Luxe For The Holidays

The upcoming festive season is filled with the best in luxury - from secluded villa stays on a tropical paradise to artful chocolates and the ultimate in fine dining experiences.

Have A Tropical Christmas

If you’re seeking some festive fun in the sun, Samujana –which boasts some of the fnest villa residences on Koh Samui – is unparalleled as a holiday destination with friends and family. Guests who book four nights or more during the Christmas period receive 15% of room rates. Highlights of the

Samujana Christmas experiences include Tropical Christmas dinner featuring an all-star gourmet barbeque cast including seafood ceviche, grilled Phuket lobster, Tai red curry spiced tuna steak, and grain-fed Australian beef tenderloin, as well as banana spring rolls dripping with chocolate sauce for dessert.

Desserts Filled With Love

At Cheval Blanc Paris, pastry chef Maxime Frédéric and his team conjure a ‘chocomotive’ creation inspired by wooden toys. Shaped in the form of a steam locomotive and three chocolate wagons, chef Maxime’s creation evokes the excitement of travel as well as tempts those with a sweet tooth. Te locomotive is composed of a 75% dark chocolate bar, sprinkled with crispy chocolate-hazelnut Gianduja by chocolatier Nicolas Berger. Te middle wagon is made from caramelised chocolate-coated hazelnuts, while gingerbread, orange conft, cinnamon cream, and light-as-air mousse with green cardamom flls the third carriage, which are incidentally designed to resemble the windows of the Cheval Blanc Paris building.

Haute In The City

Te two-Michelin-starred Pavillion, located in the centre of Zurich, is regarded as one of the best restaurants in the city. With a menu that spans the delights of French haute cuisine, Pavillion is renowned for its hospitality, courtesy of its restaurant manager Aurélien Blanc and his team. For the holiday season, the restaurant presents a celebratory nine- course menu (CHF630 including wines and sof drinks; CHF 460 without drinks) for dinner from 24 to 26 December, and lunch on 25 December. On New Year’s Eve, a ninecourse menu (CHF 995 including drinks) comprises dishes such as foie gras, lobster bisque with yuzu, as well as white trufe gnocchi.