Ramadan Buffet 2012 and 2011 Wheres your favourite?

Ramadan is 2 weeks away!!
Heresa compilation of all the Ramadan buffets I sampled back in 2011, all within 1-2 weeks. And no, I didnt put on any weight, thanks to exercise and portion control :P

I missed out on quite many others as I was hospitalised for a good 2 weeks during the Ramadan month for suspected UTI. But there was no conclusive results so it was really a waste of $$ and time!

Anyways, I love the lambs, the curries, the desserts and quite simply, the spread for every buffet that I went! And you know what? Its the time again for Ramadan (actually it starts on 18th July) so let the feasting BEGIN!

Dorsett Regency, Kuala Lumpur - One of the best ones, with really good spread of Malay dishes. Head here if you want very good local spread!

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Oh, I got a video of one of the largest Ramadan Bazaar in Selangor in Shah Alam. Watch the action, the food, the crowd and feel the festive air!

MayTower Hotel & Serviced Residences, KL heres another one where the local spread is fabulous. Dont expect much international choices, but highly recommended for the reasonable price!

The Mill, Grand Millennium Hotel, Bukit Bintang- I love this one; both the international and local spread were fantastic; and their Jap section is one of the best!

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The Lounge, GTower Hotel, KL- this wasnt too impressive last year but I heard this years spread is going to be 200% better. Lets check it out this year, shall we?

The Living Room, Westin KL-This was one of the few hotels with OVER 200 dishes! The desserts were excellent!

Cinnamon Cafe, One World Hotel.- one of my regular reviews outlet. Good for the variety!

I attempted a video of the spread at One World Hotel, PJ, do watch it and not let my effort go to waste ok?

Latest Recipe, Le Meridien KL- another extremely popular buffet venue in KL. Latest Recipe is famous for their lunch buffet too. Lets hope this years spread is bigger and better than last!

Dorsett Regency, Kuala Lumpur

MayTower Hotel & Serviced Residences, KL

The Mill, Grand Millennium Hotel, Bukit Bintang

The Lounge, GTower Hotel, KL

The Living Room, Westin KL

Cinnamon Cafe, One World Hotel

Latest Recipe, Le Meridien KL

I think I have a few more for last year Ramadans; I will update this post as I dig through my archives. Im sure theres one of Paya Serai at PJ Hilton.
Anyhow, which is your favourite of all the above? As you know, Im running the Beckys 30 Days 30 Giveaways and for coming days it will be mostly Ramadan buffets for 2 pax. So do visit my pageRebeccaSawBlog FB here and stay tuned for the announcement!
One Ramadan buffet every 2 days, how does that sound to you??

Heres the round-up for 2012Ramadan Buffets. I have been really busy lately so! the pos ts were all half-written. I should get them ready over the weekend. Anyhow, heres the list and Ill include the links once I published the posts.

1. Ramadhan Buffet at Melting Pot Cafe, Concorde Hotel, KL
2. Ramadhan Buffet at Soi 23, Pacific Regency, KL
3. Ramadhan Buffet at Fuzion, Sunway Spa and Resorts
4. Ramadhan Buffet at Checkers Cafe, Dorsett Regency, KL
5. Ramadhan Buffet at Flavors, Swiss Garden Hotel, Pudu KL
6. Ramadhan Buffet at Cinnamon Coffee House, One World Hotel
7. Ramadhan Buffet at Kitchen Art Brasserie, Empire Hotel Subang
8. Ramadhan Buffet at The Mill, Grand Millenium Hotel, KL

9. theres more let me eat first and Ill update!

Leave me a comment if you have any enquiries onRamadhan Buffets this year ok?

Augustdiners Travels: Bali, Part 1- Annora Villa

I find writing harder and harder. I dont know how bloggers keep up with it. Ive been distracted with my japan, and singapore post so many times Ive lost count. Almost finish writing but too lazy to upload the photos yet. Though I cant wait to share, I decided to jump the wagon and write about bali instead, mainly because its still so fresh in my mind.


We were there for a weekend getaway. It was a short short trip but theres no way we were willing to sacrifice more of our annual leave, so we stick to 3 days 2 nights. (4 days would have been perfect)

Theres so many resorts and hotels around Bali. So I would recommend for exploring when it comes to hotel picking for different experience. People either stay in Kuta (very touristy where hard rock hotel is), Ubud (quite seemingly untouched area filled with beautiful resorts catering more for couples), and Seminyik (where we stay). Seminyik has gained a lot of exposure over the years, foreigners has flooded the place with higher end local design boutiques and cafes/bars. I was told by a local that it has been increasingly popular for tourist and its popularity has already exceeded Kuta. Personally I dont quite prefer Kuta for its constant traffic jams, and overly packed beach. We happily stayed in Seminyik for the past 3 days with 2 main aims, sunbathe and drink. No sightseeing this trip just pure relaxing trip to get away from the work related stress.

Crazieapple chose Annora Villa, Seminyik for this trip. We booked a 2 room pool villa, with a nice private pool and spacious deck with sofas, tv, and dining table. It is located at a convenient spot, walking distance from the main shopping roads (about 10 minutes), and 5 minutes walk from the beach. Annora Villa is a boutique resort that only houses 13 villas. Exclusive with extremely helpful friendly staffs.

As soon as we landed, we got our driver to bring us to the nearest supermarket to stock up on alcohol, and food for the night- we were planning a BBQ at our! villa. You can rent them from the resort at least one day in advance. We didnt, and Annora said they couldnt prepare in time at first, but after our disappointing whine and all, they went all their way to find one for us. Thank you Annora =)

Some photos to share:

Reception area! Oops spotted my duty free bag :)

Our private pool villa

Our room

And their adjoined bathroom

Directly Outside our villa is the common pool and a shaded cabannaarea , which is seemingly untouched. It's almost like we had the whole resort to ourselves. During our trip there, i've only seen one couple sunbathing at the leisure chairs. The rest of the guest must b hiding in their own retreat because everything can be delivered to you- it's too convenient.

Our complimentary welcome massage lasted 15 minutes, however it was pretty good that some of us went back for a full course 1 hour that cost approximately RM50.

'nuff said. Let the party begin. Bintang Beer Mou?

One whole carton of 24s cost us approx RM150 odds?

Well worth it. And this is what we do to it.

Woohoo! i've always wanted a floating beer pool!

Oh Boy, perfect way to chill our beers as the water was a lil too chilly fo! r skin c omfort

Of course we would not be contented with just beer. We stock up on some Smirnoff ice (yummay!), Belvedere Vodka, Hendrink Gin (i only drink gin and tonic with this now. I can't settle for anything else.hehe) Put in some lime, and tonic Wahla! it's good to go.

And last but not least. A quick Thrill would be Tequila. We chose the cheap ones from the airport. Like i said. Cheap.Trill.

Look at the amount of food we stocked up in our fridge, enough to feed a village

Whilst the rest of the guest were there for a retreat, we treated our pool villa as our party house. Bought really cheap Music CDs by those pirated CD shops- RM3 per disc?, and blast it out from our outdoor TV which has a dvd player. Few hours of fun in the sun and water, the friendly staff of Annora came by as per scheduled time to set up our bbq pit.

Oh yes, we were well prepared with! pool be ds, and beach ball too :) The problem we hadtorelease the air at the end of the trip and stuffing it back to our luggages sigh

Say Hello to Chef Jazz

Sloppy Sausage Sizzles the aussie way

So next day, it was beach day, time to hit the sun and get some tan (not)

There is complimentary breakfast, either continental or local (nasi/mee goreng)

Again you can order via phone and they will bring it to your villa and do the whole set up

I eat a lot during breakfast. So i also ordered ala carte from their menu. Food prices in Annora is very reasonable and taste quite good that we ended up ordering plenty of food during our stay there.

James Patterson may not be the best Beach Book, But im very hooked with him. I have his full collection novels. As well as Josh Grishams, Jackie Collins, and Sophie Kinsella (dont ask)

You'll find a lot of these in front of all the commercial shops. I think for prayer purposes?

BEACH BEACH BEACH! (with air asia umbrellas everywhere)... Perfect Marketing Idea!

Oh Hello Crazieapple! It's been awhile

Blue Sky and Sea Breeze, i can stay here whole day.

The sun behave well throughout the trip. We've got plenty of love from it.

But the waves were crazy Strong that it was pretty hard for us to go Surfing. Especially Noobie Surfers like us that will get eaten alive by the wave.

Next Up: What we Ate in Bali (Part 2), Stay Tuned =)

Annora Villa

Jl. Abimanyu No. 999X, Seminyak

Tel: +62-361-734 793

http://www.annorabali.com/

P/S: Phew im so glad to finally able to press the "Publish" button.