I just got back from the high tea i went at Carousel at Royal Scotts Plaza the hotel opposite Far East Plaza. Yeap that place. I was really looking forward to going and eating my hearts out. So here's basically the round up of what i felt.

As a start the place has a nice ambience to it. Its a very nice place it would be better if the noise could be reduced though because at times i felt it was a bit too noisy for a nice eating session. Price wise it was $34++ for weekends adding up to $40/person. I felt that the price was alright for a place like this.

Ice water was given and we were asked if we wanted coffee or tea. So far so good. Next i went to the cold dish section. To me i felt that the selection was very limited and what was served was not necessarily nice. There's sashimi which i felt was the most expensive compared to what was laid out like potato salad, two normal type sushi and other weird salads. The pumpkin salad was nice because it had scallops. Apart from that the selection was poor.

There's a section which was mixture of asian and western ranging from the standard nasi lemak to deep fried chicken and otak-otak and deep fried fish fillet. The only thing that was satisfactory was the fish fillet. The rest was disappointing. The otak-otak had no particular fish taste just this spicy feeling when u gobble it down. The calamari ring had no sauce to go with making the taste a bore.

Next is the bread section with italian pizza to prata to chicken kebab. The pizza was any normal hawaiian u would have tasted. So much for being 'italian'. The prata was either prata with cheese or prata with durian. The prata was so so thin making the durian taste amplified but just doesnt taste right. It would be better if they used more dough perhaps. And the kebab. The thick pita bread compliments very well with the soft texture of the chicken. This was a job well done.

The more heavier main course section looks boring which i didnt eat much actually. To start off there's fried kway teow. Boring right. Then there was laksa. It was ok but i've had better. There was also some dumplings and tim sums which were not appealing to me.

Next was the sweets section which i have to give the most marks to. To start of the cakes and some kuehs was really nice. The cheese cake was one of the best i had so far. The next item which i really like was a raspberry cake. Being someone who loves sour food. The sour raspberry gives a very strong punch. The perfect choice for those who have sour taste buds.

For the first time ever i went to a buffet there was actually a chocolate fondue. Marshmallows and grapes go very well with the chocolate whereas guava and green apples don't. So choose wisely. Ice cream had the standard three flavours. It was good ice cream actually it had the good amount of thickness u would want an ice cream to be.

Verdict.

Setting: 9/10
To me it was a very nice place. I would give it a perfect 10 if more people who go there dress nicer. But thats not their fault.

Food selection: 4/10
The food selection needs to be improved and with great effect. Usually in a buffet i would be spoilt for choice but here i just can't seem to find what look nice to eat.

Food taste: 5/10
The taste needs to be better especially when someone pays $40. On many occasions i didn't finish up what i took not because i was full but the taste was poor.

Staff: 8/10
All of them look decent and smiled which was good. The style which they carried out their work was also very efficient. But they didn't get the perfect 10 because i was turned off by the way they treated the birthday person. If I am dining in a high class place i wouldn't want the whole staff there to make a mock and signing me some song. And it wasn't the traditional birthday song, it was some lalala crap they made up.

All in all i felt really disappointed in what Carousel had to offer. There were some things which i really liked and some things which i really don't like. And when it comes to it, the food didn't live up to the restaurants name. That will probably be the first and last time i dine there. Unless if someone wants to treat me then its ok. FREE punye psl...haha.

Oh yah and i bumped into Wirni. She also had the high tea. Didn't notice her till half way through. Bye.

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