The F&B team at Amara
Singapore has recently relaunch ELEMENT, their restaurant – bar
concept. Element offers first of its kind, multi-cultural,
multi-generational and multi-occasion F&B experience. In this
review, Chubby Botak Koala & Little Devil will only focus on the
International buffet selections.
The following are the
selections available once you enter Element, Sushi & Sashimi
counter, Bread counter, cold cuts and cheese (Woohooo, prosciutto
with rock melon), Seafood (including lobster, crayfish, oyster, legs
of Alaskan King crab, prawns, etc), live stations , roast selection,
cooked food station and desserts.
So let's dissect the
buffet range starting from the sushi and sashimi selection. In
sashimi section you have the salmon, tuna, seabass for standard
selection. These cuts are fresh, generous and delicious. It seems
that the chef like me, and I get some cuts of salmon belly which was
fatty & beautiful. The sushi variety are ever changing depending
to the fresh cuts they have and the creativity of the chef.
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| Sashimi Moriawase |
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| Sushi Selections |
For the bread, cold cuts
and cheese, we zoom in on our favourite prosciutto with rock melon.
We skipped the bread as we don't want to fill ourselves, however my
MIL who had a bite of it said that it was good. In the background you
can see there were showing Jamón ibérico ham. Unfortunately, it is
only for ala-carte menu instead of the buffet.
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| Bread & Cheese |
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| Cold Cuts Selection |
Moving to the seafood
section, we devour the beautiful fresh lobster, crayfish, oyster and
leg of Alaskan King crabs. The taste of the seafood are combination
of freshness and well executed cooking technique before it was
chilled. The lobster and crayfish are solid and I did not taste any
fishy smell. The oyster size are medium in size, however the quality
is superb.
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| Seafood Selections |
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| Lobster & prosciutto with Rock Melon |
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| Seafood - Round 1 |
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| Seafood - Round 2 |
On the night, the live
stations presented curry crayfish with fried mantou, Lap Mei Fan
(sausage rice), ramen and tiger prawn tempura. The crayfish are
bouncy and the mantou soak up the curry nicely. Lap Mei Fan (Sausage
rice) is a good carbo option, where the rice are fragrant with tasty
blood sausage and pork sausage slices. The ramen has springy texture
while the broth was milky, robust but slightly peppery. We did not
taste the tiger prawn tempura though.
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| Curry Crayfish with Fried Mantou |
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| Lap Mei Fan (sausage rice) & Tiger Prawn Tempura |
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| Ramen |
The cooked food selection
is quite limited about 6 dishes, However, the focus in Element is
about quality not quantity. Most of the dishes are good, with
lyonnaise potato, lamb navirin and Taiwan cabbage are our pick for
the cook food.
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| Cooked Dish Selections |
While we have stuffed
ourself silly with the seafood and sashimi, we only have little space
for desserts, which included assorted fruits, chocolate fountain with
marshmallows, assorted pastries, cold deserts and asian desserts.
Luckily, we made the right decision focusing on the seafood and
mains, as the desserts are quite ordinary.
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| Desserts: Pastries & Hot desserts |
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| Fruits and Chocolate Fondue |
The atmosphere of this
place is very good and very open. We were seated near the bar
section, which has an opening towards outdoor seating facing Tras
street. The open air bar concept is good, but it does make you wonder
if it is wasting the electricity and air conditioner. Meanwhile, the
floor to ceiling wine chiller will sure catch your eyes. It works in
multiple way, as wine chiller, partition and decoration.
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| The Bar with outdoor seating |
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| The Wine Chiller (Double Function) |
Service is good when
clearing the plate, however the staff knowledge need to be improve.
When I ask them where the hidden ham come from, it took them ages to
provide me with the answer.
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| Seating area neat the Live Stations |
Overall, the newly launch
International buffet selections are a definite winner. The seafood
are fresh, they have a wide variety of selections and the quality of
the food are excellent. From the price point, it is value for money.
Cheers!!
Please note that we
visited Element in January 2014, so the Elements are still in
Christmas atmosphere.
Food
& Drink: 8/10
Value:
8.5/10
Service:
7.5/10
Ambiance:8.5/10
Budget
per Person: $51 - $80
Element
100 Tras Street
Amara Hotel Lobby
Singapore 079027
T: 6879 2555
International
Buffet – The Heritage Element
Lunch: 12.00 – 14.30 (Mon – Fri)
Adult: $45.00, Child: $25.00
Dinner: 18.30 – 22.00 Daily)
Adult: $55.00, Child: $28.00
Brunch: 11.30 – 15.30 (Sat, Sun & PH)
Adult: $48.00, Child: $26.00
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