Dinning with KhaiSilk - Cham Charm Restaurant

Last Friday, I went to the Cham Charm restaurant with my family. Cham Charm is a five-star restaurant which belonged to the KhaiSilk Group. From Thursday to Sunday, they serve high-class buffets. Although they it was promoted as "Japanese buffet" but it's not, the buffet was very much "international".

Cham Charm - side look

Situated next to a crescent lake in “Phu My Hung new city”, district 7, the view from Cham Charm at sunset is amazing. Even the most fastidious guy could not complain anything about it. The architecture of Cham Charm restaurant was excellent, too. Maybe Mr. Khai is a nostalgic guy, most of his restaurants are classically designed. Cham Charm is not an exception. However, this restaurant is very unique among those in Sai Gon because it was designed in old “Champa” (ancient Cambodian) style. All the walls are meticulously sculptured, and all the furniture is carefully set up, giving you the feeling that this place is prepared to serve you to the best of it.

Cham Charm entrance

I could not try all the food, since there were too many kinds of them. So, I will list some so-called high standard ones that I have tried here:

- Fresh Oyster: there were French, Australian, Marenne-Oléron, Pacific… oysters !!! In my taste, French oyster was the best, although they were not big in size (Australian’s were the biggest)

Fresh Oyster !

- Fresh Salmon, Tuna, Octopus : I would rate them as 5/5 ! The fish was really fresh and tasty. You can certainly feel the greasy of taste of the fish !!

- Japanese scallop, lobster, Areola Babylon, cuttle-fish: they are served as grill food. You chose your favorites and give to the chef, he will prepare them for you. The lobsters were not as fresh as I expected, seems that they have been kept frozen for few days. The others were good enough, although they weren’t hot enough, you guys should tell the chef to prepare it for longer.

Lobster and crab!

- Hotpot: There was a hot spot stall inside the restaurant. You chose the ingredients you want to use and give it to the chef. There were Australian beef, fresh shrimp, mushrooms, vegetables,… served with noodle, rice noodle,… The great quality of the ingredients resulted in a 5-stars hotpot. I really like it! Should try!

- Wines: decent taste wine, there was red and white wine, Soju or Sake wine (I don’t remember) and Japanese bear.

There were still plenty of dishes, including famous French dishes such as: sauté goose liver, sauté veal with apple wine sauce, baked lamb ribs.. Indian dishes: Tandoori chicken, lamb curry. Thailand royal dishes : Yam Kung shrimp, fish curry, Shangwa Salad. Special Cambodian dish: Amok fish, Prakok grill chicken.. and Vietnamese dishes as well

Champa style decoration

Overall, Cham Charm is easily one of the best buffet restaurants around this city. Although the location quite far (20min from city centre), the food were not that outstanding, but the restaurant is attractive in its own way: quiet, beautiful, romantic, classically luxurious and elegant. This is a must try for anyone who interest in discovering the art of food.

I LOVE THIS SPECIAL TABLE ! GREAT FOR COUPLES ! FREAKING ROMANTIC!

(+) : - luxury, comfortable atmosphere, well-designed restaurant.

- high quality food, fresh sea food ( except for lobster).

- good services from waiter and wait-dress

- great view (lake view)

(-) : - quite far (20 min from city centre)

- some dishes were quite salty (in my own opinion)

- quite dark inside, not suitable for ones who like bright restaurants.

Price : USD 45.00 ++/ PERSON

My rating : 9.0/10

Location map

* Some pictures and map are from the restaurant homepage : http://www.khaisilkcorp.com/restaurants/chamcharm/index.html