Marcus H.
Yelp
Buffets do not get any more comprehensive than the one you will find at The Line.
When it comes to buffets, often people adopt the mentality that they have to eat until they have got their money's worth. At around $65++, that's a lot they will have to eat here. Thankfully The Line will help you out with the most incredible spread - I struggled to think of something I could reasonably expect at a buffet that they did not have.
The classic buffet trick is to hit the sashimi bar hard - sashimi being one of the most expensive food items you would find anywhere. The sashimi is adequately fresh, nothing that would blow your mind, but nothing less than you would expect from a hotel. You would also want to get the oysters, which is fairly fresh, but apart from that and the prawns, the rest of the cold seafood can be quite forgettable.
I stayed away from the Indian fare as it was not particularly my cup of tea, not at a buffet especially. Instead I went for the roasted duck and pork, which came highly recommended, and rightly so. Not quite in the class of some hawkers' best, but I was well satisfied with what I had.
The rest of the chinese section consisted of a selection of dim sum, a chef that made noodles for you, and some of the standard chinese dishes you would expect, such as sliced beef and sweet and sour pork (if I remember this correctly!). Nothing really that tempted me enough to take it.
There is also a western section with sliced roasted beef, complete with yorkshire pudding and beef gravy, but it was unfortunately a tad dry and nothing to shout about. The same could be said of the Italian fare, which I'd like to think I wisely gravitated from.
The main attraction was always going to be the dessert bar, complete with a chocolate fountain, shelves after shelves of cakes and puddings and an array of ice cream flavours and toppings. A kid's heaven, and by that I'm referring to that little guy in every single one of us. Don't expect each piece you pick up to be of stunning quality, but they are at least a pretty nice eat.
The thing about buffets is that you have to realise you are paying for the entertainment of having the ridiculous option to eat whatever you want, whenever you want, however you want - as though you've bought yourself a whole wad of Monopoly money to spend on. Of course you'll never end up spending it all, but you have to try to enjoy the process as much as you can. That said, it is quite a lot of money you're paying to treat it as 'just a game', so...whatever floats your boat here!