A must-try for quality lovers! The seafood at DeRUCCI buffet is so fresh and sweet it makes you stomp your feet!
Completely impressed by the quality of DeRUCCI Hotel’s buffet! As a seafood fanatic, I can responsibly say: this is what a high-end buffet should be like! Especially the Faroese salmon and the three ways to enjoy mantis shrimp, which made me abandon my diet plan and indulge wildly until I had to lean against the wall! 💥
✨【The "Quality Domination" of Faroese Salmon Live】
The salmon at ordinary buffets really feels like a compromise compared to DeRUCCI!
👉🏻 DeRUCCI selects Faroese salmon from the Faroe Islands, each piece labeled as a "luxury of the ocean" — the cold water in the frigid sea area makes the fish meat extremely dense, and when sliced, you can see fat marbling like brocade. Even a 4cm thick cut won’t fall apart! Compared to frozen salmon used by some chain buffets, which becomes dry and watery after thawing, the sashimi here first melts with rich fat, then the fish meat is springy, and finally a hint of fresh seawater comes through, creating a complex flavor like a waltz on the tongue!
👉🏻 The chef deliberately avoids the fattiest belly part when slicing (to prevent guests from feeling overwhelmed), while ordinary buffets cut mostly belly to save costs, making it cloying after two pieces. DeRUCCI’s salmon is cleaned thoroughly, with edges slightly seared to add a smoky aroma. Paired with freshly ground wasabi, it’s so fresh it feels like fireworks are going off in your head!
👉🏻 Sneaked a peek at the kitchen: every batch of salmon has a "customs quarantine report," and even the cutting boards are disinfected with silver ions! Ordinary buffet sashimi stations are always greasy, but here the ice bed is refreshed with crushed ice every hour, keeping the salmon at the perfect 0-4℃ for optimal taste. Detail lovers will be ecstatic!
🦀【Chilled Sea Crab + Three-flavor Mantis Shrimp! Playing with Seafood】
DeRUCCI’s seafood section is literally a "textbook on ice freshness"!
✅ Chilled Sea Crab: Whole crabs lie on a bed of crushed ice, their shells shining with a bluish-gray hue. When cracked open, you can see ice crystals wrapped around the crab meat! The low temperature makes the meat firmer than steamed, like chewing fresh and sweet "ocean gummy candy." The crab roe solidifies into a translucent amber color, with a subtle salty seawater aroma! Compared to frozen sea crabs at ordinary buffets (which drip water after thawing), the chilled crabs here have intact meat strands even in the legs. When I peeled the shell with gloves, the ice crystals stuck to my hands, making it feel even fresher!
✅ Three-flavor Mantis Shrimp King: DeRUCCI turns mantis shrimp into a "blind box," with every flavor worth locking in!
▫️【Chilled Original Flavor】: The whole shrimp is plunged into ice, the shell peels off easily, and the shrimp meat pops out like white jade pillars, carrying the fresh seawater taste. Dip it in sea salt, and it’s as fresh as if just caught by the sea!
▫️【Typhoon Shelter Style】: Golden garlic crisps coat the butterflied mantis shrimp, the shell fried crisp like potato chips, while the meat remains tender and springy. The garlic aroma mixed with a mild chili heat is even more flavorful than street stalls!
▫️【Sauced Style】: The chilled mantis shrimp soaks in a secret sauce (with lime, small chili, and Sichuan pepper), tangy, spicy, and numbing. The shrimp meat absorbs the sauce, and one bite feels like eating "bursting seafood jelly"! Ordinary buffets only offer steamed mantis shrimp, which are small and hard to peel. Here, every mantis shrimp is full of roe, and the staff will help peel the shells!
🦪【How Big is the Quality Gap with the Same Seafood?】
▪️ Grilled Oysters: DeRUCCI uses 6-tael Rushan oysters, grilled over charcoal until the shell edges are slightly charred! The garlic topping is a mix of golden fried garlic and raw garlic, sprinkled with freshly ground black pepper! The oyster meat trembles in the shell; biting into it first tastes the smoky charcoal, then the rich garlic, and finally bursts with fresh seawater sweetness. The juice is so abundant you have to tilt your head back to eat! Compared to ordinary buffets’ grilled oysters (small oysters shriveled into a lump, garlic sauce watery like water), each oyster here feels like a fresh flavor party in your mouth!
▪️ Chilled Dalian Abalone: DeRUCCI’s Dalian abalone is 8 heads or larger, lying on crushed ice with sparkling ice crystals! It peels off the shell completely with a gentle lift, the abalone meat shining pearl white, with a thick skirt edge that’s noticeably elastic! Biting into it first feels icy cool, then bursts with salty seawater flavor. The meat is firm, like chewing deep-sea bouncy candy! Ordinary buffets’ small abalone (20 heads count as large) are not only small but also have a fishy smell when served chilled, totally incomparable!
▪️ Sweet Shrimp: The Russian sweet shrimp here are all female with full roe. After peeling, the shrimp meat is pale pink-white, and the roe bursts like popping beads in your mouth. Ordinary sweet shrimp either have no roe or have mushy meat.
💰At just over 300 RMB per person, getting this quality is truly worth it! Unlimited Häagen-Dazs + freshly ground coffee to finish, sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window watching the night view after the meal, life feels complete~