FIVE-STAR DINING

Prices do not include service charge and applicable government tax unless stated “net’’.

Aetas Lumpini (02-618-9530)

January-March: The hotel’s recommended dishes are its charcoal-grilled cheddar cheeseburger with smoked bacon, fried egg, lettuce and tomato, served with French fries and sesame dressing, at 310 baht; and salmon teriyaki burger with cheddar cheese and a fried egg, served with potato wedges and smoky teriyaki sauce, at 280 baht.

Amari Watergate (02-653-9000)

January: Every Friday, Amaya Food Gallery offers special seafood-themed dinner buffet at 1,500 baht per person, or 1,690 baht per person inclusive of water, soft drinks and juices, and 2,150 baht per person with cocktails, wines and Chandon Brut sparkling wine. Dishes include oysters, river prawns, rock lobsters, blue crabs and New Zealand mussels, all prepared to the guests’ order in various cooking styles.

Anantara Riverside Bangkok (02-476-0022)

January: Brio’s restaurant presents a weekday Fork & Cork promotion, featuring spaghetti with options of authentic sauces including Bolognese, alle polpettine meatballs, pomodoro, four cheese, bacon carbonara, pesto, spicy arrabiata and clam vongole. The pasta comes with a glass of beverage of choice. Prices are 299 baht per set with soft drink; 399 baht with a small glass of house wine; and 499 baht with a large glass of house wine. Benihana teppanyaki restaurant introduces new beef selection of US Prime T-bone. The teppanyaki steak set is priced at 3,600 baht per two persons, and includes Japanese salad, onion soup, griddle-grilled prawns with grilled lemon, garlic fried rice, hibachi vegetables and signature dips.

Anantara Sathorn Bangkok (02-210-9000)

January: Zoom Sky Bar & Restaurant introduces new gastro menu prepared with fresh artisan ingredients. Highlighted dishes include seafood bouillabaisse with garlic melba and saffron rouille; roasted duck with orange and ginger infuse beet root, sweet potato and Asian coleslaw; and steamed Canadian lobster with risotto, artichoke, Parmesan cheese and lobster oil.

Athenee Bangkok (02-650-8800)

January: The Rain Tree Cafe Sunday buffet brunch features unlimited lobster among a wide range of international cuisines from interactive live cooking stations as well as fresh oysters, seafood on ice and a selection of all-you-can-order à la carte menu. Price is 2,400 baht per person or half price for children ages four-12. Additional beverage packages cost 1,000 baht per person including free flow of selected wine, soft drinks, fruit juices, mocktails, coffee and tea.

Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park (02-059-5999)

January: Soba Factory recommends a selection of housemade Japanese buckwheat noodles prepared fresh daily by a soba master as well as a variety of grilled yakitori skewers accompanied by a boutique selection of premium Japanese green teas, beers, sake and whiskies.

Centara Grand at Central Plaza Lardprao (02-541-1234)

January: Alaskan scallops are the highlighted ingredient of the month at Dynasty Chinese restaurant. Expect to find dishes such as Hong Kong-styled rice parcels with scallops and kale; steamed scallop dumplings with caviar; steamed marinated shrimp balls with scallops and spicy sauce; pan-fried scallop dumplings; and deepfried taro stuffed with scallops.

Centara Grand at Central World (02-100-6255)

January: Red Sky restaurant introduces a brand new seasonal tasting menu inspired by an abundance of European winter truffle and vegetables. The five-course meal features dishes such as Hokkaido scallops with black winter truffle and caramelised endive; chestnut broth with foie gras custard and white Alba truffle cream; roasted fillet of lamb with black olive powder and glazed vegetables; and chocolate cream with yuzu sherbet and cocoa crisp. Price is 2,955 baht per person. Optional wine pairing costs 1,999 baht per person. Every Saturday night, the World restaurant presents all-you-can-eat seafood buffet at 1,899 baht per person. The line up includes crab, river prawns, oysters-on-ice and rock lobsters as well as other international dishes, desserts, plus free-flow draft beer.

Chatrium Riverside (02-307-8888)

January: Silver Waves Chinese restaurant presents a sea crab promotion with dishes including baked sea crab with curry sauce; wok-fried sea crab with superior ginger sauce; stir-fried sea crab with black pepper sauce; and steamed sea crab with Chinese wine sauce. Price is 1,700 baht net per plate.

Conrad Bangkok (02-690-9999)

January-February: Diplomat Bar presents Martini Experience, which consists of a seasonal dish such as spiced river prawn cake on lemongrass skewers accompanied by pickled cucumber to go with a glass of fine wine or beer.

Eastin Grand Sathorn Bangkok (02-210-8100)

January: The Glass House features its Grand Weekend Buffet on Fridays and Saturdays for dinner and Sundays for lunch. Dishes include seafood on ice, imported European cold cuts, fresh salad bar, Japanese delicacies, à la minute barbecue, gourmet carvery and an array of Asian dishes. Price is 1,800 baht net per person.

Golden Tulip Sovereign (02-641-4777)

January: Nishiki Japanese restaurant presents a salmon festival with dishes such as aikyo mutsukimi don; salmon steak; salmon hoiru mushi; salmon kabutoni; and salmon yaki teri. The restaurant also offers à la carte lunch buffet at 699 baht per person and dinner buffet at 799 baht per person, inclusive of free-flow Japanese green tea.

InterContinental (02-656 0444)

January: From Monday to Thursday, Espresso’s buffet dinner features the world’s finest varieties of oysters including Fine de Clair, Coffin Bay and Smokey Bay. Oysters are served both freshly shucked and in gourmet dishes such as oysters Rockefeller, cauliflower oyster gratin, oyster frittata, oyster roll with pork and bacon in mushroom sauce, oyster stuffed bell peppers, oyster polpettone, stew of white bean with oysters and chorizo. The buffet is priced at 1,400 baht per person. Pigeon is the seasonal ingredient at Summer Palace Cantonese restaurant. Dishes include crispy deep-fried pigeon with Sichuan pepper or spiced salt; double-boiled pigeon and bamboo pith in Chinese mushroom soup; sautéed pigeon with bitter beans and home-made chilli paste; and braised pigeon in clay pot.

JW Marriott Bangkok (02-656-7700)

January-February: New York Steakhouse and Manhattan Bar recommend popular varieties of oysters from the United States, France, Australia and Ireland. The shellfish is served in four different styles, from freshly-shucked with Tabasco, mignonette and lemon; baked with dried cherry tomato and chimichurri sauce; and classic Rocke feller topped with spinach and hollandaise; to Kilpatrick-styled broiled with red onion, bacon and Worcestershire sauce. Prices start from 180 baht per oyster.

Le Meridien Bangkok (02-232-8888)

January: Latitude 13 recommends a variety of healthy fares that centre around imported cheese. Featured dishes are beetroot salad, smoked pizza, cheeseburger, German cheesecake and Neapolitan ricotta cheesecake.

Miracle Grand Convention (02-575-5599)

January: Dragon Chinese Cuisine features a dim sum buffet lunch at 690 baht net per person. Dishes include lump crabmeat with yellow curry sauce; scallops with black pepper sauce; Shanghai xiao long bao dumplings, noodles with shrimp, crab dumplings, crystal shrimp dumplings, grouper fillet with Sichuan spicy sauce and scallop and spinach dumplings. Price is inclusive of free-flow Chrysanthemum tea and Chinese tea.

Montien Riverside (02-292-2999)

January: The Cafe restaurant’s special dish of the month is grilled beef fillet mignon with bacon and mushroom sauce accompanied by cheese gratin potato, broccoli and buttered carrot. The steak is priced at 290 baht.

Novotel Bangkok Siam Square (02-209-8888)

January: The Square buffet restaurant features dishes prepared with imported Canadian lobster at 199 baht net per dish. The lobster is offered as an extra item to complement a wide array of allyou-can-eat fresh seafood such as king crab, fresh oysters, mussels, crab, shrimp and Babylon snail as well as beef, lamb and desserts. The buffet is priced at 1,350 baht including free-flow soft drink.

Novotel Platinum Pratunam (02-209-1700)

January: Bar9 Beer Garden recommends a new selection of East-meets-West pizza. Toppings include spicy tom yum shrimp; sour and spicy Thai-styled chicken and herb salad; sautéed chicken with basil and Chinese-styled roasted duck. The pizza is priced at 280 baht per pan.

Okura Prestige Bangkok (02-687-9000)

January: Yamazato restaurant features authentic flavours of Japanese winter ingredients through its gozen lunch set, 1,300 baht, and multi-course kaiseki dinner menu, 4,500 baht. Dishes include herring fish roe with crabmeat and maitake mushroom; soup of monkfish liver dumpling with citrus zest; grilled Spanish mackerel and scallop with yuzu confit and sansho pepper; salmon with sake lees and turnip; and tempura assortment of shrimp, snow crab and pond smelt. Meanwhile, at Elements restaurant lobster is the seasonal star. Recommended dishes are lobster tartare with smoked potato ice cream, soba, fennel flowers and nori wafer; chilled lobster salad with avocado, organic herbs, dashi jelly, orange and miso sauce; poached lobster and sautéed Hokkaido scallops with grilled white asparagus sauce and yuba; lobster and sole à la nage with potato ribbons, fennel, zucchini, shimeji and mitsuba; and chargrilled whole lobster with white miso and young vegetables baked in a salt crust. Prices start from 490 baht.

Pullman Bangkok King Power (02-680-9999)

January: Wine Pub offers a 50% discount on all à la carte menu during dinner time. Dishes include lobster bisque with crusted puff, Niçoise salad with raw tuna, spaghetti olio bacon rocket salad and sun-dried tomatoes, grilled Argentinian beef rib-eye with Dijon mustard sauce, bouchot mussels in white wine sauce.

Pullman Hotel G (02-352 4000)

January: Scarlett Wine Bar & Restaurant now serves a limited selection of world-acclaimed Rubia Gallega dry-aged beef from Spain’s Galician cattle. Available in striploin, tenderloin and rib-eye cuts, the beef is featured in dishes such as beef tartare with light pesto and an olive tuile; beef tenderloin carpaccio with Caesar dressing and rocket salad; steak Rossini with truffle sauce; grilled beef rib-eye topped with a Grenoble red wine sauce; black charcoal rubbed beef striploin steak.

Park Hyatt Bangkok (02-012-1234)

Until today: The Embassy Room recommends a multifaceted seafood platter at 2,550 baht for both lunch and dinner. The platter features ocean-fresh salmon ceviche, Canadian lobsters, oysters, mariniere mussels pot, caviar garlic bread and assorted crustaceans.

Radisson Blu Plaza (02-302-3444)

January: Attico restaurant presents new dishes from Italy’s Piedmont region, including bagna cauda (Italian-styled fondue) with vegetables, onion soup with red wine, and ravioli pasta dumplings with butter and sage.

Rembrandt (02-261-7100)

January: Rang Mahal Indian restaurant presents dhaba thali (Punjabi roadside-styled meal platter) promotion until Feb 10. Expect to find thali and chola bhature to go with dhabas from live burji and chaash stations. Price is 750 baht net per person. Every Friday, da Vinci Mediterranean restaurant presents a special Moroccan-styled couscous set at 850 baht net per person.

Renaissance Bangkok (02-125-5020)

Jan 25: La Tavola & Wine Bas presents an exclusive five-course Castello Banfi wine dinner. Dishes include lobster comfit on truffle stracciatella, artichoke and sun-dried tomato; Hokkaido scallop with porcini, celeriac purée and squid ink tuile; and Black Angus short rib with balsamic glazed, pumpkin gnocchi and vegetable roots. Price is 2,800 baht per person.

Royal Orchid Sheraton (02-266-9214)

January: Crab is the hotel’s seasonal ingredient. Dishes such as king crab tartar with mango, avocado and grilled pineapple; soft-shell crab burger; and beef Tournedos with crab béchamel and Hollandaise sauce can be found at Riverside Grill buffet restaurant. Meanwhile, pan-fried crab ducats served with spinach-rocket salad, saffron-aioli dressing; and oven-baked crab rigatoni gratin with cucumber dill salad; and crab thermidor with steamed jasmine rice timbale are on the menu at Giorgio’s Italian restaurant; and crab curry served with herbs rice noodles; deep-fried crab spring rolls; and soft-shell crab phad Thai are offered at Thara Thong Royal Thai restaurant.

Royal Princess Larn Luang (02-281-3088)

January: The Empress Chinese restaurant recommends dishes prepared with fresh red grouper such as steamed red grouper with soy sauce, steamed red grouper with Hong Kong chilli sauce, sautéed red grouper with XO sauce, at 350 baht per 100g. Mikado Japanese restaurant’s ingredient of the month is unagi (freshwater eel). Available at both lunch and dinner, dishes include unagi nigiri sushi, hand-rolled scone sushi with unagi; unagi sushi roll with cheese; and unayu rice box.

Shangri La Bangkok (02-236-7777)

January: Every Friday night, NEXT2 Cafe presents a “surf and turf” international buffet dinner at 2,200 net per person. Expect to find premium imported meats and seafood to be prepared to your preference from live-cooking stations. Dishes include roasted Canadian lobster on squid-ink brioche bun with bacon, tomato relish and cos lettuce; seared à la minute wagyu steaks and river prawn served in small bamboo baskets with herb butter.

Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit (02-649-8355)

January: Orchid Cafe highlights its weekend grande seafood buffet, which offers a vast variety of fresh local and imported seafood. Prices are 1,200 baht per person for lunch from Monday-Saturday; 1,600 baht per person for dinner Monday-Thursday; and 1,950 baht per person for weekend dinner.

Siam@Siam Bangkok (087-989-2525 )

January-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 lasagna Isan touch Promotional deal, come three pay two, is also on offer.

St. Regis (02-207-7777)

January: Jojo restaurant celebrates the food and wine of the Veneto Region of Northeast Italy through delicacies such as deep-fried sardines; tender beef tongue; Luganega sausage; and salted codfish. Prices start from 360 baht per dish and 2,250 baht per a bottle of wine. On Saturday and Sunday, the restaurant presents family-style weekend lunches at 1,980 baht per two persons including one sharing dish from the special menu.

Westin Grande Sukhumvit (02-207-8000)

January-February: Hokkaido horsehair crab and Hokkaido oysters are seasonal ingredients at Kisso Japanese restaurant. Dishes include grilled horsehair crab topped with crab innards in crab shell; deep-fried horsehair crab with sweet chilli sauce; sake-steamed horsehair crab, snow crab and crab claw with Japanese citrus sauce; fresh oyster with Japanese citrus sauce and lemon; oyster in paper hot; and bread-fried oyster topped with tartare sauce & salmon roe.

W Bangkok (02-344-4000)

January-March: Every second Sunday of the month, the Courtyard at The House on Sathorn introduces new Sunday Roast dinner enlivened by live band. Expect to find an array of oysters on ice; tuna tartare; roasted kurobuta pork; piri piri chicken; charcoal barbecue wagyu flank steak, pork spare rib, miso cod and homemade sausages; Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes, mac & cheese; and a wide selection of desserts such as apple crumble, strawberry tart, chocolate brownie and ice cream and sorbet. Price is 2,600 baht person inclusive of free flow soft drinks, juices, coffees and teas.