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  “Malaysia has some really great restaurants and each year we see the crème de la crème taking part in this supreme Gourmet Festival celebration, which we all look forward to with both pride and enjoyment.”
YAM Tunku Dara Tunku Tan Sri Naquiah Tuanku Ja’afar
The Princess Royal of Negeri Sembilan
     
  “I am looking forward with great anticipation to the Malaysia International Gourmet Festival. It’s a fantastic event, filled with good cheer and amazing gastronomic possibilities. This is a marvellous excuse for indulging in the best gourmet experiences of the year!”
YM Tunku Mohamed Alauddin bin Tunku Naquiyuddin
General Manager, Antah Bumimedic
     
  “Malaysia needs events that can be deemed as truly international in nature. The Malaysian International Gourmet Festival is one such event that has come of age and is recognised internationally in such venues as the PATA Travel Mart. The best of Malaysian-created cuisine is showcased at the festival for international tourists and locals alike to sample and enjoy. Selamat Makan!”
YM Tunku Dato’ Seri Iskandar Tunku Abdullah
Group Managing Director, Melewar Group Berhad
     
  “My heartiest congratulations to AsiaReach Events Sdn Bhd and the participating restaurants for their efforts in organising the Malaysia International Gourmet Festival. Showcasing the finest and widest range in the culinary arts will serve as a catalyst for visitors to discover Malaysia as a dining haven for local and international cuisine.”
YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad
Chairman/CEO, Institute of Political & Economic Analysis
     
  “The Malaysia International Gourmet Festival is the only annual event that confidently features Malaysia, and Kuala Lumpur in particular, as epicentres of world-class cuisine. Fresh from a world trip, I know for sure that this confidence is not misplaced.”
YBhg Dato’ Kok Wee Kiat
Capitaine Lieutenant, Society of the Musketeers of Armagnac
     
  “The Malaysia International Gourmet Festival is by far the most prestigious annual food event in the country. It really does showcase to the world the incredible progress of culinary development in Malaysia. A progress based on the capabilities of our own resident chefs fuelled by the unique food heritage of Malaysia with its many multi-cultural influences.”
YBhg Dato’ Lau Foo San
Honorary Life President for Malaysia,
Confrerie De La Chaines Des Rotisseurs
     
  ”The dining scene in Malaysia has come a long way. It wasn’t that long ago when there was just had a handful of fine dining restaurants in the country. This brilliant annual Gourmet Festival has done an immense job in raising standards and driving things along. It highlights Malaysia as a superb eating destination, and is definitely one of our strongest tourist attractions.”
YBhg Dato’ Farah Khan
President, Melium Group
     
  “The Malaysia International Gourmet Festival has grown from year to year, from strength to strength. It is the most exciting platform for the best gourmet chefs in Malaysia to put their culinary skills on display and showcase what Malaysia has to offer in terms of fine dining. Onward once more to MIGF 2008, the gastronomic event of the year!”
YBhg Datuk Dr Jagjit S. Sambhi
Bailli Delegue de Malaisie Confrerie De La Chaines Des Rotisseurs
     
  “The food you can experience during the Festival is fantastic. It’s easily on a par with the best I’ve had in Switzerland or elsewhere. My family and I always look forward to it. We’ve been telling friends from all over the world to come to Malaysia and get a taste of things this November!”
YBhg Dato’ Rolf Schnyder
President, Ulysse Nardin
     
  “The Malaysian International Gourmet Festival has established itself as the signature event that lovers of good food look forward to every year.”
YBhg Datuk Mike Krishnan
Immediate Past President,
Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry
     
  “The food and beverage personnel, chefs and hard working people from the Festival restaurants are the real heroes. In an age where it is often easier to be apathetic, cynical or selfish they put aside their commercial differences and work together for the common good. Their reward is a dining scene that is now vibrant and globally recognised. And of course fine diners in Malaysia and the world over have been rewarded too. The proof as they say is in the pudding!”
YBhg Datin Su Wai Fun
Managing Director, Asia Reach Events
     
  “Food glorious food! This event is simply the best thing that has ever happened to gourmet diners in the country. Like everyone else, I am looking forward to the culinary surprises that the restaurants have in store for its diners.”
Che Puan Winnie Sophia Low
CEO, Low Keng Huat Brothers Realty Sdn. Bhd
     
  “There are fewer things better than dining out with family and friends during the Malaysia International Gourmet Festival. I recommend that you try as many restaurants as you possibly can. The creations are unique and the prices unbeatable. My heartiest congratulations go to the organisers and Festival restaurants for doing a splendid job year in year out!”
Mr David Teh
Past President, Malaysian Wine and Food Society
     
  “The Malaysia International Gourmet Festival has established itself as the premier event for the promotion of Malaysia’s varied and delicious cuisine. Thanks are especially due to the AsiaReach team who put in so much time and effort to make the Festival such an outstanding success.”
Mr Jeremy Diamond
President, Malaysian Wine and Food Society
     
  “On my recent travels to Europe I was astounded at just how many people came up and asked me about our Gourmet Festival. Malaysian cuisine is world famous! The event has exceeded all expectations and I take my hat off to the organisers and of course to the restaurants, chefs, kitchen and service teams, who have all done the country proud.”
Mr Johari Abbas
Director, Angkasa Travel Services Sdn. Bhd.
     
  “This year’s MIGF marks the 8th anniversary of the region’s premier fine dining event. The month long Festival promises to thrill epicureans with some of the best culinary creations with special menus at very special Festival prices.”
Mr Ivo Nekvapil
President, SKAL International
     
  “All of us who have seen the Festival grow from its early days are amazed at how big it has become and how much interest it has generated in Malaysian fine dining. The Festival has single handedly transformed the country’s food landscape for the better. The Malaysia International Gourmet Festival is deservedly a regular feature in our tourism calendar. What a great success!”
Mr Jeffrey Perera
CEO, Jeff Perera Consulting
     
  ”Birds of a feather flock together! Local and international food lovers will soon be flocking to our top Malaysian restaurants for another spectacular month of fine dining during the Malaysia International Gourmet Festival. Along with everyone else I am waiting in anticipation to see our top chefs dishing out their latest Festival creations!”
Mr Nick Lough
Managing Director, Baiduri Mewah Sdn. Bhd.
     
 
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