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For a buffet high tea, one cant expect the variety to be big but it has to be appetiziing enough at the same time especially for hotel standards. And it has to be a place cosy enough for people to feel that they are happy chilling their time away there and not being hungry at the same time.
Lobby Lounge at Pan Pac Orchard meets the mark for me. It is in Orchard but you get to avoid the mad crowds on weekends. And there's a decent spread of bites to boot (but do note they are average and not wow) - plus the unlimited ala carte orders of char kway teow, prawn noodles, and assamn laksa makes this deal abut more substaintial. You get the unlimited ala carte thingy at their buffet at 10 at Claymore too (Ive just written a review about it).
The spread - assorted pastries (cold though), breadsticks, cheesese, assorted mini desserts, snowcrab bruschetta, buckwheat soba with tako, marinated octopus, hummus bread, scones, asparagus beef.
Specials only for weekends - two live stations featuring Swiss Cottage Melting Raclette and Spanish-Bred Iberian-Cured Ham. But the chef frequently goes missing at the station.
The service was almost non-existent though - it was painful trying to get their attention when we were only the 3rd table occupied.
I probably wont return without any promotions though. At $38 there's alot more places you can go to, but at $25 with the deal, this is a nice option.
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!Ooh i'm a sucker for desserts... looks mouth watering!
13 Apr 2013 at 8:45 am
Yes its quite a good place to just space out!
15 Apr 2013 at 11:14 am
I went for a weekday buffet lunch promotion which allows 3pax to dine for the price of 2pax using UOB cards and we were plesantly surprised by the value of the meal, both variety and quality.
Cold dishes - DIY salad station, appetizers like spicy pasta salad (nice) and achar (good), cold soba noodles, cold cuts, and smoked salmon. I missed fresh salmon sashimi though.
Soups - there were 2 selections that day - Tomato and Tom Yam. We all did try the tomato but the tom yam was the best I have ever tasted, seriously. It was chockful of flavour but not too spicy - a wonderful pipping hot concoction of lemongrass, tomotoes, and thai spices. And this coming from a non-tom yam lover.
Bread - the selection looked great but honestly, I try to stay away from bread at buffets in general.
Cheeses - I was overwhelmed by the cheese selection and they were all very nice! Wensleydale cranberry, Port wine cheddar, Pakari smoked cheddar, Long Clawson chilli & lime and black pepper. All super good and goes extremely well with the condiments and crackers provided.
Hot dishes - am reviewing this based on my limited meat intake here. There were thai olive rice (nice but oddly cold sitting on top of a steamer), chilli steam sea bass (delicious), roasted veg (my favourite), mussels in soya sauce (good), teriyaki chicken (very good). The things I didnt eat was lamb shank, braised beef, braised ginger chicken, stir fried kailan which looked competently attractive.
Live station - Not really 'live' live but there was a chef slicing bbq ribs and grilled pineapple for you if you like.
Ala carte food - The highlight was no doubt the unlimited ala carte order of 3 local fav - char kway teow (good), spicy prawn noodle broth (good), and assam laksa (average). I liked that they really kept it to smallish portions but even so, most people wont be able to get through to seconds as they are so carb heavy.
Desserts - A big assortment but me being me, I only tried a few - the chocolate truffle (like rocher in cake form), mango pudding (good) and swiss roll (nah). The same chef slicing the ribs at the station is also in charge of making crepes with your choice of fillings, including durian which seems to make my table very happy indeed. There's also cookies and ice creams available which I didnt have the space for.
Drinks / juices - there are 4 prepared juices - pineapple, grapefruit, guava, orange which were not too bad. The buffet also comes with coffee / tea which came with hot milk - nice.
Service was mostly good save for a young girl who was almost too enthusiatic about clearing our plates - she would swoop down on us when we were at our last month but still holding on to the spoon / fork.
Will do a return visit!
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!looks yummy! how much per pax ah?
13 Apr 2013 at 8:43 am
Its $39 per pax but with the promotion you only pay for 2pax when its 3pax. Great deal!
15 Apr 2013 at 11:15 am
Before I visited Shanghai, I used to think that oh another Chinese city - and with RMB, it shouldnt be expensive at all. How wrong I was!
Everything is expensive in Shanghai - food, accommodation, everyday living expenses, entertainment. EVERYTHING. More so if you're a expat who lives there - then double the above-mentioned costs. A plain turtle neck top is RMB800 after discount. Really.
Shanghai is an interesting mix of the 'old' times and the 'modern' times of today. You can see the stark contrast almost everywhere, including by the people you see on the streets.
But its still a good place to visit if you want to feel like you're on holiday but yet a place that's city enough for you. Good to visit between March - April when its cool and not cold.
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1. New luxury hotels / buildings seem to be popping up every now and then and there's always something new to see / look / play.
2. These new luxury hotels are not expensive to stay in. YAY!
3. Weather is perfect if you choose to go between November and March - nice cool winds without being too cold to take a night walk.
3. Food is cheap but you can also eat atas if that's your choice.
4. You'll never be too bored with the overwhelm of casinos around. Or too broke that is.
The only thing I dont like is that only Tiger flies direct to Macau and that takes away the pressure for them to lower their prices. But that's not the fault of Macau itself I guess.
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Price - their tickets are expensive. My tickets to Fuzhou typically falls between $800 - $1,000 which is way above what it is worth.
Planes - their planes are like toy planes - so smallish it almost looks cute. Their seats are tight, and they have no individual inflight entertainment systems. So you either have to force yourself to sleep or force yourself to watch whatever they decide to play for you on the common screens.
Food - they also have the worst airline meals ever. I have vivid memories of being served plain rice with green peas - not appetizing at all. I always end up mixing their rice with the pre-packed pickled veg to make it more bearable.
Service - quite crappy. You see sullen faces, occasionally some nice ones if you're lucky. They shout 'A' or 'B' as choices for the meals during meal service but plonk whatever is available on your tray without waiting for your answer. So they're really asking for erm fun.
Loyalty prog - non existent. Their programme is called Egret membership and during my last flight my points were not accrued. So I wrote to them and.............nothing happened. I didnt bother to chase up too as really, what's the point.
I sometimes have to travel to Fuzhou for work and this airline unfortunately is the only airline which flies direct so I have no choice. But if you do, dont take this!!
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