Category: Food Porn

The Barber (74, Lebuh Wayang, 93100 Kuching, Sarawak) is located next to The Junk.

Been wanting to try it but chickened out because the place looked spooky with all those old barber shop props in there especially the fake heads. It was a barber shop before. Finally one day, we have no choice as The Junk was fully booked, so we had to go to The Barber. Reluctant but still went.

The interior design is very unique, certainly something you don’t get anywhere in Kuching.

Few months back, the kitchen wasn’t ready so the menu was from The Junk. Now, they have their own menu serving gourmet Asian fusion food but you can still order the food from The Junk.

We ordered from both restaurants, The Barber and The Junk.

Left: I think this should be “Truffle” French Fries with Grated Parmesan (RM12). It’s ok, tasted as it should. Not oily.

Right: Shrimp pasta (RM26), linguini pasta in creamy sauce, capers, lemon with Cajun spiced shrimps. According to the person who ordered this, it’s just normal.

Left: Grilled Salmon (RM36), Salmon steak on a bed of quinoa salsa, rocket salad and tomatoes with lemon and dill sauce. Unfortunately, the fish was overcooked, too dried. Definitely a one person portion, cannot be something for sharing.

Right: From The Junk, one of our favourites, Duck Mango Salad (RM38). Definitely a sharing portion. This time around was a bit too spicy and wet but still good.

Overall, price wise, it’s high. Portion is not as big as we expected and the taste is just average. Will I come back? Depends on who I’m going with as my usual dining companion doesn’t like the environment of the place, she said it’s spooky hahaha…

17th October, Aurora Court, the all-day dining restaurant of Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites(Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, 93000 Kuching), launched its Aurora Saturday Dinner Buffet.

All sort of appetizers, salad, umai, rojak, gado-gado, you name it. The local appetizers were pretty good. While the salad was just normal, your usual salad, make your own, how to go wrong with that? *LOL* Local ones require more skills and unique.

After that, hot dishes. When I go for buffet, I don’t really like going for hot dishes, I will only go straight to its signature items.

This is the thing I’ll go for in Aurora Saturday Dinner Buffet. Mongolian BBQ where you can witness live cooking by the chefs. Pick your fresh ingredients, fish, chicken, vegetables, and more. I’ll just have these, no rice. Yum yum!

By the way, the fruit carvings were done by the executive chef. There’s a section dedicated to fresh fruits. Fruits are good for you.

The chefs who would be cooking for you 😉 New executive chef, Fadill, with his team.

Left: Chicken rice is available upon request. Roasted or steamed chicken, or both. I would just go for the chicken hahaha… I’m not touching any rice most of the time if I’m having buffet.

Right: The carving station where you can find roasted duck or chicken, smoked lamb or beef or chicken. Every week is different.

Carving station is also my favourite section. Never missed! Tender and juicy… Oh yummy yummy!

Dessert corner that I will not be missed too. If not, sure will be not be satisfied.

My favourite dessert for the night, red velvet with cream cheese layer. Just not fond of the kiwi on top. Fresh fruits on the wrong type of cake just irked me. The cake size was small but that’s the whole point as there’s still other desserts to indulge. Pportion is great. Too much can be too overwhelming.

Delicious desserts. Not sugary sweet, the sweetness was acceptable. As you know I don’t really like sweet things but these were just right for me. What you see here is just partial selection, there’s another corner with other cakes too.

Bad dessert will ruin my whole dinner. Hence, good dessert is very important for me. They did it well as compared to other hotels I went before. Normally, I’ll get extremely sweet desserts which would end up untouched on my plate but not here. I cleared everything 😛

Aside from that, there’s ice cream and ice kacang section too. Well… I’m not really into ice cream or ice dessert after buffet.

If you are interested to go to Aurora Saturday Dinner Buffet at Merdeka Palace Hotel & suites, it is available every Saturday from 6.30pm to 9.30pm.

Priced at RM86nett per adult, 50% OFF for Child (5-12 years old)

Inclusive of free flow cordial drink.

Come in a group of 5 adults, the 5th adult onwards get 20% OFF. The more the merrier!

For further inquiries and details regarding Aurora Saturday Dinner Buffet, please contact 082-258000 ext 8061 (Aurora Court) or F&B Office ext. 8004 (8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.)