Buffet 101 – Glorietta’sdesserts were featured on the previous post. This time, the international cuisines served by Buffet 101 – Glorietta are placed in the spotlight.
Buffet
101 offers Asian and European dishes, from the ones that are familiar to the
ones that are rare to the Filipino palate. Japanese - sushi, sashimi, and
tempura, among other things - and Chinese – dimsum and dumplings - cuisines
have their own sections at the extreme areas of the restaurants. The middle is
dominated by other Asian and European courses. There is a make-your-own pasta
and salad table, a make-your-own halo-halo, a made-to-order crepe section, and meat
station, which highlights lechon and roasted beef.
This
is out of character for me to say that I enjoyed the appetizers and main dishes
(yes, I did not taste the soup, which looked tempting and received rave reviews
from my friends) more than the desserts. The former were well-seasoned, those
that needed to be crisp were crunchy and those that needed to be tender were
succulent, and the variety of dishes was more than enough to satisfy my craving
for anything salty, sour, and savory.
People
were streaming in fast and furious, and the queue in each station was long, but
the demand for food was met with sufficient supply.
Aside
from the desserts that needed improvement, I was pretty contented with my
dining experience.
The following are photos taken at Buffet 101 – Glorietta 2:
Interior of Buffet 101 – Glorietta 2
More space for dining in the inner part of the restaurant
Salad station: Mexican Vegetable salad and carrot, apple, and beetroot salad
Tuna and roasted potato salad and Fusilli pasta and corn egg salad
Make-your-own salad ingredients
Japanese food station: Tamago and apple warship, seaweed salad warship and corn warship
Black seaweed mango maki and assorted maki
Tuna salad roll and tempura roll
Chawan mushi
Pan de sal, wheat bread, and garlic bread
Salt and pepper stuffed tofu and roll
Soya chicken
Bangus
Chop suey
Cheesy butter sweet corn
Sri Lankan spicy sausage
Vindaloo beef Pakistani style
Chinese food station: Scallion pancake
Fried mantho
Assorted fruits
Drinks: Black gulaman and buko pandan
My first plate of food: warships and maki. They were all satisfying and scrummy. I wanted another go at the maki, but I was too full.
My second plate of food: roll, pork dimsum, and salt and pepper stuffed tofu. They were all surprisingly scrumptious especially the tofu. The salt and pepper flavor were a little more pronounced that I would like, but they cured my cravings for something salty. Haha.
My third plate of food: Japanese cheesecake, coconut marshmallow, mango bar, and banoffee. As mentioned, the Japanese cheesecake was light as air and it tasted like a dream. The coconut marshmallow tasted the way it looked – powdery and insipid. I tried it because I have not had coconut marshmallows before. This somewhat turned me off from coconuts. The mango bar was tiny but carried a huge sweet punch. It was sticky and sweet. The banoffee looked pretty but failed the taste test. I have had better banoffees.
My fourth plate of food: mango cake. I love mangoes, so I got two slices of this pastry. It was the worst decision I made that meal. The only good thing about this was the mango slices. The icing was too much and the bread itself was dry.
My fifth plate of food: two slices of beef roast, three slices of franks (?), and Sri Lankan spicy sausage. The best thing on this plate is the last one on the list. Yum.
My sixth plate of food: assorted fruits because I wanted to feel healthful. Hahaha.
My seventh plate (I know it is not a plate) of food: four scoops of ice cream - vanilla, strawberry, ube, and mango ice cream. The ube and mango scoops were passable. I had blueberry crepe and another plate of dessert, but let us pretend I did not have those.
Baked mussels for sharing. I did not try this because the cheese scared me.
Lechon and roasted beef for sharing. The lechon was not up to par.
My friend’s first plate. That cream of corn soup looked so creamy
Birthday celebrants can avail of one (1) free buffet meal at
any Buffet 101 branch on the month of their birthday provided that the
celebrants are with a minimum of three (3) full paying adults (without any
discount/s). Other mechanics apply.
Buffet 101 Glorietta Contact Numbers:
Phone (02) 8281999 and (02) 8281333.
Buffet 101 Operating
Hours:
11am to 2pm (Lunch) and 530pm to 11pm (Dinner)
Buffet 101 Glorietta
Address:
Third Floor, Glorietta 2, Ayala Center, Glorietta Complex,
Makati City
