Humongous love feast
Golden Jaguar adds roses and gift boxes on Feb 14 to its three outlets in Beijing. Enjoy freshly cooked foods, with a limitless flow of fruit juice, beers, Haagen Dazs icecream and desserts. Dinner from 5-10:30pm costs 299 yuan each. Asian Games Village branch: 5128-1888; Wangfujing branch: 6559-8888; The Place branch: 6553-8888.
Hello ducky
Quanjude's Qianmen branch promotes its Valentine's Day special menu, with a healthy take of duck dishes. A duck claw and giblet dish has edible chrysanthemum, jasmine and walnut kernels in it. A mushroom and sea cucumber soup doesn't just have chrysanthemum, but also a variety of fungus. "Tea flavored eight treasures" has iron guanyin oolong tea as a base soup, and beautifully shaped white fungus, lily bulbs, bamboo mushroom, and tender cabbage. Sesame and rose bun has rose sauce in it, and the dessert has purple blueberry in sweet grapefruit. 6701-1379
Candlelight dining
The Emerald Restaurant at Zhao Long Hotel Beijing has two candlelight set meals for Valentine's Day, at 499 yuan plus 15 percent per couple, and 599 yuan plus 15 percent surcharge per couple, for a live band performance. The meals have foie gras, chocolate mousse, lobster soup, braised snail, United States steak, roses, and limitless champagne. Those who want to spend the night at the hotel can get a 22 percent discount, including breakfast for two. 6597-2299 ext 0216
Authentic Thai
Skyline Cafe at Hotel Kunlun has Thai guest chef Thienchai Lorletsakul preparing Thai cuisine specialties from the central plains from Feb 13-28, featuring classics like stir-fried vegetables with crisp pork belly, green Thai chicken curry, and, coconut chicken soup with galangal. There is unlimited free flow of soft drinks, beer, and imported wine. 6-10pm. 298 yuan per person plus 15 percent surcharge. 6590-3388 ext 5258
Indian meal with chocolate
Raj Indian Restaurant and Bar prepares a candlelight dinner for two at 298 yuan per couple, with two cups of red wine, chocolate and rose for the lady. 6401-1675
French-set meal
For Valentine's Day Le Pre Lenotre's French chef creates a five-course dinner at 1,600 yuan for two people at Sofitel Wanda Beijing, while Vous Lounge prepares a love afternoon tea with cake, and VIC Restaurant offers a sea food buffet at 488 yuan per couple, with French wine, local beer and fresh squeezed juices. 8599-6666
Bed and dinner
China World Hotel Beijing offers a package at 999 yuan plus 15 percent service charge for Valentine's Day, featuring a meal at any of its restaurants, and a night's stay with your loved one, besides breakfast. 6505-2266
Cheese fondue for you
Chef Adrien at the Cabernet wine bar and bistro next to Novotel Beijing Peace prepares a special menu for the season, featuring fondue Savoyarde, steak tartar, and salmon tournedos. There is also a wonderful collection of fine wines from around the world. 6512-8833 ext 7621
Wine and chocolate
CBD International Cuisines restaurant at Grand Millennium Beijing offers a buffet with red wine and a chocolate box, while the hotel's Havana Bar prepares a lover canap buffet with one big glass of rum cocktail. 6590-9383
Oriental-style Valentine's Day
Jing at The Peninsula Beijing cooks up a Valentine's Day four-course set meal with seafood appetizer, caviar, roast beef, shrimp risotto and vanilla strawberry cake. Dinner costs 988 yuan for two. 8516-2888 ext 6714. Huang Ting Chinese Restaurant prepares a seven-dish banquet at 388 yuan per person, plus 15% surcharge. 8516-2888 ext 6707
Heart melters
Award-wining bakery chain, Paris Baguette, is having a Valentine's Day promotion, with its special heart-shaped treats, such as fresh strawberry cake, chocolate cake and cheese cake. 8518-5266
An Italian romance
Italian restaurant Barolo at the Ritz Carlton, Beijing, offers a six-course menu for Valentine's Day, along with pairing wines. Dinner is 888 yuan per person, or 1,288 yuan per person with wine. Every lady will get a rose and every gentleman a box of chocolate. The next morning, tuck into the Aroma buffet restaurant' "pink" brunch that comes with NV Rose champagne. 5908-8777
Aphrodisiacs American style
One East at Hilton Beijing offers a lavish five-course dinner for 999 per couple, with a bottle of Mumm champagne, and a spread of aphrodisiacs, including oysters cooked in three different styles, a light consomme perfumed with ginseng, American asparagus with smoked salmon roe, Australian tenderloin main, and foie gras potato. 5865-5240
Romantic package
Park Plaza Beijing, Wangfujing, offers a romantic Valentine's Day package with one night's stay in a deluxe suite, a candle-lit dinner at Bloo dining restaurant, breakfast for two, and a hotel limousine round-trip, at 1,399 yuan per couple, with a bottle of red wine. 8522-1999 ext 3621
(China Daily February 16, 2009)
