While I have heard of Lime at the Parkroyal at Pickering, my main interest was with the form of the building itself, being an architect and all. But the boys and I decided to give Lime’s buffet a go one night, and while it wasn’t the worst, it certainly wasn’t the greatest either.

So, what’s the bad news? Well, the buffet selection is laughably limited. There are several stations: salad, bread, soup, seafood, western, oriental, and dessert. Sounds like every buffet in Singapore ever, but the thing I’m Pick-ering (ahem) on is the lack of choices within the stations.

The seafood station is reasonably well stocked, with the usual suspects of assorted sashimi, shellfish and crabs residing in that station. I was disappointed that there weren’t any oysters, but the Alaskan king crab legs did somewhat alleviate said disappointment.

The salad and bread stations were relatively unremarkable with all the usuals, and the oriental station was slightly underwhelming. While there was carrot cake fried to order on offer, there wasn’t much else there in all honesty. The soup station was an underrated star however, as there were serving up an utterly unctuous herbal chicken soup on the night I paid a visit alongside several other stellar soups.

The biggest disappointment was definitely the western station with its very limited selection. The carving station only had a beef chuck roast, and the other selections were either Oyster Rockefeller, or crispy pulled pork knuckles stuffed into a small mantou bun.

Now, what’s the good news, you might ask? While the selection was disappointingly limited, the quality of all the food on offer was undoubtedly excellent. The seafood, as well as the salmon, tuna and scallop sashimi were exceptionally fresh, the oriental food was undeniably delicious and authentic, and the three components from the western station were quite titillating.

The real MVP was definitely the dessert station. That was the one station with a healthy variety, and everything from the durian pengat to the chocolate mousse cake was excitingly enjoyable and exceptionally executed.

If you don’t mind a little less variety in exchange for quality in your buffet spread, Lime is definitely the place you want to be Pick-ering. If you’re more keen on variety, park your royals somewhere else.

Available for weekend buffets only at $48/$68++ for lunch/dinner. So happy to be back here again for my roast pork. I've been here three times, and I'm still impressed by how they could serve such quality roasts for buffets. That ultra crispy and crackling skin that encased many sinful bursts of pork oil... That's calories worth piling on for. For Christmas, the pork roll is stuffed with sautés diced Chorizo, oregano, onions and Granny Smith apples, and that's what's in that little lump you see on the left there.
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We had visited this place for many times. Their yakitori is really nice and they served wide range of japanese beer and cocktail. Love their meatball the most! Price is very resonable and located conveniently at 313 (beside ben&jerry).

Missing this cute little unicorn rainbow cake.

JiBiru Craft Beer Bar is where you’d go if you want a quick and affordable lunch fix in town (they have substantial lunch sets from $12.80) while sneaking in a pint of exquisite craft beer. Although the seating space is non air-conditioned, there's an endless breeze from the giant overhead fans to keep you cool. This Japanese staple in 313 Somerset has been serving fine Japanese brews for a while now, and even stocks an extensive collection of bottled Hitachino Nest, Shiga Kogen and Kinshachi beers. At any given time, there are six rotational beers on tap like Sapporo and Hitachino — check their website for the latest shipments. If it’s your first time having Japanese craft beer, order the Tasting Flight to try ($13.50 for four before 6pm) and have the perfectly grilled Hibiki Set ($36.50 for 12 skewers) on the side to share.
Avg Price: $25 per person
Photo by Burpple Tastemaker Mandy Lynn

One of our favourite hangout place on friday night. The ambience was good with nice live band. Finger food with cocktails.

We were back again for the crepe cake. This time round, we tried to go with a glass of creme de la rose. It tasted like latte with abit of rose fragrant.

The salted egg yolk sauce is what makes it unique but we still prefer without dipping the sauce. The charcoal waffle and salted caramel ice cream was good!

I have visited Flor multiple times over the last few years and have seen the patisserie expanding their cafe and opening several outlets, which is quite impressive! In my recent visit, we tried a valrhona dark chocolate cake and a matcha cake infused with chestnut cream and red bean paste. If you prefer your cake with less sugar, go for the dark chocolate one. For patrons with a sweet tooth will really enjoy the matcha azuki chestnut cake for the sweetness and the varying density and textures: sponge cake, layers of creme and crisp sugar coating.

My Favourite Combi: Buttered Dory with Parsely + Me-so-Spicy

Passionfruit + tart

Tried the original favour at The Lawn @ Biopolis and came to know about Tiramisu Hero physical cafe. Love this fresh and soothing unique favour. This combi is less sweet than original one and blend just well.