My treat, because i was in a good mood and felt that a full stomach will be comfortable.
And the best place to satisfy the never ending appetite will be to fill it up with snow crabs. Where the hell to get them in Singapore? I think Isetan sells frozen ones. But why go thru the hassle when you can get them at KUISHINBO at half the price?????
Snow crabs wait first because i have to eat some sashimi as appetizer.
Sashimi will always be the first on the list in any buffet because if you have it with a full stomach you no longer can taste the light, fresh and fishyness of the sashimi. Kuishinbo has a variety of fresh sashimi that is cut right in front of you. The fish was tender yet still QQ, look at the picture and you can see the gloss over the fish. They not only have salmon, but also maguro and hamachi. Plus some fresh scallops, and also cold prawns( sorry no pics). All these tasted sweet and as thou right from the ocean.
The exciting part comes. Snow crab the length of your chop sticks. Eat with scissors and cut it right open. Pulling out the flesh in one whole chunk and popping it right into your mouth. Luxury? yes, it sure is.
The snow crabs melts in your mouth, with the texture of a sharkfins but in a solid piece. The sweetness of seafood jus ooze out when you bite thru it. Plus the crab meat is juicy and smooth.
Kuishinbo surprises their customers and continued with their tradition of the hourly special to make you remain alert thru out the meal. Hourly specials are for the first 20 on first come first serve basis. The specials are not dishes you find in the buffet spread.
The auntie spirit motivated me to get 3 out of 4 hourly specials. The first and third is lobster with garlic and white wine sauce. Lobster was very meaty, sweet and fresh, very bouncy, plus the garlic brought out the taste with the help of italian spices. Lobster was crunchy with juice spurting out every mouth you bite thru it.
2nd was this. Frozen strawberry with white chocolate. Yummy. This particular desert is sold in mos burger, quite exp k.... the icy frozen strawberry gives you a brain freeze. Sour on the outside, sweet on the inside.
i am moving on to the cakes section now. My fav part of the buffet is always on the cakes. however, kuishinbo's emphasis is more on seafood and not on pastries!
Cakes clockwise:
Mango cake: taste ok, mango taste not artificial but seems like too much gelatine, the cake's density was more like jelly.
Pistacio cake: very fragrant. Had a little after taste of macha.
Oreo cheesecake: very salty, covered the sweetness of the cake. Saved by the mini oreo on top.
Blackforest cake: very disappointing. The base or rather the whole cake was dry and rough. Not a little bit of moisture in the cake. I had a bite and left the rest.
Overly dense strawberry cake: the whole cake was like a piece of solid with little taste. You need like 3 mouths to tell u that you give up trying to guess what flavour it is.
Tiramisu: Taste like chocolate cake.
Blueberry cake: Good. not too sweet, the topping on top is like blueberry jam.
Newyork cheese cake: Not too salty unlike the oreo cheese cake. The cake was not very dense so you can finish it up easily.
The rest of them here:
The black cup: its choco shavings, with mint in the 2nd tier and choco syrup as the base. Best desert. The mint was refreshing and a perfect combi with the choco shavings. Sweet yet not over powering.
Danish with blueberry jam: pastry is not crispy but quite xiang.
Strawberry cake again: the base is actually some nuts. but not cruchy. so wads the point?
Fruit tart: the filling is custard. But again too much gelatine. The fruit on top too small to make any difference to the taste.
Strawberry cup: another thumbs up. Rich and creamy milky substance over strawberry essence. The cream and strawberry on top also makes the desert attractive and oh-so-love-it.
Alright, back to food. This is pipping hot soup. Tts actually some japanese soup with chicken meat balls. I took it cos it resembles shark's fin. I have to say it does, they even add imitation shark's fin in it but the ginger taste was too over powering i gave up.
They are currently having a seafood feast special so they have more special stuff such as black pepper mud crab and steamed promfet. But so sorry, it ended the day i went.
I didn't eat the black pepper crab cos my braces can't really bite. But boy said it was good. He had 5 of the gong.
This is also another special item. its another kind of snow crab i think. The meat is slightly more salty but it was tender and juicy.
Yakitori. Sweet and soft. Well marinated and juicy. the yakitori sauce was good and it blends well with the chicken. The meat can be easily detached from the stick.
A whole plate of tempura, breaded prawn and soft shell crab.
Tempura was good, prawns were crunchy and well marinated. The batter used was fragrant and stuck well to the prawn not falling off when you bite. Plus tempura sauce was dispensed from a hot water flask so it was pipping hot.
Breaded prawn on the other hand lost the fight. Prawns were barely seen. Tiny and most probaby mashed up. The breaded batter was normal not very tasty.
Soft shell crab was not crispy, i had one cos the crab was a bit soft already.
Chawamushi, right from the steamer. Goodness smooth and the dashi stock used was perfect. The presentation is good and if you do notice, there is a hidden piece of hotate! Plus a prawn! that's like scoring 101 over 100!
The deep fried prawns were not crispy enough for you to chomp down the whole prawn. Nothing special with the batter.
The drumlets on the other hand was good. Comparable to mcwings. It was fragrant, only regret was that it wasn't served hot.
Auntie note for the day is:
Prices vary daily so you can check out their website for the pricing.
Tea bags selection is huge, i think perhaps 30 kinds to choose from. Drink to your fill.
Tel: +65 6238 7088
Lunch11.30am – 3.00pm Dinner5.30pm – 10.00pm
