Lavish Buffet

Lavish Buffet

Wednesday 2 March 2016

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Thursday 4 February 2016

My Dining Room (3 Temasek Boulevard, #02-314/316, Suntec City Mall, Singapore 038983) Reservation: 6238 6898

Visited on 25 Dec 2015. My Dining room serves authentic Hong Kong cuisine with casual and fine dining ambience. I purchased the deal.com voucher in Dec 2015 to sample the quality of their dishes.






There are three 2 seater table at the front for people who want to be away from noisy groups..




Bigger tables near the front entrance


This is a secret walkway to more tables inside!



This is their kitchen!




Casual Main dining hall!



And here are more private fine dining ambience for 2-4 people beside the main dining hall












Fish Slices Stewed with Beer in Hot Stone Pot



This was a very addictive broth as it was stewed with beer for hours. You will find the fish slice stew very thick and full-flavoured! Yummy!



Pan-Fried Japanese King Scallop

The scallop was really "King" size and succulent with very nice sauce!



Pan-Fried Kurobuta Pork

Surprisingly the meat was very tender and was very well marinated. This was a simple yet fantastic dish!




Poached Vegetables in Superior Soup

I'm not a vegetable lover but when the veg poached into a very flavourful broth, it will make me fall in love with veg at that moment. Haha..



Whole Abalone stirred in Stone Pot with Noodles
I thought they will just use those baby abalone but to my surprise, the abalone was really quite big. The abalone was not that tough and not that tender neither, still ok.. 





Chilled Mango Sago with Pomelo

Their mango sago was not too sweet and not sour, very well mixed!  A nice and refreshing dessert to end the 6-course meal. :)




Additional order of chrysanthemum tea. $3++ per pax.


We tried another Type of their 6-Course Set Meal

Trio Dim Sum Plate

This trio was quite good..


Soon Kueh



Baked Char Siew Bun



Crystal Dumpling




Lobster with Seafood Thick Soup


The soup was really thick and flavourful with bits of lobster meat!



Pan-Fried Chicken Chop with Abalone Sauce
I really love their chicken chop till the max, very tender meat with very yummy abalone sauce!




Crispy Fish Fillet with Thai Sauce
Something like fish and chips, complemented very well with their nice thai sauce.



Fried Rice with Abalone
Their fried rice and baby abalone were really dry and hard. I think this is the only dish that is not passable..




Aloe Vera Grass Jelly


Very generous portion of grass jelly, aloe vera, strawberry etc etc. Great dessert!



Take a peep at their dim sum menu


Overall Impression: The staff were not with much smile but overall ok, very efficient service. Food quality considered quite good here. Another option for a spacious chinese restaurant with quality food at town area!

*Recommended*


Friday 29 January 2016

New Year Eve Dinner Buffet at Cafe Swiss ( 2 Stamford Road - Swissotel The Stamford, Level 2, Singapore 178882) Reservation: 6431 6156

It's such a hassle to make reservation through phone - Book now through Chope for Instant Reservations!


Visited on 31 Dec 2015 (Thurs) during New Year Eve Dinner Buffet. 

Café Swiss is a 210-seater dining restaurant that is designed in a stylish modern architecture with abundance of natural skylight from the full height windows. Try the tempting selection of appetisers, salads and soups from the delectable buffet lunch or dinner that offers a variety of European and Asian fare.


BUFFET RATES

Buffet Lunch - 12:00pm to 2:30pm
Monday to Thursday*
$48++ per person
$24++ per child (6 to 12 years old)

Buffet Lunch - 12:00pm to 2:30pm
Friday and Saturday*
$53++ per adult
$26++ per child (6 to 12 years old)

Buffet Dinner - 6:30pm to 10:00pm
Thursday to Saturday*
$73++ per person
$36++ per child (6 to 12 years old)

The Far Card usual privileges are applicable.

*Café Swiss is closed on Sundays, as well as dinner from Mondays to Wednesdays.




















Seafood On Ice




Dessert Station

It's rare to find Champagne Grape Jelly at buffet! It was so nice except it was not chilled..



Very nice almond pudding served in a spoon!




My favourite Chocolate Caramel Cake!











This was my favourite dessert of the night - Vanilla Sponge Cake! The design of the cake was very creative, looks like a hair crown or hair band, isn't it? The cake was really very fluffy and light. Feel like having the whole cake by myself! Hehe..


I was really impressed by their New Year Eve Dinner Deco - Love these two Giant Cocktail so much on the dessert counter!





Pretty Macarons! 










Spinach Cannelloni with Roasted Pumpkin & 3 Cheese



Pan Fried Snapper with Tarragon Cream Sauce



Chicken Fricassee



Crispy Pork Knuckle with Sauerkraut



Sauteed Seafood




Vegetarian Fried Rice



Pumpkin Soup



Wild Forest Mushroom with Truffle Cream



Sushi Selection and Sashimi


Soba Noodle


Live Carving Station:
Turkey


Prime Rib Eye



Honey Baked Ham










Pan Seared Scallop with Bacon Roll





This was the HOT Favourite item on that night! Succulent scallop wrapped in crisp bacon! When I eat it while it's hot, I was like "Omg - It's so shiok!!! That kind of pan seared charred taste with succulent scallop really tasted heavenly! If you're lucky, they might have this in their menu during special occasions.



Pasta





Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice / Cranberry Juice

Love to see both orange and cranberry juice at buffet restaurants but quite unlikely to have these two together...



Free Flow Coffee/ Tea
Ordered Cappucino - Don't expect good coffee here as they served very normal coffee..




Overall Impression: Cafe Swiss do not offer huge variety buffet like most other hotels, I would say adequate selection to fill up our stomach. Their food quality was quite good compared to last time and they have quite high quality desserts that has impressed me too except they do not have chiller to place the dessert otherwise it will be great. 

Service was good and efficient, plates were cleared regularly too. Overall Cafe Swiss has a really fantastic ambience be it day or night, with decent food and nice desserts. Will come back here again especially when there is credit card promotion. 


*Recommended*