Tasty Pot BBQ Steambot Buffet Restaurant at Sunway Mentari

My friends and I have been going crazy about buffets for the past month... We initially decided on Yuen bbq buffet steambot restaurant but upon arrival our spirits were somewhat dampened by its outward appearance.. The shop did not look impressive at all and so we drove around that area in search for a better bbq steambot buffet restaurant.. the sunway mentari area is supposingly the area with the most bbq steambot restaurants and indeed , we were suprised by the amount of bbq steambot buffet restaurant available...

After driving around, we finally decided on Tasty Pot BBQ Steambot Restaurant. It looked really nice from outside and the volume of tables set-up were much more compared to the other shops. We were one of the 1st few customers to arrive (business hours : 4.30pm-1.00am) at 5pm... However, upon arrival, we discovered that the grilled stuff were not prepared yet and only the refrigerated food stuff was available ( the selection was wide, btw)...We placed our orders and chose 2( chong qing spicy soup & soya bean soup) out of the 5 (chong qing spicy soup, soya bean soup, hk satin porridge soup, chinese herbal soup & thai tom yam soup) types of soup base available.. The chong qing spicy soup was quite spicy (those of you who cant take chili might wanna avoid it or you can scoup out the oil layer to make it less spicy) while the soya bean soup was initially weird tasting (imagine soya bean as a steambot soup???) but became much better after all the food stuff has been cooked in it..for those of you who are adventurous, you might wanna give it a go but for those who aren't, it might be better to stick wif the chinese herbal soup as most of the tables around us had ordered that soup base...lolz


Another disappointment would be the drinks that were NOT included in the bill.. We ordered chinese tea (only teas were refillable) and it amounted to around RM2 per person..





And so to make our money worth it, we started without hesitating... There were the prepared cooked food such as curry chicken, chinese soya chicken feet with peanut, fried chinese bun 'man tou', fried rice, fried noodle, sweet and sour fish ball, HONEY GLAZED CHICKEN WING and etc... Just for your information, the honey glazed chicken wing is a popular dish from Tasty Pot buffet and you can often see the waiters refilling the chicken wing ( this restaurant is quite efficient when it comes to refilling the food stuff).. Can anyone tell me why chicken wings are popular in bbq buffet restaurants (heard that Yuen buffet restaurant is also famous for its chicken wings)????????...Personally, the honey glazed chicken wing taste good but my favourite would be the fried chinese bun or we call in 'man tou' in chinese.. It is slightly crispy with a pinch of butter smell and goes well with the curry chicken *slurps*... However, if you wanna make your $$$ worth it, than don't go for it as flour can be quite filling... I got scolded for having too much of those... Oh well....




Moving on, the selection of balls are plenty in tasty pot bbq restaurant. I believe you know what kinds of balls you can find in a bbq restaurant. However, the wide variety made a good impression on me although i'm not really a big fan of balls. There is also a wide variety of vegetables available but this section is mostly ignored by the customers except for the ladies.

The seafood selection is also plenty in tasty pot as u can find crabs,prawns,scallops,mussels,fish,snails(don't know if its escargot) etc etc... Surprisingly, most of the seafood ingredients were rather fresh and tasted quite nice;; Of course you can't compare with restaurant standards ( for the price of : RM 26.90/adult) but I would say that its far better than other bbq buffet restaurants.. Anyone thinks otherwise???..Different types of mushrooms are also available in the selection..

Finally, we arrive at the grilled section. Note: If you reach too early, most of the grilled stuff are not served yet..There's grilled prawns, big shellfish with garnishing (taste pretty much like oysters to me but it can be quite a mouthful if you're not up for the taste), grilled fish and shisamo (those small egg fishes which you normally find in japanese restaurants).. however, not all of them have eggs... And finally, at 7.30pm we were able to get a plate of the grilled lamb.. There was a long queue for it, so like others, we rushed to the line in hopes of getting a good grilled lamb... It was rather disappointing as they only allowed us to have a small plate of grilled lamb each (with black pepper sauce) and it was full with fats and bones.. It only tasted okay....
At the end, we went for some ice cream and fruits for desserts which was the usual stuff...On our way out, the place was awfully packed at 8pm.

In my opinion, the Tasty Pot BBQ Steambot Buffet Restaurant at Sunway is okay for the 1st time but I would not return to it if given a choice... Tho, it could be a suitable place for reunions with friends.... Conclusion,

Ratings

• Food : 6.5/10 (fresh seafood and variety)
• Ambience : 5/10 (non air-conditioned, long queue)
• Price : 7/10 ( around RM30 plus drinks
• Overall : 6.5/10

Tasty Pot BBQ Steambot Buffet Restaurant

• Add : No. 9, Jln PJS 8/18, Dataran Mentari, Bdr Sunway, 46150 PJ, Selangor
• Tel : 03-56301282
• Biz Hours : 4.30pm - 1.00 am
• Url : www.tastypot.com.my