Lunch Buffet at Spice Brasserie (PARKROYAL on Kitchener Road, Lobby Level - 181 Kitchener Road, Singapore 208533) Reservation: 6428 3160

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Visited on 28 March 2015 (Sat). Spice Brasserie is an all day dining restaurant which offers extensive A La Carte and buffet selections such as Teochew porridge counter, live stations and a Japanese sushi bar, complemented with a tantalising variety of appetisers and desserts.

When I was at Spice Brasserie during March 2015, their kitchen is under renovation. So they were having Nostalgic Steamboat buffet from March to 30th June 2015. Enjoy Quality Steamboat Buffet at affordable prices + Cosy Hotel Ambience + Good and Friendly Service from the Manager and Staff !

The buffet will also feature an array of Teow Chew Porridge favourites and nostalgic local dishes from the 1950s as well as a plethora of desserts.

You can help yourselves with the coffee and tea at the beverages counter

I love this row of sofa seats with water feature beside!

Cosy corner sofa seat!

The restaurant is helmed by Executive Chef Low Hoe Kiat!

Salmon Sashimi

Vegetables

Seafood and Poultry

Salads and Dressing

Chicken Rice

The chicken meat was a tad tough, and the rice was dry that day.

Condiments for chicken rice

Prawn Fritters and Prawn Twisters

Fruits

Bread and Cheese Corner

Appetizers

Teochew Porridge Favourites and Nostalgic Local Dishes from the 1950s

Love their wok-fried peppery crayfish! Yummy!

Yam Cake

Wide Variety of Dessert

                          

The center pandan cake in the left photo was tasteless (totally not sweet),  maybe they forgot to add sugar in it that day?

                     

 

This white chocolate cake was so beautifully made and unique! The taste was also quite good with my favourite biscuit at the bottom!

Pengat Pisang

This was too sweet....

 

Choose from five flavourful soup bases:

 Lobster, Tom Yum, Bak Kut Teh, Herbal and Chicken soup. 

And we chose Lobster Soup! The lobster soup was very very tasty! But be prepared to get thirsty easily after the soup boiled for quite some time.

Requested to have sampling on the other 4 soup base, and our vote still goes to Lobster, as well as herbal!

Additional order of Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice at $10++

The clams here were very big and fresh!

Overall Impression: We enjoyed dining at Spice Brasserie as the restaurant was very spacious with relaxing feel - The feeling is like having steamboat at home! We only pay $50 nett for the steamboat lunch buffet for 2 pax with credit card promotion which is very worth it! 

The seafood were very fresh, I like their fish fillet and wok-fried crayfish the most! As I'm a super dessert lover, so I have high expectations on dessert. Sad to say the quality of the dessert here did not impress me, they were mostly decent. Hope to see more improvements in their dessert next time.

Nearest MRT: Farrer Park



Prices without credit card promotion:

(Nostalgic Steamboat Buffet Lunch) Daily:  $28++ (Adult)  $14++ (Child)

(Nostalgic Steamboat Buffet Dinner) Sunday-Wednesday: $38++ (Adult) $14++ (Child)

(Nostalgic Steamboat Buffet Dinner) Thursday-Saturday: $60++ (Adult) $28++ (Child)

*From Thursday to Saturday for dinner, enjoy prime cuts of sliced Kurobuta pork, frain-fed beef and lamb, as well as pan-seared rib-eye steak at the 'live' station.

*Child prices are applicable for children between 6 - 12 years old.



Prices with credit card promotion:

SG50 Promotion (Valid for UOB, HSBC, Citibank, Maybank, Bank of China, Diners credit cardholders only)

SGD50 nett for two adults – available for lunch daily, and dinner from Sunday to Wednesday

SGD50 nett per adult, with an additional 20% savings – available for dinner from Thursday to Saturday.

*From Thursday to Saturday for dinner, enjoy prime cuts of sliced Kurobuta pork, frain-fed beef and lamb, as well as pan-seared rib-eye steak at the 'live' station.

*Child prices are applicable for children between 6 - 12 years old.



*Recommended*



Website: http://www.parkroyalhotels.com/en/hotels-resorts/singapore/kitchener/stay/dining/spice-brasserie.html

Restaurant Week Lunch at Kuvo Ambrosia & Elixirs (321 Orchard Road, #02-01, Orchard Shopping Centre - next to 313@Somerset, Singapore 238866)

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Visited on 22 March 2015 (Sun) during Restaurant Week.

3-Course Lunch: $25++ per person. (This price is only available during Restaurant Week Lunch)

Afternoon Tea: $42++ per person. (Promotion: 3 for the price of 2!) Updated Nov 2015

Time: 2 - 5.30pm daily (Non-Refillable 3-tier stand items with a choice of Coffee Or Tea + some sweet and savoury nibbles in buffet style)

Photo credit: Kuvo (This photo is for 1 pax)

Kuvo is a multi-concept restaurant that consists of an all day restaurant, cocktail bar, wine bar and attractive gift shop. It is owned by Sarika Connoisseur Cafe, the company behind The Connoisseur Concerto, also known as TCC. They have taken over the space vacated by the previous popular chinese restaurant Lei Garden in Orchard Shopping Centre. Now the entire 2nd floor is occupied by Kuvo! So can you imagine how big is this place? Let me introduce this place to you below!

Entrance of Kuvo

Take the escalator up to Kuvo dining area!

Upon arrival from the escalator, this is what you will see.. The entire floor occupied by Kuvo that were splitted into different area. (See photo below)

Gazebo

Ambrosia I

Ambrosia I

Ambrosia I

Elixir Bar

Elixir Bar is a bespoke cocktail bar helmed by mixologist Yutaka Nakashima!

Private Room

You can hold private events in their private rooms.

Ambrosia II

Ambrosia II

Vine Lounge

This is the elegant 32-seater vine lounge with plush couches, showcasing an impressive selection of European and New World wines. 

Entree: Portobello Mushroom Veloute

With sauteed portobello, prosciutto crisps, accented with truffle oil. The crispy prosciutto (ham) was a great touch. The texture of the mushroom veloute was thick and perfect, not to mention it was served piping hot. (The way most people would like their soup to be) The hints of truffle oil definitely brought out the best of all flavours. One of the BEST mushroom soup I've had!

Main Course: Baked Seabass with Herbs

Baked seabass sat on a bed of barley risotto, tomato nicoise, kaffir lime beurre blanc. The barley risotto was creamy while the meat of the sea bass was slightly tough. The tangy tomato nicoise, together with the creamy kaffir lime beurre blanc gave nice highlights to this dish.

Dessert: Chocolate Banana Cream Puff with Fresh Bananas

With hazelnut feuilletine, chocolate chips, vanilla cream, milk chocolate glaze, vanilla gelato. Presentation wise, we were pleasantly surprised by the huge cream puff! But sadly to say that the puff pastry was overpowering. The exterior puff was very dry and heavy, instead of being fluffy or moist. Thus, it made the whole dessert feel dry and "matte". What we did like was the premium vanilla gelato, how I wish to have a bigger scoop...

Gift Shop

The Gift Shop is a retail store that sells souvenirs, housemade cheesecakes, cookies, chocolates, coffee and tea blends.

This is the venue for afternoon tea buffet! As the afternoon tea starts at 2pm and I gotta leave before that, so will come back again to update you guys the afternoon tea items. Heard that the afternoon tea here consists of a 3-tier stand with a choice of Coffee Or Tea + some sweet and savoury nibbles in buffet style. Sounds good!!

Latte ($8++)

Wow a very nice presentation for serving coffee! But the price was a little too ex..

Cappucino ($8++)

Have a peep at some of their menu below!

All-Day Breakfast

Main Course

Starter

Dessert

Overall Impression: Service was very polite and good here! And the staff will go to every table to ask for the feedback of the food. Food quality was between average to slightly above average.  I like the presentation of the food and beverage served at Kuvo, made you feel that you're dining at a 5-star hotel! The aircon was quite cold here, do bring a jacket along. 

Kuvo is a very relaxing place with cosy ambience that has everything all-in-1 place. (All day Breakfast, Western and Asian Cuisine, Dessert, Afternoon Tea with Buffet, Cocktail and Wine Bar to chill out with small plates) Enjoy till late at orchard area near Somerset mrt! Price was a little on the high side but I guess paying a bit more to indulge ourselves sometimes is worth it right? 

*Recommended*

Opening hours: 

Mon - Thurs: 12:00pm – 01:00am
Fri - Sat: 12:00pm – 02:00am
Sun:12:00pm – 01:00am

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