Festive feast at Cafe Mosaic

A tradition for my family to have a feast on Christmas. After doing some research, I decided to book the buffet dinner at Cafe Mosaic. Though most of the reviews I read rated it as average only but I still went for it. As we were a group of 10 and I didn't wish to burn a big hole on my uncle's pocket...lol! The price was pretty reasonable at Cafe Mosaic for festive season as compared to other hotel's buffet! And the buffet came with a serving of wine per person. 

Christmas celebration 2012 at Cafe Mosaic with family!  

Festive feast at Cafe Mosaic on Christmas day! 

S$68 nett per adult 

(20% disc for DBS/POSB/UOB credit card)

X'mas Day Hi-tea at Orchard Cafe

Christmas Day Hi-Tea with family!

Orchard Cafe 

Orchard Hotel Singapore

442 Orchard Road

Singapore 238875

Tel: 6739 6565

Triple Three @ Aunt's Birthday Dinner

29th May 2011

Celebrated Aunt's birthday at Triple Three, went for the International buffet, using the DBS credit card 1 for 1 promotion. We chose buffet because Aunt loves it especially for the fresh oysters.    

Triple Three located in Meritus Mandarin Hotel, popular for it's buffet. The spread is not very huge but has a good combination. Some of the items like sashimi, roast beef, pan fried cod fish & tempura deserve a mention as all were very good!

L’Espresso - Revisited

16th April 2011

L'Espresso at Goodwood Park Hotel serves one of the best English Hi-Tea in Singapore. Revisited recently with few of my colleagues to celebrate Sharon's birthday. We had a wonderful time at the comfortable and cosy lounge on a lazy afternoon enjoying the savoury and sweet little treats. I am glad that the quality of the food is still as good as my first visit which was almost 2 years ago. 

English Hi-Tea Buffet - S$38.00++ per pax

Savoury petite pastries and sandwiches

An impressive savoury spread where almost every items delighted my palate...

The Dining Room @ W.O.W Day Buffet!

23 Mar 2011

After reading Jane's post on W.O.W at The Dining Room, I was sold! This was too good to be missed. Women Only Wednesday buffet promotion, ladies get to enjoy the Wednesday buffet at half price (usual price S$58++). With a group of 6 colleagues (of course all ladies!), we made our way there on one of the Wednesday before the promotion ended in March 2011.

The spread was not very extensive but quality of the food were good enough to satisfy. Not to be missed were the roast beef and dessert section. Local hot dishes like Hokkien mee, braised duck and steamed chicken were all executed pretty well. We enjoyed ourselves very much. Some of my colleagues preferred this to Greenhouse at Ritz Carlton where we went last year also having similar promotion.       

Ambiance is nice and services are good too!

Todai International Seafood and Sushi Buffet Restaurant - A Pictorial

16 Mar 2011

Todai is now in Singapore, Marina Bay Sands. Read lots of rave reviews on them so suggested to celebrate Aunt Peggy's birthday there. The spread is pretty impressive except that most of the buffet plates were sparsely filled probably due to the small crowd on weekdays. Another disappointment was oyster was not served on weekdays. Still we had an enjoyable evening dining at Todai. I will want to come back again on a weekend.   

Porridge Buffet @ Quality Cafe - Revisit

27 Feb 2011

It's been awhile since I last dined at Quality Cafe for it's Porridge buffet which is my aunt's fav! My recent visit was not a good one, price increase and the spread not as interesting but still forever crowded!  The buffet mainly made up of 3 sections - Porridge dishes, Asian delight & Dessert.

A variety of sides dishes ...

Steamed chicken and braised duck were more outstanding, the rest were just so so only.

New Year Eve Dinner at Cafebiz

31st Dec 2010

With family, celebrated New Year Eve at Cafebiz. Almost like a reunion dinner for us and it's been years since we get together for dinner on the last day of the year. The international buffet at Cafebiz has always been good and we had an enjoyable dinner that evening. Quality spread and service was very good too.

New Year Eve Buffet @ S$90++ per person
(With HSBC credit card, get 15% discount)

Cold seafood, Fresh & plump oyster, Tapas, Sushi & Sashimi.

Appetizers, Assorted cheese, Cold soba, Salad & Fruits

Live cooking station - Pasta (very good al dente pasta), Roast meats, Satay & BBQ Seafood & Naan and Curry.

Escargot, Roast beef, Honey baked ham, Giant grilled salmon, Grilled sausages and pineapple, Assorted bread rolls, free flow of Soft drinks & Coffee/tea.

2 types of soup, Kueh Pietee, Pao & Siew Mai.

Western hot dishes - Baked salmon, Baked seafood, Pork ribs, French beans and mushroom, Stewed beef cheek & Mashed potato with cheese.

Asian hot dishes - Chilli crabs, Mutton curry, Fried rice, Braised seacumber with Mushroom, Roast chicken & Kailan

Dessert - Chocolate fountain, Durian & yam paste, Nonya kueh, Waffle and ice cream, Cream puff, Cakes and mousses & Chocolates.

Cafebiz
Traders Hotel, Singapore
Lobby Level
1A Cuscaden Road
Singapore 249716
Tel: 6831 4374
Opening hours: 6.30am – midnight

Finally I'm done with last year 2010 backlogs. CNY bakes will be coming soon.

Plaza Brasserie

13th Nov 2010

A treat from my uncle at Plaza Brasserie. Highly recommended by HGW for it's value for money and quality spread buffet. However, I find it a bit over rated though the food was decent but the spread was not very impressive, especially the dessert was quite limited. If without the credit card discount, I don't think it's worth paying that much. Anyway thanks uncle for the dinner treat.

Seafood Buffet Dinner (Fri to Sun)
Adult S$45++ / Child S$22++

Oyster was fresh and plump. Sashimi was normal and limited to salmon and tuna only. Tempura and chilli crab were quite a delight.

Roast beef was disappointing, very tough. Herbal prawn, laksa and chicken rice were pretty decent.

I only enjoyed the refreshing glass jelly.

Plaza Brasserie

7500A Beach Road

Plaza Parkroyal

Singapore 199591

Tel: 6298 0011

Daily: 6am – 12midnight

Global Kitchen

15 Jul 2010

Global Kitchen is one of the dining outlet in Pan Pacific Hotel. Other than serving ala carte, the restaurant offers lunch and dinner buffet daily, high-tea and brunch on weekends. I was there for dinner with some ex-colleagues on a weekday evening enjoying the 1 for 1 promotion. However the spread and quality of the buffet was quite disappointing though the ice cream and some of the cakes were not too bad. I was only impressed with the various types of tea served. We did not eat much too as the restaurant was very crowded and almost every station need to queue. Refill of food was slow too. If not for the 1 for 1 promotion, it's really not worth to pay $48++ for the buffet.

International Buffet Dinner @ S$48.00++ per pax
1 for 1 promotion

Starter: Sashimi & Sushi / Seafood / Salad / Appetizers / Bread Rolls & Soup / Dim Sum


Chinese cuisine: Roast Duck / Sea Bass with Spicy Sauce / Sweet & Sour Prawn


Western cuisine: Vegetables Lasagne / Roast Lamb / Baked Baby Potatoes


Asian cuisine: Flower Crabs / Nasi Biryani / Phad Thai


Indian Cuisine


Dessert Corner / Ice Cream / Chocolate Fountain / Tea Bags Dispenser






Global Kitchen
7 Raffles Boulevard
Marina Square
Singapore 039595
Tel: 6826 8240
Opening Hours
Breakfast: 6am – 10.30am (Daily)
Lunch: 11.30am – 2.30pm (Weekdays)
Dinner: 6.30pm – 10.30pm (Daily)
High Tea: 1.00pm to 4.30pm (Saturdays)
Sunday Lunch: 11.30am – 3.30pm

Straits Kitchen - Revisit

9 Jul 2010

Straits Kitchen is a Halal certified restaurant that served Asian buffet. This is one of the very authentic local buffet that featured only Chinese, Malay & Indian (the 3 main races in Singapore) cuisines from appetizer, main to dessert. My first visit was sometimes in Feb 2010 and was a rather pleasant one. Revisited Straits Kitchen again recently, it's a work affair dinner. The menu is still the same & cooking is consistent so no surprises and disappointment. Here's some of the food I shared with fellow colleagues...

Straits Kitchen
Grand Hyatt Singapore
10 Scotts Road Lobby Level
Singapore 228211
Tel: 6732 1234
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 6.30 am to 12.00 midnight

10 @ Claymore

28 May 2010

Celebrated Aunt's birthday at 10 @ Claymore in Pan Pacific Orchard. We went for the International buffet that comes with free flow of coffee and tea. The spread was rather small but was good enough for my family as we enjoyed the buffet pretty much. The food quality were rather decent especially love the cold Japanese noodles. The dessert section was interesting and nice too. As for my aunt she really enjoyed the fresh oysters, it was real big and juicy. The only thing I will complain was sashimi and sushi are missing which are usually included in most International buffet.

The restaurant ambiance and service are wonderful. The staff was very attentive to us through out the dinner. With credit card promotion, we paid less than $40 per pax. Manage to snap photos of almost all the counters except for the soup and Chinese food section.

Seafood & Cold Japanese Noodles




Appetizers & Salad Counter




Cheese & Bread

Western Hot Dishes






Roast Pork Ribs & Local Noodles




Dessert




Chocolate Fountain & Fruits




Our food tasting...

10 @ Claymore
10 Claymore Road
2F Pan Pacific Orchard
Singapore 229540
Tel: 6831 6686
Daily opening hour:
Breakfast: 6.00am to 10.30am
Lunch: 12.00noon - 2.30pm
Dinner: 6.30pm - 10.30pm