Latitude is the first thing that will catch your attention upon entering Traders Hotel Manila so its pretty hard to miss.  It has an elegant sign too.


Latitude's buffet area is in the middle so its quite accessible regardless of where you are seated.  It has a beautiful circular arrangement enhanced by warn yellow lighting and its striped motif. 


Although the buffet is limited in selection, the items are very organized as they are arranged by sections.  


Our visit was on a Sunday evening and the place was packed with diners.  They have different themes per dining area and this booth type is only one of them.  

Food

Appetizer
Here's every item on the appetizer section.  There's Soy Marinated Tofu, Vegetable Terrine, Red Beet Salad, Pasta and Seafood Salad. 


Thy also have a salad bar section where you can make your own salad.  They have an extensive choice of ingredients.

Their cheese section has four types of cheese: Blue Cheese, Brie, Cheddar and Emmental.  


There is also a pastry section with three types of bread.   I chose multi-grain because its the healthy option.

♥ Lobster Bisque

I love Lobster Bisque.  Their version is so flavorful and creamy.  If only I had more stomach space, I'd drink another bowful.  The other soup choice is the plain Beef Broth.


This is my plate from the Chinese dimsum corner except for the pasta.  I loved the ♥ Fish Fillet with Mango Sauce. 


This is the main course.  All the items were pretty good.   But,  I was disappointed with the mashed potato because it taste like the instant ones.  


We loved this dish because it has a generous amount of button mushroom which we are fond of.

Carving Section

The highlight of the buffet is the Carving Section which offers Roast Beef and Roast Lamb Leg.  The server at the Carving Station is very nice.  We were seated just next to the Carving Station and was provided a top-notch service by this guy right here.

♥Roast Beef

Dessert Station

Dessert Station

For desserts, they had a white chocolate fondue, an assortment of cakes, fruits, bread pudding and halo-halo. 

My Dessert Plate

♥ Ginataang Halo-halo

I noticed that only a few dared to try the Ginataang Halo-halo so I got a cup and tried it out myself.  It was actually a water chest nut dessert similar to the Thai Red Ruby Dessert.  It was lightly sweetened and very refreshing to eat.  

Tsinoy Foodies Verdict
For its price range, Latitude is a very worthy buffet.  The offerings are not as many as those charging a higher price but they are already fulfilling in terms of taste, variations and quantity.  We all reached our limits that night and we were all happy with the food.  Although not belonging to the finest class of hotels, its quite impressive that Latitude is a good competitor against those which are supposedly beyond its reach.

Tip: They serve a complimentary cup of coffee.

It has a sushi bar and an open kitchen where you can watch chefs delicately doing the food preparation with the freshest ingredients.  


The set up is awfully familiar to me but I can't remember where.  

Food

Sashimi Moriawase (1100 php)

The Sashimi Moriawase is a platter of assorted sashimi: Sake (salmon), Maguro (tuna), Uni (Sea Urchin) and Ika (cuttle fish).  The salmon sashimi is one of the freshest I have ever tasted.  Each item served melts in your mouth.  I especially loved the salmon sashimi because it had a rich natural sweet taste.

Take Nigiri Sushi (850 php)

The Take Nigiri Sushi is a mix of a Sake Sushi (salmon), Hamachi Sushi (young yellow tail), Unagi Sushi (eel), Ebi Sushi (shrimp), Uni sushi, Ikura sushi (salmon roe),Kohada sushi (black spotted sardine) California Maki,  and six pieces of Spicy Tuna Maki.  Of course, the sushi are also at freshest state but I personally prefer eating them as sashimi so I could devour on their natural flavor more.  

California Maki (180 php) and Spicy Tuna Maki (280 php)

Although California Maki and Spicy Tuna Maki were very delicious, they were overshadowed by the big sashimi and sushi platters.

Tempura

Uni Tempura (320 php)

If you want a new twist to the usual Tempura that you eat, I highly recommend you try the Uni Tempura.  The Uni Tempura is soft, creamy and briny uni sandwiched in nori (seaweed) wrappers and coated in light and crispy tempura batter.  

Others

Kaibashira Butter Shoyuyaki Uni Sauce (480 php)

Buta Kakuni (350 php)

Hotaru Ika (280 php)

The Hotaru Ika is trully Chef Mizumoto's masterpiece.  We were told that it took him six hours to prepare this dish.  It was delightful!  It was drowning in sauce and was topped with a form of jelly. Upon biting into the soft firefly squid, it gave a unique popping sensation.  

Chawanmushi (280 php)

The Chawanmushi is steamed egg with seafood topped with Mitsuba (Japanese Parsley).  It is one of my favorite Japanese dishes.  Kitcho's Chawanmushi is the most flavorful and bountiful one I've tried.  It has a lot of seafood in it including a squid ball and an Unagi.

Salmon Tartaryaki (480 php)

The Salmon Tartaryaki is a fusion dish.  It is a salmon topped with a different style of tartar sauce.  It is pretty good!  Everyone loved this dish.

Before proceeding to the dessert, we had the Dobon Mushi.  It was my first time to try this classic Japanese soup.  It was served in a traditional Japanese tea pot with a slice of lemon on top of it.  We were instructed to squeeze the lemon and enjoy. It was a clear light dashi water enhanced by the chicken, fish, mushroom and shrimp contained therein.  I loved this! 

Drinks

Four Season Shake

Desserts

Grilled Banana with Vanilla and Kuromitsu (150 php)

On all my previous entries, you would probably notice that I always order Green Tea Ice Cream whenever available.  But on this occasion, I gladly accepted the Grilled Banana with Vanilla and Kuromitsu that was already prepared for us.  The banana was grilled lightly and topped with Kuromitsu which we commonly know as caramelized sugar, vanilla ice cream and whip cream.  It was pretty good because the banana was light and refreshing.  

Tsinoy Foodies Verdict
Kitsho Restaurant and Sake Bar offers the Quality Japanese dishes with the freshest and finest ingredients.  The price you pay is justified not just by the ingredients but also with the diligence they put in the food preparation.  They also have affordable bento boxes available.

*Would like to express gratitude and proper credit for the photos provided by purpledoll.net as watermarked.