Restaurant: Saisaki Japanese Buffet
Address: Wisma UOA II, Unit No. 1-9, 1st Floor, No.21, Jalan Pinang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: 03-2166 3728 (Booking recommended else you’ll end up queuing)
Business Hour: Lunch 12.00 p.m. till 2.30 pm. | Dinner 6.30 p.m. till 10.30 p.m.
Price: RM39++ (Lunch) | RM45++ (Dinner)
As I suddenly had a crave for Japanese food throughout the week, I decided to try Saisaki buffet who has been here for ages but I never had a chance to check it out. So I finally did yesterday.
At first I was pretty excited to see the crowd queuing at the entrance thinking that the food must be great by looking at the long queue. However, it proved me wrong. In fact, I was a bit disappointed by the quality of the sushi. The rice seems a bit soggy and wet. Oh ya, I think the worse dish I’ve tried would be the baked oyster with cheese. OMG, it was the first time ever that I would never opt for another one after trying the first. The taste was so weird. Dunno how to describe it. It just taste awful. As for deserts, again it was just average only. The green tea ice-cream melted too easily. Taste also not up to the standard but not too bad lar. Edible.
Hmm…if you were to ask me what is good there. I guess I’ll recommend the teppanyaki area - the fried meat and veges. The grill scallop and escargots also not too bad. Oh, if you like cooked salmon, perhaps you should try the salmon burger. Something which is unusual. Besides, there were also peking duck roll mixed with ebiko and some other ingredients. Remember to dip it with the special black sauce.
Not to say that the food there was extremely bad, but it was just so-so only. Nothing else great for me to praise. If I were to rate the food, I would give a 5 out of 10 only. No doubt, the varieties of food were great. More than 20 over dishes for you to choose but the overall taste of the food were just average only and a bit too salty for me (FYI, when I described salty, by all means it can be very salty to most of you already as my level of saltiness is kinda great as I can say.) And also, I drink plenty of water after the meal. Too much Aji, I guess.
Will I go there again? Well, it depends. With the same budget that I have perhaps I would wanna try something better. Or at least I would go to a proper Japanese restaurant and opt for a bento which would also keep me full of satisfaction. Not necessarily a buffet that offers average food only.
Guess most people has overrated Saisaki or maybe I put too much expectation on the food there.
P/S: They don’t allowed you to take the picture of their food. I curi-curi snap

Sushi, sashimi & tempura

Grill scallops, escargot & baby octopus salad

My piece of art - the peking dark roll


Dunno what is he trying to do *shake head*
Finally, a more proper shot

Joanne C vs Joanne H


Joannessss

Wonder why is our Terence so bored. Hmmm