Hi lovelies! ♥
Being Korean food lover (for as long as I remember), I’ve tried numerous highly rated Korean BBQs in KL over the years! This time, my friends and I visited San Nae Deul Korean BBQ (Empire Damansara branch) for their buffet! This BBQ joint has been around KL for a few years already! Although San Nae Deul has a few branches, I’ve only tried the Ikon branch and Empire Damansara branch. Ikon branch in Cheras has one of the worst service and food ever, it was so bad that I ranted of that branch when I tried it. If you want to try San Nae Deul, go to the Empire Damansara branch or Bangsar South one! I heard from friends that the Bangsar South branch is okay as well!
I’m a regular at this BBQ joint, but I always went there for ala carte only! Portion and price-wise for ala carte dishes are affordable and reasonable! If you have a big appetite, try out their buffet selection instead! We went on a weekday lunch time, so the buffet for adult comes up to RM39 (RM45 after including 10% service tax and 6% GST).
Most of the dishes from the menu are included in the buffet, such as BBQ pork, chicken, beef, squid, kimchi jjigae, doenjang jjigae, pajeon (pancake), ddukbokki, fried chicken and more. Drinks are not included in the buffet thou.
We ordered 5 servings of pork, squid and beef for 3 pax! Kimchi jjigae, ddukbokki, rice and fried chicken. We ate only 5 servings of meat because we left some stomach space for desserts at Haraju Cube later on! 😀
The meat portion is less than the portion given for ala carte, almost only half the plate. We had to reorder a second time to add on meat 🙂
Samgyupsal, gochujang pork and squid. The meat served is fresh and marinated well 🙂
Kimchi jjigae
Ddukbokki
Fried chicken with and without spicy sauce. I prefer the ones without the spicy sauce, the sauce tastes just like normal chilli sauce.
Tiffany H’s ratings!:
Price: $$$ – RM35++ for a Korean food buffet is considered cheap, and without compromising on the quality of meat and taste as well. Would definitely revisit on special occasions
Food: ✦✦✦✦✦ 5/5 – Fresh meat, wide range of dishes to order for buffet 🙂
Service: ✦✦✦✧✧ 3/5 – Automatic bell provided at each table. Attentive staffs 🙂
Atmosphere: ✦✦✧✧✧ 2/5 – Even though this restaurant is fully air-conditioned, it wasn’t well ventilated because there isn’t any exhaust hoods built above every table! It caused the whole restaurant to smell smoky and at the end of the meal, we were all smelling like BBQ meat.
We continued our cafe hop at Haraju Cube and Cat in the Box after our filling lunch. Will update soon! 🙂
xoxo
♥ Miss Tiffany H ♥ 