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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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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Besides the normal À la carte menu, Kamapchi do offer buffet lunch and dinner during weekends @ RM62++ for lunch, and RM86++ for dinner, which is something very famous among Penangties, leading it to be always full house during weekends.

The main buffet hall and dining hall. I sorta like the design here, very cozy and even when it’s pack with people, you won’t find that it’s too crowded. Yes, you can see most of the table are still empty, but it’s just because those that reserved are still taking their time to come, while me as the hungry ghost is starting to hunt for food already!

The sushi room, separated from the main hall. It’s quite small, but fit in just nice.

Ah…..sushi sushi sushi! HOWEVER, sushi is too full for buffet! I always tend to skip most of them, and head on to the next….which is…….

YESH! Sashimi! Yummmmyy……and they are all very fresh!

Some different way of eating Sashimi, looks nice but to me so so only la.

Fresh oyster, yea…..but too bad, the size is too small.

Goodie Teriyaki Chicken….the sauce is just greato!

The soup station with a friendly chef. You can choose between beef and chicken, and also can opt for adding saba or udon with the soup. Besides, the favorite of Doraemon is here – Dorayaki. The Dorayaki with red bean paste is really good!

I tried the chicken version, not bad eh. Besides, the chef will only add in the chicken into to wok and cook it when you order. This prevents one from getting rock hard chicken.

The grill bar.

The beef is quite good, but I hate it as it stuck into my teeth and I had a very very hard time to take it of…grrrrrr.

Yummmyyyy chicken.

Lobster oh lobster, it’s small and not juicy, but salty! Too bad.

Grilled prawns which is very nice! Why ain’t the lobster as good as this eh.

Desert bar, yes, choices might be lacking, but most of them is good! Especially the Tiramisu! Besides, they do change some of the item when it’s finish, so it ain’t same stuff all night.

Since I never thought of making a reservation earlier, the main dining hall is full booked. We have to opt to sit at the sake bar, which is quite empty and only 4 tables for the whole night. However, the bad thing is we need to walk quite far for our food.

Seafood oh seafoodzzzz…..

Overall, Kampachi Japanese Restaurant weekend buffet dinner is good. The choice of food may be limited especially compare to Sarkies Corner in E&O hotel, but the quality of food here is really good. Well worth the money I can say especially if you are a big eater!

Total Damage: RM86++ per person

Operating hours: 6.30pm to 10pm every weekend

Location: Equatorial Hotel, Bukit Jambul, 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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As the restaurant is located in the middle of the town area, private parking space are provided, which is good. However, the road to the parking area is very narrow and although there is someone who guide you, but it’s still not an easy task to drive it in especially if you are driving a huge sedan or SUV. Oh, you still need to pay for the parking even if you are dining here.

At the entrance, it’s all the fish tank and seafood for you to pick your favorite one. However, although there are loads of fish tank, I am disappointed with the choice of fish available.

Seafoooodzzz…..

Shark-fin soup. Normal looo. RM30 for 4 person.

Steam prawns (bak chiok har). Normal la, well, you can’t go wrong with this dish as long as your prawn is fresh and you did not overcooked it. Rm30 for this.

Seafood in golden ball. This is good. Loads of fish maw and sea cucumber in it, and some fake small abalone. It’s taste a bit sweet, but I find that its oily too. RM25 for this.

Vegetables, but look at the fish cake. It’s so much larger than those you ate outside. While I used to hate fish cake due to it’s smell and taste fake, these are good! RM10 only for this.

“Steamed Grouper with Pan Tong Style” is their signature dish. Man, this is awesome! It’s sour and spicy, just like more Thai dish, but it’s good! The chefs are not stingy with the ingredients used. RM60 for this.

Besides, if you looked properly, it’s actually Tiger Grouper (老虎斑) that we order. Yes, I know this fish should be eaten as normal steam to taste the freshness and natural sweetness of the fish. But well, my dad change it without my knowledge. So I just enjoy it as much as I can.

I would also like to add something. All the first 4 dish is served very fast. They serve the soup and prawns almost at the same time, and all the other 2 dish were up when we just start eating the prawns. However, after we finish all the 4 dish, we had to wait like 10 minutes for the fish to come. They pace is way way wrong.

Anyway, although the choice of seafood is not that much at Townview Seafood, but the way they cook it is good. Price wise it’s average too. I will come back here again to see what other nice dish they offer soon. A good place to dine in at the town area of Penang.

Location: Jalan McAllister, Penang

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