WHAT'S ON : HOTEL DINING

WHAT'S ON : HOTEL DINING

Sukhumvit

Amari Boulevard (02-255-2930)

- Jan: La Gritta features special lobster dishes such as lobster salad with fresh orange, cherry tomato and wide fennel; pan-roasted blue lobster medallion with mustard-mayonnaise and lemon sauce and more.

Ambassador (02-254-0444)

- Jan: Am Cafe features a special Australian beef promotion in the international buffet at 349 baht for lunch and 399 baht for dinner.

Grand Sukhumvit (02-207-9999)

- Until Feb 28: Cafe de Nimes features an international buffet at 450 baht for lunch and 650 baht for dinner. The a la carte menu offers everything from Thai favourites to tandoori, salads, sandwiches and steaks.

Imperial Queen's Park (02-261-9000)

- Jan: Uncle Ho presents a Vietnamese buffet lunch on Saturdays at 499 baht. House specialties include grilled minced pork and crabmeat wrapped around lemongrass sticks, fresh and fried spring rolls and more.

Landmark (02-254-0404)

- Jan: Greenhouse restaurant's special dish is Le Pan Bagna tuna sandwich - salad Nicoise, tune, egg, olives, vegetable and an olive oil dressing all tucked inside a crusty focaccia bun at 250 baht.

Majestic Grande (02-262-2999)

- Jan: Sacz restaurant features a new "Savory of Prawn" menu for lunch and dinner with dishes such as homemade linguini tossed with prawns and porcini presented in a basket of parmesan with shavings of black truffle.

Novotel Lotus (02-261-0111)

- Jan: Xing Fu presents goose specialities such as braised goose in Chinese herbs, baked goose webs in hot pot, braised goose entrails in Chinese herbs and more. Prices start from 300 baht/dish, available for lunch and dinner.

Rembrandt (02-261-7100)

- Jan: da Vinci restaurant features a porcini mushroom promotion with dishes such as swordfish with porcini mushroom and white wine sauce, lamb loin with porcini mushroom and Chianti sauce, and more.

Westin Grande Sukhumvit (02-207-8000)

- Jan: Chef Pierre-Andre presents his new degustation menu at The Med, priced at 850 baht for 2 courses and 1,250 baht for 3 courses.

Windsor Suites Bangkok (02-262-1234)

- Jan: Vimarn features a special soft-shell crab menu with soft-shell crab salad with chilli paste dressing and mint leaves and more. There's a series of classical dance shows nightly during dinner.

Silom-Surawong-Rama IV

Dusit Thani (02-236-0450)

- Jan: The Pavilion features an international seafood buffet on Fri and Sat nights. Enjoy imported Australian oysters, king prawns, rock lobsters, Sri Lankan crab and more, priced at 850 baht.

Holiday Inn Silom (02-238-4300)

- Jan: The Brasserie features a grand international and Thai seafood buffet at 550 baht for lunch and 600 baht for dinner.

lebua at State Tower (02-624-9999)

- Feb 6-10: The hotel presents the "Epicurean Masters of the World II" featuring superb cooking by a team of three Michelin-star chefs, paired with world famous fine wines. Lunch and dinner over the course of 5 days will be served in The Dome's Sirocco, Distil and Mezzaluna, and at lebua's Breeze and Cafe Mozu. Part of the proceeds will go to the Chaipattana Foundation.

Montien (02-233-7060)

- Jan: The Monti's special dishes are chicken stuffed with Parma ham and spinach, marsala sauce; and seabass with beans salad and balsamic vinaigrette.

The Oriental (02-659-9000)

- Jan: A dinner cruise on the Maeyanang boat is available nightly except Mondays. Enjoy a romantic cruise along the River of Kings, with a Thai dinner buffet served on board at 1,850 baht net, 1,000 baht net for children.

Pan Pacific (02-632-9000)

- Jan 15-31: Keyaki presents a special ankimo fish promotion. Enjoy healthy ankimo fish dishes created by chef Jun Tomiyama for both lunch and dinner.

Royal Orchid Sheraton (02-266-9214)

- Jan: Thara Thong presents a special "Seafood by the River" promotion. Chef Charoensri Vatanayut has prepared an array of dishes with different techniques using fresh ingredients from the sea for lunch and dinner (with live Thai classical music performances).

Shangri-La (02-236-7777)

- Jan: Shang Palace presents the fresh seafood dinner menu with dishes such as fried king lobster with homemade Singapore sauce, sweet snail in spicy wine, baked seabass in superior soup Chinese style and more.

Sofitel Silom Bangkok (02-238-1991)

- Jan: Mistral presents chef Eric's Mediterranean dishes prepared from olives and olive oil in buffet style with live cooking stations at 598 baht for lunch and 698 baht for dinner.

Tawana Bangkok (02-236-0361)

- Jan: Humphrey's chef Colin Carpenter introduces his special beef rib-eye with Madeira sauce - slices of rib-eye grilled to perfection and served with homemade chicken liver pate and Madeira sauce.

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Banyan Tree Bangkok (02-679-1200)

- Jan: Vertigo's chef Agus presents transethnic cuisine using oysters from the Americas, Australasian blue crabs, African okra hotpot and Japanese Kobe.

Conrad Bangkok (02-690-9999)

- Until Feb 28: Liu restaurant's chef Wong Kam Yao presents healthy dishes prepared from assorted Chinese herbs such as double-boiled seahorse, snake, goat or sauteed deer meat and more.

Evergreen Laurel (02-266-9988)

- Until Jan 19: Cafe Laurel features special New Year food in the international buffet lunch at 450 baht, half price for children. Special promotion: "3 for the price of two" on Mon, Wed and Fri.

Plaza Athenee Bangkok (02-650-8800)

- Jan 25: Wine Ambassadors' dinner featuring a 7-course meal, each representing a country and its respective ambassador, paired with vintage wines at 5,000 baht (4,500 baht for Le Club member).

The Sukhothai (02-344-8888)

- Jan: La Scala presents a selection of game specialities featuring venison, wild boar, pheasant, partridge, quail, pigeon, hare and deer, paired with fine wines from Italy. La Scala's business lunch menu costs 650 baht, 450 baht for antipasti buffet only.

Ratchadamri-Ratchaprasong

- our Seasons Bangkok (02-251-6127)

- Jan 25: Tuscany's Castello Banfi winemaker's dinner at Biscotti. Six premier wines from Castello Banfi will be paired with a 6-course menu prepared by Italian chef Danilo Aiassa and his team. Cocktails start at 7:30pm, dinner at 8pm. The price is 3,800 baht.

Grand Hyatt Erawan (02-254-1234)

- Jan 15-31: The Dining Room celebrates Australia Day with a grand buffet of Aussie delights including salt-crusted barramundi, roast wagyu beef from New South Wales, clay-baked South Australian kingfish and more.

Holiday Inn Bangkok (02-656-0360)

- Jan: Cafe G presents a family Sunday brunch from 11:45am-2:30pm featuring a grand international buffet, children's buffet and lots of fun activities at Kid's Corner at 550 baht, half price for children.

InterContinental Bangkok (02-656-0360)

- Jan: Espresso presents a Sunday jazz brunch at 1,290 baht. Enjoy an array of imported seafood, foie gras and other favourite dishes, plus live music from a jazz trio band.

Rama I-Siam Square

Novotel Siam Square (02-209-8888)

- Jan: Lok Wah Hin presents a selection of shark's fin dishes in Cantonese, Shanghainese and Sichuan styles such as braised shark fin's with pumpkin and crabmeat, or with conpoy in prawn soup.

Pathumwan Princess (02-216-3700)

- Jan: Studio Bar introduces a wine buffet with live jazz music every Sunday from 5-7pm. Listen to great jazz while sipping your aperitif and nibbling tapas at 790 baht.

Pratunam-Phetchaburi

Amari Atrium (02-718-2000)

- Jan: Vivaldi restaurant's special dish is goose liver with risotto topped with black truffle shavings.

Amari Watergate (02-653-9000)

- Jan: Heichinrou features a special seafood promotion with dishes such as black garoupa in brown sauce, deep-fried sea crab with ginger and spring onion, oven-baked Phuket lobster, wok-fried river prawns and more.

Baiyoke Sky (02-656-3000)

- Jan 13: Bangkok Sky restaurant offers a special seafood and international buffet at 300 baht net for lunch and 350 baht net for dinner. There are many fun activities with prizes for children.

Century Park (02-246-7800)

- Jan: Cafe at the Park offers a "4 for the price of 3" promotion for its international buffet, at 335 baht for lunch and 575 baht for dinner.

Chinatown-Lan Luang

Grand China Princess (02-224-9977)

- Jan 16-31: The Coffee shop features a wide selection of Italian food in the international buffet lunch at 290 baht, 190 baht for children.

Royal Princess Larn Luang (02-281-3088)

- Jan 13: The Empress features a selection of Chinese-style bamboo pith dishes for lunch and dinner. There'll be special treats for kids including ice cream, balloons and toys, and food voucher gifts.

Si Ayutthaya

Siam City (02-247-0123)

- Jan 15-31: Kamon features tail fish with specialities such as grilled tail fish and gingko nuts stuffed with Japanese yam, steamed tail fish with sweet chestnut, and grilled tail fish sweetened with soy sauce.

Ratchadaphisek-Rama IX

Chaophya Park (02-290-0125)

- Jan: The Park Cafe features a curry promotion at lunchtime. Mori Grill presents barbequed suckling pig with Japanese green tea. Garden Court offers New Year dim sum buffet lunch at 498 baht.

The Emerald (02-276-4567)

- Jan: Yok features snow fish specialities such as snow fish soup, fried snow fish with white chive flowers, steamed snow fish with Chinese flowers and Yunan ham. Prices start from 350 baht.

Grand Mercure Fortune (02-641-1500)

- Jan: One Rachada World restaurant features a variety of steaks in an international buffet dinner at 450 baht, 225 baht for children. The menu includes roast NZ sirloin of beef, rack of lamb Provencal, salmon steak, pan-fried rainbow trout and more.

The Grand (02-274-1515)

- Jan: Buatong restaurant presents a grand international buffet at 320 baht for lunch and 390 baht for dinner. The buffet offers Thai, Chinese, Japanese and European food plus a live shabu-shabu cooking station and desserts. Special promotion: a group of 5 pays for only 4.

Radisson (02-641-4777)

- Jan: Nishiki restaurant features fresh akami (Japanese tuna) prepared the Japanese way. Enjoy flavourful dishes like akami steak, akami salad, akami sushi, akami spicy salad and more.

Swissotel Le Concorde (02-694-2222)

- Jan: Takumi Japanese restaurant introduces a new menu of buffet a la carte. Choose your buffet from the new a la carte menu which features more than 60 choices including main dishes and desserts at 450 baht, available for lunch and dinner.

Vibhavadi Rangsit-Lat Phrao

Miracle Grand Convention (02-575-5599)

- Jan: Edo restaurant presents an unagi, or Japanese eel, menu such as double-boiled unagi with ginseng roots, steamed unagi with sake, deep-fried unagi with breadcrumb and more.

Rama Gardens (02-561-0022)

- Jan-Feb: The newly-open Suiren Japanese restaurant features an extensive Japanese buffet of traditional and contemporary dishes at 390 baht for lunch and dinner. Special promotion: A group of 4 pays for only 3 for buffet dinner.

Sofitel Central Plaza Bangkok (02-541-1234)

- Don Giovanni presents a foie gras Italian style menu until Jan 19. Chatuchak Cafe has added a Swiss food corner to its buffet lunch and dinner from Jan 16-27. Hagi features the Japanese Oshougatsu meal from Jan 16-26.

Bang Na-Sri Nakharin

Novotel Bangna (02-366-0505)

- Jan: Shui Xin restaurant features a selection of Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine inspired by wild and domesticated game dishes such as goat's meat in supreme stock, sauteed ostrich with black pepper sauce, deep-fried whole pigeon and more.

Royal Princess Srinakarin (02-721-8400)

- Jan: The Chinese restaurant presents specialities from China's southeastern Shau Tou region such as braised abalone with steamed goose marinated with Chinese herbs, fish maw with seaweed in clear soup, and steamed goby fish in soya sauce.

Thon Buri-Rama III

Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa (02-476-0022)

- Jan: Riverside Terrace has added tasty noodle dishes from Thai, Chinese, Italian, Korean, and Japanese ways of cooking to its buffet. The price for buffet is 1,100 baht for an all you can eat selection including BBQ seafood with live Thai classical dance shows.

Montien Riverside (02-292-2999)

- Jan: The Emperor restaurant's special dishes are baked river prawns with gingko nuts, and baked river prawns with black beans.

Royal City (02-435-8888)

- Jan: The Beer Terrace's special menu is a mixed seafood basket available daily from 6pm-midnight. Cheiw Tien Lao offers crab claw specialities.

Royal River (02-422-9222)

- Jan: Fangnam coffee house features an international buffet lunch at 330 baht with a special "5 for the price of 4" promotion. Rimnam Terrace features a special BBQ buffet dinner with a seafood noodle corner at 500 baht.

Beyond Bangkok

Anantara Resort Samui (077-428-300)

- Jan 16: Seghesio Zinfandel wine dinner at Full Moon restaurant. Winemaker/owner Camille Seghesio of Seghesio Vineyard in Sonoma, California, will present fine wines matched with executive chef Don Lawson's 4-course menu. The wine dinner is priced at 4,200 baht including a cocktail reception at 7pm.

Amari Orchid Resort & Tower, Pattaya (038-428-323)

- Jan: Pizza & Pasta Festival every Friday in the lush tropical garden. Enjoy a grand Italian buffet with antipasto or create your own pasta dish plus full dessert buffet and live music from the resident band, priced at 490 baht.

Dusit Resort Pattaya (038-425-611)

- Jan: The Peak presents new Chinese dishes prepared by chef Chi Tak Lai and his culinary team such as steamed seabass with Cantonese sauce and Hong Kong noodles; grilled scallops and steamed roll seaweed with shrimps and more.

Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi Chiang Mai (053-888-888)

- Jan 13: The hotel is holding a gourmet wine dinner at Farang Ses restaurant. Michelin three-starred chef Heinz Winkler will prepare a 6-course menu paired with fine wines from France's Chateau Palmer. The gourmet dinner and wine is priced at 4,000 baht. Chef Winkler will also give a cooking class.

Pattaya Marriott (038-412-120)

- Jan: Rice Mill introduces a new menu created by Hong Kong chef J Koh and Australian chef Barton. Dim sum buffet lunch is available at 350 baht inclusive of a Cantonese soup, fried rice and a fruit salad.

Sheraton Pattaya (038-259-888)

- Jan: Infiniti restaurant's executive chef Matthew Woolford introduces a new menu with signature dishes such as Wood-fired and Flame-grilled from the Heart (grilled whole white snapper with spicy Thai herb salad).

Sofitel Raja Orchid Khon Kaen (043-322-155)

- Until Jan 21: Pavilion Cafe features a grand seafood buffet dinner. Pick from a wide variety of fresh seafood on display and let the chefs cook them to perfection. Priced at 599 baht, 300 baht for children.

Bangkok Post
Friday January 12, 2007