Now for my first food review. I've sampled few buffets in other hotels before but did'nt quite plan to do any review until this opportunity came where my sister (who's living overseas) came back to Malaysia and wanted to have a get together with all the members of the family at Nikko Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Our treat of the day is to have the Nikko Hi-Tea buffet which starts at around 12pm to 5pm and costs around RM77+ per person.On with the foods...the layout and display of the buffet is very simple and straight forward. At the entrance you've got a table with ice-lemon tea and syrup drinks.At the opposite corner is where you can find the hot beverages..various types of coffee (as the machine suggested but unfortunately it broke down..leaving us with only a type of coffee..) tea...
Next to the beverages area is where they put all the seafood stuffs..salads and sushis...most of it are raw..not my kind of foods...people who are crazy for fresh prawns...muscles...oysters must come here as the sizes of these things offered here are massive!
walking further but still at the front area of the restaurant is the pastries counter where you can get freshly baked pastries and pizzas in different shapes and sizes..savoury or sweet as per your liking. I passed this as well as the idea of having pastries for lunch just didn't do it for me...im looking for proper lunch...rice..pastas....
and walk further at the end just before the washroom...you will find the Western offerings consisting of pastas..beef and chicken based dishes which ive never heard of..near the area also is counter for roasted beef/lamb/satays and opposite the Western dishes counter is a noodle counter serving various types of noodle which i didnt explore..but from the looks of it im sure the offerings are the usual likes of local noodles menus and laksas....
well..looks can be deceiving..but trust me..nothing of the above are actually delicious..or at least to my liking...
look at the desert selections.......
again..the selections are mediocre at its best..not comparable at all to the likes of offerings in Shangri-La or even the not so delectable Mandarin Oriental's...somemore i believe that for deserts you dont have to be too stingy or cautious on the sugar...somehow everything tasted quite bland and not sweet???aren't deserts supposed to be sweet???
all in all...i dont think ill come back for another taste of Nikko's high-tea (unless someone is paying for me..haha)..i do want to give credits to the staff though in handling the uncontrollable children (there are many mind you) and entertaining them with goody bags.....
Rating out of 5: 2
Dear Kay
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, thank you so much for your patronage and secondly, my apologies that you did not have an enjoyable dining experience. We have actually revamped the set-up for Serena Brasserie's weekend hi-tea which is available on weekends and public holidays from 12 noon to 4 pm at RM58.00++ per person.
As such, we would like to invite you and a friend/family member to come back as our guests to try the new set up and offerings.
Do get in touch with me directly on a suitable weekend date. I am contactable at 012 325 8809 or via my email: katie.hoo@hotelnikko.com.my
Looking forward to hearing from you soon, I remain
Yours sincerely
Kattie Hoo
Director of Communications