Bangkok BEST BUFFET? Huge Selection with River Prawns, Snow Crab & More @ 57th Street Sukhumvit

Hi everyone, this is Orestis and Mira. Hello, how is going everyone? Hope you're having a fantastic day. Today we're still here in Bangkok, Thailand. Our days here sadly are running out, we're about to head back to Europe very very soon. However, we still have time for a few more buffets and right now it's dinner time. We're ready to head out and today we're going to the Marriott Hotel, one of the many Marriott Hotels here in Bangkok. Not the one that was hosting different one. This one is on the 57th street Sukhumvit. So we're going to head down to the BTS station, grab ourselves a train and head to the hotel. So this Marriott Hotel hosts a daily all-you-can-eat dinner buffet. This is an international buffet, all-you-can-eat and this one has a menu that updates every day. They have a few different things every day. Today I could see on the menu a barbecue duck dish and some traditional Thai dishes. So really looking forward to try everything. We will be heading down to the BTS station very very soon. This one is not located too far from our hotel, just a few stations. So can't wait to try it, can't wait to see how it compares to Goji. Obviously I don't have such high expectations but hopefully the quality at least is comparable. Quantity-wise we can settle with less, no problem. So it's almost time to go, we have a reservation at 6. Let's head downstairs and we'll see you at the hotel, at the Marriott. Let's go. The BTS trains here in Bangkok are rapid fast, so we arrived a little bit early. Still have a few minutes to wait. Luckily today not so hot, the sun went down already so that's good. And here you can see it again, this is the Marriott, one of the many. And we're still walking here at the Skybridge and this is the entrance right here. We have arrived and we've been seated at this lobby, we weren't really aware that this is also the restaurant. We are at the lobby area, at the back of the lobby area, take a look. So apparently we will be eating right here on this table and we've also received our table number so if we have to order something from the chef it will be delivered to table 68. So since we are a little bit early, perfect opportunity to check the buffet, let's take a little sneak peek, let's go. And over here you can see some ice cream. And here the preparations are already going strong. You can see here some stir-fried food with chili, mixed vegetables, red curry with chicken. Still a little bit early, we won't be opening anything. And the typical Thai chili sauce. And take a look at that, just wonderful. Over here we have some cold seafood on ice. But first more items over here, we have a beef stew, sautéed seafood with white wine sauce. Pasta pork stew, this is something new, you might try this one. Take a look at that, roasted honey ham. And some roasted chicken with thyme. They even have some pizza. This appears to be unnamed, looks like some additional veggies maybe. And over here we have the Indian station. Little Indian station, we will be trying that. And the salad station. As well as some cold cuts and some cheese with the crackers and the fruit and nuts. And this here is another large dining area. I'm not sure where we are sitting in the lobby area, maybe this one is already reserved. And here you can see the back of the seafood on ice. Wonderful seafood on ice here. And even some sushi, take a look. There are some additional items in this little corner here by the entrance. Here we have the beverage station. We do get free flow beer with this one, but they also have soft drinks. Even more ice cream over here. And these are the desserts. Take a look at that, raspberry jam, chocolate and caramel sauce. Here they have some egg tarts, apple crumble pie, orange cake, a carrot cake. This is the upside down cake. Chocolate cake and tiramisu and banoffee. And these are the more traditional Thai desserts. Very coconut-y and sticky. And we also have some fruit. Over there a little coffee machine, we will be visiting that one also. Few more minutes left, shouldn't be that long and we will be officially starting. And I believe this lobby area might be nicer than the actual restaurant. The restaurant you do get to sit at a close proximity of the buffet, but this one looks like such a relaxing little corner here. We will have privacy while eating, I think it's just perfect. And the price for this buffet is rather affordable. If you book using one of the apps here that are popular in Thailand, we use the Hungry Hub and it was just a little bit under a thousand baht per person, so that's around 26 dollars or so. Very affordable for what you just saw. And infinite refills of beer, I think that was a special offer though, that won't be the case forever. We were lucky enough to also benefit from that. And I think it's time to officially start, let's go. Meera wants to try this station here, the cooked food immediately. We will oblige. Let's grab a plate. Hand it over to Meera and I will be doing the lid opening duty. Do you want some of that? The stir-fried seafood with chili? None of that right now, she says. They have some tofu here, Meera. Are you interested in the tofu maybe? Let's try the tofu, looks nice and crispy. Maybe with some of these dips down here. We have two dips here, let's add another piece of the tofu. This one you should eat with this sauce, with the nut. This is a peanut sauce, to me it looks more like a chili sauce, but we are in Thailand, so let's try to put a little, just a little on top of the tofu. I think that's enough. These are the stir-fry vegetables, Meera wants some. Not a fan of veggies in a buffet, but if Meera wants them, she can enjoy them for sure. And take sweet bean from each. Sweet bean, which is the sweet bean? The green one. Wait, I see some baby corn, let's grab that. This one is the sweet bean. I think I already had some sweet bean, let's add some more. Actually, maybe from over here. A lot of sweet bean. Next, we have some spicy red curry with chicken, and it depends on how spicy that is. That looks very spicy for me, I'm sorry, but you would like that? Yes, give me the right version. And some steamed jasmine rice. Let's add the curry on the rice. Little bit of rice, not too much. Curry goes on top of rice, Meera says. I agree. Let's take a little bit here from the back. Maybe one chili, because it is Meera. And over here we have some spicy pork rib soup. Let's take a look. Oh, and that looks just wonderful. Take a look at that. Do you want to try some? Maybe later though, because we already have two plates. And the buffet continues over here with some beef stew. I would like to try that for sure. Let's take some of the beef stew, now that it's still rather fresh and pristine. Meera can have some too. And I think we will place that right next to the tofu. Tofu will get some extra flavor from that. Meera also wants some seafood. This is the shote seafood. Mostly shrimp and mussel, I can see. With some squid as well. Maybe some more. Another shrimp, another squid. And everything. This is the pasta pork stew. Let's put this on the other plate. I really want to try, because pasta with pork we haven't had so far. Let's take here from the back, not too much. This is just fine. And oh, I think we have to try this. This wonderful roasted honey ham. Let's take a piece from over here with the fat. And maybe just one more piece from the back here. Just excellent. And here they have some roasted chicken. This one you have to use these tongs. Let's try a piece of the chicken too. Maybe this piece over here. And I think our plates are already getting very full. Let's add some sauce on the chicken, Meera. I think for the chicken I will do the barbecue sauce. And we are being swarmed, I don't know from where, but all of a sudden the buffet got really full. These are the Indian items. We will come back later as our plates are really full at the moment. But take a look at this area here. The buffet is filled with people. And I think we just have a little bit of room for some of the ham or maybe some of the cheese. Cheese they have brie, emmental and edam. Not too spectacular. Let's grab some of the salami though. And maybe a little bit of the spicy pork salami. And what are these items over here? Is this feta cheese? This looks like it could be feta cheese. I think this might be feta cheese. Let's also try that. Would be surprised if they have Greek cheese here. And maybe some of the salads as well. Do we have a little bit of room for one of the salads? This is a chicken salad. And they even have a Greek salad. But I think we will do the meat salad. This is the spicy grilled beef salad. I think we will do a meat salad instead. Let's add a good amount over here by the rice. And we will come back for more as there are quite a few more items. And it always feels special when a buffet is nice and crowded. It feels like a true event. I think those are mostly hotel guests though. So I guess it is very popular among the hotel guests as well. Maybe as a part of a reservation or as an extra. And I think with this crowd the drinks will have to wait a little. We do have free flow beer. But let's start with the food first. Then we will enjoy a cold glass of beer after. So these are our plates at the moment. Mira has this in front of her at the moment. I will start with some of those items. So let's try the tofu with the peanut sauce. It did get a little bit soggy now with all the sauce. But still quite crispy on that side. So should be a nice mix. Let's give this a try. And it is crispy. Wow. A very crispy tofu. The peanut sauce as suspected. It's full of chili. But you do taste the nice peanut flavor. Very interesting way to eat a tofu with some peanut sauce and chili. And let's continue with this beef here. This is the beef stew I think. Take a good look at that. Very nicely cooked beef. Oh yeah. And I have to say, I will say this again. The meats here in Asia do taste better than in Europe. I've noticed that very often here with these buffets. I don't know what's happening with the meat in Europe. But this is a very flavorful beef. Perfectly cooked with some dark wine sauce. Wine and tomato in the sauce. Really nice. Just excellently cooked. Tastes really great. And with the beef they even have some potato with the skin. And oh this is very very soft. Look how soft it is. Cuts like it's nothing. As you can see. Has the skin over here. But we will also add a carrot to that. And some onion. And we will try this bite. Oh the carrot and the potato just melt in the mouth. Perfectly cooked. Potato slightly starchy. Slightly sweet. And the carrot just very aromatic. Releases all the wonderful aromas in the mouth. Just excellent. And over here we have this amazing honey glazed pork. Let's give this a try. This had the most unique presentation ever. A wonderful piece with a fat at the edge. Perfectly cooked and lightly salted. Really rich pork flavor. I can't really say I tasted much of the honey. Let's try another piece. Let's cut a little bit of the fat. That's a little bit too much. Let's take this piece over here from the back. Maybe this has some additional honey flavor. Let's give this a try. Okay so if you taste the outer part you do taste the honey. There is a light honey glaze. Nothing too extreme but adds a little extra texture and flavor to the pork. But the cut of the pork is so nice overall that even without the honey I think it would just taste wonderful. And Mira here is devouring the stuff on her plate. I guess we will not be able to try many of those but it's okay. Let's try to steal a little bit of the Greek feta over here. Looks like a piece of feta. Let's give it a try. Standard creamy milky feta taste. In Greece we do like it a little bit more on the spicy side. We do add a little bit of spice and much more salt. This is the typical style that you can find in convenience stores. Still very nice and rich milky taste. Very enjoyable. Let's also try some of our pasta here. This is the pasta with the pork sauce. This is something I wanted to try. Let's give it a try. A rich tomato sauce with some pulled pork on top and I think some Italian seasoning. Let's give it a try. And I think there might be some additional meat on that sauce. It's a rich tomato sauce with a little bit of beef and pork flavor as well. So I think they do cook it in the Italian style. It's more like a ragu sauce I think. Very flavorful this one and for a pasta dish just excellent. Look at the amount of sauce it's even hanging beneath. Oh I could just eat that alone. I would get two or three refills and I'd be happy but we are in a buffet. We will be trying some of the other stuff of course. The veggies I think are miras. We will not touch them too much as I'm not a huge fan. However let's have some of the chicken back here. Let's pull a piece forward so it's easily visible to the camera and let's try to cut this piece with the skin and the lovely barbecue sauce. Let's take this piece here. Take a good look. Very soft and tender meat. Barbecue sauce is nice and smoked. A little bit on the sweet side but very aromatic overall and I think the chicken is just done perfectly. It's a chicken thigh I think or maybe a chicken breast piece. And another bite. Oh yeah this chicken is just excellent. Oh and Mira gave us a shrimp from the seafood stew. Let's give this a try. Oh we lost a little piece there. Nicely cooked. I think it is a little bit steamed maybe. A little bit on the hard and crunchy side still. This one tastes a little plain. Didn't have any sauce but nice and fresh shrimp taste. Very nice. And we made a little switch here with Mira. She got her veggies. My plate right now looks more empty. Still have a little bit of the chicken, the pork. Mira is more interested in the seafood today. So we will be finishing up the meats. But first let's try a little bit of this ham here. This is the spicy ham. Spicy sausage style. Let's give this a try. Strong meaty flavor. A little bit of spice. I wouldn't call this extremely spicy. Okay the spice level starts going up a little but still it's manageable I think. And the salami. Standard. Also really great. So we will be finishing up our round one and we will go for some more. Possibly some of the seafood as well. Let's check the salad station one more time. Mira says she wants a Caesar salad. So let's allow Mira to make a Caesar salad before we continue for some more food. She really became a fan of Caesar salad in Asia of all things. I guess she acquired it here. It is an acquired thing. Corn in Caesar salad? I don't know. It's already starting to deviate from the classical Caesar salad. This is a cocktail dressing. This is a lemon dressing. And they also have an Italian dressing. And this is the typical Caesar dressing over here. So if you want Caesar salad you will have to put this one. Unfortunately though it seems like there is no ground parmesan. So maybe not a Caesar salad after all. They do have croutons. Almost all the items for the Caesars but no parmesan unfortunately. And they even have a pumpkin cream soup over here. Wow! Very white and bubbly. And over here is the seafood. This is prepared by the chefs. Quite a little crowded. You do take a container like this. And when we find a little bit of space we will go for our turn. So let's see how Mira puts some of the tiger prawns and river prawns. These are the river prawns. She added two of them. And one more. And she's skipping the tiger prawn. Tiger prawn gets no love today. But she will add some spotted babylons. They have some calamari down here. This is a slipper lobster. I have no idea. Should we try it? Maybe it's the wide lobster. The flathead lobster. Could be that. Could be something completely different. Here they call it slipper lobster. And the condiments. Red vinegar salad. Chili paste and more. And back here even some oysters. And it will be cooked for us. So before we go back I think we should do a Indian food. Let's grab a plate. And let's start with their flatbread here. This is a papadum. Let's grab just one papadum over here. Nice and crispy. And I will add some of the sauces. They have a mixed pickle and mint chutney. We will try their mint chutney for sure. Put a little bit here on the papadum. And maybe this is a mixed pickle. I think we're gonna skip the pickle. But we're gonna do some of the yogurt raita. No idea what a raita is. But I do like yogurt. We will put that on the other side. Over here they have some yellow basmati rice. Some aloo matter. And some chicken with bell pepper. I think I will try a little bit of this chicken as it looks potentially interesting. Let's grab a little bit of the chicken. Looks very spicy. I'm only gonna do a little as I have a feeling this might be too spicy. With some bell peppers. And why not also some of the aloo matter. This I tried last time at Rain3 Cafe. And it was quite nice and rich in spices. We will put that over here. And this is our little Indian plate. And let's try a piece of the margherita pizza. Mira will put us a little slice of margherita pizza just to try it. Looks like it has an authentic Italian dough. And we put it over here. This just became an Indian pizza but it's okay. These items we already tried. And take a look over here. They even have some snow crab. Do you want something extra Mira? Not yet. She might come back for more. And over here we have a noodle station. Noodle soup with seafood. Mira she does like her noodles so I think she will place an order. She is taking the spicy pork rib soup. So Mira will add some of the spicy pork rib soup. In it goes. And one more. Just excellent. And take a look at that. All the hard working chefs. Truly a busy day. I don't know if it's this busy every day but if it is, a round of applause to them. They are doing a very hard work. Very stressful to get everything done in time. And let's wait our turn at the sushi station. I do want to try some of the sashimi and maybe some rolls. As we do have a little bit of space on that plate still. And this time we will be getting some beer. Let's go back to grab two glasses. And it will be served on a table. And this will be our round two. This is mostly Mira's. I might try some shrimp and a little bit of crab. And Mira's soup as well as her salad. But after we're done with that I will be going back for some more of the meat. The wonderful pork, the beef and the chicken. Let's try one of our rolls here. This is our roll. The California roll. This one though we do have to be careful. I think we will use the dunking method. Where you just dunk it a little and then you lift it. Let's give it a try. Oh this one is very tasty. The fish is very soft. Very nice aroma from the sauce. I think I do taste a little bit of sesame as well. Might have had a little bit of sesame seeds and potentially some sesame oil as well. Really nice. Wow. I might be getting more of that. And let's try some of the tuna sashimi. Also dunk it in a little bit of soy and get some of the wasabi as well. Lovely bite. Oh this is very nice. Also really fresh. Really nice and subtle flavors. And just melts in the mouth as it should. Excellent. And Mira here is enjoying her soup. Wow this is really nice. She does love her soups. Warm food with lots of spices. Mira's specialty along with seafood and veggies. And I think it's time to try this papadum. We will be cutting it in half as otherwise it would be impossible to consume in one bite. Still looks quite big for one bite but maybe we can manage. Let's pick it up like that. Oh wow. The yogurt sauce. Really fresh but also spiced. Has a little bit of curry I think. Very nice combination. The fresh with the spice. And with that little flatbread is just something really new to me. I do enjoy it though. Let's try the second part. And our only fear here is that it might break apart. Looks like it's holding the mint with some very strong spice. I think that had quite a lot of chili. Wow. Also really interesting. This one you need to like spicy though. I do keep getting surprised by the Indian dishes. I think I really like Indian and I didn't know it back in Europe. Definitely will be trying it again and again in every buffet we go to that has it. And over here our beer has been delivered. It is free flow beer but you can't really do that much in a buffet otherwise there won't be any room for the food. Cheers. Very refreshing but also filling at the same time. And let's cut this pizza. We will eat it the gentlemanly way with a fork and a knife. Standard margarita. Nice tomato sauce. Light on the cheese but very enjoyable regardless. And this here is the aloo matter. Let's try this one before we go for the chicken over here. This is the chicken with a bell pepper that looked really spicy. But first the aloo matter. I think I missed the meat though. That was a potato piece unfortunately. The sauce though just like I remember it. Lots of curry. I think it has some peas too. Should we try the curry margarita? Let's do it. Since they are here. New recipe straight from Thailand. Nobody has done this before. It is the margarita aloo matter. You do taste curry and tomato. The rest is just a mix of flavors. I don't know but definitely not disgusting or anything. But it's not a real thing let's be honest. And finally our chicken with the bell pepper. Let's take the bell pepper with this piece here. The big piece. And give it a try. It might have a lot of spices but it's not extremely spicy like I thought. Just a very tasty chicken with quite strong spice. Not on the extreme side though. And a little bit of curry. Also really enjoyable. And turn our pizza crust into something Indian also. Indian pizza crust going in. Not much different than the papadum honestly. Mira here as always is very helpful. Crab cleaning duty. You can enjoy it Mira. I think I'm gonna go for more of the meats here. It's all yours. The wonderful crab meat. And Mira is passing us another shrimp. This is all the seafood that I will be eating. Dipped it in some soy. Let's go. The hot shrimp though I have to say. Completely different taste. Once it's hot and grilled. And this one was done really nice. Just perfect. The rock lobster. Really. We would like to try. A rock lobster. Is that actually the rock lobster? They were calling it some other weird name. Let me grab a piece. And let's try this as is for a moment without any soy or anything else. Oh wow. This is still very soft. Does have the lobster taste. But I'm not sure if it's rock lobster. If you know what that was. Please leave a comment down below. Because I have no idea. It tastes really nice though. A little bit like a boiled fish. Not so much lobster flavor. But still very tasty. And after finishing up our round two. We're gonna go grab some more meats. And maybe some additional seafood. And we will see you in a bit for dessert. And with Mira here enjoying more and more seafood. I think we will go on a solo mission for some dessert. Let's go. And the buffet is as busy as ever. Let's see what we will take. Everything looks wonderful. I think the chocolate cake needs to be fried as well as the tiramisu. But first a plate. And we will indeed start with some of the chocolate cake. This is the upside down cake. Seems like a simple cake with some fruits on top. I think what's more interesting is this carrot cake down here. It looks more like a white cake rather than a carrot cake. But that's okay. Maybe a little bit of the orange cake. The pieces here are small so I think we can handle. And finally why not a little tiramisu. And I think we do have space for one more. Maybe we should also try the baked apple crumble tart. I think for that it's best to use the tongs though. And balance it like this. Excellent. And we have added some coffee to the mix. Let's give the sugar a swirl. And don't worry these over here were eaten a while ago. Now it's time for coffee. We did let our palate cleanse itself. Cheers. Perfect for the digestion. So where should we start from? I think we should start with this orange cake. Looks the fruitiest of the bunch. Maybe the apple crumble pie is fruitier. Let's try it out. Light orange jelly at the top. Very fruity and aromatic. A little bit on the synthetic orange. Not so natural which is expected. But still very fresh and airy. Very light dessert overall. And let's compare it directly with this apple crumble pie. The bottom is quite on the hard side. And it does indeed crumble. That's why it's called apple crumble pie. But we managed to get a hold of pretty much everything. So this one has a very moist biscuit base with a lot of natural apple flavor on top. I think it has apple pulp, crushed apple. Much more natural. Not too sweet. Very fresh and aromatic. And let's give this carrot cake a try. It doesn't look very carrot-y to me. But typically carrot cake can be a little bit on the softer side. Seems like a cream cake to me. Has a very thick cream. I think it might have some mascarpone cheese. Because it is very very thick and almost sticky. And now I do taste a little bit of the carrot taste indeed. Yes. Very nice. This is quite on the fatty side. But I do like it. Not very sweet. And as you can see. Look at the top here. How thick and creamy it is. Almost like a piece of thick butter. But very very satisfying. As it just melts in the mouth. This is great. And it does have the carrot accent for sure. It's there. Just blends in wonderfully with the thick cream. And the chocolate cake. Let's give that one a try. Seems like a very rich and dark chocolate. Quite a few layers inside. Oh. Very chocolatey. But it is a nice dark chocolate. It is the kind that makes you want to eat more and more. Definitely not too sweet. Definitely not too intense. Just nice and smooth as it should be. And I think the winners of this dessert round over here are the chocolate cake along with the apple crumble. Close third for the carrot cake so far. Let's see also how this tiramisu lines up. But first another bite of this wonderful chocolate cake. That one is perfect. And finally this tiramisu. I wish I had a spoon for this. But I could only find a fork. Seems to not be too sticky though. We managed to get a little bit out. And take a look at that. You can see the soft biscuit inside. Just excellent. Let's give it a taste. Oh. You immediately get hit with the alcohol. And this one is the exact opposite. If it has mascarpone, you can barely feel it. It's a very airy, very fluffy cream. This is a really light one. A really light tiramisu. But you do taste the coffee and you also taste the alcohol. And we've even wrapped up our dessert round here. Everything was great as you can see. Not much left on our plates. The dessert was just excellent. And with a final sip of our coffee. I think it's time to ask for the bill. And we will be heading outside. We will see you outside to sign off. And we are greeted by a surprise. It started to rain apparently. Luckily the BTS station not too far away. And what a wonderful evening here at the Marriott. Excellent buffet. We liked pretty much most of the things we tried. The atmosphere was great. A very crowded buffet today. Didn't have one like that for quite a while. Always hits different. We really enjoyed the seafood. The lovely meat dishes as well as the desserts. And sadly it's our last few days here in Bangkok. We will be heading back to Europe soon. So we're really looking forward for every buffet we can. Soon we won't be able to enjoy them anymore. However, who knows. We might come back with food adventures from another continent. For now though, we will be heading back to our hotel. We will have to wait for that rain to stop a little and head back to the BTS station. Thank you so much for watching. We hope you enjoyed today's buffet. And until the next one, take very good care of yourselves. And we will see you soon. Bye-bye.