KOTA KINABALU: The year of the Rabbit is almost here and most of us will be celebrating this divine symbol of luck, mercy and longevity.
This lunar year is also compared to the moon which is an essential element of how they mark time and source their rich divine culture.
Those born under the sign are believed to be very lucky and in fact the sign is supposed to be the luckiest of all.
In Cherry Restaurant and Club, however, no matter what zodiac one is born under, the New Year is ushered in with pomp especially where dining is concerned.
One has the choice of double boiled Chicken Soup, Cordycep flower, Hakka Style Salted chicken HK Style steamed Star Grouper and Golden Garlic Fried Sea Prawns as well as Abalone Slices plus fish maw, Bean curd skin and Fatt Choy, Smoked Duck Fried Rice and Chilled Lemon Lychee with fruit cocktail for RM888+. This is for a table of ten, too.
The other choice is the Special Set Menu that will allow you to enjoy the Fatt Choi Fish Maw crabmeat soup, deep fried grouper with braised lotus root, salad prawn with mixed fruits, Crispy corn-fed spring chicken with chef special, pork chop with Jin Do Pineapple sauce, Chinese Mushrooms with abalone slices in abalone sauce and salted egg fried rice with raisin and Goji Berries as well as Pandan Longan Sea bird nest sweet soup. For a table of ten, you only have to pay RM438.
One of the most recommended dishes is the Poon Choi. It is a whole bowl of goodness that brings blessings to Diners. This bowl contains Grilled Smoked Duck Slices, stewed fish maw and abalone, roasted chicken thigh, stewed abalone slice with abalone sauce, crispy deep fried prawn, stewed vegetable comprising carrots cabbages, black fungus and broccoli and fatt choy. For this bowl of yummylicious food, you only pay RM178.
The Star of the Menu is the Chinese New Year offering where the meal starts with a five combination followed by imitation sharkfin soup with dried scallp and crabmeat. The dish is followed by steamed corn-fed chicken served with shallot oil and superior Soya Sauce. The star of the meal is the treasure seafood Poon Choy pot, which is aptly followed by Butter Garlic Rice. The Peach Resin Sweet soup with while fungus and Shanghai Pancake ends the meal. This filling sumptuous meal is going for RM1388 for a table of ten.
For those who don’t wish to slave away in the kitchen for the day, call up Cherry and get your reservation now. Call 088 423718 or 0109600370.-BNN
