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I read the newspapers and get to know from the advertisement that now is the crab season. Many restaurants are promoting the crab feast. One of the restaurants is promoting buffet of crab and durian delights. I think this is something special as I don’t get to see this kind of crab plus durian buffet that often.

I called upon my second nephew who loves to eat crab very much. This little cute and chubby boy was so delighted to see the advertisement which was promoting the crab buffet. He told me immediately that he wanted to go to the restaurant to eat his favourite crabs.

My sister made a booking at the Ellenborough Market Cafe and then we brought our nephews, the 2 chubby boys, to the Swissotel Merchant Court hotel at noon time today. When we reached there, we were surprised to see there was a long queue of people waiting to enter the Ellenborough Market Cafe. Maybe because it was a Sunday.

Despite the world economy is slowing down, many people are still willing to spend money to enjoy good food especially when the restaurants are promoting crab and durian delights. These are the food that we don’t get to eat so often for buffet style.

So, we filled the plates with the crabs of different flavours immediately after we were ushered to our table. The crab dishes include Sri Lanka Black Pepper Crab, Nonya Crab Popiah, Curry Crab, Chilli Crab and so on. The durian creations featuring on the buffet are Durian Creme Brulee, Durian & Mango Napolean, Durian with Red Bean Agar-Agar, Durian Pengat and so on.

Here are the pictures of the yummy food.

Sushi, Mussel, Crabs, Prawns and Fried Rice :

Crayfish, Abalone and Other Varieties of Food :

Black Pepper Crabs :

Black Pepper Prawns and Crabs :

Crayfish, Crabs, and Kang Kong Vegetable :

Prawns, Oyster, Mussel, Crabs, Fried Rice and Bun :

Abalone, Durian Cakes and Vegetables :

Durian Cakes and Pastries :

Durian Pengat :

Besides the crab and durian delights, Ellenborough Market Cafe also serve their usual spread of International, Local and Peranakan specialities. My sisters, my nephews and I find that the Ellenborough Market Cafe is generous enough to serve the different varieties of food in big portions. The tastes of the crab dishes and other food are very delicious. They serve real Abalone instead of mock Abalone in their buffet bar.

We really like the nice and yummy food there. We consider this as value for money. Furthermore, my sister is a HSBC credit card holder so we are entitled to enjoy the offer of “one dines for free with every three paying adult diners”. It really helps to save some money for us to enjoy the good food.