The Line

Another 38% off Shangri-La buffets! Wakakaka..... Instead of going to Rose Veranda, this time we rushed down and booked ourselves seats for their lunch buffet at The Line. Their spread is varied, with almost everything you can think of. The place is bright, colourful and happy. What a pleasant way to spend your lazy Saturday afternoon.

Fresh oysters with Tabasco sauce and a tinge of lemon. Their oysters are large, succulent and fresh. The waiter opens the oysters upon request, and hence preserving its freshness. I had 4 of these, and the other two girls 7 each!!! Gosh...it was like a feeding frenzy~

Sixian loves sashimi, so she deserted us for a while to join the sashimi queue and came back with this dish of goodies to share : Salmon, tuna, salmon belly and squid. I didn't dare eat much for fear of stomach upset ( i always get diarrhea after too much raw meat), but the fish were all juicy and delicious! Following this, we also had fresh cold prawns, mussels and crabs, which were all tasteless.

The thing about buffets is that you have to take everything in small portions to prevent over-eating. This serving of salad in balsamic vinaigrette dressing, onion risotto and pizza is a great start after all the seafood. The onion risotto was especially tasty.

They do have some very creative food, like the rock melon wrapped with thin smoked beef, that was great. The beef satay was tender and flavourful. The other two sides , seabass and chicken on this dish were alright.

Tze Ching's love for Indian food shows on her plate. She heaped it up with tandoori chicken, papadums, nans, curry chicken and satays! Everything was spicy and pretty authentic, for a buffet.

Now, back to appetisers....we were eating pretty haphazardly. Basically just taking things we fancy...haha.. the black-pepper pan-seared tuna looked so good, but didn't turn out as well as we expected. The foie gras was the minced version...never liked it, too salty and liver-ish.

I had a bowl of Cream of Pumpkin after the first round, but it was nothing compared to this Winter Melon Chicken Soup! Very very soothing, reminiscent of mom's cooking. I still prefer oriental soup :)

Dessert!!!! I ordered this Mango Crepe, and we also had a chocolate brownie Crepe. Both were sinful and dripping with creamy fillings. The crepe itself was chewy and sweet, a good way to start our dessert rounds.

These are the crazy, sweet and fattening array of desserts that they have. Our favourite ( got 2 votes out of 3) must be the Earl Grey Creme Brulee ( the one in the white round cup). The subtle tea aroma added alot of character to the already popular creme brulee. Sixian prefers the lemon macaron though.

We had some cakes as well, and ended the wonderful meal with ice cream and brewed coffee. Phew.....*fans stomach* Hope to have a chance to go back next time :D