Living up to its name, it was really SALMON everywhere - appetizers, grill, main course, sushi and sashimi station, during Meshi's Salmon Festival that started last Wednesday at The Promenade at Days Hotel Iloilo. The long-standing Japanese dinner buffet of the hotel offered its guests and patrons a lot of salmon- inspired and salmon based dishes like the Sweet and Sour Fish with Salmon Head as one of the main courses.
But to the appetizers we go as we gorged on Salmon-Tamago Maki - salmon rolled in egg, a salmon omelet .Then there's the Salmon Wafu Salad which had Salmon with Shredded vegetables. Wafu is "Japanese-style dressing" is a vinaigrette-type salad dressing based on soy sauce, popular in Japan. The standard wafu dressing consists of a mixture of Japanese soy sauce, rice vinegar and vegetable oil.(From Wikipedia)
The Salmon Kamameshi (steamed rice with Salmon and vegetables) already had all the flavours and the ingredients of a complete meal.
But then again, there was Salmon Ramen, a mix of stir fried noodles and vegetables with a lot of salmon.And what's a Japanese buffet without the sashimi and sushi stations. Eye-catching and mouth-watering both these stations are often the most sought after at Meshi - after all its a Japanese buffet.
With soy sauce, calamansi and wasabi on the side, there more than 10 variants to choose from that night. Constantly filled as if to say, there's more where tehse come from, guests never saw these station empty. After all, what's a Japanese dinner without these two.
Finally the grill station had salmon and other fishes to be grilled on the spot and to be enjoyed "hot off the grill".
These are just a few of what Meshi has to offer every Wednesdays and Fridays from 6-10pm at The Promenande. For PhP510++, it lets you enjoy the specialties of the Land of the Rising Sun right here in Iloilo, twice a week.