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NOVOTEL PROUDLY PRESENTS:

WEEKEND AFTERNOON TEA BUFFET FEATURING “FRUIT OF THE FOREST”

Beginning from 7 January until 26 March 2017, Novotel Citygate Hong Kong offers “Weekend Afternoon Tea Buffet” featuring fruit of the forest at Essence during weekends and Public Holidays.

Our Afternoon Tea buffet offers a wide selection of dishes to choose from; catering to those with a sweet and savory tooth. Our normal wide selection of sandwiches, satays, cook to order noodles, crepes, ice cream, cakes, fresh fruits and more will be complimented by some sweet & sour Forest Fruit flavours using strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and blackberry. Indulge in the seasonal dishes that capture the pure essence of Forest Fruit such as Wild Berry Éclair, French Crepe filled with a Wild Berry Cream, Raspberry Almond Cream Tart, Blueberry Cup Cake and Mini Raspberry Lamingtons.

With Novotel Citygate Hong Kong being connected to the Citygate Outlet shopping mall and with a close proximity to Hong Kong’s top tourists attractions such as the , Cable Cars, Tai-O Fishing Village, the Asia-World Expo and , makes Essence’s “Weekend Afternoon Tea Buffet” the ideal place for all exhausted shoppers as well as tourists to take a break, relax and enjoy some of the delicacies on offer.

Highlights to include:

Blackcurrant Slice Layers of sponge biscuit, blackcurrant confit and an almond biscuit soaked with a creamy yoghurt are then topped with blackcurrant seeds and a crunchy white chocolate.

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Blueberry Cup Cake Whipped blueberry cream and topped with fresh Blueberries, this cupcake gives a visual and taste experience that is full of texture and sweetness.

Other Fruit of Forest items include: - Lemon & Blueberry Cheese Cake - Wild Berry Éclair - French Crepe filled with a Wild Berry Cream - Wild Berry Jelly - Raspberry Almond Cream Tart - Raspberry Lamington - Strawberry Mousse

WEEKEND AFTERNOON TEA BUFFET FEATURING “FRUIT OF FOREST”

Date: 7 January – 26 March 2017

Time: 2:45pm – 5:00pm

Price*: Sat & Sun $148 per person; Public Holiday $168 per person

Reservations: 3602 8808

Address: Lobby Level, Novotel Citygate Hong Kong, 51 Man Tung Road, , Hong Kong (MTR Exit C)

Parking: 3 hours free parking upon spending of $300

* All prices are subject to 10% service change

* Plus card discount is not applicable to Essence Afternoon Tea Buffet

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ABOUT ESSENCE

Essence was designed by a world famous interior designer Yasumichi Morita. With simple and fashionable design, the restaurant adopt materials from different countries and use Chinese and Japanese style as its main theme in order to create elegant atmosphere, which offers an absolutely superb dining experience for all guests. The essence of Asian fusion cuisine is here. Delicacies are prepared in the open kitchen with a variety of cooking stations. Our talented chefs will bring all diners the freshest taste of breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets or an a la carte menu blending all Asian and Western favorites. At Essence, our chefs take center stage every night.

Novotel Press Contact

● Manwick Lee ● Marketing Communication Executive ● +852 3602 8805 ● [email protected]

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