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Straits Cafe at Hotel Rendezvous is having $48 nett dinner buffet National Day promotion. It only valid from 7 Aug to 11 Aug 2013.

Me and my boyfriend decided to try out the buffet as Straits Cafe. It had always been very crowded whenever we passed by. Straits Cafe is famous for the Award-winning Nonya Laska as while as their durian desserts.

Let's bring you through the buffet spread..

Salad counter

I felt that the choice of the salad toppings were quite limited.They only offer shredded carrots, corn kernels and alfalfa. However, they had quite a good range of salad sauces.

Appetizers

Prawns

Crabs

The choice of the seafood counter also have limited choices. You will be able to have a choice of prawns,crabs, gong gong, mussels.

Oyster lovers !! Please take note of this. The oysters that are provided in Straits Cafe are only open upon request of order. You will be able to have the freshest oysters. I am not a fan of oyster therefore did not try out. If you have tried their oysters, please share with me the taste and freshness of it.

DIY : Gado - Gado

DIY counter for Popiah and Kueh Pie Tie

Award winning Nonya laska counter with all the ingredients

Some of their cooked food

The spread of the cooked food was not bad. It had quite a good spread of the different type of meat and seafood.

Cute decoration to celebrate National Day and Hari Raya

This is the most important section of the every buffet. I just simply love desserts. They have quite a fair bit of different variety of the desserts. They served up new type of desserts when one had been finished.

Most importantly, their durian desserts. Even thought, the spread was limited but it was just nice to accommodate the others.

My first plate

The prawns were super fresh. The sweetness and juiciness of the prawn just burst in your mouth. The flesh of the prawns were springy in texture with a slightly hint of crunch. It definite will leave you wanting for more.

The mango salad were too sour and were not to my liking.The other appetizers does not really tasted very fantastic.

I tried to other dishes in small bites. However, I felt that it were normal.

As for the award winning Nonya Laska, it really did not disappoint me. The soup base was thick and fragrance. The amount of coconut milk and chill was just right to bring out the flavor. It is not too spicy. The noodle was springy and it adsorb the essence of the soup. Every bites was flavorful.

The barbecue big head prawn was one of the hot item in the buffet spread. The plate of freshly barbecue prawn can be gone with seconds when it were being served out. I managed to get one before it were gone again. Sadly to say, I was disappointed with the barbecue prawn. The flesh were soft and breaking into small pieces. I still prefer the cold prawns.

Durian Pengat, Durian Cake, Durian Puff, Durian Crepes

Out of all the durian desserts, I love their durian pengat. It simply amazing. Every mothful was fill with the durian and you can taste the slight fiber of the durian flesh. It were not very sweet too. Durian lover will definitely love their durian pengat.

Overall, I felt that buffet spread were quite limited. I does not really know what to eat after my second round of food. However, the service level was great. The staff were very alert on the dirty plates on the tables and clear it very frequently. They also top up the ice water frequently too. Thumbs up for their service level.

Straits Cafe

9 Bras Basah Road

1F Rendezvous Grand Hotel

Contact No: 6336 0220

Opening Hrs :

Daily : 7am-1030am,12pm-230pm,630pm-10pm

Sat - Sun & PH: 3pm - 530pm (High Tea)

Website : http://www.rendezvoushotels.com/singapore/dining/default-en.html

Food : ❤❤❤

Service :❤❤❤❤

Overall Rating : ❤❤❤

Hereby, We wishes everyone a Happy National Day and Hari Raya Aidifitri to all my Muslim friends.

Enjoy the long weekend (:

Ever since, my boyfriend started working as an interior designer, we seldom have much time together.

It was super rare for us to have dinner together especially on an weekend.

We decided to check out our favorite sukiyaki & shabu shabu resturant, Suki-Ya. This is not the first time I dine or write about Suki-ya.

Why I love dining in Suki-ya ? It allows me to enjoy the good and healthy food while spending time with my love ones. I love the chatting and interacting with them while waiting for the food to be cooked. Lastly, I love to shabu shabu the thinly sliced meats.

We went to Suki-ya at Marina Square which had been newly renovated and relocated recently. Previously, it was located at the level 1 of Marina Square, right under the food court. They had relocated to the new dining wing. If you are able to spot "Manhattan Fish Market", you will be able to see Suki-ya.

The newly opened restaurant had a larger space catering more towards bigger groups of customers. I love the U-shaped cubicles dining concept. It allow you to have some privacy with your friends.

Time for food..

I love the wide ranges of vegetables as well as other ingredients. Strongly recommend to have their signature cheese ball. It's really yummy.

Different Sauces : Ma La, Miso-Tare, Spicy Peanut, Vinegar

I had always love the thinly sliced meat.You can see the bottom of the plate through the meat.

Our platter

Vegetables platter

Noodles Platter

Not forgetting the sauces.

LOOK HERE !!!

Suki-ya Marine Square had newly launched the curry soup base only for weekend. According to the staff, the curry soup base is only available in Marine Square. I love the innovation idea of using curry for shabu shabu. It is a definite must-try soup base when you dine in during weekend.

The curry soup base had become my next love other than my favorite suki-ya and miso soup base. Instead of the normal watery curry we usually had. The curry is thick but not gluey. You will be able to spot small pieces of onions in the soup base which give it a richer flavor. I love the curry after all the essence from all the ingredients were added in. It had the natural slight sweet taste from the vegetables. How I wish i can have a bowl of rice to accompany the curry. It also goes completely well with the udon noodles. You can create your own verison of curry udon with your favorite ingredients from the healthy bar.

Yummilicious

I am craving for it now while i am writing the post.

Dont forget your ice-cream which is only available for dinner.

Thanks hubby for specially taking the time off to accompany me for dinner at one of our favorite restaurant. I love you ❤

Suki-ya

Marina Square

6 Raffle Boulevard

#02-183B/C

S(039594)

Website : Suki-ya

Food : ❤❤❤❤

Service :❤❤❤❤

Overall Rating : ❤❤❤❤

I am not sure have anyone heard of Annalaskshmi. Thanks Annalakshmi for the food tasting event.

This is not the first time i dine in Annalaskshmi. This is the third time I dine there. I been to Annalakshmi when it is located at Chinatown point. They had relocated to Havelock Rd. I was introduce to Annalakshmi by a Indian ex-colleague.

Please do not get scared away from this big heavy door which is always close. They are actually open if you come during opening hours.

Annalaskshmi observes a Swayamvara concept, where guest of the restaurant pay as you wish for the food consumed. It is the philosophies of Swami Shantananda Saraswati. The food that is serve in the restaurant is prepared by volunteers.

Mango Lassi

Lassi is a popular, traditional, yougurt-based drink, it originated in India's Punjab region. Lassi is a blend of yogurt,water and spices or fruits.

I like the Mango Lassi as it very rich.

Masala Dosai

The Masala Dosai was thin and crispy fully packed with the potatoes filling. They were very generous with their serving, it was huge for me. The potato dosai is accompanied by 3 different dipped sauce. The orange color dip was Spicy tomato chutney. You able to see small chucks of tomatoes inside. The green color dip was coconut chutney. Personally, I prefer to have the dosai with the curry sauce. The Spicy tomato chutney goes well with the dosai too.

Khum Masala (Mushroom), Paneer Palak and Garlic Nann

This three dishes were recommended by the boss of the restaurant. Do take know that, the serving you see in the pictures were reduced. I am not sure how generous are they with the normal serving.

The Khum Masala was fried mushroom served in a onion based gravy. I does not really like the taste of the onion. Even thought the gravy is onion based but it does not have the very strong onion taste which i dont like. I am not very sure do the added tomato into the gravy but it had the very nice touch of sweetness.

The Paneer Palak was cottage cheese with mildly spiced spinach. I love the Panner palak. It tasted like spinach soup but a much thicker version. I did not expect that the cottage cheese will be served in little cubes. It simply just melt in you mouth.

The Garlic Nann goes perfectly well with both dishes.

Coming to the buffet line ..

Previously when I dined in Annalakshmi, the buffet spread was good. It ranged from birynai, curries, dhal and sweets.

According to the boss, coming up next on my blog, it their Wednesday Special.