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Japanese Ala-Carte Buffet: Mizu TTDI vs Munakata Life Center Jalan Sultan Ismail

vivien — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:04:57 +0000

It is always nice to have ala-carte buffet where food is served to you instead of taking the food yourself.

Mizu TTDI and Munakata Jalan Sultan Ismail are among my top 2 for Japanese ala-carte buffet, Maiu Damansara Perdana (used to be called Umai-ya) also have ala-carte buffet which i don’t really like…

Komura of Corus Hotel do have a pretty awesome Japanese ala carte buffet spread as well for RM60++ lunch, RM98++ dinner. Click here for visit to Komura on February 2010.

Mizu ala carte buffet only available on Saturday and Sunday lunch from noon to 3pm for RM50++ for Saturday(about RM60 all inclusive) or RM55++ for Sunday.

Whereas Munakata’s only available for dinner Monday to Saturday(closed on Sundays) for RM70++ They currently have buy 2 free 1 promotion until end of February 2012 which average out to RM55 each person all inclusive if 3 person going.

Let’s start off with Mizu’s spread. Above is their order sheet.

Looks really nice, above is sashimi beautifully spread out on ice, the quality is quite good except not too fond of the tuna sashimi after bf’s sister say they put coloring on tuna to make it looks nicer. The above portions is for 4 of us

Tamago, scallop lips and small octopus, all quite good

Tempura prawns with fresh prawns

Yummy teppanyaki beef cubes, salmon is ok, don’t really like their scallop which has rubbery texture and lacking natural sweetness from seafood

Yummy sashimi salad

Delicious mizu maki with eel, tempura prawn and tasty mayo dressing

Soba

Grilled shishamo, mackarel and salmon

Delicious eel handroll

We wanted the grilled salmon as in the whole head. At first the waitress say it is not included in the buffet, but we ordered it anyway assuming it will be charged ala-carte, and end up they don’t charge us for it. Really tasty fatty meat

Tempura prawn again

Seafood fried rice and garlic fried rice, prefer the fragrant garlicky one

Seafood Kimchi Soup, appetising sourish and slightly spicy

I think we were eating too much and they were waiting for us to leave when they served us the above 2 huge chicken portion although we ordered only 1 portion of it, and usually their portion is only few small pieces.

an order of all dessert before deciding what to have more of. The pudding and jelly are not nice, their matcha green tea and black sesame ice cream are awesome

Last round in Mizu

Let’s move on to Munakata japanese ala carte buffet in Life Center, Jalan Sultan Ismail

Order menu for unlimited ala carte buffet dinner in Munakata

Their chawanmushi still have the best texture among all i have tried, very smooth, but somehow the taste is slightly lacking this time.

Sourish seaweed wakame salad

warm yummy unagi omelette

salmon sushi

Salmon sashimi is the only raw fish choice here, the fish is not as fresh looking as previous visit.

plain looking but yummy seafood salad

warm tasty unagi pieces

delicious scallop

very yummy straw mushroom with buttery aroma.

I find the cod taste so so

shishamo

soft tofu with chinese style starchy sauce which i not fond of, taste like chinese plum sauce

Seafood tofu is just ok

Beef with straw mushroom is just ok

Behind is really meaty and tasty soft shell crab tempura, to the front is tempura moriawase

plain looking, but this buttery spinach is addictively yummy

too oily eggplant with mincemeat

breaded seafood is just ok

Like the green tea ice cream, but more fond of Mizu’s

Overall, i very much prefer Mizu in a way although it is worth going to Munakata for a try especially when they have buy 2 free 1 deal going on now.

Address: Mizu Japanese Fine Dining (owned by SKYS 21 Sdn Bhd, they also have a branch in Bangsar Village)

C-2-1, TTDI Plaza,

Jalan Wan Kadir 3,

Taman Tun Dr Ismail,

60000 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: +603-7728 6498

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Dish with Vivien previous visit to Mizu on February 2011

Address: Munakata

Mezzanine Floor, Life Centre,

No. 20, Jalan Sultan Ismail,

50250, Kuala Lumpur

Telephone: 03-2166 7441 or 03-2166 7825

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Dish with Vivien previous visit to Munakata on December 2009

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Nagomi Shabu-Shabu Buffet, Menara Hap Seng

vivien — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:01:41 +0000

This buffet promotion started on 24th October 2011 and will continue till Dec or Jan next year, only available in Menara Hap Seng branch.

Each person with Ocha (RM3) add up to RM41.50 nett

buffet

Seafood area: the hot items include black tiger prawn and slipper lobster which runs out quite fast on the lunch buffet session.

Another view of the seafood includes scallop, oyster, white prawn, fish, few types of clams, slipper lobster, black tiger prawn, mussel, flower crab, white promfret, salmon pieces etc…

The processed meat bar which is almost untouched by all diners

There are beef, chicken, duck breast and lamb shoulder slices available for swishing in the hot broth. The beef and lamb shoulder slices are not bad, whereas the duck taste gamey and very tough.

All types of vegetables: daikon, carrot etc

Sushi area

maki

All kinds of dressing: nyonya, goma, wafu, ponzu, chili etc. Wafu dressing is quite appetising.

Taste fresh

My first seafood plate: love the black tiger prawns and slipper lobster halves

Lamb shoulder slices and beef slices are quite good

Duck breast has thick chewy fat and meat texture, doesn’t taste good

fruit

Overall, i love their nagomi signature soup base, worth a visit. Sushi slices for swishing in hot broth is only available during happy hour, ie 8pm-9pm.

Address: Nagomi Japanese restaurant

Suite 1-19, 1st Floor, The Podium,

Menara Hap Seng,

Jalan P. Ramlee

Telephone(for reservation): 03-2141 6332

Buffet price: RM32.80++ (Adult); RM18.80++(Children 5-12 years old)

Refillable Ocha: RM3

Parking rate in Menara Hap Seng is RM3 per entry after 5pm, Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays

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Sushi Q, 1 Utama

vivien — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:37:01 +0000

A simple yummy sushi takeaway shop, available in One Utama shopping mall and Mid valley. Especially love their salmon long maki(RM4.50)

maki

Above normal and spicy sushi maki, skip the spicy one and just go for the normal salmon maki. And also a box of salmon sushi which looks fatty and delicious.

Address: Sushi Q (1 Utama)
1 Utama Shopping Mall (Between Old and New Wing), 2nd Floor, No. 1, Lebuh Bandar Utama, 48700 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Phone: 03-7725 9485

Address: Sushi Q (MidValley)
Midvalley Megamall, 1st Floor, Centre Court, MidValley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 Kuala Lumpur.
Phone: 03-2282 3739

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Invited Review: Senjyu, e@Curve (formerly known as Cineleisure Damansara)

vivien — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:19:57 +0000

Thanks to Frankie of Senjyu for invitation to sample some of the best Senjyu has to offer. We were generously fed and go home satisfied I was hesistant of eating japanese food as the recent earthquake/tsumani in Japan, which has caused some radiation concern on food from Japan (the tsunami caused a nuclear reactor to be leaking radioactive water etc) Nonetheless, much relieved after we were told none of Senjyu food is imported from Japan…

Above is Sushi Moriawase (2 pax) RM38, assortment of raw salmon, tuna, butterfish, cuttlefish and surf clam, fresh and thickly sliced

Lobster salad and fresh vege served with house ponzu dressing, RM22

One of their seafood specials – River eel served on hot plate, RM22, loved this, it is made of fresh live eel with its natural sweetness, yummy~

Carpaccio Moriawase, RM22, perhaps this is a fusion of french/Italian with japanese/chinese(with thin ginger sliver on the fish). The sauce should be poured on to the fish from right to left, in the sequence of soy sauce, sesame, spicy chili oil, sake and ponzu sauce. I am just okay with this as not too fond of fusion

Trio oyster, RM45, fresh live oyster sashimi, grilled oyster with cod fish roe and simmered oyster with broth. My favourite being the fresh oyster sashimi, it is sweet without being slimy, yum~ the cod fish roe mayo topping is also delicious too.

Live tiger prawn sashimi, from Vietnam, RM16, firm and fresh tasting

Foie gras and oyster maki, RM28, 2 pieces are topped with oyster, while the other 2 are topped with foie gras

Tempura Moriawase, RM38, find it a tad oily and prawn flesh a bit floury.

Wagyu Saikoro Steak, RM68. This a marble score 6 beef from Australia. Marble score ranging from 1 to 12 with 12 being the best having the best fat distribution which makes it having the melt-in-the-mouth feel.

Love their dessert, the left is coffee jelly topped with vanilla ice cream(RM8), to the right is japanese plum wine jelly with grape (RM10)

Some of their seafood specials: tiger prawn sashimi, clam in miso soup, river eel served on hot plate, japanese escargot sauteed in garlic butter, lobster grilled with cod fish roe, clam grilled with cheese and cod fish roe.

They also have omakase menu with pricing of about RM120 per pax

their dessert menu

Thanks to Frankie and Lucas(head chef in Senjyu) for their hospitality and delicious food.

Address: Senjyu (under Sakae Holdinga Ltd, same company as Sakae sushi)
Lot G2 & G3, Ground Floor, (Beside McDonalds)

e@Curve (formerly known as Cineleisure)

No 2A, Jalan PJU 7/3,

Mutiara Damansara,

47810 Petaling Jaya,

Selangor.

Telephone: 03-7727 9028

Website: Senjyu Official Website

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