This holiday season, guests can enjoy early bird savings on festive menus or buffets offered by Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, Gateway Hotel and Prince Hotel on 24, 25 and 31 December when they book and pay in full on or before 30 November for 15% savings. Here are the top picks:
Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel – Cucina
Chef de Cuisine Andrea Delzanno’s exquisite Italian set dinner for 24 and 25 December begins with scampi carpaccio, avocados sauce, lemon oil and oscietra caviar, followed by smoked beef consommé, tortellini stuffed with Parma ham and black truffles. The two main courses are fettuccine with wild mushrooms, slow cooked pigeon breast, pumpkin and baked fillet of halibut with sun-dried tomatoes and almond pesto, mussels and Romanesco purée. The little Santa Claus dessert is a delightful treat.
Highlights of Cucina’s six-course set dinner on New Year’s Eve include the starter of seared scallop, Romanesco, raspberry, hollandaise, wasabi caviar and the main courses of garganelli with lobster, brandy sauce, cherry tomato & basil, and black truffles and baked fillet of Chilean seabass, sautéed clams, coriander, sake, lime. Their white chocolate mousse, champagne jelly, mix berry, white truffles can round off the feast perfectly.
Cucina’s Christmas Brunch offers a selection of antipasti, Italian cold cuts, cheese, seafood, salads and cooked-to-order pastas. Chef Andrea’s mini burger with fassona beef tartare and truffles and a fine selection of main dishes, including piedmont ravioli stuffed with beef, demi-glace, fresh sausage and Christmas turkey, are the highlights. Chocolate bonet, panna cotta, Gianduja chocolate mousse and panettone are also offered.
Tel/WhatsApp: +852 2113 0808
Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel – Cafe Marco
Alongside a rotational selection of ocean-fresh seafood, such as oysters, whole Boston lobsters, cooked crayfish, snow crab legs, brown crabs and black mussels, Cafe Marco’s festive dinner buffet includes roasted tomahawk beef, roasted whole turkey with stuffing, suckling pig, Christmas stollen, Christmas pudding with brandy sauce and Christmas cupcakes.
Cafe Marco’s Christmas Lunch Buffet offers seafood on ice, sashimi and sushi, roast rib-eye and roasted whole turkey. Their Afternoon Tea Buffet highlights include seafood on ice, cold appetisers, finger sandwiches, hot delicacies, Hainan chicken rice and Belgian waffles. Eggnog panna cotta, jasmine chocolate mousse cake, Christmas stollen, Christmas log cake and panettone are also served.
* Menu rotates on a daily basis
Tel/WhatsApp: +852 2113 3912
Gateway Hotel – Three on Canton
Three on Canton will offer international and local cuisines, including gravlax salmon with honey mustard dressing, tortilla rolls with ham and cheese, duck liver mousse with cranberry jelly, oysters, Boston lobster, and snow crab leg. Japanese sashimi and scallop sashimi will be served on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve.
Roasted turkey with condiments and grilled scallop with beurre blanc are available during the lunch buffets while roast prime ribs, lamb rack with garlic and pan-fried foie gras during the dinner buffets. On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, stir-fried lobster with superior broth, roasted Australian wagyu beef, fresh crab congee and steamed scallop will be offered. Also recommended are the signature pasta with black truffles and mushroom on cheese wheel, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree cake, ginger bread pudding and more.
Reservations: +852 2113 7828
WhatsApp Booking: +852 5217 6428
Prince Hotel – SAVVY
SAVVY’s Christmas Lunch Buffet offers premium appetisers, chilled seafood, delicacies from the show-cooking stations and extravagant festive gourmet dishes with an array of sweet delicacies. Their Afternoon Tea features 11 types of chef-crafted delicacies and an extra tasting experience with six types of homemade chocolates. Highlights include foie gras mousse with feta cheese, vanilla éclair with raspberry and strawberry compote & mousse.
SAVVY’s Festive Semi-buffet Dinner features a half lobster thermidor. Aside from the cold seafood, such as brown crab, crayfish, shrimp, clams, and mussels, each guest can select a main course, such as roasted turkey on the trolley with honey-roasted chestnuts, Brussel sprouts and cranberry sauce; grilled Australia beef tenderloin; Thai lobster red curry and herb with rice; Indian lamb madras curry thali set with baked naan; beef rendang with pandan coconut rice and fried king prawns in broth and butter, XO, e-fu noodles.
Their Christmas pudding, Christmas log cake and prince blueberry cheese cake are the must-eats.
Tel/WhatsApp: +852 2113 6188
