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2010-09-30
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Went here for the Sunday lunch buffet in celebration of Mid-Autumn's (Okay, I'll admit that that's a lame excuse for wanting to dig in )It's around $500 per person and that includes a glass of complimentary sparkling wine.BreadGrissini: hot and fresh, with extra virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar, was awesome. Baring in mind that I should save room for the actual buffet I still finished 2 whole sticks. They’re just too damn delicious. (That’s their strategy isn’t it? Make heavenly grissinis, st
It's around $500 per person and that includes a glass of complimentary sparkling wine.
Bread
Grissini: hot and fresh, with extra virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar, was awesome. Baring in mind that I should save room for the actual buffet I still finished 2 whole sticks. They’re just too damn delicious. (That’s their strategy isn’t it? Make heavenly grissinis, stuff you full of them, so you eat less at the buffet? )
Grape Foccacia & Cherry Tomato Foccacia: both fresh from the oven (at least they're fresh from the oven when I got them. Of course they're not so fresh an hour later.) I love carbs.
Antipasti
There’s seafood salad (scallops, cherry tomatoes, squid, shrimp, etc. Oily but goood), frittata (loved it! Had a second helping), beef carpaccio (I hadn’t had this before since I don’t really eat beef so I can’t compare. But it’s soft and meaty and I suppose it's good), terrine (the terrine itself was fine but the piece of bread underneath tasted like it’s been sitting on the buffet table for a long time), parma ham with melon (ham’s aged to perfection, soft and not overly salty), salami, tuna, smoked salmon, marinated veggies (bell peppers, asparagus, eggplants, and pumpkin. they were seriously good).
Cheese
They had 5 different kinds of hard & soft cheese. I’m never good with cheese names but I tried all 5 of them. Personally I loved the hard one with a nutty and salty flavor. Condiments include honey, marmalade, walnuts, jam, etc. I could finish the whole block if I had more than 2.5 hours you know.
Hot Dishes
There’s pork chop (very moist and tender), sirloin steak & some other beef cuts, sea bass, lobster (didn’t eat this cause I had rashes that day ), mussels in tomato sauce, and pumpkin soup.
Pasta
There’s a made to order pasta station where two chefs cook the pasta of your choice right in front of you. You get to choose from a variety of pasta: fettuccine, spaghetti, linguine, angel hair, etc. Condiments include tomatoes, mushrooms, sausage, basil, grated parmesan, etc. Sauces include anchovy tomato and Bolognese. I had a fettuccine with mushrooms in the anchovy tomato sauce. Pasta was al dente but I found the sauce quite salty; also, the taste of basil was overpowering since the chef added a lottt of it. My grandma had spaghetti Bolognese and she said hers tasted fine.
There’s also risotto in truffle cream sauce (I like my risotto firm and this one was slightly on the tender side. My grandma loved it though as she prefers creamy risottos. Nonetheless, this was still a good risotto. The truffle cream sauce was flavorful and aromatic.) There’s also lasagna. (The noodles are a bit on the tender side. But it’s hot and fresh. They put out a new batch every 30 mins or so, even when there’s still a lot of lasagna left. This ensures top quality but seems a bit wasteful...=/)
Desserts (my main course bwhaha)
There’s tiramisu (taste of wine was strong and I liked it, but I think if they added more lady fingers it’d be better), cherries with mascarpone (my fav. dessert of the day), fruit tart, apple tart, crème caramel (this one’s a miss), pecan ricotta pie (this one’s a miss too), cream puffs, millefuille (this was gooood. Def. a hit.), fruits like watermelon (sweet & juicy), honeydew, cantaloupe, strawberries (sweet & tart. Awesome with whipped cream!), chocolate gelato (super rich & chocolatey), vanilla gelato (made with real vanilla beans. You can actually see the little black dots).
Super stuffed. Super satisfied. I love good Italian food.
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