Buffet at Jogoya, Star Hill Gallery.

The evening before, I logged into MSN. As usual I will wait for people to message. True enough a message came by. It was from my cousin, Aaron. It wasn't any ordinary call but it was an invitation to try out an appetizing place. My cousin suggested to go to Jogoya for Japanese food. I was over-whelmed. I was longing all these while to eat Japanese and there came an invitation. We discussed the time and I agreed.

I woke up at 9 am today. I washed up and went for breakfast at the near by Indian restaurant with my sister. She normally eat at that particular restaurant before she goes to work. I had meehoon goreng and a cup of teh C kosong. I had stomachache after that and I have to rushed home to past motion. It was a relieved as I was controlling my motion while walking home. I managed to find the toilet in time to release that stress.

I received a confirmation message from my cousin, Aaron that the place to meet was Jogoya as we couldn't make up our mind the night before. We were deciding on two places which was Tenji or Jogoya. The message came through at 10 am indicating Jogoya was the confirmed place to meet.

I left my house at 11 am and took a taxi to K.L Central. The journey was a 5 minutes ride. The taxi fare was RM 10. It was indeed quite expensive as I was expecting less than that. I walked to the Monorail Station just opposite of K.L Central. Paid RM 2.10 and proceed to take the train. It was very fast and I waited only about 4 minutes and the train arrived.

I took sometime to find the place. I didn't know where Star Hill Gallery was. I first started up at Sungai Way shopping mall and I was sure it wasn't the place. I called Aaron who had reached the place and he told me it was in Star Hill Gallery. I walked around and search for the place. Finally I found the place after hunting around and asking for directions. The place is just opposite of Pavillion mall. The place looks grand and it reminds me of a hotel in Singapore.

I booked a place and the receptionist allocated me a sit in the restaurant. I was given the sit number 172. It was actually near where Aaron was sitting. It was such a coincidence. I was thinking it was great. Met Aaron and his girl-friend, Wei Jia.

The concept for Jogoya is buffet style. The food is all self-service. There are all sorts of sushi, there are fried food, steamboat items, fried tepanyaki, unagi, Chinese food, and also the drinks section. They even have a place to make our own ice-kacang and they have also fresh coconut where you have to hammer a hole at the head of the coconut to drink its contents. The place is great overall because you get to move around and choose the type of food you like. I was expecting less but it turned out to be great and over my expectation. It is worth every penny paid per head which is RM 90.45 which includes tax. Now with the buy one free one promotion it is even more worth it.

The following dish is specially done by the chef. An order need to be placed and the waiter will bring the dish over to the sitting place. The following dish is called tepanyaki chicken served with brinjal and red pepper.


The dish below is also very specially served. You need to place an order and it will be brought to the table by the waiter. It is called tepanyaki prawns. The prawns were fresh and juicy. It is not bad at all.


Thinking of quenching your thirst. Here is one way to do so. It is the fresh coconut shell. It is self-service where you collect the coconuts from a fridge and later you have to punch a hole at the top side of the coconut. The taste is authentic and really nice.


If you are fed up with all steamed food. Try out Jogoya's fried food. They are delicious and tasty and it is worth a bite.



Japanese food is not complete without their sushi. I went hunting around and it is located at the counter near the place where I was sat. I love it with a little bit of maionese.



A meal is never complete with a cup of coffee. There is a counter specially for drinks. Got myself a cup of hot cappuccino and it was steaming hot. There was lots of toast while brewing the coffee from the brewing machine. I also had two cups of hot chocolate which was great.

There was also steamboat. The steamboat was also self-service. I took a pot and put some prawns, fish and some vegetables and took to the table to get it heated up. Aaron, Wei Jia and me waited for the boat to steam. It was an interesting process.

We left the place at around 3 pm. We were really satisfied and felt happy. We went to Pavillion for a walk and to see the imported goods and branded goods. There are so many branded shops in Pavillion.

We went to the Monorail Station at 3.30 pm. It was raining cats and dogs at that time. Luckily the Monorail Station was covered. Aaron and Wei Jia took a different route and I went back to K.L Central. It was still raining when I reached K.L Central station.

I had to wait for a while at the station before I make my move to a near by shops. The rains was still heavy at that time. I waited at the entrance of the shops. The rain was very heavy. I waited for 15 minutes until the rain subsided a bit and I walked towards a bus stop. I was all wet at the time I reached the bus stop. I waited for 15 minutes for the bus to arrive. I paid RM 1 and was on my way home. Luckily the rain stopped when I reached home. I took a hot shower after being caught in the wet rain.

It was a tiring day but I managed to have a great time with great food and companionship plus I get to see the development of Kuala Lumpur and Brickfields. It ends all well.

Rating: 7.5/10