[Bistro on the Mile] Buffet highlights for Christmas and NYE

Christmas is coming and everyone is probably busy making plans on where to go.
Buffets are usually the number one choice because everyone can choose what they want.

Here are the highlights on what is coming up at Bistro on the Mile.

The turkey is a must and the breast was soft and tender complimented deliciously by the cranberry sauce and gravy.

To finish off, the Yule log and chestnut cakes were a sweet ending.

As well as that, other delicious highlights include paella, lobster, lobster soup while you will still find other delicious items like scallop themed dishes which is their current theme.

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BM Christmas highlight dinner items on 24, 25, 31 Dec 2017 where some dishes will be rotated as the list below is just a general scope on what is going to come up.

Cold dishes item for buffet:
Duck foie gras and artichoke pate ( Dinner )
Scallop with beetroot salad
Devilled egg with bacon, Salmon caviar
Galantine of chicken with wild mushroom
Fresh Oysters ( Dinner )

Japanese dishes:
Prawn Tempura
Deep-fried soft shell crab tempura with orange dressing
Roasted eel with mushroom rice and seaweed in Japanese style ( Dinner )
Lobster and scallop cake in Japan style ( Dinner )

Soup:
Lobster Bisque
Double boiled fish maw and chicken soup ( Dinner )

Hot dishes item for buffet:
Braised wagyu beef with port wine sauce and glazed onion, carrot ( Dinner )
Mint, lemon and garlic roasted lamb saddle
Baked lobster Thermidor ( Dinner )
Spanish seafood paella ( Dinner )
Baked oyster with spinach and cheese
Chicken Kiev with dill butter
Deep fried beef brisket with fritter, garlic vinaigrette
Steamed scallop on shell with vermicelli and garlic ( Dinner )
Wok-fried crab with spring onion and ginger ( Dinner )
Wok-fried bay lobster with garlic and chili ( Dinner )
Carving station Roasted pineapple ham
Roasted Turkey
Beef Wellington
Roasted Prime rib ( Dinner )
Sucking pig with condiment ( Dinner )
From the grill Seafood - Mussel, king prawn, Scallops, Salmon, Seabass, Squid
Pan-fried duck liver with caramelized apple ( Dinner )
Lamb chop with rosemary and garlic

Dessert:
Christmas Stollen
Christmas pudding with Vanilla Sauce
Mini mince pies
Chocolate Yule log cake
Chestnut cakes
Croquembouche profiteroles
Pineapple & ginger Pavlova

[Bistro on the Mile]
Holiday Inn Golden Mile
Tel: 23151118
50 Nathan Road,
1st Floor,


[Price list]

Christmas at HABITŪ

Recently went to the Christmas party at HABITŪ where we got to preview the coming delights.

A one-stop-shop for all your festive food and drink, HABITŪ has also invited model and pastry chef Amanda Strang to design a collection of cakes and cookies.

HABITŪ x Amanda Strang White Christmas Collection:

The most luxurious of Amanda’s desserts is the White Christmas Log Cake (HK$688), a
vanilla tiramisu mousse with creamy cranberry and sour cherry jelly on a cranberry dacquoise.
(also available in miniature white Christmas Mini Log Cake for HK$52).

Less decadent but no less delicious is Santa’s Chestnut Pound Cake, (HK$25 per slice), which
features marrons glacé and Belgium chocolate flakes folded inside the French butter pound cake.
Finally, Amanda created Rudolph’s Biscuits (HK$98 per box) which are buttery cookies with
hazelnuts, cranberries and cocoa nibs.

Winter lattes were a colourful choice of matcha, beetroot and turmeric which can be made with coffee or coffee free.

The beetroot one was amazing because you can literally taste blended beetroot in it and the Christmas White truffle drinks come with a winged cup or cookie wings if you have it there.

Foodwise, I liked the festive dishes especially the Linguine Pasta with Smoked Turkey in
Beetroot Cream Sauce which is very Christmassy.

It is really thoughtful that HABITŪ has quite a few vegetarian options such as Sweet potato Beet Wellington and Avocado Organic Quinoa Kale Caesar.

Unknown to me, HABITŪ has an impressive cake library that can be ordered!
I loved the sparkling silver cake and the black cake Gothic table chandeliers.

Thanks to HABITŪ we got to have fun and decorate our own personalized cake.

https://www.habitu.com.hk/

Environmentally Green Christmas Trees at Grand Hyatt Macau

The Xmas Trees at Grand Hyatt Macau are truly green Christmas trees because they are made with used items around the hotel.

You will find seven different Christmas trees made from the following recycled materials: 13,000 glass vases; 3,000 recycled wine bottles collected from banquets and events; 600 party hats; 500 stainless steel kitchen utensils; 300 pastry boxes; 300 soft sheep toys made for Chinese new year; and 200 floating glass bowls.

Guests staying at the hotel for Christmas will be given a tote bag and colour me in postcards with the Christmas tree designs.





















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www.macau.grand.hyatt.com
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[Pacific Coffee] 2015 Xmas treats

I was mainly captivated by the cherry tart and ended up getting other stuff.
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Lemon and almond finger:

These were long strips of crispy puff pastry coated with lemon and almond slices.It tasted like Lemon Puffs with an extremely buttery taste so cookie lovers will like this.
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Cherry pie:

Got the cherry pie because I love cherries but it seems like a hybrid between a pie and tart.It’s more like a tart because it has weird a custard layer beneath the cherries which doesn’t make it a pie, while it looks visually like a pie, the pastry was tart pastry which was hard buttercrust.

Anyway, the custard ruined the taste and made it too sweet hence it didn’t taste like a pie.
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Strawberry vanilla cake:

The chocolate sponge was good but the vanilla mousse was a bit sweet like white chocolate and there was not much strawberry taste.
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Huge gingerbread man

Thanks to Agnes for this huge gingerbread man which is about the size of an A5 sheet.
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gingerbread man:

You can see the size of it compared to the tea spoon on the right.

As it was really big, I had to break it up but the gingerbread man was quite hard and needed immense force to break it and eat it!

The sweetness was just right with a strong ginger taste!
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The packaging for it this year is much nicer.

The vanishing Christmas Tree from Honey Creme

Walked past and saw the new softserve so decided to get it because it was colourful.


First they brush the edges of the cup with green syrup which is probably mint.

Then they pour chocolate and cocoa on the softserve.

After that they put candyfloss on top.



More syrup on top followed by crushed candy canes.


This was my favourite out of all the ones I have tried because the chocolate sauce and the softserve go really well together and the overall taste is not too sweet.
The candyfloss got in the way at the beginning so I only had a bit and disposed of it.