HOTEL DINING
Prices do not include service charge and applicable government tax unless stated “net’’.
SUKHUMVIT
Bangkok Marriott Sukhumvit (02-797-0000)
January: The District Grill’s all-time recommended dishes are kurobuta pork back ribs with braised vegetables and grilled puff sour bread; Iberian pork tenderloin with chorizo and saffron riso; oak-smoked, 120-day grain fed Australian Black Angus short ribs with baked potato fondant; and US wagyu tenderloin silver grade with bone marrow herbal crust. Prices start from 990 baht per order.
Landmark (02-254-0404)
January: Dishes prepared with Myanmar river prawns from the Irrawaddy River are highlights at Atrium International buffet restaurant. Featured menu includes charcoal grilled prawn with homemade seafood sauce; traditional tom yum goong; and river prawn with salted egg. Rib Room & Bar steakhouse’s recommended dish is a Surf & Turf platter of Black Oynx tenderloin and grilled fresh river prawn with beef jus and crustacean oil.
Lotus (02-610-0111)
Jan 25-26: Coco’s Café offers a promotional discount of “come 5 pay 4” on its 555 baht net buffet; or get a free Peking duck for every party of six diners ordering its 888 baht net menu.
Pullman Grande Sukhumvit (02-204-4000)
January: Atelier international buffet restaurant features Sunday brunch with highlighted items such as large assortment cheeses; seafood on ice, grilled river prawns, beef sirloin and lamb chops; pan-seared foie gras; Chinese dim sum, Peking duck and roasted pork; Indian curries; Spanish paella; and dessert corner. Price is 2,199 baht per person inclusive of soft drinks.
Radisson Blu Plaza (02-302-3333) January: Twenty-Seven Bites Brasserie features a seafood buffet boasting fresh catches from around the world, including giant river prawns, oysters, New Zealand mussels and kani miso crab. There are also rack of lamb, beef steak, carvery items and French pastries. Price is 1,800 baht net including soft drink, tea, coffee, cocktail and beer.
RAMA IV — SILOM — SURAWONG — CHAROEN KRUNG
Bangkok Marriott The Surawongse (02-088-5666)
January: Praya Kitchen’s international buffet restaurant highlights a selection of dishes prepared with top-quality Australian dry-aged beef. Featured dishes include massaman curry with beef; braised beef shank; grilled beef and marinated egg yolk with rice; T-bone steak served with spicy stir-fried bamboo shoots; and brisket steak with spicy sauce. Price is 1,388 baht per person. Children four to 12 years old get a 50% discount.
Chatrium Riverside (02-307-8888) January: Silver Waves features a special selection of Sichuan cuisine dishes including chilled chicken with Sichuan chilli oil and sesame seeds; wok-fried tiger prawns with dry Sichuan chilli and black pepper powder; deep-fried Australian veal with dry Sichuan chilli; steamed scallops with spicy Sichuan sauce; crispy pork belly with dry Sichuan chilli; and wok-fried fillet of black grouper with dry Sichuan chilli in clay pot.
Le Meridian Bangkok (02-232-8888) Jan 25-27: Latest Recipe offers a Chinese New Year celebration buffet with highlights such as marinated jelly fish with sesame oil; Chinese tied pork knuckle; steamed rice noodle roll with honey glazed pork; xiao long bao dumplings; pan-fried turnip cake; sweetcorn soup with crabmeat; crispy pork belly with hoisin sauce; wokfried chicken with cashew nuts and chilli sauce; and stir-fried prawn with broccoli in Sichuan sauce; chilled sago with cantaloupe cream; and mango pudding. The buffet is priced at 900 baht net per person for lunch; 1,100 baht net per person for dinner; and 1,900 net per person for dinner with seafood tower.
Pullman Hotel G (02-352-4192) January: Various salad options are highlighted at 25 Degrees Burgers. Featured menu includes Organic Garden Salad Bowl with virgin olive oil vinaigrette dressing; Cobb Salad Bowl with bacon, blue cheese, hardboiled eggs, chicken, avocado and ranch dressing; Greek Salad Bowl with artichoke, feta cheese and lime vinaigrette dressing; Grilled Veggie Salad Bowl with balsamic vinaigrette dressing; Seafood Salad Bowl with mixed greens, shrimp, grilled salmon, and lemon and lime vinaigrette; and Garlic Buttered Chicken Salad Bowl with mixed greens, deep-fried chicken, jalapeño peppers, Parmesan cheese, and balsamic dressing. Price is 240 baht per bowl.
Royal Orchid Sheraton (02-266-0123) January and February: Riverside Grill highlights dishes prepared with duck. Featured dishes includes crispy confit duck leg with arugula, pear, blue cheese, pomegranates and walnut vinaigrette dressing; duck foie gras with peppers-Champagne terrine, strawberry chutney and toasted walnut bread; pan-seared duck breast with foie gras, parsnip puree, baby carrot, caramelised beetroot and berry sauce; and slow-cooked marinated duck in spiced bumbu Bali with nasi goreng. Thara Thong Thai restaurant’s recommended dishes are phad thai with grilled chicken; phad thai with softshell crab; phad thai with grilled pork collar; and phad thai with seafood. Prices start from 390 baht per dish. Feast buffet restaurant features on Jan 25, a special buffet with classic Chinese delicacies such as roasted suckling pig, wok-fried dishes, dim sum and grilled meat and poultry at 1,400 baht per person.
Shangri-La (02-236-7777)
Until Jan 27: Auspicious Cantonese set menus for a group of 10 diners are offered for lunch and dinner at Shang Palace restaurant. Prices are 25,888 baht and 29,888 baht net per set. Traditional “Lo Hei” tossed salad with salmon and salmon-abalone are priced at 1,288 baht net and 1,688 baht net per plate.
SATHON — WITTHAYU — LANG SUAN
Athenee (02-650-8800)
Until Feb 9: The Silk Road presents auspicious Chinese set menus and a la carte dishes to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The menu sets are priced at 2,288 baht per person; or 19,888 baht for a party of 10. A traditional yee sang dish costs 988 bath per dish, while special Chinese New Year dim sum is priced at 200 baht per item.
Banyan Tree (02-679-1200)
January: The hotel presents Saffron Cruise, a new riverboat restaurant with a show kitchen and a bar serving authentic Thai cuisine along the Chao Phraya. A five-course Thai set menu with one cocktail is priced at 3,200 baht net per person.
Chatrium Residence Sathon (02-672-0200)
January: Albricias restaurant highlights new menus including dishes such as Spanish paella; tapas selection of torched shimesaba mackerel with aji verde, avocado, yuzu gel and chives oil; wagyu beef steak tartare with green apple sorbet; black-inked Atlantic snow fish chipotle with spicy adobo sauce and mashed potato; cochinillo lechal with crispy suckling pig, apple, fennel salad and smoked tomato-chipotle sauce; baked apple tart with Calvados flambé; and Basque Country cheesecake with quince paste, apple gel and yuzu.
Conrad (02-690-9211)
January: Lui Chinese restaurant offers, at 1,688 baht per person, an all-youcan-eat dim sum with highlights including deep-fried prawns; double-boiled pork ribs; Peking duck rolls, crispy pork belly; steamed snow fish with wild mushroom; and wok-fried rice with seafood in XO sauce. To celebrate Chinese New Year, Café@2 offers, on Jan 25, a special dinner buffet with authentic selection of Cantonese seafood dishes and dim sum such as steamed whole sea bass with soya sauce; poached whole chicken with ginger and scallion oil; stir-fried clams in black-bean sauce; stir-fried Shanghai prawns; whole barbecued suckling pig; roasted red pork belly; turnip cakes and lotus root and pork spare rib soup. There are also premium fresh seafood including blue crab, mud crab, Chilean crab, king crab and snow crab; black shell Dutch mussels; and freshly shucked oysters. The buffet is priced at 1,650 baht per person.
Eastin Grand Sathorn (02-210-8100) January and February: On Friday and Saturday for dinner and Sunday at lunchtime, the Glass House’s grand weekend buffet features “Viet Delights” promotion. Expect to find classic Vietnamese dishes such as grilled marinated pork wrapped in betel leaf served with vermicelli and sweet chilli sauce; Vietnamese fresh spring roll with vegetables, pork sausage, vermicelli and prawn filling; grilled nam nueung pork sausage with assorted fresh herbs and vegetables; and Vietnamese rice noodle soup. Price is 1,800 baht net per person. Children under 12 years of age receive a 50% discount.
Okura Prestige (02-687-9000) January and February: Up & Above restaurant features chankonabe hotpot of udon noodles, chicken, king crab, prawns, sea bass, mussels, clams and vegetables in a chicken dashi broth, at 650 baht per pot. Yamazato Japanese restaurant offers a winter series of set lunch and multicourse kaiseki dinner, priced at 1,500 baht and 4,700 baht per person. Dishes include crabmeat dumplings; grilled sea bass with canola white sauce, dried miso and omelette; fresh yuba with okra, steamed sea urchin and starchy soy sauce; herring fish roe with crabmeat, eggplant and maitake mushroom; a soup of monkfish liver dumplings and mushroom with yuzu; a sashimi selection of tuna, yellowtail, torched scallops and sweet shrimp; and hot vermicelli noodles with cod roe and shimeji mushrooms.
RATCHADAMRI — RATCHAPRASONG — PHLOENCHIT
Anantara Siam (02-126-8866) January and February: Madison highlights award-wining dishes by its Chef Rick Dingen including chicken liver panna cotta; glazed chicken liver in balsamic with black truffle; crispy wonton with citrus, vanilla and tarragon. The dishes are featured in a 5-course set menu priced at 1,850 baht per set.
Centara Grand at CentralWorld (02-100-6255)
January: Uno Mas offers paella, Spain’s national rice dish, in a “half & half” style. The plate, priced at 1,650 baht, features on one side “Dels Pirineus”, a unification of Iberico pork, Botifarra sausages, wild mushrooms and black truffles, while on the other side, there’s “Lobster Socarrant”, a mix of carabineros shrimp and lobster.
Grand Hyatt Erawan (02-254-1234) January: A variety of phad thai noodles, from classic to contemporary, is on offer at You&Mee all-day-dining restaurant. Expect to find dishes such as phad thai fried noodles tossed with shrimp tomalley paste, bean sprouts, peanuts and prawns; phad thai-styled
fried crispy egg noodles; phad thai
fried noodles with stewed pork and crispy pork; phad thai noodles with mixed seafood and softshell crab; and phad thai-styled fried papaya noodles with prawns. Prices start from 250 baht per dish.
JW Marriott (02-656-7700)
Jan 25-26: To celebrate Chinese New Year, Man Ho Chinese restaurant recommends all-you-can-eat dim sum lunch. Highlights include deep-fried crab claw with minced shrimp; squid-ink seafood dumplings in golden broth; BBQ selection of roasted pork, roasted duck and Peking duck; drunken chicken; cheung fun noodles; steamed sui mai dumplings with tobiko caviar; braised grouper fillet wrapped with glass noodles; and mango sago. Price is 1,688 baht net per person.
InterContinental (02-656-0444)
Jan 25: Auspicious Cantonese delicacies are on offer at Summer Palace Chinese restaurant. Expect to find dishes such as traditional New Year Yee Sang salad; steamed stuffed fish maw with shrimp in egg white sauce; chilled shredded abalone and jellyfish with Lao Gan Ma sauce; roasted Peking duck served with pancake and condiments; and sautéed scallops with ginkgo nuts in XO sauce. The dishes are available in set menu for 10 guests. Prices are 16,989 baht and 19,989 baht per set.
Renaissance Ratchaprasong (02-125-5000)
Until Jan 26: To celebrate Chinese New Year, Fei Ya restaurant offers set lunch and dinner menus, with prices ranging from 1,888 baht to 3,888 baht per person. Each set comes with a variety of Cantonese specialities including yusheng salad; lychee wood-roasted Peking duck; wok-fried scallops and sea whelk with honey bean in garlic chilli sauce; braised Australian abalone with goose web, mushroom and seaweed; steamed whole spotted grouper in Hong Kong soya sauce; fried rice with shrimp, quinoa, dried scallop and egg white; and double-steamed bird’s nest in coconut milk. Meanwhile La Tavola restaurant presents today a star-studded cuisine by Italian guest chef Andrea Cannalire of Italy’s Michelin-starred restaurant Cielo Relais La Sommità. Expect to find his signature dishes such as Angus beef tartare with Parmiggiano Reggiano mousse and raspberry; cod fish on capsicum cream; and lamb loin with goat cheese, cherry confit and kaffir lime. Prices start from 450 baht per dish. Wine pairing option are also available.
St. Regis (02-207-7777)
January: The Orient Afternoon Tea is on offer at the St. Regis Bar and The Drawing Room. Priced at 1,600 baht per set for two persons, the set includes bite-sized delicacies such as crispy Peking duck with hoisin and orange sauce; seared scallop with pumpkin sauce and crispy rice noodle; roasted white sesame scone; lemon cheese egg tart; and chocolate and plum bun.
PHAYA THAI — PHETCHABURI — LAN LUANG
Pathumwan Princess (02-216-3700)
January: Kongju Korean restaurant introduces “du bu steak”, a vegetarian dish featuring bean curd in a chilli paste sauce, priced at 350 baht net per dish. Citi Bistro’s buffet line highlights a variety of traditional Chinese favourites including dim sum, fish maw soup, duck crepes, crispy pork belly, roasted duck and barbecue pork. The buffet is priced at 1,390 baht net per adult and 695 baht per child.
Royal Princess Larn Luang (02-281-3088)
January and February: Softshell crab is a highlighted ingredient at Mikado Japanese restaurant. Featured dishes include softshell crab tempura, crispy softshell crab maki, sautéed softshell crab with miso sauce, softshell crab steak and softshell crab salad. The Empress Chinese restaurant recommends dishes prepared with large crab claws including shark’s fin brown soup with crab claw, steamed crab claw with garlic sauce, stir-fried crab claw with Hong Kong chilli sauce and braised crab claw with bamboo pith. Price is 295 baht net per claw.
RAMA IX — RAMKHAMHAENG — RATCHADAPHISEK
Al Meroz (02-136-8700)
January: On Friday and Sunday, Bustan restaurant offers “Grill & Chill Out” all-you-can-order seafood dinner with dishes such as scallops with beurre blanc sauce; Maine lobster Rockefeller; lobster salad avocado; lobster bisque; and house-made pizza. Prices are 1,150 baht per adult and 550 baht per child.
Emerald (02-276-4567)
January: A large sharing platter of baked crab with sticky rice Chinese style is on offer at Yok Chinese restaurant for both lunch and dinner at 1,800 baht per order.
Swissotel Bangkok Ratchada
(02-694-2222)
January: Salmon is the highlighted ingredient of the month at 204 Bistro. Expect to find dishes such as Hawaiian salmon poke; whole-baked salmon; smoked salmon; spicy pasta with salmon; salmon pad kaphrao; salmon larb; salmon tom yum soup; grilled salmon teriyaki; salmon katsu and sushi rolls. The buffet is on offer for dinner Sunday to Thursday at 1,690 baht per person. Promotional price of one baht per person is offered for the second paying guest.
VIBHAVADI — CHAENG WATTHANA
Centara Grand at CentralPlaza Lardprao (02-541-1234)
January: Suan Bua Thai restaurant recommends a new series of seven-course tasting menu with highlighted ingredients including Korat beef and rice-fed free-range chicken. Prices start from 1,290 baht per set.
Miracle Grand Convention (02-575-5599)
January: Dragon Luxury Chinese Cuisine features special set menus for a group of two to four persons. The set may include highlights such as Chinese chives dumplings, egg custard cream buns, crispy shrimp noodle rolls, crispy pork belly, spinach with salted egg and preserved egg, grouper fillet with XO sauce, fried rice with salted fish and chicken and dessert of black sesame dumplings with ginger tea. Prices start from 590 baht to 1,800 baht per set, inclusive of Chinese tea or chrysanthemum tea.
Novotel Bangkok Impact (02-833-4888)
January: On Saturday and Sunday at brunch and dinner, the Square international buffet restaurant highlights fresh Ayutthaya river prawns and rock lobster. Price is 1,499 baht net per person.
BEYOND BANGKOK
Anantara Layan Phuket (076-317-200) January: Newly-opened Age grill restaurant highlights dishes prepared with premium cuts of meat such as Kagoshima beef from Japan; Rangers Valley beef from Australia; sustainably-farmed caviar; charcuterie from Italy and Spain; and lamb from New Zealand.
Centara Grand Beach Hua Hin (032-512-021)
Jan 25: A special Chinese New Year international buffet boasts highlights such as deep-fried river prawns with garlic and pepper; scallops in garlic butter; stir-fried beef with capsicum and black beans; mango cheesecake; and Thai-styled banana fritter with caramel sauce, amid live music entertainment. The buffet is priced at 2,100 baht per person.
Classic Kameo Ayutthaya (035-212-535)
Jan 25: Tapestry restaurant features grand Chinese buffet dinner with dim sum and other Cantonese specialities at 750 baht net per person. Children under 12 years of age receive a 50% discount.
Hilton Pattaya (038-253-000) January: Dishes prepared with Phuket lobster, tiger prawn, black sea crab and abalone are featured at Flare restaurant. Highlights include Phuket lobster in spicy XO sauce; deep-fried jumbo tiger prawn with phanaeng curry; baked tiger prawn with Shanghai sauce; Cantonese chow mein noodles with tiger prawn; baked sea crab with Chinese black bean; wok-fried crab with Singapore chilli sauce; and braised abalone in superior stock with bok choy and mushroom. Prices start from 450 baht per plate.
Hua Hin Marriott Resort & Spa (032-904-666)
January: Beluga and Royal Oscietra caviar are the highlighted delicacies at Big Fish & Bar. From the special a la cart menu on offer are smoked sturgeon with beetroot, spicy wasabi and sour cream; Golden Egg with brown butter and royal oscietra caviar; and pan-fried sturgeon fillet in brown butter with cauliflower, miso, and soy tomato. Prices start from 699 baht per dish.