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Jacqueline Tsang

With the Christmas season looming, it's time to indulge in a festive spread
Cafe de Paris
23 Elgin Street, SoHo, Central
28100771
Experience Parisian elegance at Cafe de Paris this New Year's Eve. The cosy French decor provides the perfect romantic setting for a delectable meal of ocean-fresh steamed mussels or tenderloin steaks.  The dinner costs  HK$588 and includes a complimentary glass of champagne at midnight.
Club JJ's
Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road
25847662
JJ's offers everything from dinner and music to an all-night party on New Year's Eve. Choose between the set dinner and a la carte menu at the Thai & Grill  between 6pm and 11pm, complete with party favours (HK$850 minimum). Then head to the Music Room for drinks and dancing at Club JJ's New Year's Eve Bash from 8pm to 4am. The live international band Seven Senses will be playing, and a DJ will be showing off his mixing skills from 9pm onwards.  Admission free to diners at Thai & Grill.
DiVino Wine Bar and  Restaurant
73 Wyndham Street, Central
21678883
DiVino (below) serves up a divine menu this New Year's Eve (HK$622), with an array of hot and cold starters to go with the main courses and tempting desserts. Start your meal with freshly shucked oysters, cherry mozzarella skewers, crostini with homemade pate, ripe-vine tomato with fresh goat's cheese and fine herbs, or go for a hot starter like the deep-fried rice bowl with buffalo mozzarella, or vol-au-vents filled with porcini and ricotta cheese. Finish off  with a mini Tiramisu, or the devilishly rich panettone and pandoro served with cream of mascarpone and Grand Marnier. Guests also receive a complimentary glass of  Majolini Brut to celebrate the beginning of a new year.
Goccia Ristorante E Bar
G/F 73 Wyndham Street, Central
21678181
Michelin-star chef Francesco Brocca serves up a mouth-watering  dinner (HK$1,080)  to end the year, and guests who book early will  receive a complimentary glass of champagne.   Goccia (main picture and above) offers live DJ music over a hearty Italian meal, which includes smoked swordfish carpaccio served with Tropea red onion and caviar and  crepes filled with sea scallops. Celebrate the Beijing Olympics with a special dessert entitled 2008 Chinese Olympic Games delight.  The Chater Lounge
1/F The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
3 Connaught Road, Central
28776666 (ext 8307)
The Chater Lounge (above) offers an extensive gourmet menu for the Christmas season, with a festive tea buffet featuring delicacies such as goose liver mousse on ginger brioche, smoked salmon and ricotta cheese rolls, mushroom vol-au-vent with fresh herbs, tandoori chicken chapatti, or vegetable samosas with mango chutney.  Dessert specialities  include a mini chestnut mille-feuille, chocolate chestnut macaroons and red berries 'Manjari' cream. The chocolate station offers chestnut dumplings, crepes, and a variety of ice creams and sorbets. This tea buffet is offered exclusively at the Chater Lounge until the December30 (HK$258/adult, HK$168/child).
H one
4/F IFC Mall, Central
28050638
H One (right), the exclusive Harlan G  group restaurant, serves up a number of festive menus for the season. On New Year's Eve, prepare for 'Fantasy Night', a dinner (HK$1,888) complete with elaborate decorations and costumes, as well as live music from Junior Carpio.  Dance until dawn and enjoy the fireworks from this prime harbourside location.
Inagiku
4/F Four Seasons Hotel,
8 Finance Street, Central
28050600
Zen out in Inagiku's brown and gold interior (below), decorated with a blend of modern Japanese art and the traditional Edo style, while enjoying lunch or dinner this New Year's. The lunch menu (HK$500) includes  crab meat, chrysanthemum and mizuna with a light soy sauce, as well as  Teppanyaki Australian wagyu beef roll and tomato salad. The Crab Kaiseki dinner menu (HK$1,980) offers crab hotpot, Tsuwai crab dumpling soup and deep-fried taro with crab meat and bean curd sheet sauce, among other culinary delights.
JW's California & Sushi Bar
JW Marriott Hotel, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
28413899
Lunch is served between noon and 3pm on Boxing Day and on the day of New Year's Eve, but it is the set dinner (below) on the night of December31 that will serve as the highlight of the season. This six-course feast is offered between 7pm and 1am (HK$1,800), and kicks off the new year with free-flowing champagne, a jazz trio for live entertainment, and several countdown activities.
Le Cafe
Novotel Century Hong Kong
238 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai
25076663
Le Cafe offers two buffets on Boxing Day. The lunch buffet (HK$248/adult, HK$108-HK$148/child) runs between noon and 2.30pm, and among the truffle risotto, flambe desserts, lamb and turkey rack, there is also unlimited fruit punch, a  food table for children, and a Christmas cookie-making class with Santa himself. The dinner buffet (HK$338/adult, HK$138-HK$238/child) boasts unlimited  draught beer and house wine, all-you-can-eat pan-fried foie gras, a lobster flambe station and flambe desserts. On New Year's Eve the lunch (HK$188/adult,  HK$108-HK$148) and dinner menus (HK$398/adult, HK$138-HK$238) stay the same, but there is a special New Year's Eve Late Supper Buffet (HK$198/adult, HK$88/child) that serves unlimited fruit punch  over a TV countdown.
Lobby Lounge
Kowloon Shangri-La, 64 Mody Road, Kowloon
27212111
The Celebration Supper Buffet  will be treating  tastebuds to wagyu beef this New Year's Eve, as well as a deluxe seafood platter per table. Held between 9.30pm and 12.30pm, dinner guests may bring children along to enjoy the countdown celebrations (HK$588/adult, HK$488/child), and each adult gets a glass of champagne to bring in the beginning of the new year.
Lotus Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge
37-43 Pottinger Street, Central
25436290
Australian chef Will Meyrick creates a Southeast Asian-inspired menu for this season's festivities. He teams up with celebrity cocktail mixologist Grant Collins to create an exquisite dinner and drinks menu (HK$1,018) for New Year's Eve. The cocktail bar (above) will be open all night, and diners can enjoy a glass of Moet et Chandon Rose upon arriving, followed by a degustation menu and wine pairing, as well as complimentary entry to the DJ party later.
Main St. Deli
The Langham Hong Kong
8 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
23751133
If you've seen the movie, you'll love the food; Main St. Deli (right) has created a Ratatouille-inspired three-course menu suitable for all ages. The menu will be available until December30 (HK$238), and includes Gusteau's Ratatouille soup, Remy's lobster mac 'n' cheese, and Colette's crepe suzette. New York-style Yuletide set lunches, dinners and festive turkeys will also be available to those looking for more traditional affair.
Peel Bar
U/GF 21Elgin Street, SoHo 28100766
Celebrate New Year's Eve with your significant other with Peel's cosy New Year's Eve for two  offer, which offers delightful canapes and antipasti platters along with a bottle of champagne (HK$980/two).
The Peninsula Hong Kong
Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
29202888
The Peninsula has a lot to offer this New Year's Eve, with everything from dinner and music to drinks and dancing. Guests who arrive at 7.30pm can head to the forecourt to enjoy their cocktails, then visit their respective restaurants for the New Year's Eve Gala Dinner (Chesa/HK$2,188, Felix/HK$3,288, Gaddi's/HK$3,588, Imasa/HK$1,688, The Lobby/HK$2,488, Spring Moon/HK$1,988, The Verandah/HK$2,088). Entertainment will be  laid on at each of the venues, featuring the talents of SensationOn28,  a strolling musician, and the restaurant's own bands. After dinner, guests are invited to The Lobby for dancing and celebrating the countdown, partying to the musical talents of Rhythm and Harmony.
MO Bar
The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, 15Queen's Road Central,
The Landmark, Central,  21320077
For one night pretend to be James Bond at the  hotel's Casino Oriental 2008 bash on New Year's Eve. The live saxophone and DJ provide the perfect ambience for  a three-course Casino Oriental dinner (HK$2,008), with a spinning roulette in the background. Or  simply opt for the drinks-only package (HK$1,100) which starts from 9pm onwards. Night owls may join the New Year's Eve Party after midnight for HK$580, and everyone at MO Bar  will be able to enjoy the open bar with unlimited Veuve Clicquot champagne all night long.
Olea
Lobby Level, Novotel Citygate,
51 Tung Chung Rd, Tung Chung
36028818
Olea (right) at the Novotel Citygate is offering a festive Mediterranean brunch buffet (HK$248) between 11am and 2.30pm on Boxing Day, December31, and January1, and a five-course dinner for New Year's Eve (HK$488). The dining experience includes party favours, and Santa Claus will be making his rounds on those days with presents for children.
Opia
Jia Boutique Hotel, 1 Irving St, Causeway Bay
31969100
Opia's executive chef Dane Clouston  is serving up a six-course dinner until December 30 (HK$788) for the end-of-year celebrations, featuring Japanese-inspired starters along with an exotic main course and dessert menu. Choose from a variety of delicacies including steamed quail dumplings with chilli jam and crispy sambal garnish, crispy-skin Arctic sea bass with a sweet prawn relish, chive potato cake and beetroot cress. For dessert, try the strawberry trifle with Pedro Ximenez  jelly with vanilla sponge cream custard and pistachio nuts praline. On New Year's Eve, Opia offers a seven-course menu (HK$1,288, HK$1098 for early bookings), and includes a welcome cocktail as well as a glass of champagne for the countdown to 2008. The menu features  seared foie gras with milk chocolate coffee syrup,  a main course of sea bass with crab tortellini and butter poached crayfish tail, introduced with a champagne sorbet cleanser.
Promenade Restaurant
7/F Harbour Plaza Metropolis, 7 Metropolis Drive, Hung Hom, 31606888
Take in the spectacular view of Victoria Harbour on December31 at the buffet (HK$498/adult, HK$358/child), featuring classic holiday cuisine such as roasted Norbest turkey and honey-glazed ham with chestnut stuffing, as well as inventive new dishes like the Emince of Venison 'Forestiere' - game meat mixed with mushroom red wine sauce, and baked avocado and crab meat 'Boracay'. Indulge in the ginger chocolate souffle (right) or pudding for dessert while enjoying the live entertainment.
Stormies Crab Shack and Crow's Nest Lounge
G/F-2/F, 46 D'Aguilar Street,
Lan Kwai Fong, 28455533
Indulge in a good old surf and turf meal at Stormies Crab Shack on New Year's Eve. Go for the five-course New Year's Eve dinner (HK$475), or order a la carte from a wide selection of hearty choices. Favourites include the bucket of clams and mussels assortment with white wine sauce,  in addition to the creamy Boston clam chowder with garlic and herb croutons. Enjoy the smooth alcoholic blends served up by the expert bar manager at Crow's Nest Lounge, or party  away with an open bar for HK$800, which includes standard drinks, house wines, bottled and draught beer, and of course, Moet et Chandon until the ball drops at midnight.
Top Deck at the Jumbo
Shum Wan Pier, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen
25523331
Top Deck offers a variety of festive menus for the season. A special four-course set dinner (HK$388) will be available until December 30 on Tuesday to Thursday and Sunday evenings. Highlights from the menu include prosciutto with mozzarella di bufala, grilled Angus beef sirloin, and the traditional Christmas pudding with vanilla and brandy butter. A seafood brunch menu will be available on Boxing Day from 11.30am to 4.30pm (HK$398/adult, HK$260/child), featuring  Australian fresh prawns with vodka-dill sauce, smoked Scottish salmon, turkey with stuffing and gravy, honey-glazed Virginia ham with pineapple-madeira gravy, and for dessert, a chocolate and orange mousse log cake.  Champagne, spiced mulled wine and sodas will be free-flowing.
Tuscany by H
G/FGrand Progress Building,
58-62 D'Aguilar St, Lan Kwai Fong
25229798
Celebrate this New Year's Eve, La Notte di San Silvestro, in traditional Italian style at Tuscany by H (right), with the five-course banquet (HK$980), featuring Italian-accented dishes such as hand-sliced Tuscany ham and Castelmagno cheese tortino with honey truffle dressing, in addition to tuna carpaccio, and wagyu beef with fondant potato, asparagus and Amarone wine sauce, finished off with the 'Grand New Year's Dessert'. Thirsty diners may also enjoy fine Italian wines from one of Hong Kong's most extensive cellars, with prices ranging from HK$400 to a staggering HK$60,000.
Watermark
ShopL, Central Pier No7
(Star Ferry), 21677251
Enjoy a 270 degree view of Victoria Harbour with dinner at Watermark this season. On New Year's Eve, enjoy a menu that includes tomato confit consomme with Mache lettuce and truffle, in addition to marinated ahi tuna and foie gras with apple and vanilla (HK$1,188). Treat post-party exhaustion the next day with the restaurant's New Year's Day Recovery Brunch (HK$398), featuring an appetizer buffet with seafood, meats, and salads, complete with a cereal bar for the morning people. Alternatively, guests may order from the carvery or a la carte from the kitchen, and toast  the beginning of a new year with Pinot Noir mulled wine.
Zuma
5/F, 6/F The Landmark Atrium, Central, 36576388
Award-winning chef Rainer Becker  brings out the authentic flavour and quality of his ingredients in this season's menu. Dinner on New Year's Eve (HK$1,688 or HK$1,388 early sitting) includes a welcome drink, after which guests may enjoy Becker's twist on Japanese cuisine, choosing from dishes such as an eclectic hand-roll of o-toro, amaebi and oscietre caviar, miso-marinated foie gras, or pork belly with black truffles. The DJ will hit the lounge at 9.30pm, where groups may share cocktail dishes  (HK$1,288),  and enjoy the variety of drinks (below).
Scala
Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, 1Harbour Road, Wan Chai
28028888
Scala makes sure  diners are well fed this holiday season with several multi-course lunch and dinner sets. Stop by the restaurant between 6.30pm and 11pm on Boxing Day, and relish the five-course  dinner set (HK$600). Lighter eaters will prefer the New Year's Eve set lunch, a festive three-course menu  (HK$245) available between noon and 3pm. For the perfect filling meal to finish the year, purchase a ticket for the seven-course New Year's Eve dinner, which comes with champagne and party favours (HK$1,280), available between 6.30pm and 1am. An extra glass of champagne will be provided for the momentous countdown.



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