Lime restaurant at Parkroyal on Pickering Road

远看花红红，近看花有虫！This is my conclusion for Lime! With high ceilings, modern contemporary interiors and exceptional service, it leaves me to wonder why Parkroyal couldn't just give a little bit more effort on their food like what they did to doll up their hotel. There is nothing much to comment on their variety since they do not really have any to start with. Service was awesome but I think their staff need more training on their knowledge for buffet. Being in shock that there wasn't any raw salmon seen in the Japanese section, we asked whether raw salmon was offered in the buffet and the first waiter said he would check it out for us and soon comes the second waiter who blanked out at our question and said he would check it out for us. Our question was forwarded to the third waiter who gave us a 'No' answer. Well, is our question that difficult to answer? But well anyway.. let's take a look on what they have....

Cold cuts - 4 types only.
Namely, Oysters (which always ran out), Scallops, Mussels and Prawns.

4 kinds of salads

I couldn't believe that these are the only things they offer under the 'Japanese' section.
How could one says that they offer an international buffet when they do not even
have raw salmon. Awwww... *FaintZZZ!

Lime pie - Was very soft and mushy. Meringue on top of the pie was all melted and
the cutted lime pie is like a gruesome mess.

Smoked salmon that could be eaten. I would have enjoyed the fresh ones more.

Tiramisu was ok.

Local desserts taste terrible.

Pies

Fondue

Something unique? Banana Sago in Coconut Soup. I gave this a miss since
I totally dislike banana and coconut.

Unfortunately, the bread and butter pudding just taste odd somehow.

Signature dish for the Chinese section is fried fish beehoon. Well...I think any random
food court could do better than parkroyal. Soup was very salty and fish wasn't fresh.

Pasta section that only offers 3 kinds of pasta and sauces.

Duck meat sushi was the only decent sushi offered.

Awww.. So cute! Round cup with a round handle and round dish.

Salad?

Bread

Cheese

From top left clockwise,

1. Roasted Chicken with BBQ sauce - Hard and dry.

2. Braised Pork Belly - quite decent and the creamy mushroom sauce went 

quite well with it. 

3. Grilled Salmon with mushroom sauce - So-so

Ham and Smoked Salmon

Cauliflower and white truffle oil soup - This is good!

Pasta with creamy mushroom sauce. Portion is small which is ok
since it was too salty

Fried fish beehoon. Too salty and fish wasn't fresh.

Lotus rice -  Normal

Starting from left, clockwise,

1. Vegetables - Good. It is not too salty and broccoli is well cooked.

2. Cod fish - One of the nicest dish in the buffet.

3. Prawns and scallops are fresh.

Potato Salad - Potato was a little raw.
E-fu Noodle - A little too watery but flavourful.

Cute dish

Tomato based pasta - I think I can cook better.

A stupid design as it was difficult to pluck out the sticks.

Sourish lime marshmallows - the texture is weird. It is too soft!

Chocolate tart was the only nice one on the plate. 

Creme brulee seems not cooked.  The taste of raw egg is very strong.

Self decorated cake for friend's birthday 

 Lime is having a 'Buy 2 get 1 free promotion' with UOB credit cards until end of April 2013 and it amounts up to around $136 for a weekday dinner for 3 persons. At $46 per person, I would definitely NOT come back again given the poor quantity and quality of food they served. However, Lime would definitely be the place to come if you need a nice place to chill out.