Christmas at Casino!

This festive season, celebrate with some lip-smacking Christmas specials at CGH Earth's Casino Hotel.

Right from the decor to the cakes and pastries, CGH Earth's Casino Hotel is gearing up to welcome Christmas in style. 'Green Christmas' being their theme, the decor including the 7 foot Christmas tree is wholly made with the up-cycled products from the hotel. The celebrations begin on December 18th and will go on till Christmas. 

The chefs have put together a holiday hamper for INR 6300, which includes their lip smacking Christmas Specials. The 'Matured Plum Cake' happens to be the star of the show. The cake is made with imported Afghani black raisins whose stems are handpicked by the chefs themselves. They are washed and dried. A grape juice is made separately and kept for 10 days for maturation. Later these are cooked with candied orange peel, ginger flakes, lemon zest and lemon juice. After the cake has been baked it is kept aside for 1 month. "The basic process of Osmosis takes place and the juice from the honey infused raisins are absorbed by the cake making it moist and delicious and since they are kept aside for maturation they are called Matured Plum Cakes" says Pastry Chef Jemson.V.Jose. Jemson Vadakkudan Jose has trained under CGH Earth's Mentor Chefs, Jose Varkey, who fires the imagination of the younger generation to unleash their culinary potential; and Dominic Joseph, Alumni CIA, who is now heading CGH Earth Food & Beverage. The cake is later seasoned with nutmeg and rum. The holiday hamper includes Christmas frosted cake (Matured Plum Cake with frosting on top), Plum pudding, Candied Almonds, Christollen Fruit Bread, Chocolate Hazelnut Torte, Mincemeat Fruit Tart, Double Chocolate Brownie, Assorted Sable Cookies and Bonbons.

Text : Amritha Sukumar