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2010-04-16
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It's been 6 months since we came to this buffet. The Marriott is one of the hotels nearest our office and among the Pacific Place hotels, we think the Cafe has the best buffet to offer at lunch time.A colleague told me that recently there was a food poisoning outbreak after some diners ate here, maybe that's why there are no longer raw oysters and in place a few new dishes of hot seafood.Dishes deserving mentions include:Mild Curry Lobster. The claws were big and the curry sauce mild and creamy.
A colleague told me that recently there was a food poisoning outbreak after some diners ate here, maybe that's why there are no longer raw oysters and in place a few new dishes of hot seafood.
Dishes deserving mentions include:
Mild Curry Lobster. The claws were big and the curry sauce mild and creamy. The flesh were firm and sweet and I had 3 big ones. I saw another diner with a really huge one. I had some rice with the thick and wonderful sauce
Slipper lobster braised in sauce was an uncommon dish at an international buffet. The flesh is half way between a prawn's and a lobster's. Though it was interesting, it's was not worth eating too many pieces to save space for other dishes
Mantis prawn was also on offer. This was fried in spicy salt. Although this type of prawn is really popular in HK, I am not good at getting the flesh out and so only had one. The restaurant is very considerate and has a set of scissors and cracker on each table to help with claws and shells.
The Tom Yam soup was very spicy, hot and delicious. I managed not to scoop the oil on the top and had 2 bowls as it was so authentic.
So those were dishes to go for and for some dishes worth forgetting:
The roast beef is always not the best quality. Everyone who tries will comment that it is not spectacular and is very raw.
The cheese selection is sad. Only a Brie looking round and a piece of orange looking cheddar. This upset my cheese loving colleagues as the effort was poor and led to a discussion of what a good selection should be.
This time, I was so filled up with seafood, I hardly had any dessert or vegetables. The ice cream selection is from Hagen Daas and the mini apple crumble was good enough.
They have new coffee mugs which are tall and thin, very elegant and nice to keep the drinks hot.
At $260 + 10% for such a good selection of food, it is one of the best lunches I can find in our area.
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