Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel is offering "Warm Green Christmas" accommodation packages that encompass refreshing treatments for guests, while children can have fun in the hotel's game room and creative workshop enjoying an exclusive "Astro Boy" Christmas gift pack. The hotel's Cafe Lagoon is serving an international dinner buffet with Christmas specials - including Roasted Chestnut Stuffed Turkey with Cranberry Sauce; Honey Glazed Ham, and Character Iconic Cake. Wine lovers should not miss the Champagne Brunch Buffet at the Atrium Lobby Lounge serving sumptuous seafood with unlimited flow of champagne, red wine and white wine.

For details, please call 2452 8355.

Taste restaurant at Ibis Hong Kong Central and Sheung Wan Hotel is offering a Christmas Eve and Christmas Day buffet lunch priced at HK$208 ($26.83) per adult and HK$148 per child, with a buffet dinner priced at HK$388 per adult and HK$308 per child. On New Year's Eve, Taste will serve a buffet dinner priced at HK$408 per adult and HK$308 per child. Buffet choices range from fresh seafood such as lobster, stone crab, smoked salmon, to festive dishes such as Traditional Roasted Christmas Turkey served with Trimmings and Condiments and Roasted Bone Ham with Black Pepper Sauce, Gravy and Mustard.

For reservations, please call 2252 2929.

Indulge yourself at Metropark Hotel Wanchai, Hong Kong, with a series of sweet and heart-warming culinary creations that offer a sublime gustatory experience! Le Chef, the hotel's signature fusion restaurant, is presenting a new four-course seasonal tasting menu that makes the best use of winter ingredients - including seasonal fruits and vegetables like pumpkins and pears - and is available until Jan 31, 2013. Priced at an amazing HK$398 (plus 10 percent service charge), the four-course tasting menu is paired with three fine wines from Greece. Click "Like" on the Le Chef Facebook page for a 50 percent discount on the a la carte dinner menu till Dec 18.

For more discount information, please call 2863 7345.

Cafe Renaissance, The Lounge and Scala at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Hong Kong have prepared a variety of exquisite cuisines for the festive season - including contemporary Italian dishes, bounteous buffets and seasonal delicacies. The six-course Christmas Day Set Dinner provided at Scala, for example, offers a festive menu with a glass of champagne at HK$738 per person. At Cafe Renaissance, kids under six accompanied by paying adults can enjoy the festive buffet for free. The Lounge is offering Christmas Charity Afternoon Tea with the optional purchase of a plush reindeer toy priced at HK$100. The money will go to the Hong Chi Association to support their charity projects.

(HK Edition 12/14/2012 page12)