On Christmas Day, The Tasting Room will be offering a festive dinner buffet spread worthy of an unforgettable celebration with family and friends – including one of the restaurant’s noteworthy signature dishes, 52°C Egg with potato mousse, onions, confetti ceps powder, and summer truffle; a Christmas carving station of whole roast turkey, roast pork, slow roast beef rib eye, suckling pig lechon and trimmings; holiday sweet treats such as whiskey pralines at an interactive dessert station, paired with Macalan 12 Years, Glen Morangie 12 Years, Laphroig 10 Years, and Highland Park 12 Years; various cakes such as Hazelnut Ginger Spiced Pecan Tart, Malibu and Mango Christmas Log, Yule Log and imported Italian panettonne; Christmas Pudding with bandy custard and vanilla ice cream; and a premium chocolate fountain with Christmas Dry Fruit Cake topped with marshmallows, fresh fruits and an assortment of meringue.
Complementing the range of sumptuous offerings are premium appetizer, salad, bread and soup stations; as well as a whole tuna station with sashimi in torched Miso Emulsion and Shisho Cress, Tuna Tartar Togarashi with Apple Poki and Wasabi Espuma, and Quick-Seared Tuna with Xeres Vinaigrette And Heirloom Tomatoes.
The Tasting Room will likewise offer an exuberant way to welcome the New Year through an exclusive tasting menu which starts with Duck Liver Confit with Corn, velouté, chestnuts, rock lobster, caviar berry, onions, soft jelly, tomato, and Greek yogurt followed by Saint-Brieux dive scallops in epazote consommé, cauliflower cream, shrimp powder, water cress salad, and sea urchin. The evening’s entrée is the Hunted 65°c Wild Doe Filet with onions, Fuji apple, ceps of the century and acid mango concluded by Chocolate in Hot and Cold with cappuccino ice cream.
The Christmas Buffet is priced at PhP3,288++ per cover while the five-course New Year’s Eve feast is PhP3,999++ per cover.
Guests can upgrade their dining experience with an exclusive offering of champagne which will be available until Dec. 31 at City of Dreams Manila’s three signature restaurants – The Tasting Room, Nobu Manila, and Crystal Dragon. Premium champagne brands Moet et Chandon Brut, Veuve Clicquot Rose, Ruinart Blanc de Blancs, and Dom Perignon are offered at rates of PhP3,500++, PhP4,600++, PhP6,200++, and PhP11,900++ per bottle, respectively.
For inquiries and reservations, contact (02) 800-8080 or email guestservices@cod-manila.com.