Restaurant: Avanti Italian American Ristorante, Bandar Sunway, Selangor

Up Close & Personal With Chef Shan

This time I get to meet up and get close with Chef Shanmuganathan or in short Chef Shan, a passionate man with his cooking especially Italian dishes. One of his unique and distinctive skills is to infuse traditional Italian fovourites with contemporary tastes, resulting in time-honoured recipes bearing novel flavours and modern presentation. I was told that his work was like magic in creating delicious dishes especially the skills he inherited and using only freshest and best quality ingredients enhance his creation even further.

Chef Shan looked at me, smiled and told me this, “It’s all about freshness with a strong sense of harmony in taste, aroma and style.”

Chef Shan had a few achievement in his culinary journey, he had won the Culinaire Malaysia(Federal of Hotels Association) 2005 for Hot Cooking and also the Culinaire Penang(Asia Region) 1995 for Plated Dishes.