mary goh: MELT ~ The World Cafe @ The Mandarin Oriental

I had the opportunity to participate in the new Ch 8 Buffet Buffet program, which introduces value-for-money buffets in Spore.

I had the privilege of reviewing the popular dinner buffet at MELT ~ The World Cafe ($70++)

Seafood Paradise ~ cant resist the varieties of fresh & succulent seafood avail. Looking at the platter is enough to distract u from counting your cholestrols.

The fresh Boston Lobsters are enough to cover your buffet cost. Not forgetting the fresh & juicy scallops as well as the fresh oysters. Every item here was like jus fresh from the ocean!!!

Luscious fresh scallops, prawns & mussels

Japanese Cuisine ~
Besides the irresistable seafood, the sashimi was also fresh & professionally cut to the right size and thickness. The Japanese Chef was at the counter to provide fresh cuts of salmon, yellow tail & tuna. Even the rice grain for the sushi was simply perfect, in texture and body.

Roast platter; seafood noodle

Cantonese Cuisine ~
The uniqueness of this counter - food was prepared from their Chinese restaurant - Cherry Garden. The roast meat platter was flavorsome - roast pork has crispy skin and was not fatty, char siew was dulcet and roasted to the temperature.

The stock of the seafood noodle was rich, with generous servings of fish slices, prawns, seaweed & veggie. A healthy choice too!

As I had to save some space for the dessert, I went easy on other food - papadum, prawn salad, yam rice, thai salted egg fried rice, grilled sea bass and thai fish-cake.

I enjoyed the yam rice, with some tinge of burnt flavor from the high fire cooking.

Dessert Lovers
One cant resist the many varieties of desserts, professionally displayed in special chillers. The thought of the drawers of desserts avail is enough to salivate!!!

Creme brulee was cripsy on the top and silky on the inside.

The waffle of the town!!! Each piece is freshly made and cut in an appropriate size, so that u can experiment with more servings, with the many varieties of toppings avail. I chose the Movenpick lime sorbet, which was refreshing and citrus enough to wash down the heavy meal.

Eaten on its own, the waffle was cripsy and buttery flavored. Which was why I had a second helping without any toppings. Yum yum.... it was mouth watering jus thinking of the waffle!!!

Drinks were not included in the buffet but we sampled 3 connoctions and the lychee green tea was refreshing and blands well in taste.