Ellenborough Market Cafe - Oishii Osaka

Was here again yesterday for their theme buffet - Oishii Osaka. As usual, there is a buy 3 get 1 free promotion with HSBC cards. Other promotions include 18% off with DBS cards and a 15% off with a lot of other banks such as HSBC or OCBC.
Oishii Osaka wasn't that satisfactory as compared to their seafood theme a few months back. I was expecting a lot more Japanese food but it only had its usual sashimi spread which was only salmon and another fish which I don't know what it was. Sushi rolls were badly made and it tasted like what you could get from Cold Storage. Green Tea icecream was the nicest food in the whole Japanese theme.
Overall, food was so so but it failed miserably if you classified it with the 'Osaka' tag as they tried to fit their not so Japanese food into the Japanese theme by adding it in their item tags.

Wok fried Slipper Lobster with Japanese black pepper sauce. I think they just added the word 'Japanese' to fit into the theme as these tasted exactly the same as what I ate a few months back.

Beef Katsu was weird.

Japanese Chicken Kare was so so.

I didn't take these (Sio Pai Chye with Nagaimo and Lotus Leaf Chicken)

Green Tea Swirl. This was nice, it tasted like yam puff with yam replaced with green tea paste

A spread of seafood.

A variety of Nonya dishes.

Fish with Wasabi sauce

Sauces

2 different kinds of soups but both are very salty

Very nice green tea ice cream

Durian Pengat

Cheng Teng

Rice dumplings in glutinous paste with coconut milk

Prawn Tempura. The flour was thin but it wasn't crispy.

Unique green tea swirl

Seafood dumpling and Yam Mango Roll. These are quite unique and nice.

Salad

Abalone festival buffet at Todai at Marina Bay Sands

This is my second visit to Todai and most probably the last visit too! My first visit to Todai was more than 2 years ago when Todai first opened its doors in Singapore. Being raved by many even before it landed in Singapore, I was anticipating its opening but the quality of food has greatly disappointed me. Being an abalone fanatic, I was attracted to its abalone festival so I decided to give Todai another chance. Oh boy! I shouldn't have gave them another chance. It is as disappointing but I must admit that Todai does have a huge variety.
So why are there so many good reviews online and the huge restaurant is almost full house on a weekday night? This is greatly dependent on individual. If u are someone who enjoys steamed crab and looking for a large quantity and variety of food then Todai is the place for you. My neighboring tables are eating away happily while I was taking regretful bites of mediocre food. Maybe my standard is too high? But I'm definitely someone who prefers quality over quantity.

Very small abalone and salmon sliced into absolute small slices that I have never seen before

Snow Crab

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A large variety of Japanese sushi

Fish and bacon was ok, cereal prawns were overcooked and very difficult to peel, salmon was very hard.

Rows of meat waiting to be grilled.

Pizza and Korean rice cakes.

Kimchi was nice and that was about all. The rest were so so. Fries was cold and quite disgusting.

Beef

Snow crab!

Look at how thin the salmon is! The chef is going to cut it into even smaller pieces and refused to give us a bigger portion although we requested for it.

A lot of sauces

Fresh-looking vegetables but who really goes for a buffet for salad?

This tastes very horrible just like those frozen ones you could get at the supermarkets.

Desserts that are not worth mentioning. Yes! They are that bad.

Swiss rolls was a LITTLE better than the cakes.

Marshmallows with chocolate.

Ellenborough Market Cafe - Seafood buffet, Now till end of March 2013

They are back with their seasonal buffet themes! This time round it is Sensational Seafood. At $58++ per person, this buffet is definitely worth going for. Come on and take a look at what they offer!

For HSBC cardholders, one dine free with every three paying adults!

Japanese Section

Nice creamy salmon

A large variety of seafood

This is so good! It has the texture of the usual shark fins soup.

Traditional delights with 5 different toppings

Sea cucumber

Chilli crab and lobster was good! Chilli crab would be a lot better
 if their shells are cracked before cooking. It was a hassle trying to
 break their shells and getting your fingers all dirty.

Yummy sea cucumber



The biggest highlight of the the dessert section.
A HUGE pot of durian pengat for durian lovers!



Sweet potato soup and ah balling

Pulut Hitam and Bubur Cha Cha

Limited choices for cakes

Muah Chee

Some items that I forgot to take photos are the salad bar which normally I don't take during buffet. They do serve tea and coffee for the buffet as well! In general, the dishes are well-cooked and seafood is so fresh! This buffet is a steal and it is regretful that it is only available for a mere 15 days.