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Cheers to seafood

Champagne brunch at Garden Court Restaurant, St. Regis offers guests free flow of chilled Veuve Clicquot champagne. Highlights of the food are fresh French Oyster, Boston lobster, fresh crab, and salmon. There are also more than 20 kinds of pastries, and signature dishes. Norwegian band The Back Yard Band duo with singer Sarah Fullerton performs live on every Sunday morning in the restaurant. 11:30 am-3 pm. 010-6460-6688.

Michelin-star experience

Celebrate Christmas Eve with your loved ones at Scarlett and enjoy a sumptuous five-course dinner by Michelin star experienced chef Emmanuel Zhao, at only 298 yuan net per person. In addition to the most traditional Pat en Croute, he has reinvented unique dishes that deliver the most perfect taste, whether you demand classic or contemporary creativity. Start with seared foie gras, indulge in roasted snow fish, ox-tail parmentier with fresh truffles, and wrap up the meal sweetly with log cake. 010-6552-2880.

Aussie-style Christmas

Crowne Plaza Beijing Park View Wuzhou will prepare an Australian Lady Pop-Star Show on Christmas Eve, along with a seafood buffet and grand lucky draw prizes. Guests stand a chance to win complimentary cruise tickets and whole-year hotel buffet dinner, worth from 1,288-2,888 yuan per person. Add only 500 yuan and you will get one complimentary night stay at superior room, which includes breakfast for two persons. Offer is valid until Feb 28 2013. 010- 8498-2288 Ext 7204.

Year-end party

Organize your year-end party with a lavish buffet and various selections at Aroma, The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing. The buffet offers international gourmet experiences featuring Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Southern Asian and Western dishes from an open kitchen setting, complemented by exciting desserts. 288 yuan per person including soft drinks, beer and wine. Minimum 20 people. Valid from Dec 1-Jan 31. 010-5908-8161.

Nutritious Soups

There is nothing more lovely this winter than drinking a bowl of delicately brewed nutritious Chinese soup, prepared with the finest ingredients. The Oriental restaurant of Traders Hotel, Beijing presents a soup promotion from Dec 15-Jan 31, 2013. Among the soups guests can choose from are double-boiled duck with mushroom and fish maw, oxtail soup, and fish head with herbs. 010-6505-2277 Ext 34.

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