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Someone commented that my HDR pictures of the Twin Towers look fake, so I’ve decided to post the non-HDR version of the Twin Towers and also a shot of the water fountain in KLCC park. Don’t U just love them twinkling lights? Somehow, I can’t manage to make those glittering lights in HDR. If someone knows the trick or technique to achieve that, please let me know

I promise these will be the last set of pictures from my KL trip…yes I know they are getting boring.

My good friend and photography sifu once told me, “Make sure U take 3 shots of your subject from different angles.” Now everytime I go out shooting, I always try to remember his advise. So…

While in KL last week, I had the opportunity to eat out at the much hyped Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant in Wisma UOA II. We had initially planned to have the buffet on Sunday, which was coincidentally Father’s Day, and as I had expected, the restaurant was fully booked for lunch AND dinner. Bummer. Nothing much we could do, but to make reservations for dinner the next day.

I was told dinner starts at 6:30pm, so we did like what kampung Penang boys would do, arrive early. Lo and behold, there was already a group of 80 or so Japanese tourist queuing up at the entrance to the restaurant at about 6:25pm.

After managing to get through the crowd, my boss and I were ushered to our table. My boss sat down but I went to “tour” the whole restaurant to see what they had to offer.

There was about 4 rows of Japanese (and some oriental) dishes and 1 heck of a long sushi bar. (I only managed to take a picture of 1 of the rows as after shooting the sushi bar, a waiter literally ran up to me and told me no photos allowed. DOH!) No doubt, this has to be the widest spread I have seen for a Japanese buffet. The sashimi counter had the usual salmon, tuna and cod on 1 side and another side had another 3 types of raw fish which I cannot recall anymore. Heck I am getting old. I had counted that they had 4 types of Unagi and 4 types of cod, cooked in different sauces/style, not something U can see at any Japanese buffet in Penang, not even Kampachi.

So I grabbed a plate, filled it up with food and headed back to my table to take a picture of it.

My boss also told me that while I was gone, the waiter came and put down 2 green teas and also 2 complimentary baked-cheese oyster.

Wah…not bad at all. Certainly living up to its hype from my Penang colleagues about this place.

So after much chit-chatting with my boss while enjoying the food, I was really quite full. But heck, U don’t go to a buffet if U can’t manage 2nd helpings. So off again I went, this time taking the exotic stuff instead of the usual offerings in Japanese buffets.

This round I took a piece of grilled live eel (sounds cruel doesn’t it?), some squid sashimi, a soft-shell crab and a piece of Ikura sushi. I also need to mention that there were 3 types of soup to choose from; the usual Miso soup, some spicy salmon soup and shark’s fin soup. I opted for the shark’s fin soup, but it was below par. Should have tried the spicy salmon soup…

As for desert, well, it was dissapointing. Just regular ice-cream (there was green tea and yam flavour though), aloe vera in syrup and some cakes. Nothing much to write home about in this department.

So how much was the damage? RM55++. Would I return again? You bet I would.

Restaurant Saisaki - Japanese Buffet
Unit No 1-9, 1st Floor,
Wisma UOA II,
No. 21, Jalan Pinang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 603-2166 3728
Operation Hours: Lunch 12.00pm - 2.30pm, Dinner 6.00pm - 10.30pm