Commemorating the Kempinski brand’s 125th anniversary, one-Michelin-star restaurant Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin is launching an all-new special edition of ‘Kempinski’s 125th Anniversary Celebration Journey’ menu to mark a celebratory year of excellence.
It is led by reputable Michelin-star chef Henrik Yde-Andersen and senior head chef Chayawee Suthcharitchan, who have joined hands in reinventing iconic European menus and incorporating them into a modern-Thai-inspired cuisine to bring back a memorable culinary experience for all discerning guests from 28 September until 31 October 2022.
The ‘Kempinski’s 125th Anniversary Celebration Journey’ embraces eight invigorating courses from long-established and famous European menu items that were invented by French master chefs around the world. It begins with Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin’s well-renowned ‘snack and street food’ canapés to welcome guests upon arrival and prepare them for an adventurous gastronomical journey with Chef Henrik throughout his world adventures.
This celebration journey begins with the ‘Bloody Mary’ clear tomato consommé flavoured in an exciting Tom Yum style with tomato chilli sorbet and crisped cake served on the side.
The second course is introduced with a healthy selection of ‘Waldorf Salad’ as part of the journey: a pan-fried sole green mango Waldorf salad served with celery, grape, walnut and yum dressing.
With inspiration from the world-renowned dish in Germany, the third course serves up the aromatic ‘Currywurst’, recreated with northern Thai-style smoked sausage, served bao-style with Currywurst sauce, crispy onion and peanuts.
Be engulfed with aromatic truffle delights with our fourth course, with the ‘Truffle Puff Pastry Soup’, reinvented in Alsace by Paul Bocuse and served at Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin restaurant using free-range Thai chicken in ‘Tom Kha’ soup with porcini mushroom and black truffles baked in ramekin.
This leads into an exciting fifth course, with the ‘Salmon Court Bouillon’. This dish was inspired by Auguste Escoffier in Paris, and introduces poached Scandinavian salmon with fresh coriander seeds, young ginger, edible fern and toasted sesame oil.
The sixth course showcases the ‘Pommes Purée’, invented by Joel Robuchon, creatively presented as a braised beef massaman curry with potato foam, crispy beef treads, pickled pearl onions and coriander oil.
For the closing of a delicious, wholesome meal, the one-Michelin-star restaurant introduces scrumptious desserts to conclude the experience, starting with the ‘Piña Colada’, initially invented in Puerto Rico.
The restaurant reinvents this vintage delight with baked pineapple in lemongrass Thai rum with coconut foam, turmeric coconut ice cream and rum jelly.
This series of fine desserts is followed by ‘Crepes Suzette’ from Monaco, served with thin pancakes flambéed with Thai kumquats, cashew nut, macadamia, dry coconut and passionfruit before concluding with the imaginative and very creative petit fours.
Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin’s exciting eight-course menu is choreographed with Chef Henrik’s storytelling about his travels around the world, bringing all sights, smells and flavours to the table.
This provides guests with the sensation that they are sharing the experiences with him during his travels. Each intricate dish is performed with tremendous passion, inspiring Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin to name this milestone the ‘Kempinski’s 125th Anniversary Celebration Journey Menu’.
This ‘Kempinski’s 125th Anniversary Celebration Journey’ set menu is available at Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin from 28 September until 31 October 2022, with selections of four courses and six courses for the lunch and eight courses for the dinner.
Every eight-course set dinner menu comes with a complimentary limited-edition ‘Kempinski’s 125th Anniversary Lotus Bleu Scent Hand Cream’ (30 ml) gift box set, exclusively curated by Kirinatu Haute Perfume House, as a little gift to enjoy at home.
The ‘Kempinski’s 125th Anniversary Celebration Journey’ set menus are priced as follows: four courses – THB 2,150++; six courses – THB 3,200++; eight courses – THB 3,900++.
An additional four cold-pressed juice pairings are priced at THB 790++.
Six cold-pressed juice pairings are priced at THB 990++.
Additional wine pairings are priced as follows: four courses – THB 1,700++; six courses – THB 2,500++; eight courses – THB 2,800++.
*All dining prices are exclusive of 7% government tax and a 10% service charge.
Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin is open daily for luncheon from 12:00 noon to 15:00 hrs (last orders for six-course menu at 13:30 hrs and four-course menu at 14:30 hrs), with dinner served between 18:00 hrs and 24:00 hrs (last orders at 21:00 hrs).
The restaurant is located on the lobby floor of Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok.
About Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin
Voted as one of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2014 and 2015, and adding a fifth year to its one-Michelin-star status from the ‘MICHELIN Guide Bangkok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai, Phuket & Phang-Nga 2022’, Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin offers a dining experience that is a true culinary adventure. The modern Thai-inspired cuisine with exciting contemporary touches never fails to surprise and delight diners. The restaurant aims to dazzle and form a memorable culinary experience for every guest. Chef Chayawee invites guests to enjoy an extraordinary culinary performance as chefs choreograph different tastes of basic Thai ingredients from traditional recipes in daring combinations. Behind Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin’s exquisitely composed food presentation using global cooking techniques, the familiar flavours of traditional Thai dishes are well maintained. The cuisine is widely recognised as ‘modern gastronomy at its best’ – making it very different from home-style cooking. Diners may experience a curry served with the texture and temperature of ice cream, and bites of lobster locked inside gelatinous pearls that melt in the mouth with a sip of tom yam broth. Everything from fish sauce to prawn crackers is homemade in the Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin kitchen.
About Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok
On 27 September 2010, Kempinski Hotels, Europe’s oldest luxury hotel group, opened its first Thailand property in the capital city of Bangkok, Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok, the city-resort adjacent to Sra Pathum Palace, and located in the heart of Bangkok’s premier shopping and entertainment district. The luxury five-star hotel combines Kempinski’s trademark European flair with traditional Thai hospitality. Every one of the hotel’s 397 guestrooms and suites overlooks the property’s surrounding gardens and pools, and 22 rooms have direct access to the pool. Thailand’s artistic heritage is a key theme of Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok. The property displays 2,000 pieces of art, including over 200 original paintings and sculptures by Thai artists commissioned to create art for the property.
About Kempinski
Created in 1897, Kempinski Hotels is Europe’s oldest luxury hotel group. Kempinski’s rich heritage of impeccable personal service and superb hospitality is complemented by the exclusivity and individuality of its properties. Kempinski now comprises a portfolio of 78 five-star hotels and residences in 34 countries and continues to add new properties in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Each one reflects the strength and success of the Kempinski brand without losing sight of its heritage. The portfolio comprises historic landmark properties, award-winning urban lifestyle hotels, outstanding resorts and prestigious residences.
Each one imbues the quality guests have come to expect from Kempinski while embracing the cultural traditions of its location. Kempinski is a founding member of the Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands.
