darling is using uob credit card, and uob is having this promotion of 1 for 1 buffet at some restaurants, so after doing some elimination, we are left with the 2 best choices. aquamarine restaurant (typical fusion buffet) and ristorante bologna (ITALIAN buffet). i went to search the food reviews and the majority of the foodie population favoured aquamarine more, but then in one of the food reviews, it said that aquamarine must call to book 2 weeks in advance! wassup!
but i still tried to call on monday and true enough, reservations are full. so i quickly made a reservation with ristorante bologna, and thank goodness there is a table for the both of us!
btw marina mandarin is linked to marina square by some secret doorway. and behold, this is the restaurant:
(its the one on the 4th floor. darling is standing on the 5th floor.)so the buffet got 5 sections - the appetiser section, the salad section, the soup + pasta section, the main course section and finally the desserts.
the appetiser got many dishes:
1) two different kinds of ham where both kinds are very very very nice. its the best ham i ever tasted.
2) smoked salmon with onions as garnish. even the onions taste very nice.
3) morazella cheese with tomato, which both of us din try. we scared the cheese flavour is a bit too strong for us.
4) potato salad which is not very outstanding.
5) hard-boiled eggs with mayonise and cherry tomatoes. the eggs are very fresh and very nice.
the main course section:
1) chicken with asparagus. chicken is very hard. but the asparagus is very very nice.
2) tomato pasta
3) seafood - MUSSELS, PRAWNS, SCALLOPS AND LALAS. this one is our fav of the day! we had dunno how many helpings.
4) crabmeat rivoli. very creamy.
5) fried dory filet
6) beef (cannot eat)
dessert section got different varieties of cakes, jellies and tarts! look very colorful, pretty and appetising.
ok enough describing. pics tell a thousand words.
(soup of the day is cream pumpkin soup)
(darling look more pretty than the desserts)
after the full and satisfying lunch we went to watch 苏乞儿! is very nice! 赵文卓's fighting is still damn awesome! i think is a nicer show than 锦衣卫.
and this is wat i got for darling as a v day present:
couple rings! i like to clarify its not engagement rings. got our initials and birth dates engraved on it.
darling, thank you for being together with me for this 3 years 3 months plus! thank you for bearing with my shortcomings, embracing my longcomings, and loving me who i am. i love you very much too~
ok very mushy. haha.
to end this post, i will like to wish everyone a happy TIGER year!!! xin jia tua tan!!! HUAT AH!!!
