Feast & Souk at Capri this Ramadan

This Ramadan, Caprilicious, the all-day dining café in Capri by Fraser Johor Baru will feature a buffet spread of authentic Malaysian breaking-of-fast favourites and Middle Eastern cuisine in the theme, Feast & Souk.

Welcome to Feast & Souk at Caprilicious,
Capri by Fraser Johor Baru

In the New Normal, the hotel team will welcome guests into the restaurant according to the Standard Operating Procedures while posters displayed, remind guests to observe the Buffet Counter Etiquette.

In the restaurant foyer, guests may browse around a Souk, an Arabian night market or bazaar, and shop for festive specialties here.

Dressed in Middle Eastern costumes, hotel team members are wearing mandatory masks which aptly completed the ladies’ outfits with the charm of Middle Eastern modesty.

In the tradition of Ramadan buffets, a whole roasted lamb is being kept warm on a spit while culinary team members prepare whole fish to grill, Portuguese-style wrapped in strips of banana leaves.

A gentle reminder:
Buffet Counter Etiquette

Next to the sizzling grill, the buffet offers skewers of ready grilled beef and chicken satay served with condiments like ketupat rice cakes, raw sliced onions and cucumber to savour with a dollop of peanut sauce.

The live-cooking station in this al fresco section includes a Noodles Stop for a choice of noodles with accompanying condiments for Prawn Noodles and Laksa Johor.

Inside the restaurant, the spread continues in a central buffet line which allows diners to walk around comfortably to help themselves to desserts, appetizers, and a wide range of salad.

Breaking-of-fast staples include a range of juicy dried dates as well as beef and chicken serunding or spicy meat-floss to savour with lemang (glutinous rice steamed in bamboo) and ketupat (steamed rice cakes wrapped in coconut leaves).

Among the starters are salads, both tossed salads in a variety of kerabu and ingredients to assemble your own with local ulam-ulam and fresh greens to enjoy with a selection of salted fish and a choice of salad dressings and spicy dip sauces.

Chef Mohd Mahathir carving
the whole roasted lamb

Presented with food labels, appetizing sauces like Chincalok, Budu, Sambal Belacan, Sambal Belacan with Pineapple and Sambal Belacan with Mango, are easy to identify.

The Sous Chef, Chef Mohd Mahathir explains that the main course items in the spread will be rotated daily so diners can enjoy a pleasant change in the menu even when they are breaking their fast at Caprilicious on consecutive days.

One of the mouth-watering main course items must be Lamb Dum Briyani where chunks of juicy lamb are cooked within long-grained rice for more flavour, and another highly recommended dish is a rich Rendang made with tender venison.

Some Middle Eastern dishes featured in the menu include Shish Tawook (chicken chunks grilled on skewers), tender Lamb Tagine, Falafel Chicken, Baharat (a Middle Eastern Spice Blend Striploin), Chicken Shawarma with condiments, and Couscous.

Lamb Dum Briyani

For fans of local food, freshly made Roti Jala from a live cooking station is served with a rich Chicken Curry while the hot buffet offers local favourites like Sambal Udang Petai (prawn) and Daging Masak Hitam (beef).

Among the dishes in the rotating menus are interesting items like Greek Chicken with Tzatziki sauce, Sumac Seabass fillets, baked Lemon Garlic Salmon, Seafood Paella and slow-roasted Harissa Lamb Shoulder.

Besides French pastries, cakes and cookies, there is a variety of local kuih as well as Middle Eastern desserts to end your meal sweetly.

Middle Eastern dessert, Baklava

Be sure to have a taste of Umm Ali, a traditional bread pudding topped with raisins, Baklava, a layered pastry baked with honey, chopped nuts and pistachios, and Mahalabia, a milk pudding with a nougat-like texture.

Your feast could also end with a choice of fresh cut-fruits and a cool treat of shaved ice at the Snow Ice Station, created from the many ingredients provided and sweetened with your favourite syrups.

A central buffet line allows 
diners to walk around it!

The Feast & Souk Buffet Dinner at Caprilicious on Level One will be served, April 15 to May 10, from 6.30pm to 10pm.

Price at RM138 nett per adult and RM96 nett per senior citizen aged 60 and above and child aged between six and 12 years old.

Enjoy an Early Bird Promotion deal available from now till April 12 and get a RM50 Food & Beverage Cash Voucher for the minimum purchase of four vouchers at RM138 nett each.

For reservations, Tel: +607 277 0888 or email: sales.johorbahru@capribyfraser.com

The hotel also offers Private Sky-Dining Feasts for groups of minimum 50 persons at RM118 nett per person. For enquiries, Tel: +6010 8883734 and +6012 2476635.

Capri by Fraser Johor Baru is situated next to Menara Tiga Serangkai, Jalan Tengku Azizah, Kim Teng Park, 80300 Johor Baru, Johor.