Window on the park restaurant: Dinner buffet

January 6, 2010 | 33 Comments

I have a little fetish with desserts. I cannot resist them, especially during buffets. I mean, why wait till the end of the meal to have desserts, when you can have desserts right at the start? Because I eat desserts first.

Remember I took seven lucky readers with me for a dinner buffet?

The best part of the desserts section would definitely be the live station that serves fresh crepes and waffles; I had a great time marveling at the process of making the waffles, and then an inspiration suddenly struck as I took a spoon and drizzled the chocolate from the flowing fondue on top of the waffles and ice cream.

You know what’s the worst thing? They know my wildest desire and they demand my attention every now and then. It’s very irritating. They would wave and offer themselves to me. And then they tickle and whisper into my ears. If the others had not pull me away, I’d have stay at the waffle station for the whole dinner.

Their durian pengat is famous too, and it’s a great idea to have it together with the waffles too; anything goes with waffles – it’s just my excuse for having more! There’s an assortment of mini pastries and cakes available, I liked the mini fruit tarts, and simply enjoyed dipping the marshmallow inside the chocolate fondue, oh what joy.

Among the main dishes, the fried carrot cake caught my eye, and surprisingly it was very good and I couldn’t stop raving it to the rest. After the recent revamp, the buffet has doubled it’s selection and now focuses more on local and Asian dishes,

But when it comes to buffet, I always eat very little of the main dish, okay I will still grab some small bites, like one spoonful of rice and fried noodles, one piece of chicken, and some sushi. After which, I will go back and concentrate on the desserts. Oh well, I have a sweet tooth.

There’s also stations where you can prepare laksa and rojak, there’s several sets of different menu and the local favorites dishes will be rotated every night. Food is all about getting your hands dirty isn’t it? The fun of mixing and matching your own rojak, throwing in as much peanut and youtiao as you want, and putting more prawns and chili into your bowl of laksa.

It was not the chili crab, but the deep-fried mantou beside the crab that took my breathe away. What sheer audacity, they actually had a bowl full of deep-fried mantou along side the big pot of chili crab gravy – it was a direct challenge crying out to me, come, lets see how many mantous can you finish!

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The buffet lunch is $39++ from Monday to Fridays, and buffet dinner for weekdays are $44++. Their weekend dinner buffet has a bigger seafood spread at $46++ per person. I will like to thank Chia Yee from Holiday Inn for the invitation for the food tasting session, and I hope that the seven of you enjoyed the buffet dinner.

Restaurant Review
Window on the Park Restaurant
11 Cavenagh road
Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre
Tel: 6733 8333

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33 Responses to “Window on the park restaurant: Dinner buffet”

  1. betty
    January 6th, 2010 @ 1:48 pm

    wah great review on buffet! and kudos to eating deserts first!

    hehe i dont quite do the same but i do look and decide on desserts beefore even thinking abt mains :)

  2. Angeline
    January 6th, 2010 @ 2:13 pm

    hehe. I always aim for the fried mantou whenever i eat chilli crab. Because i find eating crab is a tedious chore! Mantou triumps over the crab!

  3. mademoiselle délicieuse
    January 6th, 2010 @ 8:37 pm

    I normally check out the desserts first so I can pace all my other food to leave room for the ones I have my eye on! Only problem once was, by the time I was ready to move on to desserts, most of them had ’sold out’ AND were not replaced =(

  4. Jacelyn
    January 6th, 2010 @ 11:42 pm

    I definitely enjoyed myself, together with the great company! I went back again with my bf the following week. :)

  5. Jayden
    January 7th, 2010 @ 12:05 am

    Sorry this is abit off topic, but… I think your tag on the pictures shouldn’t be kerned too tight. Cos if I were to come across your pic on google images or something, I might have a hard time reading what is the url! Try +20 or even +40! It might actually look better!

  6. Jayden
    January 7th, 2010 @ 12:06 am

    …just my 2 cents! :P

  7. ChiewMei
    January 7th, 2010 @ 12:22 am

    fresj waffles plus free flow mantous and chilli crab sauce? omg i’m convinced.

  8. Shirin
    January 7th, 2010 @ 7:33 am

    Brad! This is pure torture! I miss SG food so much now! Nick and I were drooling at the chilli crab and sambal kangkong. Your pictures made us so hungry! Definitely heading there once our plane lands in Changi in June. xx

  9. thisisyummy
    January 7th, 2010 @ 12:00 pm

    Whoa! Crepes, waffles, nonya kuehs, singaporean delights, this place is awesome! haha. the self-arranged desserts look fabulous too! =D

    Cheers! =)

  10. adel
    January 8th, 2010 @ 1:26 am

    I was there in mid Oct 09, that time this place was renovated. I thought none of the cooked food there was fresh nor any good, only desserts soothed my frustration (waffles weren’t made fresh).
    I guess that was what the 1-for-1($52++) offer quality stood for, $26nett person. From your entry, the pricing is up and I guess the quality & choices adjusted proportionally.

  11. ladyironchef
    January 8th, 2010 @ 1:44 am

    betty: Maybe you can start practicing and eat desserts first like me? But yeah, i guess it’s pretty good for u to start thinking about it when you are choosing main course too : )

    angeline: totally, just go for the deep fried man tou with lots and lots of gravy, ignore the crab!

    mademoiselle delicieuse: My dear, that’s why i always start with desserts first. Usually if you leave it to the end, they are always finished, or “damaged” by the others. So always have your desserts first

    jacelyn: WOW! serious, you brought yr bf back the following week? haha

    jay: you mean increase the font of the watermark? okay thanks for the suggestion : )

    Chiewmei: You know, if i do not feel guilty not eating the other food, i will really do that, just binge on the mantou and waffles

    Shirin: Okay, timer starts now, June is just less than five months away! *big beam*

    thisisyummy: Awesome! haha there’s nothing better than unlimited waffles and ice cream

    adel: Ah yes they did a revamp, and increase the variety of the food selections as well : )

  12. Vivian
    January 8th, 2010 @ 2:22 am

    oh wow~! the buffet spread looks GOODDD!!!
    darn…i missed it…could i come along the next time please? =)

    ps: am an avid reader…just too shy to comment…sorry

  13. ladyironchef
    January 8th, 2010 @ 10:03 am

    Hello Vivian, don’t be so shy, comment more regularly yeah? i’m having a food outing soon at the end of the month, hope to see u there? :)

  14. BB
    January 8th, 2010 @ 1:49 pm

    hi chef..

    any good recommendation for a not so expensive buffet dinner for large group?

  15. ladyironchef
    January 8th, 2010 @ 5:59 pm

    BB: Hello! how much is the budget per head? Send me an email to bradleyfk@gmail.com, it’s easier to talk there : )

  16. allie
    January 15th, 2010 @ 3:46 pm

    Although me too love dessert so much, but it never strike my mind to hv dessert prior to main course. I’m definitely gonna try this the next round I have a buffet! : )

  17. ladyironchef
    January 16th, 2010 @ 9:19 am

    allie: HOW CAN? please try it next time, the feeling is freaking awesome

  18. June
    March 9th, 2010 @ 2:03 pm

    Wow… This is good especially with the 1 – 1 offer!! =) I’m going to try the dinner buffet!

  19. Locks
    March 10th, 2010 @ 10:47 am

    June: Pls let us know the price for weekday dinner buffet. I tried calling to check but could only get the hotel staff and was told that weekday dinner buffet is $51++!

  20. ladyironchef
    March 10th, 2010 @ 1:32 pm

    June: There’s a 1-for-1 offer now? how does it works?

    Locks: 51 bucks for weekday dinner is kind of expensive, din know if they change the price. Did you call through to the restaurant or was it the reception counter who answered?

  21. Locks
    March 10th, 2010 @ 4:59 pm

    The 1-for-1 offer is for UOB credit cards. Saw it in the promo leaflets they sent me with this month’s bill. There’s a PDF version on their (UOB) site too.

    I called two numbers. One led me to an automated voice system and I was put on hold, so I called another number and a lady picked up almost immediately. It might be the reception counter because when I asked for the restaurant’s number, she said she wasn’t from the restaurant but I could ask whatever I wanted to know through her. Not sure if the info is accurate…Would be good if someone who went recently can confirm. :P

  22. ladyironchef
    March 10th, 2010 @ 8:26 pm

    locks: Oh i see. Ok hopefully June will reply us on this. haha

  23. Justin
    March 23rd, 2010 @ 3:44 pm

    i just called and made a reservation for this buffet tonight and was told by the restaurant staff that it is S$51++ per adult.

  24. ladyironchef
    March 24th, 2010 @ 12:11 am

    Hello Justin, thanks for letting us know about the price! have fun at the buffet

  25. Justin
    March 24th, 2010 @ 2:42 am

    to be frank, it was a disappoinment.

    Hi Brad, did you go for a weekday buffet dinner because the main courses were very different.

    dishes available: bean sprouts, ikan bilies and peanuts, nasi lemak rice, fried egg. very simple dishes.

    the lasak stock don’t look like laksa stock and it was burnt. the manager agree and told the chef to change it but it still was burnt after changing. the laksa stock is definitely not like the picture above.

    dessert is the best among all. but not as many kuehs as above.

    overall very disappointed at the price and quality. haha maybe u were there so it was nicer?

    no

  26. ladyironchef
    March 25th, 2010 @ 8:40 pm

    justin: Oh dear, sorry to hear that you didn’t have a good time. i have no idea what happen man, no la, not because I am there then it was nicer. from what they told me, the menu is changed everyday, but still that shouldn’t be the explanation for a lousy buffet. will feedback to the management! : )

  27. Justin
    March 25th, 2010 @ 8:45 pm

    thanks Brad! =) i think the worse is the stock being burnt, oh well..it’s over. look forward for better food each day =)

  28. lj
    April 18th, 2010 @ 10:15 pm

    The desserts look so colourful n pretty. :)

  29. ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
    April 19th, 2010 @ 8:57 am

    Lj: hahah they are right? makes me feel so happy just by looking at them

  30. Jessie
    July 11th, 2010 @ 9:26 pm

    I brought my sister’s family there for dinner last night. It’s a super disappointment and i felt pretty embarrassed.

    the buffet dinner is now at $53++ & luckily i had HSBC card so entitled for 1-for-1 but honestly its not worth at all.

    There was no one to help prepare the laksa & we had to do it ourself. The place is small & cramp & we were way at the back so walking to the food was a problem.

    Their servings were small & food ran out fast. The more expensive ones like cold prawns etc took one hour later before they were replenished but were gone in less than 3 mins.

    The steam rice were hard & the ice cream all half melted. I told my daughters they were supposed to drink it not eat.

    Overall i wont recommend anyone to go there. for that price u can just go and try Sakura International Buffet.

  31. alice ho
    July 19th, 2010 @ 1:31 pm

    Hi all, to Window on the Park REstaurant. I am organising for a party of approx 22-25 pax on Saturday 31 July for a buffet dinner. can you kindly email me your menu and promotions available? thank you so much.

  32. foodlover
    August 18th, 2010 @ 12:23 am

    I totally agree that the buffet is not worth it. The food served was not fantastic. Items such as nasi lemak, spicy beancurd, penang laksa n rojak.. The cold dishes’ quality are so so too, prawns are not really firm n sweet n raw salmon is like wise too. No oyster or scallop. Thou there is chilli crab, still feel that the price is not justified. For this price, i would expect a little bit more. If not for the 1 – 1 credit card promo, it is totally not worth it. After taxes, it is $60/- per pax (if original price). I will not go there again.

  33. Scherry
    September 2nd, 2010 @ 6:46 pm

    Was so frustrated when i called for my inquiry on the main dish serve for the day. Firstly was very happy when a group of us found that this place serve LOBSTER and CRAB for dinners.As i called in, firstly i was approach by a lady who assist me thru out. but she wasn’t sure on the menu for the day whether they r gonna serve our preferred item. After waiting for awhile, i decided to call back, but in disappointment a staff from the call centre called MARRY actually just turn me down without even listening to situation!! she’s so rude that after she argued with me then i ask her to pass me to the person incharge.at starts she insist! why must i talk to her when she got no knowledge of the food that i’m inquiring and worst still she argued that the restaurant totally don’t serve LOBSTER!! ridiculous service!If you don’t know you can check!!not throw any answer! worst still customer will runwith this kind of attitude staff!! Then the restaurant manager Kalyan then get back to me with the full knowledge of the things i’m enquiring in.. If this kind of service given, who wanna choose this kind of place, and because of one person, it really bring down the status of the hotel!

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