I love local food. But it is tough to get to the best of Singapore's local food, which includes everything from chilli crab to roti prata without spending a lot of time traversing the island. Which is why when the Pan Pacific team invited me to their "Flavours of the Lion City" buffet at the Edge restaurant that is available from now until 9 August , I immediately said yes. I think Singaporeans show their love to the country by indulging in its food - I know I do! And this buffet is also a great way for foreigners and tourists to sample the best of what Singapore had to offer (except chicken rice, maybe. That one is easy enough to find.)
The buffet's also affordably priced if you think about what you're getting and considering the price of food nowadays. It is easily $60 for a meal with one glass of wine at a restaurant and there is no unlimited portions of ANYTHING.
Weekday Dinner View Full Menu
10 July to 9 August 2025, Monday to Thursday 6:00pm to 10:00pm
SGD98++ per adult | SGD49++ per child
Weekend Dinner View Full Menu
10 July to 9 August 2025, Friday to Sunday 6:00pm to 10:00pm
SGD118++ per adult | SGD59++ per child
This buffet also comes with free flow local drinks stall with 2 options on rotation per night. I love the concept of the old school container and there was Soya Cincau and Syrup Bandung when I visited. The other options are Teh O Iced Limau (Ice Lemon Tea) and Syrup Limau - classics as well!
What's outstanding in this buffet is the Salted Baked Crab, which was novel and kind of ingenious. The crabs are baked in a giant wok of salt, which draws out the sweet crab flavour without making any mess since the thick shells protect what's inside from being salted and there's no sticky gooey sauce on the crab, leaving one to choose to have it plain or to dip it in sauce.
There's chilli crab sauce and mantous provided. The sauce was quite to my liking - it was slightly sweet but not overpoweringly so and had a bit of a spicy kick, but again moderated.
The salt bake method really made peeling and eating the crabs so much easier!
I could also taste the pure flavour of the crab without any sauces. And the shell came off easily, which is a sign of freshness! Towards the end of the evening, there were no more crabs, so if you are coming for this buffet be sure to get here before 8pm, I'd say! Savvy buffet goers will come at 6pm when it starts.
Other than the salt baked crab, there's also lots of other normal buffet options like roasted meat.
As well as Boston lobsters, oysters, clams and prawns.. all super fresh and chilling on ice.
So I started with some sashimi, oyster and the Boston lobster with some nam prik sauce (Thai green chilli). There was also a live mushroom tempura frying station for fresh tempura.
The Edge is also famous for their Signature Laksa, which is also available for their local high tea at the Pacific Emporium downstairs. The laksa is so freakin' delicious and I don't say it lightly - I would know since my parents used to sell laksa and I've eaten my fair share. Here, the laksa broth is thick and full of spice but it is not fiery such that you cannot taste or enjoy it. The thick beehoon mixed with yellow noodles is my go-to combination, though you can ask the server to make it any way you want. It comes with some tau pok, a quail egg, fish cake and peeled local Vannamei prawn. It is a big bowl that was going to take up precious stomach space, but I finished it.
There's also a Peking duck station where you can make Peking Duck rolls with the skin provided.
Other local classics were also fried or made fresh on the spot, including this Wok-fried Hokkien Prawn Noodle in Opah Leaf (from the betel nut palm). This rendition is not too wet and has a generous seafood aroma and crispy lard bits which paired well with the chilli. My friend pointed out that every local dish has its own specialty chilli (as it is with our local food - we are quite peculiar that way), which is a nice attention to detail.
I also tried the Giant Cast Iron Pan Fried Oyster Omelette which was paired with another type of chilli, a more sour and lighter version. It was also very delicious and fresh since it was fried moments ago!
I also tried the Braised Kong Bak with Lotus Leaf Bun, where the pork belly was melt-in-my-mouth tender. This is one of my comfort foods, I think.
We also saw other local delights but unfortunately lacked the stomach space to try, such as the Teochew Style Steamed Local Farm Hybrid Grouper, Poached Local Farm Xia Pai Chai with Egg White Crab Meat Sauce and Pork Lard Mix Rice with Crispy Pork Lard. We had to save space for the dessert station, and for this buffet there's the Durian Pie Tee, which saw super rich durian puree poured into pie tee shells. The same puree was in the durian pengat, which was so sinfully good. We were also very surprised by how good the Signature Durian Pandan cake was - it tasted light and fluffy despite the strong durian aroma.
All in all, I felt super grateful that I got to try this Flavours of the Lion City buffet that is specially curated for Singapore's 60th birthday. It was a good reminder of how good our local food is given we're still such a young country. I could not recommend this enough as well. The weekend version has slightly more premium seafood but both versions are worth it. Go before 9 August!
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Edge
Level 3, Pan Pacific Singapore, 7 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore
Mondays to Thurs 6pm to 10pm, Fri to Sun 6pm to 10pm
Reserve on Tablecheck ($100 credit card authorisation hold required)
Thank you Pan Pacific Singapore for inviting me!
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