Went to Ellenborough Market Cafe @ Swissotel Merchant Court with Tsian and Zen to celebrate my belated birthday yesterday.... =) It was belated as Tsian has just finished his exams... lol...
The hotel's design and infrastructure design damn nice.... Gives u a very nice feeling as you walk in... But the interior was kinda dark.. wondered why. LOL....
Anyway, the buffet section looks kinda small.... but theres actually a lot of food.... LOL.... And they have sub sections..... which we later found out.. lol....
The buffet has got crayfish, oysters, fish and all.... Its more towards the Peranakan food cuisine.... But I would say the best part of the buffet was the desserts section.. They had a wide variety of nice Peranakan desserts, ranging from Durian Pengat, Kueh Lapis, Pulut Hitam.... to Bread and Butter pudding and the likes.
The Durian Pengat is the main attraction and a must eat when you visit this cafe.. Its their signature dish.. True enough... its extremely tasty!!! YUMMY YUMMY! =) And I had 2 big full servings of it... damn nice.. its made of high quality durian... maybe mao shan wang or D24... lol... =)
By the looks of us, you would probably know how delicious it is liao... LOL... Nice rite? I give their durian pengat 10/10.... lol... as for the pulut hitam (red bean dessert with coconut milk) i find it kinda sweet... my mum's one is nicer...
The way to eat would probably to put the durian pengat in your tongue... den slowly let it melt on your tongue while you savour the taste of it.... DAMN DELICIOUS! =)
The penang kway teow was piping hot and nice... the rest of the dishes were also above average.... didnt eat the oysters cos it was raw...
I would say the service was impressive. I feel they actually have a waiter stationed to serve a few tables. Its like damn fast. They keep clearing your tables. But sometimes can be a little bit irritating. cos the moment you stop eating and start to talk, they will ask... can i clear? LOL... But overall it was quite good... they kept refilling us with water... LOL.... The only thing is that the toilet is very far away from the restaurant... there's no toilet inside the restaurant....
But overall I may look forward to visiting them sometime soon... when i have a craving for durian... LOL... =)
