. We were able to almost finished two plates of this even after such a feast.

There are so much left. I tapaoed the chicken, Marcky chose the pasta and Ah Bok had the pizza but the waiter got the chicken and pizza mixed up. I ended up with the pizza (which can still be eaten after I left it for 4 days in the fridge) and Ah Bok took my chicken.

Just like the refreshingly different experience that only Tiger Crystal can deliver, Tiger Crystal is proud to bring its consumers an exciting opportunity through its “Refreshingly Different” Tiger Crystal Facebook photo contest. All they need to do is upload a photo of their most refreshingly different Tiger Crystal moment. The grand prize winner will walk away with a trip for two to the incredibly unique ICEHOTEL in Sweden, a hotel made entirely out of ice and snow. Contest begins on 10 November 2011 and will end on 10 December 2011.
To find out more about Tiger Crystal and the “Refreshingly Different” Facebook photo contest, kindly log on to www.facebook.com/tigerbeer.

Change

Today will be the first day that I'll be starting my new job in a new company. After four years plus of working in my previous company, it comes to me that it's time for a change because I couldn't see any more challenge in my previous role. Salary and benefits is better in this new company but it's not the main reason why I jumped ship. First, the new job role has more challenging task for me that I can ultilize more of my skills and experience in MS SQL Server and Windows Server platform. Second, I don't have to work night shift anymore, which will be a good thing on my health.

The funny thing is the office of this new company is just behind my old office before the office shifted to Cyberjaya. Yes, now I don't have to travel 100KM to and fro work. I don't have my own PC or laptop at home, all this while I was using company's laptop to post my blog. So, if you don't see any updates in this blog for a few days onward, it means either I haven't get a laptop from my new company or I will be using a desktop in the new company instead. If, it is the latter, then I might not be able to update this blog of mine for a month before I could buy a PC of my own =P

The downside of starting a new job in a new company is that I have to start from scratch again in terms of annual leaves and a 6 months probation period. I won't be able to take any annual leave during probation period. So, I might not be able to go to as many events as I like now. Oh well, I think it's a change for the better. Change is always better than not changing at all ;)

"The only constant in this world is change", Unknown Source.