Food Review - Spice Market Cafe, Rasa Sayang Hotel

Food reviews mean more food. And when the food comes from Rasa Sayang Hotel, you know its of a certain standard. So, getting the chance to sample their new buffet for free was something i've been looking forward to all week .. and i wasn't disappointed.

Mainly because it had all the food I liked, and more. Cheese, ice cream, chocolates, lobsters, oysters, Italian cuisine, North Indian cuisine, tandoori, roast beef, papadams, marshmallows.. every single food that i liked, the buffet had it.

Started off with a good helping of fresh lobsters, yabbies and oysters .. yabbies are freshwater crayfish, a crossed between prawn and lobster. Second round, I went for the risotto, served on a hollowed out block of cheese. That block of cheese was so huge, if it fell on someone's head it would probably have killed him. The risotto was cooked to perfection, just like how it should be .. creamy and aromatic.

Then I helped myself to some cheeses and naan breads. Before i finally gave in and raided the dessert section. Unlimited servings of Haagen Dasz ice cream, with as much toppings as u could possibly want. Tried some pancakes with apricot too. Then some marshmallows dipped in white chocolate.. heavenly! You could also mix a choice of 8 different fruit juices and create your own cocktail !

And some pics to prove my point ... first up, the seafood on ice section, lobsters, yabbies and oysters :


Next, white chocolate and dark chocolate fountain ..

Now some pics of the hotel grounds, very nicely done since the refurbishment .. being a nature lover, beautifully landscaped gardens attract me much.

All in all, for a price of RM 94++, it was very worth it .. but even better, being a member of the press, i got to eat for free. The person who showed us around was Tunku Abdul Rahman's son, Suleiman. Yes, our former prime minister's son is the hotel director .. and it was very nice of him to take time out to entertain us and joined us for lunch. How often does one get to dine with the prime minister's son?

The high price is also a good thing. It ensures only educated people come here to eat. No pigdogs (aka tu-kaus), no noisy aunties talking at the top of their voices, no irritating kids running around or crying. A nice meal, in a nice atmosphere, with nice educated people .. and most of all, good quality food .. its worth every cent. A+ and two thumbs up from me.

By far the best meal i've had in a while. Don't get me wrong, i'm not a monkey-out-of-the-jungle going to a buffet for the first time. I'm just delighted because this buffet had everything I liked.

You know .. sometimes when you go for buffets, they may have only a few of the dishes u want, but don't serve some other dishes which u crave for. This one had every food item i crave for .. 10 out of 10. I'll definitely be back in a few weeks time, but this time i'm paying.

Edit : Well, the story came out in Star on 16th May, the weekly gourmet pullout on Fridays. Frontpage sommore!