Although it's been open quite a while this member of the HC Review Team has only just managed to get down to the Buddha Belly at Maidstone. They operate two restaurants - one in Maidstone and one in Bromley and have a website that is still under construction. The website looks good but has very little content - which is not how you'd describe the food on offer. The food looks fantastic and the range is superb! With a buffet choice of Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Italian and Mexican there is something for everyone (yes Mr. Fabes - we're wagging our finger at you! Apologies - a HC "in-joke" there.)
My visit to Buddha Belly was with a young lady at lunchtime so I had to restrain myself from diving face first into the myriad selection of beautiful food on offer. I had a mixed starter with some salad, samosa, spring rolls and stir fried vegetables. My main course was a construction of pure greed - a chicken biryani base with butter chicken on top (another lamb samosa fell onto my plate. Whoops).
To round things off was a wonderful swirl of vanilla ice cream splashed with caramel, raspberry and strawberry sauce (there was chocolate sauce but four sauces would've been ungentlemanly) next to a selection of fresh melon and a Lemon Swirl.
A fine selection of drinks were on offer (does anyone still drink Cinzano?!) but I needed a clear head for my first visit.
4/5 Food (Presentation/Taste)
4/5 Staff (Helpfulness/Not in your face)
4/5 Toilets (Clean and well lit)
4/5 Drink selection (a food range)
5/5 Environment (Some light jazz, clean, well lit)
