KUBLAI KHAN MONGOLIAN BUFFET
In a mark of respect for Mr Lee Kuan Yew, I decided to not post any entertainment matters online during the week of mourning for him. This post was meant for last week but I decided to push it back by 1 week till today..
The Kublai Khan Mongolian Buffet on the 4th level of Park Mall has got intrinsic decorations and setup to suggest a Mongolian-like setting for dining. From the horse sculptures at the entrance that suggests how ancient men would tether their horses to settle for a good meal, to a walkway that suggests a setting of the mighty Great Wall of China with the rocky background patterns. Every minor detail is meticulously in place that brings back memories of those medieval times.
$35 for a dinner meal at this buffet place is a reasonable amount considering its good varieties of food on offer even though the ambience might be lacking in spite of its decent setup. The music on repeat serves to magnify the mundane mood there. The plus side was the fact that friendly assistants around afforded good dining service.
The range of food in this buffet place is not the widest around but it is decent and eye catchy.
In what sense? For $35, you get to have a good western variety of spaghettis and lasagne, chinese varieties of dim sums and fried wanton, japanese delights like sashimis and even local delights like chilli crabs and bun just to name a few.
The tastes of these dishes might not be fantastic but it certainly trumps mainstream places like buffet town and is even cheaper than those.
The sashimis might be ordinary, western sub-par but one dish that certainly didn't disappoint was that of the Satays here.
The Sharks fin soup(as much as I disapprove of such a dish) was excellent and the fried wantons are crispy delicacies that you simply can't bear to miss. The chilli crabs were however, a tough nut to crack and difficult to consume and the desserts weren't that outstanding.
An interesting dish available was similar to that of the local char Kway Teow, where you can actually customize your own ingredients to have in your bowl of dish. You can witness the chef cooking right before your eyes and if you happen to be early and one of the first few customers there, you could be lucky to watch an intriguing show of him cooking. I shan't give any spoilers but it is something worthy of note from this venue. This dish is unique as it can't really be found around that commonly.
There was plenty of anticipation for me in the days leading up to dining at this buffet place. It didn't disappoint in spite of some of its lackluster elements as I still got to enjoy a satisfying and hearty meal in this Mongolian retreat.
So with that, Peanut has left a marker on another food place.
Stay tuned for more adventures!
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