San Nae Deul Korean BBQ Buffet @Nexus Bangsar South Kuala Lumpur

If you love to eat Korean BBQ, I mean a lot of it and you are also on a very tight budget, then this restaurant San Nae Deul Korean BBQ Buffet located at 1-3 & 1-4, Level 1 Nexus, Bangsar South, 59200 Kuala Lumpur will be a good choice for you. Read about the promotion at the end of this article.

San Nae Deul Korean BBQ Buffet Restaurant has a very special setup which allows patrons to sit on an elevated flooring; quite similar to the one in Japanese restaurant. 

It is a very spacious restaurant that offers a great free space to move around easily especially when it is a self service buffet where you will need to make frequent trips to the buffet counters for your food.

We started the review with the BBQ items which includes thinly sliced Pork Belly, Pork Neck Meat, Ham and Sausages.

There are also a varieties of Bulgogi, Lamb Ribs, Marinated Chicken Thigh, Fish and Squid for those that love some seafood BBQ. 

Before grilling our ingredients, we set off to get our sauces, we particularly like the special red paste sauce, as it accompanies well with all our BBQ item.

We started by taking the Pork Belly, Lamb Ribs, Bulgogi Beef and marinated Chicken Thigh.

Round one BBQ with fresh delicacies on top of a special paper foils on the special griller.

Our almost done BBQ.

One of my favourite non-meat delicacies which is the king mushroom which has a nice texture and taste after BBQing.

Fresh Lettuce for our wrap with the BBQ delicacies.

More offering of salad 

For Kim Chi fans, there are an assortment of vegetarian Kim Chi offering; which also includes sour and fresh kimchi. 

While waiting for the delicacies to be BBQ, you can also taste some of the pre-cooked food which includes Japanese Omelette or Maki to start off with.

Other varieties of pre-cooked food includes fried vegetables and fried dumpling.

Or savour some of the Kim Chi and Garlic Fried Rice for rice lovers.

At San Nae Deul, there is a limited desserts available but with the offering of freshly cut fruits, it will soothe from the heatiness of all the BBQ food that you have consumed. 

San Nae Deul is currently running a "ALL YOU CAN EAT" promotion at RM25.00 per pax for Korean Food Buffet for lunch and RM40.00 For Korean BBQ and Food Buffet for Dinner. 

Set Lunch @Ri Yakitori St Giles The Gardens Hotel Mid Valley - Special Kozara Ryori Lunch Set Review

Dining the Kozara Japanese style is a form of art and passion where dishes are served in small portion with a combination of different taste to savour your taste buds. With that +BestRestaurant ToEat was invited to Ri Yakitori located at 7th Floor St Giles The Gardens Hotel Mid Valley to savour the latest Kozara Ryori Lunch set.

The lunch set is an array of 7 core dishes which includes an appetizer, salad, mains, rice set and dessert. Kozara which literally means small plates dish in Japanese will set the theme for this lunch review. All the dishes are served in small portions to enable one to savour all the different taste from each of these serving.

We started off our Kozara Lunch with an appetizer which is a Trio Japanese Platter; which has 3 dishes; the first of which is the Sakura Ebi Dashimaki, Chinese Cabbage With Chicken Roll and Tomato Mozzarella. The Sakura Ebi Dashimaki is a soft texture Japanese omelette, followed by the special chicken rolled in Chinese cabbage while the third has some European influence from the combination of cube mozzarella cheese with a cherry tomato on a skewer. 

Next, is a marriage of a western salad with fresh sashimi, The sashimi will be a chef selection of either 2 fresh fish/seafood combination of maguro (tuna), salmon and tako (octopus). It is topped with a special mayo sauce with ebiko bedded on fresh green salad.

The next is the Chawanmushi and Rice Set. The chef uses mushroom and crabstick as the main ingredient for his Chawanmushi while the steam white Japanese rice is topped with Edamame and Pickles. The soup that was served to us was the Osumashi soup.

This is then followed by the artistically decorated Braised Radish with Saba Fish. We love the radish that was pre-cooked and then added in with the specially prepared dashi broth and served with a fried Saba fish to give us a crunchy texture which is topped with a layer of chef prepared sauce. 

The main dish is the Chicken Sautéed which is served with a combination of chicken winglet, thigh and breast served with broccoli and cauliflower. The breast meat was surprisingly not too tough which we found out that it was pre-steam with leek and sake before being pan-fried. The end result is that, you would be able to taste the sake, in the tender breast meat.

There are 3 in-housemade dipping sauces to accompany the Sauteed Chicken which is the Shibazuke (sweet), Yakiniku (sour) and sesame salt (saltish). 

Finally the the desert we had was another trio delights which is the matcha mochi with honey, followed by the moist chocolate mousse, and the sourish fruit compote of strawberry, kiwi and orange juice. 

We were really delighted with this light Japanese cuisine which is priced at a special introductory price of RM 78 nett per set for a limited time. This promotional set lunch is available on every Friday from 12noon - 2pm, from 16 Oct 2015 onwards.

Ri Yakitori Bar is opens from Monday – Saturday at 5.00 pm till 1.00 am and closed on Sundays. The menu is available for orders up to 11.00 pm daily. Read more about our earlier Yakitori Review at RiYakitori Bar. To make a reservation or for further inquiries, please call Ri-Yakitori Bar at 03 2268 1188 (ext. 6323) or log-on to: www.StGiles.com

Seafood Buffet At Urban Hotel Istana - A Special Feast Of Fresh Seafood

Mention the sheer word "Seafood", yours truly will be ever ready to taste it without any hesitation. More so a buffet. +BestRestaurant ToEat was invited to taste out the new special Seafood Buffet Feast offering at Urban Restaurant +Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur .

The Urban is an exclusive and elegantly decorated restaurant with ultra modern concept at Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur. We love the dining experience and ambiance; as it provides a quaint environment where you can dine without the hustle and bustle of the daily routine.

Urban has a specially crafted buffet that is happening twice a week; On every Thursday there is a special buffet for meat lovers (Cravery Nite)and on every Friday a special Seafood Feast; for people like me that have a strong craving for fresh seafood.

At Urban, it offers a wide varieties of seafood that are cooked in different styles and different cooking method; ranging from fresh seafood on ice, Japanese sashimi, western style seafood pasta and even the range of appetizers which some of their main ingredient are also seafood base.

For appetizers Urban +Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur offers a very special range of starters which includes the likes of Apple Salad With Raisin and Raspberry.

Pan Burst Tomato Cherry Vine with Mozzarella Cheese

followed by the Smoked Duck ala Plancha With Balsamic dressing

Smoked Salmon

Smoked Mackerel

For the fresh seafood; it is best to cook by just poaching them, as it retains the best natural flavour of the seafood. Some of the highlight seafood that are presented to diners under the Seafood On Ice are Baby Lobsters, Shellfish, Mussels.

Fresh Oysters

Crabs, Clams & Crayfish.

You may ask; What is best way to serve seafood the Japanese style then serving it as Sashimi. The freshness of the seafood that are served in this special sashimi platter are freshly cut Salmon, Maguro, Sea Bass, Scallop and and slice Octopus.

To complement the fresh sashimi are a wide selection of maki offering too.

For those that love their seafood; the western style, you can start off with the Roast Crispy Salmon Skin with Sichuan Pepper with Tahini Yoghurt.

or for the pasta lovers, there is the Spaghetti With Clam, Garlic, Herbs with Olive Oil

Or the Chilli Flower Crab

There is also the firm texture, succulent and fresh Steamed Peruvian Scallops. 

While for those that loves a little rice for their meal, The Risotto Fruit Di Mare With Prawns, Clam, Mussels and Basil will filled your stomach.

Not forgetting for a dish for the meat lovers there is the Petit Fillet Beef With mashed Potatoes. The tender fillet meat was grilled to the right medium done texture which is still juicy and complement well with the mashed potatoes.

Another cooking style for the sea bass is the Striped Bass With Caramelize Onion and Basil Pesto sauce.

and you can also enjoy the Baked Salmon With Herb Dough

For desserts, Urban serves an array of these petite size desserts; so that one can enjoy more desserts in this way. One of my favourite was the Berries Pavlova,

HoneyDew Pudding on a glass,

Blackcurrant Jelly,

Tiramisu,

Petite size Creme Brulee,

and the Black Forest Cake.

This once a week Seafood Feast Buffet is only available for dinner every Friday and is priced at RM125.00 nett per person from 6.30pm to 1030pm. For reservations, please call 03-2141 9988 ext 3691.

Urban +Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur also offers a 3 meal course; Executive Set Lunch for RM50.00 nett per person.