Several years ago, when I visited London, I ate at a restaurant called Champor-Champor. Apparently, I also signed up with them to send me specials, which they do about once a year. This year's pre-Christmas menu is very amusing in its pretentiousness.
FESTIVE MENU: 1 – 22 DECEMBER 2008
LUNCH: £25 (two courses*); £29.50 (three courses)
DINNER: £27.50 (two courses*); £32 (three courses)
Bread selection and canapés (please note canapés are not offered at lunchtime)
STARTERS
Chicken liver, duck liver and bird eye chilli parfait; deep fried puri bread; spiced cranberry jam
Waterchestnut and salmon fish cake; baby octopus umai; Hong Kong style XO sauce
Home-made lamb, Japanese pepper and kesum leaf sausage; Gujerati carrot salad
Tea smoked ostrich fillet, marbled quail eggs and celeriac mash; sesame and soy dressing
Chick pea, curry leaf and tofu falafel with plum tomato and Thai basil chutney (v)
INTER-COURSE (£2.80 supplement)
Coffee, khalua and clove granita
Chinese plum mulled wine and jaggery granita
MAINS
Malay festive water buffalo rendang; Kelantanese herb rice; deep-fried fish
Malaccan-Portuguese king prawn Bostador; Goanese steamed sanna bread; vegetable achar
Malay Royalty ‘opor burung’: boneless quail in thick, spicy and creamy curry; steamed jasmine rice; Indian rasam
Nonya venison in sweet soy and cinnamon sauce; coconut rice; green mango somtam
Indonesian style vegetarian ‘nasi ambeng’- a concoction of dishes including rice, curries and fried vermicelli (v)
DESSERTS
Rich chocolate mousse cake; rum-pickled green chilli cream
Poached plum trifle; Christmas pudding ice cream
Five spice and black pepper cake; cranberry parfait
Anyway, don't be put off by the crazy names. My recollection was that the food was pretty tasty...or at least different.
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