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MERRY-PHUCING XMAS: PHUC YEA TRANSFORMS THEIR LOBBY AND SPREADS THE CHEER INTO A WINTER WONDERLAND HOLIDAY ACTIVATION ALL MONTH LONG!
The holiday cheer has officially started and taken over the lobby with holiday-inspired gifts, decorations, festive cocktails, and weekly events for everyone!
Phuc Yea, Miami’s premier destination for Vietnamese-Cajun cuisine by Cesar Zapata and Aniece Meinhold prepares to turn their sophisticated setting and lush lobby lounge into a PHRESHASPHUC Winter Wonderland spectacular! Starting December 2nd, Santa will greet everyone with a mask on and Lysol spray in hand as guests step into the restaurant. From their speakeasy-esque dining room with private and semi-private dining zones to their Lantern Garden, guests can expect to see the entire restaurant converted into a merry-ephing Xmas activation.
With Santa adhering to Covid19 regulations and welcoming everyone safely to the festive lobby, guests can expect to be instantly transported into a magical Christmas experience! Every day at Phuc Yea will bring jolly with weekly promos that’ll have people listening to “All I Want for Christmas” on replay, Sundays will not include holiday music but Xmas movies, guests may even catch a special appearance from the real-life Grinch!
Getting over the midweek hump day will be wacky but oh’ so much fun, with “Wacky Onesie Wednesday” where everyone is encouraged to come in their onesies and chill. Care to get extra wacky with your onesie? It will pay off as Phuc Yea will be giving away a one-year worth of free oysters, the winner will claim 12 free oysters and a complimentary cocktail once a month, now that person will for sure make it on the Phuc Yea “Nice List”. The holidays are all about family and giving back, Phuc Yea customers are invited to add an ornament to the Phuc Yea tree to become part of the family, bring an ornament and get one free shot.
The fun doesn’t stop there! Get ready to check your Christmas checklist off with all the Phuc Yea gifts, shop for your friends, family, or even for yourself; there will be plenty to choose from. Guests can bring the smell of Pho into their home with Phuc Yea’s new signature Pho Spiced candle, the “PHO Twenty”. It smells like steaming spiced smoked with an afternoon toke, cardamom, cinnamon, clove, star anise, and cannabis-inspired scent. For Chef Enthusiasts or foodies, a Recipe Cook Book by forty of the city’s leading chefs and mixologists, featuring Phuc Yea will be available for purchase as well.
In addition to their new candles, there will also be other gifts available for purchase, including their House Phuc Yea T-shirt for those who want to join the fam with some of their gear. Saving the best for last, this holiday season, share the Phuc Yea experience with your friends and family by gifting them a digital gift card! With a purchase of a gift card, receive a gift card of 20% off your purchase price. For example, buy a $100 gift card, get a $20 gift card, buy a $150 gift card, get a $30 gift card, buy a $200 gift card, get a $40 gift card, it’s the gift that keeps giving!
Tis’ the season for festive cocktails and Ani Meinhold, co-owner has created just that! Meinhold, the brain behind all Phuc Yea cocktails created “Merry Phucing Xmas” a limited-edition drink menu featuring cocktails like the Drink Up Grinches prepared with pickled cranberry, Bombay London dry gin, Cocchi americano rosa, mandarin & cava. Other holiday-inspired cocktails include the Nice List, a refreshing frozen coquito perfect for this “not so winter in Miami” holiday season and, the Naughty List, in other words, their Boozy AF Sangria prepared with red wine, cynar, cumbe aguardiente, Bacardi 8, Havana club Anejo, bobba pearls & macerated fruits.
These delicious cocktails will sure make everyone build an appetite, enjoy Phuc Yea’s favorite signature dishes like the “P.Y. Noodles,” featuring a signature house noodle, garlic butter, oyster sauce, and parmesan cheese; the “Smoked Salmon Summer Roll,” prepared with smoked salmon, cucumber, jicama, avocado, herbage, crispies & yuzu tofu aioli. Another fan favorite and must-try is the “Special Phuc Yea Pho,” it’s so phuckin’ good!
The holiday cheer will carry onto 2021 with the “Winter Wonderland spectacular” lasting till Three Kings Day, Wednesday, January 6, 2021. For more information visit www.phucyea.com.
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About Phuc Yea:
Phuc Yea is a flavorful Vietnamese-Cajun cuisine restaurant created by Cesar Zapata and Aniece Meinhold in 2016. Wearing the hats of co-owner and Executive Chef, Cesar Zapata helms the kitchen, where he creates Phuc Yea’s signature Vietnamese-Cajun fare, and Aniece Meinhold, whose German and Vietnamese heritage brings a new take on Asian cuisine to Miami. FOH, beverage programs and design. Phuc Yea is located at 7100 Biscayne Blvd and is open Wednesday –Monday, where it serves dinner, Sunday brunch and daily happy hour. For more information visit www.phucyea.com or via phone at (305) 602– 3710. Follow @PhucYea.
