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| - I called and made reservations for two for 5:30pm. The girl who answered the phone was fluent in English and informative for questions that I asked such as raw oysters only available on Friday and Saturdays. The restaurant has more of a modern atmosphere with lights slightly dimmed as opposed to the full lighting of usual buffets. There are two sections for seating and it was only about 50% full. The buffet area takes up a lot of space but doesn't have as much offerings as it appears to.
Started off with the seafood section which had clams, mussels, octopus, snails, shrimp, oysters and crab legs. The clams and mussels were pretty good. The crab legs were standard fare but the reason I wanted to try Spoonful out was for the oysters. Before I got there I was thinking I would eat plates of them but nope. DISAPPOINTING. The oysters didn't have an off taste, but they actually didn't have any taste of all. I was waiting for the sweet and salty taste of fresh oysters to hit me but I really couldn't taste anything. Had a few of them and left it at that. I asked for wet naps after finishing the crab legs and was told they only have napkins. Was expecting them to have wet naps if one of their main focuses is on crab legs and people usually use their hands to eat them.
The salad bar had some slightly different offerings such as shrimp ceviche, steak with a salad dressing, and tomato and buffalo mozzarella skewers. The other side had soba noodles, smoked salmon, and prosciutto. There was also a soup section with four different soups but I didn't bother with those.
The hot food stations had more western food as opposed to Chinese food. There were items such as baked mussels, escargot, crab legs, clams in a cream sauce, and ribs. The carvery had ham, lamb shoulder, prime rib, and brisket. Spoonful's facebook had an image with emphasis to their "Robatayaki Grill". The only thing that came off of it was chicken and lamb skewers. Seems to be a waste of the grill as I was looking forward to a variety of skewers. The sushi station had the typical variety of sashimi. The rolls they offered were a surprise as they were nicely presented and looked like the ones found at ayce Japanese restaurants as opposed to Metro sushi.
They had two double sided dessert sections with various offerings of cakes and fruit. I really enjoyed the chocolate fountain that I stuck giant strawberries into. The donuts from the donut machine tasted like Tiny Toms from the carnival! The ice cream from the soft ice cream machine was melting and I didn't try the waffle machine. They had this hard ice cream machine that was pretty cool but for display only. The ice cream was in a separate mini fridge. They had a few of these mini fridges/display around. There were two at the dessert stations with egg tarts, mango pudding, creme brulee, etc.
The total damage was $68.06 and they gave us a $10.00 gift certificate for our next return. Overall it was an alright meal. It's average to spend around $30.00 for a dinner on a weekend so I was okay about it. I don't think I will be rushing to come back here and may not even use the GC. The food was okay - not bad and not great. The presentation was a plus and the washrooms are really nice and clean! My main point of coming here was for the oysters and since they weren't that great I don't think it's worth the trek back up to Brampton again.
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