Buffet @ Cafe 2000, M Hotel
Went for dinner on a weekday night.
The "
Festive Seafood Extravaganza Buffet"
I apologize for the terrible quality of photos in advance.
Bread counter, steamed fish, honey baked ham + chestnut stuffing + char siew turkey (christmas special, probably) and roasted beef.
Only stupid people go for the bread in buffets (me). They have 2 choice of butterxmargarine, the soft brand one (salted) and anchor (unsalted, lchf fans rejoice). Many people went for the steamed fish surprisingly. I tried some and found it to be average tasting though. Their honey baked ham and chestnut stuffing is average, but jiang noms on the thick slice of ham damn songz. The char siew turkey was a waste of calories.
Had several plates of roasted beef, cooked at medium. The consistency wasn't there. Sometimes it felt more well done than medium, sometimes it was medium rare. Since it was thinly sliced I guess it cooled down pretty fast so be sure to devour your beef within a minute lmfao.
Salad bar, sushixsashimi, seafood pasta and siobaks.
Not shown in the pictures, but there were actually 3 types of cheese provided. Sushi spread is miserable, I know. Anyway, salmon sashimi was good but nothing worth raving about. Also, the sashimis wasn't replenished quickly during the peak hours so....
So what you do at the pasta corner is that you take whatever you want in a plate, pass it over to the guy behind the counter and come back in 5 minutes. They had 3 different types of sauces to choose from, one being the chilli crab sauce, tomato, and the last which I unfortunately cannot remember. Tried the pasta with the chilli crab sauce and I must say I like it!
SIOBAKS WAS SO SO SO SO GOOD. Right balance of fattiness and crispiness. Nuff said. Also, there was this pot of chilli crab along with the mantou. Tried the sauce of the chilli crab with the mantou.. chilli?
Not sure if it's sweet sauce of chilli. Abort mission of eating chilli crab. Tried the steamed crabs though. So sweet and good! Oh there was roast duck too. Mediocre... If yan chuan roaster's duck is a 8, then this is a 2-3. OH OH OH there was satay too. Mediocre as well but idk why the couple beside my table keep spamming the satay.
Siao weh.
Beef stew, seafood corner, slippery lobsters and yeah crab.
Beef stew was average. Didn't go back for seconds. The oysters were apparently a big hit with diners. Wiped out so quickly. Replenishment at a sad pace as usual. My companion commented that the oysters wasn't bad.
This slippery lobster is da bomb. 8/10, one of the better food selection out there. Black pepper huans, the gravy is good, the lobster is good. Must try!
Moving on to the incredibly limited selection of desserts. Ya got ice kachang station, some ice krim and a sad sad variety of cake that would make any dessert lover weep.
Ice krim was good. The chocolate and vanilla flavored ones had a rich flavour, leaving you wanting seconds. I like the green tea ones!
The cheese cake here was one of the
worst I've tasted. I'm gonna cry. The cakes here aren't worth eating.
Walau where's the log cake? Boh leh! Kana con. Also there's a chocolate fountain with a standard selection of fruit, marshmallow etc. Some chinese desserts like kuehs were also spotted (nobody took and it looked so lonely lmfao).
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Overall I spent about $130 for 2pax. Without the 20% discount (go read up on your own on the website ah), it would've been $160 or so. Considering the miserable spread and the quality of dishes, $65/pax was
not worth it, let alone $80. Will I return again? Not in foreseeable future, but maybe with the $50 deals on groupon/deals.com.
Maybe.
Just like now I am actually a little disappointed with the Line at Shangrila. Maybe there are so much good reviews that I went there with some expectation.
