Cititel's Chef's Signature Buffet

Chef's Signature Buffet, Cititel Penang (8 September 2016)


Cititel's Chef's Signature Buffet is a buffet dinner at Cititel Penang. My wife and I joined a few other Penang food bloggers to a review of this spread. The buffet comprises a salad bar, an Asian appetizer bar, various seafood on ice, soups, main courses and Japanese items at the carving station.

As is usually the case for me, I headed for the carving station first. There is a chef here to cut of us sashimi slices, of salmon, tuna and butterfish. There is also a table with various types of sushi and maki spread out to form a beautiful circular design.

The second item which I like very much is the fish head curry. Cititel's fish head curry is cooked using salmon head, which unusual but absolutely delicious. This tastes very well with the lotus leaf rice. Often the simpliest things in life are the tastiest. My wife told me that the rojak was very good, particularly due to the rojak sauce. I only had one piece of it, from her plate, as I was too full, with so many other things to eat.

The "so many other things" that I enjoyed that evening included Hainanese spring rolls, deep-fried belacan chicken, roasted duck, deep-fried prawns with spiced salt and pepper.

I have to honestly tell you that there are more items than I could consume. I did not touch anything from the salad bar (it has shredded carrot, sliced cucumber, onion rings, julienne capsicum, olives, cherry tomatoes, corn kernel, and come with nine different dressings!) I didn't have space for soup either. There were two types that evening, namely the double-boiled fish maw soup with chicken meat balls and cream of mushroom soup, to be taken with bread rolls, whole breads and butter.

There were also main course items which I did not have chance to eat. Oh yes, there's the very lovely looking Nyonya style chili crab. It looks so delicious, but I felt it was too troublesome to eat crabs. But if you love crabs, you've gotta try it here.

I did enjoy the desserts, and there's a whole lot to choose from. There's green tea cheesecake, assorted pastries, crème caramel, Japanese rice balls, sweetened redbean puree, red velvet cake. Again, there are a lot of items which I couldn't eat, because stomach space is limited! How I wish I could take a nap, wake up, and eat some more!

On top of enjoying the buffet, my wife and I had a good time meeting up with the local food bloggers, among them there's Jack Guan and Barry Boi, whom we've met before, and then there's also Wendy Wong, who maintains a Chinese-language blog. All in all, I had a wonderful evening, and I thank Cititel Penang for having invited us to the Chef's Signature Buffet.

Details

The Chef's Signature Buffet is held every Friday from 7:00pm. It is priced at RM85 nett per adult, RM43 nett per child (aged 6-12) and RM59 nett per senior citizen. To book, contact Cititel Penang at 04 370 1188 or email resvn@cititelpenang.com

My wife Chooi Yoke (left) and I, with Cititel Communications Manager Ms Karen Chee, at the Chef's Signature Buffet (8 September 2016)


Sushis galore, at Cititel's Chef's Signature Buffet (8 September 2016)


The salmon fish head curry, one of my favourite things at the buffet. I wish I have more stomach to eat more than one helping! (8 September 2016)


Creamy sweet things for this living! (8 September 2016)


An army of red velvet cakes. (8 September 2016)


Very delicious lotus leaf rice. (8 September 2016)


Wonderful mouthfuls. (8 September 2016)


The Hainanese spring rolls were crispy and nice. (8 September 2016)


Deep-fried prawns with spiced salt and pepper. (8 September 2016)


Black vinegar chicken. (8 September 2016)


Nyonya Style Chili Crab. (8 September 2016)


Baked Beef Ribs with Coffee Sauce. (8 September 2016)


Deep Fried Belacan Chicken. (8 September 2016)


Cheesecake and macaroons. (8 September 2016)

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