27 January 2016
– Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto invites guests, both adults and children alike, to join
in Chinese New Year celebrations to welcome the Year of the Monkey. The hotel
will honour the new lunar year with a traditional Lion Dance, live music and a
special Chinese New Year High Tea and late night dining in the Lobby Lounge.
Lion Dance
and Live Music Performances
The Lion Dance
has been a part of Chinese culture for many centuries and will kick-off the
hotel’s Chinese New Year celebrations on 8 February 2016. Starting at 2:30 p.m.,
the Chinese Kung Fu Institute of Canada Ltd. dance troupe will perform a
traditional Lion Dance and eye-dotting ceremony in the Lobby Lounge. Guests
will see the lion dancers demonstrate their agility and skill, moving
energetically with the lion’s head and body to the beat of big drums and the
clashing of cymbals. As the dance builds in momentum, the lion head will crouch
low and “eat” lettuce leaves, throwing out these leaves representing prosperity
in the Chinese culture. The lion dancers will then make their way through the
various outlets of the hotel, bestowing wishes of good fortune and prosperity
on Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto in the Year of the Monkey.
Adding to the festivities at the conclusion of the
Lion Dance at 3:30 p.m., guests can stay in the Lobby Lounge for a live performance
by a traditional Chinese trio featuring Miriam Sue playing the guzheng - a
Chinese plucked zither, Frederick Yiu playing the dizi - a Chinese flute, and
Amely Zhou playing the erhu - a two-stringed bow instrument. While enjoying the
melodious music, guests can experience the return of the popular Chinese New
Year High Tea.
Chinese New Year
High Tea
Available from 8
to 21 February 2016, guests can enjoy a Chinese New Year inspired menu featuring
savoury items such as:
- Pork and shrimp fried dumplings; rice paper rolls
with marinated wild mushrooms, coriander shoots and ginger emulsion.
- Pastry selections include matcha and red bean cake - a matcha tea sponge, red bean reduction and green tea cream; warm sesame balls
with crispy glutinous rice, lotus seed paste and toasted golden sesame seeds;
and tropical bombe - a passion fruit bavarois, calamansi centre and coconut
crunch.
- Other menu items include a selection of traditional
finger sandwiches: Pacific smoked salmon with truffle egg mayonnaise on
wholemeal bread, as well as favourites like poached Atlantic lobster with
citrus crème fraiche on brioche roll.
- To finish on a sweet note, guests can savour
fragrant Chinese black tea and classic English scones served with clotted
cream, house-made pandan leaf curd and strawberry jam while sipping tea chosen
from a menu of over 75 premium selections.
- A vegetarian option Chinese New Year High Tea
menu is also available.
The Chinese New
Year High Tea is priced at CAD$44 per adult and CAD$25 per child and is served
daily from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Lobby Lounge beginning 8 February 2016 to
21 February 2016.
Lobby Lounge
Late Night Dining
Guests can toast
the Year of the Monkey in the Lobby Lounge nightly starting
at 9:00 p.m. to midnight with live performances by local contemporary artists and
bands, signature cocktails and a special dim sum offering including four
varieties of dim sum ranging from a vegetarian option featuring deep-fried mushroom
bean curd, to the classic siu mai comprised of steamed pork and scallops, a
chicken siu mai option and har gow made of steamed shrimp and ginger for CAD$16 per order.
For more information or to make
reservations, please call 647-788-8888 or email boskreservations.slto@shangri-la.com.
For online reservations please visit http://www.opentable.com/bosk-at-shangri-la-hotel-toronto.
*All prices are exclusive of
gratuity and HST.
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, an iconic flagship brand of the Shangri-La Group, currently operates over 80 deluxe hotels and resorts with a room inventory of over 35,000. Renowned for its distinctive Asian hospitality, the Company has properties in destinations of Australia, Canada, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan, Fiji, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sultanate of Oman, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. The group’s award-winning Golden Circle loyalty programme extends to all properties of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts worldwide. For more information, visit
www.shangri-la.com.