Taste Cafe G Hotel, Gurney – Fresh From The Sea to The Land – Steven Goh's Penang Food and Penang Lifestyle

The catch from the sea to the land will be served right to your table and it’s happening at G Hotel’s Taste Cafe on every Friday and Saturday’s buffet dinner. With the selection of fresh seafood, meat, greens and desserts, diners can expect a combination of Eastern and Western dishes that will give a variety and excitement to the taste buds.

Featuring one of the signatures of the Cafe is the Lava Stone BBQ. With the smoke and the sizzling, all the fresh fishes like mackerel, salmon along with other seafood like scallops and slipper lobsters as well as the meats and poultry which will be grilled to perfection, promising a dining experience that will never be forgotten.

Showcasing a different set of seafood each night, Chef Mohd Firdaous bin Mohd Izhar, G Hotel’s Executive Chef takes your palate on a wonderful gastronomic journey. Chef Firdaous, backed by 20 years of experience in the food industry has acquired his skills and experiences both locally and internationally. He has wowed the taste buds of many famous people like footballer Zinedine Zidane and royalties with his cooking.

The lavish spread of the buffet dinner line menu has the finesse expect of the culinary team. From the salad bar, appetizer choices of smoked white fish with citrus, cheese selections like blue cheese, dessert heaven, Japanese section, carving base, barbecue to the live
action stations all work together harmoniously to give diners a satisfying stomach that leaves everyone wanting more.

Start off by nibbling on the choice of fresh salads by mixing and matching from a variety of selections including scallops with arugula, smoked salmon with quinoa and avocado, and prawn Hawaiian salad. Diners can then make their way to enjoy the full sweet flesh of the perfectly poached crabs, poached prawns and oysters that is showcased on a bed of glistening ice, retaining its freshness all night long.

Have a bowl of flavourful Italian-American seafood cioppino – a mixture of a variety of fresh seafoods like squids and mussels cooked in a tomato-based stew with crackers which the kids will also love. Diner can also opt for a warm bowl of soup of crabmeat seafood that uses freshoff- the-boat crab meat with some freshly baked bread like sourdough or French loafs. Japanese and Korean aficionados will enjoy the varieties of dishes like fresh octopus, tuna and salmon sashimi, and spicy kimchi with a hot bowl of Miso soup.

What better way than to end the journey on a sweet note by heading to the dessert bar. Leave some space to enjoy the glorious spread of desserts that come in the form of airy cakes, creamy cheesecakes, macarons, brownies, decadent mousse, assorted traditional nyonya kuih’s,
refreshing cold ice kacang and ice cream with different flavours to choose from. The chocolate fountain is one where adults and kids will enjoy by dipping in fresh fruits, rich butter cakes, marshmallows to get some chocolatey coated goodness.

Overall, the food and ingredients used at the buffet spread are fresh and of high quality. The selection is also vast. Grill From The Sea is available every Friday and Saturday at Taste Café for a price of RM160 nett for adults. Whereas on Sunday to Thursday, Taste Cafe serves International buffet dinner at RM125 nett. Enjoy the Buy 2 Free 1 promotion for both dinner buffets while children aged between 6 to 12 and senior citizens above 60 years old can enjoy it at a 50% discount off adult price.

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