I went for breakfast with my mother at Orchard Cafe this morning, because we had a $50 voucher from à la carte. The breakfast dishes were not cheap - for example, a Japanese breakfast set, which consists of a bowl of rice, baked salmon, and miso soup, costs $28, while a plate of nasi lemak costs $15. The Orchard Cafe Breakfast comes with a choice of either two eggs or an omelette with various ingredients, bacon, chicken sausage, and a choice of juices and coffee or tea.
I checked with a waitress to see if we could use the voucher for the buffet, and was told that we couldn't - we could only select items from the menu. Since we also had the à la carte membership card, I suggested using it for the buffet instead (50% for 2 pax) and use the voucher another time. The waitress apologised and said that the card was not valid for the buffet too. Oh well.
In the end, we decided on the Orchard Cafe Breakfast ($32) and an Eggs Benedict ($15), and asked the same waitress over.
Me: Can we have one Orchard Cafe Breakfast and one Eggs Benedict?
Waitress: Oh, the Orchard Cafe Breakfast is actually the buffet, so you will have to take it yourself.
Me: Huh? So can we use the voucher for this then?
Waitress: Uhh... yes.
Me: What the hell?
Okay I didn't say the last part aloud, but that was what went through my mind. Firstly, the way the Orchard Cafe Breakfast was described in their menu made it seem like an à la carte order, because you had to choose between two eggs done in any style or an omelette. Secondly, the voucher isn't valid for the buffet because it can only be used for the menu items - but the buffet is on the menu so it's okay? Sounds like a circular reference error on Microsoft Excel!
Food-wise, nothing really stood out from the buffet. The fried eggs, chicken sausages, ham slices, and nasi lemak were decent, the lamb sausages and 油条 were not good, while the chawanmushi was downright horrible - easily the worst chawanmushi I have ever eaten in my life. It was too hard, had no taste, and the crab stick and mushrooms inside were hard, stale, and tasteless. Thumbs-down for the buffet. Not going to come here for breakfast anymore.
In the end, we decided on the Orchard Cafe Breakfast ($32) and an Eggs Benedict ($15), and asked the same waitress over.
Me: Can we have one Orchard Cafe Breakfast and one Eggs Benedict?
Waitress: Oh, the Orchard Cafe Breakfast is actually the buffet, so you will have to take it yourself.
Me: Huh? So can we use the voucher for this then?
Waitress: Uhh... yes.
Me: What the hell?
Okay I didn't say the last part aloud, but that was what went through my mind. Firstly, the way the Orchard Cafe Breakfast was described in their menu made it seem like an à la carte order, because you had to choose between two eggs done in any style or an omelette. Secondly, the voucher isn't valid for the buffet because it can only be used for the menu items - but the buffet is on the menu so it's okay? Sounds like a circular reference error on Microsoft Excel!
Food-wise, nothing really stood out from the buffet. The fried eggs, chicken sausages, ham slices, and nasi lemak were decent, the lamb sausages and 油条 were not good, while the chawanmushi was downright horrible - easily the worst chawanmushi I have ever eaten in my life. It was too hard, had no taste, and the crab stick and mushrooms inside were hard, stale, and tasteless. Thumbs-down for the buffet. Not going to come here for breakfast anymore.
Anyone who can include "circular reference error" in a blogpost deserves to be followed - count me in!
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