HOTEL DINING
Prices do not include service charge and applicable government tax unless stated “net’’.
SUKHUMVIT
Bangkok Park (02-059-5999) Marriott Marquis Queen’s
February: offers yee sang, Pagoda a traditional Chinese restaurant salad-like dish The auspicious to celebrate platter the Chinese with salmon New Year. is priced a platter at with 999 baht abalone for 2-4 and persons; salmon while costs 1,688 baht.
Landmark Bangkok (02-254-0404)
Feb 16-17: Sui Sian Chinese restaurant presents authentic Cantonese dim sum lunch buffet at 999 baht per person. Expect to find shark fin soup, abalone noodle, Peking duck, suckling pig, crispy pork belly and drunken chicken. Special Chinese New Year set menu for a big gathering is priced at 12,888 baht per set. Atrium restaurant offers international lunch buffet at 3,000 net per person. Come four pay two. Pullman Bangkok Grande Sukhumvit
(02-204-4123)
February: Tapas Vino recommends sharing plates of cold cuts and small bites as well as main entrées. Dishes include cod croquette, chicken wings, seafood paella and beef tomahawk.
Rembrandt (02-261-7100)
February: Da Vinci Italian trattoria presents al fresco Sunday lunch at 1,250 baht net per person. Dishes include stonebaked pizzas, barbecued meats, cheese selections, housemade pasta and raviolis, flatbreads with smoked salmon and artisanal ice cream and gelatos. Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit
(02-649-8358)
February-March: BarSu recommends dishes prepared with premium beef from Spain and Australia. The prime cuts include Spanish Txogitxu sirloin steak with melted smoked piquillo pepper butter and French fries; grilled Australian Wagyu rump with Cafe de Paris butter and steak frites; and Australian Angus beef tenderloin with melted truffle butter and French fries.
Westin Grande Sukhumvit (02-207-8000) Feb 16: Seasonal Tastes features Chinese New Year dinner buffet at 1,999 baht net per person. Dishes include Peking duck, suckling pig, grilled lamb, chicken wing with Sichuan pepper, black chicken with Chinese herb soup and jelly fish salad.
Windsor Suites (02-262-1234)
Until Feb 18: The Cafe restaurant offers seven-course set menu for a group of 10 diners at 9,999 baht per set. Expect to find in the set double boiled shark fin with black bone chicken in ginseng; barbecued suckling pig Hong Kong style; baked river prawns stuffed with Japanese seaweed; steamed sea bass with Hong Kong soya sauce; fried long-life noodle with crystal prawns and jujube-taro-cream-dumplings in hot syrup. Meanwhile a lunch buffet is offered at 655 baht net per person, and dinner buffet at 729 baht net per person.
RAMA IV — SILOM — SURAWONG — CHAROEN KRUNG
Chatrium Riverside (02-307-8888)
Until Feb 18: Silver Waves offers set menu for groups of 10 people with specialities including Peking duck, barbecued suckling pig, deep-fried snow fish with salt and chilli, wok-fried crab with XO sauce braised abalone with Taiwanese tofu in brown sauce and steamed tiger prawns in garlic sauce. Prices are 15,000 baht and 17,000 baht net including
free-flow chrysanthemum tea or Chinese tea. There’s also all-you-can-eat dim sum lunch at 888 baht per person. Dusit Thani (02-200-9000)
Until Feb 18: Mayflower Chinese restaurant and Thien Duong Vietnamese restaurant offers a complimentary yee sang prosperity dish when dining with a minimum of 10 persons for lunch or dinner. Le Meridien Surawong (02-232-8888) Until Feb 21: Latest Recipe offers Chinese New Year buffet lunch and dinner with prices starting from 1,100 baht per person. The buffet line up includes marinated jelly fish with sesame, drunken chicken, freshly-steamed dim sum, barbecued meats, steamed butterfish with soy sauce, fried chicken with cashew nuts, and Hong Kong egg tarts. Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
(02-659-9000)
Until Feb 18: The China House presents a selection of festive set menus for two to four diners. Prices start from 1,838 baht per set.
Montien (02-233-7060)
Feb 16: A Chinese New Year buffet is offered at Jade Garden Chinese restaurant at 700 baht per adult and 600 baht per child.
Royal Orchid Sheraton (02-266-9214) February: Crab is the hotel’s seasonal special ingredient. At Riverside Grill, dishes include king crab tartare with mango, avocado and pineapple; soft-shell crab burger; and crab Béchamel on beef Tournedos steak. At Giorgio’s Italian restaurant, there are pan-fried crab ducats with spinach-rocket salad and saffron-aioli dressing; oven-bake crab rigatoni gratin; and crab thermidor. While Thara Thong Royal Thai Cuisine presents crab curry with herbal rice noodles; crab salad with lychee; and soft-shell crab phad Thai noodles. Shangri La Bangkok (02-236-7777)
Until Feb 18: Shang Palace offers a selection of auspicious lunch and dinner dishes for up to 10 guests amid live guzheng music at 25,888 baht-29,888 baht net per set. A fortune fish salad for twofour people costs 1,288 baht per dish, and a fortune salad of abalone and salmon costs 1,688 baht net per dish. Special dim sum and à la cart dishes are also on offer.
SATHON — WITTHAYU
Anantara Sathorn (02-210-9000)
Feb 16: Zoom sky lounge presents Chinese New Year dinner buffet at 1,199 baht per person, or 1,899 baht per person including free-flow wine and beer. Expect to find an array of authentic Chinese specials together with seafood and international cuisine. Each group of four people pays for three.
Athenee Bangkok (02-650-8800)
Until Feb 21: Silk Road Chinese restaurant presents multi-course auspicious set menu to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Price is 19,888 baht for a sharing set for 10 people or 2,288 baht per person for a personal set. A traditional platter of yee sang is priced at 988 baht for a medium portion, or 1,988 baht for a large portion.
Conrad Bangkok (02-690-9999)
Until Feb 20: Liu Chinese restaurant presents all-you-can-eat dim sum lunch at 1,380 baht per person. A wide selection of à la cart dishes such as braised pumpkin soup with crabmeat; prosperity salmon salad; and wok-baked Boston lobster in superior broth is also highlighted. The restaurant meanwhile offers set dinner for parties of 10 people at 13,800 baht, 18,800 baht and 28,800 baht per set.
Okura Prestige Bangkok (02-687-9000) Until Feb 25: Yamazato restaurant presents a series of spring season’s lunch set and multi-course kaiseki dinner menu. Dishes include grilled sea bass with fig miso and Japanese green pepper; auspicious ehomaki roll served with miso soup; monkfish liver, oyster and shrimp with wasabi egg yolk sauce; a soup of soft cod roe dumplings with mushrooms and a hint of yuzu; grilled Spanish mackerel and beef with canola butter sauce; wooden-cup shaped radish, abalone, soy beans, otafuku wheat gluten and carrot; and a dessert of soy milk mousse with sake lees and sweet red beans. The lunch set is priced at 1,300 baht and dinner set costs 4,500 baht.
W Bangkok (02-344-4000)
Until Feb 18: The Kitchen Table presents Chinese New Year-edition dinner buffet at 2,100 baht per person inclusive of free-flow soft drinks, juices, coffees and teas. A Saturday brunch buffet with street food style Cantonese cuisine featuring dim sum, noodles, mini baos and barbecue skewers is priced at 1,800 baht per person inclusive of free-flow soft drinks, juices, coffees and teas.
RATCHADAMRI — RATCHAPRASONG — PHLOEN CHIT
Anantara Siam (02-126-8866)
Feb 16-18: Spice Market Thai restaurant features dishes such as deep-fried crab spring rolls; wok-fried yellow noodles with pork belly; and stir-fried softshell crab in yellow curry. Price is 5,500 baht per a sharing set for five-to-six people. On Chinese New Year Sunday, the hotel offers Sunday brunch at 2,988 baht per person inclusive of a free-flow soft beverages; 3,288 baht per person with free-flow wine; and 4,188 baht per person for a Taittinger Champagne package. Centara Grand at CentralWorld
(02-100-6255)
February: Dynasty Chinese restaurant introduces new set menu for a large group of right to 20 people. Featured dishes include sautéed conch shell Sichuan style; braised abalone with sea cucumber and shiitake mushrooms in a brown sauce; roasted duck Peking style; deep-fried shrimp with mayonnaise and sesame seeds; and steamed bamboo fish with light soya sauce. Prices for the set start from 7,300 baht to 45,200 baht for an ultra-luxurious set. Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok
(02-254-6250)
Until Feb 25: The Dining Room presents Chinese-inspired buffet lunch and dinner with specialities including roasted Peking duck, pan-fried turnip cake, Sichuan hot and sour soup, Hong Kong style roasted suckling pig, deep-fried prawn with salad cream, wok-fried duck with Sichuan sauce and mashed taro with ginkgo. Prices are 1,590 baht per person for weekday lunch; 1,850 baht per person for Saturday lunch and 2,500 baht per person for Sunday brunch. Dinner costs 1,850 baht per person, Sunday-Thursday; and 2,500 baht per person Friday and Saturday.
InterContinental (02-656 0444)
Until Feb 17: Summer Palace Chinese restaurant offers a selection of special set menu for a group of 10 guests to celebrate Chinese New Year. Dishes include softshell crab yee sang salad, classic Peking duck and double-boiled bird nest with ginseng and ginkgo nuts. Available at lunch and dinner, the sets are priced from 13,989 baht.
JW Marriott Bangkok (02-656-7700) February: Man Ho Chinese restaurant highlights dishes prepared with Australian wild abalone. Prices start from 2,800 baht per dish.
Renaissance Bangkok (02-125-5020) February: Flavors buffet restaurant’s highlighted menu of the month is “poke”, a culinary unification between Hawaiian cuisine and Japanese twist featuring a Pacific Rim-style platter of raw fish dressed with soy sauce, sesame oil and a pinch of Hawaiian salt. The buffet is priced at 1,600 baht per person. St. Regis (02-207-7777)
Feb 16: Viu restaurant presents buffet lunch 1,288 baht per person and dinner at 2,288 baht per person. Featured specialities are braised fish maw soup with
shiitake mushrooms and crabmeat, yu sang salad, five-spice roasted chicken, barbecue pork, Hong Kong-style steamed fish, chicken marinated in Chinese rice wine, duck in soy sauce, Singapore chilli lobster claw and stir-fried prawns in black bean sauce.
SIAM SQUARE — RAMA I — PHAYA THAI
Novotel Bangkok Siam Square (02-209-8888)
Feb 16-17: Lok Wah Hin Chinese restaurant presents a selection of 10-course set menus for lunch and dinner for a group of 10 diners. Dishes include Hong Kongstyled suckling pig, Peking duck, steamed snow fish, Phuket lobster with XO sauce, scallop soup with crabmeat and much more. Prices start at 15,000 baht. Pullman Bangkok King Power
(02-680-9999)
Until Feb 18: Cuisine Unplugged features dinner buffet at 1,788 baht net per person. Dishes include double boiled pork belly Yunnan style; baked abalone; braised sea cucumber; bake short ribs; and garlic-pepper prawn and snow fish in chilli sauce. Two dining guests get a complimentary Canadian lobster with XO sauce.
Siam@Siam Bangkok (087-989-2525 ) February: Every Monday, Party House One features a special Isan-inspired buffet lunch theme at 600 baht net per person. Dishes include spicy eggplant salad with grilled freshwater fish, salad of chicken and banana blossom, fermented chicken ballotine with bacon onion sauce, roasted pork tenderloin with tamarind sauce and beef lasagne Isan touch. Promotional deal, come three pay two, is also on offer.
PHETCHABURI — PRATUNAM — LAN LUANG — MAKKASAN
Amari Watergate (02-653-9000) February: Amaya Food Gallery presents Sunday international brunch buffet boasting prime items such as Fin de Claire oysters, Alaskan king crab and French foie gras. Price is 1,500 baht per person for food only, or 2,199 baht per person inclusive of soft drink, water and juice.
Baiyoke Sky (02-656-3939)
February: Steamed rice with seafood & chilli fish sauce and onsen egg is a recommended dish at Sky Box restaurant.
Royal Princess Larn Luang (02-281-3088) February: Princess Café’s recommended dishes of the month include beef tendon noodle soup; boiled salmon head in
traditional brown soup; German pork knuckle; and spaghetti with stuffed chicken breast and spicy cheese sauce. Prices start from 250 baht per dish.
VIBHAVADI
Centara Grand at CentralPlaza Lardprao (02-541-1234)
Until Feb 26: To celebrate Chinese New Year, Dynasty Chinese restaurant presents special dishes such as braised seaweed with a dried oyster in brown sauce; braised Japanese shiitake mushroom with a rich oyster sauce, followed by the glory dishes steamed bamboo pitch stuffed with prawns; sautéed prawns with Chinese spinach and shrimp roe; and braised dry scallops with sea moss in brown sauce. Prices start from 400 baht per dish. Miracle Grand Convention
(02-575-5599)
February: Premprachakorn restaurant highlights Pacific Rim cuisine in its buffet lunch. Dishes include New England clam chowder, Louisiana jambalaya rice, New Mexico grilled salmon with barbecue sauce vero craze, Mexican-style grilled chicken with yoghurt and herbs, grilled beef fillet with teriyaki sauce and stir-fried barbecue pork topped with kimchi sauce. Price is 550 baht net per person.
RAMA IX — RAMKHAMHAENG — RATCHADAPHISEK
Al Meroz (02-136-8700)
February: Barakat restaurant presents a selection of dry-aged beef steak. Cuts include tomahawk, rib-eye and striploin, complemented by choices of side dishes such as scone shoyu, Parmesan bread, French Fries, mashed potatoes, curly fried, potatoes wedges and baked herb tomatoes.
Emerald (02-276-4567)
Until Feb 18: Yok Chinese restaurant presents Chinese New Year traditional dishes such as raw fish salad with New Zealand mussel, Shark’s fin and wonton soup; and lobster with crispy noodles.
Golden Tulip Sovereign (02-641-4777) February: Nishiki Japanese restaurant presents all-you-can-order premium buffet lunch and dinner at 699 baht per person and 799 baht per person respectively. Expect to find sushi, sashimi, a variety of Japanese noodle dishes, grilled meat and seafood, tempura, teppanyaki steak.
Swissotel le Concord (02-694-2222) February: Loong Foong restaurant highlights yee sang, a traditional Cantonese fish salad, at 588 baht per dish.
RAMA III — THON BURI
Anantara Riverside Bangkok (02-476-0022)
Feb 16-17: Riverside Terrace presents Chinese New Year dinner buffet at 1,888 net per person inclusive of a glass of sparkling wine. Trader Vic’s offers Chinese-inspired Sunday brunch at 1,990 baht per person including soft drinks, juices and signature cocktails.
Avani Riverside (02-431-9100)
Feb 16: Skyline restaurant offers international lunch buffet at 1,088 baht per person including soft drink. Montien Riverside (02-292-2999) Feb 16: Every 2,000 spent per receipt at Emperor restaurant gets a privilege for free horoscope check at the hotel’s Astrology Terraces.
Praya Palazzo (081-402-8118) February: The hotel’s dining room recommends menu such as spicy seared scallops with crispy betel leaves and pomegranate salad; seafood tower with Thai seafood sauce; sweet and sour river prawn; an age-old spicy shrimp-paste seethed beef or pork soup; and stir-fried pork with yellow chilli paste
BANGNA
Dusit Princess Srinakarin (02-721-8400) Until Feb 21: The Chinese restaurant offers a selection of eight-course set menus for a group of four-six persons at 6,990 baht per set. Le Meridien Savarnabhumi
(02-118-7666)
February: Scampi or langoustine is the featured ingredient of the season at Favola Italian restaurant. Dishes include scampi all’Arrancia and risotto all’Scampi. Meanwhile, the Latest Recipe international restaurant’s buffet stations boast a wide array of prime French oysters and fresh seafood.
BEYOND BANGKOK
Amari Pattaya (038-429-591)
Feb 16: Mantra restaurant offers a fourcourse dinner menu to celebrate Chinese New Years. Dishes include shrimp cake with plum sauce; shiitake mushroom clear soup with braised black chicken and young pork spare rib; Hong Kong fried rice; and roasted duck. Price is 899 baht per person.
Anantara Layan Phuket (076 317-200) Until Mar 15: The resort’s beachfront restaurant Sala Layan welcomes a pop-up of Zuma, the award-winning contemporary Japanese restaurant. Featured dishes include spicy beef tenderloin with sesame; sliced yellow tail with green chilli; and miso marinated black cod; as well as newly created Phuket spicy crab soup with seasonal mushrooms; grilled squid skewers with umiboshi teriyaki butter; deep-fried shrimp with kataifi and wasabi mayonnaise; and grilled Phuket lobster with shiso pesto.
Centara Grand Mirage Beach Pattaya (038-714-981)
February: Acqua restaurant recommends dishes prepared with Italian pasta. Among highlights are ravioli with beef filling and Bolognese sauce; ravioli stuffed with spinach and cheese; and ring-shaped tortellini with Italian sausage and porcini mushrooms in tomato sauce.
Classic Kameo Ayutthaya (035-212-535) Feb 16: Tapestry restaurant presents Chinese New Year buffet dinner with dishes such as roasted Peking duck and suckling pig at 750 baht net per person.
Dhara Dhevi Chiang Mai (053-888 - 888) Until Feb 20: Fujian Chinese restaurant presents auspicious set menu, which includes specialities such as rainbow salmon salad; shark’s fin soup with Alaskan crab; braised pearl abalone and bird’s nest. Prices are 1,288 baht net and 1,688 baht net per person.
Hilton Pattaya (038-253-000)
Until Feb 18: Edge restaurant presents Chinese New Year dinner buffet at 1,500 baht net per person. The all-you-caneat line up includes items such as roast duck, crispy pork, rice wrapped in lotus leaf, bamboo soup with crabmeat, fried egg noodle with XO sauce and deep fried shrimp with salad cream. Special desserts are sweet and salted stuffed dough pyramid, black sesame dumplings in ginger tea, assorted bean in longan juice, water chestnuts and ginkgo with milk. Flare restaurant offers Chinese New Yearinspired à la cart dishes such as Phuket lobsters cooked in three styles; steamed sea bass with soy sauce; baked sea bass with herbs and turmeric; and premium seafood platter. Pullman Pattaya Hotel G
(038-411-940)
Feb 16-17: The Beach Club restaurant offers dinner buffet with dishes including fish maw with abalone soup, barbecue honey-glazed pork ribs, roasted duck, steamed sea bass and roasted beef in Szechuan pepper sauce. Prices are 888 baht net per person on Friday and 1,589 baht per person on Saturday international seafood barbecue buffet with free-flow wine, beer and soft drinks. Siam@Siam Pattaya
(038-930-600)
February: Big Fish restaurant recommends its daily barbecue buffet dinner amid live music. Dishes include New Zealand mussels, river prawn and crab. Prices are 700 baht per person for food only, and 950 baht per person including free-flowing soft drinks.