La Gomera Spanish Buffet @ Neo Damansara, Damansara Perdana

Rating:

• Food (1-10): 7
• Price (1-10): 7
• Environment (1-10): 7

1 November 2010: La Gomera Restaurant is the 1st Spanish Restaurant serving buffet dinner. It is located in Neo Damansara. In order to avoid disappointment, it is advised to make prior reservation. The normal price of the buffet dinner is RM49.90 per adult. However, I bought the meal vouchers at promotion price (40% discount) from mydeal.com.my. Hence, it eventually costs RM29.95 per person. Please take note that any food wastage will be charged RM20 for every 100g.

You can choose to dine indoor or outdoor. For indoor, you will be nearer to the food but I personally do not like the noise made when pulling the wooden chair away before heading for food. However, for the moment, it is not advisable to sit outdoor because there are constructions going on around Neo Damansara.

A wide variety of appetizers and tapas are served. Although I’m not appetizers lover, I tried some of them and they are overall quite tasty. I saw people queuing up for the lobster salad when the crowd started swarming in after 7pm. I’m glad that I went at 6pm sharp

Besides, there are also a variety of main dishes served, such as meat, seafood, pizza, pasta, etc…

• Meat -> There are chicken, beef and lamb. Since it’s a halal restaurant, no pork is served. I’ve stopped eating beef so I only tried the chicken and lamb dishes. Most of them taste quite nice especially chicken al ajillo and black pepper chicken wing.
• Seafood -> There are fish, prawns, clams, squid, oyster, scallops, etc… My favourite dish of the night is clams with parsley sauce, very tasty and appetizing. Normally I don’t eat parsley but I love this dish. The rest taste alright but I would like to emphasize on the fish slices which contains a lot of short and tiny bones. This is very dangerous for kids and troublesome for adults.
• Seafood Platter (Zorzuella) -> A seafood platter is served to each table. The seafood is fresh and tasty.
• Seafood Rice (Paella) -> It’s a well-known Spanish dish but I will not recommend the paella in La Gomera. The seafood is alright but the rice is far too salty. Take note that I like salty food. Hence, if I say too salty means it’s really too salty.
• Soup -> There are cream mushroom soup and cream pumpkin soup. The mushroom has very strong burnt smell and taste. I informed the staff about it but he did not apologize and did not change the soup. Since it is burnt, I did not finish the soup but the staffs refuse to take away the bowl of unfinished soup. I guess I’ll be charged if I don’t finish it hence I forced myself to finish the bowl of burnt mushroom soup.

There are more dishes further inside the restaurant where you need to order by placing the clips (with your table number) into the bowl dedicated for each type of dish. They include…

• Pasta -> There are pasta with seafood, bolognese, tomato sauce, carbonara, etc… I tried the one called Pasta La Gomera since it sounds like the signature pasta there and as expected, it taste great. Something that I’ve never tried before but I like it.
• Pizza -> There are a variety of pizza as well… Similarly, I ordered Pizza La Gomera and it’s not bad as well.
• Meat/Seafood -> There are fresh oyster, grilled fish, squid, scallops, chicken, steak, lamb chop, etc… They are generally satisfactory.

Finally, here comes the drinks and desserts…

• Drinks -> Free flow of drinks of wide variety, which includes cold (orange, mango, cincau, ice lemon tea, etc), soft (pepsi, 7up, etc) and hot (black coffee, espresso, cappuccino, milo, teh tarik, etc) drinks.
• Fruits -> There are watermelon, pineapple, papaya.
• Ice-cream -> Refillable Walls ice-cream of 5-6 different flavours.
• Cakes -> Very few variety and my mom describe them as ‘cheapskate” cakes. People were queuing up to grab the only cake that looks more complicated, which is tiramisu. However, it is disappointing (too sweet and soggy), my mom can bake 10 times better than that.

In conclusion, if it’s at full price, I won’t go again. However, at 40-50% discounted rate, I don’t mind going again. From variety point of view, it’s of different class from places like Jogoya or Tenji. However, the quality of the food is generally ok. Worth trying if the promotion is still on.

Here's the location and contact of La Gomera...
Address: Block E-LG-1, 2 Neo Damansara, Jalan PJU 8/1, Bandar Damansara Perdana, 47820 Petalling Jaya.
Tel: 03-77100262
Business Hours: 6pm to 12am daily


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