The lounge is nicely design with floor to ceiling glass window offering some great view of Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya.

Royal Club Room guest can enjoy this lounge whole day, either having some small chat here while enjoying the view, or using the free wireless broadband, or even use the 2 iMacs here. Besides, you can also enjoy free flow of coffee and tea, bottled mineral water, soft drinks and bottled fruit juice too.

Hors d’oeuvre, or better known as appetizers or starters are served daily from 6.00Pm to 8.00Pm too. I personally feel that starting at 6.00PM is a bit too late for me as I usually have my dinner quite early. Starting at 5.00PM or 5.30PM will be much better, but that’s for me.

Food choices are limited with some salads, fruits and some fusion dishes.

Besides, evening cocktails are free flow during this hours too. It seems to me all the liquors here are the cheaper ones in the market, but since it’s free, can’t complaint too much right?

Besides liquor, red and white wine, and champagne are served here too. LY loved the champagne here since it’s sweet based.

I try to eat as little as possible when I am here, but ended up I treated the pre-dinner as my dinner. I enjoy the pandan chicken very much, and end up I have to cancel my reservation at Prime as both me and LY are too full for it.

Total Damage: Complimentary from staying in the Royal Club Room @ Le’ Meridien Kuala Lumpur

Operating hours: 6.00PM to 8.00PM for Hors d’oeuvre

Location: Level 33 @ Le’ Meridien Kuala Lumpur

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Yet another restaurant with it’s open kitchen concept.

The voucher only includes the buffet, hence I need to order my own drinks, Pu-Erh tea.

The roasted stuff here is pretty good, especially the roasted duck! I love it very much that I order another serving. 8.0/10

Siu Mai – Shrimp and chicken dumpling topped with fish roe. Looks good, and certainly they are super generous with the ingredients. I think there are like 2 prawns in it? However, as fresh as the prawns is, and as expansive ingredients (fish roe I consider expansive liao), it doesn’t really do justice to it. In my opinion, many normal Dim Sum restaurants Siu Mai tasted much better  than this although they din’t use as much ingredients as this. 7.0/10

Same thing can be said to the Har Kau - Crystal prawn dumpling with shredded dried scallop. Each piece is full with prawns, but still… I find that it’s lacking of the oomph eh. 7.0/10

Another Har Kau - Crystal dumpling with crab roe and crabmeat. No, don’t get me wrong, I am not saying the food here sux, as you can see the score I give is quite high, it’s just that when expansive ingredients are use, one should expect it should taste much much  better right? It does not seem to be the case here though. Maybe it’s a bit too dry? Hmm… 7.3/10

Crab bisque essence Xiao Long Bao. For this, I still very much prefer Dragon-i’s one. The reason I absolutely loved Dragon-i’s Xiao Long Bao is because the skin is thin, and the soup inside is hot and taste superb. The Xiao Long Bao in Dragon-i is still the only thing that makes me goes back to them everytime although almost all of their other food sucks. However, the Xiao Long Bao here at EEST, the skin is too thick, too little soup inside and most important, the soup is not hot enough! 5.0/10

Shrimp wanton with chili oil which is nothing to shout about at all. 5.5/10

Octopus mousse with salted egg yolk coat with golden thread. As amazing as the name sound, I actually forget how it tasted like now.

The Steam and Crisp dish that you can order from the menu is actually quite limited, with like a total of 20 types only. However, they do have few more dish that you can take yourself on the table, which actually taste not bad.

They also have a congee counter, where you can choose either plain congee, or crab roe congee. You can also choose your toppings such as prawns, salmon or scallop. However, for my version of crab roe congee + prawns + scallop, it’s actually tasteless. 2.0/10

The shrimp chee cheong fun here is absolutely fantastic though. I loved it very much as the sauce taste like those steamed fish sauce. Besides, the rice roll is silky smooth too. Superb for me! 8.8/10

Desert corner which I din’t really touch except for the Chilled Double-boiled apple and aloe vera in light rock sugar syrup and some ice-cream.

This Dim Sum Brunch buffet cost RM98++ per person, and only available on Saturday, Sunday & public holidays. However, I find that it’s absolutely not worth the price tag. Unless, if you hold a Starwood Privilege Card, and can get the 50% discount, then yes, this buffet might worth it’s price tag. And like all Starwood hotels in Kuala Lumpur, service here is just excellent!

Total Damage: RM98++ per person , but I only pay for my tea which cost RM12 since I am using the voucher.

Operating Hours: 11.30am – 2.30pm (ONLY on Saturday, Sunday & public holidays)

Location: Westin Hotel Kuala Lumpur

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Yes, Prego’s Sunday Bubbly Brunch is simply the best ever buffet I ever had! Yes, it’s also one of the most pricey buffet, but again, it’s simply the best!

Yes, it’s a brunch, but they served nice wine and champagne.

Yes, it’s a brunch, but the amount and quality of food served is way more amazing than most other buffet dinner.

And again, Yes, I came here for my Christmas Eve Dinner, which it was also called the same name with the buffet they served every Sunday.

The champagne which I forgotten the name….. Nice! Free flow of it. You also have a choice of 2 type of red wine, 2 type of white wine or beer if champagne is not your cup of tea.

Diners here are being pampered, as it’s not your traditional buffet style where you need to walk up to the counter and take your food. Neither is you given a menu to choose the food you want. Instead, once we have our seat, the waiter started to bring up foods and foods and foods.  The seafood blah blah blah soup is amazing.

As for the oyster counter,  this is the first time I went to a buffet that they served oyster from 4 different country! They got the Irish, Americans, and 2 other which I forget.

Some appetizer to kick off everything.

and more…

Thin crust pizza being served to our table, they have few types and this is the only one I manage to take while for the other time I am busy eating.

The same goes to spaghetti and many other foods…..

And while me being lame in reviewing buffet, and don’t know how to take nice buffet food shots, for this time round, I don’t have time to slowly take my pictures, and hence, so be it. I am gonna enjoy my food more this time round, drinking champagne and have some small lovely talk with LY.

How I rate this buffet you may ask? A freaking 9.8/10! The reason it won’t get a perfect score is we are being constantly bombarded by food being served to our table too much, but I am not really complaining though.

Total Damage: Rm268++ per person for free flow champagne, wine and beer. RM168++ per person for food only

Operating Hours: 11.30AM to 2.30PM every Sunday, unless on special occasion like mine

Location: The Westin, Kuala Lumpur

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These years, there is however something very hot in Malaysia, which is durian buffet. Just pay a small amount of money, and you get to eat all you can. From D24, red prawn, hor lor and many many more.

Durians, Durians, Durians……!!!

You can choose, either go for the eat all you can, or pay for 1 and eat it there. For the buffet, you got 3 choices, RM25, RM35 and RM45. For RM25, you can only choose Durians from the 1st row, for RM35, 1st and 2nd row can be choose, and for RM45, you can choose all the Durians available, which include little red and red prawn (ang heh). We opt for the RM45, wishing to try it all!

The owner is a friendly guy. Although he is very busy with so many customers around, yet he is able to explain to us each type of Durian, the name of it, and how it should taste like. Besides, since there’s only 2 of us, thumb up to him that all the Durian he choose for us are small one, so that we are able to taste different type of Durian, good job!

1st to be served, Qing Pi Hor Lor.

Little red.

Qing Pi 15.

And the famous red prawn, or better known as ang heh, which taste bitter sweet and is among 1 of the most loved version of Durian lovers. 1 of my favorite too.

Hor Lor, which if translate directly to english is water gourd. The shape of the Durian itself looks like a water gourd, so goes to the flesh inside, and hence the name of it. However, the one we got is way way too dry for my liking.

D2, sweet and nice.

Pek Bak You (White Pork Lard) is our final Durian, and it’s also 1 of my favorite. Although the meat is white, but it’s taste very very nice.

After so much of heaty Durian, we definitely need to drink some tea. Tea and water are all FOC here.

The view from the Durian farm here is just superb.

Hm….what are these? High class resort with personal pool? Massage room? I am unsure eh.

However, this is quite a famous place and it attracts many visitors. We couldn’t even get a table for ourself and we had to eat by the place where they put their Durian.

Overall, it’s a great experience. However, it’s best come with a bunch of your Durian lover friend so that you can share a whole Durian among yourselves, chit chating while slowly enjoy high quality Durian for the day.

Total Damage: RM45 per person

Operating Hours: 10 AM to 4 PM

Location: Bao Seng Durian Farm (POI available from malsingmaps)

Nope, not the controversy song that lead to some Indonesians people whom threatened to go to war with Malaysia if Malaysia did not drop their claim on the origins of the song la. The Rasa Sayang here is a hotel in Batu Ferringhi, Penang. I had heard that the buffet dinner here is quite awesome, as good as the one in Sarkies corner, and hence, here I am!

When I saw the mountain high fruits, the first thing that strike my mind is “Yay! Free flow fresh fruit juice is back!” Unfortunately it’s not, you have to pay for it.

Although the salad corner do offer more choices than others, but Sarkies Corner offer double of what was offer here.

The appetizer corner is not bad though.

Fresh seafood….yay!

Indian corner in buffet are rare, and the Tandori Chicken here certainly looks delicious. Too bad it taste sucks. The chicken is to salty, and the fish is tasteless. Yucks….PHAILED!

Sweet and sour fish, not bad though.

The prawns here are a bit overcooked, but taste ok la.

Meatttttt…………………………………………!!!!

A cute chef in the noodle station.

Fruits and desert corner. Notice the chocolate fondue? The white one? Yea, they do have white chocolate fondue, which is quite rare here. However, the choices to go with the fondue is really limited. And where are my strawberries????!!

Choices of cake are very little too.

The ais kacang corner is are full with choices though, with many types of ingredients you can mix yourself. There are 6 types of syrup for you to choose to sweetened your ais kacang, which include sarsi syrup!

A small cheese corner for cheese lovers.

Oh, forget to mentioned, their Sashimi is good! They are very fresh and are slice thick enough for you to fully taste it! Awesome!

Although some of the dishes here at Spice Market Cafe are good, most of them are just sub-par. It’s not like you are bombarded with variety (such as Jogoya) where one can think, yea, I sacrifice quality for quantity. However, at here, both quality and quantity is just….below average, especially after you consider the price you pay for it.

Besides, when we are here, the air conditional are spoil! All of us are so freaking hot and we were told that they are still fixing it after few complaints. It was only until we wanted to left and only the air conditional is back in working, and hence, my dining experience in Spice Market Cafe is a HUGE disappointment.

Total Damage: RM104++ per person (Citibank Card holder will get a 20% discount)

Operating Hours: 6.30 PM to 10.00 PM

Contact: 04 – 888 8888 (YES thats the number! Easily remembered )

Location: Rasa Sayang Hotel, Batu Ferringhi, Penang

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We were greeted by loads of seafood just at the entrance of Sarkies Corner.

I really like the way they arrange the food, it just make the food looks even more appealing!

Tuna, prawns and salmon sashimi! I however did not eat these much since there are way too many other food for me to consume.

A few type of good looking sushi. However, I did not try these as the rice will just take up too much of my stomach space.

Woohoo, really nice cheese spread. So many type of cheese to choose from!

The choice of appetizer available is just amazing. Most of them taste good. I especially love the one 3rd from left at the bottom.

Salads choice is great too.

After finish eating the salads, I notice some people are taking oyster! How can I miss it. It’s actually at the main entrance, along where the sashimi are located at. However, when I am taking pictures, they are not there yet as the waiter just put it up.

The oyster size is big if compare to other buffet.

The roasted area. Man, the roast duck are great!

The choice of main dish is a bit limited though if you exclude the roasted and teppanyaki area. Below is some of what they offer. It’s also the first time I saw Nasi Kunyit is offer at buffet, and the lamb curry is good too.

The choice of desert available here is really a lot. Just by finishing each type of desert will make one full already. Besides, although the quantity a lot, the quality of the desert is there too.

More desert…..

And more!!!

The fruits are cut and placed nicely. Choices are more too if compare to others. However, I just take the strawberries as I am a HUGE fan of it. The strawberries here are quite big, and not as sour as those you buy at Tesco.

Chocolate fondue. However, nothing much that I can go with it, so I use it for my strawberries.

See the ice cream refrigerator on the right side of the picture above? It’s actually had Baskin-Robbins in it. However, it FAIL BIG TIME! The refrigerator cover is spoil and cannot be closed properly, leading to all the ice-cream in it is half melted all the time! I did complaint to their staff, but no action is taken AT ALL.

I personally find that they are a bit over staff as if you look at the picture closely, you will see loads of chefs and waiter standing around. This is good as my plates are clear once I stand up and go for next round. However, sometimes when walking around, seems that the staff are blocking the way as they are standing everywhere.

I am sorry that I forgot to take pictures of the bar and the BBQ area. I though I did, but end up I did not. Anyway, the wine bar offer free flow of both red and white wine, and beer. The wine actually taste good, especially the white wine.

The teppanyaki area do offer lamb, crab, prawns, cheese baked oyster and squids. Not bad too.

Sarkies corner Wine & Dine really offer good buffet. Do try it out if you want some better buffet at Penang.

Total Damage: RM128++ per person for new year day. Normal Day is RM98++

Location: Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Lebuh Farquhar

Contact: +604-222 2000

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