Christmas & New Year Celebrations at Prince Hotel!

It’s that time of the year again, where Christmas dinners are aplenty, shopping is a happy and laughter all merry! Christmas has always been the season for shopping and dining, and it has this magical aura surrounding it, don’t you agree? Speaking of dining, have you planned on where to dine during Christmas? I remember my Christmas dinner last year, where I told Saucer to make a reservation at a restaurant. Saucer kept saying that the place wouldn’t be packed and that there were many other options available if we didn’t manage to get a place at that particular restaurant. But as luck would have it, all the restaurants that we wanted to go were fully packed! And we ended up having to eat at some kopitiam. *sigh*

So if you don’t want to experience the same thing, do make your reservations early! Such as celebrating it at Prince Hotel.

1. Eccucino

Especially designed for the Christmas occasion, Eccucino has organized a special X’mas Eve Buffet Dinner that includes roasted turkey,cranberry sauce and giblet gravy; Brussels sprouts; braised lamb shank; live action stations including risotto, beef stoganoff selection of salads, appetizers and Asian specialties; fresh iced oysters; prawns and mussels; cold slab ice cream; chocolate fountain; stollen; Yule log, gingerbread and many more.

X’mas Eve Buffet Dinner is priced at RM120++ per person inclusive of a glass of sparkling wine or sparkling juice.

The range of appetizers is vast, including lots of fresh seafood on ice, salad and plenty of sushi and sashimi!

Fresh oysters, mussels and prawns

And fresh clams too!

Beautiful ice sculpture

Smoked salmon

Assorted sashimi

Assorted sushi

More sushi

Salad dressings

Sashimi

They also have a selection of main dishes from Western cuisine as well as South East Asia cuisine. Char kuey teow is also in the list, if you must know. Another worthy mention would be the maple-glazed roasted pumpkin and apples, simply because I love pumpkin and the combination is all so Christmas-y.

Kuay teow with beef, spring onion and ginger

Parmesan whipped potatoes

Maple-glazed roasted pumpkin and apples

Besides the ready-made food, there are also several action stations, including the famous Turkey carving station, the risotto station and the typical omelette station.

Turkey carving station, Risotto station and Omelette station

I tried a plate from the risotto station and the taste was really not bad, although I thought the rice was a little uncooked. Perhaps it was supposed to be that way? Al dente, risotto style.

Risotto

Assorted French pastries

Of course, it goes without saying that the Dessert station is the favourite among us girls!

Dessert station

So much variety of cakes and cookies, we’re indeed spoilt for choice!

Yule log

Christmas cookies and everything sweet

Gingerbread house

My absolute favourite of the lot was the chocolate cake! Ahh, it’s simply decadent! The outer layer was rich but not over-powering, and the inner cake was moist and chocolatey. Most importantly, it was not overly sweet. Every bite was just pure joy.

Chocolate cake

Local kuih

Assorted fruit tarts

Marshmallow from chocolate fountain

From the ice-cream counter

For Christmas day itself, Eccucino has Buffet Brunch from 12noon to 4pm, with goodies similar to the X’mas Eve dinner. The X’mas Day Buffet Brunch is priced at RM98++ per person.

And if you love Eccucino’s food so much that you want to return for New Year’s celebration, they also have New Year’s Eve Final Countdown on the 31st of December. The New Year’s Eve Buffet Dinner is priced at RM120++ per person inclusive of a glass of sparkling wine or sparkling juice.

Reservations: Call 03-2170 8888 ext. 8119/8120

2. ENJU Japanese Restaurant

If you’re a Japanese food lover like me, you might want to try out ENJU’s spread for the festive season. ENJU’s Christmas Eve Set Dinner is priced at RM120++ per person, with the following menu:

Kaki oyster cocktail
Mizu gai sashimi
Awabi shiru
Nama tarabagani
Ise ebi age to inaniwa udon
Yashinomi mango pudding

Kaki oyster cocktail is an exquisite blend of fresh oysters wrapped with dried seaweed, grated white radish and spring onions with citrus soy dressing. The oysters used are really huge, fresh and juicy. Oyster lovers would love them!

Kaki oyster cocktail

Kaki oyster

Giant crab leg

I had the privilege to try the giant crab leg and it was oh-so-delectable! Never had I tasted such fresh seafood before, and such huge and fleshy meat too.

Steamed crab leg

For New Year’s eve, ENJU will be featuring the New Year’s Eve Osechi Kaiseki at RM130++ per person inclusive of a glass of sparkling wine, sake or sparkling fruit juice. The menu is as follows:

Starter: Age kamo aka sake
Appetizer: Kuromane, datemaki, gyuniku aspara
Soup: Ozoni soup
Sashimi: Kuruma ebi, suzuki
Agemono: Mochiko age
Yakimono: Dofu dengaku
Shokuji: Tenzaru somen
Age nasu sushi
Dessert: Macha cheese pudding and goma ice-cream

Are you drooling yet?

For reservations at ENJU, call 03-2170 8888 ext. 8203

3. Tai Zi Heen

The award-winning Chinese restaurant, Tai Zi Heen has also prepared something from their cuisine to celebrate Christmas and New Year. Their X’mas Set Dinner Menu is served on X’mas Eve and X’mas Day, including:

Tai Zi Heen Cold Appetizer Trio
Braised pearl shark’s fin with crab meat and crab roe in superior broth
Sauteed diced beef tenderloin with leeks, crispy sliced garlic and honey peas in a Vietnamese rice paper basket
Braised sea cucumber with jade shell fish in sauteed baby cabbage
Wok-fried glass noodles with prawns, grouper and squid
Milk pudding with passion fruit coulis

The set dinner is priced at RM158++ per person inclusive of a glass of sparkling wine, sparkling juice or red wine.

Tai Zi Heen table setup

Shanghai xiao long bau

Sauteed diced beef tenderloin with leeks, crispy sliced garlic and honey peas in a Vietnamese rice paper basket

Braised sea cucumber with jade shell fish in sauteed baby cabbage

The shark’s fin presentation was one of its kind. Instead of the usual shark’s fin noodle-like presentation, Tai Zi Heen served them solid in the form of the fin itself! That way, you can be sure that what you eat is really genuine and of high quality.

Braised pearl shark’s fin with crab meat and crab roe in superior broth

Tai Zi Heen’s Dessert Plate

As for New Year’s Eve celebration, Tai Zi Heen has specially prepared the menu with a myriad of culinary offerings for the New Year’s Eve Set Dinner:

Crispy roasted chicken with sauteed foie gras and mango herb salad
Double-boiled shark’s fin soup with sun dried seafood
Wok-fried blue river prawn and eggplant with Szechuan hot bean paste, served with steamed mantau
Seasonal green vegetables stir-fried with macadamia nuts
Fresh crab meat and egg white fried rice topped with crispy sun dried scallops

Dessert Plate
Vanilla ice-cream with fresh mango puree, sago and pomelo
Chocolate whisky siew mai
Crispy green tea pudding
Deep-fried water chestnut spring roll

So much variety to choose from! Wait, not choose, you can actually have ALL of them at the price of RM158++ per person inclusive of a glass of sparkling wine or sparkling juice.

For reservations at Tai Zi Heen, call 03-2170 8888 ext. 8200

Camwhoring session

The chefs: Master Chef Thomas Lim from ENJU and Chef Ricky Thien from Tai Zi Heen

If you haven’t made any plans for Christmas or New Year’s eve, do give Prince Hotel’s team of culinary experts a try! They never compromise on food quality as well as dining experience. Plus, every other restaurant in town will be charging a bomb anyway, so you might as well dine in style.

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