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Spoon Cafe Latino Buffet at G Kelawai Hotel Penang

March 23, 2015 Enqvist Leave a comment

G Kelawai, a brand new hotel extended from G Hotel located just 5 minute away from G Hotel. G Kelawai has a whole new concept on their decoration and aiming for a 5 Star Hotel. Today we going to visit Spoon Cafe located G Kelawai for it Latino Buffet RM98++ Adult, Free for kids below 12. Add on RM35++ for free flow of house wine and beer. It was a quick return to G Hotel as our last visit to G Cafe Buffet was just last month.

Wau is the only word to describe our surprise toward the luxury decoration and the amazing big window with wood table and chair, every aspect is perfectly thought of and the utensils use imported from German that has quite a good weight on it.

The center of the restaurant has one long table, this look like a scene in movie, it really impress us. We are glad to be one of the invited guest to be sitting at this table, hurray!

Every angle of the restaurant is nicely decorated even their food presentation.

Dessert corner fill with colorful dessert.

Hot dishes counter

Dry fruits and cheese corner.

Salad Bar and Cold Dishes corner.

Imported utensils from Germany that are coated in bronze that gave a luxury look and feel.

Executive Sous Chef，Chef Ong is the key person to the success of Spoon Cafe where he leading the team deliver awesome food for us tonight.

Sous Chef，Chef Ketut Gede Dodi who came from Indonesia.

Pastry Chef，Chef Lim Kok Suw who prepare all the dessert with his passion and love.

Sweet Plantain Pie, very special flavor dishes that I never eat before, it has a layer of ground beef at the bottom and solid crust at the top.

Pan Grilled Fish with Tomato Salsa, it has fresh taste from Tomato and Onion sweetness.

Sauteed Potato with Herbs,

Lamb Stew is one of my favorite of the night, lamb is tender with thick sauce that taste a little but sourish.

Beef Medalion with Herb Jus is my main dish of the night, i lose count of how many pieces i ate during the night. It is so delicious and flavorful, the brown sauce doesn’t has too strong flavor instead it just nice to eat with the beef.

Gambas Pil Pil, prawn cook in butter that has a hint of salty and springy texture.

Roasted Duck with Caramelized Pineapple, did i lose count again? Yes, i DID. I just can’t stop taking this roasted duck with caramelized sauce. The duck meat is so juicy with a thin layer of duck fat, topping with the sauce caramelized sauce making it taste so good, it is one of the best duck meat i ate before.

Fried Calamari on Capsicum

Sauteed Kenya Bean & Tomato Cherry

Roasted Beef special prepare by Chef Ong which is one of his signature dish. The beef is tie up before roast to ensure it remain juicy and fully absorb the herbs flavor, it is perfectly cook to pinky.

Creamy Leek & Garlic Soup

Vegetable Chicken Soup

Cuba Fried Rice is my wife favorite, she ate big bowl of this with extra prawn. The best thing in buffet is you can customize ingredients, so we request for extra prawn and bigger plate, sound stupid to eat so much rice in buffet right? Like i said, we are eating quality instead of quantity so we just eat what we feel is good and the fried rice is really good.

Assorted fresh vegetable with cheese.

Favorite blue cheese?

Assorted Canape

Assorted cold seafood but i did not have any room to try so i miss it now.
Prawn

Mussel

Scallop

Assorted Cold Dishes

Various dressing for salad

Mexican Cord and Red Bean Salad

Assorted Fresh Fruits, the mango is so fresh and sweet. Too bad it finish so fast, i just manage to grab a few pieces.

While on the dessert corner, there is whole lot of nice small desserts. Overall dessert are above expectation, not too sweet and well balanced taste.
Mini Apple Crumble

Churros

Chocolate Brownies

Pineapple Upside Down

Mini Fruit Tartlets

Assorted Jelly Dessert

Orange Cream Caramel

Strawberry Almond Tart

Mini Pavlova

Water will be provided but if you looking for Mocktail/Juice/Beer/Wine then you may order seperately, for Beer and Wine RM35++ free flow while Juice and Mocktail are charge per cup. Here are a few highly recommended drink that are extremely refreshing and great in flavor.
Pomegranate Mojito

Sour Gourd

Lychee Smash

We really enjoy dining at G Kelawai Spoon Cafe, the buffet here emphasize more on Quality than Quantity, in Spoon Cafe you are feed with good quality of food which we really enjoy at the most.

MONDAY - Family Night Buffet Dinner
RM98++ per person
add RM35++ for free flow of house beer or wine

TUESDAY - South Asia Buffet Dinner
RM98++ per person
add RM35++ for free flow of house beer or wine

WEDNESDAY - Latino Night Buffet Dinner
RM98++ per person
add RM35++ for free flow of house beer or wine

THURSDAY - Mediterranean Night Buffet Dinner
RM98++ per person
add RM35++ for free flow of house beer or wine

FRIDAY - Spanish Night Buffet Dinner
RM98++ per person
add RM35++ for free flow of house beer or wine

SATURDAY - Chinese & Japanese Buffet Dinner
RM98++ per person
add RM35++ for free flow of house beer or wine

SUNDAY Brunch
RM78++ per person 12pm-2:30pm
add RM35++ for free flow of house beer or wine

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G Hotel Kelawai
2, Persiaran Maktab,
10250 Penang.
Tel: 04-219 0000
Website: www.ghotel.com.my

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Sunset Jazz by the Poolside Nadaba Equatorial Hotel Penang

March 23, 2015 Enqvist Leave a comment

Talking about Equatorial, it remind me of The View restaurant which i visited few year back. Equatorial has gone through renovation and now it has whole new restaurant for buffet and Nadaba as a pool side bar which cater for a la carte menu.

Live performance on every Thursday to Saturdays, Sunset Jazz by the Poolside. It was a great night to capture a good vocal performance with extremely relax and comfortable environment.

Very nice bar counter.

There is an ongoing promotion from Nadaba, canape for two with alcoholic drinks that available from 5pm to 8pm and it just cost RM48nett.

Sunset Teaser for Two Beer - RM48 nett
Two glasses of half pint Carlsberg draft beer, chicken lollipop with spicy sauce, spinash mussel monay, beef salami cornets stuffed with sun-dried tomato cream cheese, potato skin, peanuts, muruku and nacho chips.

Sunset Teaser for Two Red - RM48 nett
Two glasses of house pour red wine, camembert cheese with crackers, BBQ beef meat balls, Caesar salad crudites with poached shrimps, potato skin, peanuts, muruku and nancho chips.

Sunset Teaser for Two Red - RM48 nett
Two glasses of house pour white wine, brie cheese with crackers, octopus in pie tee cup, roasted pepper and bocconcini bruschetta with anchovies, potato skin, peanuts, muruku and nancho chips.

On top of that you can order a la cart dishes from the International Menu where huge variety of great dishes available for selection.
Soup of the Day, whole lot of clam being added to create the sweetness, it has creamy texture and taste good.

Spaghetti Aglio Olio with garlic bread, prawn, tomato, olive, chili flake and slice garlic. Spaghetti is el-dente, it taste light with great olive aroma.

Fish and Chip, big portion of deep fried fish served with french fries and fresh vegetable. The deep fried fish was prepared well, the batter was cooked all the way though and fish meat is juicy.

Truly enjoy our night at Nadaba, Equatorial Hotel Penang.

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Hotel Equatorial Penang
Jalan Bukit Jambul, 11900 Pulau Pinang
04-632 7000

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The Olive Restaurant and The Beach Bar Jalan Penang

February 2, 2015 Enqvist 2 Comments

The Olive Restaurant and The Beach Bar located along Jalan Penang are operated under same management. The Olive Restaurant are cater for food dining and bar while The Beach Bar focus on bar only. The restaurant is spaces with outdoor seating available, offering great variety of Indian and Western food.

Olive’s Paneer Pasanda Pakora RM20, two layer of cheese sandwich deep fried to perfection served with home made sauce.

Party Platter, extremely big portion platter strictly for sharing. It consist of mushroom puff, fried chicken wings, sausage, fries, deep fried mozzarella cheese stick and fresh salad.

BBQ Chicken Leg RM24, perfectly grill chicken drumstick with tender texture garnished with fresh vegetable and special sauce.

Diavola RM24, thin crust pizza fill with beef pepperoni, chicken sausage, jalapeno, mozzarella and cheddar cheese.

Murg Tikka Butter Masala RM31, boneless chicken cook in Indian curry that has very strong spices and herbs flavor, chicken meat is very soft and fully absorb the Indian curry flavor.

Daal Ganga Jamuna RM14, combination of two different daal. This dish name after India largest river Ganga in northern India, where land are seperated by the big river as how this dish was presented.

Bread Platter RM16, assorted type of naan served in this big platter than definitely enough to fill a few adult stomach, it best take with the Daal Ganga Jamuna or Murg Tikka Butter Masala. Garlic Naan, Peashawari Naan, Stuffed Kulcha and Mint Prantha are found in this platter.

Salmon Steak RM36, thick cut of Salmon grilled to perfection garnish with potato wedges and fresh vegetable.

Chicken Burger RM22, I will call this American size burger as it too big for Asian to finish. Thick patty with assorted slice vegetable served with french fries.

Saffron Rice RM16, long grain rice cook with butter and saffron that taste extremely delicious. Saffron as one of the most expensive spices on earth, it has very unique fragrance that no word can explain.

Afghani Mixed Tandoori RM75, another big platter that has prawn, fish, chicken and lamb cook in Tandoori style. Protein are marinated with sauces then cook to perfection.

Second floor interior decoration of The Olive Restauarnt + Bar.

First floor of the restaurant with big bar counter, indoor and outdoor seating.

We went next door The Beach Bar for second round, it has very good audio system and extremely comfortable seating area.

The 3 ladies, Silly Jenn, LayGin and HuiHui just can’t stop taking photo.

HH enjoying selfie all the time…zzz…

Another girl enjoy taking photo but instead of selfie, she always ask us to take photo for her. Let introduce “Silly Jenn Hobo“.

We did enjoy our night at The Beach Bar with the awesome drinks.

Starwberry Magarita

Long Island Tea

Singapore Sling

Sex On The Beach

Blue Lagoon

Lychee Martini

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Olive Kitchen + Bar / The Beach Bar
3J Jalan Penang Rd, Penang Island 10000, Malaysia
+60125979640

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Hard Rock Cafe Penang

April 24, 2013 Enqvist 2 Comments

Hard Rock Café Penang is one of the famous restaurant located at Batu Ferringhi area which has an special menu on April where 13 new dishes will launch. Among the 13 new dishes there are a couple of Asian dishes that newly created such as Ferringhi Ikan Bakar, Tom Yam Seafood Linguine and The Legendary Percik Burger.

Strawberry Basil Lemonade RM26.00, Pint Glass RM85.00, Fresh strawberries and basil muddled together with lemonade. Sour and Sweet drink is extremely appetite while the basil leave make the drink extremely presentable.

Blues Riff Lemonade RM 45.00, SMIRNOFF Vodka, Blue Curacao, Ginger Liqueur and made from scratch lemonade topped with club soda. Should I call this girl drink? Ya, it indeed a girl drink which sweet in taste with mild alcoholic taste, you can easily drunk as you won’t realize you drink a lot as it is extremely smooth.

Smokehouse Chopped Salad RM 35.00, freshly chop mixed field greens tossed with diced smoked chicken, turkey bacon & spiced pecans, cheddar cheese, pico de gallo with smoky citrus vinaigrette and
topped with fresh sliced avocado. The assorted vegetable is crunchy together with spiced pecans making it great in texture and flavor.

Ferringhi Ikan Bakar RM30.00, baked Seabass filet with Portuguese spicy sauce wrapped with banana leaf. Served with acar rampai and steamed rice. Seabass filet is grilled with banana leaf top with extremely spicy sauce, I am surprise by the level of spiciness as I thought they would make it less spicy to cater foreigner taste bud but we are wrong as it is so spicy that spicy lover like us also surrender. So for spicy lover, go challenge yourself a plate of Ferringhi Ikan Bakar.

Seafood Spaghetti RM 35.00, assorted fresh seafood simmered in homemade fresh tomato. Served on a bed of buttered spaghetti and garlic toast. Rich flavor tomato paste mix with spaghetti and fresh seafood, garlic toast is crunchy and surprisingly match with the spaghetti.

Tom Yam Seafood Lunguine RM 30.00, hot and spicy, Wok-fried pasta with spicy tom yam sauce accompany by succulent seafood and fresh vegetables. Have you try Tom Yam Spaghetti before? No? Let try it at Hard Rock Café, it not really Tom Yam sour and spicy flavor instead it taste sautéed and and a little bit spicy.

Vegetarian Seasonal Vegetable RM 25.00, stir fried seasonal vegetables with garlic and vegetarian oyster sauce. Served with fried vegetarian prawns, fried bean curd and steamed rice. This is specially made to cater vegetarian eater.

BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwich RM 28.00, hand-pulled in-house smoked chickens, which is tender and juicy. Served on a toasted Ciabatta bun topped with Hickory Bar-B-Que sauce and creamy coleslaw. Sideline served with ranch beans, cole slaw and seasoned fries. If you try pull pork burger before then you should know how this pull chicken about, best thing is BBQ Pull Chicken Sandwich has even better texture which is much more soft and juicy.

South Carolina RM 30.00, tangy homemade South Carolina style mustard Bar-B-Que sauce with crispy slaw and onions. The many ingredients in the big burger gave a complex texture but the mixture of assorted ingredient is so delicious.

The Texan RM 33.00, Chipotle and Hickory Bar-B-Que sauce, cheddar cheese, crispy jalapenos and crispy onions in one big burger. Go big & make it a 10oz. Bar-B-Que sandwich - add RM10.

Legendary “PERCIK” Burger RM 48.00 , mouth watering juicy burger, basted with a paste of Malaysian spices, topped with cucumber slices and fried onion straws. Looking for original Malaysia style burger? Yes, it is available here but the patty is totally different as it almost double, triple or even more than the normal size of patty meat. The patty slightly dry but the percik taste gave it extra flavor.

Mud Pie RM 35.00, Cookie crust filled with a heavenly concoction of coffee and chocolate ice cream topped with hot fudge and crunchy almond flakes. Whole lot of almond flakes on top of the Haagen Dazs Ice Cream with a layer of cookie crust at the bottom, it has the ultimate crunchy, smooth, soft, crunchy combination. It is extremely worth the value as the portion is big and the famous Haagan Dazs is covering the whole plate.

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Batu Ferringhi Beach Hard Rock Cafe Penang, 11100 Batu Ferringhi, Penang
04-881 1711
N5 28.060 E100 14.498

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E&O Sarkies Seafood Buffet Chef Petrs Catch

March 18, 2013 Enqvist 1 Comment

Welcome to Seafood Buffet at E&O, this month buffet theme is Chef Petr’s Catch at Sarkies @ E&O Hotel, Penang. We are so happy to enjoy buffet in E&O Hotel again, we have very positive review on our previous visit E&O Sarkies Corner Buffet where we enjoy so much the food and the special event. I am so excited seeing so much delicious food and my stomach is growling when I take photo, I have hundred of photo to share here but to limit everything in one page hence I do some combine, I do hope my extra effort appreciated by our fellow beloved reader. Without teasing you much let get started with our buffet night.

We start the night with Salad that help us “lubricate” our stomach in ordered to eat more. Assorted vegetable with salad ingredients such as nuts, fruits, grains…etc served together with 8 type of dressing. As an appetizer salads it is really heavy if we will to try all of that, even a small portion each can kill our stomach hence we just eat one small portion to keep our stomach available.

Next to the Salad Station is Cheese Station, assorted cheese provided with crunchy vegetable and biscuit. I truly love the way they presented those cheese, it is simply pleasing.

Dry fruits is provided as well, it can be eat as snack or put inside salad for extra flavor.

Bakery Station is another interesting station but we did not taste any of it due to stomach limitation, it is great for bun lover.

Oh Yes! We are still in appetizer session and before we move to main dish I would like to share with you a few type of cold salad, there is huge range of selection such as mix mushroom salad, mix sausage salad and a few other type.

Sweet Octopus

Oyster Fried Egg

Last but not least, local appetizer Pasembur.

Before moving to main dish let fill our stomach with something acidity, soup served is Tom Yam Soup. It taste sour and spicy which is really appetizing.

Moving to the main dish, we started with Ice Station where whole lot of fresh seafood is well presented on top of ice. The most attracting and signature of this theme buffet is definitely the Alaska Crab, accompany with Clayfish, clam, oyster and prawn.
The Alaskan Crab is extremely fresh and eat bite can taste the natural sweetness, even though it is slightly salty but the freshness is enough to cover it saltiness.

Fresh oyster is served on ice cube, they refill very frequently hence you don’t have to worry it running out of stock. I not really a fan of oyster but I found the oyster is a little bit small.

The Seafood Buffet must not miss the Sashimi, assorted Sashimi perfectly presented and each type has it unique delicious flavor.

Right opposite the Fresh Seafood Station is cook salmon top with fish roe.

Assorted type of Sushi.

Hot Dishes Station fill with stir fried vegetable with mushroom, baked potato, curry lamb, yellow curry beef, coconut sauce curry prawn, sweet and sour fish…etc.

For even hotter dishes, Grill Station is what we looking for, on the spot grilling of Salmon, Lamb, Prawn, Scallop and Skewer. We are truly impress with the dipping sauce provided here, it taste a little bit spicy, sweet and sour. The dipping sauce really enhance the flavor of grilled protein so much, we even use it as dipping sauce throughout the whole night of buffet.

Signature Roast Duck is a must eat dish, Roast Duck is extremely succulent and flavorful. A small of portion is definitely not enough, we took 3 rounds of roasted duck as it just simply too delicious.

If the above main dishes is not enough for you then Char Koay Teow or Soup base Noodle definitely fit your choice. Char Koay Teow is slightly below average as it too oily and salty.

Enough of main dishes and our stomach almost reach the maximum capacity, it time to savor some dessert. There is whole lot of choices and she is went crazy and take almost everything.

Christmas tree cup cake.

OMG, she took so much of dessert. Tick Tock Tick Tock….She finish all the dessert with a little bit help from me.

That not all, instead right beside the Dessert Station is Crepe and Ice Cream Station, we ordered one Crepe with Vanilla and Mango Ice Cream.

Enough of her favorite and it time for me to savor what I like the most, FRESH FRUITS. Yes, red watermelon, yellow watermelon, honey dew, papaya, grape and dragon fruits.

Here is my “dessert”, I really enjoy eating fresh fruits.

Fellow blogger enjoy dining together. First picture is Enqvist and Evangeline (WE), next is Jazz and his wife Trista while last picture is Ken and Willy.

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Eastern & Oriental Hotel
10 Lebuh Farquhar, 10200 Penang
Tel: +604 – 222 2000
Fax :+604 – 261 6333
N5 25.408 E100 20.161

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