Yeah, I wasn't expecting anything and only booked during my arrival to try the buffet YYZ had mentioned. I was quite taken aback with no resistance on my 8 am check in and the FD proactively asserting fees won't be assessed, because I've experienced enough of SE Asia to appreciate the term "Singaporean Style" when it comes to these things. LOL

Anyway, room was great, nice view, amenities clean and really a lot of bang for my buck, comparatively speaking. And, the buffet had so much food there it wasn't possible to try it all, and I just wept at having found the roasted pork/roasted duck/soy sauce chicken station late that I literally couldn't feast on them. Goes without saying, I'll stay here again both for the hotel and for the buffet, and even their breakfast buffet was a comprehensive feast on its own.

By the way, those pasta pics look simply fabulous!

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LATAM Salon VIP lettuce artichoke mushroom broccoli chicken salmon beef salad. It's what's for dinner. At least round 1.
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Round 2

You might need some buffet lessons. ;) Always check for the good stuff before filling up with the B list stuff.
I never had the buffet there but I agree that the hotel was absolutely lovely....I was there years ago & I am glad to hear that it is still so nice.

Charcoal-grilled ribeye and bbq sauce marinated chicken, asparagus on the grill, strawberries, baked potato, homemade biscuits, milk -- and a homemade chocolate brownie for dessert.

Oh sh*t, is this an airport lounge? Looks pretty darn good!

Would love to get a dinner invite to your house!

Me too...every time I read the words homemade biscuits I start salivating.

Plato Combinacion del Rancho:

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David

Frozen roti prata (heated by myself) and some chicken curry (from a "nearby" Sri-lankan place...

Gotta try these with SEA curries, however not quite enthused at how much plastic is generated for these.

Big salad
leftover Pinsa

susiecakes celebration cake
milk with a round ice ball


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Death by Lemon pie:

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David

Last night I made some chicken chili with whatever I had in the house. Let's see...

• pinto and black beans (dried - did the quick soak around 3pm)
• a package of chicken thighs from Costco
• a red onion
• large can of diced tomatoes
• maybe 10 cloves of garlic. I discovered the Asian grocery at the end of the block sells pint containers of peeled garlic cloves for like $1.
• 1 jalapeno
• cumin, chili powder, adobe seasoning (which is mostly salt)

sauteed the onion and garlic, then into the slow cooker around 1pm with some beef stock (what I had). At 6:30 it was still too watery so I transferred it to a pot on the stove to simmer for an hour. Just right!

I still felt like it was missing something but I am never sure if that's the case or if I just don't have my sense of smell back from covid a couple months ago. It definitely needed to be spicier (didn't taste the jalapeno at all) but Mr Gfunk doesn't love spicy so I usually just add hot sauce to my plate.

You had me Google for a recipe. Zest and juice of 5 lemons, 11 eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1½ cups heavy cream and ½ cup apricot preserves. Wow!

Pasta with shrimp, spinach and grape tomatoes
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Soon-da-boo (Korean tofu stew). Was pretty good actually.

Steak and snow pea stir fry.
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