{"id":20565,"date":"2013-10-29T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/asian-fusion-inspired-restaurant-officially-launches-at-niramaya-villas-and-spa-2\/"},"modified":"2013-10-29T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T12:15:00","slug":"asian-fusion-inspired-restaurant-officially-launches-at-niramaya-villas-and-spa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/10\/asian-fusion-inspired-restaurant-officially-launches-at-niramaya-villas-and-spa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian fusion inspired restaurant officially launches at Niramaya Villas and Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Southeast Asian inspired Rasa Restaurant and Lounge is holding an official launch event on Friday 8 November from 6pm, before opening to the public the following day.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Niramaya recently appointed Andrew Saville, Jared Jones and Louise St George as operators of the resort\u2019s onsite restaurant and they will have the keys handed to them on 5 November.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Restaurant.LR.RGB\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-427891\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Restaurant.LR_.RGB_1.jpg\" height=\"197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Restaurant.LR_.RGB_1.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: right;\" width=\"320\" \/><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Rasa Restaurant and Lounge manager Andrew Saville says the concept of Rasa is to inspire people through food, wine and cocktails.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cOur vision is to provide an engaging establishment that our local community and visitors to the region can all be captivated by,\u201d Mr Saville says.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cWe aim to create more than just another restaurant, but an environment where guests can enjoy contemporary dining, relaxing at the bar or by the pool with cocktails and new foods.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cWe have moved away from traditional dining courses and will offer plates designed to share so groups can experience and abundance of flavours and textures in the one sitting.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Mr Saville says their meals will provide guests with a refined dining experience inspired by authentic Asian dishes from the likes of Thailand, Bali, Malaysia, China and Japan.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cThe Asian fusion inspired dishes will be composed through and refining authenticity and street flavours, executed through east and west techniques,\u201d Mr Saville says.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cWe\u2019ll be dabbling with the chemistry of foods, deconstructing classic dishes and applying modern techniques to heighten the senses of taste, smell, colour and texture.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Mr Saville says they are bringing a unique fusion of flavours to the region and thus anticipate the official launch to be a memorable event.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cGuests to this exclusive preopening event will be treated to drinks and canap\u00e9s upon arrival followed by a degustation dinner and a live acoustic musician,\u201d Mr Saville says.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cJared will be doing a molecular gastronomy demonstration and the state\u2019s Bacardi cocktail brand ambassador Sean Foresyth is flying up from Brisbane for a cocktail flaring display.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Mr Saville and his partners are collaborating their combined years experience in all areas of hospitality, from the kitchen and customer service to function and event management.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Tickets for this exclusive event are $99 per person. You must RSVP by 4 November to reservations@niramaya.com.au or by calling 07 4099 1855.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Rasa Restaurant and Lounge will be open to locals for lunch from 11-5pm and for dinner from 6-9pm from Saturday 9 November.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">For more information visit&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.niramaya.com.au\" href=\"http:\/\/www.niramaya.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.niramaya.com.au<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southeast Asian inspired Rasa Restaurant and Lounge is holding an official launch event on Friday 8 November from 6pm, before opening to the public the following day. Niramaya recently appointed Andrew Saville, Jared Jones and Louise St George as operators of the resort\u2019s onsite restaurant and they will have the keys handed to them on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}