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Southeast Asian buffet April 25 at Reliable Source to feature regional dishes, drinks, special music

Mesfin Mekonen

April 05, 2024

The Reliable Source is cooking up a buffet of Southeast Asian foods on Thursday, April 25, offering a wide array of authentic delicacies from the region.

Experience the vibrant and diverse culinary traditions of Southeast Asia at the Club, along with a variety of tempting Southeast Asian cocktails.

Accompanying it all, as a special treat, will be background music by Chinese musical artist Bing Xia. She will perform on the Chinese guzheng, or zheng, a plucked zither that is thought to be about 2,500 years old.

The cost for the Southeast Asian buffet is $35 per person for Club members, and $45 per person for guests, plus tax and gratuity. 

Reserve now because this event has sold out in the past. To secure your spot, contact the Reliable Source at [email protected], (202) 662-7443 or make a reservation online. 

As a special perk for members, free parking for buffet diners is available at One Parking, 1325 G St. NW.

Menu

Soup

  • Tom Yum Soup

Hot Buffet

  • Shrimp Pad Thai
  • Chicken with Yellow Curry
  • Singapore Black Pepper Chicken
  • Tau Yew Bak (Braised Pork in Soy Sauce)
  • Singapore Tamarind Coconut Fish Curry
  • Ampalaya con Carne (Beef with Bitter Melon)
  • Beef Rendang Lechon (Roast Pig)

Salads

  • Chunky Thai Salad with Peanut Dressing
  • Asian Spicy Cucumber Salad
  • Atsong Labanos (Pickled Radish Salad)
  • Tofu Lengkon (Tofu Bean Sprout Salad)

Desserts

  • Khao Neeo Mamuang (Thai Sticky Rice with Mango)
  • Mango Sago with Coconut Milk
  • Mini Turon (Banana Lumpia with Caramel)

Specialty Cocktails

  • Pink Cocktail: The cocktail, dubbed Singapore Sling, was a refreshing twist on the popular Gin Slings (gin and sugar syrup) of the time.
  • From Sea to See: The recipe, which Craddock made popular almost a century ago, calls for a dash each of Angostura and orange bitters, a teaspoon of lime juice, a third of curacao and two-thirds of dry gin.
  • Rumble Jungle: The cocktail, consisting of Jamaican dark rum, Campari, pineapple juice, simple syrup and a squeeze of lime, was the brainchild of the late Jeffrey Ong, a bartender at Hilton Kuala Lumpur, who concocted it as a welcome drink in the 1970s.