Hotel Nikko Bangkok gets festive with year-end Japanese-style programme

Discover an extensive range of Japanese-style festivities to celebrate the end of the year and the start of 2020

NEW YEAR’S EVE

The Oasis on New Year’s Eve, 31 December, will feature an international dinner buffet with premium seafood such as half a Canadian lobster per person, Alaska king crab, tiger prawn, Hokkaido scallop, and three kinds of French oyster. There will be a live station for foie gras, and a carving station that will include beef. The Japanese corner features sashimi, sushi, maki and kaisen don, and special desserts will be prepared at the live dessert station. New Year’s Eve dinner at The Oasis is served from 18.00 to 22.30hrs and is priced at B3,500 net per person inclusive of drinking water, coffee or tea, and B4,500 net per person inclusive of free flow sparkling wine, white wine, red wine and beer. Prices include Countdown Party access at the Pool Terrace on the 6th floor, with one complimentary drink for toasting the New Year.

Hishou sees a Japanese Omakase menu by Executive Japanese Chef MASAYUKI WATANABE including Obanzai, with a selection of appetisers, sashimi, yakimono, a main course choice of Wagyu beef or tempura, followed by dessert. Dinner is served between 17.30 and 22.30hrs and is priced at B3,500 net per person, inclusive of one glass of sake or sparkling wine. The price includes Countdown Party access at the Pool Terrace on the 6th floor, with one complimentary drink for toasting the New Year.

Hotel Nikko’s Countdown Party at the Pool Terrace on the 6th floor will be held from 21:00 to 01:00hrs, and staged on a Japanese Town theme with snack food, drinks, a live band, DJ, a Japanese live show, and draw prizes guaranteed to keep you entertained all the way through the last hours of 2019 and into 2020. The price is B1,000 net per person inclusive of one drink.

NEW YEAR’S DAY

A New Year tradition in Japan is mochitsuki, the pounding of sweet rice to make mochi, the rice cake that can be eaten in a sweet or savoury dish and which is a popular household staple. On Wednesday 1 January, between 09.30 and 11.00hrs in the hotel lobby, the chefs will demonstrate the pounding of the rice, and encourage guests to take part. The traditional happi, a straight-sleeved coat worn during festivals such as mochitsuki, will be available for guests to wear and to have their photograph taken. Three flavours of mochi will be prepared: mochi isobe (with soy sauce), mochi kinako (soy powder), and mochi azuki (red bean). Sake and drinking water will be provided during this festive occasion.

Welcome the first day of 2020 on 1 January with a New Year brunch at The Oasis, with seafood including half a Canadian lobster per person, Alaska king crab, salmon, and oysters. There will be a foie gras station, a Japanese corner with sashimi, sushi, maki, and kaisen don, and a desserts station. Brunch is served from 12.00 to 15.30hrs and is priced at B2,020 net per person inclusive of drinking water, coffee or tea, and B3,020 net per person inclusive of free flow sparkling wine, white wine, red wine and beer.

Hishou will be serving auspicious Japanese Oiwai Gozen specialities for three days from 1 to 3 January, with chef Masayuki Watanabe preparing an Osechi set menu for lunch and dinner, priced at B2,020 net per person inclusive of one glass of sake or sparkling wine.

HOTEL NIKKO BANGKOK

27 Soi Sukhumvit 55 (Thonglor). For more information or reservation, call 02-080-2111, email asst.admin. fb@nikkobangkok.com.