Lavish Buffet

Lavish Buffet

Friday, 23 September 2016

Local Lunch Buffet at J65 (1A Cuscaden Rd, Level 1, Hotel Jen Tanglin, Singapore 249716) Reservation: 6831 4374

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Visited on 17 Sep 2016 (Sat). For some of you who do not know about J65, this restaurant has actually replaced the very popular former Cafebiz at Traders Hotel. They have renamed to J65 at Hotel Jen Tanglin. J stands for Jen, while 65 stands for our Singapore country code. Haha!

Prices updated on 24 Feb 2017!

Lunch Buffet:

Daily Lunch: 12noon – 2.30pm / SGD 31++ 

Sunday Brunch: 12noon - 3pm / SGD 55++

Daily Themed Buffet Dinner 

Sunday and Monday International Buffet:  

6pm – 9.30pm / SGD 55++ per person

Prime Rib with Roasted Potatoes, Butter Asparagus and Baby Carrots
Roasted Pork Knuckle, Virginia Ham with Honey Lemon Sauce
Slow-Baked Whole Salmon
Assorted Sushi and Sashimi
Chicken Satay
Rojak Bar

Tuesday Colours of Asia : 

6pm – 9.30pm / SGD 55++ per person

Beef Ribs Percik Styles
Sri Lankan Pol Roti
Tandoori Chicken, Prawn and Crab
Seafood Tom Yum Goong
Chef’s Signature Homemade Popiah
Roti Jala
Lamb Kebab
Traditional Bak Kut Teh

Wednesday Lobster Rock 'n' Roll: 

6pm – 9.30pm / SGD 65++ per person

Baked Lobster Thermidor
Lobster Roll
Lobster Paella
Singapore Lobster Laksa
Homemade Lobster Popiah
Traditional Herbal Broth with Lobster
Singapore Chili Lobster

Thursday Live Barbecue: 

6pm – 9.30pm / SGD 65++ per person

Slipper Lobster, Baked Seabass, Prawns, Squid, Korean Beef Ribs, Korean Pork Belly, Chicken Wings, Champagne Pork Ribs
Roasted Pork Belly, Char Siew, Roasted Chicken
Tandoori Crab
Chicken Tikka 
Seafood Paelle

Friday and Saturday Seafood Mania: 

6pm – 10pm / SGD 65++ per person

Fresh Oysters, Lobster, Crab, Prawns, Mussels, Clams
Singapore Chili Crab
Seafood Paella
Oyster Omelette
Seafood Chowder
Tandoori Chicken, Prawn and Crab
 Discounts and Privileges 

Credit Card Promotion: 

For Lunch and the Sunday Brunch:

15% off the total bill: The offer is for those that use a UOB, DBS/POSB credit card to make payment . The promotion is valid until 31 March 2017.


Dinner:

4 for 3 Promotion: One person dines for free in every group of 3 paying adults. The offer is valid for those that use a UOB, DBS/POSB credit card to make payment for dinner from Sunday to Tuesday. The promotion is valid until 31 March 2017.

20% off the total bill: The offer is for those that use a UOB, DBS/POSB credit card to make payment for the dinner buffet from Wednesday to Saturday. The promotion is valid until 31 March 2017.

Weekdays Lunch and Dinner:

MASTER CARD Promotion: One child that is 11 years old or younger may dine for free with a paying adult. This promotion is strictly for Master Card holders for weekday lunches and dinners, and cannot be availed in conjunction with any other promotion. It is available until 31 December 2017, except on the eve of public holidays and public holidays.

Golden Circle Members:  Enjoy GC Award Points and promotions from The Table!

















We were seated beside the dessert station so that we can attack the dessert more conveniently as the main attraction here is the wide dessert spread! Hehe...




Their table settings! They will provide a huge bottle of Cold water on your table to help yourself besides those wide selection of beverages provided at the buffet station.







 Salad

 Pesto Pasta with Spinach,Tomato & Raisin


Baked Chicken with Glass Noodle, Tomato & Carrot

Couscous, Olive, Onion, Mushroom & Capsicum




Chilled Prawns


Mussels

 Assorted Sushi, Maki & Vegetarian Sushi


 Lamb Stew

 Fish Fillet in Tomato Cream Sauce


Hong Kong Style Steamed Fish

Sambal Eggplant

Spicy Chicken

 Fried Noodle with Shrimp & Fish Cake




Potato Au Gratin

Ngoh Hiang

Spring Roll

Prawn Crackers


Vegetable Crackers
This is my first time to see such colourful crackers!


DIY Kueh Pie Tee


2 Types of Soup of the Day:

Mushroom & Chicken Soup

Pumpkin Soup

Pizza:
(Disappointed with their pizza as the dough were not crisp at all, too soft with bland ingredients)
Tomato & Onion Pizza

Zucchini & Bell Pepper Pizza


Red Cabbage & Feta Cheese S/W


Pumpkin & Sweet Potato S/W


Mushroom Quiche

This was the most terrible quiche that I had in my life. Please skip their quiche...

Tandoor

For Lunch & Dinner:
Ipoh Hor Fun / Wantan Noodle
Singapore Laksa / Penang Laksa




Singapore Laksa

I never expected the local laksa here to be so good! The gravy was thick and aromatic with the appropriate level of spicy. Must try!!!


Braised Duck and Fried Carrot Cake


Roasted & Steamed Chicken Rice


Chicken Satay
The chicken satay here was extremely tender with very nice sauce and taste! 



The chicken meat here were very tough and bland...


Bread

Cheese


Wide Variety of Dessert Station

There were a total of 6 selection of desserts here and they were all so good!!! So delighted to see colourful desserts in small bottles! Kept went back for this! Honeydew is my most favourite!!! (Green Bottle)

Back:
Osmanthus Jelly
Honeydew Pudding with Chendol
Mango Pudding
Front:
Bandung Jelly
Almond Bean Curd
Chocolate Mousse
You can grab a plastic mini spoon beside the nonya kueh station to eat these desserts. (Photo below)




Our childhood candies!


Red Tea Cake
This was quite an unusual dessert like those milk tea taste. Not bad!


Black Forest Roll




New York Cheese Cake




Pandan Chiffon Cake




Pineapple Puff




Profiterole 


Chocolate Fudge Cake

Tiramisu Cake
Tiramisu is always a crowd pleaser at every buffet. We were really lucky to see this cake as it was quite rare to see Tiramisu cake at J65. This cake was moist and super soft! Are you as lucky as me to see this cake when you're there too?


Grass Jelly Soy Bean Milk
Sad that this grass jelly totally not sweet. 


Kueh Lapis


Potong Ice-Cream
2 Flavours on that day: Sweet Corn & Red Bean


Honeydew / Watermelon / Pineapple

Pineapple Juice / Ice-Lemon Tea / Infused Water with Apple
Sometimes when they run out of that fruit juice, they will change to another fruit juice. On that day, when the pineapple juice has finished, they topped up with Orange Juice! :)

Coffee / Tea / Hot Chocolate Station


This was my first time to see this premium tea brand called "Zesta Connoisseur Collection"  at hotel buffet, with 6 selections that day (English Breakfast, Green Tea, Earl Grey, Peach, Darjeeling & Peppermint).

It was rare to see Hot Chocolate provided at hotel buffet! Wow, diners here are really spoilt for choices!!!

Cappuccino! Hmm.. Too much milk and foam



Overall Impression: The service here was quite good, the staff will come to clear the plates regularly. Though the food here is not that fantastic, but for lunch buffet at $31++ per person with wide variety of beverages including hot chocolate, ice tea and fruit juice, wide variety of nice desserts and decent food quality, this is still a very Value For Money Buffet! 

Hotel ambience + 4 star hotel service + wide variety food and nice dessert selection, go where to find leh????? :-)

*Recommended*

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Saveur (14 Scotts Road, Far East Plaza, #01-07B Singapore 228213) Reservation: 6736 1121

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(This is for Far East Plaza Outlet)

Opening Hours: Daily: 11.30am to 9.30pm

Visited on 12 Sep 2016 (Mon - Public Holiday). Saveur is a casual dining restaurant that serves High Quality French Cusine at very affordable prices! They're located at outside Far East Plaza facing the road.



This is a very casual dining restaurant with very simple settings and all the tables are very close to each other, so this place is more for family or friends rather than couples on a date, unless you don't mind the table beside can hear your conversation. Note: This is not an atas restaurant.


You can see their small open kitchen.




We ordered 1 set of Three Course Set Dinner

Starter: 
Salmon Confit
We were really startled by this salmon confit. It was extremely tender, juicy and melt in the mouth!!! Don't worry this was not raw, it's cooked, yet so soft... Complemented so well with salty seaweed and chives atop to enhance the whole taste! Served alongside was the refreshing apple and fennel salad. The BEST Starter that we had in our foodie life!


Main Course: 
Half Oven Roasted Chicken
Omg we were blown away by this dish too. I never thought an oven roasted chicken can be this amazing! The sauce that they used for marinating the chicken was utterly awesome that will make you lingering for more. The meat was very tender including the breast meat, as most chicken breast meat at other places were quite tough. The chicken was roasted to perfection! The half portion chicken was quite big too. Overall, thumbs up for this dish!

Dessert: 
Chocolate & Hazelnut
Chocolate mousse with crushed hazelnut, broken raspberries, chocolate tuile and hazelnut praline. This chocolate dessert was very rich but thankfully there were crushed hazelnut and broken raspberries on it to give u a rich chocolate with sourness taste to relieve some richness.

Top Up $3++ for Coffee
They served those very normal type of coffee..


Ala Carte Starters Menu

Ala Carte Order:
Mushroom Soup ($4.90++)
I thought the mushroom soup was those common creamy mushroom soup that you can find anywhere. So I was really delighted to see this mushroom soup was served like a cappuccino in a cup. This warm and comforting soup inside was thick and robust! Must try!



Ala Carte Main Course Menu

Ala Carte Order:
Duck Confit ($14.90++)
This is their signature dish at Saveur. We usually have to pay double of this price for duck confit at most restaurants, so it's really value for money to eat quite high quality duck confit here for only $14.90++. The meat of the duck confit was a tad tough on certain part while some were really very tender. The exterior skin was crispy with very nice marinated taste. I really love their mashed potato and their delicious sauteed mushrooms here too!


Ala Carte Desserts Menu

Beverages Menu

Wine/Beer Menu


Overall Impression: The staff here were all very young teenagers with good and polite service, but we were unfortunately served by an auntie whose service was like those kopitiam service - unrefined, no smile, served the dish on your table in a rough manner. We were quite shocked to see this kind of service at Saveur. So try to get the service from those young staff if possible. 

I really have no complaint about their food quality. Every single dish is well-executed and has caught our heart. We usually have to dress up in formal wear to go fine dining restaurants to have fine dining food. But at saveur, you can wear whatever you want, even bermudas while enjoying your fine-dining food. Haha!

There is no other better place that serves high quality french food at such wallet-friendly prices. If you have a budget for celebration or just want to have some good food but don't want to break your wallet, this is the place for you. But do note that there is no ambience here and will be noisy when it's crowded. This place is always full house especially dinner time. Enjoy the good food and do make your reservations online early!

*Recommended*

Saveur at Purvis Street
5 Purvis Street, #01-04, Singapore 188584
Opening Hours: 
Lunch: 12.00pm to 2.30pm
Dinner: 6.00pm to 9.30pm


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(This is for Purvis Street Outlet)



Concetto by Saveur at The Cathay
2 Handy Road #01-11/12, Singapore 229233
Opening Hours: 
Daily: 12.00pm to 9.30pm

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(This is for The Cathay Outlet)