A while back, we had the privelege to attend a food bloggers night which was held at the Nagomi branch in Menara Hap Seng.
Food Bloggers Night at Nagomi
Like a celebrity event, there were plenty of food bloggers who enjoyed the night out.
A whole lot of signatures
We made our first mark of the night on the signatures sheet, and were about to gain more recognition for Feedmelah.com in the other events of the night.
Feedmelah's mark on the night
In preparation for the food bloggers arrival, the staff were well organised. They made sure that all the necessary preparations were ready for the big night.
Looks like they knew we were coming with an appetite
Sashimi all ready for consumption
We started the night with an assorted sashimi platter (rm45). As you can see, you get two pieces each of sake, maguro akami, tako, kisu, butterfish and hokkigai. This is all served on a bed of crushed ice to keep the sashimi as fresh as possible.
Assorted Sashimi Platter
Another starter that I always enjoy is the soft shelled crab rolls.
Softshell Crab Rolls
Seeing that we were a restaurant that served shabu shabu, we decided to try a variety of meats that go with the broth (comes in variety of spicy, chicken and Nagomi flavours). We start it off with well-marbled kobe beef slices.
Kobe Beef
Next up, a plate of chicken. Now, some might not know what to do with the egg and minced meat in the middle.
Chicken anyone?
We were fortunate enough to have one of the staff members come over to help us make meat balls out of it.
The making of meat balls
We tried it ourselves, but it didn’t turn out so well. Looks like quite a mess doesn’t it? Well, our advice would be to get one of the staff to help you out with it!
Funny shaped meat balls
Each meat dish comes with a big plate of vegetables, mushrooms, and tofu. After the broth starts to boil, the vegetables add to the flavour of the soup and make for a very filling meal.
Vegetables all ready
Pouring the broth in style
Besides having a wonderful dinner, the organisers had lined up several events. The first was a demonstration by their sushi chef on how to cut the big salmon trout. Indeed it was a big salmon trout (too bad we didnt get to have a bite of it).
Looks like someone's chopsticks are ready for sashimi
Look at his slicing skills
After slicing up the body of the fish, there was still work to be done. The chef then used a pair of tweezers to pick out the bones that he felt with his other hand (hope he didn’t use the tweezers for anything else). This is an important step to ensure that the salmon is boneless.
Tweezers to pick out the bones
After all the bones were out, he sliced the large chunk of salmon to smaller cuts. At that point in time everyone wanted to take a piece back with them as the cuts of salmon looked as fresh as they can get.
I'm getting hungry
He then took some cling wrap and sealed the cuts of salmon which were ready for the sushi chef to prepare for the coming orders of salmon sashimi.
All wrapped up
The next event was the sushi demonstration and competition.
Sushi Demonstration
The necessary fillings and ingredients were set on the table and ready for the sushi chef to show off his skills, and for a chance for Feedmelah.com to make an entrance to the competition.
Ingredients all ready
A big bowl of rice
He showed everyone a demonstration on how it’s done the right way.
Stuff that handroll
This is how you do it
Next, Feedmelah.com were selected to participate in the sushi making competition. Sue Ann stepped up to represent Feedmelah.com together with two other contestants.
Sue Ann hard at work
More sauce please
This is the final product. The competition and jugding of the hand rolls were based on the form, ingredients and presentation of the hand roll. As for the final verdict, how did Feedmelah fare against the other participants?
Sue Ann's work of art
The Answer: First Prize!
Here's testimony to our sushi making skills
It was definitely a fun night out and the organisers did a fantastic job of it.
Thanks to all the organisers for arranging a fantastic night out
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