Sakura International Buffet (Yio Chu Kang Stadium)

Was bugging my bf about coming here to dine after my friend raved to me about their chocolate cake (out of so many food selection).

Did not make any reservation before hand, hence we're considered lucky to get the outdoor seats. To make us luckier, before we can dig into our food, the friendly manager shifted us inside as there is an empty table +1 for their friendly service.

The selection is passable enough. Tried abit of each, and my bf love their Tha STyle Fried Tofu the best.

Cream Pasta: The pasta is slightly too well-done that they would twist and stay nicely on your fork and spoon. Taste wise, alright.

Seafood fried rice: Bf says very nice.

Thai Style Fried Tofu: I'd like it better if I can spot onions on it, but still taste nice nevertheless.

Sea cucumber: No bad. As least it is not serve salty like some restaurant do. For those who likes sea cucumber, dont give this a miss.

Lemon Fish: Do not have much impression about it, but it is definitely one of those can-eat selection.

Tako Yaki: Abit on the dry side, must remember to put the mayo.

Nugget: Nothing to rave about.

Chicken Teppanyaki: The meat is tender enough, but they could do with more sauce.

Beef Teppanyaki: On the chewy side. The meat is slice thinly, but nice.

Shark Fin: Don't bother to try. Give it a miss. Those pasar malam shark fin soup taste nicer than Sakura ones.

Black Chicken soup: Abit salty and tad diluted.

Sushi: Still passable. But it'd be better if there are more selection. I can't find my itako suchi and the chuta hotate. Dx

Salmon Sashimi: Thick, very thick. Yummy! But they could try to refill this on a faster rate.

Salmon Mayo: Yums!!!

Fruit salad: Eat it f you love melon. The whole thing taste like melon even with the presence of longan and dragon fruit.

Cheese baked oyster: I cant taste the cheese, only the oyster.

Brownie: Don't bother trying it. its dry, overly sweet, nothing chocolaty.

Black Forest: YUMS!!!!!! (Ate 4 pieces)

Oreo cheese cake: Definitely a must-eat, even for those who doesn't like cheese cake. It doesn't taste cheesy (maybe for cheese cake lover, they'll deem it as fail). The cheese part simply taste like yummy cream! (Ate 2 pieces)

Marble cheese cake: Took a small bite, taste cheesiser.

Chocolate cake: (only manage to try one piece) Its yummy, not to sweet, but have a slight bitter after taste. I'll have to head back again to get more of it.

Chocolate mochi: It simply mush into flat shape once you pop it into your mouth. Taste more like coconut than chocolate.

Ice cream: You can get it anywhere. But I love their chocolate ice cream nevertheless!!

Service: Good!

Overall: This place doesn't really serve the WOW food, but for a price of 20++ per pax, its definitely worth the spend. I rather spend the money here than to dine at some weird American restaurant at times. Feel pampered with the food here. Leave this restaurant to realise that we've yet to try their chicken and peking duck. Will definitely come here at times for cheap treats.

My wife and I were discussing about what we should have for lunch. We are getting older by the day and the metabolism is not getting any higher. But we thought, "C'mon, let's give the buffet a go". Lo and behold, we ended at this restaurant. It was pleasantly quiet for lunch but that's the way we like it.

It was truly a sumptuous spread bearing in mind the cost per pax. The food counters are as follows:- Sushi, Mushroom & Vegetables, Western, Eastern, Timsum, and Dessert.

To get a taste of nearly everything without loosening my belt, I'd to forgo rice and noodles and just took a nibble of food available at the different stations.

1. Sushi. Freshly sliced and good enough for me.
2. Beef steak. Tender. A bit of fats and muscle here and there but overall, a pretty good piece of meat.
3. Peking Duck. Can you believe it? My wife was so in love with the duck that she finished three plates of it and I'd to hold her back from bringing the entire duck to our table!
4. Fried Mushrooms. Nicely served and pretty good tasting too.
5. Tim Sum A piece of "ha kao" here, and "siew mai" there.
6. Black chicken herbal soup Among all the food, this is the only one that I disliked. Think they placed too much salt in the soup. Yelp!
7. Kuey Paitee The cups are from Redlips, so it won't go wrong.
8. Ice Cream It's all the La Classico flavours such as strawberry, corn, choco chip, etc.

The waiters were also pretty efficient, clearing the plates as we go along.

So I'd say that I had a pretty satisfying lunch. :)

The material of food they serve doesn't match the price they charge, but the taste is good

service below average, i need to keep on calling the waiter to clean up my table

they tried to fit in too many tables in this outlet

I came here with a friend on a weekend night ($27.80 per pax for the buffet).

I just happened to note the following pointers:

Good food:
UNAGI! Yes, their unagi was really what made my day. Wasn't the best unagi, but good enough to make me grab that every trip to the buffet counter.
Escargo, Scallop, clams.. you get my gist - all their seafood tends to be rather palatable!
Ebi, tempura... etc were all quite decent.
International spread was quite good too.

Bad:
Sushi/sashimi were quite poor. Sigh.

The place was really crowded and felt more like a posh food junction.