well, window cafe is a great example of why i had a bias against buffet.
At buffet, they offered all kinds of food but could not focus to make anything good. 70% of the food are there for the sake of having it available.
in general the chinese food are better prepared than other things
let me start with the oyster. they are all bad. They are fresh but no flavor at all. The sashimi too was not good quality fish. i guess the fishes are fresh enough but just poor quality.
The salad bar offered enough to let you make a good salad. i enjoyed their pine nuts, but not rosted.
The chinese bbq stuff were good. i like the duck station. I did not have the stomach to try everythign and most of the cooked food being warmed. they even have steam fish.
the meal come with a FAKE abalone, it was horrible. it was served one to each guest like it's so exclusive. I hope window cafe is trying to accomdate to the vegetarian due to the large amount of marginally meat dish available. May be i should seriously consider to be a vegetarian after tasting window cafe's meat dishes. no offense intended to the vegetarian of course.
the wait staff was not professional thou they almost always gets our dirty plate. we asked for some hot water and it did not come until half way into the meal.
all the cheese and cold cuts were horrible like it's brought at a special from your local chain supermarket.
the deserts were all horrible except for some tarts. the fruits and creme in it were good the shell was store brought and too hard.
the rest of the deserts looks good but taste bad. i did not try the chinese sweet soup. it's prob the best desert out there. they have a bunch of cakes. they did not portioned it and it's all butchered by fellow guest at the resturant. the choco fountain was a horror show. i am sure numerous things were unintentionally dropped in it by others during the course of my dinner.
fresh fruit was fresh but not of good quality. they were not tasty and poorly cutted, not to mention the very very limited selection.