Akvavit (Jomtien beach): weekend lunch buffet review (with photos)

[strawberrypi]

I tried out the lunch buffet at Akvavit today. It's 295 THB including taxes and available on Saturdays and Sundays between 12:00 and 16:00. With a diet coke the total came to 350 THB.

 

The buffet is located in the air-conditioned innermost space of the restaurant.

 

Elsewhere on the web I had seen someone complaining that the warm food was not kept warm enough. This was not the case today - the food was placed in (normally closed) metal containers with some heavy duty heat candles beneath which managed to keep the food at a good temperature.

 

Here is what was on offer today:

 

Cold cuts:

 

 

 

Seafood salad:

 

 

 

"Skagen" (Swedish-style egg-halves with prawns, mayo, dill, some fish roe-like thing)

 

 

 

"Penne Pasta Salad":

 

 

 

Potato salad:

 

 

 

Butter-fried rice

 

 

 

Green curry chicken:

 

 

 

Herb buffalo wings

 

 

 

"Pytt Bellman" (Swedish-style hash with cream):

 

 

 

Mashed potatoes:

 

 

 

Meatballs in cream sauce:

 

 

 

Honey-roasted spare ribs:

 

 

 

Pepper steak:

 

 

 

Sauces, condiments (including lingonberries for the meatballs!) and fruits:

 

 

 

The first plate of food I grabbed was naturally some meatballs

 

 

(Sorry for the quality of some of those photos.)

 

So how did it all taste?

 

The "pepper steak" (somewhat misnamed) was really great. Tasty and tender beef with a nice sort of port steak like sauce. 

 

The mash and the "Pytt Bellman" were also quite good.

 

The meatballs along with their sauce were a bit of a disappointment, particular since this is a Swedish-run place. 

 

The rest (the cold stuff, the rice, the curry etc) sort of tasted like you would expect them to.

[expatdude]

Thanks, looks interesting.

[mpm]

Thanks for a good review, but for around 50฿ more I think ill stick with the Hilton lunch time buffet, so much more choice....