As one of the first international five-star hotels to settle in Xi'an, Shangri-La has welcomed a considerable number of foreign tourists and VIPs for more than a decade. The Western food standard of Yi Coffee Buffet is particularly outstanding, and you can enjoy some of the best Western dishes in Xi'an buffet restaurants here, with more authentic tastes and cooking methods.
As far as buffets are concerned, five-star hotels can make great efforts in the design of dishes and the source of ingredients to ensure the cooking level of the buffet, so it has become the first choice for diners. Shangri-La Coffee is able to go one step further in the pursuit of standardized tastes, and its dishes are prepared in a more refined way than ordinary buffets, which stands out from many high-end hotel buffets.
French fried lamb chops are one of the must-try dishes, the restaurant uses crushed rosemary to season, sweet with a slight bitterness, rich aroma, the meat chops are fried until about 7 medium rare, the taste is soft and tender, and the meat is juicy. In addition to classics such as fried lamb chops, exotic dishes such as Hungarian oxtail stew and Thai red chicken curry have been handled by Chef Yi Coffee. Baked potatoes and creamy pasta are often overlooked and play a supporting role, and Zai Yi Coffee is also cooked to perfection, which is rarely seen in other high-end hotel cafeterias in Xi'an.
Shangri-La Coffee's hot Chinese dishes will not disappoint either. For those who love fish, this is the best place to be, as the variety of fish is processed in a variety of ways, making it a "feast of fish". In addition to the common sashimi, the buffet restaurant also uses pan-fried, steamed, salt-grilled, crisp-fried and other means, or accompanied by curry and wasabi to make fish balls, or boiled with rice to make a soft and sweet fish porridge, and so on.
Seafood is often the most striking element of an upscale buffet restaurant. It should be pointed out that although the seafood in Yi Cafe Buffet Restaurant has a solid taste and fresh ingredients, there are few varieties, salmon, tuna, mussels, etc. have become the standard in boutique buffet restaurants, but lobster is only served on weekends, and tiger crab is not a precious species. The refreshing roe is especially worth trying, as it is not a fish, but a combination of herring and crab roe, which is recommended for people with high cholesterol to take it in moderation.
The beef and mutton and various fresh vegetables in the barbecue area are arranged in rows, and the chef roasts them freshly at the guest's request, and the heat is in place, and there is no shortage of grilled dishes with local characteristics such as red willow barbecue. The most difficult thing to grasp in barbecue is the heat, and self-served skewers often reduce the amount of meat due to cost control, which ruins the taste. However, the red willow skewers at Yi Coffee Buffet are plump, without the stingy style common in buffet restaurants, and the fat and thin lamb is skewered with red willow branches of moderate thickness, with a unique woody aroma.
Like the Xi'an Hyatt Buffet Restaurant, the dessert area is also a highlight of the Yi Coffee Buffet Restaurant. Some buffet restaurants make desserts especially sweet in order to make customers feel full too early, but here there is no such problem, and the chiffon cream cake is so soft that it is worth trying. Nearly 10 small and delicate cupcakes are chic and decorative, and you can also see a chocolate fountain that is rare in the buffet restaurant of Xi'an's five-star hotel. The fly in the ointment is that all desserts lack name tags, which undoubtedly brings a certain amount of inconvenience to the guests who pick up the meal.
The service of Yi Cafe Cafe Cafe is meticulous and thoughtful, the withdrawal is timely, and the dining environment is also fully in line with the standards of a five-star hotel. In Xi'an, buffets are not a popular dining option for many, and even the best of Shangri-La Buffet Restaurants are less popular outside of weekends, with low attendance and guests who don't need to make a reservation in advance.
