Cuisine

Dine around the world

The Westin Bund Center Shanghai is presenting a special buffet dinner menu on Dec 24, featuring 12 different nations' food from around the world. The live interactive cooking stations, free-flow beverages, live performances by acrobats, opera singers and dancers are all part of the dinner. 021-6335-1888

Gift of gastronomical bliss

Banyan Tree Shanghai On The Bund will offer a Christmas Eve dinner. Ravioli of smoked salmon with oyster, cucumber and salmon and sea vegetables and char roe can be selected. 021-2509-1188

Christmas lunch buffet

Swissotel Beijing, Hong Kong Macao Center offers a lunch buffet on Christmas Day at 488 yuan for two adults and one child under 12 and 268 yuan per adult including service charges. 010-6553-2288 Ext 2127

Opening specials

Banyan Tree Tianjin Riverside has opened its new restaurant, The Grill, and guests who visit before Dec 31 will enjoy one glass of sparkling wine and get a credit toward the next visit equal to 50 percent of the bill. 010-5861-9999 Ext 8240

Langham restaurant update

The Langham, Xintiandi is unveiling its newly rebranded signature Chinese restaurant, T'ang Court, transitioning from its former name Ming Court. A wide selection of authentic Cantonese cuisine can be enjoyed, some of which has won numerous honors over the years. 021-2330-2232