At Delish for a Fantastic Friday dinner buffet

Tucked on Level Five of Hotel Ramada by Wynham Meridin Johor Baru in Iskandar Puteri, Delish Restaurant is welcoming fans of its buffet back again to enjoy their Fantastic Friday buffet dinner, specially served on Friday evenings.

View of entrance into the West Wing
where Delish Restaurant is located

Buffet dining in the New Normal requires a bit more discipline in observing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) so on arrival, diners register themselves and have their temperature taken before being ushered into the spacious dining hall.

I like the way diners keep their masks on when they approach the buffet line and are required to wear a disposable hand glove on the hand which is used to hold the serving spoons.

I appreciate a sense of courtesy exercised by diners who join an orderly queue and maintain a safe physical distance from each other as they help themselves from the buffet.

Diners taking their turn at the buffet line

At a glance, I spot a range of mouthwatering local specialties in the hot buffet and through the glass-paneled wall, I spy chefs dishing out freshly fried snacks while another chef was deftly plucking a piece of tandoori chicken from a skewer above to roll it into a juicy kebab.

The rice items featured in this Friday’s dinner buffet are Briyani Rice cooked in two choices, Chicken and Leg of Lamb. Looking closer, I also saw baked whole Seabass prepared with a secret Herb & Pesto sauce.

A choice of two Briyani Rice items
and Baked whole Seabass 

Dishes to savour with rice include squid and prawns, prepared in non-spicy recipes like dark sauce and sweet and sour sauce, suitable for everyone to enjoy.

A range of deep-fried snacks – both sweet and savoury – are arranged in paper cones so diners may take their pick from items from mini-murtabak, wantan bags, sesame balls, potato wedges to crispy squares filled with gooey durian.

Freshly wrapped chicken
tandoori kebabs

I was delighted to see all-time favourites, Beef & Chicken satay – grilled skewers of meat – to savour with a rich peanut sauce, and wok fried noodles like Char Kway Teow, stir-fried flat rice noodles.

I was even happier to spot a signature dish in Delish, Assam Pedas, made with chunks of ray fish and ingredients like cut red chilli, slices of eggplant and tomatoes.

Just as I thought that there was already plenty in this decent buffet spread, I noticed huge bones in the dish of Braised Lamb Shank with vegetables, where the meat was so tender that it had fallen off the bones.

In the Noodles section, a chef will lend a hand with the Lok-Lok (colloquial description for a Dip-Dip delicacy) of skewers of precooked ingredients and to add hot soup to a choice of noodles topped with a variety of ingredients that I had picked.

Delish signature dish, Assam Pedas Fish

In the steamer, there are little pau dumplings, kept warm and ready to serve.

Hot chicken soup must be one of many comfort foods to enjoy but the Malaysian-recipe, Hot Chicken Soup prepared with Spices, or Soup Ayam Berempah, is a broth rich with chicken and vegetables for diners to add a variety of toppings like chopped spring onions and a dash of deep-fried shallots for more taste and fragrance.

Braised Lamb Shank with vegetables

The best part about buffets is the countless times diners may return to help themselves to their favourite items from the buffet.

However in the New Normal, whenever diners wished to return to the buffet, we should be mindful to put on our masks and to wear a glove on the hand which is used to handle the serving spoons.

Staying true to the local theme in the Fantastic Friday dinner buffet, there are cut local fruits for dessert along with platters of a variety of baked cakes as well as a range of local kueh.

A range of popular local kueh for dessert

To wash down this generous buffet spread, we can choose from beverages like cool fruit drinks and a choice of hot coffee or tea.

The Fantastic Friday Buffet Dinner is served at Delish Restaurant from Friday, September 25 and on every Friday from 7pm to 10pm.

So you can dine at leisure every Friday and enjoy Free parking and Free WiFi.

Pick your choice of deep-fried crispy treat!

Also look forward to a change in the menu that will rotate among main course rice items like Nasi Briyani, Nasi Lemak and Nasi Ayam.

Promotion price is only RM35 nett per adult and RM25 nett per child aged six to 12 years, till end October 2020.

Delish Restaurant (Halal) is located by the swimming pools on Level Five of the West Wing.

Hotel Ramada by Wynham Meridin Johor Baru is at No. 5 Jalan Legoland, Bandar Medini Iskandar, 79250 Iskandar Puteri, Johor. 

Tel: 607 – 531 8888 or email: fbadmin@ramadameridinjohor.com.

For more info, visit website: www.ramadameridinjohor.com