聽說這家餐廳熱門的程度不輸Kitchen Table @ W Taipei，必須提前兩個月訂位。
吃飯皇帝大，民以食為天，又不是米其林三星，我要親自去瞧瞧為什麼要等兩個月?!
憑著少許的惡勢力，不費吹灰之力訂到一個圓桌，八人座，周日下午茶時段。
飯店的自助餐最怕兩件事，一是食材不新鮮像廉價餐廳，二是客人太多像菜市場。幸好艾美都沒有這些問題，不過礙於空間大小與設計，不如W Taipei寬敞明亮與大器。服務人員明顯地不足，而且早早就來買單，讓吃到一半的客人很有壓力。
探索廚房菜色的數量一般，算是小而美的精緻自助餐，味道倒是都很不錯，炒米粉、肉圓、排骨湯等鹹食類小吃真的頗道地，值得稱讚的是甜點種類豐富，我個人最喜歡麵包布丁、蒙布朗、栗子大福和現做法式薄餅，美中不足的是沒有自家製作的冰淇淋，這樣等級的自助餐不該只是提供一般市面上普遍的進口冰淇淋品牌。
你要是問我是否願意為了這家餐廳等上兩個月，我肯定是不願意，又不是共產國家，排隊再久都有免費的可以吃，這個是你要自己付錢，然後為一頓自助餐等兩個月？！風水輪流轉，等到下一家新飯店開幕，應該就沒有這個問題了。
最後，我必須承認這一餐吃得非常滿足，結束後到現在已經超過五個小時，我依然維持在飽足狀態，花錢有值得（NT790+10%）。
Latest Recipe @ Le Meridien Taipei
The word is that this restaurant is as popular as Kitchen Table @W Taipei. Reservation has to be confirmed two months in advance. Everyone has to eat every day. This is just a buffet restaurant inside of an international chained hotel, not a Michelin 3 star establishment. I’ve got to find out what the fuzz is all about.
So, here we come, a round table is reserved for 8 people. I made one phone call and my contact booked Sunday afternoon tea for my party.
There are two things you don’t ever want to come across at buffets: 1. Produce and ingredients are not the freshest available like a cheap joint; 2. Try to seat too many people as if it’s an over-crowded wet market. Luckily Le Meridien Taipei has neither problem. However, due to limited space and interior design it’s not as bright and spacious as W Taipei. It’s obvious that there’s a lack of service staff and it’s especially annoying the manager has to present me the bill when I’m half way through my meal.
The variety is average. It’s considered a petite size of buffet and yet delicious. Everything I had is tasty. I like some of the savory dishes that are authentic such as stir-fry rice noodle, Taiwanese meatball, soup of pork ribs and etc. You’ll definitely get your money worth on desserts. Bread pudding, Mont Blanc, mochi with chestnut filing and French crêpe are worth writing home about but I was disappointed that they didn’t have homemade ice cream. For a restaurant this caliber serving imported consumer brands of ice cream is not acceptable.
Will I wait two months for a reservation at Le Meridien Taipei? Hell no! In a communist country you can wait hours in line for food and it’s free. This ain’t free. You have to wait two months so that you can eat there and pay for it yourself?! Just wait and see. When the next “IN” place opens for business, this will become a non-issue then.
Last but not least, this meal was very satisfying. It’s been more than five hours since I left the restaurant and I’m still full. It’s definitely money well spent（NT790+10%）