MANDARIN ORIENTAL, KUALA LUMPUR EMERGES OVERALL CHAMPION AT THE MLA BLACK BOX CULINARY CHALLENGE 2011
Kuala Lumpur, May 2011 – Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur is proud to announce that our culinary team has emerged overall champions at the recent Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Black Box Culinary Challenge 2011. With 16 teams participating in the bi-annual event, the culinary team at Mandarin Oriental won “Best Overall” as well as “Best Soup Course”. Supplied with only a box of mystery ingredients, the culinary team had only 24 hours to prepare, cook and present a full 4-course menu to be served to 20 guests.
The MLA Black Box Culinary Challenge is a team-based chef competition showcasing high quality Australian meat products to current and future chefs around the world. For 14 years, the challenge has influenced more than 3,500 young chefs, lifting their awareness and appreciation of Australian beef, sheep meat and goat meat. The competition attracts teams from hotels, restaurants, culinary schools and catering companies.
The winning team, led by See Lay Na and Zaid Aqeel, comprised of members from both kitchen and service, were required to work with ingredients that were given to them in a black box, comprising of lamb flap, beef brisket, carrots, mushrooms, lettuce, broccoli, cream cheese and strawberry. Out of these ingredients, the team managed to churn out a menu of Broccoli veloute, Slow cooked beef brisket, Lamb variation and Cream cheese bavaroise.
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Black Box Gala Dinner
Wednesday 4 May 2011
Team Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur
Lamb Variation
Lamb Flap Confit, Mushroom Roulade, Apple Compression
Velouté of Broccoli
Cheddar Chesse Custard, Smoked Cream with Thyme
Slow Cooked 65 C Beef Brisket
Basil Gnocchi, Caramelized Carrots, Demi Glaze
Strawberry
Cream Cheese & Bavarois, Kiwi Compote
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