Awesome NASI PADANG BUFFET in the heart of town! (Coleman Street, Singapore)

[@zambuk3832]

You oversell this buffet, I am here now. Many items from the menu not available. Started the buffet at 12pm, apparently I would only say it's not even worth the time to come by and try even if you are nearby. Majority of the dishes 6/10. Lackluster. I wanna laugh when you mentioned u came down couple of times to try it out. I have to be brutally honest, your review of this place failed big time. Those that are here today having buffet right now, will totally agreed with me.

[@GregoryLeow]

I hope you gave feedback to the management - It could be an off day. Buffet quality is notoriously hard to maintain. It was good in the four times that I went, but then again, it was only four times and the quality can change from day to day. Plus, it's only my personal judgement - you might have a different standard when it comes to nasi Padang. Feel free to use me as a guide if you wish but ultimately, it’s best to trust only your own tastebuds. As for the menu, there is no menu to speak of, so I’m not sure what you are referring to. There is a menu on the hotel website that shows you a small sample of the dishes they do but it is wildly outdated. However, if you’re referring to not being able to get the dishes I vlogged about, those are the dishes I encountered during those four visits but the dishes changed every time that I went. That is how it is with this buffet, they try to offer new dishes, except for a few mainstay dishes. So don’t go to the buffet expecting all the same dishes that I vlogged about. I’ll pin this comment so that other people will see the reality that this buffet might not appeal to everyone and to some who might chime in with their experiences with the buffet and for the management to see your review.

[@zambuk3832]

Missing dishes during lunch buffet: Beef Bakso, Mee Siam, Mee Soto, Ayam Panggang Hijau, Begedil, Nasi Kuning. The menu did stated that dishes are on a regular rotation basis, but do take note, at the same time. No replacement for the missing dishes too.

[@zambuk3832]

Menu readily available from the hotel main website. FYI

[@zambuk3832]

Don't keep editing your comment. Your original reply did not mention anything about any menu at all until I revealed the cafe does have menu. Don't get too defensive. Anyway we are all here for good food hunting. 👍🏻

[@GregoryLeow]

Hi zambuk4832, I amended my original comment to mention the hotel website having a menu is because I now realise that that is what you are referring to - a website menu that is quite out of date. You claim that the buffet is incomplete because “many of the items are not available”. That comment is not exactly true because as I stated, the menu on the website is out of date. To further explain, I’ve encountered easily 1.5 to 2 times the number of dishes over the four days that I went. Again it just depends on the day that you go on. They won’t offer everything everyday. They will offer different dishes on different days with a few mainstays. My edit on the original reply is not out of defensiveness but is to take note of what you are unhappy about and to offer a possible explanation. To me, it’s just easier to read an explanation on one post than to go through a whole thread of replies. At least I think so 🤷‍♂️ have a good day bro. No hard feelings here 👌

[@favianheng4677]

Love this unbiased review! I totally appreciate the effort you put in to review the place 4 times 🙏🏻

[@JLIM8]

Out of so many food bloggers/vloggers i've been watching, you provide the most unbiased reviews. Good means good, not good means not good. This is what food reviews should be like.

[@lindanettar4415]

Fantastic review! How much per head?

[@goddanner]

Looking for something similar to rice table, will look it up soon :)

[@beanoyip06]

Maybe $30 can spread over 5 days, $6 each meal at a stall and cover same amount of food.

[@thespecialist7442]

Agreed, for that price, you can get better elsewhere at cheaper price😎. Greg do a new review on budget food there especially times are bad nowadays..🤔😮‍💨.

[@jokerholic2422]

Greg, you have brought a level of journalistic professionalism that isn’t always seen in food vlogs! Thanks for putting your tummy on the line!

[@sumit6190p]

Ya lo. Love that he makes videos about a stall or restaurant after extensive tasting. Quality over quantity.

[@JehoiachinReleased]

The most reliable and high quality food vlogger in whole of SG.

[@sucheng]

That’s some top notch journalism. The upfront honesty that the hotel reached out for a tasting and going back 4x for a Nasi Padang buffet idk any other food reviewers who would do that! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@zaintonputeh8475]

You are such a nerd go to high class place wear short.

[@wendywong4732]

I think most important thing here is Nasi Padang is so unique - that differntiates Peninsula Excelsior from the many other business hotels in the area. Also attracts locals like myself to check it out 😅

[@yeezeey4037]

Looks like I'll be planning a trip down really soon. Love Malay/Indon cuisines and this buffet should suit my tastebuds. Thanks for the unbias food review.

[@phyllisbush3693]

Excellent meals I have been away for 48 years looking at all the foods you had Singapore have really turn into a paradise food country. You do a great job Greg and love your beautiful family. Stay safe always ❤ from Canada ❤

[@jkl6868]

You beat me! I was gone for almost 40, where else do you recommend?

[@whkoh7619]

Greg needs a disguise to hide himself from the staff for an incognito review 🤣

[@anuradias8538]

Great work Greg! You've set the standard for food reviews!!

[@TheChosenRed]

The thought of eating some tender beef randang right now is making me drool 🤤🤤🤤

[@Kelberi]

While I don't dispute this stall, I challenge you to locate the best nasi padang i used to eat at geylang lorong one. Them food cooked with charcoal was out of this world. I need to find this stall again before I the long sleep!

[@GregoryLeow]

Wow interesting! I’ll do a bit of investigating 😆

[@TemplarLove]

This is why I only trust your reviews!

[@bearykitty]

Another "Nasi Padang" buffet is at Kintamani, Furama Riverfront Hotel. Indonesian cuisine with a good spread.

[@GregoryLeow]

Thank you! I’ll check it out one day

[@evilcab]

as a padangnese I never see someone eat gulai ayam with a baguette, but seems like a great idea. I'm going to try it.

[@razzahling8951]

thank you for the indepth food review, greg

[@ramenpharmacist]

nice way to try a lot of things on a short stay, will have to add this one to the list!

[@bentol86]

Amazing! I enjoyed your vlog immensely. It is a pleasure to watch your work. Thank you so much for sharing. I wish you your continuing success. 👍

[@faizahjamal6858]

I am sure the food is great and that you gave a fair review but for the hotel to call this 'Nasi Padang' is wrong unless the recipes are from Padang - the highlands of West Sumatra and from the Minangkabau people .Mee rebus and mee soto are not Minang, . It should be called Indonesian buffet.. There are many good authentic Nasi Padang places owned and cooked by the Minangkabau community in Singapore. Big difference. Most Singaporeans do not know. Many also think Nasi Padang is the same as anything cooked by Malays. The Minang community in Singapore has a well-documented proud and long culinary heritage. Since you mentioned the owners of the hotel are Chinese Indonesians, then they should know better.

[@waicham9401]

can you introduce a few authentic Minangkabau Nasi Padang stall or restaurant in SG ?

[@sainiwahid9239]

Just my thought... to incognito don't do filming facing them... always do your back turn away

[@gabbyfoo2]

Thank you Gregory for sharing such a unique "Nasi Padang Buffet"....aesthetically brilliant...could almost wiff the aroma. We like your honest approach...Brilliant indeed.

[@RiverDanube]

That's an excellent price.

[@iansilverlight4540]

Hi Greg, Thanks for you great effort, Meticulous and Articulate. I subscribed and looking forward to your content. Cheers🍀

[@jkl6868]

How do they compares with Kintamani at Furama?

[@scorpio573]

Ice kachang without kachang?? No red beans?😅

[@kehfoklin5906]

Shiok lah see u eat. Excellent honest review.

[@tohkenghoe]

It should be sambal hijau or sambal ijo. Hijau itself just mean green.

[@kwangahsan9501]

Yes yes fabulously !

[@thanks600]

That one you referred as prawn crackers, from the colorful visual alone looks like garlic crackers. Indonesian prawn crackers in raw form usually orange-ish color & fried to uneven light brown color but never seen flat white colored.

[@hockhengteo1990]

Show more food and less talk, if you don't mind.

[@wilsonl3911]

Do they serve the same menu on a rotational basis for dinner/lunch? As in same items for dinner/lunch with no additional items?

[@anhping]

Sambal cabe ijo

[@wengkwongwong2689]

Mr Leow .... thanks for sharing...... Good Show.....👋👋

[@dondonstudent]

Love your exhaustive reviews😊

[@dbrown101272]

I fantasise about good Padang food... love this Greg!

[@flikcof7910]

LOL. Sold his soul finally.

[@yomista]

been following Greg for the longest time and being muslim can only look forward to his halal food review and this never fails to disappoint. Will be trying it one of these days!

[@mindbodysoul9066]

Curry ??? Mee Rebus? Mee soto? Sambal prawns? You cannot name this as Nasi Padang.

[@ette34t5]

Yummy Nasi Padang 😊

[@HenRuoXiao]

love this my man GREG

[@78Mkv]

So it’s worth going ?

[@kellyjs9137]

Curry? From Northern Southern India.., Mee Rebus? Javanese Food, Singapore Malay version or even Johorean Malay can even claim it. Cannot claim as Nasi Padang Buffet.

[@FoodLoveHarmony]

Wah... Look at the fish bone, sastify food!

[@briantan2963]

Wouldn't it be "Indonesian Buffet"? A chinese buffet with chinese dishes maybe can call as "Cai Png Buffet"?

[@ChuChuAndAhBa]

Nasi padang is Indonesia dish and you did hear him saying the owner is from Indonesia.

[@briantan2963]

@@ChuChuAndAhBa yea, forgot to say I'm replying to him saying that there is rarely a "nasi padang buffet". Which usually buffets are international, Japanese etc...

[@engchoontan8483]

The machik and the mamak stalls will kao-peh the price. Hawker and Kopitiam kenna low-ball corner-ball to no-mathematics. They should split to 2 area.sss, sitting duration for lunch-meal office-crowd and others...

[@PRSer]

Omg... Haha Did you know the Malay lyrics for the song you used says - Never pray and never puasa. When you reach the grave you'll be tortured As a Muslim. Thanks for the gentle reminder

[@dlte239]

No sambal sotong?

[@JMDepisodes]

so sad its not halal....haizzzz cant take my folks!!! haizzzz I can only go myself!!!! hahhahahahahahaha!!!!!!

[@anthonyfong7714]

Really great food presentation. Will be heading there this Friday with my wife for lunch . Again thank you

[@socioecohistorywordpress5268]

Dude, you are a TOUGH customer !! 👍👍😁😁💚💚👍👍

[@ordinaryobserver897]

I would give their food a 100% 5star. Overall it was good. Thanks for video. Please do more...

[@wanchoong9105]

The lunch is reasonably priced. Recently I had nasi padang at Changi Village. Nasi with rendang and sayur lodeh cost $7, pricey isn't?

[@allendeans2370]

A great review with very helpful information. Thank you.

[@kenchan4159]

Very well rounded review there. Thanks for the review Greg. Appreciate! 🎉🎉🎉

[@cchan4739]

Everything looks unhealthy and jelat. Definitely not for everyone.

[@kensolee]

Which days will they have soup buntut?

[@snw3869]

Krnsolee, u just took the words out of my mouth. 😂😂😂😂

[@GregoryLeow]

no idea, best to ask the hotel

[@kanina-vp7jf]

is it halal certified, or just simply economical rice, so different the setting of pics

[@seanwarmington-wan6372]

Truly superb work Greg, I only wish we had this top level of food journalism in other cities too ! Perhaps you would consider doing a video about your process, and highlight other journalists you admire ? Thanks again, please feel free to shoot me a message if you're ever in Hong Kong or London!

[@idkmanlolpeace6597]

Hi Greg, did you visit at different dining times? Eg lunch vs dinner, weekday vs weekend. Did u notice any difference in food quality and variety as well as service? Very curious to know how quick they replenish the buffet at peak hours!

[@jimmymanan5997]

Excellent review, this place will definitely be on my itinerary next time we visit Singapore. 👍

[@pakngah3715]

Nasi Padang is best savoured over several visits. Basically, a meal should consist of a heap of steaming rice accompanied by one or two protein dishes (dont mix seafood with animal potein), a tempeh-?tahu dish, a sambal condiment, and one or two veg dishes. Traditionally there are no desserts. Instead, take some slices of tropical fruit to wash down the rempahness of the meal (again, not traditional). So there are 30 over choices. So , more 100 permutations of dishes. Do your maths to see the required no of visits

[@NatilinSeah2918]

Best food vlogger in SG. Honest and detailed review, says it as it is. Keep up the good work.

[@jeffreylaw5386]

After the red shirt take the food, u can take.. it will be tastier 😂😂😂

[@richardyeo4758]

Original ice-kachang must have red beans.

[@SimplySujaSays]

Greg. First of all. Good job with the channel and your reviews. My family and I were drooling when we came across this vid. Even my picky teenager said she'd like to try . So I made reservations for 6 to celebrate my dad's birthday(big NP fan) (4/6/2023 Sun). My mum kept asking if it was good as my dad is fussy and I assured her that it is. Confident of your 4 visits and rave reviews. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the worst NP we ever had. My excited teen ended up eating only keropok and the peanut sauce. I spent over $300 for food that no one enjoyed. I felt terrible for raising everyone's expectations and honestly nothing was palatable. Rendang was bland Mutton curry was watery and meat wasn't fresh Bad aftertaste Asam Pedas. Watery and bland. Just assam water with chilli. The prawn dish again was bland. Only good thing was that the prawns were fresh but they weren't cleaned. Totally unacceptable for hotel standards. We went for lunch and nothing tasted freshly prepared. Even the fried tahu for tahu goreng was turning sour. Besides the chendol, ice kachang and bubor chacha, there was thin cold slices of Kueh. The Kueh lapis was tasty but it was so hard as it was straight out of the fridge. All it needed was a quick steam. I don't understand how simple things like this were overlooked. The chef and his team obviously took no pride or even interest in serving up decent fare for their customers. How can you call it Nasi Padang if not a single dish even had a hint of the fragrance of serai, lengkuas or daun limau purut? I have ever been this disappointed with food. Experience made worse since we were there celebrating my dad's birthday. Thankfully, the staff were sweet in accommodating the celebration with cake and song but it sadly it didn't make up for the lackluster buffet. I shared this disappointment with the F&B manager and was given some vouchers and was asked to call before coming the next time. But honestly, even if it was a free meal, I'm never returning. So Greg, I would strongly suggest you amend your thumbnail caption as not to mislead your other viewers. Honestly I would not have gone if not for your rave reviews. I've never known of any other food blogger with that level of commitment and I truly appreciate it. But this video might discredit all the good you've done thus far if more of viewers like me as mislead and disappointed. All the best with what you do and just be extra careful the next time you stamp your approval ok. Makan on!

[@GregoryLeow]

Hi, Sorry to hear about your disastrous experience but good that you feed-backed to them that it was not up to standard. To be honest, that’s why buffets are very hard to recommend - so many dishes, corporate environment and rotating chefs if the restaurant is unlucky. The best I could do at that point was to go more than once to make sure that the standard was good for that period (and hope they maintain it for the foreseeable future) I have heard from some other people - many love it, some hate it and some others are lukewarm on it and some others who went more than once say that the standard varies depending on who is head chef - that one is better than the other? This is pure speculation though. Hopefully they manage to get some consistency in the food standard. Thanks for your lengthy comment! P.s. the kueh is outsourced and was always terrible.

[@gl1363]

I think the price is a winner for hotel buffet setting. Not unheard of to cost that much for a person portion of nasi padang in some nasi padang stalls

[@kevinmendy7254]

What does “price” plus plus mean?

[@shazulimohd5503]

No difference from Hawkers Centre nasi padang

[@jedidiah2010]

Where's the kacang in iced kacang?

[@audurytay6693]

Hi, what is the price for 1 pax? Thanks..

[@Jackslav]

greg eats more than Zermat! How is that possible!?!?

[@ricohflex777]

I don't eat beef. If they have ikan bakar that would be great.

[@nkrulez]

kudos Greg. well done vlog. keep it up!

[@fengfeng9234]

Thanks for the great intro. Seems like a nice place to bring parents who like Malay/Indo food. Slight typo in the chapters 21:39 is on pulu hitam as shared. Thanks Greg!

[@GregoryLeow]

Amended. Thanks for pointing out!

[@kichia-lk4ql]

wah lan, see already hungry siah ~ 🤪

[@jkl6868]

How much is this buffet?

[@lesliechiang1710]

thank you for sharing!

[@tohkenghoe]

You jaywalked!

[@TiaraDalmeida-hf4zp]

Is the food halal?

[@alecjonet3337]

How much the cost?

[@braintransplantdonor]

The first time we stayed in Singapore (1999) our hotel was the Pen-Excel. When it came to dinner time we took one look at the menu prices, turned around and walked out of the hotel looking for something a bit cheaper; we ended up in Hill St Foodcentre, and I've never looked back - over 20 years of Singapore hawker food holidays behind me now! I'm back there in July & August after missing out for four years, and I will definitely be checking this buffet out.

[@anhping]

Bakso sapi

[@ghanibujang5803]

Is it halal certified?

[@frostbitepokin9520]

No

[@ghanibujang5803]

Noted. Thanks

[@MrPalmcove]

Thank you for your wonderful video. Re: ayam penyet. What is "He..Jowel". Pls forgive my spelling.

[@MelvinSimKH]

Hijau is green. So that is pounded and seasoned green chilli. You will find it at some ayam penyek stalls but it is ever-present at nasi padang.

[@MrPalmcove]

Thank you

[@arthurvandeman]

👌👍

[@Your.Uncle.AngMoh]

AYCE Nasi Padang for a little over forty Australian dollars would be an absolute steal for this here! I’m watching this waiting for people to come up of their hotel and my stomach is rumbling lah!

[@lala76]

Greg, really no sambal goreng ah?

[@GregoryLeow]

So far I haven't seen any

[@lala76]

@@GregoryLeow Thanks man! Everything looks good but if no sambal goreng means I'll have to settle for gado gado. Thanks for another awesome review.

[@ZhenAmethystHEARTLOVELIFE]

Great place and honest review galing po . Byanihan :) Galing Thank you sa share ng generous lovely appreciations:) Godbless you more :) You too very creative and unique :) Keep on sharing content creation vlog. Thank you for sharing kapatid :) alwys like

[@wanilhas7310]

is this halal?

[@gryphoninvestments2312]

I don’t think Coleman cafe offers Nasir padang buffet currently( @1/6/2023)!

[@JMDepisodes]

serious???? they closed???? damn!!!

[@Junjun-fi1bl]

Not true. The nasi padang buffet still operate as usual

[@JMDepisodes]

@@Junjun-fi1bl thanks so much for that info.. I am so going!!!!

[@jamesseet9067]

...toooooooo much of your talking..... irritating...spoilt my appetite already

[@anbu999]

Those are not the real nasi padang no? I don't remember seeing half of the dishes in my kampong. If you go to Padang city, they will never serve their dish with French bread.

[@peterpan9785]

from the video, i think they never claim to be the most authetic or the original nasi padang, in fact Greg mentioned they hire 2 malaysian chef to cook (not 2 chef from Padang). . its just a way of bringing the dish to locals here - never a competition of who is the real, who is not Separately i think Greg did an amazing job (as always) of doing research, several tasting before doing his videos. Kudos to you Greg

[@hlee2]

Food will always be tweaked to adapt to the local taste, it has happened all around the world and Malay food in Singapore is no exception. I dont think anyone has the right to claim authenticity or gatekeep any food, but rather just appreciate the diversity that comes with food and culture.

[@silverchairsg]

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[@BELLAPHONTOO]

Way too lengthy.

[@Crispyrendang64]

Very wrong

[@inbetweenworlds]

0:04 SO OFF-PUTTING and GROSS putting all the food debris on the table. Put it on the plate at the side or ask for another plate.

[@Crispyrendang64]

Man shut your mouth 😂