A Very Nordic Christmas and New Year at Hilton Singapore

If you are still making plans for this festive season, consider enjoying a Nordic Christmas and New Year at Hilton Singapore. The hotel is collaborating with award-winning FINDS restaurant in Hong Kong to present authentic Nordic cuisine at Checkers Brasserie. The buffet spreads and set meals feature a progressive menu of both traditional and modern Nordic cuisine.

You are welcomed with the house-made Glögg, a traditional Nordic drink served during Christmas holidays. The warm drink is made of red wine, combined with spices, blackcurrant, fresh ginger, lemon and orange peel. Children need not feel left out as there is a non-alcoholic version made with fruit juice.

Traditionally served with raisins and almonds for more flavour and texture, this drink will spice things up and warm your belly.

Christmas Eve buffet dinner

Highlights of the Christmas Eve dinner include FINDS’ signature beetroot gravadlax and smoked salmon mousse on malt bread. This is a traditional dish with a modern twist; it is less salty than the customary dish, and added with beetroot.

Mustard-marinated herrings and the black Bershire cutlet gratinate are also items you will not want to miss. In addition to turkey and ham, carnivores can look forward to meats like spit roasted baby lamb and Wagyu beef leg.

The thick cut of salmon pastrami is seared with black peppercorn and fennel seeds, exuding a peppery flavour that cuts right through the fatty fish.

Christmas Day brunch

The guest chefs have specially imported Alder wood from Finland to prepare the Norwegian smoked salmon and hot-smoked mackerel salad. The popular Nordic fruit lingonberry has also been flown in to make the roasted venison.

The smoked salmon is absolutely tender and luscious. Even the most fastidious fish eaters will approve.

New Year’s Eve buffet dinner

Indulge to your heart’s content at the extensive Nordic buffet dinner with highlights like smoked Lapland reindeer mousse, venison tenderloin with wild mushrooms and poached codfish fillet with tarragon.

Meat-lovers will find pleasure in the venison tenderloin with wild mushrooms. The meat is the epitome of tender; it is nicely charred on the outside and juicy on the inside.

End the year on a sweet note with the blackcurrant tea milk chocolate mousse with marinated berries, a fusion Nordic dessert. The pleasant and subtle scent of blackcurrant tea fused with milk chocolate makes a nice combination.

Christmas cakes

Beautiful log cakes, candies and desserts are available for takeaway at Checkers Deli.

The matcha cake is a refreshing pairing of green tea with chestnut. Rich aromatic chestnut cream is generously spread between soft layers of ladyfinger sponge cake, and laced with jewels of glazed chestnuts. Sinking your teeth into the light sponge will reveal a light green tea mousse.

Joconde is a cake with a variety of textures. Encased in glossy chestnut butter cream, the almond sponge cake is spruced up with whisky that gives a bitter-sweet after-taste.

Swirl is a fruity pink cake, comprising light sponge Swiss roll, a layer of fresh fruit pur