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| - I have not dined at buffet restaurants in a long time, but we decided to try Spoonful last Wednesday after a couple friends recommended it to us.
The restaurant itself is nice, modern, and spacious with a few separate dining areas. The variety of food is decent and their desserts are endless.
Our favourites were the lobster bisque (not too creamy or salty), cold crab legs (a bit salty but still good), and grilled pork belly (need I say any more?)...and the chocolate fountain. The fresh donuts were good, too.
But...the rest of the hot foods were just all right. There's a big wheel of various ice cream flavours, but the pastries weren't anything special.
We've heard pretty good things about the seafood bar in particular, which was impressive, and it was the reason we chose Spoonful over Wok of Fame. On a Wednesday night, only shrimps, crab legs, mussels, octopus, and whelks were available. Unfortunately, the mussels were mushy and tasteless, the octopus was rubbery and also tasteless, and the whelks had a VERY unpleasant smell to them! I noticed the smell the moment I picked one up. I was very surprised that they were still being served despite the awful fishy smell. The next time I walked by the seafood bar, they were all gone. (Someone must have complained about them before I got the chance to.)
Even worse, I woke up the next morning at 5 due to a stomachache and nausea. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the mussels or the octopus because neither had any taste, which made me think they were not very fresh.
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