Greetings from E&O Hotel! For the coming Chinese New Year, E&O Hotel is having 2 dining options: Chinese New Year Steamboat Buffet Dinner and Gong Xi Fa Chai Buffet Dinner.

Chinese New Year Steamboat Buffet Dinner will be available at Sarkies Corner from 7 February to 9 February, 7pm-10.30pm, priced at RM88 nett for adult and RM44 nett for child. Limited seats available with maximum of 80 pax only.

There are 3 types of Broths to choose from among the three: Chicken, Tom Yam and Herbal. Chicken one has the sweetness from the chicken, Tom Yam broth is a bit spicy, but I like it, it is very appetizing. However I would not recommend to those who cannot take spicy. For the Herbal broth, it has a strong herbal taste. People who like herbal will like this broth a lot.

Sauces: Homemade Special Chili Sauce, Coriander Oyster Garlic Sauce, White Radish Spicy Sauce, Sweet Sauce, Tomato Sauce, Chili Sauce, Peanut Sauce, Cut Red Chili, Chopped Garlic, Chinese Parsley, Garlic Oil, Dark Soy Sauce, Light Soy Sauce.
Seafood: Prawn, Brown Cutter Fish, Fish Maw, Sea Cucumber, Salmon Fillet, Baby Squid, Red Snapper, Flower Crab, Green Mussel, Crab Stick, Bamboo Mussel, Top Shell (can), White Promfret, Crab Claw, Sea Asparagus (can), Teochew Fish Dumpling, White Fish Ball, Stuffed Red Chili with Fish Paste, Stuffed Bitter Gourd with Fish Paste, Stuffed Egg Plants with Fish Paste, Vegetable Fish Ball, Stuffed Bean Curd Skin with Fish Paste, Sui Kaw, Bean Curd, Bean Curd Skin, Deep Fried Wanton.

Meat/Eggs: Sliced Beef, Sliced Lamb, Chicken Meat, Sliced Duck, Fresh Eggs, Quail Eggs.

Vegetables: Tang Hao, Long Cabbage, Chinese Spinach, Nai Pak, Local Choy Sum, Iceberg Lettuce, Local Lettuce, Siew Pak Choy, Leek, Carrots.

Mushroom/Noodles: Shimeji Mushroom, Shitake Mushroom, Enoki Mushroom, Abalone Mushroom, Yellow Noodle, Koay Teow, Bee Hoon, Glass Noodle, Udon Noodle.

Desserts: Egg Tart, Chinese Tea Chiffon Cake, Semolina Almond Cake, Festive Cookies, Red Bean Glutinous Rice Ball Soup, Mango Pudding, Assorted Pastries (Selection of 6), Fresh Tropical Fruits.

Chinese Tea Chiffon Cake

Mango Pudding

Semolina Almond Cake

Festive Cookies

Egg Tart

Red Bean Glutinous Rice Ball Soup

Chinese Tea is on complimentary for the Chinese New Year Steamboat Buffet Dinner at Sarkies Corner.

Gong Xi Fa Chai Buffet Dinner is available at Sarkies from 7 February to 13 February, 7pm-10.30pm, priced at RM133.30 nett for adult and RM60.95 nett for child. For free flow of wines and beers, just add on RM66 nett.

Yee Sang is the must item during Chinese New Year. For a table with minimum booking of 6 pax and above, you can request the Yee Sang to be prepared individually (request upon booking). Abalone will be available as an add on with extra charges.

Sea Treasure Seafood Soup

Individual Steamed Herbal Soup

Steamed Fish with Nyonya Sauce

Sauteed Seasonal Vegetable with Two Treasure Mushroom

Wok Fried Prawns with Oat and Butter

E&O Roasted Duck

Lotus Rice with Chicken Meat and Mushroom

Braised Soya Chicken with Black Mushroom

Red Bean Soup with Glutinous Rice Ball

Chinese Pancake

Fruit Punch is on complimentary for Gong Xi Fa Chai Buffet Dinner at Sarkies

Overall, for Chinese New Year Steamboat Buffet Dinner, among the 3 broths provided, I prefer the Tom Yam base as I like something spicy. Chicken and the Herbal base broths are good too! It will be nice if there is an option to have 2 broths at the same time. For the steamboat ingredients, there are a lot of choices. You can take whatever you want from vegetables to meat and seafood. Remember to save some space for the desserts, Red Bean Glutinous Rice Ball Soup and Festive Cookies are my pick.

For Gong Xi Fa Chai Buffet Dinner, it is like a 8 course dinner to me, just that you can keep on getting the food from the buffet spread as long as you are still hungry! The Sea Treasure Seafood Soup, Individual Steamed Herbal Soup, E&O Roasted Duck, Red Bean Soup with Glutinous Rice Ball and Chinese Pancake are those I like the most. Of course, don’t forget the Yee Sang as well.

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Address: 10, Lebuh Farquhar, 10200 Penang, Malaysia
Phone: +604-2222000; Fax: +6042616333
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