Furama RiverFront dinner buffet @ The Square

Furama Riverfront @ The Square - Dinner buffet review

Recently tried the dinner buffet at the Furama Riverfront @ The Square with Christine and Sha. 

It was sort of a joint birthday celebration as both Christine and my birthdays are in March ^^ Christine had some voucher from Prudential so the buffet was half price or something.

Never been to the Furama Riverfront hotel before and there isnt really any nearby MRT so i took a cab there lol.

Our table for the evening! Sharon was late cuz she was held up at work so we started the buffet first haha.

The seafood selection wasn't too bad, the prawns were my favourite! The prawns were very fresh and the flesh was very firm. Took quite a few servings of it.

What is a buffet without sashimi?? They only had 2 types though - Tuna and Salmon. I'm not supposed to eat raw salmon but Christine was tempting me cuz she was saying the salmon was very fresh and good so in the end i couldnt resist and took a couple of slices haha. True enough, it was indeed very yummy!

Cold cuts and salad selection

The cold cuts and ready made salads didnt really look very appetizing so i didnt touch any of those.

Mix your own salad - i always take this because it makes me feel less guilty when i eat this at buffets lol.

Hot Food selection - there was salted egg yolk crabs, prawns and some other chinese food dishes. Didnt interest me much so i didnt take pics of it lol.

There was also Taiwanese porridge with condiments such as caixin, peanuts etc - i took a small serving, somehow porridge always gives me such a homey feeling haha..

Cheese - i found the cheese selection quite pathetic frankly, didnt look very fresh also

Hot Drinks - There were pots of freshly brewed coffee and tea at the buffet.

What i really liked was this handy Local Teh/Kopi guide! It shows you how to make your favourite Teh Si, Teh Siew Dai, Kopi O Siew Dai etc hahaha.  

Super local man..i think if the foreigners see this they will be like err what is this? Lol..i tried making my own cup of Teh Si but it didnt really taste that great though. Cant beat the Teh Si Po which i always get from Wang's when i go into office hahaha

Desserts  - the selection was fairly small. 

Apple crumble

Fruits and small cakes

Sugar dusted doughnuts

Rainbow cake! looks better than it tastes though haha

Overall, i would say the buffet was fairly decent but I wasnt really wowed by it. I've been to much better buffets but given the affordable pricing, i would say its a buffet which you can go once in a while! 

We found out that even without the voucher which Christine got from Prudential, there was also a promo and the buffet was only $37++ with one glass of sparkling juice, $38++ with free flow of sparkling juice or $44++ with one glass of sparkling wine, house pour wine or beer. That's really quite cheap!

Colony At The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore - Review

One of the best buffets I had in 2015 was the Christmas buffet i had at the Colony At The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore. 

The Colony replaces the old Greenhouse at Ritz Carlton (I have been to Greenhouse once to celebrate my birthday with Kelvin) and by far, this is truly one of the best buffet places in SIngapore. I thought the spread at the Carousel buffet at the Royal Scotts Hotel was good but after trying the Colony, gosh I've realized that it cant compare at all with the spread at the Colony!

The decor was colonial style and very eclectic looking with lots of vintage pictures hanging everywhere

Lots of little nooks and corners, i liked it that there was a mix of seating options available ranging from the little booths to the comfy couches. It gave a very homely feel to the whole place and my colleagues had an enjoyable time sitting there for hours while enjoying our buffet.

Beautiful flower centerpiece

And the food choices - goodness! We were spoiled for choice, there were so many live cooking stations and the buffet area was humongous! 

Choice of salad toppings - wide variety of toppings to choose from

Chefs hard at work shucking fresh oysters non-stop to satisfy the cravings of the ravenous crowd 

My favourite sashimi!! I can never get enough of fresh salmon..mmmm yummy

If i were a mouse, i'd be in cheese heaven with the wide range of cheese options available lol!

Ham shavings and other fresh meat slices (think that is parma ham??)

Another gorgeous centerpiece

It was Christmas so of course we cant do without the traditional turkey and honey baked ham !!

There were also local delights like chili crab, laksa with lobster ball and Zha Jiang mian! I must say the crab meat wasnt alot though, i guess crabs are expensive!

The zhajiang mian was very good actually, one of my colleagues took 1 bowl and we shared it haha

The best part of all? The buffet had freshly squeezed fruit juices!!This is one of the rare buffets where I got to drink my fill of fresh juices! Usually buffets only provide water and coffee/tea.

The juices were nicely packaged in bottles which you could just grab one and takeway to your table. The variety was also really good,they had mango juice, orange juice, passionfruit etc.

Desserts - I'm not that big of a fan of desserts but the selection was very good i must say! There were all sorts of cakes including cute mini carrot cakes, star shaped cookies topped with icing, christmas pudding and loads of ice cream!

I had vanilla ice cream and some sorbet with raspberries at the side :)

So if you are looking for a really good buffet to try out, do try out the new Colony at Ritz Carlton! 

The prices came up to about S$80+ per pax after taxes (there was a credit card discount for DBS) which is really quite reasonable given the spread!

Colony
Level 3,
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
7 Raffles Avenue Singapore 039799
Tel: +65 6434 5288

Jenny Bakery cookies

Cindy went to HK and I got her to help me buy the famous butter cookies from Jenny Bakery! Their queues are known to be very long as their cookies r really very yummy.

Decided to get the 4 mix one as I've tried the 8 mix ones and I feel the 4 mix flavours were much better.

So happy to get them, gonna savour each and every single cookie!!

Review: Parkroyal on Pickering high tea buffet

Went for high tea buffet at Lime, Parkroyal on Pickering with my friends for xmas the other day. Its a very new hotel that is situated near chinatown area.

Took a selfie with sha before we tucked into the buffet lol

Festive decorations

wide range of cheese options

pretty macaroons - recently i noticed more buffets have macaroons as part of the dessert buffet, maybe cuz they are so pretty ;D

unique green tea fondue with strawberries!

Laksa with cray fish

my favourite salmon!! i always eat this first at buffets lol..

seafood on ice - they had clams, tiger prawns..

mmm another favourite of mine - plump and succulent oysters

we love food!

After the super filling buffet, we headed up to take some pics near the pool area

Overall the xmas high tea buffet was not bad and I felt it was quite value for $. 

Lime, PARKROYAL on Pickering, 

3 Upper Pickering Street, Singapore 058289 
Reservations: +65 6809 8888
http://www.parkroyalhotels.com/en/hotels-resorts/singapore/pickering/stay/dining/lime.html