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To usher in the auspicious Lunar New Year 2020 of the Yang Metal Rat, Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa and Golden Sands Resort, Penang will present an array of Chinese New Year delicacies, featuring the traditional Prosperous Yee Sang tossing, starting on Chinese New Year’s Eve. The Yee Sang consists of Raw Fish with Shredded Vegetables Plum Sauce, Salmon, Marinated Cuttlefish, decorated with Whole Pomelos and Mandarin Oranges. For more details and reservations, please call Spice Market Café @ Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa at +604-888 8888 or Garden Café @ Golden Sands Resort at +604-886 1911 or Sigi’s Bar & Grill @ Golden Sands Resort at +604-886 1852 today.

On Chinese New Year’s Eve, Spice Market Café, Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa’s signature restaurant, will feature a Spring Time Buffet Dinner at RM288nett per adult, RM144nett for children below twelve years old and free for children below six years old. Guests can expect a wide range of delicacies, such as the Eight Treasure Soup with King Crabmeat, Sea Cucumber, Dried Scallop and Mushroom, Assortment of Fresh Tuna, Jellyfish with Shredded Roast Duck and Ginger Flower Dressing, plus many other scrumptious decadent treats. On Chinese New Year’s Day, Spice Market Café will feature a Chinese New Year Buffet Brunch at RM198nett for adults, RM99nett for children below twelve years old and free for children below six. The Brunch will be served from 12.00pm until 3.00pm. On the first and second evening of Chinese New Year, 25 and 26 January, Spice Market Café features the Spice & Happiness Buffet Dinner priced at RM268nett per adult and RM134nett per child. Some of the highlights are Roasted Prime Rib with Black Pepper Sauce, Sirloin with Herbs, Mustard, Horse Radish, Roasted Potatoes, Roasted Duck, Soy Chicken and Condiments, Double Boiled Chicken Soup with Ginseng Roots and Wolfberries, Fish Maw Soup with Chinese Herbs and Scallops as well as specially crafted Snow Fungus with Gingko Nut Red Dates and Dried Longan and Peanut Cream Soup with Chinese Pancake, a sweet way to end the scrumptious meal. The spread on both days are slightly different, offering guests refreshing options each night.

Over at Golden Sands Resort, Penang, Garden Café will feature a Happiness Reunion Buffet Dinner on Chinese New Year’s Eve and a Reunion Chinese Set Dinner. The Reunion Chinese Set Dinner is for tables of 10 and includes a bottle of red wine which is priced at RM1,388 nett per table. The Happiness Reunion Buffet Dinner includes a complimentary glass of mocktail and entertainment by the Chinese Orchestra is priced at RM128nett per adult, RM64nett per child below twelve years old and free for children below six years old. The Happiness On the first and second day of the Chinese New Year, 25 and 26 January 2020, Garden Café will serve a Fatt Choy Brunch at RM118nett per adult, RM59 per child below twelve years old and free for children below six years old. Some highlights include the “Yee Sang” accompanied with Norwegian Smoked Salmon, Oven Roasted Australian Beef Striploin, Mandarin Orange Flan, Iced Longan with Honey Sea Coconut and other delectable dishes. The first evening of Chinese New Year is celebrated with a feast of Fortune Seafood Buffet Dinner at Garden Café. Priced at RM128nett per adult and RM64nett per child, the buffet has an amazing spread with favouites such as Fish of Prosperity “Yee Sang” accompanied with Tasmanian and Smoked Salmon, Wok-fried Prawns and Salted Egg, Singapore Chili Crab Steamed Red Lion with Superior Sauce and some wonderful desserts to complete the meal; Marble Cheese Cake and Chilled Dried Longan with White Fungus and Gingko.

At Sigi’s Bar & Grill, there will be a Prosperity BBQ Buffet Dinner served from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. on 26 January 2020, the second day of Chinese New Year. Priced at RM128 nett per adult and RM64nett per child including a mocktail, some of the special an array of specialty such as the Roasted Whole Chicken with Asian Flavors, Five Spices NZ Striploins, Chinee BBQ Whole Lamb, Slipper Lobster, Assorted French Pastries, Assorted Nyonya Kuih and an assortment of CNY Cookies.

For those who would like to celebrate at home, Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa’s Rasa Deli provides takeaway Yee Sang for guests and their loved ones to enjoy. The various flavors of this year’s Yee Sang include Salmon, priced at RM100nett; Jellyfish and Abalone, priced at RM88nett; and Fruits at RM68nett. Availability will be between 24 January and 8 February 2020.

Here are some of the main highlights for the Chinese New Year dishes and desserts.

About Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts: An iconic flagship brand of the Shangri-La Group, currently operates over 80 deluxe hotels and resorts with a room inventory of over 35,000. Renowned for its distinctive Asian hospitality, the Company has properties in destinations of Australia, Canada, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan, Fiji, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sultanate of Oman, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. The group’s award-winning Golden Circle loyalty program extends to all properties of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts worldwide. For more information, visit www.shangri-la.com.

Welcome the year of the rat for the coming Chinese New Year 2020 with special festive menus pepped up the skillful chefs of The Light Hotel, Seberang Jaya, Penang, for you to celebrate with loved ones for social gathering, company departmental get-together, and corporate dinner as well as outside catering services. Fret not our Muslim-Chinese guests as they can also savor the food which are Halal certified by JAKIM and our chefs try their best not to compromise on the authenticity of Chinese festive delicacies. There will be many ongoing promotions as shown in the poster below. This year Grand Prosperity Reunion Buffet Dinner held in The Light Grand Ballroom offers great entertainment from 5-piece Chinese Orchestra and 3-piece live band to accompany you all-night-long. You could also opt for their Blooming Abundance CNY 8-Course Set Dinner from now until the end February 2020 ranging from RM1,088+ onward for 10 persons. Advanced reservations are encouraged. For reservations and enquiries, please contact +604-382 1111 or email to info@thelighthotelpg.com

To start off the prosperous Lunar New Year, toss to good fortune and longevity with the Fatt Choy Yee Sang with Salmon and condiments, which would be available at the DIY buffet counter. The Prosperity Poon Choi, which is literally translated to “Chinese casserole in a basin” is one of the “must have” dishes during this auspicious celebration. If you prefer a la carte order of Prosperity Poon Choi or Treasure Pot it’s also available at RM588+ per serving. You would get to savor an array of seafood, vegetables served with option of either Clear Soup or Tom Yam Soup and selection of 5 types of noodles, seafood on ice – fresh catch of succulent juicy prawns, scallop and crab. There are 10 types of salad and appetizer, smoked salmon platter, 7 choices of homemade dim sum, whereas Nyonya station will be serving fresh popiah and pie tee. The main course dishes would include salt & pepper fried squid, signature salted egg cereal prawns, steamed fish fillet with supreme soy sauce, chicken rice, chicken char siew, roasted duck and steamed herbal chicken. Do try out their famous stir-fried black pepper beef too. Unlike others, this year they have 4 types of soup from Chinese traditional black chicken herbal soup, crabmeat soup, seafood chowder and cream of mushroom soup. Some Western delight would also be featured such as seafood lasagna, chicken & potato pie, pasta and roasted leg of lamb with condiments. Their ready-to-serve action counter varies from noodle station, chef’s specialty Char Koay Teow, longevity noodle soup and Hokkien Mee, chicken/duck rice stall, and more.

You would still get to enjoy The Light Hotel’s signature dishes at a lower scale during this festive season. Not to be missed are their shawarma, chicken biryani alongside mutton curry and potato, best accompanied with Indian bread too.

For that sweet finish, guests can head on to the Dessert Corner that serves assorted cakes such as orange mousse cake, mandarin orange cake, marble cheese cake, French pastries, puddings, traditional Chinese butter cake, Shanghai pan cake, tong yuan soup, cookies and the list goes on.

Do also check out the “Stay & Dine Package” which is inclusive of a “2 Days 1 Night Stay” in Deluxe Room with Complimentary Buffet Breakfast, Evening Cocktail and Chinese New Year Reunion Buffet Dinner from RM388+ for 2 pax. Only applicable on 24 January 2020. Terms and conditions apply.

The Light Hotel is located along Lebuh Tenggiri 2 at Seberang Jaya, Penang. Upon entering the main entrance of the hotel, just drive around to find your parking space at the front of the premises. Walk into the lobby of the hotel and you can see Spice Brasserie on your left.

THE LIGHT HOTEL PENANG
Address: Lebuh Tenggiri 2, Bandar Seberang Jaya, 13700 Seberang Jaya, Penang, Malaysia.
Contact: +604-382 1111
Business Hours: 7.30am-11.00am (Breakfast), 12.00pm-2.30pm (Set Lunch), 7.00pm – 10.30pm (Set Dinner)
GPS: 5.394646, 100.397951

RATING:
Ambience: 8/10 (1-4 cheap, 5-7 average, 8-10 classy)
Food Choices: 9/10 (1-4 limited, 5-7 average, 8-10 many choices)
Taste: 9/10 (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 The Light Hotel: The Light Hotel Penang is wholly owned and managed by The Light Hotel (M) Sdn Bhd. It is located within a fast-developing industrial area of Seberang Jaya, Penang. The 5-star Hotel offers a luxury resort-style experience with a total of 303 rooms of 6 different categories. Its private and fully equipped meeting facilities and boardrooms offer high class stylish business environments which cater to all business needs. Meet your partners or hold your business gatherings in the comfort of our function rooms. Expand the possibilities in fascinating surrounding and ultra-modern interior of The Light Grand Ballroom with 1200 banquet seating or choose from any of the 12 other meeting rooms that caters for a small intimate affair to larger scale events. Opt for a casual all-day dining at Spice Brassiere or an exquisite experience at Flavour@3 that caters for in-door and Al fresco style dining whereas Lumino Lounge serves refined food and beverages as well as fine cigar brands. The beautiful outdoor landscaped swimming pool, gymnasium, sauna room, yoga studio, kid’s playroom, are namely some of the facilities on the 3rd floor, whereas the Spa is located on the Mezzanine floor. The Light Hotel Penang represents the perfect combination of luxurious destination of Delightful Mix of Business and Comfort for a truly unique experience. Visit www.thelighthotelpg.com for more information.

In conjunction with the Chinese New Year 2020, the year of the Yang Metal Rat, Lexis Suites Penang, would be providing guests with a few options for buffet dinner & lunch, set lunch & dinner and Salmon Yee Sang Platter. Please check out the posters below for more information. Prices stated are all in net. Executive Chef, Johnno Fong and his culinary team have prepared a grand reunion buffet dinner on 24 January 2020 (6.30pm-10.30pm), a sumptuous buffet lunch on 25 & 26 January 2020 (12.00pm-3.00pm), set lunch & dinner from 24 January until 8 February 2020 (lunch & dinner time) and Salmon Yee Sang Platter from 20 January – 8 February 2020 (11.00am – 10.00pm). For more details and reservations, please call +604-628 2888 or email to reservations@lexissuitespenang.com today.

The best part is that there are quite a number of activities during the Chinese New Year Eve’s buffet dinner, such as Dou Mask Changing Performance, God of Prosperity/Fortune walkabout, live band performance, and you could walk away with attractive lucky draw prizes. Moreover, the buffet is reasonably priced at RM138 for adult and RM90 for senior citizen/child. Early bird discount of 20% will be given to the adult published price rate of RM138 for those who make their booking from now until 20 January 2020. You can obtain the early bird discount by scanning the QR code below and key in the promo code of LSPCNY20. Terms and conditions apply.

The buffet spread would comprise of many different sections, ranging from salads, cold items, soup, hot dishes, seafood on ice, action counter, fried corner and desserts culminating in an amazing gastronomical journey of food adventure. You could start off the culinary adventure with refreshing greens or savory little bites with assorted dressings and condiments that will get the appetite going. To sooth down the throat, we have piping hot Chinese Emperor Seafood Chowder & Double Boiled Chicken Herbal Soup accompanied by fresh baked bread rolls and butter. You could also enjoy a variety of seafood items on ice before proceeding to the mains. As for the mains, diners will find many signature Oriental style dishes such as Sea Moss Bamboo Pith with Mixed Vegetables, Fatt Choi Seafood and Smoked Chicken Noodles, Braised Bailing Mushroom with Sea Cucumber, Lexis Style Spicy Prawns, Ostrich with Spring Onion, Ginger and Chestnuts, Braised Herbal Duck with Wolfberry among others. A variety of deep-fried items such as Fish Crackers, Tempura Squid & Pumpkin Fritter spices up the mix, and for a different filing, try out the action counters consist of Roasted Whole Smoked Chicken Block with Condiments, Black Pepper and BBQ sauce, Baked Whole Fish with Mai Lai King Sauce, Lexis Style Lobster Wok, classic Steamed Dim Sum’s and Man Tou. Diners will also get to indulge in one the main highlighted items in the buffet which is the “Emperors Twin Dome” consists of Poon Choi and Yook Chin that will ensure the taste buds are tingling in all senses.

Desserts are abundance with Mini French Pastries, Chocolate Fountain with Rock Condiments and Dried Longan Peach Gum with Wolfberry Soup. Of course, you cannot end a Chinese New Year buffet without some succulent Mandarin Oranges, Fortune Cookies, assorted Chinese Cookies and Pandan Tau Fu Fa with Brown Sugar.

There are also some splendid set lunch and dinner promotions. There are three set options to choose from and are reasonably priced at RM988, RM1188 and RM1388 respectively for a table of 10pax. Depending on which you go for, you might get to enjoy signature dishes like Steamed Seabass with Supreme Soya Sauce and Roasted Garlic, Chef’s Special Fried Rice with Diced Chicken and Dried Shrimps wrapped in Lotus Leaf, Steamed Grouper with Emperor Sauce and Chicken Essence, and Double Boiled Exclusive Dried Longan, Lotus Seed with Ginseng Root and Sea Bird Nest. All set lunch and dinner would come with a complimentary Salmon Yee Sang platter for each table.

Here are the 3 set selections.

Here’s a peep at how a RM1188 set package would look like.

For those who just want to indulge in our Salmon Yee Sang platter, they can also purchase one at RM108 per set for 10pax. It is available for dine-in or takeaway.

Thanks to the management of Lexis Suites Penang for having us over for an exciting Chinese New Year preview.

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 towards 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-10.30pm
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 four properties, namely Lexis, Grand Lexis and Lexis Hibiscus, all located in Port Dickson, as well as Lexis Suites Penang, situated at the Pearl of the Orient.

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.

Meat lovers would be happy as The Glasshouse @ The Prestige Hotel, Penang, has just launched its Saturday Dinner and Sunday Lunch Hot Roast Buffet yesterday. The Saturday Hot Roast Buffet Dinner is priced at only RM68+ (adult) and RM58+ (senior citizen) from 7.00pm until 10.00pm on every Saturdays, whereas the Sunday Hot Roast Buffet Lunch is priced at only RM58+ (adult) and RM48+ (senior citizen) from 12.00pm until 2.30pm on every Sundays. You could just add an additional RM50+ for free flow of beer and wine. The restaurant could be rather packed, thus prior reservation is recommended to avoid any disappointment. Please contact +604-217 5888 (Ext. 8024) for reservations.

Basically, there would be 2 main meat options on rotation at the carving station each weekend such as Roasted Herb Whole Chicken, Roasted Beef Sirloin or Roasted Lamb Leg, served with mini Yorkshire puddings, various gravy and condiments.

There would be more dishes available such as DIY salad toss, mixed salad, soup of the day with Cajun sticks and assorted bread slices, starch of the day, fruits and desserts as well as hot and cold beverages.

Here are the dishes at a glance on a typical buffet day.

The Glasshouse is located at the front facade of The Prestige Hotel, Penang, with various cubicle spaces for you to enjoy your meals. There are ample parking spaces within the hotel as well as along the roadside of Gat Lebuh Gereja.

Name: THE GLASSHOUSE @ THE PRESTIGE HOTEL
Address: 8 Gat Lebuh Gereja (Church Street Ghaut), 10300 Penang, Malaysia.
Contact: +604-217 5888 (Ext. 8024)
GPS: 5.416087, 100.343313

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: 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)