HOTEL ROUNDUP

Richmonde’s special buffet for Chinese New Year

The Richmonde Grill celebrates the Year of the Goat with a magnificent array of authentic Chinese cuisine available from Jan. 27 to 31.

Expert chefs from Hong Kong Master Chef Lam Tak On, Dim sum Chef Daniel Leung, and Barbecue Chef Wong Kam On have prepared the sumptuous dishes which include delicious crab meat carrot soup, tasty drunken chicken, delectable steamed duck country style, fla

orful stir fried shrimp cake with vegetables, appetizing braised pork tonque with dried oyster, and mouth-watering suckling pig at the carving table. The lunch buffet costs only R600. Children age 6 to 12 years old are charged only half the price while children 5 years old and below are free of charge.

Also available for take-out orders are home-made tikoy in traditional and ube flavors at R13

8 net or fish-shaped tikoy at R298 net.

Hyatt Regency to hold Spanish food festival

The Hyatt Regency Hotel’s Café Al Fresco will hold a Spanish food festival starting on Jan. 29.

Jenny Lozada-Calma, the hotel’s new PR manager said among its special guests during the food fest’s launching on Wednesday is Minister-Counsellor Alvaro de Salas Gimenez de Ascarate of the Embassy o

f Spain.

On the other hand, its guest Chef Luis Martinez of Hyatt Regency La Manga ensures authentic cuisine with the freshest ingredients sourced directly from Spain.

The buffet spread includes a wide array of sumptuous selections from highly popular tapas, paella, and rice dishes to novelties like pechuga de pato con salsa moscatel y uvas, rabo de toro estofado con salsa de vino tinto,

grilled monkfish on a Spanish ratatoville, and poached hake in a saffron sauce.

Heritage celebrates New Year with feasts, festivities

The Heritage Hotel Manila ushers in the Year of the Goat with bountiful feast and festivities from Jan. 23 to Feb. 1.

Diners at Restaurant Riviera can cast their hopes and dreams for the Lunar New Year in the “Strike A Gong and Make A Wish” wis

hing well. They can also guess the exact amount of coins inside the wishing well and win the exact amount if guess is correct. Those who are able to hit the center of the gong will get 20 percent discount on their lunch or dinner buffet.

A year of prosperity awaits diners who will partake of the special Lunar New Year buffet for only R680.00++. Some of the specialties are dried oysters with se

a moss, steamed garupa with teochow and roast duck. All diners (a la carte or buffet) will receive fortune cookies, ang pao and mandarin oranges for more good luck. Those who consume a minimum of R4,888.00 net (per bill) in their lunch or dinner buffet will get a free overnight accommodation (room only). Promo is valid to local residents and foreigners with ACR (alien certificate of registration).

Room is valid until Feb. 1.

A Lion Dance will be held at the hotel lobby on Feb. 1, following the customary belief that firecrackers and lots of noise will ward off unwelcome spirits.