Chef Diary

Chef Diary Specials: Oxtail Braised in Madeira Wine

2010-09-28T11:50:00.000+08:00

It's time for our features again! This time, another tapas, it's our Oxtail braised in Madeira Wine. Those who love their meats should enjoy this tasty tapas. Oxtail for a tapas? Interesting choice for a tapas, however, not so in Spain. Oxtail is a common tapas dish in Spanish Tapas bars. While many find this strange, in many countries around the world, it is not uncommon to eat the tail of the cow in various forms. As such, we have Sup Ekor or Sup Buntut in Indonesia.

While in Spain, most Oxtail stew uses sherry to cook, what makes ours more special is the use of Madeira wine to braise our Oxtail. Madeira wine originates from Portugal and it is a type of fortified wine that is famous in Portugal. This tapas is stewed for many hours to give our dish a distinctive taste. The end result is tender oxtail meat and a sauce that you wish you had endless bread (and sauce) to keep dipping it away. Save your breads for this dish! Drop by to Chef Diary to try out this Tapas dish now!

Our Pretty Desserts: Pannacotta

2010-07-21T20:33:00.000+08:00

This month, we are featuring our Desserts that are available on Chef Diary's. This is not a very Spanish dessert but a rather Italian dessert called Pannacotta. And, it's a hit with ladies here because, it's sweet , it's smooth and it smells heavenly! Why the heavenly smell? Because our Panna Cotta has real vanilla seeds mixed with the cream, if you look closely, you can see the little black dots of the vanilla pod. The slightly tangy berry sauce goes well with sweet cream giving it the right balance.

Panna Cotta, means cooked cream in italian, originating from the Northern parts of Italy. However, this dessert is now eaten all over Italy and around the world. As you can see, everyone serves this up with berry sauce. At Chef Diary, we make it a bit more special by adding some Soy milk to make the dish even healthier, so ladies you can eat without worrying about putting on weight! So, come try our desserts @ Chef Diary! And it is a good pick me up for those Monday Blues!

Chef Diary Signatures: Hickory Smoked Duck Tapas

2010-06-22T20:53:00.000+08:00

Being a Spanish influenced restaurant, TAPAS features heavily in our menu. Tapas actually means appetizers either in the hot or cold form. Traditionally in Spain, dinner time is normally 9pm to 12pm and after work and before 9 is bar hopping time! The small dishes of food served is not supposed to fill you up but just to get you going before you hit the main meal. In fact in Spain, whole rows of shops are just devoted to serving Tapas only and specializes in different flavors of the region in Spain. Normally, there are small tall tables that people put their choice of tapas on the table and stand and chat!

Thankfully @ Chef Diary, you don't need to stand up and enjoy your tapas, you can sit on nice comfy chairs to enjoy Tapas. And, in Chef Diary, the tapas are really beautiful, not just in taste but in presentation as well.

Today, i want to introduce one of our favorites in Chef Diary, which is the Hickory Smoked Duck Tapas with Apple Cider. For ducky lovers, this is delightful dish of thinly sliced duck. What's special about this dish is that the duck, is smoked right here at Chef Diary! The infusion of hickory into the duck, is absolutely heavenly and with a bit of sour from the apple and tomatoes, this gives the dish a light and refreshing feel to it.

So all duck lovers out there craving for a different twist to your normal roast duck, try our Hickory Smoked Duck @ Chef Diary. One of our best tapas dishes!

Chef Diary's Signatures: Paella Valencia

2010-05-28T08:16:00.001+08:00

What is Spanish cuisine famous for? There's tapas, Iberian pork and Chorizo and of course lots and lots of seafood. But the other famous is Paella! Yes, the Spanish love rice as much as we do! Paella originates in the region of Valencia and is the birthplace of Paella.

The region of Valencia - taken from wikipedia.

Paella is not really a national dish of Spain, as much as a lot of non-spanish people view it, but a dish regional to Valencia itself. It can't be help though as most Spanish restaurants, serve Paella, hence we all think it's the national dish! The word Paella comes from the old french word for pan

What's in a paella? Well rice of course! It's either Bomba rice or Calasparra rice.And the saffron added is to give the Paella it's trademark yellow and the flavor. The paella from the region of Valencia has a lot of vegetable, meat ( in this case, chicken ) seafood and spices for flavor. The rice is cooked till has a creamy taste that melts in your mouth feel.

Paella Valencia

This hearty dish can be eaten on its own or shared by a few people! Not only do we have Paella Valencia, but there are other types of Paella for you to try. If you have a craving for rice and all things Spanish, drop by to Chef Diary for some authentic Paella.

Mother's Day

2010-05-07T22:29:00.003+08:00

Mother's day is a once a year event and mother's are of course, special! Chef Diary is going to give a big surprise to our beloved mothers! Bring your mother to Chef Diary and we will prepare a mystery surprise for her. May this day filled with caring, love, sweet memorable moments for you and your family!

All mother deserves the best from us. Oh yes, you are right, Chef Diary will be open on this Sunday for this special occassion to our special mothers too. This once-a-year promotion starts from this Saturday to Sunday for dinner. So, what are you waiting for? Come and join us at Chef Diary!

A Brand New Look!

2010-05-06T22:23:00.001+08:00

To our all fans and visitors....

We decided we needed a "facelift" on our blog and this ... ( drum roll ) is our new look. We thought of a more simpler, cleaner and minimalist look for our website. This goes in the same grain as our interior, simple and clean lines.

That's not all, we hope to keep you updated with our latest food promotions and new pictures of our menu. So, don't forget to drop by and leave a comment if you have suggestions or feedback!

August - September Set Lunch

2009-10-28T17:06:00.005+08:00

Not sure what to eat for lunch? Too many choices? Sick of the same old food over and over again? To make your life easier, introducing our Set Lunch Menu for the month of August and September. With the set lunch, we make the choice easy for you! Just take a look at the choice of Starters, Mains and a drink.

Our guest can choose any of the starters, pick any mains listed in our set lunch menu, and we served a complimentary ice-lemon tea for ONLY RM 18.90!! (Price is subject to 10% service charge). This is an opportunity not to be missed! Fine dining at reasonable prices!

If the menu above does not suit you, you can always pick from our many choices from our Ala-Carte Menu (Click link to see menu details) . And this is not all, every month, our set lunch menu will change! So come back for more different and interesting choices from our restaurant.