Celebrate Christmas with Tempest

Focus on fun this festive season with an end of year party or Christmas Day buffet overlooking beautiful Moreton Bay.

Tempest Seafood Restaurant is taking the stress out of entertaining, with buffet lunch on December 25 and a range of packages for Christmas parties and end-of-year celebrations.

Tempest Seafood Restaurant Manager PJ Cockburn says now’s the time to lock in plans for Christmas – last year’s buffet, which catered for 500 people across the day, was fully booked by the end of October.

Tempest staggers bookings – starting at 10.30am – to ensure there’s no waiting at the buffet to fill your plate.

Fresh flavours

“Each table is allocated a 90-minute session so people can come in and enjoy their Christmas lunch and it’s a lovely experience for everyone,” PJ explains.

“On Christmas Day you can get up and unwrap your presents, come to us for lunch and then go home again and relax.”

Guests will be treated to the freshest of in-season flavours across the day, ranging from oysters, prawns and bugs to sand crabs, garlic prawns and oven-baked barramundi.

There’ll be cold meats to enjoy, including salami, prosciutto, chicken and ham, as well as smoked beef brisket, and roast lamb, turkey and pork.

Rounding out the savoury culinary delights in the buffet are Greek, Caesar and potato salads, delicious potato bake, steamed greens, and roasted pumpkin and potato.

Vegan and vegetarian options are also available.

Save room for dessert – there’s festive pavlova, fresh fruit platters, profiteroles, decadent chocolate mousse and sticky date pudding to choose from – or perhaps a little taste of each!

The Christmas Day buffet lunch is $186 for adults, $122 for children aged 11-16, $69 for children aged four-10 and free for children under four.

PJ says Tempest Seafood Restaurant is also popular for pre-Christmas parties and functions, with event packages including canape and set menus as well as two, three and four-hour beverage packages.

Mouth-watering menus

“It’s a great way to celebrate the end of the year with family, friends or staff – you can enjoy each other’s company while we take care of the rest,” he says.

Canape packages offer guests a selection of flavours, ranging from natural or mignonette oysters, charcuterie boards and fruit platters to battered prawns with a pineapple chilli jam, a selection of sliders, and grilled scallops with a verjuice vinaigrette and parmesan.

Or book in for a sit-down affair, with two or three courses to choose from in the set menu.

Meals are served as an alternate drop, with entrée options including bacon and cheese arancini on a spicy tomato sauce, prawn and avocado salad served with cherry tomatoes, and grilled chicken served on a fennel and rocket salad with Beurre Blanc.

Mouth-watering eye fillet with crushed chats, seasonal greens and jus, barramundi with mash, Dutch carrots and Beurre Blanc, and prosciutto-wrapped chicken, seasonal greens, mash and bearnaise are included in the choices for main meals.

End your celebration with delightful desserts – choose from sticky date pudding with butterscotch sauce, flourless chocolate brownie with chocolate ganache or pavlova with fresh seasonal fruit and coulis.

Set menu packages start at $69 per person, while canape packages are from $44 per person.

Tempest Seafood Restaurant is at the Boat Harbour, Bird O’Passage Pde, Scarborough.