City of Dreams’ mooncakes
CITY OF DREAMS Manila ushers in a prosperous Mid-Autumn festival with premium mooncakes available until Sept. 24 at Crystal Dragon Chinese restaurant and at Café Society, a gourmet café. Offered at P3,988 nett for a box of four, the traditional mooncakes with white lotus paste and double egg yolk filling in a soft pastry are luxurious to taste. This specially crafted delicacy is packaged in an elegant box, which makes it a perfect gift. To order, call Crystal Dragon or Café Society at 800-8080, e-mail guestservices@cod-manila.com, or visit www.cityofdreamsmanila.com.
Crimson Mactan’s European Weekend
THE Crimson Mactan Resort and Spa in Cebu will hold its European Culinary Weekend from Sept. 14 to 16. It provides each guest with a unique epicurean experience and an opportunity to discover different European flavors through: a Welcome Barbecue Dinner (Friday); a Tapas Luncheon and a Gala Dinner (both on Saturday); and finally, a European Brunch (Sunday) to close the weekend-long event. The European Brunch will be prepared by a diverse group of award-winning European chefs. Food will be paired with diverse wines, beers, and liquor. There will be single event passes and full weekend passes with accommodations available. Single event passes are available for the Friday Beach Dinner (P5,900), the Saturday Tapas lunch (P2,950), the Saturday Gala Dinner (P7,950), and the European Grand Tour Brunch on Sunday (P5,800). Full weekend passes with accommodations range in price from P80,000 to P264,000. Early bird discounts are available for both single event passes and full weekend passes until Aug. 31. For more information, contact Marga Silva via marga.silva@epbn.ph or call +632 832-8121.
TWG Tea’s White Sky Tea mooncake collection
IN CELEBRATION of the mid-autumn festival, luxury tea brand TWG Tea launches White Sky Tea Mooncake Collection. The White Sky Tea, which has the fragrance of ylang ylang flowers, features a Yin Zhen white tea in a fruity blend which is meant to pair with TWG Tea’s selection of traditional and snowskin mooncakes. The mooncake flavors are: the Constellation mooncake, a smooth and elegant Singapore Breakfast Tea infused brown lotus filling with a scattering of roasted melon seeds and an embedded salted egg yolk heart within a golden crust; the Harvest mooncake, with mixed almonds, hazelnuts and pecans enveloped in a brown lotus paste infused with Camelot Tea; the Jewel mooncake with a baked chocolate crust filled with Chocolate Tea infused white lotus paste and scattered with chocolate chips; and the Ruby mooncake featuring a blend of apricot and cranberry-inflected white lotus paste infused with Geisha Blossom Tea in a red crust. The Tea-Infused snowskin mooncakes are: Pure, a white satin snowskin mooncake embellished with gold leaf, encasing a smooth white lotus and lemon paste inflected with White Sky Tea and a lotus cream center; the Serenity mooncake, a blush pink snowskin with Earl Grey Fortune Tea-infused brown lotus paste, orange marmalade and praline with a white chocolate heart filled with lotus cream; Jade mooncake, a Paris-Singapore Tea-infused white lotus and velvety pistachio paste contrasted by an Amarena cherry heart with jade green snowskin; and the Illumination mooncake, with chestnut and white lotus paste infused with Okayti Tea surrounded by chocolate pearls and a banana passionfruit confit heart encased in an orange snowskin. The White Sky Tea Mooncake gift box of four tea-infused traditional and snowskin mooncakes retails at P2,150 and P2,588 respectively. An individual White Sky Tea Mooncake gift box retails at P498 (traditional mooncake) and P598 (snowskin mooncake). Available at all TWG Tea Salons & Boutiques in the Philippines until Sept. 23.
