Mark's birthday dinner @ Ritz Carlton

This was certainly one of the best restaurants I've been to for my birthday. Nice ambience and a wide choice of food for buffet. We almost missed this meal as we went for a wild goose chase and went to Carlton Hotel first before moving on to the correct 'Carlton' (with a 'Ritz' in front) Hotel. After walking some distance and arriving at the wrong hotel, we decided to ease some of the frustration by taking cab. Haha.. it was certainly worth all the effort and money after all..

The lighting was comfortable. While the buffet area was very brightly lit, the dinning area was cosy and easy on your eyes with rather dim lights.

We started the course with raw food, comprising fresh oysters, salmon sashimi and cold crab. Sashimi was decent, but oyster and crab was better. The former was really quite fresh for what you can get in Singapore while the latter was sweet.

We moved on to cooked food. Big barbecue prawns and cod fish were some of the better dishes. The prawns were prepared on order and takes around 5-10 minutes to cook.

The dessert, in terms of variety, taste and looks made us question if Fullerton's Chocolate buffet was worth your money. Well.. of course at Fullerton, the desserts were chocolate-themed. But throw in the ice cream (the sorbet ice creams taste really really REALLY GOOD!), and the winner for dessert is clear. Your can literally taste happiness when it comes to Ritz Carlton's ice creams. TRY IT!!

Look at our blissful faces, and you know you can't go too wrong with RC. Its $178 but with UOB card it costs around $160 for 2. Pamper yourself on those special occasions! A place we'll definitely visit again.