Japanese Buffet - The Islander, Traders Hotel

Traders Hotel's main dining cafe, the Islander apparently has a weekly (Tuesday)
Japanese themed buffet. It costs RM64nett per person and there's an extra 20%
discount for certain credit card users.

Not a fan of buffets but there's no reason for me not to follow. I tagged along
my parents and find myself in the infamous downtown hotel.

The Interior
The ambience was good. Nice
decoration as well. But it's
a hotel anyway so it's
pretty much expected.






Me.
No entry is complete without a
pose from me. Doesn't look
that homo erotic without the
menu though.
( I wasn't given any since
I was here for the buffet)




Sashimi and sushi
The basic sashimi and sushi.
Nothing special. It's just
usual addition to anything
japanese for eyes of the
locals.
And the choices of sushi
available sucks.


Fried Salmon Head
It reeks of those fishy smell.
I didn't bother trying. Opening
the lid alone let enough fish
smell out to chase me
away.





My plate
I helped myself with a bunch of
ebi tempura, salmon, stir-fried
beef and a yakitori. As you can
see, the ebi tempura looks
weird and the yakitori had
uneven slices and looks weird.
However, the yakitori was
very nicely seasoned. It's good.


Prawn fritters or Ebi Tempura?
The Ebi Tempura doesn't look
like Ebi Tempura. Not only
they are fried to look like
those chinese prawn fritters,
there's a bunch of over-burned
pieces. They taste all right.
But they look pathetic.



Fried Fish Cubes?
Yes, I paid RM64 nett to eat
fried fish cubes that taste so
bland, I had to soak them
in tempura sauce.
Viva la Fried Fish Cubes~~





Sashimi
There are only 2 choices of
sashimi. Salmon and tuna.
No butterfish or even those
squid, mackerel and octopus
that usually come with
sashimi. The salmon however
was good. The meat texture
was different, it was creamy
and rich of flavour.

Teppanyaki Beef
They had a chef doing taking
orders at a corner and cooking
them on the spot for you.
After 30 mins, he's replaced
by a trainee called Bernglado
which grills his food like
burgers at roadside stalls.
It tastes moderately average.


Rotten Sushi
This piece of sushi I had was
rotten. Upon snapping it with
my chop sticks, its rice structure
crumbled and bellied out
its guts of avacado and a piece
of crab stick.



The picture is not clear but
you can tell how bad the rice
is.







Desserts
Sadly enough, the dessert
section apparently looks
more presentable and HAS
MORE CHOICES AND VARIETY
compared to the actual
food section.



I picked up an assortment of
sweet and chocolately delights,
hoping to fill my stomach after
an apparent unsatisfying time
with the main food.
What? Why is there no japanese
like dessert considering this
is a japanese themed buffet?

There's some caramel fountain
dipping sauce for this group
of unrelated food on sticks.
There's actually green tea
ice cream that's made on
the spot. But the machine
broke down...




Limited choices, poor quality, unrelated food.....the buffet is downright
horrible to me. Yet, the place was packed and bustling by 8pm. I can hear
people saying "This is good, This is delicious, This is not bad, This is fresh."
I pity those fools for their ignorance. Yet again, it's food for the masses
and it's a subjective matter.