Celebrate Grandparents' Day with a crossover brunch at Dusit Thani Manila
MANILA, Philippines - On Sunday, Sept. 12, take grandma and grandpa to Dusit Thani Manila for the Sunday family crossover brunch. Feast on a wide array of authentic dishes, live cooking stations and heavenly desserts. Enjoy the all-inclusive signature beverages that include free-flowing sparkling wine, Japanese green tea, pandan juice and red iced tea from the hotel’s four specialty restaurants — Umu Japanese Restaurant, Tosca Euro-Italian Restaurant, Royal Thai Benjarong and Basix all-day dining. The crossover brunch is priced at P1,600 net for adults, P600 net for kids aged 6 to 12.
For more information, call 867-3333 ext. 3888.
Share the luck: Luk Yuen moon cakes are freshly baked with no preservatives. . * * *
Freshly baked mooncakes from Luk Yuen
Luk Yuen offers its very own freshly baked moon cakes (with no preservatives) in attractive gift packs. The mooncakes are sold in singles (P110) and a four-piece box (P420).
Luk Yuen has outlets in Greenhills Shopping Center, 721-2620; SM Megamall Bldg. B Basement, 633-4396; Glorietta 5, Ayala Center, Makati,
Start it right: Casa Armas’ “Tapas! Tapas! Vamos a Tapear” festival 856-5199; Cash & Carry Mall, 856-5778; and Alabang Town Center 772-4967.
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Tapas festival at Casa Armas
Casa Armas has a tapas festival for September. “Tapas! Tapas! Vamos a Tapear” (Let’s go have tapas!) offers Spanish-style tapas and entrees. Begin with light palate pleasers or a medley of tapas like picada de gambas y verduras, slices of prawns on a baguette and lettuce sprinkled with an assortment of vegetables. Or try the salmon ahumado escalivada, smoked salmon with roasted vegetables. Some of the other tapa entrees are white fish with pepper, prawn fritters, prawn with mushroom, crab cakes, skewered shrimps, and fried anchovies.
Casa Armas is at 132 Jupiter St., Bel-Air Village, Makati City, 897-3542; Greenbelt 3, Makati City, 757-4996; or The Podium, Pasig City, 687-3370.
For in-house functions and catering, call 897-3497/899-0980/898-3245.
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Sweet treats: Three new gelato flavors at Cara Mia Gelateria Toffee Almond Roca and choco sans rival gelato at Cara Mia Gelateria
Cara Mia Gelateria offers three new flavors of gelato. There is the Toffee Almond Roca, toffee mixed in cappuccino-flavored gelato topped with almonds; the mocha straciatella, mocha-flavored gelato with pure chocolate; and choco sans rival, a chocolate twist to the classic sans rival gelato.
Cara Mia is located in Don Bosco Makati, Bellagio Square in Tomas Morato, Greenhills on Connecticut and Missouri, the Atrium of SM Megamall, Alabang Town Center, Robinsons Galleria, the Annex at SM City North Edsa and the Foodstreet at SM Southmall.
Perfect combination: The “A Cup and a Slice” promo at Discovery Shores Boracay * * *
Enjoy ‘A Cup and A Slice’ at Discovery Shores Boracay
Discovery Shores Boracay’s Sands Restaurant offers “A Cup and a Slice” for only P280+ per person. Get a hot cup of coffee or tea with a slice of the restaurant’s specialty desserts such as country pie, ultimate chocolate cake and New York cheesecake.
For information, call Discovery Shores Boracay at 720-8888.
Healthy delivery: Fruit Magic delivers within Metro Manila. * * *
Fruit Magic delivers
Fruit Magic Lounge, Fruit Magic Co.’s healthy dining joint, has a delivery service. Fruit Magic delivers its Fruzion, five-a-day strawberry squeeze, pineapple pleasure, mango mania, melon myth and nutty oaty; shakes, blueberry burst, red revitalizer, five-a-day Fruit Magic shake, raspberry, five-a-day fruit Penta mix, strawberry-kiwi, strawberry, mango, green mango, melon, watermelon and choco-banana; Olympian, anti-cancer, apple, carrot, smooth as silk and pineapple; and all-day beverage, dalandan juice, buko pandan, Soymagic and Fruiteas.
For delivery, call 212-1212.
Fruit Magic is located at Shopwise-Libis; Shopwise Commonwealth; Victoria Towers on Timog Avenue, Quezon City; and The Venice Piazza Mall at McKinley Hill, Global City, Taguig. For more information, visit www.fruitmagic.com.ph or e-mail admin@fruitmagic.com.ph.
Eat all you want: The P395 eat-all-you-can buffet at Salt & Pepper restaurant * * *
P395 eat-all-you-can buffet at Salt & Pepper
Salt & Pepper restaurant offers a P395 all-you-can-eat buffet. Savor mouthwatering bestsellers like herbed ground beef kebab, chicken kebab, and chicken tandoori with their freshly baked pita breads. The buffet is available Wednesdays to Fridays at 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Come in a group of eight and one gets to dine free. On Mondays, for a single receipt of P500 get a free frequent foodie card. Accumulate eight stamps and eat a free buffet on your ninth visit. Wednesday is ladies’ night — groups of four ladies eating the buffet get a free pitcher of margaritas. On Tuesdays and Thursdays Pilita Corrales serenades guests.
Salt & Pepper is located at 205 EDSA corner Rochester streets, Greenhills, Mandaluyong City (beside the Play & Display Showroom). For more information, call 725-7454 and 722-9925, e-mail snp.manila@gmail.com or visit saltandpepperresto.multiply.com.
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Gourmet in a Box at Intercontinental Manila
Eat all you want: The P395 eat-all-you-can buffet at Salt & Pepper restaurant Prince Albert Rotisserie at Intercontinental Manila offers a gourmet lunch box for only P1,350+ per person. There are five gourmet lunchbox meals to choose from. Box 1 includes crispy curry rice with seafood dumplings, scallion, coriander and smoked tomato chutney; and leek and mussel saffron soup; Box 2 includes home-smoked parrotfish and salmon with dill honey cream relish; minestrone with pesto basil; pork shank osso bucco with risotto and talegio cheese; Box 3 has cheese ravioli with roasted pine nuts and cream sauce, French onion soup, pan-fried seafood crab cake with lobster sauce and asparagus mushrooms and a soft biscuit with green pistachio and chocolate ganache; Box 4 has grilled zucchini with marinated orange salmon, tomato beef consommé; parrotfish fillet; roasted potatoes; and candied lemon filled with Grand Marnier orange cream and Box 5 has gratinated oyster; potatoes and leeks cream soup; US beef flatiron strips with shallots; roasted eggplant; and apple strudel.
The gourmet lunchboxes are available for lunch from 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.
For more information, call 793-7000.
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Sizzling bulalo at Ladera Grill
Ladera Grill in Tagaytay City offers sizzling bulalo steak stewed with shiitake mushrooms. The marrow and beef shanks are cooked until tender and smothered with creamy gravy and spiced with chili fingers. Other faves are tilapiang binusog sa laing, stuffed with fresh laing and barbecued kuhol sa gata.
Ladera Grill is located on the Lower Level of Vista de Splendido building, Tagaytay-Nasugbu Road, Laurel Batangas. For more information, call 693-4016, 0917-584-5274 or 0928- 502-8661.
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Chocolate fudge cake from Red Ribbon
Red Ribbon introduces its chocolate fudge cake, a moist chocolate pound cake layered with luscious chocolate fudge filling and covered with velvety chocolate icing. The chocolate fudge cake is available in regular size for P460 and junior size for only P275.
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P99 crispy noodles with assorted seafood at Super Bowl of China
Super Bowl of China celebrates its 10th year with its “10th Year Anniversary Rollback: P99 crispy noodles with assorted seafood.” Crispy fried egg noodles mixed with cuttlefish, boneless fish fillet, shrimp and other seafood, assorted vegetables, and mushrooms in a clear, light seafood sauce is the perfect fare for lunch, dinner, and snacks. And for the whole month of September, feast on it for only P99 per order (from its original price of P250) available in the same generous quantity good for three to four persons.
Super Bowl of China is located on the fourth level-SM Megamall Atrium; second level-Glorietta 4 Ayala Center Makati; third level-Chef’s Avenue Festival Mall, Alabang; third level-Gateway Mall, Cubao, Quezon City; ground floor-Main Mall, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City; M1 Activity Center TriNoma, North EDSA Quezon City; and at the ground floor-Midtown Wing, Robinsons Place Manila. For delivery, call the Super Delivery Hotline, 737-8888. For catering and party needs, call the Super Catering hotline, 747-2845.
