Hong Kong Christmas Special: Holiday Dining
What better way to capture our city’s hyperbolic holiday spirit than with a lavish Christmas meal at a posh establishment? Here are restaurants around town that will be happy to host your annual holiday dinner.
Buffet Me
All-you-can-eat turkey and never-ending dessert spreads? Sign us up.
Café Kool
Café Kool at the Kowloon Shangri-La is hosting a gold-themed international lunch and dinner buffet on Christmas eve and Christmas day, with prices starting at $838 for adults and $688 for children (depending on the date and time of seating). Guests can indulge in a large spread that includes salad, sushi and cheese bars, roasted turkey and hams, roasted lamb leg and rib-eye, and a sweet collection of Christmas desserts and fruit. Reservations are recommended, but tickets are available in the lobby on the same day.
December 24-25. 64 Mody Rd., Tsim Sha Tsui, 2733-8878.
Café Rivoli
Café Rivoli at the Regal Hong Kong Hotel invites guests to enjoy a feast of wagyu beef, lobster and foie gras at their Christmas buffet for $386 for lunch and upwards of $528 for dinner. The feast continues with the Christmas eve buffet at $478 for adults, which includes Chinese, Thai and Japanese dishes as well as a traditional turkey, roasted ham and Christmas pudding. Unlimited coffee and tea are also included.
December 24-25. Regal Hongkong Hotel, 88 Yee Wo St., Causeway Bay, 2837-1772.
Hooray Bar and Restaurant
Rooftop restaurant Hooray is offering a dinner buffet on Christmas eve and a lunch and dinner buffet on Christmas. Expect traditional favorites like roasted stuffed turkey with cranberry sauce, chilled premium seafood, organic salads and more than 30 kinds of appetizer and charcoal-grilled meats. Prices start at $328 for adults and $228 for children.
December 24-26. Shop P502, World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Rd., Causeway Bay, 2895-0885.
Café Kool / Café Rivoli / Hooray Bar and Restaurant
Breaking Tradition
Who says Christmas has to be all turkeys and buche-noels? Go for a sushi or even a curry combo, just to jazz things up.
Jashan
Tired of the same old Christmas spread or just want to try something new for the holidays? Try Jashan's kitchen lunch buffet for only $118 including one standard drink. Options include chicken musallam (a spicy roast dish), nalli gosht (lamb curry), karwari tawa fish (tamarind-marinated semolina crusted fish) and dhansak (mixed vegetables, dumplings, lentils and spinach). Sweet tooths will enjoy the apple, blackberry and cardamom crumble or the saffron caramel panna cota. For Christmas eve and day, a set menu including tandoori salmon, Bombay-style skewered chicken and slow-braised lamb shank will be served for $298 including a 10 percent service charge.
All of December. 1/F, Amber Lodge, 23 Hollywood Rd., Central, 3105-5300.
Zuma
Zuma has combed out Japan’s seafood markets for a premium 12-course tasting set of seasonal favorites priced at $1,480 per head. Hot on the heels of being named the new executive chef, Yoshi Muranaka has designed creative dishes that will excite the palate, such as: Hokkaido hairy crab, lobster miso soup and smoked eggplant with caviar and sea urchin with toasted squid bread. To top it off, Zuma starts their Christmas brunch early on December 22 for $490 per head, but you may want to splurge an additional $100 for the free-flow Veuve Clicquot champagne, sake and bellinis.
December 1-25. 5-6/F, 15 Queen’s Rd. Central, 3657-6388.
Jashan / Zuma
Posh Nosh
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