Le Xin Catering and Services. 乐新自助餐

Hey ladies and gentlemen! I hope all of you are doing well :) 

Today, I'll be sharing with you my reviews on a catered buffet to my grandparents' house for their birthday celebration :) We ordered the buffet from "Le Xin Catering and Services (乐新自助餐)". Usually , one should book a buffet catering at least 4-7 days prior but my family booked it 2 days prior to actual day. :( Hence, we are very thankful that this company was able to rush it in for us :) 

Food was wrapped with plastic foil when it came. 

Seafood Fried Rice

Review : "Seafood Fried Rice" tasted like normal fried rice , there's no exceptionally tastier feel to it. Seafood used was mildly fresh. NEUTRAL.

Har Chong Kai ( Fried chicken drumstick/wing )

 Review : "Har Chong Kai AKA Fried Chicken pieces" was a very disappointing dish. My family always order this dish at a Zi Char stall when we dine out. We expected it to be the same but turns out , it's totally different. If one knows the Har Chong Kai served in Zi Char stall normally , from this picture , they will be able to tell the difference. It didn't had any taste close to a Zi Char's H.C.K. VERY DISAPPOINTING.
   

Cereal Prawn

Review : "Cereal Prawn" is the most satisfying dish among all the other. It is rather fresh and there was a lot of cereals all over the prawns :) Very popular among my family and relatives :) SATISFIED.

Broccoli and mushroom 

 Review : "Broccoli and mushroom" tasted fine :) The mushrooms were chewy and the broccoli had all the sauce sucked into it so they tasted juicy :) PLEASED.

Curry Chicken

Review : "Curry Chicken" was very oily , as you can see in the photo. There wasn't a lot of potatoes inside as well. So it was kinda disappointing when all the potatoes was finished. But overall , SATISFIED.

Steamed buns for the meat

The meat to go with steamed buns.

Review : "Steamed bun with meats AKA 扣肉包" wasn't up to expectations. Even though the meat had a lot of fats(a very good thing for this dish) , it was not "soggy" enough , in a sense where it's still not that soft , would be better if it was cooked even longer. The bun was not hot , so my grandmother had to steamed it with her woks again before serving. DISAPPOINTING.

Sweet and sour fish

 Review : "Sweet and Sour Fish" was as good as the cereal prawns :) Very popular among the kids. Sauce was put aside to prevent fish from turning soggy. HIGHLY SATISFYING. 

Yam Paste

 Review : "Yam Paste" was the worse dish of them all. It was too sweet to an extent whereby too much of it will cause you diabetes. The person-in-charge did warned us about it but we went ahead to test it out. My advice is , listen to the in-charge and NEVER ORDER THIS DISH if you look for this caterer. You will suffer and waste your money on it.

Free 28 birthday buns.

The person-in-charge was kind enough to give 28 birthday buns for my grandmother since it was her birthday. This cheered my grandmother up as she was so proud of it that she bring it around to show everyone! :) 

Our Spending : 
Dishes : 8 dishes + 1 tub of fruit punch
Price : $372. $10.90 per person , minimum 30 pax.

Conclusion : To conclude , my family and relatives were rather disappointing with the food that was provided. It didn't lived up to their expectations and most of them commented that the food wasn't that nice. Indeed , service from the employees were good but the food was not that good. We will probably source for another caterer the next time round.

If you are interested in "Le Xin Catering and Services" , below are their information :

Address : 15 Woodlands Loop, 738322
Contact Number : 6755 3736
Operating Hours :  9:00 am – 10:00 pm


That's all that I have , till then , take care folks :)

P.S. All reviews are based on personal thoughts. May subject to changes based on individuals.

Bangkok's Street Foods :D

I've decided to compile all the street food I tried in Bangkok here because there are some which I recommend and some that I don't :) It's easier for you guys in this way :)
Here it goes! :)

Deep Fried Tapioca
Even though it may seem rather oily , you should give it a try! :) My mum was so excited to eat this that she bought it immediately upon seeing this stall! :) RECOMMEND.

Yikes to their oil!

 Steamed Corn
It's very common for the Thais to add sugar water onto all kind of food. Take this for example! They would dip the entire corn into a pail of sugar water before putting into a plastic bag for you. This will make the corn sweeter than original. :) They do this not only to corns but to fruits too! RECOMMEND.

Iced Milk Tea
Wherever you go , you will see drinks stall set up like the one below! Don't even hesitate to get anything , just order the Iced Milk Tea aka Iced Tea! I can assure you , if you are a fan of sweetness , you will fall in love with it. I lost count of the times I ordered Iced Tea everywhere I go! It's very different from our "Teh-Peng." Their Iced Tea have a richer and brighter colour and its taste is so indescribable !! SUPER HIGHLY  RECOMMEND.

A common street stall seen everywhere.

YUMMY!

Charcoal Grilled Squid

I've always been a fan of squids , so I had to taste this! Don't ask me why is it so yellow , I have no idea what they applied on it too. Haha. Anyway , it's not really the squid that I was into , even though it tasted so chewy! It was the sauce that they pour over the squid after they put into the packaging. The sauce and squid combination is perfect. I fell in love with the sauce , it was just so damn good! It's a little like spicy mango but even tastier! Therefore , if you like squids and can take spice , try this! RECOMMEND.

 Coconut Rolled 'Crepe'
This was posted in my bangkok day's post but I decided to post it here as well to review it. As you can see , its a thin layer of "crepe" added with cream and coconut bits on it. They got two kinds of taste , the salty and the sweet. I took a mixture of both. I personally preferred the salty one because the taste was stronger. But both flavours are equally good :) Not everyone like this as some don't take coconuts. Hence if you love coconuts , try it! RECOMMEND.

Glutinous Rice Cake
This rice cake was not my favourite because it was nothing special. The only thing you can taste is probably the salty egg mix that they used to coat the surface of the rice cake before they "grill" it. My family tried and they didn't like it cause they find it tasteless. I didn't managed to finish it and threw it away. DO NOT RECOMMEND.

I didn't mean to cut her head away haha. 

Quail Eggs
This is one of my favourite food on planet earth! The quail eggs was made till it turned crispy yet still reserving a bit of the "uncooked" yolk , making it drip as we poke it. Like our half boiled eggs that we usually eat for breakfast , the people added pepper and soy sauce to flavour it. Turns out to be perfect! You're probably thinking about the cholesterol but oh wells , just try it! It's nice! RECOMMEND.

Red Ruby

This stall is situated at Chatuchak. Many travellers settle down in this stall for a cooling dessert due to the extremely hot weather at Chatuchak! It maybe too sweet for some but overall , its a very good dessert to cool you down. Their red ruby is crunchy and chilling , with the weather burning on your skin , you need one! RECOMMEND.

 Sausage-Bacon Cheese Roll
I had this at Chatuchak as well. Curiosity kicked in when I saw a long queue at this stall , so I decided to try it out :) I would say it's not too bad , bacon is nicely done with a bit of saltiness in it. But with the combination of mayonnaise on it , everything balanced out :) it's rather huge though , one roll can stuff your entire mouth. Haha. But I think we can make this easily at home too :) So , NEUTRAL.

 Coconut Ice Cream 
This is the one other cooling dessert you have to eat when you are at Chatuchak! It's a MUST TRY thing! :) Coconut Ice Cream is very famous at Chatuchak , many stalls sells it! But seek for the right stall! The price for coconut ice cream at all stall are the same. Yet some offers topping buffet whereby you can choose all kinds of topping you want and add it on your own but others only allow you to add 2-3 toppings! It's usually stated on the banner of the stall , "Buffet/Topping Buffet" if they let you go "free and easy" on toppings! Look properly! :)

I've come to the end of my street food post. :( I know it's probably not a lot of street food. I stomach-ed the rest of the food I tried before remembering I had to take a picture :( My bad. I will update this post again when I tried new ones next time! :)

Bangkok Trip Day 4

It's our last day in Bangkok. Time flies :( Nonetheless , we made our last day fruitful too :)
Our flight was scheduled to depart at 5.30pm local time , therefore we had until 3pm to shop before we go to the airport for check in.

Brought our luggage down to check out and left it at the hotel before we head out :)

The very convenient side door of Centre Point Pratunam. 

Had our breakfast at SaebX2 Wonton Noodle shop again for the very last time before we headed to do our last shopping. 

Shibuya 19.

Since we had to hang around our hotel , we decided to go Shibuya 19. 

Inside Shibuya 19.

Different kinds of products are available but they ain't that cheap. Kinda costly.

Tents set up for street stalls :)

As you can see , weather in BKK is not that good :(

Last shot of my hotel before we departed to the airport.

Our hotel's taxi hang this chart to show the different prices for each destination.
My next stop? Hua Hin ^^ 

Pantip Plaza , the IT mall  opposite my hotel. 

Unload and get ready to check in.

The type of display one would see after clearing immigration.

Typical airport shops , the branded. :(

BKK airport has this kind of art pieces everywhere.

An artistic toilet that their airport has! :)

Toilet! 

Seeing yet another after walking a few steps away from the previous one. haha.

It's time to fly. Back to my hectic life :(

All trips have an end to it. My trip ended rather quickly :( But oh wells , 4 days of trip , can't expect much :( I will be back again! :)

Thank you for reading , comment below and tell me what did you think about it! :)