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Many are not aware that you could celebrate your Chinese New Year this year without burning too much on your wallet with the promotions at De Wok & Pan Café @ One Pacific Hotel & Serviced Apartment during this festive season. The café is promoting the Semi-Buffet Lunch (2-4 February 2019 & 7-10 February 2019: 11.30am-2.30pm) at RM28.80nett per pax and Full Buffet Lunch (5&6 February 2019: 11.30am-2.30pm) at RM48.80nett per pax. For more information and reservations, please contact De Wok & Pan Café at +604- 229 3199 now. For the Full Buffet Lunch, any child aged 6 and below can dine for free with one paying adult. To secure your booking, a 50% deposit is required to be paid and early bird would get an additional 10% discount. As for the Semi-Buffet Lunch (regardless of the festive offer), each purchase would be entitled to a stamp and collect 8 stamps to claim a free Semi-Buffet Lunch within a 2-month period.

There would be 3 Main Course options available for your Semi-Buffet Lunch as stated in the poster below.

On top of the selection of your main course, you would also get to enjoy the buffet spreads of soup, salad bar, ice cream, cookies, beverages and more.

You can also check out the menu for the Full Buffet Lunch below.

Here are some of the highlights for the full buffet lunch which inclusive of Thai Mango Kerabu Salad, Five Color Roll Platter, Sze Chwan Soup 红运心欢喜, Deep Fried Fermented Bean Curd Chicken 凤凰展彩堂, Pan Grilled Lamb Cutlet in Mild Pepper Sauce 三羊齐开泰, Crunchy Golden Fried Fish Strips with Citrus Sauce 龙鱼如得水, Wok-Fried Long Cabbage with Three Variety Mushroom 银玉疉满堂, Hot & Fragrance Chili Fried Rice 金沙滚滚来, Golden Fried Tofu with Baby Abalone 新春白玉庭, Fresh Fruit Platter, Jelly in Cup, Variety of Seasonal Cookies, Tong Shui, Coffee, Tea or Fruit Cordial.

The De Wok & Pan Café is located on the left within the premises of the One Pacific Hotel & Serviced Apartment along Jalan Macalister, Penang, and it’s directly opposite the new wing of Loh Guan Lye Specialists’ Centre, Penang. There are ample parking spaces at the front and the back of the building. Take a lift to the first floor and you would see the café cum restaurant there.

Name: DE WOK & PAN CAFE @ ONE PACIFIC HOTEL & SERVICED APARTMENT
Address: 177 Jalan Macalister, 10400 Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.
Contact: 604-612 1128
Business Hours: 7.30am-5.00pm
GPS: 5.419227, 100.317976

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

Let’s start the coming Chinese New Year in welcoming the Year of the Boar by having some great spreads with family and friends. This year, Swez Brasserie at Eastin Hotel, Penang, would be offering various dinner packages for your reunions. For more information and reservations, please contact Eastin Hotel Penang at 04-612 1111 or email info.pg@eastin.com

Here are the promotions available:

Family Reunion Buffet Dinner
Date: 4 February 2019 | 7.00pm – 10.00pm
Price: RM138nett for adult

Chinese New Year Buffet Lunch
Date: 5 & 6 February 2019 | 12.00noon – 2.30pm
Price: RM98nett for adult

Chinese New Year Buffet Dinner
Date: 5 & 6 February 2019 | 7.00pm – 10.00pm
Price: RM118nett for adult

Senior citizens get a 25% discount each and children get a 50% discount per child (6 to 11 years old). An early bird promotion of dine 6 pay 5 applies for full paying adults only and this offer is valid with full payment before 25 January 2019.

The program for the coming Reunion Dinner includes a mask changing show, warrior drums, and clown appearance for the kids. Our hotel’s Lion Dance Performance will be held at the lobby area on 11 February 2019 (Monday) at 9.30am.

You could also purchase their various concoction of Yee Sang as takeaways from 22 January 2019 until 19 February 2019.

Let’s take a look at some of the items available during the coming Chinese New Year Reunion Buffet Dinner 2019 on the eve, 4 February 2019. Of course the main attractions would be their Signature Fortune Yee Sang at the Huat Ah Giant Yee Sang Table, Poon Choi, Yook Poon and other delectable dishes such as the Salad Bar and Chilled Table (Assorted Lettuce with Condiments, Choices of Dressing and Condiments, Honey Dew with Sausage Salad, Thai Spicy Grilled Chicken Salad, Baby Octopus Salad, Thai Young Papaya Salad, Homemade Seafood Terrine, Smoked Salmon Platter, Assorted Sushi with Condiments, Assorted Sashimi with Condiments, Assorted Pickles and Kimchi), Soup (Cream of Asparagus Soup With Croutons, Double Boiled Chicken Broth with Red Dates and Herbs), Hot Dishes (Steamed White Rice, Lotus Leaf Fried Rice with Smoked Turkey & Dried Shrimp, Teochew Mee Teow, Green Mussels with Hot Bean Sauce, Steamed Broccoli with Fatt Choy & Dried Oysters, Sautéed Prawn Meat, Pacific Clam and Cashew Nuts, Fried Chicken with Tonkatsu Sauce, Baked Salmon Fillet with Garlic Herbs Butter, Baked Lamb Chop Provençale, Braised Herbal Duck, Steamed Seabass Fillet “Teochew Style”), Seafood on Ice (Cold Tiger Prawns, Scallops, N.Z Half Shell Mussels, Half Shell Oysters with Condiments, and Cold Snow Crab Legs to be served on platter on each table by their service staff), Action Counter (Roasted Leg of Lamb with Condiments and Black Pepper Sauce and Mint Gravy,Homemade Salmon Gravlax with Condiment) and Desserts (Assorted Fruit Platter, Chocolate Walnut Cheese Cake, French Pastries, Local Kuih, Sesame Balls, Assorted Chinese New Year Cookies, Glutinous Rice Balls, Tao Fu Fa with Brown Sugar, Almond Beancurd & Longans, Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding, Sliced Moist Chocolate Cake, Tiramisu in Cup, Assorted Macaroons, Cold Lin Chee Kang, 3 Types of Ice Cream and Condiments)

Here’s a glimpse at all the delicious items for the night:

You can also check out the other promotions available below:

Thank you to the management of Eastin Hotel Penang for the preview. I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year!

The Swez Brasserie is located at the ring wing of Eastin Hotel, Penang (next to Queensbay Mall). If you are coming from Georgetown towards Bayan Lepas Free Trade Zone via Bayan Lepas Expressway, do watch out for the Pulau Jerejak signboard (leading to Pulau Jerejak jetty). Ignore the turning and drive on to the next left junction. Turn left into Jalan Aziz Ibrahim and drive on until you a roundabout. Turn 3 o’clock and drive on until you see a big Eastin Hotel signboard at the first right junction. Turn right and drive on. Park your car at the basement car park. Take a lift to the first floor lobby and you would see the restaurant there.

Name: SWEZ BRASSERIE @ EASTIN HOTEL
Address: 1 Solok Bayan Indah, Queens Bay, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia.
Contact: 604-612 1128
Business Hours: 12.00pm-2.30pm (Lunch), 6.30pm-10.00pm (Dinner)
GPS: 5.33643, 100.306345

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: 8/10 (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)

About Eastin Hotel Penang: Eastin Hotel Penang is a contemporary International business class hotel. Strategically located within the integrated waterfront development of Queensbay, Eastin Penang is adjacent to Queensbay Mall. Its superb location is minutes’ drive away from the Penang International Airport and the iconic Penang Bridges as well as in the vicinity of the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone. It features 328 meticulously decorated guest rooms and suites, facing the shimmering blue sea and the verdant green hills of Pulau Jerejak, home to tropical rainforest that is over 130 million years old. For more information, please visit www.eastin.com

With the Chinese New Year 2019 barely a month away, what’s the best way to welcome in the Female Brown Earth Pig, the lunar zodiac animal for this year? We could start by indulging in a variety of promotions offered by Lexis Suites Penang this year. There are many packages available such as Chinese New Year Eve Reunion Buffet Dinner, 9-Course Set Dinner or simply enjoy their Prosperous Steamboat Set with your family members and friends. Prices stated are all in nett. For more details and reservations, please call +604-628 2888 or email to reservations@lexissuitespenang.com today.

To start off, you could go for their Prosperous Reunion Buffet Dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year on 4 February 2019 from 6.30pm until 10.30pm for some great and unique selection of delicacies. You would also get to customize your own Prosperity Salmon Yee Sang.

You could also opt for their Prosperous Steamboat Set Dinner, starting 4 February 2019 until 19 February 2019, from 6.30pm until 10.30pm. For all the purchased steamboat set, you would get a complimentary set of Prosperity Salmon Yee Sang. You have the option to choose either two of the soup options such as creamy fish soup, herbal soup, clear soup or tomyam soup. Some of the ingredients for your steamboat would include chicken meat slices, fish fillets, flower crabs, prawns, mushrooms, fish balls, vegetables, noodles and more. Why trouble yourself with all the preparations when you could relax and enjoy your meals and be served like royals at Lexis Suites Penang?

For those planning for a table of 10 persons for the festive gatherings, there are 3 specially created Prosperous 9-Course Set Dinner menus available at Roselle Coffee House, from 4-19 February 2019. They are priced at RM888nett, RM1088nett and RM1388nett respectively. For all the purchased course meals, you would get a complimentary set of Prosperity Salmon Yee Sang.

You could also order their Prosperity Salmon Yee Sang for dine-in or takeaway at RM108nett (10 pax) from 4-19 February 2019 from 11.00am until 10.00pm.

Thanks to the management of Lexis Suites Penang for inviting us over to the wonderful Chinese New Year 2019 food review.

Lexis Suites Penang is located right at the end of Teluk Kumbar before the main road into Gertak Sanggul. In fact, it’s located just next to the Hao You Teluk Kumbar Seafood (公巴好友海鲜). The Roselle Coffee House is located at level 1 of Lexis Suites Penang. Just walk into the main lobby of the resort and move toward the right side of the lobby and you will see the elevator there. Take the lift to the first floor and you would see the restaurant there.

Name: ROSELLE COFFEE HOUSE @ LEXIS SUITES PENANG
Address: 28, Jalan Teluk Kumbar, 11920 Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia.
Contact: 604-628 2888
Business Hours:
Breakfast: 6.30am-10.30am
All Day Menu: 11.30am-10.30pm
Buffet Menu: 6.30pm-11.00pm
Room Service: 24 hours
GPS: 5.287210, 100.232760

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: 8/10 (1-4 tasteless, 5-7 average, 8-10 excellent)
Pricing: 7/10 (1-4 cheap, 5-7 average, 8-10 expensive)
Service: 8/10 (1-4 bad, 5-7 average, 8-10 excellent)

About Lexis Hotel Group: Lexis Hotel Group provides discerning leisure and business guests with practical and luxurious accommodations across various properties in Malaysia. It is steadfast in offering professional management services for hotels and resorts, and has successfully built a strong, profitable and visible premier niche brand in the hospitality industry especially in managing award-winning unique water chalets as well as pool villas. The brand currently manages three properties, namely Lexis, Grand Lexis and the iconic Lexis Hibiscus, all located in Port Dickson. Another upscale property, Lexis Suites Penang, opened for business in the 1st quarter of 2016.

About Lexis Suites Penang: A luxurious resort by the beachfront that stands out as the only hotel on the island which offer guests the luxury of an individual private pool and steam room in every one of its 222 suites. Located at the idyllic Teluk Kumbar, Lexis Suites Penang is about ten minutes’ drive from Penang International Airport. The guestrooms feature two king-sized beds and a host of practical amenities in a spacious enclave, with an awesome view of the sea.

What’s the best way to usher in the Year of the Female Brown Earth Pig during this coming Chinese New Year 2019? It would be to feast with family members and friends at reunion dinners with great ambiance and great food! This year, Straits Café & Lounge @ Ixora Hotel, Bandar Perai Jaya, Penang, would be promoting a few great deals for all to celebrate the auspicious season. You could call in +604-382 8888 to make your reservations or log in the hassle-free online site to pay in advance and enjoy some discounts.

To start off, they have two packages for the Chinese New Year 2019 – Celebration Prosperous Chinese Course Sets (for both lunch & dinner), namely RM988+ for 8-Course and RM828+ for 6-Course. They also do have the Alcoholic Special Promotion, where you could Buy half dozen (6 bottles) and above of HOUSE WINE and get 20% off of NORMAL PRICE, Buy 2 CARLBERG BARRELS and get the 3rd BARREL on HALF PRICE or Buy 2 glasses free 1 glass of Carlsberg draught beer (320ml per glass), applicable at The Straits Cafe only.

Here are some of the dishes available for both courses such as CHEF SPECIAL 5 COMBINATIONS (from 8-Course) which consisted of Mushroom Roll with Fatt Choy Sauce, Fragrant Crunchy Fish Finger, Stir-Fried Pacific Clam with XO Sauce, Breaded Golden Shrimp and Sesame Coral Flower Jellyfish, SEAFOOD TREASURE CHOWDER WITH ABALONE SLICE & FISH LIP (鲍你好势又发财 – from 6-Course), DEEP-FRIED BONELESS CHICKEN BBQ SAUCE (鸿运香脆鸡 – from 6-Course), DEEP-FRIED FIVE SPICE GARLIC PRAWNS SAUCE (嘉官皆进爵 – from 8-Course), STEAMED RED SNAPPER WITH AROMATIC THAI APPLE SAUCE 财运丰收庆有余 – from 6-Course), STEAMED LOTUS LEAF FRIED WITH DRIED & BLACK MUSHROOM (百子千孙齐丰收 – from 8-Course), and more.

You could also enjoy their Chinese New Year Eve Reunion Buffet Dinner (4 February 2019) from 7.00pm to 10.00pm at The Straits Cafe and Lounge. Priced at RM98+ (Adult) and RM68+ (Child aged 4-12), there’s the offer of 15% off for early bird with FULL PAYMENT before 31st January 2019 for the total payment.

Here are some of the buffet items you would get during the promotion. Some of the items are APPETIZER (Tuna & Pasta Salad, Kerabu Chicken Feet With Mango), COLD CUT PLATTER (Smoked Duck Platter), MAIN COURSE (Fried Noodles with Seafood, Stir Fried Green Shell Mussel with Turmeric Sauce, Broccoli & Cauliflower with Pacific Clam, Chinese Herbal Chicken), DESSERTS (Chocolate Tart, Gui Ling Gao Jelly in Bowl, Baked Egg Tartlet, Red Velvet cake), and more.

You could also check out their Prosperous Chinese New Year Yee Sang Galore (Dine-in & Takeaways), which would be available from 20 January 2019 (Sunday) until 19 February 2019 (Tuesday), from 12.00pm to 10.00pm. Two sizes is available at RM108+ (Large: 8-10 pax) or RM88+ (Medium: 3-6 pax). A minimum deposit of RM50nett is required with 3 days advance order.

Getting to the Straits Café & Lounge @ 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: 8.5/10 (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)