Death by "Chocoholic Buffet"

When I first happened upon the Sutton Place Hotel's Lobster menu, I thought I had hit the "jackpot" with their menu of fresh lobster thermidor, bisque, lobster terrine, and other wonderful lobster dishes. This is because I had a firm believe that the lobster would not be broken apart, and that guarantees that the lobster will not be of inferior quality or its best parts taken away for my enjoyment.

However, I was a bit disappointed with the overall taste and quality of the meal. We started with a roast duck salad, which tasted more like Chinese barbecue pork on a bed of vegetables. The second dish, the lobster bisque, lacked the taste and freshness of the ocean. Instead, I felt the bisque lacked the texture and thickness from the lobster essence and was too sweet overall. The lobster thermidor echoed the same taste and was overall just an average meal for such a hefty price.

What I was most surprised with, however, was the quality of their "Chocoholic Buffet/Bar." As an add-on to our menu for only $9.99, this part of our meal was far superior than our $50/head meal. The selections of the buffet mostly comprised of chocolate dishes and fruits. But the fresh crepes with sorbets for topping were my favourite.

The effect of the cool refreshing mango sorbet enveloped by the sweet warm crepes was a perfect companion to the raspberry sauce that accompanied it. With other combinations such as liquer sauces as toppings, a raspberry sorbet, and mango and passion fruit sauce, both me and a fellow chowhound enjoyed a full 3 to 4 rounds of crepes until we could eat no more. The only appropriate phrase to describe this phenomenon would be "Death by Chocoholic Buffet"...... How sweet it is.......