On our 2009 tour to kolkata, me and piu one day after meeting piu's old friends in Ballygunge Science College, decided to tuck into some good chinese food, so our destination was, Lunch buffet at Mainland China on Gurusaday road. Since this chinese restaurant opened, me and piu went there twice with our parents, once i remember for my parents marriage anniverysary on Jan18, 2007. But those visits were for a-la-carte, never for the buffet. so we thought lets give it a try for the buffet.We started with some prawn crackers,popcorn chicken, chicken dimsum ,chicken basil soup, and sweet n sour corn soup as appetizer.soups were delicious but the dimsums were just okay.The salad bar was good as well. Piu tried 3-4 types of salads with dressings. i skipped to keep space for the main battle :)Then on the main course we had lemon crab,garlic-ginger bhetki, Haka noodles, chicken manchurian,general tso chicken,hunan tofu, mushroom in oyster sauce,garlic lamb meatballs and 2 types of fried rice. I liked 2 dishes most among these, The lemon crab which was awesome, soft crabmeat with a touch of lemon and honey,juicy and succulent, then the bhetki fish preparation which was very tasty as well. In dessert they had wide varieties of cakes, fruits( served fresh papaya and mango) and special chinese sweet dish darsan. All over they had 4 appetizers,sald bar, 4 soups, 10-12 maincourse dishes and almost 8-10 types of dessert.With the buffet they also served a complimentary drink. Food was really good but we would still prefer to go there for a-la-carte next time. All you can eat buffet attracts people for loads of food but they lack that special taste and charm of an excuisite a-la-carte menu. It cost us 350rs/person inc tax.Few pics included with this blog.
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