The premiere hotel buffet in Iloilo City just got better as Days Hotel Iloilo introduced “The Flavors of Asia”. I was invited to savour the offerings of the newest buffet selection at The Promenade last Friday during its launch and true to form, it was a collection of the best of Asian cuisine. Dishes of Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Mongolian, Korean and Filipino origins - it was a spread that spanned not only geographic borders and culture but as well as gastronomy.
For starters, there are two soups stations - go Thai with tom yum soup or create your own Chinese noodle soup. Appetizers include a mix of Chinese dim sum and Thai and Korean specialties - shredded beef on crisp shells, pork sio mai, spare ribs, and chicken cabbage rolls.
Aside from the salad station where one can concoct his own salad there were already two salads - spicy shrimp salad and pineapple noodle. A cross between appetizer and main dish include steamed squid and chicken satay.
The Japanese station has the usual array of it’s specialties – different types of sushi and maki that both were visually appealing and gastronomically satisfying.Aside from the salad station where one can concoct his own salad there were already two salads - spicy shrimp salad and pineapple noodle. A cross between appetizer and main dish include steamed squid and chicken satay.
A Mongolian station makes one create his own mix from the variety of noodles and vegetables with a host of different sauces.
The main buffet had bokkun bap, pla lad prag gatiem (fried whole fish in garlic sauce), chicken teriyaki, beef caldereta, steamed bok choy with mushrooms and lechon kawali.
To end up the buffet on a high and sugary note, the dessert station is always a pleaser- both visual and gastronomic. For this buffet it had cakes, pies, panacottas, puddings, soufflé, custards, gelatins, galletes, mousse, crème brulee, crepes and fresh fruits.
What more can you ask for? Maybe time or space in your tummy! A buffet with this spread – the variety, the quantity, the quality; there couldn’t be too much a good (tasting) thing. Enjoy “The Flavors of Asia” at the premiere buffet in Iloilo City - only at Days Hotel Iloilo.
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Thank you to our ever gracious hosts, Johnny Que - Owner of Greats Foods Inc and Days Hotel Iloilo, J. Scott Sarria - General Manager of Days Hotel Iloilo, Arvi Sumayo - Marketing Specialist of Great Foods Inc and Cristina Tuya.