New name, new owners and new delicious Malaysian offerings

There’s little doubt the beauty and splendour of the Auckland City Hotel enthrals. And as a bonus, within resides one of Auckland’s hidden culinary gems - The Mustard Seed Malaysian Restaurant.

Delectable, authentic Malaysian cuisine is served within the heritage building resides by new owners of the restaurant previously known as Bing’s Malaysian Restaurant.

The Mustard Seed offers a range of ethnic Malay, Chinese and Indian influenced dishes which are essentially the core of Malaysian cuisine.

Owners Tommy Ning & Joni Hoang are keen to demonstrate the wonderful tastes Malaysian food can bring to Kiwi diners.

“It’s all about the experience, ambience and food offerings, says Ning, “The Mustard Seed brings this together for guests and foodies alike all in a beautiful four-star hotel setting.”

The Mustard Seed seats up to 200 diners in a grand dome-shaped ceiling dining hall which is becoming rare sight in Auckland’s CBD.

“We pride in serving authentic Malaysian cuisine and our three Malaysian chefs are very experienced in this space. They specialise in char kuey teow, beef rendang, chicken and lamb satay, curry and lamb varuval,” Ning says.

The Mustard Seed is running Summer Specials for diners:

• (valid until 31 March 2011, conditions apply, some items may change)
• Breakfast: $6 Illy coffee and gourmet muffin deals
• Lunch: $10/$12 rotational specials from the a la carte menu
• Dinner: 10% discount for Halal groups (by booking only)

The Mustard Seed is a member of the Malaysia Kitchen Programme for NZ – a year-long campaign initiated by the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) to educate consumers about Malaysian cuisine and to encourage trial.

For more information on the Malaysia Kitchen Programme, please visit www.malaysiakitchen.my