Christmas Eve Buffet Dinner – Salón 1930

Date: December 24
Time: From 7:00 pm
Address: Hotel Nacional, Calle O, entre 19 y 21, Vedado, La Habana
Venue: Salón 1930

Includes:

• Welcome cocktail
• 2 national drinks of your choice per person
• Creole Buffet Dinner with the following menu:

Cold Station

• Rice salad with tuna, onion and corn
• Potato salad with boiled egg and onion
• Short pasta salad with mayonnaise, cold cuts, ketchup and mustard
• Chickpea salad with chorizo
• Tomato salad with black and green olives
• Mixed salad of tomato, lettuce, cabbage, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflower, beetroot and vegetable macédoine
• Assorted cocktail bites: pickled onions, olives, skewers, mayonnaise, cocktail sauce and mustard
• Cold cuts board with ham, cheese and chorizo

Hot Station

• Roast chicken with rosemary jus
• Pork fricassee with potatoes or fried green plantains and malanga
• Ropa vieja (shredded beef) with onion and bell pepper
• Baked fish fillet with lemon and cilantro sauce
• Ajiaco criollo (Cuban country-style stew)

Carving & Grill Station

• Whole roasted suckling pig in country-style oven
• Whole fish
• Roasted turkeys
• Roasted chickens

Side Dishes

• Traditional Cuban-style arroz moro (rice and black beans)
• Assorted root vegetables with Creole garlic sauce
• Sautéed vegetables with butter and parsley
• Large pan of arroz con pollo a la chorrera (Cuban-style rice with chicken)
• Neapolitan pasta with white cheese
• Mariquitas (plantain chips), yucca and sweet potato chips
• Malanga fritters
• Natural fried green plantains (tostones) with garlic oil
• Cornmeal stew with crispy pork cracklings and Creole tomato sauce

Dessert Station

• Papaya chunks with wedges of Gouda cheese
• Guava marmalade with pearls of white cheese
• Rice pudding with cinnamon and orange peel
• Chocolate custard with chopped dried fruits
• Torrejas (Spanish-style French toast) in syrup with star anise
• Pineapple in syrup
• Mango marmalade
• Coconut and pineapple dessert
• Fresh seasonal fruits
• French-style pastries
• Christmas treats: grapes, apples, pears and assorted turrón

• Price per child (2–12.99 years): 26.50 USD
• Infants (0–1.99 years): Free