Bijan Bar & Restaurant @ Jalan Ceylon Fine Malay Cuisine Kuala Lumpur Ramadan Buffet Review by Best Restaurant To Eat

There are many restaurants in the city offering Ramadan Buffet spread, one of the more traditional one is Bijan Bar & Restaurant which is located at 3, Jalan Ceylon, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Bijan Bar & Restaurant is a highly acclaimed Fine Malay Cuisine and is a very popular restaurant serving authentic Malay food, right in the city center. Over the years, it has won many accolades and awards to stake this claims.

It’s décor provide the right ambience and experience for diners to savour the many Malay specialty dishes from various states in Malaysia. You get to try and taste some of the best dishes from these states such as the Kambing Masak Hitam from Penang, although most Chef will use Chicken or Beef to cook this dish.

  

Bijan Bar & Restaurant @Jalan Ceylon Chef Zulkifli is very particular about the ingredient that are used to cook its dishes, it has to be top pick in freshness to ensure consistent quality at all times.

For the Ramadan spread, Bijan Restaurant offers 5 rotating menu, this is to enable you to try out all the different spreads during this Ramadan season i.e. from 3^rd July until 23^rd July 2014. Each of the menu has it’s specialty appetizer, main course and of course desserts.

A hint to those who loves Durian (one of yours truly favourite fruit) – One of the rotating menu has the durian Cheese Cake which you can really smell and taste the durian flesh on every bite.

The other one has Chocolate Durian cake. These come in small pieces and it is a hidden gems – please make sure you discover it quickly, as it is a homemade Bijan Specialty Cakes. For your info, the durian type used for all their cakes, are from the illustrious D24 family.

For me, I find the beef satay (am not a real fan of beef satay) served in Bijan Bar and Restaurant very different, usually these beef satay are very dried and hard after the BBQ but here the chef have used a special marinate and the choice meat used was the strip loin meat which was very tender, juicy and flavourful.

My next favorite has to be the Tulang Rusuk Soup, which has a chewy beef  chunks (just the right texture and a have a very beef broth flavours. You can add in the yellow noodles, taufoo, eggs, taugeh to your liking to enhance this wholesome soup or just slurp it up as it is.

For the other spreads you can try out Bijan appetizer like Pisang Goreng (Banana Fritters) , Keladi Goreng (Yam Fritters) or Curry Puff.

There are the other roast and BBQ offering i.e. the Ayam Golek, Chicken Satay and Roast Beef.

For seafood lovers, you can select your favorite fresh seafood which includes Flower crabs, Mussels, Scallop, Lala, Prawns and White Squids which the waiter can grill for you.

For the main course, you can try out the Kambing Masak Hitam – i.e. Lamb in a Spiced Black Sauce with Tomatoes and Potatoes,

or the Ayam Masak Merah – Fried Chicken Simmered In A Red Sauce Of Chillies, Tomatoes and Spices,

or Ikan Gulai Darat – Rich Spices Fish Curry,

or Masak Lemak Udang – Prawns Cooked In Lightly Spiced Coconut Milk

or Super Springy Squid which is the Sotong Sambal Hijau – Squid cooked with Spicy Green Chilli Paste

or the lemon grass infused Kupang Goreng Serai – Stir Fried Mussel With Spiced Lemon grass – another one of my favorite here.

or the simple crunchy Pucuk Paku Goreng Tahi Minyak – Stir Fried Wild Fern With Chilli and Caramelized Coconut.

For desserts, there are an array of colourful Malay kuih and specialty cakes ie. Durian Cheese cakes if you are one of the lucky few.

Also there are the ABC – Air Batu Campur which you can pre-mix your favourite add-on of roasted ground nuts, cream of corn, nutmeg, grass jelly and so on to be served with a craving of shave ice, top with sweet sirap, enchanting gula Melaka and a dose of evaporated milk.

It has been a great dining experience for me to dine in this elegant Bijan Bar and Restaurant where you will be pampered with the Fine Malay dishes to entice your tastebud.

Bijan Bar & Restaurant @Jalan Ceylon  is collaborating with TableApp where you can book your table over the Internet via your desktop of mobile phone for your Ramadan experience. With TableApp you will never find yourself without a table at Bijan Bar And Restaurant.

You Can Watch Our Video Review on Bijan Bar & Restaurant @Jalan Ceylon - Fine Malay Cuisine @ Bukit Bintang

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Talent Lounge - A Unique Experience – Special Ramadan Buka Puasa Buffet – Damansara Perdana

Talent showcasing takes a new meaning at Talent Lounge located at G-01-01, Block A, Menara Mustapha Kamal, PJ Trade Center. Talent Lounge is a collaborative space for like minded people like the talent company, employers, artists, artisans and others to build upon your ideas.

It is a lifestyle space providing products, services and experiences ranging from a fill spectrum of talent development, personal branding, talent development and also a launch pad for your ideas.

While doing that, you can have snack upon the drinks and food serves here. It is all under the same place. There are some comfortable sofas and also work station for you to work on too.

For those that would like to perform, there is also a stage where you can do your gig too. Permission to perform is required.

For the coming Ramadan period, Talent lounge is offering a special buffet which is serves only during the weekend i.e. Friday and Saturday. Their offering of the Buka Puasa Ramadan buffet are Starters, 4 Mains dishes, 2 desserts and drinks.

According to the chef, these dishes are rotated each week with a mixture of Mediterranean, Malaysian and Western, so you get to try it out and not be bored with the same food every week.

The highlights of some of the dishes are as follows.

Hummus with Pita Bread

Pilaf Rice With Lamb

Roast Beef

Ayam Masak Merah

Ikan Masak Lemak

Chocolate Cake

Sago With Gula Melaka and Coconut Santan

Assorted Malay Kuih

So, if you are a talented person, you might want to check this place out, who knows this might be your springboard to greater things ahead. For this, Ramadan you can also feast on the offering of Talent Lounge too.

Do watch our video review below at Youtube on Talent Lounge.

This event was organised by HungryGoWhere Malaysia – Discover, Eat, Share today!” 

Traditional Malay Cuisine at Songket Restaurant Jalan Yap Kwan Seng Kuala Lumpur

Where can you find a restaurant that offers top quality Malay cuisine in the heart of Kuala Lumpur? Well, I was invited to the 4^th Anniversary of the Restaurant and a preview of the new menu.



Finding the Songket Restaurant which is located at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng can be a little challenging especially if you are not that familiar with this area. Having found the place, you will feel like going into a kampong like atmosphere as the restaurant is decorated to resemble a village house.


The ambience of the restaurant brings memories of our Malay kampong adventure. The venue is especially suitable for entertaining foreign guest as it will give them a cultural tour of a Malay kampong atmosphere while dining in exquisite traditional Malay Cuisine.



 So, the next time you would like to organize a corporate event, weddings or private function with a Malay theme, you should try it out at Songket. They can also arrange traditional Malay dance for your function too.

For the night, Songket introduce a few new dishes as part of the new offering which are as follow:



Ketayap Pandan Dengan Ice Cream

 
Kukus Mangga Madu (Ikan Siakap)



Durian Tiramisu

For the lovely evening, we were served a buffet spreads which consists of some of the specialty dishes like Ayam Rempah Bertumis, Masak Lemak Ayam Dengan Nangka, Daging Salai Masak Lemak Cili Api, Rendang Kambing as the main meat dishes.



The meat in the Rendang Kambing was cooked with the right amount of spices and the meat was tender enough to be eaten without much struggle.



We were also served with seafood specialty like Ikan Masak Lemak Tempoyak, Udang Sos Mentega and Ikan Lemak Asam Gelugur.



For fish dishes, Songket offers a variety of fishes that you can choose ranging from Ikan Siakap, Ikan Jenahak, Ikan Senangin, Ikan Bawal, Ikan Patin, Ikan Tongkol and Ikan Tenggiri. After choosing the type of fish, you can then select the style of your choice, which among others include the Masak Lemak Cili Api Dengan Mangga Muda, Masam Manis, Kukus Mangga Muda, Asam Pedas, Goreng Sambal, Masak Tempoyak Utara, Masak Lemak Asam and Gulai Kari.My personal preference was the Ikan Lemak Asam Gelugur that was served that night.



Most of the dishes that was served that night in the buffet was Songket signature dishes which you can order ala-carte from the menu.



To eat together with these delicious dishes, you can opt for either the white rice, Nasi Minyak and Nasi Kerabu



As part of the buffet spread they have dessert like the Ketayap, Sago Pudding and etc.Songket Restaurant is truly a place to be for traditional Malay Food. 

To complement and able to cater to other tastebuds, Songket also offers Western Cuisine too.