This month, we toss up 26 Chinese New Year buffets for your abundant appetite. Log on to www.bites.com.sg for these buffets and more!
Top image: Indulge at Park
BiTES guide:
Price guide (nett)
$ wallet-friendly (below $50)
$$ just can’t resist a splurge ($50-100)
$$$ a special occasion ($100-150)
$$$$ indulgence galore (above $150)
Certified halal [Halal]
Does not serve pork or lard [NPNL]
Kid-friendly facilities [Kid]
ASIAN
Brizo Restaurant and Bar [$$] 
Toss to a prosperous new year at this dinner buffet (19-22 & 26-28 Feb: $65++, 6.30-10.30pm) with golden fortune prawns, imperial herbal sakura chicken soup, and fish maw with superior stock. Relish in the reunion seafood and BBQ dinner buffet ($75++, 18 Feb 6-10.30pm) with steamed Hong Kong style black cod fish, Brizo golden fragrance crab and four special BBQ items done Asian style such as baby pork ribs marinated with char siew sauce. Park Hotel Clarke Quay, 1 Unity Street. Tel: 6593 8855
Cafe Mosaic [$$]
Usher in an auspicious year with a buffet ($58++ adult, $29++ child, 19-22 Feb 12-2.30pm; $88++ adult, $44++ child, 18-21 Feb 6.30-10.30pm) which includes salmon yusheng with strawberry sauce, suckling pig and live cooking stations where chefs serve up Peking duck and chicken coin, wrapping up with deep-fried nian gao. Carlton Hotel Singapore, 76 Bras Basah Road.Tel: 6311 8195
Element [$$]
Have the traditional reunion at this buffet (18 Feb: $48++, 12-2.30pm; $68++, 5.30-10pm) with fatt choy yusheng served at the dinner slot together with local favourites like roasted Peking duck, double boiled shredded abalone soup with sea treasure, and king prawns grilled with XO sauce prepared at the live station. Add $55++ to the Lunar New Year buffet (19 Feb-5 Mar: $49++, 12-2.30pm; $59++, 6.30-10pm) for free flow champagne. Amara Singapore, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road.Tel: 6879 2607
Escape Restaurant & Lounge [$$]
Tuck into ambrosial delights such as eight treasures fish maw soup, braised pig trotter with black moss and dried oyster, braised sea cucumber with roasted duck, and finish off with homemade pan-fried nian gao at this Lunar New Year buffet (9 Feb-5 Mar: $48++, 12-2.30pm; $68++, 6-10pm). One Farrer Hotel & Spa, 1 Farrer Park Station Road.Tel: 6705 7828
Flavours at Zhongshan Park [$$]
Signature dishes have been tweaked to suit the occasion with the carving station changing to beer marinated roasted suckling pig for the Chinese New Year buffet ($58++, 18 Feb 6-10.30pm; $46++, 19-20 Feb 6-10.30pm). Build your own burger and kueh pie tee at the D.I.Y. stations for dinner and create burgers and sandwiches for high tea ($40++, 19-20 Feb 1-5pm). Ramada Singapore at Zhongshan Park, 16 Ah HoodRoad. Tel: 6808 6888
Indulge at Park [$$]
Local delights like wok-fried salted egg baby lobster and paper wrapped chicken await you at this buffet (1 Feb-5 Mar: from $42++, Mon-Sat 12-2.30pm; from $55++, Sun 12-2.30pm; from $55++, Sun-Thu 6.30-10.30pm) while you greet the Chinese New Year. A BBQ buffet (1 Feb-5 Mar: from $62++, Fri-Sat 6.30-10.30pm) is also featured, or opt for the Chinese New Year Eve buffet (18 Feb: $42++, 12-2.30pm; $68.80++, 6.30-10.30pm). Grand Park City Hall, 10 Coleman Street. Tel: 6432 5888
Kintamani Indonesian Restaurant [$$][Halal]
Celebrate Chinese New Year Balinese style at Kintamani with chef duo Kaler and Noldy presenting Nusantara yusheng and festive delights from their halal certified establishment. Furama RiverFront, Singapore, 405 Havelock Road.Tel: 6739 6463
Makan@Jen [$$]
Get ready for Hotel Jen’s first Chinese New Year celebration with a sumptuous buffet ($55++, 18-20 Feb 6.30-10pm) spread including steamed red garoupa with Japanese beancrumbs, dried oysters with black moss, and fresh slipper lobsters. Their seafood buffet (21 Feb-5 Mar: 6.30-10pm; $40++, Sun-Thu; $55++, Fri-Sat) will also include Chinese New Year dishes. Hotel Jen Orchardgateway, Singapore, 277 Orchard Road. Tel: 6708 8899
Princess Terrace [$$]
Celebrate the Chinese side of Peranakan heritage at the Pre Festive Spring buffet (2-18 Feb: $48++, Mon-Fri 12-2.30pm; $52.80++, Sat-Sun & PH 12-2.30pm; $52.80++, Mon-Thu 6.30-10pm; $56.80++, Fri-Sun & PH 6.30-10pm) and the Lunar New Year Heritage Buffet (19-22 Feb: $52.80++, Mon-Sun & PH 12-2.30pm; $58.80++, Mon-Sun & PH 6.30-10pm) with classic Penang dishes, yusheng and nian gao with sweet potato and yam. Copthorne King’s Hotel Singapore, 403 Havelock Road.Tel: 6318 3168
Spice Brasserie [$$]
Receive five fortunes at this dinner buffet ($78++, 12-28 Feb 6-10pm) in the form of crispy baby crab yusheng, prosperity pot, lobster in superior stock, abalone glutinous rice with liver sausage and pumpkin puree with almond flakes. Dine during lunch ($48++, 12-28 Feb, 12-2.30pm) and receive a complimentary yusheng platter. PARKROYAL on Kitchener Road, Singapore, 181 Kitchener Road. Tel: 6428 3160
StraitsKitchen [$$][Halal]
Who says Chinese New Year is only for Chinese? Enjoy halal certified food in this buffet (19 Feb: $60++, 12-2.30pm; $88++, 6.30-10.30pm) with a mini Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, glutinous rice with crabmeat and deep-fried prosperity rice cakes and yams. Try their sustainably sourced seafood yusheng available from 15 Feb-5 Mar. Grand Hyatt Hotel, Singapore, 10 Scotts Road.Tel: 6416 7354
Town Restaurant [$$]
Have a reunion over the Singapore High Tea Buffet ($35++, Sat 12-3.30pm) with local delights such as kueh pie tee and laksa accompanied by local beverages, or stick to dinner with their seafood buffet ($69++, Wed-Sat 6.30-10.30pm) which offers fresh lobsters and oysters. A BBQ dinner ($89++, Wed-Sat 6.30-10.30pm) is also available with free flow beer and Singapore Sling for two hours. The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, 1 Fullerton Square.Tel: 6877 8911 / 6877 8912
International
Buffet town [$][Halal]
Customise your own yusheng at this buffet (18-22 Feb: $39.80++, 11.30am-3pm; $49.80++, 6-10pm) and dig into a mini Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, deep-fried whole sea bass with black bean sauce, chilli crayfish accompanied by a wide range of fresh seafood such as sashimi, oysters and prawns. #B1-44E Raffles City, 252 North Bridge Road.Tel: 6837 3793
Azur [$$]
Enjoy a ($88++, 18 Feb 6.30-10.30pm) mix of Western and Asian dishes such as pan seared foie gras and guava pudding with sour rhubarb in this festive themed menu by chef Andrew Tharm. Lunar New Year brunch and dinner (19-20 Feb: $68++, 12.30-3.30pm; $75++, 6.30-10.30pm) as well as auspicious buffet dinner ($58++, 21 Feb-5 Mar 6.30-10.30pm) and lunch ($45++, 23-27 Feb & 2-5 Mar 12.30-3.30pm) are also available. Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, 75 Airport Boulevard.Tel: 6823 5354
Cafe Brios [$$]
Indulge in the spread laid out by award-winning chef David Toh in the Lunar New Year Festive Buffet (9 Feb-5 Mar: $48.88++, Sun-Fri 12-2.30pm; $66.88++, Mon-Thu 6-10pm; $72.88++, Fri-Sun 6-10pm) which includes a Fa Cai barbecue platter with coin-shaped jerky, chilled snow crab legs, and green tea nian gao. Watch chefs prepare beef mignon and salmon at the hot plate corner. The Lunar New Year Eve Prosperity dinner buffet is priced at $98.88++. Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore, 392Havelock Road. Tel: 6233 1100
Oscar’s [$$]
Gather family and friends for a sumptuous Chinese New Year reunion at Oscar’s. Feast to more festivities featuring an auspicious yusheng station amidst global culinary selections (18-21 Feb: $68++, 12-2.30pm, $98++, 6-10pm; 23-28 Feb: $59++, 12-2.30pm, $69++, 6-10pm). There’ll be two dinner seatings on Chinese New Year Eve (18 Feb). Sunday’s Amazing Graze Lunch is an $80++ affair with an optional top-up for free-flow champagne. Conrad Centennial Singapore, 2 Temasek Boulevard.Tel: 6432 7481
RISE [$$]
Start the festivities with traditional yusheng followed by the buffet (from $48++, 12-21 Feb 12-2.30pm & 6.30-10.30pm), with a selection of both Western and Asian spreads like pan-seared duck liver being cooked at the live station and Cantonese roast duck carved at the Chinese carving station. 10, Marina Bay Sands, Hotel Lobby Tower 1. Tel: 6688 5525
The Dining Room [$$]
Enjoy the enhanced lunch buffet ($60++, 9-18 Feb 12-2.30pm) tucking into sauteed prawn with salted egg and butter and visiting the yusheng station. On the Lunar New Year Eve buffet ($90++, 18 Feb, 7-10pm), try the deep fried nian gao after tossing the yusheng. Continuing the festivities, the Lunar New Year buffet ($80++, 19-20 Feb, 12-2.30pm) still offers yusheng and dishes like cereal jumbo prawn, finishing off with jasmine tea macaroons. Sheraton Towers Hotel Singapore, 39 Scotts Road. Tel: 6839 5621
The Terrace [$$]
Kick back and relax at this festive buffet ($78++, 18-21 Feb 6.30-9.30pm) with a yusheng table and live barbecue stations. Try The Terrace’s signature cold delights and unwind while revelling in crabmeat, slipper lobsters and seared pepper tuna in balsamic dressing. Top up $48++ for free-flow French rose wines. The sixth person dines for free. The Singapore Resort & Spa, Sentosa, 2 Bukit ManisRoad. Tel: 6371 1414
Hotpot
Suki-Ya [$]
Having a family reunion with a steaming hotpot in the centre is truly heartwarming, and at this buffet ($36.80+, 2 Feb-5 Mar: lunch-80mins daily; dinner-100mins Mon-Thu & 80mins Fri-Sun), yusheng will be served together with their signature shabu-shabu in popular soup choices such as sukiyaki and touyu miso broth. Tampines Mall, 4 Tampines Central 5. Tel: 6789 6166
The Buffet [$$]
Gather around a steaming pot of broth this Lunar New Year at the steamboat buffet dinner ($50++, Mon-Thu 6-11pm; $60++, Fri-Sun & PH & Eve of PH 5-11pm) with two soup bases in one steamboat, a new special flavour being introduced every month, and drunken ’live’ prawns in herbal soup being prepared right before your eyes. 18 percent off prosperity reunion seafood steamboat dinner buffet, inclusive of a baby abalone. Valid on 18 Feb 2015 and for first seating from 5-7pm. M Hotel, Singapore, 81 Anson Road. Tel: 6500 6116
Chinese
TungLok Seafood [$]
This buffet ($38.80++, daily 6-10.30pm; $38.80++, Sat-Sun & PH 11.30am-3pm) offers all the classics with salmon yusheng, chilli crab, Peking duck, pan-fried nian gao and a mini Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. A Chinese New Year dim sum buffet ($29.80++: Sat 11.30am-3pm; Sun & PH 10am-3pm) is also available with a minimum of four diners. The Arena Country Club, 511 Upper Jurong Road.Tel: 6262 6996
Orchard Grand Ballroom [$$]
Orchard Hotel will be opening the Orchard Grand Ballroom on Chinese New Year Eve for a Grand ’Lo Hei’ Reunion Buffet Dinner with performances by local artistes Xu Bin and Kimberly Chia, Michelle Tay, and their very own “Fei Yuqing”. Alternatively, sit down for the feast ($51.88++, 18-20 Feb 12-2.30pm; $88.88++, 18 Feb 6-10pm; $78.88++, 19-20 Feb: 6-10pm; 21 Feb-5 Mar: $48.88++, daily 12-2.30pm; $68.88++, Sun-Thu 6-10pm; $78.88++, Fri-Sat 6-10pm) to enjoy dishes like stewed whole duck with sea cucumber in brown sauce, and honey ginseng panna cotta while you’re enthralled by the show kitchen live station stir-frying a variety of mushrooms and vegetables.
Peony Jade [$$]
Be spoilt for choice with over 60 dishes to choose from at this ’FA-CAI ’ a la carte buffet ($70.88++, 19 Jan-12 Feb & 19 Feb-5 Mar 6-10.30pm). Must-tries are double boiled whole 10 head abalone soup with conch and sakura chicken, lobster salad, and roasted U.S. duck. Keppel Club, Bukit Chermin Road. Tel: 6276 9138
Spices Cafe [$$]
Raise your chopsticks to toss the complimentary platter of salmon and tuna yusheng at this Chinese New Year Reunion Buffet (18 Feb 6.30-10pm), which also includes offerings of roast suckling pig with hoi sin sauce, braised eight treasures and a complimentary serving of braised lobster (200gms) with baby abalone, fish maw & mushroom per diner. Concorde Hotel Singapore, 100 Orchard Road.Tel: 6739 8370 / 6733 8855
Korean
Seoul Garden [$][Halal]
Have the prosperity seafood platter which includes tiger prawns and half-shell scallops, Chinese New Year cookies with flavours like almond butter, and hot tang yuan for dessert ($32.88++, 18 Feb-5 Mar 11.30am-4.59pm & 5-10.30pm) while your meat cooks in this Korean-style restaurant. From 22 Feb-5 Mar, the platter will not be available. #05-18/19/20 The Clementi Mall, 3155 Commonwealth Avenue West. Tel: 6659 2339
