Spice Market

This article is part of my Chinese New Year 2020 compilation.

Special thanks to Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa for extending this food review invitation.

Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa welcomes the Year of the Rat with sumptuous buffet meals at Spice Market Café. The special menus are designed by Executive Chef Leong and his culinary crew. Today's media event highlights several specialty dishes that will be served during the upcoming festive season.

One of the signature dishes in the buffet is Sweet & Sour Sea Bass, which is served "squirrel"-style. This means that the fish is deboned and cut in a cross-hatch pattern prior to frying. As a result, the cooked fish resembles the bushy tail of a squirrel.

Eight Treasure Chicken is infused with herbal flavors of scented Solomon's seal (玉竹) and wolfberries (枸杞). The chicken is steamed in aluminium foil to keep the flavors intact.

The next dish is Tiger Prawns In Pumpkin Sauce. Presented in a hollowed-out pumpkin, the shrimps are sweet and crunchy indeed.

One should not overlook Steamed Tofu With Scallops either. The delicacy is garnished with wolfberries and coriander.

The pastry team is also preparing festive desserts such as Green Tea Chocolate Tart, Mandarin Orange Cake, Pandan Chiffon Cake, Lychee Flan, Orange Cream Puffs and more.

For the upcoming Lunar New Year, Spice Market Café will be having 4 festive buffet sessions: Reunion Buffet Dinner (24 January 2020), Chinese New Year Brunch (25 January 2020) and Spice & Happiness Buffet Dinner (25 January 2020 and 26 January 2020).

In addition, take-away yee sang is available at Rasa Deli between 24 January 2020 and 8 February 2020. There are 4 versions to choose from.

Rasa Sayang's sister property, Golden Sands Resort, is also having Chinese-themed buffets concurrently. The meals will be served at Garden Cafe and Sigi's Bar & Grill.

Name: Spice Market Café
Address: Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa, Jalan Batu Ferringhi, 11100 Batu Ferringhi, Pulau Pinang
Contact: 04-888-8888
Business hours: 6:30am-10:30pm
Website: Click here
Coordinates: 5.47972 N, 100.25466 E
Directions: From Tanjung Bungah, travel west towards Batu Ferringhi. Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa is approximately 4.2 kilometers from Tanjung Bungah's floating mosque, located on the right. Spice Market Café is at Lobby level of the Garden wing.