Sungkai Buffet @ Atrium Cafe, Empire Hotel

The kind folks at The Empire Hotel & Country Club have extended again an invite to the blogging team to experience their Sungkai Buffet at the Atrium Cafe. And boy, aren't we all delighted! Amongst us were the press people, all looking very happy to be there too.

I'll get to the prices later because I wanna talk about the food first! Oh, the Sungkai buffet line has daily-changing dishes which mostly focus on local delights, so varieties is ensured. I started with some belutak with pita bread, smoked salmon and pulut with some serunding on top. talk about east meet west huh? I forgot to try the lalap which I heard was yummy.

After that I had some Mee Rebus. It was simply da'bomb! The best meal of the evening for me and for most people too. I had mine with just prawns and mussels, no veggies as usual. The sauce is just rich with flavors. Ok I'm not good at this description thing like E, so I'll just say it again, its da'bomb! Hehe...

For the main course, I had the roast chicken, cinnamon sauce chicken, buttered fresh veggies, lamb something, that big fish.... man I should learn to write down those stuff I eat hehe... Well lets just say my plate was full. Oooh, I had some poppadoms too. I forgot to try the Sup Ekor which Reeda and Ranz said was really good. Btw boys, did it give some extra kick later in the eveing? Kekeke....

Last as usual was dessert, my favourite part of any meal. And at the Atrium, there is just a lot to choose from. Just look at the photos, you will be spoiled for choices. I had the yummy bread pudding and some local cakes. I also took one big plate of cucur (fried) tarap, pisang, ubi manis and nangka! All freshly fried on the spot. It was the first time for some of us to try the the cucur nangka and the overall verdict was good. Pity they didn't serve cucur durian, that would've been awesome!

To cool all of us down, we had some tea and coffee. I was so full and happy, alhamdulillah. I would very much recommend everyone to visit the Sungkai buffet at the Atrium Cafe. Its B$25 nett per adult and B12.50 nett per child inclusive of free flow Air Bandung, Soya Bean, Sugar Cane and Teh Tarik. More photos of the buffet can be found here. You cane read Reeda's review here.

Also every diner will have a chance of winning one of the 12 Umrah Pacjages or exquisitely hand crafted "Tasbih" - in Black Onyx & White Gold 18k finishings worth B780, in Pearls & White Gold 18k furnishings worth B$680 or in Jade & White Gold finishings worth B$880. All of these hand crafted Tasbih are sponsored by TAKA Jewellery.

The Sungkai buffet is open until 10:30pm. For convenience of all Muslim guest, a Surau and a special praying room are available from the Main Atrium of the Hotel. If Sahur is your cup of tea, the Sahur Buffet is served at the Lobby Lounge form 10pm to midnight-ish at B$15 nett per adult and B$7.50 nett per child.

They are also special discounts for Baiduri Bank cardholders, best call the Hotel at 2418888 for details. This year also, B$1 off every meal for Ramadhan dining at Atrium Cafe will be donated towards DANA Pengiran Muda Mahkota Al-Muhtadee Billah untuk Anak-Anak Yatim.

Oh one more thing, there is also a live performance of religious malay, english and arabic song as you dine. The guy did really well. I crack a lil smile though as we left the place, he was singing Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight. In his outfit, as you can see above, that song sounded kinda weird hehe...

A special thanks to Jen, Hafiza & Danny of The Empire's PR & Marketing Comms for being such a wonderful host again.