Belated (Blogger going nuts on me)
Labour Day:
Spent the day watching Flight Plan and some episodes of Gantz. Flight Plan is OK, but Jodie Foster has really aged. After watching 3 consecutive episodes of Gantz, I have found that it is starting to annoy the hell outta me. Not even heaving chests and gratuitous violence could save it. Too little happens and the script is fluff and repetitions. Lotsa screaming at each other. Lotsa standing around. ?!?!.
Dinner:
Ate at Jogoya. Compliments of SK. Celebration dinner. RM88++ per pax. Ouch. Found on the back of the moist towelette -- Jo - A place to go; Go - A place where the king goes; Ya - Shop. One has to pay up front. Pengz. After paying, then only one can expect to hear greetings from the staff. As one is ushered into the dining area, you can see a giant projected clock on the carpeted floor. Probably a time slot reminder. Lots of wood, dark, marble-like materials. The floor is cement. The food counters are all sprinkled between dining areas. At the fringes you get private dining rooms (party of 9 and above) with weird names like Strength, Happiness, etc (reminiscent of the floors in Starhill, e.g, Adorn, Indulge, etc. Not for the illiterate). They feature one-touch sliding glass doors to filter out the noise. I don't see a particular flow to the layout, but each table does come equipped with a recommended food plan. Firstly, one is recommended to wash ones' hands. This is no problem as sinks (big, slab-like squares) are found everywhere. The plates are all found under the counter, a deviation from then norm.
The taste and variety of the food is not exceptionally good when one compares it with other Japanese buffets (factoring in the price, of course). The sashimi / sushi counter is a disappointment. However, you get plenty of fresh oysters, bamboo clams, escargot, crabs (king crabs are reserved for VIP members -- entah how one qualifies). The Wine Chicken is also great, with a subtle taste. The dessert counter is fantastic with tiramisus, mousses, cookies, cheese cakes and puddings. The ice cream is also great -- Movenpick of Switzerland. Great sour flavours to end a heavy meal, e.g. strawberry, lime, passionfruit. Other conservative flavours include chocolate and caramel. The other different thing about Jogoya is that it serves coconut water and fresh fruit juices. You get non-watered down watermelon, starfruit, honeydew , lime, etc. One complaint I have is that some food is *really* salty. One-way-trip-to-hypertension salty. The fish head soup and the buddha-jumps-over-the-wall both taste like concentrated brine water. I don't think I'll be dining there again. Oh, how I miss Munakata's ala-carte buffet... Oh yeah, photography is phohibited in its premises. To the hell with that. I have some here!
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Spent the day watching Flight Plan and some episodes of Gantz. Flight Plan is OK, but Jodie Foster has really aged. After watching 3 consecutive episodes of Gantz, I have found that it is starting to annoy the hell outta me. Not even heaving chests and gratuitous violence could save it. Too little happens and the script is fluff and repetitions. Lotsa screaming at each other. Lotsa standing around. ?!?!.
Dinner:
Ate at Jogoya. Compliments of SK. Celebration dinner. RM88++ per pax. Ouch. Found on the back of the moist towelette -- Jo - A place to go; Go - A place where the king goes; Ya - Shop. One has to pay up front. Pengz. After paying, then only one can expect to hear greetings from the staff. As one is ushered into the dining area, you can see a giant projected clock on the carpeted floor. Probably a time slot reminder. Lots of wood, dark, marble-like materials. The floor is cement. The food counters are all sprinkled between dining areas. At the fringes you get private dining rooms (party of 9 and above) with weird names like Strength, Happiness, etc (reminiscent of the floors in Starhill, e.g, Adorn, Indulge, etc. Not for the illiterate). They feature one-touch sliding glass doors to filter out the noise. I don't see a particular flow to the layout, but each table does come equipped with a recommended food plan. Firstly, one is recommended to wash ones' hands. This is no problem as sinks (big, slab-like squares) are found everywhere. The plates are all found under the counter, a deviation from then norm.
The taste and variety of the food is not exceptionally good when one compares it with other Japanese buffets (factoring in the price, of course). The sashimi / sushi counter is a disappointment. However, you get plenty of fresh oysters, bamboo clams, escargot, crabs (king crabs are reserved for VIP members -- entah how one qualifies). The Wine Chicken is also great, with a subtle taste. The dessert counter is fantastic with tiramisus, mousses, cookies, cheese cakes and puddings. The ice cream is also great -- Movenpick of Switzerland. Great sour flavours to end a heavy meal, e.g. strawberry, lime, passionfruit. Other conservative flavours include chocolate and caramel. The other different thing about Jogoya is that it serves coconut water and fresh fruit juices. You get non-watered down watermelon, starfruit, honeydew , lime, etc. One complaint I have is that some food is *really* salty. One-way-trip-to-hypertension salty. The fish head soup and the buddha-jumps-over-the-wall both taste like concentrated brine water. I don't think I'll be dining there again. Oh, how I miss Munakata's ala-carte buffet... Oh yeah, photography is phohibited in its premises. To the hell with that. I have some here!
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