When in the mood for an Indonesian feast, book in for the weekend lunch buffet ($38) at this Bay Hotel restaurant. The current buffet promo ($55 for two pax) makes it a fair deal to enjoy a smorgasbord of Indonesian flavours. For us, their Indonesian dishes were the standouts — be sure to ladle on the ayam kalio, reminiscent of rendang albeit with more turmeric and blue ginger, the DIY Indonesian rojak (check out the shrimp paste gula Melaka sauce!) and the udang petai belado (prawns with petai beans) stir-fried in a sambal gravy. The chilled seafood and French pastries aren't worth the calories, so zero in on the Nonya kueh kueh instead. Pro tip: There's no guarantee when the promo buffet prices will last, so visit quick!
Avg Price: $40 per person
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In addition to the usual salad options (greens, tomatoes and cucumber), this section also includes rojak essentials like green mango, pineapple cubes, chopped peanuts, and most importantly shrimp paste gula Melaka sauce! Forget croutons and add a few fried ikan kering pedas for that crunchy element.
They also have a small spread of Indonesian staples like winged beans, poached lady's fingers, fried eggplants and petai seeds, as well as salted and century eggs that you can mix and match with the various sambals and sauces (sambal tomat, sambal terasi, kicap sambal and sambal bajak).
While the poached prawns were the most decent out of the chilled seafood options (the mussels and mini crabs were tasteless), I enjoyed this stir-fried version in a sambal chilli gravy with petai beans more.
