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Haven Delights Buffet @ Times Square

The ambience is cozy and cool.

This corner (counter items) is a little bit beh khi.


Winter melon soup, pretty oily. Why not serving some lou for tong uh?

GREEN TEA is totally beh khi. Not only the colour is out, it has no green tea taste at all.

This is the ONE! This has been served as my drink instead. I had a few bowls of this.

Cold Cut (冷盤) – all the cold dishes tasted good!

Tako Sunomono (章魚醋物) [1 serving]

Eel Tofu (鳗魚豆腐) [1 serving]

Sashimi Karapachio (西日刺身) [2 servings]

Hotzz Abalone (熱熱鲍魚片) [this is for 3 servings]. We ordered 12 servings in total.

Sashimi (刺身)

Shichiten Sashimi -3 kind 7 pcs (七) 刺身 – Very fresh.  
 

[for 1 serving]

Chuan Hua Fish (川花魚) -forgot to take photo! This one tasted very good! Recommended!

Hong Xiang Spicy Lamb (紅香辣味羊) [1 serving]- This one also not bad.

Japanese Yaki Udon ( 日式烏冬麵) [1 serving] – This one VERY beh khi! From this dish alone, I know it’s not that en tao chef who cooked one! Hmm! No Jap feel and very salty.

Daily Steamed Fish ( 每日蒸魚) [for 1 serving] – So So only.

Due to the waiting time is too long for this dish, we ended up had multiple orders.

Salmon Teriyaki (照燒鮭魚) [1 serving] – Pretty good.

Salmon No.1 (鮭魚第一號) [1 serving] – Pretty good too. Fresh salmon.

Motoyaki Scallop ( 辣味扇貝) - How can we skip ordering this?! Juicy medium size.

[2 servings]

[2 servings]

Mix Tempura ( 盛合天婦羅) [1 serving] – Not bad at all.

Red Dragon Golden Squid & Prawn (火龍雙鮮) [1 serving] - so so only. Too sweet.

Agedashi Tofu (日式炸豆腐) [1 serving] – Pretty good!

Sawa Kani Tempura (炸小蟹) [1 serving] – No good. The flour is too thick OH NO!

In overall it’s an enjoyable meal! Since there are only four of us AND none of us are buffet-stomached, we couldn’t afford to eat a lot actually.

The buffet concept is same like TAO Japanese Restaurant. We had the same THIRSTY experience here, just like what we had after eating at TAO. Perhaps we ate too much of Hotzz Abalone (熱熱鲍魚片) and Motoyaki Scallop ( 辣味扇貝)?!

HAVEN DELIGHTS @ Penang Times Square

77-L1-34, Jalan Dato Kramat, 10150 Penang, Malaysia.

Tel: 604-210 8855, 604-210 8856

Business Hours: 10.30am-11.00pm

Each head (Adult) is RM49.90 + 5% service charge.

Children is 50% discount for above 3 yrs old ( 3 yrs and below is free).

Order duration is 2 hours.

 

We chose Haven Delight to celebrate belated birthday for Miss Wdy.
Pls hop to the next post for dish photos. Those in pink are the dishes that we ordered.

Each head (Adult) is RM49.90 + 5% service charge.
Children is 50% discount for above 3 yrs old ( 3 yrs and below is free).
Order duration is 2 hours.

Salada (沙拉)
Spicy Crabmeat Salad (辣味蟹肉沙拉)
Spicy Salmon Salada ((辣味鲑魚沙拉)
Tuna Mayo Salada (鮪魚沙拉)
Wafu Salada (和風沙拉)
Thousand Island Salada (千島沙拉)
Golden Breaded Salada (麵包日味沙拉)

Cold Cut (冷盤) – all the cold dishes tasted good!
Tako Sunomono (章魚醋物)
Eel Tofu (鳗魚豆腐)
Sashimi Karapachio (西日刺身)
Mussels No.1 (海鳥第一號)
Higawari Chukamono (每日醋物)
Hotzz Abalone (熱熱鲍魚片)
Hijiki (日式海帶絲)
Pari Lengkong Sansai (酥蓮山菜)
Tsukimi Tako (章魚蛋黃醋)
Edamame (毛豆)

Sashimi (刺身)
Santen Sashimi -3 kind pcs (三) 刺身
Goten Sashimi -3 kind 5 pcs (五) 刺身
Shichiten Sashimi -3 kind 7 pcs (七) 刺身

Sushi (壽司)
Salmon-2pcs (鲑魚)
Unagi-2pcs (鳗魚)
Ebi-2pcs (蝦)
Kani-2pcs (蟹肉)
Tunamayo-2pcs (鮪魚美乃滋)
Kanimayo-2pcs (蟹肉美乃滋)
Ebiko-2pcs (蝦卵)
Ebiko Lemon-2pcs (蝦卵檸檬味)
Ebiko Mango-2pcs (蝦卵芒果味)

Makimono (壽司捲)
California Maki-8pcs (加州捲)
Spider Roll-4pcs (蜘蛛捲)
Haven Special Maki-8pcs (新天地特製捲)
Pari-pari Roll-8pcs (脆脆捲)
Fire Cracker Roll-4pcs (火爆捲)
Tempura Cheese No.1-8pcs (天婦羅起司捲)
Tempura Spicy Roll-8pcs(天婦羅辣味捲)
Dare To Taste Roll-8pcs (試試捲)
Smoked Eel Roll-8pcs (鳗魚捲)

Handroll (手捲)
California (加州)
Tuna Mayo (鮪魚美乃滋)
Spicy Salmon (辣味鲑魚)
Spicy Crabmeat (辣味蟹肉)
Soft Shell Crab (軟殼蟹)
Ebiten Mayo (天婦羅蝦)

MAIN DISH (炒物)
Chicken (雞)
Red Dragon Chicken (火龍雞)
Korean Spicy Wings (韓式辣味雞翅)
General Chicken (左宗堂雞)
Spicy Orange Chicken (辣味橙汁雞)
3 Cup Chicken (三杯雞)
Honey Chicken (蜜香雞)

Fish (魚)
Kao Bao Salmon (高寶鮭魚)
Jiu Xiang Fish Fillet (酒香魚片)
Orange Fish Fillet (橙汁魚柳)
Sze Chuan Fish (四川魚片)
Sweet & Sour Fish (甜酸魚片)
Basil Spicy Fish (塔香辣味魚)
Chuan Hua Fish (川花魚) -forgot to take photo! This one tasted very good!

Pork (豬)
Sweet & Sour Pork (甜酸豬肉)
Pork Chop in Chinese King Sauce (豬排大王)
Red Dragon Pork Chop (火龍豬排)
Orange Pork Chop (橙汁豬排) – So So ONLY!
3 Cup Pork (三杯豬)
Korean Pork Kimchi (韓式泡菜豬)
Honey Pork Chop (蜜香豬排)
Basil Spicy Pork (九塔豬片)

Beef (牛)
Korean Beef Kimchi (韓式泡菜牛)
Yaki Niku (風爆牛)
Sze Chuan Beef (四川牛肉)
Dry Chilli Beef (乾椒牛)
Black Pepper Beef (黑椒牛)
Basil Spicy Beef (塔香辣味牛)

Lamb (羊)
Hong Xiang Spicy Lamb (紅香辣味羊) – This one also good!
Black Pepper Lamb (黑椒羊)
Sze Chuan Lamb (四川羊)
Yaki Lamb (風爆羊)
Basil Spicy Lamb (塔香辣味羊)
Spicy King Lamb (辣香王味羊)

Seafood (海鮮)
Salted Pepper Mantis Prawn (椒鹽蝦姑)
Haven Spicy Squid (天地辣味小捲)
3 Cup Squid (三杯魷魚)
Red Dragon Mantis Prawn (火龍蝦姑)
Basil Spicy Mantis Prawn (塔香辣味蝦姑)
Orange Spicy Mantis Prawn (臘味橙汁蝦姑)
Spicy King Cuttle Fish (辣味王味小墨魚)
Yaki Ika (風爆小墨魚)
Chuan Hua Cuttle Fish (川花小墨魚)

Noodle ( 麵類)
Japanese Yaki Udon ( 日式烏冬麵) – This one VERY beh khi!
Sze Chuan Zha Zhiang Noodle ( 四川炸醬麵)
Oriental Kimchi Udon Soup ( 中華辣味喬麥麵)
Korean Kimchi Udon Soup (韓式泡菜烏冬麵湯)
Japanese Shoyu Udon Soup ( 日式醬味烏冬麵湯)

Steamed Dish ( 蒸物)
Chawan Mushi ( 茶碗蒸) – SO SO only.
Daily Steamed Fish ( 每日蒸魚) - So So only.
Spare Ribs in Bean Sauce ( 豆汁排骨)
Unagi Mushi ( 酒香鰻魚蒸) -This one really good!
Steamed Ginger Chicken ( 姜蓉蒸雞)
Wasabi Mini Bun (芥味小饅)

Grilled Dish (烤物)
Lamb Teriyaki (日式燒羊排)
Lidako Teriyaki (照燒小章魚)
Salmon Teriyaki (照燒鮭魚) – Pretty good.
Salmon No.1 (鮭魚第一號) – Pretty good too.
Shishamo Yaki (多春魚燒)
Black Pepper Beef Steak (黑椒牛排)
Ika Maruyaki (烤魷魚)
Motoyaki Scallop ( 辣味扇貝) – how can we skip ordering this?! Hentam a lot of this.
Miso Yaki ( 味增奶油魚)
Unagi Don ( 燒鰻魚飯)

Fried Dish ( 揚物)
Mix Tempura ( 盛合天婦羅) – not bad.
Red Dragon Golden Squid & Prawn (火龍雙鮮) – so so only.
Ban Ban Chicken (棒棒雞)
Korokke (可樂餅)
Chicken Katsu (酥炸雞排)
Agedashi Tofu (日式炸豆腐) – Pretty good!
Sawa Kani Tempura (炸小蟹) – no good. too thick the flour.
Tori Karange ( 日式炸雞)

Counter Items

Drink
Fruit Juice (果汁)
Green Tea (绿茶)

Dessert
Daily Soup Dessert of the Day
Daily Porridge of the Day
Authentic Soup of the Day
Assorted of Fruit Platter
Agar-Agar/Jelly
Ice Cream

Appetizer
Assorted Deep Fried Snack – Where got?????

HAVEN DELIGHTS @ Penang Times Square
77-L1-34, Jalan Dato Kramat, 10150 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel: 604-210 8855, 604-210 8856
Business Hours: 10.30am-11.00pm

I have been kinda long didn’t dine at this Shanghai Ding. I believe with current pocket-tight and pay-cut season, their set lunch choices is OK for da gong zai with budget below RM10 (including drinks) with the so called “not-too-bad” food quality.

Perhaps now I can ajak my gang to have lunch here one day!

The ‘Yuan Nan’ Rice Noodle with Fish Slice Soup. (RM16.80) for 2 persons.

The rice series priced at RM6.30+. Is it good? Don’t know lah as never try before.

Mango Cheese (RM4.80+)

Salted & Century Egg with Meat Porridge 皮蛋/鹹蛋瘦肉粥 (RM3.00+) – this is rather watery.

They also have Fish Porridge 石斑魚片粥 @ RM7.80+ .

Xiao Long Bao / Shanghai Meat Dumpling (RM6.80+)

The ramen series priced gnerally from ~RM4 -RM8 .

Shui Jiao La Mian (RM7.20+) – this is chinese ramen with 3x dumplings, seaweed and siew pak choy. The soup base is mainly seaweed salty taste, therefore I couldn’t consume much.
 

Dumpling wise, it’s normal as its main ingredient is minced pork.

Dessert wise, I found that the price is ‘still’ within acceptable range.

Ginger Tea with Sesame Ball (RM3.30+)
Glutinous Rice Ball with Peanut (RM3.30+)
Mango Sago with Milk (RM5.30+)
Mango Pomelo with Milk (RM5.30+)
Yam Sago with Milk (RM5.30+)

Shanghai Ding House of Dumpling (Next to OXO Cafe)
Tel : 04-6441644

continue from Part I on Haven Delights @ Penang Times Square (Invited Review)


Korean Beef Kimchi 韓式泡菜牛片 (RM16) – Fried homemade kimchi with beef slices. [ My rating : 9/10]

I personally think that this one was great. The beef was cooked till tender (very important factor for me) and the kimchi was not just plain sour+spicy taste. The kimchi was mainly in soft leafy version with beef flavour(!) as well. I have had much more slices than I supposed to have (Allergic phobia mah, remember?!).

Homemade Spicy Chicken 家香辣味雞 (RM15) – Fried chicken with homemade spicy sauce. [ My rating : 5/10]

This deboned chicken was fragance-rich but rather spicy. The most spicy dish of the night was still ‘acceptable’ for me, hehe! How lucky I was heh?!

Shanghai Honey Spare Ribs 蜜香排骨 (RM18) – Fried spare ribs with honey sauce. [ My rating : 5/10]

It turned out to be the saltiest dish of the night. The spare ribs’ texture was pretty well done but one doubt I had in mind – why didn’t I taste the honey and why was it so salty?

Tempura Cheese Maki – This is CHEF’S SPECIAL SURPRISE for us! [My rating : 9.5/10]

This one was a GREAT one! I truly enjoyed this maki! It’s rolled with prawn, fried unagi and topped with cheese mayo.

Look at this! Could you believe that it’s not YUMMY?!

Chicken Bomb – This is not a successful attempt by the chef in order to bring us surprise. I do hope that they can either remove this dish or improve this dish.

This was actually a chicken layer stuffed with black pepper salmon flakes (I couldn’t taste that it’s actually salmon until I was told the actual ingredient!). Both of these ingredients were too ‘meaty’, didn’t jive into each other. It tasted rather weird.

HK Style Wan Than Mee (RM22) – [My rating 5/10]

I am a person who is very into wanton mee. I order wanton mee spontaneously wherever places I go.

The noodles were great, still remained its springiness even after soaking in the xiong tong (上湯) for kinda long. The vege was great. The soup base was great too.

The problem lies on the wanton. It’s stuffed with minced prawns in sotong paste. Therefore when you first bite on it, the first thing that flushed into your mind was “How come like this one? Is it ‘not-fresh’? Why the texture so lembik?! (in actual the ingredients used were very fresh but due to usage of sotong paste therefore it’ turned out not ‘crunchy’ at all (unlike those with water chestnut).

Japanese Yaki Udon 炒烏冬面 (RM12) -Fried Japanese rice noodles with bonito flakes. [My rating : 6/10]

The udon was OK per the second serving. It’s drier and more towards the actual fried udon version but still I dislike the “loong mei” (burnt taste).

Macha Ice Cream 抹茶冰淇淋 (RM8) – Green tea ice cream with red bean paste. [My rating : 9.5/10]
I like its green tea ice cream which tasted STRONG in green tea flavour therefore it gave a bit ‘bitterness’ in actual, not plain sugary. With red bean paste in combination, it’s definitely a perfect match! The plain mua chee placed at the side was good for people who enjoy to have something to chew. You could see the ‘sum see’ (心思) put in this dessert.

Kuru Goma Ice Cream 黑芝麻冰淇淋(RM8) – Black sesame seed ice cream with crushed peanuts. [My rating 9/10]

Rich in black sesame seed taste. Combined with crushed peanuts tasted even more awesome! Wow..their ice creams all were very good indeed!

It’s a wonderful night to dine in Haven Delights. Given the opportunity to taste so many dishes, I believe it now has given me ‘confidence’ enough to step into Times Square for trying out Haven Delights’ buffet menu or more dishes on their Ala-Japanese and Shanghai/HongKong cuisines.

HAVEN DELIGHTS @ Penang Times Square
77-L1-34, Jalan Dato Kramat, 10150 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel: 604-210 8855, 604-210 8856
Business Hours: 10.30am-11.00pm

Haven Delights @ Penang Times Square (Invited Review)

This invited review was arranged by Criz Lai . Thanks to Mr. BT Ng , the chairman & MD from Haven Delights for giving us this chance to savour its dishes. There were a total 19 of us attending this food review, from 15 blogs.

Not in particular order:
Criz Lai
PenangTuaPui (Huat Koay)
CK Lam
Steven Goh
Nicholas Chan
Jason & Gill
Lingzie
Mary
Allie Sun
Bee
Allen Ooi
Ken Chan
Rebecca Saw
Bigs Boy Oven & gang
Cariso
Albert Yap

The cozy ambience resembles ‘Tao’ very much. No?!

The restaurant serves buffet lunch and dinner at RM49.90+ per person. Children 50% off. One can order any items in their over 90 dishes buffet menu list within a duration of two hours from as early as 10.30am until 11.00pm daily.

Here are two Cold Cuts from Buffet Menu :

Hotzzz Abalone & Unagi Tofu with impressive presentation.

Unagi Tofu – Grilled eel with silky tofu in sweet sauce and garnishes. [My rating : 8/10]

The strong-flavoured grilled eel aroma easily outshined the tofu. I could smell the aroma of the grilled eel before placing it into my mouth. The combination was great.

Hotzz Abalone - Abalone slices with homemade spicy paste & eel sauce. [ My rating : 8/10]

Abalone + spicy paste = a surprise for me. This homemade spicy paste is acceptable for me as it’s not ‘really’ spicy. I started to enjoy dipping with more sauce after my first slice as abalone itself doesn’t have any significant taste in actual. [ My rating : 8/10]

From here onwards are dishes from their Ala Carte Menu . Fyi this menu will be reviewed with new items 2 to 3 times a year.

Chicken Ban Ban 棒棒雞 (RM10) – Fusion Japanese fried chicken with egg in chef’s special mayo sauce. [My rating : 7/10]

This Chicken Ban Ban was topped with seaweed and mayo sauce, surprisingly not too oily, unlike those which I’ve tasted before at Japanese restaurants. The fried eggs to my suprise, were not that oily either but came with fragance instead.

I tasted wasabi on my chicken ! “Hmm…how come????” I quickly traced the wasabi……..Ha! There were actually the wasabi + mayonnaise traces at the side of the dish.

Red Dragon Prawn with Jammy Sauce 火龍果汁蝦 (RM20) – Fried prawns and white dragon fruit in jammy sauce. [ My rating : 7/10]

A very colourful presentation. You could find abundance in dragon fruits’ cuts but prawns were rather little (?!) in proportion. It’s topped with chillies, capsiciums, pineapples, onions and salad.

I did not enjoy eating the dragon fruits with this fruity sauce but I found that dipping it with the prawns was great.

Motoyaki Scallop 辣味扇貝 (RM14) – Grilled scallop with homemade spicy mayo sauce. [My rating : 8/10]

I was satisfied but if given more options, I would prefer to have other types of milder sauces instead of this spicy mayo sauce as I found that it covered up the original sea taste of scallops too much.

Lamb Teriyaki 日式羊扒(RM18) – Grilled lamb with herbs in homemade sweet sauce. [ My rating : 6/10]

The grilled lamb is acceptable for me although there were some chewy (kar beh tui) parts which were non-OK for me. The herbs didn’t really suit my taste bud too.

To Be Continued …….