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Do hop over to celebrate your Christmas 2018 at the Straits Café & Lounge @ Ixora Hotel, Bandar Perai Jaya, Penang, with sumptuous gourmet dining, lucky draw, meet and greet with Santa Clause and Ixora’s mascot Hitam San as well as the smooth sounds from Nova Band duo performance are all part of the splendid celebrations. Table reservations are highly recommended. Call +604-382 8888 or email info@ixorahotel.com for further enquires.

Do check out the wonderful promotion this year as there are also the early birds deals of “Come 4 Pay 3” with advance payment before 20 December 2018.

The festivities begin with Christmas Eve Flaming Buffet Dinner follow by Christmas Day Buffet Lunch with a wide range of buffet menu specially designed by our culinary experts. For a gastronomic feast, The Straits Café features a marvelous buffet spread including chicken lasagna, seafood thermidor, specially prepared seafood chowder soup, barbecued baby lamb, marinated chicken chop and marinated beef, mouthwatering slow roasted turkey with cranberry sauce and plenty more along with a wonderful chocolate fountain and selection of Christmas’s traditional and contemporary desserts. Last but not least, taste your way through our list of house-pouring wines from Australia, handpicked for your indulgence at only RM25+ per glass or RM100+ per bottle.

Christmas Eve Flaming Buffet Dinner
24th December 2018, 7.00pm until 10.30pm
Selling Price at RM108+ (Adult) and RM58+ (Child)
Promotion: Come 4 Pay 3 (Adult only, full payment before 20th Dec 2018)
Book & pay online link (Christmas Eve): https://shop.ixorahotel.com/product/christmas-eve-flaming-buffet-dinner-for-4-adults/

The festivities continue with a lavish Christmas Day Buffet Lunch, opens with a fine selection of buffet spread of cold cut platter along with delicate main course, a pasta action stall alongside the chef’s special slow roasted turkey is one of the many culinary highlights. Be spoilt for choice of dessert buffet which offer specialties such as Christmas pudding, strawberry and praline log cake, apple crumble with vanilla sauce, chocolate tart, assorted Christmas cookies and stollen short bread.

Christmas Day Buffet Lunch
25th December 2018, 12.00noon until 2.30pm
Selling Price at RM68+ (Adult) and RM48+ (Child)
Promotion: Come 4 Pay 3 (Adult only, full payment before 20th Dec 2018)
Book & pay online link (Christmas Day): https://shop.ixorahotel.com/product/christmas-day-buffet-lunch-for-4-adults/

From Christmas log cake to savory roasts, guest may select from a range of festival treats and handcrafted pastry available for takeaway from The Straits Café. Perfect for gatherings at home with friends and family or as gifts for loved ones.

X’Mas Roasted Turkey To Go
Price at RM480+ per bird with condiments
Pre-order 3 days in advance from 15th to 25th December 2018
Note: As for their “Turkey To Go” with various condiments, you could order the bird from 15th until 25th December 2017 at RM460nett per bird. 3 days advanced booking is required with a RM200 deposit and the item is only available for takeaways.

X’mas Bakery
Satisfy your yum this holiday season with our delicious Christmas Pudding, Christmas Log Cake or Christmas Fruits Cake for RM50+ each / 500gm. Pre-order 3 days in advance from 1st to 31st December 2018
Note: For the whole month of December 2017, you could also order some of the festive desserts as below. 3 days advanced booking is required with a 50% deposit of the item.

– Christmas Yule Log – RM50nett/cake (500g)
– Christmas Pudding 0.5kg – RM50nett each
– Christmas Yule Cake 0.5kg – RM50nett each
– Fruit Cake 0.5kg – RM50nett each

Other than the various spreads of delicious savory and sweet items, you would also get to try out the Cocktail & Mocktail of the month (December 2018) which would consist of “Christmas Rudolph” (Cocktail – RM22nett) and “Santa Punch” (Mocktail – RM18nett).

Here are some of the dishes available during this festive season:

Do also check out their current European Cuisine Buffet Lunch for December 2017 from Monday until Friday, 12.00pm-2.30pm at Straits Café & Lounge with 4 different menus on rotation weekly. Some of the highlights would include Cream of Garlic with Oysters, Prawn Gumbo Soup, Slow Braised Chicken Stew with Vegetables, Braised Lamb with Tomatoes and Capsicums, Fillet of Fish and Potato Baked, Braised Vegetables with Tomato Sauce-Ratatouille, Burnt Cream, Chocolate Choux Puff and more.

Getting to The Straits Café @ Ixora Hotel won’t be hard as it’s just located next to the Megamall Shopping Complex at Bandar Perai Jaya. If you are coming from the island via the 1st Penang Bridge, just look out for the second exit on your left upon reaching the mainland. Drive all the way via Jalan Baru until you reach the 1st traffic lights. Turn left into Jalan Perai Jaya 1 and you can see Ixora Hotel at the junction of Jalan Baru/Jalan Perai Jaya 1. Drive straight for about 10m and you can see the basement car park on your left. Park your car and go up Level 1 and you can see the café & lounge there.

Name: STRAITS CAFÉ & LOUNGE @ IXORA HOTEL
Address: Jalan Baru, Bandar Perai Jaya, 13600 Perai, Penang, Malaysia.
Contact: 604-382 8888
Business Hours: 6.00am-10.00am (breakfast), 12.00pm-2.30pm (Lunch), 6.00pm-10.00pm (Dinner)
GPS: 5.378357, 100.398322

RATING:
Ambience: 8/10 (1-4 cheap, 5-7 average, 8-10 classy)
Food Choices: 8/10 (1-4 limited, 5-7 average, 8-10 many choices)
Taste: 7.5/10 (1-4 tasteless, 5-7 average, 8-10 excellent)
Pricing: 8/10 (1-4 cheap, 5-7 average, 8-10 expensive)
Service: 8/10 (1-4 bad, 5-7 average, 8-10 excellent)