Celebrate The Year of the Monkey with Exclusive BanquetOfferings @Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

Time flies! It's time to start planning for the new year feasting. Traditional or modern, Chinese or International, set menu or buffet? The choice is yours this Chinese New Year 2016 as the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) celebrates the Year of the Red Fire Monkey with offerings of an exquisite eight-course set dinner and the 'Fu Lu Shou' or Happiness, Prosperity & Longevity buffet packages preceded by 'yee sang'. (traditional CNY raw fish salad)

According to Executive Chef, Richmond Lim, this year's offering features four traditional 'yee sang' choices of 'Happy New Year' with fresh salmon, 'Dual Happiness & Prosperity' with jellyfish and salmon, 'Golden Symphony' with fresh salmon, abalone and gold dust and for the first time, 'Golden Year' with fresh ocean trout.

Other delights on the table include golden pumpkin in sweet corn chowder, roasted five-spice duck with sour plum sauce, Cantonese stir-fried prawn in supreme soy sauce, 'Cheong Cheng' steamed fish with fermented broad beans and sour plum sauce, floret vegetables with homemade beancurd in crabmeat and egg-white sauce and Oriental chicken chop rice.

Guests can also look forward to the Centre's famous, 'Chef Action Stations' of local favourites such as wok-fried kway teow with seafood and garden sprouts, Penang popiah, deep-fried nian gao with sliced yam and sweet potato and Nyonya pan-seared mixed seafood, in addition to international dishes like Oriental chicken sharwama, roasted five-spice whole lamb and Japanese Teppanyaki hot plate and a selection of sushi.

To round off the meal, check out the 'Sweet Dreams Achieved' station and indulge in Mandarin surprise cake, baked mini-pear puff with lotus paste, chilled honeydew melon with pear sago, Mandarin oranges, Nyonya kuih, fresh fruits, assorted CNY cookies such as 'kuih kaput', pineapple rolls, peanut cookies, almond cookies, green pea cookies, chicken floss rolls and 'kuih bangkit' coconut biscuits and the list goes on.

Another unique dish - 'Yee Sang sushi hand rolled with Seaweed' (Pic credit Sidney Kan)

'Happy New Year' Yee Sang.

Wok-fried Chicken with Honey Rock Sugar & sesame seed.

Golden Pumpkin with Winter Melon, Yellow and Black Fungus in Superior Stock. 

Ocean Prawn coated with Wasabi Aioli.

Happiness Puff 'Siew Hou Chu'.

Assorted dim sum.

Available from 25 January to 7 March 2016, private and corporate booking of a minimum 100 pax and above can opt for an eight-course sit-down affair at RM1,888++ per table of 10 or, take the buffet route at RM188++ per person if your party is 300 pax and above. For a limited time, confirmed bookings made between now to 31 December 2015 will enjoy 8% discount so, book early to avoid disappointment.

For more information on hosting a private gathering at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre for Chinese New Year 2016, please contact Ms Lee Shan Meng at +603-2333 2740, Aishah Amelia on +603-2333 2860 or Rizal Razali at +603-2333 2833.

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vivoX5Pro Launched in Malaysia

With the smartphone industry in Malaysia growing at a rapid pace, it's pretty common that almost everyone around us carry a smartphone nowadays. The newly launched, vivo X5 Pro, touted as "Touch By Beauty" is available in Malaysia now. Launched at the iconic Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, China's leading smartphone brand vivo unveils its latest smartphone the vivo X5Pro's entry into the Malaysian market.

The grand launch attended by Mr Alex Feng - Vice President of vivo Global, Mr Lewis Zhang - CEO of vivo Malaysia and many senior vivo members with over 1500 people, is the largest ever for vivo, showing the importance and also future expectations for the brand in Malaysia.

Focusing on being a smartphone manufacturer, vivo has always followed their motto "Dare to push the limit and continue to bring new surprises" resulting in many industry 'firsts'. From the launch of the first vivo smartphone in 2012 - vivo X1, vivo X3 and vivo X5Max has not only been consecutively broke the world's thinnest smartphone record, but also created the world's most stunning Hi-Fi sound quality phone, the world's first 2K screen vivoXplay3S smartphone in 2013, F1.6 large aperture & optical image stablilization Xshot smartphone in 2014 and the world's first 'Touch by Beauty' vivoX5Pro.

The brand committed to the pursuit of fun, vibrancy and appealing to the youth with products that are aesthetically pleasing, professional Hi-Fi sound quality and ultimate experience to its user. In 2014, vivo started their international strategy and has been registered in over 100 countries worldwide including Thailand, India, Myanmar and Indonesia. In the near future, vivo will continue providing more competitive products in Malaysia, as well as providing more localized services.

"Touch by Beauty" vivoX5Pro inspired by nature, the phone features curves that resemble a drop of water, double-sided 2.5D glass combined with a metallic frame design and a breathtaking finishing, all packed in a slim 6.44mm body. The vivoX5Pro is perfect in detail, impressive in both visual and function and is invoking beautiful flawless concept.

vivoX5Pro also comes with SmartWake, a fully customizable screen gesture feature, focus and central positioning of PDAF, together with high-speed flash - vivo has achieved a smartphone with the industry's fastest AF speed. Running on the AKM AK4375 chip in collaboration with vivo's many years of experience, the vivoX5pro continues to be a Hi-Fi standard.

In China, vivoX5Pro is a best-seller in and has become one of the most sought after smartphones, resulting in vivoX5Pro emerging as the champion in terms of sales during summer. Hence it is strongly believe that the vivoX5Pro will also dazzle the Malaysian market and captivate the smartphone loving youth.

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