Gathering @ Sushi Zanmai, Sunway Pyramid

The holiday season is all about gathering friends and family for good food, great conversation and lots of laughs. We have organised a dinner gathering to celebrate pre Christmas. Dinner held in Sushi Zanmai, Sunway Pyramid. Not many people are invited. Only among few good friends.

Udon

Chicken Terriyaki

Forgot the name.. My friend said this was sucks!!!

Very nice!

Very nice too!

The guys...

Took some pictures after the dinner..

I will not give comment and rate this restaurant. As i have posted and commented it on my older post last time.

Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar, The Gardens

If heaven is found on earth, Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar must be it... Why i said so? You can find the answer below... Ding! Ding! Ding!!

Isn't it so heavenly? From the place to the food here... I just couldn't 100% completely describe my feeling.. I and Steven felt extremely privileged to be invited by our wonderful friend – Melissa and her handsome hubby, David to their wedding dinner at Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar at The Gardens, Kuala Lumpur couple of weeks ago.

It was such a truly wonderful, romantic and enjoyable evening!

This well-known restaurant offers a relaxing, laid back environment where you can really enjoy great food. When the amount of patrons are few the service is just fantastic. The nighttime dinner hours present quite a nice romantic scene. Menus here vary toward more international types of food. Lamb, beef and pasta dishes are considered a steady staple here at the Sage.

The atmosphere here is wonderful, casual and relaxed but very classy, aided by the simple and uncluttered decorations. The floor-to-ceiling windows ensure plenty of natural light pours in and the simple yet classy decor lets the food and any discussion you wish to partake in at your table make the experience.


The semi-open kitchen breaks up the quiet sophistication.

Here is the food prepared by Chef Daniel:

Every piece of food is prepared with utmost fine

Cream of Cèpe Mushroom with Sea Scallop and Truffle Oil. A cold and creamy soup with slices of raw scallop.

Crispy of Smoked Norwegian Salmon with Avruga Caviar

Roasted Marinated Cod with Foie Gras and Mushroom Raguot

Herb Crusted Lamb Rack with Aubergine Garlic Confit


Mijoté of Wagyu Beef Cheek with Mashed Potato and Red Wine Sauce. Cooked perfectly, it melted in my mouth. The mash potato was smooth and creamy, infused with truffle oil, and doused with natural meat juices.


Chocolate Torte with Almond and Vanilla Ice Cream

Mango Sorbet

Having a cuppa gree tea in this modern elegance with delectable French & Japanese nouvelle cuisin restaurant quite enjoyable! :))

Overall Rating: 9/10
Recommended & Specialties: French-Japanese fusion cuisine
Price: Very Expensive
Tax: Yes
Payment Terms: Cash / Credit Card
Ambiance: Relaxing, romantic and classy
Service: Very good
WIFI: -
Halal: Non Halal
Parking: The Gardens & Mid Valley Megamall

Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar
The Residences, Level 6, The Gardens, Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 Kuala Lumpur.
Contact: 03-22681328 (Jason Tan, the Assistant Restaurant Manager)
GPS Coordinate: -
Business Hour: 12pm - 2pm (Lunch) for Monday to Friday & 6pm - 10.30pm (Dinner) for Monday to Saturday. Closed on Sundays.
Website: http://www.sagekl.com/

Sushi King, Jusco Seremban 2

Sushi King is now having promotion: Salmon Fiesta from 1-30 November 2010. I am a salmon lover. This is definitely a good news to me! We didn't know about this promotion until we went in. However, i did not ordered too much of food today as i don't really felt hugry. Mom and Joanne is not a salmon fan.. :(

Salmon + cheese! The combination was superb!!!

Hotate Curry Gratin (Scallops in Japanese Curry and Cheese). Actually this tasted so-so only. Scallops not very fresh.


Salmon Fried Rice.. Yummy! Tasted like garlic rice, but with a lil bit of salmon in it.. Nice!


Tori Teriyaki Don. Steamed rice served with teriyaki chicken with mayonaise sauce. Nice!

Edamame (Green Soybeans)

Overall Rating: 7.5/10
Recommended & Specialties: Salmon, Sashimi, all kind of Japanese cuisines
Price: Reasonable
Tax: Yes
Payment Terms: Cash / Credit Card
Ambiance: Relax
Service: Good
WIFI: -
Halal: Halal
Parking: -

Sushi King
Jusco Seremban 2 Shopping Centre, Lot G40, Ground Floor, No 112, Persiaran S2 B1, 70300 Seremban, NSDK.

Contact: -
GPS Coordinate: -
Business Hour: 10am - 10pm, 10am -10.30pm (weekends)

Website: http://www.sushi-king.com/

Sushi Zanmai, One Utama Shopping Centre

I passed by Sushi Zanmai at One Utama many times but have yet to try it simply because this Japanese restaurant always a long queue of people outside, especially during weekend and peak season. I told Steven that i must try it to understand how good it is about. Again, i was in One Utama, shopping with Steven last Sunday. I told him i wanted to have my dinner in Sushi Zanmai. We went to check out the queue as early at 5.30pm and hope there isn't long queue. Surprisingly, there was a short queue in front of Sushi Zanmai and we were happily joined in the queue. It seems that Sushi Zanmai in One Utama is forever crowded! We waited for 15 minutes... Finally, we were ushered by a friendly waitress to a standalone table next to the kitchen instead of by the kaiten belt. Doesn't matter la, as long as we got to sit down, place order and eat!! Hehe! I was like a happy person like no one!! *Happy jumping*

The genuine conveyer-sushi restaurant provides more than 100 assortments of sushi and 100 varieties of cooked food that are authentically Japanese. .

The restaurant plays with background music. No idea why they would play English songs when they are rather a fine Japanese restaurant. However, i did not complain about the not so suitable background music because i love any kind of songs. :P

Sushi Zanmai has a pretty menu with lots of pictures. It makes deciding what to order so much easier.
The first dish the waitress served us is California Maki - RM3.80. I think the taste was nice especially eat with the moyonaise. The only thing was the sushi broke into half when we tried to use the chopstick to hold it!
I ordered Unatana Don - RM15.80 (small). The small portion was actually pretty sizeable for me. Plenty of rice with about 5 sliced Unagi. The Unagi was done nicely with the sauce. On top of the Unagi was an half cooked egg. The egg york still half cooked when i cut it. Yummy!
Steven order Chicken Katsu Don - RM8.80 (small). He said it was ok.

Most of our orders are small but you can order big if your appetite is big. Don’t worry, the price for big portion is pretty reasonable too…

Sushi Zanmai is having Unagi special promotion for the month of July. Promotion starts from 2nd July - 29th July.

There are different type of Unagi promotion for every week of July. The offered as:

2nd July - 8th July: Unagi To Teppanyaki, RM12.80

10th - 16th July: Unagi To Katsuo Gohan No Sansai Ankake, RM12.80

16rd - 22nd July: Sushi Zanmai No Unagi Katsu, RM12.80

23rd - 29th July: Unadon Special, RM12.80

We tried the promotion of the week... Unagi To Katsuo Gohan No Sansai Ankake - RM12.80. The dish came after i have finished my Unatana Don... My stomach almost fulled and stuffed with all Unagi, when i looked at this promotion dish i know i can feed in anymore.. Despite on that, i still ate it, but only the unagi without rice. Haha!

Beside all that, we also ordered Kari Mayo - RM2.80 and Inari - RM1.80..

I just can't stop eating... So 'wai sek'!!

...Wasabi with soy sauce is a must! I don't understand why some people just eat the sushi without it. :P

We ordered one warm Ocha (Japanese green tea) - RM1 and one cold Ocha respectively. It is bottomless. They have a pretty interesting drink selection like ice blended green tea.

Ohhh… If you don’t intend to use the wet towel, just leave it there or just bring your own. Apparently each wet towel used cost RM0.20. I didn't realize it until the bill came.

Overall Rating: 6.5/10
Food Type: Sushi, Japanese Hand Roll, Japanese Apprtizer, Japanese Salad, Noodles, Donburi Rice Bowls, Japanese Dessert, Tempura, Nabemono
Price: Above Average. Colour plate starts from RM1.80.
Tax: Yes
Payment Terms: Cash/Credit Card
Ambiance: Modern, clean. Open concept Japanese restaurant. With backgroud music.
Service: Good & Friendly
WIFI: No
Halal: Pork Free
Parking: Based on the mall. (RM1 for weekdays, RM3 for weekends)

Sushi Zanmai, 1 Utama
SK9a, 2nd Floor, High Street, 1 Utama Shopping Centre, No 1, Lebuh Bandar Utama, Bandar Utama, Damansara, 47800 Petaling Jaya.
GPS Coordinate: 3.150050, 101.615939
Business Hour: 10am - 10pm (Sun-Thurs), 10am - 10.30pm (Fri-Sat)
Contact: 03 - 7724 2030
Website: www.sushizanmai.com/

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February B'day Celebration @ Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant

I've been to Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant several years ago. After so many years, i came back again last weekend to celebrate Steven's mom's birthday. There were crowds waiting outside for their seat. Despite we've make our reservation earlier, we still waited for about 5 mins. I advise you to make a reservation in advamce before you go there, especially during weekends and public holidays. Since i've not been here for so long, i totally forgot the environment and restaurant design inside. I think they've renovated teh place and added lots of other food sections. I remember last time this place is pretty small. The restaurant serves all kind of Japanese buffet spread. Additionally, it also features a small selection of local and Korean dishes.

Welsome to Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant. I hope i can be their restaurant ambassador, so that i can eat here for free!! Hehe!! *Dreaming*

The Sashimi was just fantastic... Excellent varieties. Just can't get enough of the offerings! For the price that buffet is asking, i think it's value for money, even though there may be other restaurant out there who could rival them. As i mentioned earlier, i've been to Saisaki once prior to this. During that visit, i found the food selection to be tasty and fresh. This time was no different. The Sushi bar is the best i've seen for buffets so far. The selection is quite extensive. The more common Sushi is arranged on the outside counter while the more unique ones are displayed inside a refrigerated area to keeps them cold and fresh.

I so mad in love with Sashimi!!!!!!

The first thing i do was of cause go to the Sashimi bar. Here, they're not stingy when serving Sashimi. They cut it thick and it's so fresh and YUM!!!

Well, there're smoked salmon roll, Sashimi, Ikura (salmon roe). The Sashimi was super mad delicious! Tepanyaki lamb was not bad. I'm not a fancy for lamb, so i didn't eat that. But Steven's brother in law said the meat was tender, juicy and very tasty.

Cheese Baked Mantis Prawn. It was a complimentary dish by the restaurant. One Mantis Prawn per person only. Haha! It tasted ok.

Alongside the Sushi is a small section dedicated to freshly deep fried Tempura as well as some pan fried and grilled stuffs. Beside that, there is Tepanyaki section, where you can choose from either chicken, beef, lamb or even vegetarian.

Opposite from the fresh dishes were the pre-cooked selection which included things like fried Udon, Miso soup, BBQ chicken wongs, softshell crabs, fried vegetables, Korean side dishes such as Kimchi, porridge, rice, and many many more. The dessert section is on one counter beyond that, included some cakes, cookies and my fav ice cream (especially green tea ice cream)!!! *wink*. There's also a section on the other restaurant that prepares Sukiyaki, On top of that, you can also get to eat Peking duck here!! I felt regretted that i miss the chance to try their Pekign duck because i just noticed it when i was on the way to take ice cream and my stomach was so fulled as if a balloon is going to burst soon so i thin next time i should try!

One thing i must say is you gotto try the osyter! If you like to eat fresh oyster. I bet you'll love it! Not only fresh, every osyster serves was huge! Steven's brother in law had more than 15 osyters! Can you imaging that! Haha!! Make sure you be the first one there to grab the fresh oyster, because it can finish very fast. I noticed many people rushed to get it immediately when the waiter replenish it.

Edamame (green soybean)

We went on last saturday. It was still during Chinese new year festival (the fourteen days of CNY). The restaurant served every table with Lou Sang. I felt kind of surprise when the waiter brought over the Lou Sang. I am so happy, because i like Lou Sang!! It was just a vegetarian Lou Sang because there were no Yee Sang (salmon) or meat inside.

Despite a basic Lou Sang.. No salmon, no meat.. But it tasted good! So happy that i still can Lou Sang teh day before Chap Goh Meh! :D

Cod fish Miso soup. Very nice, fish was fresh and soup was tasty and sweet
Terriyaki salmon. YUM!
Sharkfin soup

Chawan Mushi. Very smooth and YUM!

I love the green tea ice cream!!YUM YUM!! Beside Sashimi, that was the highlight of the meal, i think because i've a sweet tooth. :D

To celebrate the restaurant 10 anniversary, there're now offering great promotion. You can now get 15% discount for weekend and 20% for weekday.

Weekend promotion 15% discount for weekend Friday - Dinner. Saturday & Sunday - Lunch & Dinner, while weekday is 20% discount. Not valid on public holiday. Not sure when will this promotion end, you're advise to call and check out with them.

Anyway, the bill was RM585 for 9 adults and 3 childrens inclusive of tax. Lunch buffet costs RM50.40++ while Dinner is RM63++. Children dine for half price. Overall, i think it was a good meal. Kinda reasonable price (with fresh oyster & Sashimi!) with the fresh food and good quality.

Overall Rating: 4.5/5

Price: Reasonable (with the food they served)

Ambience: Good!

Service: Good

Restaurant Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant

Unit No. 1-9, 1st Floor, Wisma UOA II, No. 21, Jalan Pinang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: +603 2166 3728, Hunting Line: +603 2166 4728