Marco Polo Plaza Cebu brings the Christmas cheer with its festive season buffet that features favorites like the Christmas ham, chicken relleno, and the German version of the fruitcake called stollen bread.

The new dishes are on top the usual international buffet spread at Cafe Marco.

Cafe Marco features a whole hind of Christmas in its lunch and dinner buffets for the festive season.
Cafe Marco features a whole hind of Christmas in its lunch and dinner buffets for the festive season.

In addition, Cafe Marco now has its own bibingka and puto bumbong maker. Guests may now order bibingka with salted egg and the purple-colored rice cake, a popular delicacy during the Christmas season, at the dessert station.

Another new feature of the buffet is the free-flowing house blend iced tea drink that comes in four different flavors.

Cafe Marco buffet

From December 16-23 and 26-30, lunch at Cafe Marco is P1,144 inclusive of unlimited iced tea while dinner is at P1,395 excluding drinks.

Bibingka with salted egg and puto bumbong are new features at the Cafe Marco dessert station.
Bibingka with salted egg and puto bumbong are new features at the Cafe Marco dessert station.

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2014, the lunch buffet is still at P1,144 and includes free drinks. Dinner is P1,818 and comes with free-flowing house wines, local beer, chilled juices, and soda.

On Christmas Day, both the lunch and dinner buffets are at P1,818 and include unlimited wines, beer, juice, and soda.

Marco Polo chef shows off the dessert station's new dishes.
Cafe Marco chef shows off the dessert station’s new dishes.

Mr. and Mrs Claus will be spreading Christmas cheer during the Christmas Eve dinner. A Christmas Eve mass is also scheduled in the Grand Balcony at 10 p.m. Also on December 24, from 10 p.m. onwards, the buffet comes at 20 percent discount.

Cafe Marco's version of the fruitcake is stollen bread. Stollen is a traditional German cake.
Cafe Marco’s version of the fruitcake is stollen bread. Stollen is a traditional German cake.

For inquiries or reservations, call the Cebu number at 63-32-253111 or Manila number at 63-02-8871263. Marco Polo Plaza Cebu is located along Nivel Hills, Cebu Veterans Drive, Cebu City.

Marlen is the editor of MyCebu.ph and co-founder of Cebu-based journalism startup InnoPub Media.

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