It was a rather quiet Saturday noon, and Siew Li suggested for ala-carte buffet and everyone else agreed so it was a rather impromptu decision for the change in venue and without any reservations.
Staff said that the ala-carte buffet promo is popular and usually the place would be crowded especially weekends so I guess we were lucky that day!
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| ala-carte buffet menu |
Take note that the snacks on the table and wet towels are chargeable. Staff would enquire on the drinks once you are seated. We opted for pu-erh (can choose from tie guan yin, chrysanthemum, jasmine or pu-eh). Chinese tea (served in a pot for the table) is chargeable at $3++ per pax.
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| boiled peanuts |
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| cherry tomatoes with preserved plums |
There is an order chit to input the dishes that the table wants for the ala-carte buffet, and each serving of the all-you-can-eat dishes is said to be good for 3-4 pax portions.
There is also a one-time limited fish dish and as we were in a group of 8, we could order up to 2 whole fish for the table. We chose steamed tilapia and deep fried seabass.
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| roasted crispy pork belly (8 slices per serving) |
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| crystal chicken (half) |
The ordered dishes were served up pretty quickly. The thinly sliced pork belly had crispy crackling and enjoyable with the mustard dip. Would be nicer if it is slightly fattier. Crystal chicken was flavourful but rather smallish.
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| deep-fried seabass with superior soya sauce (1 time order) |
Staff asked if we wanted to snap a photo of the fish first before he portioned it out for us. Oops, perhaps we been taking one photo too many.
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| steamed tilapia with bean sauce |
I liked the steamed tilapia more than the deep-fried seabass. Tilapia was perfectly steamed with its flesh remaining tender and moist.
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| stir-fried romaine lettuce with fermented shrimp paste in claypot |
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| wok-fried squid with chinchalok and ladies finger |
I liked that the dishes were generally tasty yet not too overpowering so one could still enjoy the dishes on its own.
While the rest of us has no intention to order any carbs, Sze Jia wanted some. We thought it would be easy to share since there are 8 of us and staff did say the portion is good for 3-4 pax.
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| Yang Chow fried rice |
Whoa, I think the fried rice portion was indeed for 3-4 pax but perhaps as main dish? Hahaa! It was pretty good nonetheless especially with the good sized shrimps in there.
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| spicy mapo beancurd with meat sauce, deepfried de-shelled prawns with salted egg yolk, live poached prawns |
Though menu stated it as spicy mapo beancurd, it wasn't spicy at all. It was savoury sweet and good as a topping for the fried rice for a change-up in flavours.
The salted egg yolk prawns looked like chicken karaage so we got confused for a while. It was good and that prompted us to order the rest of the prawn dishes available in the ala-carte buffet menu. Keke.
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| live poached prawns |
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| deepfried de-shelled prawns with wasabi sauce |
The wasabi sauce was creamy and lovely with the good sized prawns. Texture was firm and sauce was only mildly reminiscent of wasabi.
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| wok sliced beef with black pepper sauce |
Was a tad disappointed with the beef though, as it wasn't as tender as anticipated.
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| stir-fried sliced fish with bean sauce |
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| crispy chicken chop with Thai sweet sauce |
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| braised beancurd with Chinese mushrooms and vegetables |
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| table full of good flavours |
Overall, staff was efficient in their service. Food arrived pretty quickly and there were constant top-ups to our tea.
Famous Treasure
Address: 13 Stamford Rd, #02-28 Capitol Singapore, Singapore 178905
Website: https://thefamoustreasure.com/
Business Hours:
Daily 11:30 AM–3 PM, 6–10:30 PM
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