Penang Buffet @ Copthorne King’s Hotel
403 Havelock Road
Singapore
$$$$-
(SG.00+++ per person)
I’ve never really eaten Penang food before, which must mean I live under some sort of (food deprived) rock.. because the food’s just delicious! Loaded with coconut milk and unhealthy ‘stuff’, the food isn’t really something you’d gorge on every day.. but since this was a one-off buffet we were attending, I absolutely STUFFED MYSELF FULL. So much so that I couldn’t really breathe properly afterwards, and was so sleepy I wanted to take a nap right there at the table. Boasting ~40 different dishes, we basically tried one of everything.. and it really adds up – it’s probably not healthy to eat so much until you want to puke.. so my new resolution is to STOP EATING from now on. Well, maybe not, but to eat a little less 😛
I was delighted with the array of dishes available, most of which I’d never had before. A foodie’s paradise :)~ All the food was good IMHO, and the packed restaurant was a testament to that. I tried to pick a favourite, but I’d have listed all the food 😉 But if you forced me too, I’d say the popiah and all the desserts. Yum!!
One of the buffet tables
Asian drinks: sweetened soy bean, Bandung (love the colour!)
and.. er.. something else
Kway Pai Tee – some vegetarian thing. I LOVED it!!!!
Popiah – a star dish
Some sort of mee rebus-type dish, can’t remember the name
That mee rebus-type dish, fried porridge, and flat noodle cake with curry
Prawns and beans
Sticky yellow rice and curry chicken
Char Kway Teow and fish
Veg and deep-fried soft shell crab (mmmmmmmmmmmm…)
Rojak
Otak and satay
Some flat noodle cake with curry
Asian salads
Duck with mee swa noodles, in herbal broth
Fresh bean curd dessert
Fruit (boring)
Coconut pancakes with caramelised bananas
Tapioca cake and this sticky thingy with bean stuff inside (loved it)
Cake and jellies
Rice (served with kaya) and some sorta cake we couldn’t identify
It was a brilliant meal, but really took the concept of over-eating to the limits 😉 Got home and weighed myself.. and was 1.5kg(!) heavier than normal – so I guess that’s the amount of food I ate. Arghh!!
Also paid a visit to the eBay Singapore office in the afternoon.. they took me out for a delicious lunch at Shanghai Restaurant @ 282 South Bridge Road (opposite Maxwell Market). I was fascinated with the interior.. it had dark wooden tables and benches, a la China style, and the waitress only spoke Mandarin. A really authentic restaurant, it’s speciality is “Xiao Long Bao”, my favourite!! We ordered pretty much all the dim sum dishes on the menu and everything was great :)~
The beautiful eBay building, with the Singapore flag above it 🙂
I so want one of these couches for my apartment!!
Hey, I always go to that Penang buffet whenever I go back to Singapore. I am already drooling…
Heh it’s a small world.. It’s so good hey, and so FILLING!
the rice with kaya – is it kueh salat
looks like there’s some peranakan-ish food there too. go try ang ku kueh with other fillings – green bean (most common), peanut, red bean, durian, yam……
is all GOOD….
Hmm I have no idea about the name.. it was delicious though!
hehe that red sticky thing with yellow beans inside is called ang-gu-guei?
the desserts look sooooo delicious 😀
I normally only find it okay.. but this one at the buffet was so yum :)~
Just curious if Almond Pudding is a popular dessert out in Singapore. They seem to have it all over Japan. I just tried it recently and I love it! It’s so yummy and refreshing when served with mixed fruits.
I THINK it is.. I don’t like almond so I’ve never looked out for it, but I”m pretty sure I’ve seen it on menus 🙂
I think the coconut pancakes with the caramelised bananas look the most interesting and delicious. This was a great food post, as per usual.
They were really tasty, and actually quite western-like to be honest!
sigh bev, u make me miss home food….
I miss it soo much when I’m in AU as well.. so I go nuts when I’m back in SG gorging on all the food I miss 😛
Great photos 🙂
I guess being home makes you gain weight…so it happened to me too :/
I know.. eating lots of food and unhealthy stuff too, boo 🙁
Eh, how come you don’t know what is ang ku kueh?! The eBay couch is so cute…I’m sure you can recreate it! 🙂
I do know what it is, just forget the name! I can never remember all the SG foodie names.. :X
I kwym! Some of the names are hard to pronounce!
The red sticky kuih with red bean inside is called Ang Ku Kuih. I think it’s either a Hokkien or Heng Hua specialty.
The eBay office and couch are so cute!!!
Yes that’s it!! I always forget the name.. sooo hard to remember chinese names sometimes :X It was yum 🙂
*yummmmm*
i had the sudden craving for popiah after your entry.
so im gonna look for a delicious one for dinner. slurps!
Popiah’s SO GOOD, I think i’m addicted to the stuff now :)~
that is one cool couch!
I went to Tioman last weekend (an Island off Malaysia) and also went to a Penang buffet!
The food was like an explosion of flavour!
Yummmmm it’s probably better there, more authentic? Their food’s so good :)~
Oh, yum. I’ll have to make a note of this place in case I ever do get to Singapore.
It’s great to go there if you’re a tourist, cos you get a LOT of the singaporean-type food all in one place!
That buffet looks incredible! I’ve never had Penang food before…a lot of the desserts look very dim sum-like. The buffets in the US are usually pretty bad…but I still gorge myself anyway (I overeat at buffets too! 🙂 Lucky! :o)
Yeah it was pretty new to me too.. it was fun 😀
Oh I absolutely must check out this buffet. Looks good.
It’s yuummmm but I’d recommend skipping lunch or having a really light one. There’s SO much food!
Hey, I always go to that Penang buffet whenever I go back to Singapore. I am already drooling…
Heh it’s a small world.. It’s so good hey, and so FILLING!
the rice with kaya – is it kueh salat
looks like there’s some peranakan-ish food there too. go try ang ku kueh with other fillings – green bean (most common), peanut, red bean, durian, yam……
is all GOOD….
Hmm I have no idea about the name.. it was delicious though!
hehe that red sticky thing with yellow beans inside is called ang-gu-guei?
the desserts look sooooo delicious 😀
I normally only find it okay.. but this one at the buffet was so yum :)~
The eBay building looks so fun! And I LOVE the couch! hehe.
They’re similar all around the world.. i do like the fun environment 🙂
Ebay Singapore looks like a toy store from outside. 😛
Re: yums
It looks like a toystore on the inside too 😛
Just curious if Almond Pudding is a popular dessert out in Singapore. They seem to have it all over Japan. I just tried it recently and I love it! It’s so yummy and refreshing when served with mixed fruits.
I THINK it is.. I don’t like almond so I’ve never looked out for it, but I”m pretty sure I’ve seen it on menus 🙂
yums
why no penang laksa & penang prawn mee????????????
Re: yums
It was there! But didn’t take pics of it 😛
I think the coconut pancakes with the caramelised bananas look the most interesting and delicious. This was a great food post, as per usual.
They were really tasty, and actually quite western-like to be honest!
Food :)~~~~
The mee rebus-type dish is called mee Jawa here. The flat noodle cake, is it Roti Jala? FYI, Nowhere in Penang will you get that big chunk of caramelised bananas on your coconut pancakes.
-Penangite
Re: Food :)~~~~
YES Mee Jawa, that’s it! So hard trying to remember all the names 😛 And yes, I believe that’s Roti Jala as well, that sounds about right..
sigh bev, u make me miss home food….
I miss it soo much when I’m in AU as well.. so I go nuts when I’m back in SG gorging on all the food I miss 😛
i LOVE buffets!!!
yeah.. but brings out the piggy in us *burps*
My office is a 5 min walk or so away from the eBay officE!
I took a pic of it in the past, but forgot to upload it for you 😛
Ooo cool! We were wandering outside around lunchtime, soo many people
Great photos 🙂
I guess being home makes you gain weight…so it happened to me too :/
I know.. eating lots of food and unhealthy stuff too, boo 🙁
Eh, how come you don’t know what is ang ku kueh?! The eBay couch is so cute…I’m sure you can recreate it! 🙂
I do know what it is, just forget the name! I can never remember all the SG foodie names.. :X
I kwym! Some of the names are hard to pronounce!
The red sticky kuih with red bean inside is called Ang Ku Kuih. I think it’s either a Hokkien or Heng Hua specialty.
The eBay office and couch are so cute!!!
Yes that’s it!! I always forget the name.. sooo hard to remember chinese names sometimes :X It was yum 🙂
*yummmmm*
i had the sudden craving for popiah after your entry.
so im gonna look for a delicious one for dinner. slurps!
Popiah’s SO GOOD, I think i’m addicted to the stuff now :)~
that is one cool couch!
I went to Tioman last weekend (an Island off Malaysia) and also went to a Penang buffet!
The food was like an explosion of flavour!
Yummmmm it’s probably better there, more authentic? Their food’s so good :)~
Oh, yum. I’ll have to make a note of this place in case I ever do get to Singapore.
It’s great to go there if you’re a tourist, cos you get a LOT of the singaporean-type food all in one place!
That buffet looks incredible! I’ve never had Penang food before…a lot of the desserts look very dim sum-like. The buffets in the US are usually pretty bad…but I still gorge myself anyway (I overeat at buffets too! 🙂 Lucky! :o)
Yeah it was pretty new to me too.. it was fun 😀
Oh I absolutely must check out this buffet. Looks good.
It’s yuummmm but I’d recommend skipping lunch or having a really light one. There’s SO much food!
The eBay building looks so fun! And I LOVE the couch! hehe.
They’re similar all around the world.. i do like the fun environment 🙂
Ebay Singapore looks like a toy store from outside. 😛
Re: yums
It looks like a toystore on the inside too 😛
yums
why no penang laksa & penang prawn mee????????????
Re: yums
It was there! But didn’t take pics of it 😛
Food :)~~~~
The mee rebus-type dish is called mee Jawa here. The flat noodle cake, is it Roti Jala? FYI, Nowhere in Penang will you get that big chunk of caramelised bananas on your coconut pancakes.
-Penangite
Re: Food :)~~~~
YES Mee Jawa, that’s it! So hard trying to remember all the names 😛 And yes, I believe that’s Roti Jala as well, that sounds about right..
i LOVE buffets!!!
yeah.. but brings out the piggy in us *burps*
My office is a 5 min walk or so away from the eBay officE!
I took a pic of it in the past, but forgot to upload it for you 😛
Ooo cool! We were wandering outside around lunchtime, soo many people