Lavishing in Sumptuousness & Freshness

My family, grandma & aunty Katherine went to this restaurant at Tampines Mall to celebrate our reunion dinner this evening. It was a newly opened branch at this location & none of us have never ever eaten there before.

This place is called ‘Pariss Restaurant’ providing an international buffet at quite a high price of approximately $30 per person, on normal days & almost $40 per person for festive occasions such as Chinese New Year.

I walked inside with my family & relatives, hoping that the food would be good, as it’s our reunion dinner… even though to me, a reunion dinner is more about a family gathering together, rather than just about the quality of the food.

Personally, I find the ambience of the restaurant quite alright (maybe 6.5/10), apart from it being a little cram for walking in between the tables & chairs that were situated further away from the buffet area.

After some chat & wishing my aunty happy birthday, we proceeded to check out the buffet selection. Oh boy… was I amazed! There is such a large selection of buffet food items, which just shocked the happiness out of my heart! I knew that I had to behave as an adult & I tried very hard to contain my excitement & started recommending this & that to my family & relatives!

I really thank God for a good time of chatting & especially so for the unbelievable richness, freshness & sumptuous variety of luxurious food that were laid before us! I was just in such a state of euphoria & several times I kept saying that I will definitely recommend to my friends & bring Rebecca to savvy this ‘heavenly’ food.

What really amazed me was the degree of freshness of the food! There was not a single tinge of stale or pungent smell, even from seafood such as oysters, crab, prawns & crayfish. The way the chefs cooked & served the fresh dory fish, cooked salmon, chicken chop, lamb chop & sirloin steak is just tantalizes our taste buds & makes us crave for more! My favorite is the dory fish & salmon! They are just so awesome! It’s as if the chef just killed the fish & cooked it right then & there for us! The skin was just so crispy & the flesh so tender & juicy! I could have sworn that I have never EVER eaten any fish so fresh before in my life! The flesh was so flavorsome & it almost likes melts in your mouth! It was just incredibly awesome! I just can’t forget the experience!

There were several very gratifyingly tasty soups that are good for improving our bodies, such as shark’s fin soup, some-sort of melon soup which is good for sore throat & even crocodile meat boiled in ‘bak ku teh’ soup that is great for strengthening our lungs! I have never eaten crocodile meat before in my life & the taste of the boiled soup was just overwhelming!

In terms of fruits, the selection was pretty standard, but the desserts selection was stunning! In fact, it was absolutely breath-taking at the first moment when I first saw the huge spread of luxurious desserts that later reminded me about how much calories that I had put back into my body, after my 20 laps swim before going off for the reunion dinner.

Right before my eyes, was this gadget that was constantly churning out warm & delicious chocolate flowing off from the top of the machine! And there was a whole array of marshmallows, strawberries, cucumbers, cherries, etc that were already poked into little wooden sticks for us to dip & soak in the pool of warm chocolate for as long as our hearts’ desire, before dipping into the cup of cool water to solidify the chocolate that had completely covered our food item! My favorite was the marshmallows with chocolate! I had seen such chocolate churning gadgets selling at electronics stores, but this is my first chance to eat from it! I was so in awed that I almost wanted to rush forward & just drink from the fountain of ever flowing chocolate! It would be so ‘sinful’, but I knew that I would love ever moment of it…

There were also many other kinds of desserts, such as mango puddings that were inside very cute looking yellow cupcake-looking kind of mini-jars & these were kept in cooling refrigerators, along with a whole array of cakes, such as black-forest, chocolate truffle & several other varieties of cakes!

Another thing that just surprised me was that the drinks section was fitted with quite a large drawer of all sorts of tea-bags! I counted that there were at least 25 different mini drawers that we could choose a different type of tea-bag, to make our tea! I tried the mango tea & it was alright, but I just love the peppermint tea… coz its aroma just surges into my nostrils & gives me such a relaxing effect! The taste was wonderful too, with a strong tinge of menthol taste which adds to the sensation of drinking this peppermint tea! After drinking it, I just felt that one day I should just walk into Cold Storage supermarket or something, to just grab a whole pack of peppermint tea bags to enjoy at home! One cup to boost my senses when I crave for a sensational tasting tea…

There weren’t just so many different types of tea, there was also an impressive coffee machine that allows you to select how you would like your coffee to be made, including whether you want milk &/or sugar, etc. Then, there was also a choice of three different fruit juices, such as orange, guava, etc.

The salad section was quite alright (I’m surprised to see my brother actually taking some salad vegetables!), but the fried food section was amazing! There were several trays, constantly refilled with numerous delicious fried tempuras (i.e. Japanese fried prawns), seafood ring (i.e. a larger version of union ring), juicy chicken satay (there was beef & lamb too), fried potato with skin that were warm & tasty… & many others!

This restaurant even had a whole assortment of Tim Sum, kept gently warm in a heated compartment & a variety of Sushi to choose from! Other delicacies include food items such as Thai Bean Curd, etc. The spread was simply amazing!

I really don’t know how to else to describe the extensive range & quality of the food at this restaurant. Eating here just made me feel like other restaurants just aren’t even close to be able to compare with it. It’s so overwhelming…