Tao Authentic Asian Cuisine, Juru Autocity

Brief description on TAO:

TAO AUTHENTIC ASIAN CUISINE the Upscale restaurant that offer ALL- U- CAN- EAT buffet with full table service, focusing on quality rather than on price. The restaurant includes specialties such as Japanese, Chinese, Thailand, and other foreign or ethnic food. Tao restaurant with 300 pax sitting capacity is catering for special occasions such as birthday, Family gathering, anniversaries, banquets, special event, receptions and meetings.

The 13 survivors of 6 semesters in DEE programme decided to treat ourselves at TAO Autocity after our exams. Unfortunately, Wen Ping, Wei Wei, Seow Jie and Heng Hooi could not join in. May Xia and Hooi Jing as their substitutes. Previously, we visited the one at E-Gate. INTI as a place for holistic education becomes the taxi terminal for us. For a change, we make our way from INTI to mainland in an Unser with 9 average-sized people inside.

We arrived at the destination with the help of Garmin GPS way too early. We had to wait outside WITHOUT AIRCOND for 30 minutes. Being smart, we went to Guardian for 'window shopping' to kill time + get cool air.

Yonn-Weih went into the game..

Alan wants some drink

Both of them dancing at the main entrance...I don't know them...

It's finally 5.30 p.m.! We were the first group to enter but took us awhile to find a suitable place. They arranged a 8-seater table for 11 of us!! After everything settles down, we start ordering like 10-days-never-eat people. Make sure not to have too much sushi. A way they use to fill your stomach. Also the unagi (small piece grilled unagi with a big portion of rice). The recommended dishes by us are as follows:

1) MISO YAKI - Grilled butter fish which is really tasty!

2) MOTOYAKI SCALLOP - Tasty with the mayo. We ordered MANY MANY plates of this. Don't be like May Xia which only eats the scallop. =.=

3) FRIED SHISAMO (Pregnant Fish) - Make sure to include the word FRIED, not grilled. The grilled one is horrible, as in the fish's face. =)

4) CRAB MEAT WITH CHEESE - Hot creamy cheese with a crunchy skin.

5) TAKO YAKI - Not so bad..

6) FUKAHIRE CHAWAN MUSHI - Served hot with shark's fin on top.

7) TAIWAN MANTIS PRAWN - It's good to be eaten when waiting for other food. 

A more familiar name, 'heh koh bak'. I saw a direct translation of this dish (Fried Prawn's Brother) at Four Seasons Restaurant.

8) GRILLED LAMB SHOULDER - Juicy pieces of lamb marinated to perfection!

9) SALMON PAPAYA - It's said to be their signature dish but we forgot to call it this time.

*Many food photos courtesy of j2kfm.com as we were busy eating.

Their salad and sushi bar

MOTOYAKI SCALLOP

SALMON PAPAYA

GRILLED LAMB SHOULDER

FUKAHIRE CHAWAN MUSHI

CRAB MEAT WITH CHEESE..Never try never know, once try never say NO

TAKO YAKI

UNAGI WITH RICE..killer dish!

Make sure to call the correct waiter to clear your plates. One of the waiter didn't want to clear my plate because there is still a piece of sushi on it. =.= Another was more cincai and friendly.

Make an advance booking especially during weekends. We went on a weekday and it's already quite crowded. They have a time limit for each table, 3 hours. Most of us reached our limit even before the time limit. Overall, it's worth the money. The cozy environment beats the branch at E-Gate flat.

PRICING
The affordable price that we offer for ALL U CAN EAT BUFFET it’s up to personal and market consideration, or even generates a steady revenue stream. For adult charges RM50.00++ and children’s charges at RM25.00++. Any guest within the height measurement that posted in restaurant will consider entitled for children charges and any children that below from the minimum height level will enjoy a free buffet.

OPERATION HOURS ( TAO JURU AUTO CITY )Lunch
11.30am till 02.30pm (Monday to Friday)
11.30am till 04.00pm (Saturday, Sunday, public holidays and eve of public holiday)

Dinner
05.30pm till 10.30pm (Monday to Thursday)

05.30pm till 08.00pm 1st section
(Friday to Sunday, public holidays and eve of public holiday)                           
08.30pm till 11.00pm 2nd section
(Friday to Sunday, public holidays and eve of public holiday)

Early bird special 05.30pm till 06.30pm from Monday to Thursday except eve of and public holiday.

They are also having a 6 FREE 1 promotion. So, be sure to go in a group of 6, 12, 18, ....

Tel No : 04-5017826.