Kiseki Japanese Buffet Restaurant (The Heeren)

I've written a detailed review with photographs at my blog, "she-glutton".

Here's a direct link to the entry about Kiseki:

http://she-glutton.blogspot.com/2011/09/kiseki-japanese-buffet-heeren.html

Enjoy!!!

I saw photos of Kiseki Japanese buffet from my friend's album and was very tempted to try. So I went for the lunch buffet on a Thurday. It was priced at $19.80++ for weekday lunch.

I got there early so there was no queue. After a while it got fairly crowded.

There are many food stations to choose from, such as tempura, teppanyaki, sushi, sashimi, pasta, pizza, noodles, salad, cold seafood, rosti, desserts etc.

The staff would go around frequently to clear the used plates. Waiting time for the cook-to-order items was reasonable.

Overall, I find the buffet value for money. I will definitely go there again.

For pictures and more detailed review, you may visit my blog at MyDailyMoo.

We braved though one of the heaviest rain in orchard for it (Thank god there wasnt any flood)

It was really a case of jacks place or kiseki but once we walked through the selection there was no looking back. Counter staff was courteous and friendly, we managed to get seat within 15mins on a saturday evening which was fairly decent considering that this is a buffet.

Buffet prices are always rising and it is harder to find decent buffet with decent prices, if you could spend $40 for a international buffet why would you settle for just a single country crusine? and in this case just japanese food?

Well Kiseki tells you why

Buffet reviews are a pain in the ass.. Firstly you have more than 50 selections of food, and most of time you will be starving before heading down. So in between juggling my camera, eating and shaky hands due to hunger i will allow this post to be more of a eye candy rather than lengthy taste discussion.

My absolute favourite, swordfish.. Salmon and tako are just too common in buffets that they kind of lost that exclusive food touch.

There is actually different kind of way to cook the dishes here, either grilled or teppanyaki style. The grill sotong was good and tasty, with a hint of charred bbq taste.

Garlic rice was prepared on the spot and placed in a cooker. Avoid if rice has been in the cooker for sometime as it tend to dry up, try to keep note when the chef is frying it on the teppanyaki grill. Get it fresh or dont get it at all .

On the spot prepared pasta, didnt really had much as try to stay away from heavy stuff like this and rice.

Rice was kinda filling and lack the punch though, sad to say as am a califonia roll fan :(

Somehow i kinda missed a few plates, like the chicken chop and other dishes due to eating and forgetting to take pictures. (my apologies for the incomplete review)

After depleting the cold crab, they brought this killer out.. Lobster! Value is a definite here, throw in helpful and effective service stuff who clear your plates constantly. It made this meal a truly pleasant experience. 

Complete review and pictures do visit

http://yummybuddies.blogspot.com/

Thank you very much, have a great meal ahead.

Good friend recommended this Jap buffet as makan venue for our monthly get-together. What a brilliant choice!! 

There was a good spread of delicious Jap cuisine but more importantly, the taste is there. :) Let me just share my favorites. 

1) Pasta with Wafu Sauce - you basically choose what ingredients you want with your pasta (no choice - just spaghetti) and choose your sauce. They have Wafu & Carbonara but I find their Wafu more special, esp if you request they add more Jap spice powder. 

2) Pork Slice Sukiyaki - pork and Vege in yummy broth. This one I like! 

3) BBQ Pork Kebabs - the fats in the pork cubes makes the taste awesome. If you can find their garlic sauce, you won't be able to stop at one stick, I promise you. :) 

4) Chawanmushi - nice looking and good tasting too. Smooth texture. 

5) Tempura - though they only have prawn, ladies fingers and lotus root slice, I was hooked on the prawns and lotus root slices. The prawns were fresh and with the crunch of the tempura batter, very very yumz indeed. :) 

6) Tapanyaki - they got 3 meat choices and the usual bean sprouts Vege choice. I just opted for the beef slices and they were thick and tender. Very OMG actually. :) The Vege is nice, a tad salty for me tho. 

7) Desserts - they have free flow of drinks as well and clever too, so as to fill you up. The dessert selection is not bad, with waffles and Jap eggroll with peanut fillings. I went for ice cream and fruits only. The ice cream is disappointing, rather thin, much like vanilla sorbet. The melons were wonderfully sweet tho so I had much of those. 

A very satisfying experience. Though others may feel the spread is rather small, I feel no point having a large spread and low quality food. You'll end up eating only a couple of dishes anyway. I'd much rather a decent spread with almost every item a delight. I'll be back with friends and family in tow. :)

The 2nd time which I just went, was very rush and short buffet - 45mins only. At least it curb for my craving for sashimi. This coming thurs will be going again, this time time, can be relax, and eat all with a bunch of friends. The more people the merrier.

Went there for weekday dinner with reservation a night before X'mas eve last year. Excellent stewed meat and wide variety choice of dessert. Loved the Jap egg roll, chawamushi and udon soup. The curry is also nice. There are warm and cold soup to go along with soba noodles. Also a variety of hotpot as well.

Sashimi not cold enough though. The fried udon is also not warm enough. Wide variety of cold drinks. the ice cream choices are nice and special. Chocolate fondue highly recommended.

Love the variety of seating designs. Despite the shortcomings, I am planning for a weekday lunch in April this year as I've yet to try a few other food due to stomach limitation. Besides, I long to try the egg roll and soba again. Affordable pricing for the usually costly Japanese food.

Cross-posted to my LJ & IJ journals.

This was the 2nd time we visited Kiseki, after the 1st which we tried to gain access but were told the restaurant was full, even till 1 hour before the lunch service end. So, we decided to come again and the effort didn't go down the drain.

Food was good ( for the price) and the ambience was relaxing. They even have a play area for kids and our son was enjoying himself while we ate.

Die Die Must Try

1) Pasta section. I chose the prawns, clams, squid rings and mushrooms and requested for Carbonara Pasta style. It was delicious!

2) The Cold Crab (Although it was flower crab) was big and meat plentiful. Freshness of the crab was so good that u don't need any sauce to devour it.

3) Teppanyaki Section. The meats were flavourful and done perfectly.

4) The Dark Chocolate fondue where you get to dip various stuff in. I took the waffle and dunked it into the chocolate and top with chocolate ice cream. So nice!

Its a good place for families, for gatherings and a good excuse to gorge on japanese food with a low budget.

Sorry to Sakura, this is where i'll be going for my cheapo Jap craving next time!

finally stopped breastfeeding so i was eager to get a gd dose of sashimi. that would be my first in 2 yrs! one of my girl frens suggested kiseki and the 3 of us girls headed down on sat afternoon. i wasn't expecting much since i have never really been to a good jap buffet restaurant. "there would probably be a very small range. mainly cheap stuff" that was what i thot even as i entered the place. the 3 of us had never been to the place so that was plenty of room for imagination.

the restaurant was bigger than i expected, with different table settings - round, square and rectangular for bigger crowd. there is even a play area for children, with very minimal toys and ample running space. gd to keep the kids from fussing.

the range was better than i expected. sashimi slices were thick and replenished very quickly. there were many food counters, from soup, fried tempura and likes, pasta, chawamushi, jap omelette, grilled chicken, salad, seafood....geesh, we practically took turns to fill our table with food...not forgetting the desserts and ice-cream. drinks were free-flowing too and they are not just water...peach tea, ice milo, soft drinks etc. we were thrilled. i definitely had my fill of sashimi. we ate so much that we needed half an hour of 'interval time'. gd that we had lots to catch up with.

raved about the variety when i got home. now, my hubby wants to go too. he loves gd value and this is surely one of them.

There has been many $30 Japanese buffets in the market and most of them make their money from the high turnover that comes in and out. For the consumer, it offers a good variety and everyone leaves satisfied - well, unless your food takes too long to arrive.

Kiseki helps reduce that problem by having the food displayed out with a mix of live cooking stations for items that need to be prepared a-la-minute. Thus, while waiting for some of the items to be cooked, you can still enjoy a wide variety of tempura, sashimi and seafood.

Down to the food:

Must Tries:

1) Sashimi - Unlike other sashimi outlets, this place serves an unlimited salmon belly. Now that's a treat!

2) Tempura - When its done fresh, the prawn and lady's finger tempura has a nice crispy bite without the "reused" oil feel.

3) Scallops and Mussels - This is from the cold seafood platter. If you do not mind getting your hands dirty, you can try the crabs.

4) Whole octopus appetiser - Located at the seafood section, there is a mid-size juicy animal where one can easily pop into the mouth

5) Sushi - Most of the items here are seared with mayonnaise sauce, so do not expect anything traditional.

6) Grilled rib-eye - Have a nice ribeye steak that is done medium-well. Not many buffet places will offer such quality.

7) Grilled chciken and squid - The pieces of chicken offered here are fatty, which bodes well when it comes to taste.

8) Peanut roll - Located at the desserts section, this is a good way to finish the meal with a crunch.

Try if you have space:

1) Quail egg  and liver kushiyaki - I'm biased here because I like liver in general, although the version served here may be a little on the tough side.

2) Japanese Pasta - Pick your own ingredients from prawns to squid and the cooks will whip up the al dente pasta in cream or the more spicy wafu sauce.

3) Japanese curry - With a slight sour finish, this goes well with the garlic rice.

4) Cakes - At the dessert section, there are a lot of cakes to pick from. What I like about it is that they are bite sizes and hence one can have variety to choose from. Avoid the mousse or items in the shot glasses - I felt they came out a little too diluted.

Well, there you have it. Now you know what to eat when you get there.

Went there for lunch with a group of friends. Find the it's a good place for gathering.

The food spread was ok though, with the price you are paying, I think it's just fine. The soup wasn't that fantastic with little ingredients and the omelet was bland. I only ate one grilled prawn and that was enough for me not to touch it cause it's cold and hard.

But the rest of the food spreads are acceptable.

Best part is, you can stay there and talk to your friends after the buffet closes.