THE CAFÉ — the interactive show-kitchen restaurant of Hyatt Regency Manila, City of Dreams — will feature Thai Guest Chef Siriluck Lekkwan of Grand Hyatt Macau for the Thai food promo entitled “A Taste of Thai,” from Sept. 9 to 22. As part of the promotion, she will conduct a cooking class on Sept. 13 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at The Café.

For the Thai culinary promotion, which is staged with Thai Airways and the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Ms. Lekkwan will prepare her specialty dishes, among them a myriad of classic Thai fare such as Green Papaya Salad, Thai Royal Dumplings, Deep-fried Sea Bass with Chili and Tamarind Sauce, Green Curry Chicken, Prawn Cake with Sweet and Sour Sauce, and Mango Sticky Rice.

Her cooking is rooted in the traditional fare of her hometown, Bangkok, where she first learned from her earliest culinary mentor, her grandmother, a local chef who cooked in the royal kitchens of King Rama V. Over the years, Chef Lekkwan’s dishes are described as “refined yet comforting; exquisite yet homey.”

“A Taste of Thai” is available at dinner, 5:30 to 11 p.m. and brunch on Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Café’s dinner buffet is P2,088 net, Sunday to Thursday. and at P2,538 net, Friday and Saturday. Prices are inclusive of a regular beverage package of free-flowing local beer, juices, coffee and tea. The Sunday Brunch buffet with regular beverage package is P2,799 net; or with an alcohol package of free-flowing sparkling wine, local beer and selected cocktails for additional P200 net.

Every diner of the Thai food promotion is entitled to one raffle ticket per visit, for a chance to win two Thai Airways round trip tickets to Bangkok, with a three-day and two-night stay at the Grand Hyatt Erawan.

For reservations, call 691-1234 extension 1163, e-mail TheCafe.Reservations@hyatt.com, or visit hyattregencymanilacityofdreams.com.

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