Red Hot World Buffet, the 7 strong restaurant chain who opened their first site in 2004, are to open a £2.7m site in Nottingham’s Cornerhouse complex on 24 January, occupying a 27,000sq ft site. The restaurant will seat 500 diners and create 120 new jobs.
Founded by Helen and Parmjit Dhaliwal, the duo first aimed to revolutionise the idea of a buffet concept and completely turn it on its head to offer freshly-cooked global cuisine at great value. They now aim to make the new site in Nottingham the first of its kind, attracting people from all over the UK to ‘witness the milestone in culinary history.’
Chinese cuisine is a key focus for the restaurant, with hundreds of ingredients for diners to create a varied meal during their visit. An eight-metre sushi counter offers a constant supply of freshly rolled items to accompany a plethora of East Asian dishes cooked fresh to order in the Thai and Chinese kitchens. A fresh taste of the Mediterranean is offered in the Italian kitchen, where handmade pasta and dough is crafted and a state-of-the-art oven, the first of its kind in the UK, fires an array of tailor-made pizzas. Diners heading to the gourmet burger counter can build their ideal burger, choosing what spices go into their freshly-made 100 per cent beef patties. Apart from a selection of garnishes and condiments, customers can also choose which type of homemade, hand-cut fries they wish to accompany their burger. There is also an authentic cold-stone creamery, manned by gelaterie staff, who can whip up ice cream sundaes according to diners’ taste.