It was a fine Sunday morning where 8 of us gathered for an early morning-noon brunch. With our empty stomachs, we head out to a Japanese restaurant located in Damansara Uptown. Just next to Starbucks and HSBC bank. The name of the restaurant is Umai-Ya Restaurant. And why are we there is that its serving Buffet style, with a difference. You order your buffet style thru a menu. Instead of the normal, all food display on a bar for you to pick.
And did we order a lot! The lunch starts at 11.30am and ends at 2.30pm. And that's how long we stayed at the restaurant! I'm just going to put some of the dishes we ate only. But all of them are recommended. Some, errr.. I didn't manage to photo shoot it in time as we gobbled it up before it reaches the table.
I can't really remember all the dishes name as well. But don't worry, I will include the restaurant's website in here as well and you can take a look at the menu there as well and its names.
I'd highly recommend the salmon sashimi. Its very fresh and thickly sliced. The unagi is also very fresh and tasty. For drinks, you have 3 choices; Ocha(green tea), coke and tiger beer (free flow).
If you eat beef, you should also try it. Its very tender and nicely cooked. Else, the chicken teriyaki, cold baby octopus, and soft crabs are also mouth watering.
For desserts, I would really recommend you all to try the green tea ice-cream, chocolate ice-cream and especially the wasabi ice-cream. If you love wasabi, you will definitely love the wasabi ice-cream.
All for this lunch buffet, its priced at RM48++ (as of June 2009). Its really worth it as the portion and serve per plate much like out of the menu. So, its not like the normal buffet style you have at Shogun (though, I have to review on that yet).
Its really worth the try. Here is their restaurant's website and the promotion they are advertising. http://www.umai-ya.com/buffet.php
