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2015-07-04
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It was such a coincidence that my birthday fell on 24 June 2015 which was the day for our dinner here. I came still dressed in this afternoon's birthday dress, in a strapless orange dress, a new one that I bought previously. I have just watched Minions in GSC Pavilion earlier which ended at 6 pm on the dot. We waited for everyone to come and by that time it was already 7 pm.I was surprised that there were so many people at this time even on a weekday. Many people came to celebrate birthdays henc
I was surprised that there were so many people at this time even on a weekday. Many people came to celebrate birthdays hence you would see that the entire long table would be filled. This place seems to be THE TREND nowadays. The word "Yakiniku" means barbecue.
The moment I entered the restaurant, I was amazed by the decoration of anime on the walls. The bottles of sake hanging on top of the buffet for the warm and cold food is also quite creative.
There are 3 special features of this restaurant. Firstly, it is the first restaurant entertainment concept in Malaysia. The first branch was established in Singapore. It has live band on Sunday to Tuesday from 7-10.30 pm and on Wednesday to Saturday from 7-11 pm. On every Friday, there would be live band and magician.
The best part about this place is more to the entertainment. For today, it is considered Jazz Night. I love every single song sang by the band, to the extent that in the middle of every song sang by Bossa Princess Z Yan tonight, I was saying, "I love this song!" My friend thinks that I love every song then! Z Yan sang with two other boys who were the guitarist and also keyboardist. She sang all the jazz songs and oldies so this fact makes me like them. I usually do not like to watch bands that much.
I was so shocked that suddenly Z Yan made a special announcement and then sang a birthday song for me. It was the first time in so many years that someone actually sang a birthday song for me. And she specifically mentioned my name and addressed me as the girl in orange dress and even looked at me while singing. It has made my birthday the most memorable ever. Thanks to the manager as well!
The second specialty of this resyaurant is the homemade sauces which are spicy miso (for pork and seafood), tare sauce (only for beef) and also the ponzu (soya sauce). For Rae and Ponzu, they have already placed it on top of the meat when they serve it. All the beef are from Australia and New Zealand whereas the pork is sourced locally.
Thirdly, is the smoke-free feature of the BBQ plate and equipment. The manager challenged us to test whether our hair smells after the meal and indeed it didn't! I guess this is definitely the feature that would pull the female crowd as I have a lot of female friends who do not like BBQ due to this hair issue and they feel they have to go home and wash their hair all over again after that.
It costs RM 39.90 per pax for buffet lunch on weekdays and RM 49.90 for buffet dinner on weekdays and also weekends. Children get to dine at 50% discount. The price excludes beverages or ice-cream. There was a Buy 1 Free 1 Kirin promotion. There are 100 minutes limit for every table whereas addition of 20 minutes will cost RM 9.90 per pax so diners have to really watch their time here.
The manager taught us that the proper method to barbecue would be to cook the pork bacon first to ensure the oil is out on the hot plate. Then, we can cook the other meat. A tip to cook salmon would be to cook it with the skin on top otherwise salmon skin always stick to the hot plate.
Each table is given a checklist to mark down what they want. Basically, the price would cover seafood and meats for each table. If we find we like whichever better, we can always mark it down and the waiters will bring for us.
We ordered an iced green tea for only RM 3 which is quite a big portion.
The meats include beef chuck tender, beef ribeye, beef striploin, pork belly, pork bacon, pork collar, lamb shoulder and chicken. On the other hand, the seafood includes butterfish, salmon, mussels, prawns, scallop, squid and shimsamo (pregnant fish). '
The seafood and meats are quite fresh. I like the fact that the meats are thinly sliced. Our favourite is definitely the shimsamo, scallops and butterfish. The butterfish is so soft and when barbecued, it tasted so good. I think I have eaten at least 3-4 scallops. One can even see the scallop fats there too.
The only thing is that I wonder how the other patrons' dinner can last for 100 minutes when the stove takes a long time to get heated up. So finally, we asked the waitress to add more charcoal and then it was better.
As for the meat, I liked the pork collar and belly the most. There were amazing especially when served in thin slices.
We can also opt to barbecue the vegetables such as mushrooms, 2 types of zucchini (yellow and green), onions, 2 types of capsicum (red and green). I love the BBQ vegetables the most though eating this might not make your buffet price well worth it. I actually liked the fact that the corn was sliced into two to ease eating without the corb which is the most important. The enoki mushrooms in a small aluminium bowl is overly oily and not to my liking.
During our second order for salmon, butterfish and scallops, they served it all together on 1 big plate and according to another blogger, she told me the presentation is not good during the second helpings.
As for the warm and cold dishes, I felt that there should even be a warm category because all the warm items were already cold. For example, the radish soup was so cold it should not even be categorised as soup. The chawanmushi was so plain and cold. The tempura was so soggy and totally not for eating.
The only item I liked is the cold soba, chuka jellyfish, and preserved scallops and also preserved wet seaweed and of course edaname. But then again, all these would be delicious everywhere as they are cold stuff imported from Japan. The fried chicken is crispy but normal for me and I do not have a liking towards deep fried item which would add to my fats.
The Last Polka ice-cream costs RM 3.90 per scoop. There are three flavours which are dark chocolate, coconut and mango and all of them are incredible as they have strong flavours. I personally liked the dark chocolate ice-cream. They were totally my type of ice-cream and I am very fussy when it comes to ice-cream as I am putting fat into my body.
What I really love about this place is none other than the music and live band. I wish there is a lounge outside with such a great band! Meat lovers would definitely like coming here for the well worth the price meat and seafood buffet. You really need at least 4 pax to finish the entire seafood and meat set and try everything. This is because every item comes in threes when you order.
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