Hai Tien Lo Brunch Buffet (24 Aug)

Yoohoo!! Another yummy buffet. Ala carte style. $58++ per pax from 11.30am to 2.30pm. But I tell you, it was really worth it. Every cent of it! I'm not kidding! Better than One-Ninety at Four Seasons Hotel haha!!

Went with Yen and Stephane, on his birthday - a coincidence actually hehe.. The company was great of course, especially since we could try more dishes with more people mah... hehe... So here are some pictures. The menu has many many many items including tim sum and chinese delicacies hehee... SHIOK!! Well worth a return. All who are reading this, please GO! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

view from the 37th floor, Pan Pacific Hotel, Marina Square

3 of us. Yen and Stephane were all dressed up! Didn't even warn us!! My hubby and I were in t-shirt and jeans haha! Fortunately, we were not the worst dressed. Someone came in berms and one in shorts (probably a hotel guest lah...)

佛跳墙 - fantastic! Like double-boiled, so it was very fragrant!

Sharks fins - all the better! There was more than enough for me!! This is the first time I come across a restaurant who is just so so so so generous with the amount of sharks fins!! I'm not kidding! By the way, one can only choose between the 佛跳墙 or sharks fins hoh... and only one serving.. hehe..

Bird's nest egg tart. One serving and one per person only hehe... smooth egg tart - bird's nest ok lah..

Lobster dumpling - one each too. Can't tell whether it was prawn or lobster inside. But very fresh and crunchy lah.. ;)

Sea perch with preserved vegetable (梅菜) - very nice!! Fresh fish and the 梅菜 is not too salty! We ordered a 2nd round ;)

Cod fish... errrmm.. can't remember cooked with what haha! But nice, of course!

Diced beef - Stephane didn't take it too well. He said too sweet haha!! The beef's tender but I find it a bit salty.

Wasabi prawns

Tofu and mushroom. Very smooth tofu!!

Fried white bait fish. Stephane's favourite! Quite nice actually but the dish that came 2nd time was "too fried" and so too crunchy - like eating keropok haha! But I like leh.. hah!

Roast pork and duck
宫保 Monkey head mushroom. Those who have not tried, monkey head mushroom has a texture similar to that of meat! They are quite expensive in vegetarian restaurants.

Fried beancurd skin with I can't remember what's inside haha!! Tasted like fish cake within so nothing unusual. We call it a dish that wasted our tummy space haha!!

虾饺 - very fresh ingredients
焼卖
Errr.. some vege & scallop? Can't remember haha!
北京饺子
Vege with lily buds and wolfberries - good for eyes haha!!
Pan-fried chee cheong fun. Tasteless on its own so it came with a sauce. Nothing spectacular lah.. err.. this was another "waste tummy space dish" hahaha!!

Ohhh!! These prawns were the bestest of best! VERY FRESH AND SWEET!! AND BIG TOO!! Haha!! It took quite a while before these were served so we didn't get to re-order. Anyway, we were all quite stuffed with food already haha!!

Spring onion garoupa. Fish was fresh but plain lah..

Garoupa (again haha!) cooked with century egg in supreme soup. I had expected it to be better given that it was "supreme soup" mah but quite plain also... hehe

Finally, desserts!! Of course there were more than just these pastries. There were some Chinese style desserts which were also the only buffet dishes served for all to take, anytime.

All in all, the meal was superb!! As you can see, we had lots and lots of seafood especially fishes!! Think should have enough fish oil to last us through for a month haha!!

How? Yen and Stephane? Game for a 2nd round?? Hahah!!

P/S (20 Oct 08): I realised I forgot to put how much it cost - S$58++/pax. Our damage was S$75nett/pax including tea.