Zen Oasis

Zen Oasis is the name and it's exactly what they aim to achieve. We headed for a long drive out with my wife's family to Berrima aka middle of nowhere, to dine at an All-You-Can-Eat Vegetarian Buffet. I know... doesn't sound all too amazing...but we were in for a treat.

As they only offer a two hour dining session open to the public... we chose to get there earlier... and it seems like all the other people had the same idea. With twenty minutes to kill, like everyone else, we wandered in the cold around their lake, gardens and sculptures... taking pictures and freezing our faces off.

Finally the line started building at the door and everyone calmly made their way in. Inside you'll be greeted by polite and hospitable Asian servers (I was just as shocked writing that statement as seeing it first hand).

Also it was warm and had the feel of a cabin with an open fireplace and calming "zen" music echoing through the restaurant.

The restaurant is divided into three sections, entrees, mains and desserts with the drinks attached to the dessert section. The entrees mainly consisted of delicious deep fried goodies such as curry puffs, spring rolls, deep fried mushrooms and more.

The mains were more of a let down for me... mostly more simple, larger servings of edible vegetarian food... there was even a sushi section as well.

The fake chicken drumstick was definitely my favourite... and was a crowd pleaser as everytime I hit the buffet lines... this dish was always empty.

The dessert section were an assortment of sweets... all of which really did not tickle my fancy.

For a vegetarian buffet.. this had a large array of choices, the food was above average and I can see why people drive over an hour out of Sydney to just dine here and then probably drive back...