Octie Appetie: Epicurean - International Buffet Restaurant at Crown Sydney

06 October 2023

Epicurean - International Buffet Restaurant at Crown Sydney

Speaking of the best buffet in Sydney, Epicurean would certainly be on top of ladder. Their food shine because of its finest and freshest ingredients. You would feel spoilt by choices from their great varieties of menu items and dishes. Especially, most popular seafood items like lobster tails, spanner crabs, Sydney rock oysters and fresh sashimi. Comparing the price and value, it is surely worth the penny we paid for.

Advance booking is a must. Once you arrived at the restaurant, you still need to queue or wait to be seated. One of the waiters/waitresses will lead you to your dining table and normally they will politely ask whether you've dined here previously. Then they will offer to show you around the dining area and food sections. Otherwise, you can choose to go to your seats right away and get down to your eating business.

Chocolate fountain - see you later after meals

Crabs and oysters will be the thing that most people aiming for but no worries, they keep topping this giant serving bowl up with more and more fresh oysters.

Their seafood is super duper fresh, I can't stress it enough in words but trust me, those oysters, crab and also salmon sashimi are extremely fresh.

I like to have my oyster raw with a splash of lemon only, nothing else

Shucked clean

Salad and dressing

Sashimi

Varieties of nigiris

I can totally tell that they serve top quality of fish here. To me, the scallop nigiri is soooo good, the meat is very plump and juicy, again it's so fresh.

The roast sections

Pizzas

In this Asian section, you can find ranges of dim sum, hot cooked dishes, spring rolls and made to order noodle soup.

Fresh spring rolls

Roasted duck and BBQ pork

Indian food section

Papadums with chutneys, pickles and sauces

Make your own Peking duck wrappers

Group of cheeses

Smoked or dry-cured meats

Now, come down to their dessert, again so many bits and pieces to choose from. They are all very pretty and colorful. Very impressive. There are macaroons, tarts, cakes, panna cotta, ice creams, and plenty more. Oh yeah.. and that non-stop flowing of runny chocolate tap, it definitely goes very well for my ice cream tops. As much as I look forward to their fresh seafood selections, their dessert is also my top list to try. And no matter how full I am, there is always room for desserts. I wanted to try every single piece, but maybe only 80% of them I had that night, I did my best though.

Their macaroons and lemon/mango tart were good. And I love their coffee ice cream with chocolate sauce on top, it was splendid. The best way to end the great meal.