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The food is just cheap hawker fair - local food which I don't think is very good. The only thing worth eating was the sashimi (salmon and snapper?) but even those were of a lousy cut - the ends of the fish, the non fatty part - looks like the parts that they cube up to make chirashi don!
The spread was good - that are available include chicken kebab (nothing to shout about - pretty dry and tough), pizza (very fat pizza base and little toppings, chicken wings, fried carrot cake, mee goreng, nasi lemak and other hawker fare. There was also a popiah station (which sucks, the turnip/carrot filling tasted very bad) and a dim sum (siew mai, chee cheong fun, pao) station. There was a rojak station, as well as a kaya toast station for people who fancy DIY.
Desserts were not bad - there was a chocolate fountain, ice kachang station, ice cream, various kuehs and cakes and muffins. I particularly liked the chocolate mousse. Probably the only thing worth eating.
Overall, I think that the buffet is overrated - the food is just cheap hawker food, nothing worth eating. $32 bucks will get me more than enough hawker food, and better quality too.
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!thanks for the comment, seem to be the same as hotpot culture
10 Aug 2008 at 11:17 am
We were attended to by one of the staff - she patiently allowed us to try about 10 flavours of cookies, before we decided to get a tin each.
Some of the more unique flavours include nasi lemak cookies (really tastes like nasi lemak - taste the peanuts, then ikan billis and lastly this lingering coconut aftertaste). Apparently they have a limited edition Laksa Cookie, which they do once a year but you'll have to order way in advance. The cookies can be broadly classified into two kinds - the crispy kind and the buttery kind. Crispy kind includes the likes of Nasi Lemak, and buttery kind is like rose.
The tin that I brought back was the rose cookie - according to the staff, the cookie museum doesn't use any artificial flavouring. The rose taste and smell of the cookies are really strong, and since I like anything rose, this is my favourite. There were also rose petals embedded inside the cookie. The cookies are also low in sugar, great for those people who are watching their sugar intake.
However, there's always a price to pay for all these premium branded cookies - a tin of rose petal cookes will set you back $32 , and prices go up to about $45 for gold leaf cookies.
I'm sorry to hear that Catherine had such bad service from them. The server was really patient and helpful, and at the end of our cookie tasting session, she even got us a glass of fruit tea. No prizes for guessing that all these hidden costs are already factored into the tin of cookies that I got.
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The menu is nearly all in Japanese, and it's pretty daunting since it'll just read one or two words - most of the time I didn't really know what they meant. But of course, we asked our friendly waitress (who was always on hand for a refill of tea) for help and advice on the food.
According to her, Nakasei is famous for it's sushi, and she advised me strongly to get the sushi. No regrets on that part.
I also had the White Asparagus ($25), which was a seasonal special in May. What worried me initially was that the menu had hardly any pricing - the seasonal menu didn't have any pricing at all! I was so stressed while ordering =_=" Of course, the asparagus didn't dissappoint - it came in a mordern Japanese sauce which had a hint of sesame and vinegar.
Of course, with the price you'll be paying ($40 for sashimi in picture, $40 for sushi in picture, and $50 for the chirashi don) you can only expect freshness. I suppose my taste buds can't appreciate anything above $50 (for sushi) since the back of my mind will be preoccupied with calculating the bill...
And, you'll be getting freshly grated wasabi. It's the only wasabi I'll eat - doesn't go up your nose and has a milder taste.
If you're willing to spend the money, and I suppose for some reason don't want to try all the other big and expensive and well known Japanese restaurants (I haven't...), then this is the palce for you.
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Horlicks and kinderbueno combination is my fave - I think I shall make my trip worth it next time and get 2 kinderbuenos mixed into my tub :D
Other flavours and mixes i've tried are Milo ice cream with loaker and kaya ice cream with caramello biscuits
Do note that the texture of the ice cream tends to change after freezing (at least for my 2 tubs - horlicks and kinderbueno, kaya and caramello biscuits). It's best eaten freshly mixed. And, like all other ice cream places - tubs are more worth it so bring your friends and share!
What I like about the place is that the service is very good and consistently good- hard to find such service these days. They are really patient (how to decide between all those yummy flavours??), knowledgable (about which of the many mixes goes well with what ice cream), and best of all, take the initiative to serve customers better. For example, when I ordered 2 take away tubs, and another tub to share and have there, they immediately offered to place my takeaway tubs into the freezer, and they were very efficient in retrieving it when I was leaving.
Best of all, the parking's free and readily available!
Hope they can set up a branch nearer the west - I'll confirm patronise them more.
Tubs cost $9.50, and $2 for the first mix in, and $1 for the next mix in.
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05 Jun 2008 at 9:18 pm
We tried the dinner set (top up $6 for any main course or from the set dinner menu). I was actually torn between two choices - the dinner set (because i wanted the soup and the dessert, and the drink) but I wanted to try the salmon linguine with pink sauce (because i really like pink sauce). I was pleasantly suprised to find that I could top up 6 bucks to any main course to make it a set. Being flexible scores highly for me :)
The soup was chicken (though the server said it was mushroom) and came prettily presented on a wavy dish. Not the best soup i've had but edible.
My salmon linguine with pink sauce was not bad either - $12.90 by itself, or $18.90 with the set. The liguine was al dente, salmon done just right. The sauce was pretty average, I suppose pink sauce goes better with crustaceans.
The lamb shank was really value for money - ($23.90 for the set) and it was a huge chunk of tender, juicy meat which fell off the bone easily.
Dessert - tried the Brownie with ice cream, which was a good portion - unlike those stingy little half portion dessert, this one was a good size and was topped with a satisfyingly big scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Creme Brulee dessert came in the warm version. Not bad either.
Our other friends also tried the Quesadilla and starters (chicken wings, calamari rings and deep fried whole mushrooms). Everyone was suprised at the large portions. Not that anyone was complaining...
Overall, nice cosy dinner place with value for money.
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05 Jun 2008 at 9:18 pm
lol parking AND traffic!
08 Jun 2008 at 4:40 am