The Line Buffet at ShangriLa ; What's Good and Not Good ?

We celebrated my wife May's birthday a week ago at the Line Buffet. It being a Monday evening (13th), I had expected it to be reasonably empty. To my surprise it was packed to capacity and diners without reservations were turned away or made to return after 9pm ! Talk about a recession and people losing their jobs and struggling, not this bunch !!

The reviews by the Straits Times which praised the quality of the food was one of the draws. In addition, the offer that "X% discount applies if its your birthday - (but limited it to number of diners or tables) was another attraction. Pricing for the buffet was S$ 60++ for adults which effectively was S$ 80 per adult. Amex card holders get 15% discount so even though we did not get the birthday discount, Amex discount was as good because it applied to all 4 of us.



What's Good ; Do try :

Roast Beef - it was medium rare, tender,moist and succulent (tasty)
Oysters - freshly shucked
Prawns - shells come of easily
Salad - made by the chef according to your portions, try the Caesar's
Crabs - Small flower crabs but sweet taste
Braised Beef with Vege - Good and tender

So So only if you are very hungry

Tandoori Chicken - Overgrilled in my opinion
Roast Pork - Quite Fatty actually
Satay (beef) - Overgrilled and tough in my opinion
Mussels - Tough

Don't Bother
Ice Cream - Not milky enough



Would I go back again ? If with international guests Yes, but for a repeat I would go to Hyatts Straits Kitchen as they have
much better Muslim choices like prata,naan, nasi bryani and tandoori chicken. Additionally they have the famous Buddha Jumps over the Wall soup plus more Japanese selections. Price is practically the same as The Line.