Swensen's Ice Cream and Dessert Buffet

Since Clarice and I are kids at heart, we decided to celebrate our birthday at Swensen's because of their dessert buffet. Another reason is that Clarice wanted to have his kid, Aaron to have fun as well.

We all met up at ION because according to Clarice, it's the only branch that she knows of that has the buffet.

Before partaking of the buffet, Clarice ordered a few set meals for the group which we didn't quite like. The lasagna was bland and the seafood pasta was a bit spicy for my liking, only the salmon stood out as worth going back for.







Having access to all their ice cream flavors is heaven. They have another freezer filled with the heavy, creamy ice cream. The one below are their sorbets if you want something light.



Since ice cream is the main star of the buffet, they have several stations dedicated to complement your creamy dessert.









They also have a mix-in station ala Cold Rock.



Other than ice cream, they have a wide selection of cakes, pies and cookies.





What's a buffet without a fondue station? I absolutely love their large and sweet strawberries.





Here we are very full and satisfied.

Em-J's 29th at Swensen's

After finding out that the Embassy of China is closed on Saturdays, Em-J decided to treat us out for his birthday. We called the rest of our flat mates and waited for them at Orchard. We really had no plans so we couldn't decide where to go. We eventually ended up at Swensen's.

They have the dessert buffet which we have been planning to try for the longest time. 

We settled in and decided on our orders.

Abby and Em-J had the salmon which was nice. I don't think you can go wrong with any salmon dish.

Eli had this chicken dish and he requested the fries be changed to rice, he ended up being quite disappointed with the less than generous serving of rice.

Clarice was having a hard time deciding whether to have the chicken in a basket or the all day breakfast. She finally settled with Crayfish pasta. 

Eco and I both had the cheese steak sandwich.

Em-J was insisting that he wasn't hungry but he placed another order for himself, the chicken chop. 

The dessert selection didn't disappoint but come prepared with your ampalaya drink to battle the major sugar intake. 

The first station was the fondue and cake station which I skipped. 

I headed straight to the waffle station and prepared my own waffle dessert. 

I got carried away with the whipped cream. 

They have the sundae station where they mix and mash your ice cream and topping selections. I also skipped this since I prefer my ice cream plain and simple.

They have the ice cream (pictured below) and the gelato section where I went crazy. Good thing there were only a handful of diners because service can be quite slow. I think they are a bit understaffed since the person in charge of scooping out the ice creams are also in charge of preparing what's on their regular dessert menu. 

This is Eli's first dessert plate which I'm sure Choy would be curious to see. 

My favorite is their calamansi and soursop gelato, very refreshing.

This is us after our meal. 

Em-J gamely posed with his present. 

He was then given a birthday treat by Swensen's, more ice cream!