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Feature Tea Break Themes 26 NOV-DEC 2018 MEETINGS & CONVENTIONS MCMAG-ASIA.COM Local food Focusing on foods that are local to the hotel's location goes a long way to making delegates feel welcome when they have travelled miles from overseas and may not be able to spend much time outside the hotel. The Sheraton Grand Danang Resort's Vietnamese coee break serves up the renowned 'cocktail' of local Vietnamese coee with its chocolatey avours mixed with condensed milk and drunk hot or over ice. Known locally as ca phe da for hot, or ca phe sua da when iced, it is a delicious local rocket fuel that doesn't fail to please delegates, especially as they get to taste it during the hotel's street tour. Sambal sh balls, otah otah on toast, nasi lemak and fried sesame balls with black sesame lling are some of the local delicacies available on the Local Coee Break menu at the Conrad Centennial Singapore. At the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Sha Tin, its I Love HK theme focuses on the city's dim sum culture, bite-sized dumplings and other delicacies served up in the typical bamboo baskets. Local culture Sitting on triangular Thai cushions and cherry-picking northern Thai snacks, such as Chiang Mai-style sausages and sticky rice steamed in banana leaves, from live food stations around the pool is how the Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park has brought the northern Thai Lanna culture to the city. Meanwhile, the same theme is also on oer up in the north at the Shangri- La Hotel, Chiang Mai, where the hotel uses many fresh ingredients from the Royal Project to help support local families and famers. Local elders man live cooking stations with traditional snacks like grilled egg in banana leaves and Thai tea in bamboo cups. Delegates can also paint bamboo and mulberry bark umbrellas, as well as oat Lanna lanterns into the sky for good fortune. In India, at the Pullman New Delhi Aerocity, the evocative Indian Railways tea break brings to life the hustle, bustle and excitement of travelling by train in the country. Terracotta clay cups of delicious masala chai accompany beautiful sweet Jalebi snacks for a feeling of nostalgia. At the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Singapore, the MICE team can put together a Garden City theme to reect the country's repute as a lush green city, and the Swissôtel Merchant Court, Singapore oers a Merlion theme serving nostalgic local goodies like chwee kueh, pandan kaya and nyonya kueh. Shangri-La Hotel, Chiang Mai Left and below: Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park

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