Eastin Hotel Japanese Buffet...

It's a new opening hotel in Penang island and me and "tham chiak" colleagues decided to take a try on its Friday Japanese buffet. The cost RM65 + 10% + 5% (government & service taxes). If you have Citibank/Maybank/AMEX credit card, you will get 10% discount then. :-)

We went on public holiday, 27th Nov and initially the staff @ payment counter said there is no discount on public holiday, somehow i think due to new opening and also to provide good impression to customer, they say yes at last.

The buffet start from 6pm to 10.30pm, when see at a glance, there is not much variety of japanese dishes being served. Basically there are 4 sections, main course section, Teppanyaki section, dessert & sashimi section and coffee, tea & ice cream section.

@ Main Course section, What do we got here? okay, we have Kushiyaki (串烧), Tempura (vege & shrimp), fish fillet with fresh vege, Miso soup, cooked conger eel fillet (鳗鱼), fried rice, fried noodles, smoked salmon head, cawamushi & Beef. The food taste of this section? I would give poor comment on the Miso soup (not taste like miso soup) & Tempura (never refill the shrimp) :( but the cooked conger eel fillet (鳗鱼) is good.

@ Teppanyaki section, we can choose either chicken or fish for chef to cook for you on the spot. Beside the teppanyaki, there is sushi roll corner where the chef is "rolling" the hand roll. The food taste of this section? The Teppanyaki is nice to eat. :-)

@ Dessert & Sashimi section, it's more variety of dishes compare to the other three. I like the dessert the most as they serve a lot of delicious cakes, especially cheese cake, green tea cake & banana carrot slice. For the sashimi, we only can have 2 kind --> red tuna and salmon. On the serve table, there are some other dishes like octopus on tart, 凉面 and few types of sushi rolls, salads & fruits.

@ Coffee, Tea & Ice Cream section, we can have hot tea, coffee and 5 type favour of ice cream with standard topping. THere is no green tea except you ask the waiter or waitress to serve you one.

Overall, I would not rate the buffet high as the not much variety of japanese food is served there. I didn't see the sign of udon, grill saba fish, teriyaki unagi or ika which are all my favourites.

Here are my rates: 5 stars the most

Food Variety 3 stars

Food Refill 2 stars

Food Taste 3 stars

Service 4 stars

We had wrote down our feedback on the food and hopefully this was take into consideration by the hotel management. If you happen to try it after mine and found improvement on food & service, do drop me a note. Thanks first ya!!! :D