A Diamond Christmas
DIAMOND Hotel Philippines is granting culinary Yuletide wish lists with a savory and sweet lineup of treats. Available for orders and delivery (minimum purchase required) are a number of holiday dinner savories and sides: US Angus beef rib eye, lechon de leche, Christmas turkey, porchetta with truffle rice, baked Mediterranean crusted Norwegian salmon, and salmon gravlax. To satisfy a sweet tooth there are cakes and pastries: Supermoist chocolate cake, baked cheesecake, mango hazelnut, and Le Royale. Add traditional holiday breads like Christmas fruit cake, lemon calamansi loaf cake, and marble cake; Christmas show-stoppers like The Tree, chocolate bark, and salted chocolate truffles; and crowd favorites like Christmas macarons and ube ensaymadas. There are also Christmas hampers or a treasure chest of luxuries specially curated for the holidays. To place an order for Christmas Goodies, Hampers, Party Platters or Gift Certificates, call Diamond Hotel at 528-3000 ext. 1121 or 1118 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mondays to Fridays; or e-mail restaurant_rsvn@diamondhotel.com. Orders must be placed at least three days before day of pick-up or delivery.
Sunday Roast at Epilogue
ENJOY a sumptuous Sunday lunch with family and friends as Epilogue Fine Bistro in S Maison, Conrad Manila offers its newest Sunday Roast promo. Feast on Epilogue’s special roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, available in limited quantities every Sunday from noon onwards for P599. To know more about Epilogue, visit www.epilogue.ph. Epilogue is at the G/F S Maison, Conrad Manila, Ocean Drive, Mall of Asia, Pasay City.
Holiday stockings
FOR the holiday season Cadbury Dairy Milk has put all its favorite chocolatey treats in one bag — the Cadbury Dairy Milk Holiday Stocking. The purple package contains Cadbury Dairy Milk Original Flavor, Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreos, Cadbury Dairy Milk Honeycomb and Nuts, and Cadbury 5 Star . The stockings, sold for P95 SRP, are now available in all leading department stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores nationwide.
New Japanese dishes
KATSU SORA, home of authentic Japanese tonkatsu and other premium dishes, has added a Ten Zaro Soba set and ebi tempura to its menu. Ten Zaro Soba is served chilled in a bamboo dish with ebi tempura on the side. Dip both noodles and tempura in the soba tsuyu sauce. Add sliced green onions, wasabi, and grated daikon for an extra kick. Meanwhile, Katsu Sora’s ebi tempura — fresh tiger prawns deep-fried in a light and crispy batter — are served with the restaurant’s signature tempura sauce. Katsu Sora has branches in many malls including SM City BF, TriNoma, Glorietta 4, Greenhills Shopping Center, and Ayala Malls Solenad in NUVALI, Sta. Rosa Laguna.
Romulo Café Christmas
IN THE memoirs of the late General Carlos P. Romulo, he recalled the joy of childhood Christmases, “the feasting and parties… midnight mass on Christmas Eve… and the sense of being safe with all one’s family in the presence of God.” Once home after the late-night mass, a rich feast greeted them and always included lechon and relleno. The Romulo Café replicates this family Christmas spread in all their branches, serving Lola Virginia’s chicken relleno and lechon roll (allow two days’ notice) this Christmas season. For orders and reservations, call: Romulo Café, Jupiter St., Makati City at 478-6406 (Amy); Romulo Café, Quezon City at 332-7275 (Gilbert); and Romulo Café, Alabang at 556-1443 (Edith).
Pizza promo extended
THE buy one, take one on pizzas promo at the Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel’s Patisserie and Seasons has been extended. For P500, get two whole authentic Italian pizzas in any flavors of your choice: Margherita, pepperoni, Our Cheese pizza, The Meat Lovers pizza, and Hawaiian pizza. Visit Seasons and Patisserie every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of November from 11:30 a.m. onwards to avail this limited time offer treat. The Manila Pavilion Hotel is at United Nations Ave. corner Maria Orosa St. in Manila.
Sweets at Café Pronto
MARCO POLO Ortigas Manila’s Café Pronto’s signature all-chocolate confection, the Chocolate Haven, offers more than three textures, overloaded with three flavors of chocolate: dark chocolate sponge, dark chocolate mousse, and dark chocolate glaze. The dessert is part of the dessert station at Café Pronto’s Cucina buffet and is also available for P1,100.
