As the new year begins, the festive season continues with the excitement of welcoming the Year of the Snake! And what better way to celebrate than with a delightful feast?
We visited Edge Restaurant at Pan Pacific Singapore to indulge in their Chinese New Year Buffet, and it truly is a remarkable spread!
In this article, I’ll share what you can look forward to at this year’s Lunar New Year Buffet at Pan Pacific Singapore.
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First up is the impressive DIY Yu Sheng Station. When I say huge, I mean HUGE! The station boasts an incredible variety of ingredients to create the perfect Yu Sheng.
Start with a colorful selection of ingredients, including shredded vegetables, cucumber strips, papaya strips, brown melon strips, peach pickles, and ginger pickles. For an added crunch, there are crispy crackers and crushed peanuts to elevate the texture.
Next, enhance the dish with condiments like aromatic 5-spice powder and a dash of white pepper for an extra kick of flavor. Then, choose from their array of sauces, featuring fragrant oil, sweet plum sauce, and the exceptional truffle plum sauce—my personal favourites for its unique richness.
Finally, complete your creation with premium proteins such as smoked salmon and smoked halibut, which add a luxurious touch to this festive treat.
The exclusive Lunar New Year delights feature a premium seafood selection, succulent roasts, and local and international cuisines.
The highlights are:
- Roasted Five Spice Golden Whole Pig with Hai Xian Sauce
- Baked Mala Whole Barramundi with Sautee Assorted Mushroom
- Chef Andy’s Signature “Wok Hey” Penang Char Kuay Teow
- Slipper Lobster Singapore Nyonya Laksa
- BBQ Gold Coin Bak Kwa and Chicken Floss Pizza
- Crispy Batter Nian Gao with Sweet Potato and Yam
- Brandy Flamed Oyster with Ginger
- Bird’s Eye Chilli, Garlic, and Scallion Paste
The restaurant is nicely decorated with Chinese New Year ornaments. It brings warmth to my heart seeing all the lanterns, cherry blossoms, mandarin trees, auspicious phrases, Chinese red paper cuttings, Fu characters, firecracker decorations and even Chinese New Year wreath!
At the local section, you can find all the local favourites, such as salt baked chicken, lotus leaf rice, braised pork knuckle, chilli crab with fried mantou, braised seafood, char kway teow, rendang, satay, briyani rice, dal palak, pumpkin masala, prawn goan curry, butter chicken, papadam, and so many more.
One of the crowd’s favourites is the Penang Char Kway Teow station. If you’re lucky, you can catch the chef working the wok, dishing out a fresh batch of Char Kway Teow right in front of your eyes.
Not pictured but noteworthy are the Italian food, including live pasta station where you can choose the type of pasta that you want (such as spaghetti, fusilli, squid ink) and the sauce that you want (such as tomato, aglio olio, carbonara), as well as the homemade pizza counter where you can enjoy fusion pizza, such as BBQ gold coin bak kwa and chicken floss pizza.
Lastly at dessert station, you can find Mandarin Orange Panna Cotta, Osmanthus Gingko Nut Jello, Chinese Eight Treasure Cake, Durian Cheesecake, Onde Lamington, assorted Lunar New Year Cookies, assorted Nyonya Kuehs, and more.
I feel that the buffet perfectly captures all the CNY festive dishes, including Yu Sheng, Nian Gao, dumplings, braised seafood with abalone, roasted pork, lunar new year cookies. There is too many food at Edge to mention (Edge is called Food Theatre for a reason).
If you’re keen to soak in the CNY vibes with a buffet, do make your reservation early because the restaurant was almost full house when I visited during a weekday. Singaporeans do take the CNY season seriously!
Lunch starts at S$68/adult and S$34/child (4-12 years old). Meanwhile, dinner starts at S$108/adult and S$54/child (4-12 years old).
Prices vary depending on the date and time. View the actual price for each day as well as the Lunar New Year menus here.
For reservations, please call 6826 8240 or email di**********@pa********.com
Disclosure: This is an invited tasting.
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