US$10 All You Can Eat Japanese Sukiyaki And Sushi Buffet Sukishi Restaurant

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In Malaysia, the Chinese make up more than 30% of the population. Therefore it is not surprising that various Chinese foods that their ancestors enjoyed in mainland China were brought to the Malay Peninsula and contributed to the diversity of food culture for three generations.

Always talking about the evolution of the cuisine here, I often hear that some Chinese and local Malaysian food met and blended together and developed into new flavors , resulting in Nona and Peranakan cuisine. For example, coconut flesh and coconut cream, the main ingredients here, were introduced into Chinese cuisine and blended well to create a unique Chinese cuisine with a fragrant, creamy, and deep aromatic flavor.

In addition to that, Chinese food has embraced and mixed various Indian spices and herbs to make it more colorful and rich in taste, and it’s no longer difficult to find new Chinese Nona-style dishes that are rare in mainland China.

Especially in my case, the sambal sauce, which I have been familiar with, having lived here for a long time, is as delicious as the Korean gochujang sauce, so it is a must to include in my diet. Now I can tell the taste of sambal sauce varies slightly from restaurant to restaurant, but they have a common spicy, sweet, and salty taste, which adds to the flavor of any local food you eat.

If you look at the official brochure promoting Malaysia tourism, it is understandable that Malaysia is always called the “Melting Pot” because it has a colorful and deliciously diverse food culture with a mix of local Malay food, Chinese food, Indian food, etc.

I almost forgot that I was blogging about the popular and famous Chinese cuisine in Malaysia today. So, I decided to escape from the story of the “Melting Pot” that is getting longer than expected. haha! ????

So let’s go back to the story of Malaysia’s famous Chinese food. ????

Among the many Chinese dishes available here, the famous hotpot is one of the must-try dishes in the Chinese food scene.

It is commonly referred to as Steamboat.

It is a piping hot, spicy, steamy pot into which you dunk your carefully chosen fresh meat, seafood and vegetables to cook them at the table right in front of you. It is the same concept as shabu-shabu in Japan, and it is similar to Korean Jjigae(??). After all, Japanese shabu-shabu may have its origins in Chinese hotpots.

Among the many hot pot restaurants, there is a buffet restaurant called “Japanese Sukiyaki & Sushi Buffet” Sukishi Restaurant that I went to most with local Chinese friends. And I would like to tell you about it today


In fact, I heard from the manager of one of the branch restaurants that the owner of this restaurant chain is a local Chinese. It seems the name of the restaurant makes strategic use of the Japanese word “sukiyaki and sushi” for buffet in the name of the restaurant to give it more of a shabu-shabu feel.

Well it is certainly true that while you are waiting for your hotpot, you really can enjoy unlimited sushi and maki rolls at the sushi buffet bar at this restaurant.

About 10 types of sushi are made freshly continuously. But it is not sushi with raw salmon, raw tuna or fresh shrimps or eels, etc. that most sushi lovers like. Instead, there are sushi or maki topped with canned tuna mixed with mayonnaise or coleslaw veggies, syrupy and thick red sweet sauce coated cuttlefish, bright red fish roe, and tamago(egg) etc, as if to create more of a Japanese ambience as opposed to a traditional Chinese style.

However, from my experience of going to this restaurant to eat quite a bit, anyway, my impression is that the types of sushi rolls here are limited, and that the items of shabu-shabu are quite typical.


This restaurant feels like a Chinese steamboat restaurant that adds some Japanese sushi items with a modern and neat atmosphere, to the buffet spread. ????

If you look at the buffet price, lunch and dinner prices are different, but weekday and weekend prices are also slightly different. So, of course, the most expensive time is dinner time on the weekend. So, the adult price including tax is about RM45 ~ RM50, which is about $10 USD.

This price is on the cheap side because it is similar to or lower than other hotpot-style buffet restaurants of similar quality. In addition, at this price, you can eat unlimitedly for 2 hours, and drinks such as Chinese tea and ice cream are included.

Each table also receives one serving of seasoned fried chicken wings. However we politely declined the offer as we felt that we’d rather save some room for the fresh shabu shabu meat.

There are a couple of things I noticed when I first visited this restaurant, I remember bite size mochi used to be served for dessert, but now it seems these have been discontinued. And there used to be freshly sliced watermelons in the self-service bar along with other veggies and noodle items, but now it seems like no more.


Another important point is that these days, there are some rules in most buffet restaurants, and even here, if you leave food uneaten, there is a penalty for every 100 grams. So, you should bring only as much as you can eat from the self-service buffet bar. And only after finishing eating it, if it’s not enough, you can bring more.

To be honest, every time I go to this buffet restaurant, I am impressed with the freshest hot pot dishes. In particular, unlike vegetables, noodles, and typical processed fish balls that you can choose directly from the buffet, you need to order thinly sliced meat separately from the waiter, and the quality is quite decent.

So, in my experience, the quality of the meat is constant, so it makes sense to visit this restaurant mainly to satisfy my craving for a hot pot buffet.????

Also, in general, the soup broth served here has a deep flavor and is not particularly salty. There are five soup flavors to choose from, and each soup flavor has its own distinct taste and aroma as clearly described.

Of the five soups, my favorite flavors are the Sichuan Mara flavor and the mild chicken bone broth. Other flavors include Thai Tom Yum, Japanese Miso, and Korean Kimchi.

As mentioned earlier, this Sukishi hot pot buffet restaurant has six locations across Kuala Lumpur, most of which are located in large shopping malls, so it’s not difficult to find them. My guess is that not only me but anyone living in Kuala Lumpur has heard of or been to this Sukishi buffet restaurant.


One thing I would add here is that there are two hotpot buffet restaurants under the same Chinese owner. The shabu-shabu buffet restaurant “Sukishi” introduced today and the other one are named “SUKI-YA”.

The prices of the two restaurants with different names are similar, and the vegetables, noodles, typical processed fish balls and sliced raw meats eaten for shabu-shabu are almost the same.

In addition, there isn’t too much difference in the way the buffet items are presented, either. For instance, the dipping sauces arranged in small trays, the rows of cold drinks and the ice cream corner are almost identical at both restaurants, as is the interior design (lighting, tables and chairs, etc).


But the most important difference is that “SUKI-YA” is a halal restaurant where Muslims can go to eat, and “Sukishi” is a non-halal restaurant where you can also order pork and eat it with other meats in a shabu-shabu pot. Therefore, the concept of shabu-shabu with two different restaurant names under the same owner is the same and only differs depending on whether it is halal or non-halal.

In other words, customers at both restaurants can enjoy eating sliced beef meat, chicken meat, or lamb meat. And at Sukishi, you can also eat sliced pork meats. However, it is worth pointing out, however that seafood is excluded from the hot pot selection at both restaurants. If you want seafood, you are limited to one or two shellfish at the self-service bar.

So the majority of Koreans, Chinese, Japanese and most Westerners, regardless of whether the food is halal or not, do not care which one they choose.

So, like the “Sukishi” restaurant I introduced today, when I went during a busy lunch hour, apart from our table, and all most all customers looked like local Chinese at my first glance.
Of course, Halal “SUKI-YA” is good for me as I can go with my Muslim friends.

Basically, if you combine both halal and non-halal restaurants under these two names, the chances of encountering these hot pot(steamboat) buffet restaurants found in large local shopping malls are much higher.

I’ve already made some youtube videos about these two restaurants – go and check them out! SUKI-YA and Sukishi ????

So, through my YouTube video, enjoy detailed buffet items, fresh sliced various meat, self buffet bar and sushi bar displays, restaurant atmosphere, staff, etc.

And if you live in Malaysia or travel here, enjoy a hot pot buffet like the locals where you can eat unlimited quality shabu-style meats at really affordable prices.

The meat is fresh, flavorful, and at this price, a steal. ????

Happy eating!????

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