JL and I were famished after a day and night's swimming at Cairns Colonial Club Resort. Honestly, I loved the beach pool. Except that there is this raise on the pool that can really hurt your toes and knees. So be careful. Apart from that, the pool was nice and cool. After which, a good 10-15 minutes at the jacuzzi then dinner.
Homestead Restaurant is open until late. Since it's a Sunday night, late means 9:30PM. There is a salad and dessert station buffet style. JL saw the dessert spread and decided to take the buffet. So did I. One first run at the salad station proved promising. There was, of course, salad, potato mix, bean salad, corn salad, soup and bread among others. We were literally taking our time with the food and though it seemed a bit lonely that we're the only 2 people in the restaurant on a Sunday night, it's still all good. The waiter so served us was polite and friendly. He made us feel welcome.
Our mains arrived. It's Rib Eye Fillet with Sweet Mashed Potatoes and Potato Strings. The sauce, from what I can tell, is a highly reduced beef stock. Not bad at all. I loved the simplicity of the sweet potato mash. It's a bit strange I have to admit, being used to the same-old-mashed-potato-story. The sweet mashed potato is earthy and simple, no frills which I love and understand perfectly as it melds delightfully into the jus. The rib eye fillet was cooked to my liking with good marbling on the right places. Finally, I love, love, love the shoestring potatoes on top.
Dessert station, however, was wrapped up by the time we finished our main. When JL and I walked up to the station, everything was gone! Imagine the shock. We talked with one of the servers at the counter and asked why it was all packed up already. The server, instead of apologizing, was irritated and told us that they are closed at 9:30pm. I told her that they should have asked us first before wrapping up which was always the case in every buffet restaurant in town. Fortunately, our original server came by and resolved the problem. He went into the kitchen and served us dessert, one of each of the cake slices, on a plate. With that, the problem was resolved. The best bits about the dessert were the Orange and Chocolate Slice and the Blackforest Slice. I didn't care so much for the cream puff and brownie. 
Homestead Restaurant is open until late. Since it's a Sunday night, late means 9:30PM. There is a salad and dessert station buffet style. JL saw the dessert spread and decided to take the buffet. So did I. One first run at the salad station proved promising. There was, of course, salad, potato mix, bean salad, corn salad, soup and bread among others. We were literally taking our time with the food and though it seemed a bit lonely that we're the only 2 people in the restaurant on a Sunday night, it's still all good. The waiter so served us was polite and friendly. He made us feel welcome.
Our mains arrived. It's Rib Eye Fillet with Sweet Mashed Potatoes and Potato Strings. The sauce, from what I can tell, is a highly reduced beef stock. Not bad at all. I loved the simplicity of the sweet potato mash. It's a bit strange I have to admit, being used to the same-old-mashed-potato-story. The sweet mashed potato is earthy and simple, no frills which I love and understand perfectly as it melds delightfully into the jus. The rib eye fillet was cooked to my liking with good marbling on the right places. Finally, I love, love, love the shoestring potatoes on top.Dessert station, however, was wrapped up by the time we finished our main. When JL and I walked up to the station, everything was gone! Imagine the shock. We talked with one of the servers at the counter and asked why it was all packed up already. The server, instead of apologizing, was irritated and told us that they are closed at 9:30pm. I told her that they should have asked us first before wrapping up which was always the case in every buffet restaurant in town. Fortunately, our original server came by and resolved the problem. He went into the kitchen and served us dessert, one of each of the cake slices, on a plate. With that, the problem was resolved. The best bits about the dessert were the Orange and Chocolate Slice and the Blackforest Slice. I didn't care so much for the cream puff and brownie.
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