Tuesday, January 18, 2011

PREGO- FAIRMONT

Prego has always been my favorite place to have an Italian cuisine for a brunch buffet once in a while. It is a place for me to act as a high-class person because of the price. It is $76++ for one person without a champagne buffet. And considering that I am still a student, it is expensive alright. But, I could not overcome my cravings and decided to dine in there for brunch on Sunday. Reached there at 12.30 and there is a lot of people. However, the atmosphere is still very calming and the service of the staffs were satisfactory. However, I was quite disappointed that I was not served the popular complimentary bread that I like.



I love their salad bars the most. I had their self-made salad (mixed vegetables, walnuts, bread crumbles with lemon vinaigrette) I love this combination! I am a bread and nuts addict so this combination is my favorite. The lemon vinaigrette opens up my appetite too. I also had the pasta salad. However, it is my least favorite because the pasta is tasteless and is too hard. But the prawn is nice though. The marinated mushroom is my least favorite too as the mushroom is too oily and buttery for my liking. This is my first time trying the fritata (the egg stuffed with something like capsicum in it) and I like it. I am an egg person so I really like the eggy feeling. The lamb with lentil salad is nice too. Not too strong till it makes me sick



Then I tried their seafood corner. Had the prawn, scallops and the mushroom tart. I love all of them. The prawns were very fresh and succulent. Top with the sweet and spicy sauce, perfect. The scallops too. Fresh and chewy. I like anything with tart so for me, the mushroom tart is perfect. Tart is freshly baked, not too crumbly but not too hard either. Mushroom have a hint of the taste in it, so there is no need to have an additional condiments to top with it.




Their salmon and beef meat equally amazing too. The herbed salmon is the best here. It have the hint taste the herbs and the salmon is smooth and fresh. The smoked salmon tasted original which is nice. This meat (most probably beef) is nice too, judging from a person who does not really like to eat beef. I like the sauce that comes along with it. It has a hint of wasabi sauce in it. nice and opens up your appetite.



The hot dishes are not very appetizing to me. I tried the ball fritters, chicken stew, roasted potato, lamb rib and the cod fish. I like the cod fish the most. It is very tender and smooth. The lamb rib have too much fatty meat in it that I felt sick while eating it. The ball fritters are not crunchy at all. Is a disappointment. I guess they left it on the open for too long. The chicken is nice and tender. However, the taste of the stew is out of proportion. Roasted potato tasted just... potato I guess.




Then, is my favorite part of the buffet. Desserts! Prego has my favorite dessert spreads of all. For the first serving, I had the peach strudel, pecan tart, fruit tart and the chocolate cake. I love all of them!! Chocolate cake has the chocolate taste that is not too overpowering and is soft and fluffy with a crunchy biscuit underneath it. Nice! Tarts... what more I can say... I love tarts! I love the peach strudels too with the vanilla cream. But, I think the strudels are too hard, Tried to use fork and spoon to cut it but failed because it is too hard. But I had a few servings of these all desserts. (I am so going to get fat!)




My second serving. You see, there is another strawberry tart. LOL. I also had that small cone with grapes and some fruit cream. Had three servings of those too. HA HA. The raspberry mousse in the cup is light refreshing. I like it a lot too. The dessert in the bowl (which I do not know the name) is not to my liking. It is soft and soggy and the taste is quite weird for me. The cake is coffee cake, so, I do not like it either.

There are some food that I did not take picture of it too. Because I was too enjoying myself that I forgotten. The waffle is nice too. Especially if it is topped with maple syrup. I like waffle that are a bit burnt as it is crunchy and they managed to do that. IT remains crunchy even after so long. And also the repeated servings of the desserts. I am a big-eater you see. But, I could not eat my dinner after this as I was too full.

Prego got to be one of my favorite buffet restaurant ever and I will come again if I have the money. LOL.

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