I’ve always wanted to say that.
When someone asks, where are you having lunch? It’s super chic to reply “At the Ritz.”
Just recently, Cumi & Ciki were invited to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon, downtown, at the swanky Ritz Carlton Kuala Lumpur. Sunday Roast lunches are by far my favourite. Every hot, languid afternoon should be spent this way if you ask me, chilling out to the the gentle rhythms of a three piece jazz band as you dine on aged Black Angus prime rib, traditional Yorkshire pudding, stewed cabbage, roasted noisette and drizzled with bone marrow jus. What a life!
What struck us most about this particular Sunday Roast Lunch was the sprawling selection of fine foods from around the world- raclette and giant Swiss cheeses, whole salmons, delicately made sushi, tender sashimi and aromatic German sausage. I looked at Cumi. He looked at me. We exchanged unspoken words of “Thank God we ran 10K yesterday!”
For a small and cosy set up, the Ritz Carlton’s dining area looks deceptively tiny compared to sprawling buffets in other hotels but make no mistake, the selection of fine foods was actually pretty extensive. As we walked around strategizing on what to go for first, visions of oysters, king prawns, stuffed loaves, terrines, frois gras assaulted our senses. For the healthy diner, a luscious salad bar for you to make your own salad, with a range of ingredients, leaves and vinaigrettes.
More Food Porn of that magnificent Roast Lunch
Fresh seafood and Oysters galore
Aly gets fresh with the fresh oysters!
My favourite thing that goes with every good roast.. Yorkshire pudding that is well doused in brown sauce!
Nuts about nuts
The exotic white asparagus
Foie gras
Roast turkey.. just in time for Christmas that’s just around the corner
My platter of starters including the delicious Salmon Terrine
My mains of aged Angus Black Steak, medium rare – talk about cooked to perfection!
After many rounds of the buffet and then the amazing, succulent, roast Angus Black Steak for the mains, I was almost there. However, I can never say no to desserts (who can?). So, if you have the capacity to still tuck in, well done because what lies before you is a selection of hundreds of multi-coloured macaroons, miniature strawberry tarts, tiramisu, truffles and chocolates – hazelnut, praline, white, dark and what have you.. also a gushing chocolate fountain – oh wow.. the mind boggles. If that does not rock your sugary boat then there is also a variety of different bonbons, toffees and treats to chose from. I feel like a kid in a candy store. Literally. Those with a sweet-tooth can seriously do some damage here.
macaron tower and caramelized profiteroles
sweets on sticks
the silky chocolate fondue fountain
an abstract chocolate Christmas tree
More sweets on sticks and cream in puffs
Aly loves her colorful sweets!
A big thank you to Oliver Ellerton, the Public Relations Executive at the Ritz Carlton for the kind invitation to this Sunday Roast lunch. We had a smashing time indeed.
Information on lunch: The Sunday Roast is served between 11.30am and 3.00pm every Sunday in The Lobby Lounge at The Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur and is priced at MYR 130++ per person. For enquiries, please call The Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur at 03-2142 8000.
Email: [email protected].
Website: www.ritzcarlton.com.
gosh i miss that roast beef..luckily i can get good beef here despite over the odds prices..
you are lucky indeed! Australia has fantastic beef la:P
The prime rib is damn good hor… I can still remember how good it was! 🙂
DAMN good!
Aww, the Ritz sounds so classy already and when you say spending the time at Ritz, people will wish they were there. The strawberry chocolate looks so yumm.
LOL, that’s what I mean.. Oh the Ritz darling.. the RITZ!
Aly is so pretty – fuhgettabout the roast lunch, I could eat HER right up! 😀
nom nom nom! HAHAHAHA
Everything looked so yummy – must be so hard not to eat everything in sight, LOL!
well yeah.. hence the payback time.. running!
sigh, the closest i’ve gotten to black angus for lunch recently is the angus beef burger at burger king! sigh sigh sigh!
YOU ARE JOKING!!! Ask Max to make for you la, at Millesime! LOL
No champagne??
(Ooh, as much as the mains look good, the desserts have really caught my eye…. Dayum. How many calories ah??? I wannnnnnt)
Like a hundred combat classes calories worth!
Yums… was so difficult to get on with the day after that meal… yum… yum… you make me hungry all over again lah!
kenny – you’re too kind 🙂 *blush*
LOL, pretty Aly.. what a fun time we had eh? 😀
Wow– this is the definition of luxury! I love the turkey– is that in honor of our US Thanksgiving?
thanksgiving..Christmas round the corner.. you name it;)
I want the Salmon Terrine.
that was really good. a massive portion of creamy, rich yet slightly gelatinous terrine.. died and went to heaven;)
Now.. if I can eat BEEF… and also a big eater… I would have come to the Ritz long time ago! Dunno why my appetite has shrunk lately… but my waist is still not shrinking 😛
LOL.. Thule! maybe you’re wasting your waistline on all the wrong things..!!
whoaaa, i love everything up here!!! especially the desserts! omg, how much is it for this session?
it’s written in the post darling.. RM130 ++ !
Christ would die for these sins
so blasmephous LOL
What a spread of fabulous food! Great photos as always!
thank u
Why did Miss Aly wrap the blue rose dessert on her finger?
MISS aly??!! hahahahaahha .. speechless:P
Woohoo! You are the speedy gonzales lah! Lovely and pretty lunch with damn good company i’d say. It was all perfectly Rtizy eh?
Purrfectly ritzy yeah!
An orgasmic spread!
Love your photography ^_^
+Ant+
thx dear, glad you like it
Love that shot of the stacked macarons at the back. The sweets alone would be more than enough.
Lucky devil you …. at the Ritz …. =_=
thanks babe. yea really too much food for one afternoon.. need to spread it out over 5days;)
My goodness! This looks incredible… is it popular with locals, or mainly expats? I’d love to see an Anglo-Malay fusion dish using similar ingredients. Great post — excellent photo, as always.
Well, i’m a local. So are my blogging buddies so yeah.. popular with the locals of course!
I don’t care- I just want that blue rose Ally’s got
What did I tell you about being atas?
ROFLMAO!! you wait you.. wait till i get mah hands on YOU!!!!
My heart stopped for a while at the sight of the Black Angus Steak!
I love you…but I also hatechu for making me hungry at 12.43am! ~_~
LOL, why are you online so late;)
Oh wow everything looks delicious. I love that profiterole tower I’ve always wanted to try one of those (eating, not baking, I could never master that) So swanky;)
You have a sweet tooth my dear!
why is it only on sunday ah? they should do one on saturday too… catering for the church going crowd. ollllllie, take note.
I agree! Oliver, you should have the roasts on Sat’s and Sundays too!
This post has made me very hungry! All the food looks amazing, I want the roast beef and those Yorkshire puddings look perfect! I am missing a good Sunday roast at the moment!
Such cruelty showing all this great food. I can’t even buy the ingredients let alone the dishes here! A divided world indeed.
I will also request sponsorship from Aly for feeding too I think. No blue rose though, just show me the meat 🙂
Gorgeous! I would love to say I’m eating the Ritz – just for the food alone.
Great and interesting article and the food dishes make me feel hungry just looking, although the best roast dinner is after a good walk in the Lake District National Park in an old country pub with a pint of real ale.
btw the profiterole stack has a name for it ‘Croque en bouche’, usually made for French weddings (as opposed to wedding cakes)