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I have been receiving smses from Nagomi Shabu-Shabu Japanese Restaurant recently regarding their buffet promotion. For only RM32.80++ an adult and RM18.80 for children age between 5 – 12 years old), each customers are given a pot of their very own soup (no sharing) and over 80 choices of shabu-shabu ingredients, sushis, sashimis and desserts.

The main highlight for Nagomi’s buffet is their unlimited salmon sashimis which are only available from 8.00pm to 9.00pm everyday. Since we are a big fan of salmon sashimis and trusting that Nagomi serves good salmon sashimi, we are overjoyed with the offer. Even though the salmon wasn’t as good as we though it would be, but we didn’t mind it as the the shabu-shabu itself was very good.

In order to make your soup tasty, just place all the seafood ingredients you can find along with some chinese cabbage, carrots and leeks just like I did. After a few minutes, your soup will turn from bland and tasteless soup to one of the most delicious soup you ever tasted. Nagomi does give really good base soup.

Nagomi serves really fresh seafood ingredients and this is evident just by looking at the pictures of these fresh prawns. Some of the other seafood they have here are red snappers, bamboo clams, clams and slipper lobsters.

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Wagyu beef is known worldwide for it’s high market value, thanks to its marbling characteristics which enhanced its flavour, tenderness and juiciness of the meat. In my opinion, no matter how good the quality of an ingredient, the main thing is whether the chef knows the correct way to cook it or not. That is one of the main thing that makes the difference in every dish that comes out of a kitchen.

I have recently purchased a Groupon coupon on ,Groupon website. The thing that caught my attention was that S’Mores was offering this RM39.90 Wagyu set meals. I thought this could be a good deal, considering the quality of the meat served.

S’Mores is located in Bangsar South, and no it is not even close to Bangsar at all. Lucky us, we had our Garmin GPS device which directed us directly to S’Mores. When we arrive at S’Mores, there is a crowd of customers sitting outside, enjoying S’mores barbecue night. The restaurant looks fine considering that it was just opened recently. I showed them my coupon and we took our seats.

Then, our mushroom soup came. It was a little disappointing as the mushroom soup was cold. Taste wise, it was okay – it was too diluted.

Our wagyu beef came next. It came on this horrendous-looking plate. It just looks cheap. Just like the earlier mushroom soup, it was served cold. I know I am paying a low price for this expensive piece of meat. But, isn’t the whole purpose of advertising and giving discounted meals to customers from coupon website is to introduce the restaurant to them rather than chasing them away?

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Equatorial Hotel Kuala Lumpur along Jalan Sultan Ismail is having a halal Buffet Dinner Promotion in light of Hari Raya 2011 themed Aneka Sajian Tradisional Buffet Dinner. There are over 150 different dishes including Kambing Panggang Berempah, Otak-otak, Ayam Percik Buluh, Ikan Panggang, Ayam Golek, Nasi Briyani Gam, Gulai Kawah, Durian Cendol, Bubur Lambuk and an assortment of traditional Malay Kuih.

Valid everyday from 1 to 29 August 2011, the price for an adult is RM99 and a child RM49. For the last 3 days, the buffet is priced at RM89 per adult. Further, an additional offer extends to those who come in group – buy 6, get 1 free. Note that all prices are subject to 6% government tax & 10% service charge.

One of the main highlight here is their Fried Seafood. Diners are allowed to first choose their ingredients from prawns, clams to sea crabs. After passing your plate to the chefs, they will first boil it in hot water. When the seafood is ready, it will be fried over big fire, adding sauces and chili paste along the way. It was really good, the seafood are fresh. So, even if the queue is really long, just queue for it. You will not regret it.

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I was having my exam last month and like everyone else, I didn’t have the mood to eat. All I can think of is to get my stomach filled and to continue studying until the day of my exam. But VK told me that if I want to do well in my exams, one of the most important thing I have to do is to make my stomach happy. “What will make your stomach happy if not for good food”, he says. And so, very reluctantly, I grab my gears and we head on to Thai Garden Village.

As it was the first time we were at Thai Garden Village, we ordered their restaurant favourites – steamed lala. The lalas were imported from the Phillipines, and I got to say that this is the best steamed lala I’ve ever tasted. It was really fresh and tasty. Thai Garden Village is very generous with their ingredients, look at the amount of garlics and gingers on our lalas.

Claypot Crab with Vermicille is one their recommended dish too. The crab is so huge that it was crammed to fit the claypot. This is the biggest crab that I’ve eaten. It was really meaty. The only down side to this dish is that the vermicille was a little bit too salty towards the end.

Kang Kung belacan – one of the best that I’ve ever had.

Barbeque Squid was a little bit rubbery. I didn’t really like it because it attracts a lot of flies to our table.

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