Coconuts Hot Spot: Dimsum with a deluxe touch at the Hilton Hotel, KL

COCONUTS HOT SPOT — Fancy some dimsum made with deluxe ingredients like wagyu beef, bird’s nest, lobster, truffles, caviar and the likes? 

Chynna at the Hilton Kuala Lumpur is now serving these premium dimsum for dinner.  Even though dimsum is very much a breakfast and lunch thing here in the Klang Valley, folks now have a good reason to have it for dinner as well.

Putting their creativity to good use, the chefs at Chynna have come up with new twists to some favourite traditional dimsum.  The liberal use of fresh fruits and vegetables as ingredients as well as source of coloring has resulted in a repertoire of dimsum with eye-catching hues.

Soups are always good to start off a meal and a dimsum dinner can certainly do well with some piping hot tummy-warming goodness.  The Salmon Trout Consomme and Braised Green Peas Soup are perfectly paired with some crispy deep-fried shrimp dumplings.

Carrot Juice Rolls stuffed with Vietnamese Rice and Fresh Scallops, the crunchy Deep-fried Beancurd Roll with Wagyu Beef & Black Truffles and the hearty Charcoal Paos stuffed with chicken cha siu are some of the popular items on the menu.  

Dumplings, steamed or deep-fried are staples in a dimsum meal.  For the healthier choice, there are the pretty and delicate-looking Steamed Nanyang Chilli Paste Coral Trout Dumpling and the Steamed Shrimp and Bird’s Nest Dumpling. The flavours are lighter but not any less tasty.

To round-off the dimsum meal on a sweet note, the chefs in Chynna have included the Oven-baked Musang King Tartlet and Chilled Aloe Vera with Hawthorn Jelly.  Although I found the durian content to be a bit diluted as custard cream has been added to the tart filling, it’s still a treat for durian lovers.

Diners can opt to have all the above items in a set, priced at RM168++ per pax or order a la carte with prices starting from RM15++.  

Chynna
Hilton Kuala Lumpur Hotel
8th Floor
3 Jalan Stesen Sentral
Kuala Lumpur
50470 Malaysia
Tel:  +603-2264-2405

Chris Wan is a food writer who also runs her own blog Pure Glutton.