Spicy marinated salmon, a sushi and sashimi platter, a live cooking station offering Kaisendon, a warm short grain rice bowl topped with salmon, tuna, tobiko, salmon Roe, avocado and cucumber, and a deep-fried corner with custard buns, sweet potato, spring rolls, tofu, chicken nuggets, and gyoza, are also buffet favourites.

Desserts including Hokkaido milk ice-cream with a variety of toppings, and assorted mini pastries round-out the occasion.

TGIF! Dinner Buffet is priced at THB 1099 net per person, with an early bird rate of THB 950 net on offer when booked at least one week in advance with a non-refundable deposit.

Laan Na Kitchen serves authentic Mediterranean cuisine in a lively market setting. The curving and flowing design of the restaurant’s cooking and serving stations and seating is inspired by northern Thailand’s spectacular terraced rice fields, making for a geometrical sight to behold. Other Thai touches include abstract artwork on the ceiling that references threshing baskets used to sift rice.

Drawing on Meliá’s Spanish origins and celebrating Spain’s famed gastronomy, Meliá Chiang Mai’s dining landscape features restaurants Mai Restaurant and Bar and Laan Na Kitchen, bars MAI The Sky Bar and Tien Pool Bar, and lounges Ruen Kaew and The Level Lounge; the latter a 21st-floor executive lounge with panoramic views of the city.