Friday , 28th march
Went makan with 0-dan and Yj after Jap class. @ first they were saying that to only got for dessert buffet after out jap exam so was planing to go Dim Sum @ Geylang. But 2pif YJ says she got craving for sweets things so we went ahead with Dessert Buffet @ Marina Mandarin.
Atrium Lounge & Senses Patisserie
" The Dessert Symphony
(Every Friday, Saturday and Eve of Public Holiday, 8pm to Midnight)
On evenings of Fridays, Saturdays and eve of Public Holidays, let Atrium Lounge's Dessert Symphony Buffet (S$28 per person) indulge with a medley of over 30 decadent treats, artfully presented with each bite promising a harmony of flavours to the palate." - Quoted from Marina Mandarin Website.
Most of you must be wondering .... dessert buffet .... Y got a bandage leg ? This is the "GREAT WORK" of the 2 gals ..... cos 0-dan was wearing a limited edition flip flop !!!! so we scare there might be a dresscode for the lounge ... thus .. they thot of using bandages for the leg so we will have excuses as to why she was not in proper dresscode .... So funny ... and they actually thot and speak of it @ the same time .... they so "K"elever wor !!!
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Firstly what greet us was the friendly staffs of the lounge and we were given seats at the other end of the buffet counter as the other side was full, the seat was quite BIG and comfy and it was next to some water feature. Next what greet us was the Tea/Coffee that comes with the buffet ( $1 per subsequent refill - i think ) . The sugar was soooooooooooo cute ... well maybe is Sua-gu ( mountain tortoise ) neber see b4 ... but it was soooo cute that we can't resist just licking and sucking it.
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First of all, was quite disappointed with the Crêpe Suzette cos from what we learnt was caramelized sugar then add butter and orange juice + lightly grated orange peel and the crepe will be put in and then the liqueur is added in and flambe then serve. But what they did was , 1) butter in then sugar in to caramelized then THROW in all the FRUITS !!!! strawberry + blue berries and stuff in to cook in the caramelized sugar ... so salah !!! and then they flambe it and after that then add in the crepe ... thus the crepe got no taste of the caramelized sugar smell and taste also there isn;t any flambe taste ... disappointed cos @ first we thot was like ... wow on the spot made crepe suzette. But the next thing i tried was good ... think was some melon thingy ... with cream cheese and the savarin was salty .... i like :P
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Next I try on the cheese petti four , @ first we were thinking that what is the green thing with the cheese, and we conculde that "green" thing in Pastry usually is "Green Tea" or "Pistachio" after trying and trying ... we decided that it might could have been green tea cos of the after-taste ( also pistachio usually got a stronger taste. The kaya toast was not bad to me ... cos it was with 2 layers of Finger sponge and in between is kaya + butter , quite unique for a cake.
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First of all the lychee macaroon is not too sweet , which i always hate macaroons as it will usually be too sweet for my tooth , BUT I can't taste of any lychee flavour and also they had a Apple Tea + Chocolate Macaroon which the apple tea's taste is totally covered by the chocolate.And the layers of things is actually quite nice BUT pls improve on the cutting ... mine look like Eiffel Tower + The Leaning Tower of Pisa !!!! it was big on the bottom and narrow on top and was like slanting to one side ( no excuses and tell me that is the design cos some of it was properly cut! but i have to give credit cos on the bottom layer there was a super thin layer of chocolate as base , and the whole thing was very soft , it must be very hard to transfer and display , and i like the red layer , can't remember was it raspberry or strawberry.Oh .... pls give credit to the dessert wine jelly .... it was the nicest I had that nice i think , also there was some parlines ,,,, one with dessicated coconut inside , that taste like pandan ? liked the one with a red toping on the white shell ( but i only like the red powder) , then there was one i think with nuts n raisins.
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The chocolate was not too bad and the golden ball is chocolate too , not some cheapo candy. The Crème brûléewas a bit disappointment also ... too thick and stiff ... think tooo much egg yolks or toooo less water/milk when using some ready-2-use Crème_brûlée mix.
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Ok this had to be the worst of the worst from the whole dessert buffet ..... The Strawberry Souffle and the Chocolate Souffle , The strawberry one was under cooked , you can see it's watery below and it doesn't raised , in fact it sinked ! The chocolate one was over-cooked , it was very the stiff. Think they used steamer instead of oven so maybe that's why the taste is so bad, pls note you will have to waited about 20 mins for this , cos it's only steam when ordered. The other pic is the view i had from my seat , quite a nice place to hang out.
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Some other things i tried , actually there were more stuffs but did not managed to take pic of all.In term of desserts-wise ... So-so ... but nice display of the petti fours but taste was can be improved also they seems to cut cost , use a lot of egg white foam instead of cream or custard , or maybe it is the recipes, But too much of the same things ... can get a bit *puke* also some of the stuffs must cut down on the sugar .. Esp there is this Sabayon something, The donuts can give a miss too. But nice place to hang out , services were good till certain timing ... we left @ about 2am ,,, and we were waving and waving but none of the 5-6 staffs saw us and we had to walk over to ask for bills. Staffs is not very sure of the current promo when we were paying up ( where the staff who attended to us did told us some promo)
FYI .... Citibank credit card holders , you only pay 2 pax for 3 pax to enjoy, so quite good deal , instead of $28++ ( think is about $33) , we paid about $22 each.> Nice place to hang out , chill and think we will still go there and try other desserts the next time round, of cos hope to see some improvement in some of the desserts. P/s : it will be good if they could off each a plate of what was in this picture.
