Buffet Town

Recently went to Buffet Town for dinner with some colleagues. I must say it has quite a wide spread of local and international food. I manage to try almost 90% of the food and most were quite up to standard. Don't want to make this into a super long post, so I'll just do a short commentary on some of the hits and misses.

Queuing up for fresh oysters.

Crayfish, scallops, live prawns, mussels
Comments: HIT! Really loved their seafood. Very fresh, very sweet.

Chefs opening the live oysters

Oysters

Comments: HIT! Fresh oysters are always very nice

Sashimi Counter

Sashimi Platter

Comments: HIT! Fresh sashimi and they even gave salmon belly

Sushi

Comments: MISS! Nothing special

Onion Soup

Comments: It's a MISS! Quite tasteless.

Tom Yum Soup

Comments: Mixed feelings with this one. Maybe because I prefer with milk in it. But still not bad.

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Comments: It's a MISS! Totally tasteless.

Chicken Soup with Wintermelon

Comments: It's a HIT! The soup super tasty.

Laksa

Comments: HIT! Very tasty, very nice.

Chicken Rice

Comments: Mixed feelings with this one. Rice fragrant but chicken too dry.

BBQ Taupok, Carrot Cake, Satay, Shishamo and Fried Rice

Comments: Satay HIT! The rest is a MISS!

Fried Vegetables with chicken and fish

Comments: HIT! The ingredients are fried ala teppanyaki style. Lots of flavor

Carbonara

Comments: HIT! The sauce and noodle tasted nice, but the bacon burnt. Overall still nice.

Tempura, baked corn, spicy baked cod fish

Comments: HITS! Tempura was nice as it was straight out of the wok.

Baked Salmon Fish Head

Comments: HIT! Marinated well, cooked well, taste well too.

Meat of the day: Pork
Comments: Miss! Very tough. 

Pizzas

Comments: HIT. Very tasty but makes you full easily. 

Aglio Olio

Comments: MISS! Very dry and tasteless. 

Ice Kachang

Comments: They provide the ice, you put your own syrup and all. Their atap chee was very hard.

Overall review: Compared to most other restaurants that sell buffet, this place for $42 on a weekend rate is quite worth it. The food is of good quality. The only thing I don't like is that you have to queue a long time for the oysters. But if you want it fresh, I guess good things come to those who wait.

Website: Buffet Town

Details of the place: Raffles City, #B1-44E 
To make a reservation: 6837 3793 

Menya Musashi

 A new concept of eating ramen comes this restaurant called Menya Musashi. Named after the legendary samurai, Miyamoto Musashi, who was famed for his double sword style, the award winning Menya Musashi has become a household name in Japan since making its debut in 1996. Credited as the pioneer of a new ramen culture in Japan, they strive to bring new experiences to customers through their revolutionary ramen. Featuring a creamier soup base than most ramen, it comes in white, red and black versions. The signature white tonkotsu broth is made with a substantial amount of pork bones, giving the ramen broth a thick taste full of oomph!

Chopsticks

Agedeshi Tofu (can't remember how much)

Comments: Crispy on the outside, smooth on the inside, sadly not as tasty as how normally a agedeshi tofu would be like.

Bokuto Gyoza Comes together with the Black Kakuni Ramen as a set

Comments: Normal tasting

Black Kakuni Ramen $16.90

Comments: Quite like the noodle but sadly the soup was not hot. Similar to the dish below, only that the broth is really soup instead of something to dip into. The egg slightly overcooked though.

Kodou Tsukemen $15.90

Comments: Another way to eat ramen, something like eating a cha soba. You have to dip the ramen into the soup and slurp it up. It is advisable not to drink the soup though as it is very salty, but eating it like cha soba gives it a different taste altogether. The meat is quite tough though. The egg is the typical half cooked yolk egg.

Overall review: Nice ramen but place a bit crampy and air con did not seem to be working. Staff very efficient and good service standard. They could do better with the egg though.

Website: Menya Musashi (not very updated though)

Details of the place: Menya Musashi stores