The venue features a cold cuts and cheese section, salad bar, a Japanese station with seven kinds of sushi, miso soup, as well as fish and vegetable tempura, an Asian section with five dimsum selections and a choice of noodles, a combination of Filipino and Southeast Asian dishes, a grilled seafood section, a Western station with European and Mediterranean cuisine, and the carving station, a crepe station, as well as treats such as halo-halo, cheesecakes, pies, cookies, and fresh fruits complete the dessert selections. The hotel’s buffet restaurant, Café 1228, is open daily, serving weekday lunch as well as weekend lunch and dinner. There is an impact, but (it’s) very minimal.” “But again, if you use local products, to be honest, you don’t feel the impact that much. “I will say yes,” he said when asked if they were affected by the supply chain crisis. This has also helped them weather out the current supply chain problems that have left grocery shelves unstocked, and some dishes going off the menu. For example, 80% of our food products, it needs to be local.” However, they have exceeded that quota by now having 95% of the ingredients in their menu sourced locally.

“It’s not only about switching from single-use plastic,” he said about their sustainability measures. Still popular are the Imperial Peking duck wrapped in a Chinese pancake, mango prawn salad, seafood taro puff, seafood cheese roll, and steamed live garoupa in soya sauce. Meanwhile, local ingredients have found their way into the menus of the hotel’s restaurants.Īt their Jasmine restaurant, the all-you-can-eat dim sum buffet option is still available, with new tofu dishes - the steamed tofu with shrimp mousse, marinated tofu with fried shallot and coriander, braised tofu with eggplant and red dates, country style minced tofu, and tofu with tomato and egg soup.Īccording to Nantha Kumar, New World Makati Hotel’s General Manager, this is part of a measure to cater to plant-based eaters. That’s not to say it’s all-out debaucherous, though: the swirling pool, with the CBD’s skyline as its backdrop, is a lovely spot to spend a lazy afternoon, and the adjoining gym sports Peloton bikes and a rotating roster of group classes.THE NEW World Makati Hotel is trying to entice guests with staycations and culinary treats, paired with new sustainability measures in their food and beverage outlets.ĭuring a tour of the hotel last month, staff showed media guests that the toiletries in the room have shifted from single-use plastic to bigger, refillable containers.

It’s a five-star with a vibe Bangkok’s hotel scene was still missing – swapping out the predictably serene, Thai-inspired interiors and chi-chi fine dining restaurants of most of its competitors for a riot of colours, clubby restaurants, and the country’s highest rooftop bar. And that’s unlikely to change anytime soon because this high-voltage clout-magnet in the city’s tallest skyscraper draws the Thai and international in-crowd like bees to a honeypot. There were barely any surprises left when I checked in just days after the hotel’s official opening at the end of July – because every one of Bangkok’s high-heeled fashionistas, creative directors and what-are-they-famous-for socialites had already TikTok-ed every art-studded nook, DJ set and Drag Queen Bingo party. Lobby at The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon

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