Holiday bounty

For the next two weekends, top chefs are eager to put festive feasts on plates in China's capital and across the country, Mike Peters reports.

The Western holiday season that spans Christmas and New Year's Day inspires restaurant chefs to try some of their fanciest flourishes of the year. Whether that means giving weekend buffets an extra layer of gloss (and a better class of bubbly) or a special set menu, big holiday spreads are common now in China's big cities.

And the parties are not just for foreigners.