9 Jul
Oriental Spoon @ Sooka Sentral
“Hi guys, can do me a favor? I need a Mandarin-English translator as I’m doing an interview with a
Oriental Spoon that serves halal dim sum and ala carte Chinese cuisine is located at Sooka Sentral, a new lifestyle mall more often known as the stunning giant shark like building that take less than 5 minutes of walking distance from KL Sentral.
Captivating pieces of Chinese décor and solid wood furniture creates a sense of intimacy despite the restaurant’s location at one of the most hustle bustle place in the city. Patrons can choose to be seated in either the private booths that can seat four people comfortably, the round shaped cushioned enclave for a cozy meet or a larger private room that can accommodate bigger groups.
The making of Hedgehog Bun that requires much skills and experiences.
Chef Yu and ‘Sous Chefs’
- Steamed Siew Mai with Fresh Scallops
- Yam Dumpling
- Sesame bun
- Sharks fin dumpling in superior soup
- Deep fried lotus roots puff with minced chicken
- Steamed rice rolls with sweet corn and minced chicken
- Egg tarts
- Butter crab and fried mantao
- Spicy XO sauce Fried rice
* All food above is from ala-carte menu.
Managed under the same brilliant team of
1-5, Sooka Sentral,
Jalan Stesen Sentral 5,
50470,
(opposite the MRCB building)
If you are coming from Brickfields, take the elevated road, which is called Jalan Stesen Sentral 5. Keep to your furthest right as the road curves, and take the first right turn. Sooka Sentral is on your left
Tel: 03 – 2261 3222/ Fax: 03-2780 2055
Opening hours: 7 days a week (
Later opening hours for dinner: Just give them a ring in advance, and they’ll open till
Posted by J2Kfm on July 9, 2008 at 4:10 am
buffet’s a steal, as most dimsum outlets even in Ipoh
cost more than RM10/pax/meal.
hmmm, if I’m in KL this month, kindly be my food guide ya?
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Posted by Big Boys Oven on July 9, 2008 at 4:37 am
the dim sum buffet looks like a good offer and difficult to resist!
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Posted by jason on July 9, 2008 at 9:55 am
It was a beautiful misunderstanding indeed. ^^
Thanks for the help by the way, appreciate it.
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Posted by cumi&ciki on July 9, 2008 at 11:25 am
food that looks so fine.. u wanna take it HOME.. not eat it.. harhar
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Posted by daphne on July 10, 2008 at 2:00 am
that’s a great price from the looks of the dimsum!
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Posted by xin on July 10, 2008 at 2:41 am
wow the butter crab is so wow!!!
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Posted by kampungboycitygal on July 10, 2008 at 3:12 am
j2fkm: sure..haha ring me ya?
bbo: yeah such beautiful presentation
jason: haha thanks for the invite jason
cumi n ciki: wish i can bring the sand sculpture home..so pretty
daphne: in fact its a very good deal
xin: yeah it is! yummy
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Posted by jaded on July 10, 2008 at 4:46 am
Whoa, RM18.80++ for buffet dim sum, very worth it wor!
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Posted by Christine on July 10, 2008 at 5:32 pm
hedgehog bun so cute! beautiful presentation
I want dim sum….
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Posted by ling239 on July 11, 2008 at 6:30 am
the Hedgehog Bun is really cute ~ ^_^
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Posted by vkeong on July 11, 2008 at 6:27 pm
wow.. you documented the whole process? i’m impressed
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Posted by ai wei on July 12, 2008 at 1:47 am
it is so worth it!!! when are u going again?!
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Posted by backStreetGluttons on July 13, 2008 at 1:17 am
Your suave ultra chic ‘today one’ review has upped the citi streak in you and so we have to come out of the backstreets very soon or die beside the drain , in ignorance and despair
haha !
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Posted by velverse on July 13, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Hemmm… food I would say okay… but I definately disagree with the quality service.
Maybe they just aren’t ready to handle the weekend buffet. But they way they treat customers during the buffet is horrible. Look away when people wanted to order and worst… we make the order and after 2 hours of waiting… they tell us the food is finish. Totally disappointing service.
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Posted by ditzzy on July 13, 2008 at 11:26 pm
hey kampungboycitygal, i just stumbled upon your blog few weeks ago and has been reading since.
anyway, i went for the dimsum buffet yesterday and it was really dissappointing….well i mean for RM18.80++ i shudnt expect much rite, well that was what we got. dimsum were limited cuz they come to u n bring the dimsum, looked nothing like what u described. taste was less than mediocre, variety was very limited and all we tasted was sweet bun, sweet springrolls, funky tasting dumpling and so on…
to make end worse, they charged us RM3 for the peanuts served on the table (which we didnt eat btw…cuz we always take an extra precaution when it comes to peanuts that has been on the table for god-knows-how-long), well we didnt know that it was chargeable, next time shud just tell the waiter to take it away so they wont charge it.
we didnt try the a la carte, so nothing to say there. but for the dimsum buffet, i wont recommend it to anybody.
btw…love your blog!
keep up the good work.
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Posted by howshouse on July 14, 2008 at 7:09 am
gonna be tough to devour a cute face hedgehog. hahah
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Posted by melissa on July 14, 2008 at 8:44 am
Yea i agree with velverse, the food not nice at all.. i think is not worth for 18.80++ .n we really need to wait for so long for the food and that’s rite, they tell us the food is finish after long wait.. huh..
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Posted by wmw on July 14, 2008 at 10:19 am
Guess both service and food standards are compromise during the weekend buffet.
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Posted by KNizam on July 14, 2008 at 12:29 pm
look yummy. hehe
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Posted by xiu long bao on July 14, 2008 at 2:53 pm
looking good. Rm18.80 is really a great deal for dimsum buffet!
Btw,the hedgehog buns look like the one i had in Bonny’s kitchen @ hartamas.
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Posted by lotsofcravings on July 15, 2008 at 12:31 am
looks like im not the only whos complaining abt the buffet..
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Posted by kampungboycitygal on July 15, 2008 at 2:21 am
jaded: yeah the cheapest in town too!
christine: awww..poor thing..i’ll reimburse u when ur back
ling239: yeah so cute that i find it hard to land it on my mouth
vkeong: haha for the sake of more pictures
aiwei: anytime that u like dear
bsg: haha glad tat ive bring out the ‘cityness’ in u guys
velverse: im so sorry about the whole experience..i’ve informed the restaurant manager about this matter
ditzzy: awww..another bad experience..but the ala carte that we tried was really good..thanks for ur support dear..can i have your contact btw?
howshouse: exactly! we are having a hard time too
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Posted by kampungboycitygal on July 15, 2008 at 2:26 am
melissa: omg more negative comments coming up..i’ve reflected this to oriental spoon management that apparently they are working on something to reimburse u guys
wmw: yeah what a waste..the food n service is actually nt bad during normal time
knizam: hie welcome here
xlb: haha i wana go there too..bring me next time
joe: ooo u went for the buffet as well?
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Posted by oriental spoon on July 15, 2008 at 2:45 am
Hi all
Jade here on behalf of Oriental Spoon. Certainly noted the comments about the lack in service, and the running out of food part. We’re truly sorry for the lack lustre performance during the weekend. We received overwhelming response (kudos goes to Kampungboycitigal, and jasons ipoh mali blog and writing and also food street) – and were really taken by surprise in terms of thr surge in crowd.
We have since upped our level of commitment, by doing away with the “ala carte” buffet, in terms of going around to take orders, but instead, our waiters are somewhat like the dim sum restaurant type (think them hollering out who wants the next siew mai, har kao etc – not holler lar, just asking =)).
So, have spoken to the management, and we would like to certainly make good of our promise to deliver wholesomely oriental food to our customers by replacing this, with a better experience. Do get in contact with me here, at soyabeanmilk@gmail.com to find out more.
Thanks
Oriental Spoon
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Posted by Simon Seow on July 15, 2008 at 9:23 am
Wah, RM 18.80 but on weekends and public holiday, sure pack.
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Posted by Bangsar-bAbE on July 15, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I was planning to try their dim sum buffet with my friends this weekend. Looks like it’s a no go for me now… 0_0
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Posted by Crunchasarus Rex on July 16, 2008 at 7:30 am
Wow..!! definitely value for money..!! gotta come home..! gotta come home soon..!
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Posted by lotsofcravings on July 17, 2008 at 6:26 am
yeah went for the buffet with the “new” format, im sorry but jade, the experience both with food and service totally erases the good time i had there..
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Posted by Wesley on July 17, 2008 at 8:26 am
I’m a travel agent and would normally recommend guest and traveler good places for food. After having buffet at your place, I have decided not to do so as the food is lousy and the service terrible. Prior to that, I’m planning to bring a group of 30 to 50 guests to your place. If you do not want to lose anymore business, pls buck up. I might be stopping by again.
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Posted by durianberry on July 17, 2008 at 10:45 am
Lol.. Mangonese ;D
*squeee* Ah..the cuteness of hedgehog bun! The food sure looks pretty and creatively presented, especially butter crab
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Posted by rokh on July 17, 2008 at 12:36 pm
must must go! time to touch my heart again hehe
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Posted by oriental spoon on July 18, 2008 at 8:51 am
Lots of craving, its ok. honesty is appreciated.
have posted on ur blog di. go check.
Wesley, would be great if you could email me here: soyabeanmilk@gmail.com
Melissa, christine do get in touch with me too =)
-jade-
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Posted by chiariyees on July 18, 2008 at 2:58 pm
been a reader of your blog for quite some times, and were attracted to visit some of your recommended eateries too. =)
and this one too, i’m going to the buffet tomorrow with my gang, and to my horror i just saw some negative reviews of it~ but upon seeing jade’s reply, i’m keeping my fingers crossed, hope they improve it and let us experience a wonderful dining experience tomorrow~
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Posted by mimid3vils on July 20, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I think their food did improve, services quite prompt, foods are acceptable…. I tried the buffet yesterday ~.~
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Posted by vivmickey on July 21, 2008 at 9:59 am
hmm… so many bad reviews on the food & services…
is this dimsum buffet promotion suppose to be a mean to “attract” people to the restaurant or an avenue to stop people from coming through the bad reports & experiences…
i very much wanted to come & try out the food…
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Posted by kampungboycitygal on July 22, 2008 at 1:34 am
simon seow: yeah apparently they are full for all days this week
bangsar babe: guess theres hits n misses in the menu
rex: cant find such cheap dim sum fare over there rite
joe: aww its too bad to hear that again..seriously they need to come out with something
wesley: noted..hope the oriental spoon ppl is reading this
durianberry: where have u been girl?
rokh: yeah read ur review on china treasures..looks good!
chiariyees: do let me know how was it ya
mimid3vils: phewww glad to hear that
vivmickey: hahaha so did u ended up going?
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Posted by chiariyees on July 23, 2008 at 4:39 pm
hi.
i went there with mimid3vils & gang, like what she said, service ok, food selection ok, just the food considered not bad, but so-so for me~
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Posted by Big Boys Oven on July 27, 2008 at 3:49 am
we were there for their dim sum buffet,it looks such a good offer and good value, hmmmmmm . . . . the food was not up to what been describe and service was hmmm . . . . when start to calculate and worked it out, still prefer to Jacksonnkah’s recommendation to dim sum at Hong Kee, PJ . . . we still miss the shang chow lo mai fan!
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Posted by Mandy on July 30, 2008 at 7:08 am
The service is slow especially during peak hour (12.30pm to 3pm), we are not really enjoy the buffet dim sum and feel disappointed.
Maybe this is one of their promotion strategy to use attactive picture and price to attract people.
Why cant they like normally dim sum restaurant which can provide hot and fresh dim sum buy using a trolley to ask around? Or at least they should have a full set of dim sum for us to select when we are seated?
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Posted by Melvin on November 27, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Anyone tried the buffet recently? How is it?
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Posted by rena loo on June 11, 2009 at 8:34 pm
the food is bad and the manager .service is worst among all restaurant in KL
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Posted by MARLON TAMAYO on June 11, 2009 at 8:40 pm
the chinese manager canT understand simple english,how she can communicate with other nationality.why caNT she speak english,what a manager%^$^%&^(&(stupid bitch)
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Posted by jessi te on June 13, 2009 at 10:22 pm
not good service and food were disgusting.the resto must be closed
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Posted by joyce lim on July 17, 2009 at 11:11 am
I tried to ring up at tel no. 2261 3222 but line terminated. Called up 3 times btween 11.30am to 3 pm. Think given wrong no. above.
Is there a promotion for July? Should we make reservations by calling up first?
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
July 17th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Hi Joyce
Sorry my fault but oriental spoon was closed. n the promotion was last year. I’ll put a “closed” clause to my post.
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Posted by joyce lim on September 12, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I went to Oriental Spoon 2 months ago, but it was closed for renovation.
Is it done by now? I wish to take my friends there this weekend, 13th Sept. 2009.
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