Thanksgiving Special at New World Manila Bay Hotel
THE New World Manila Bay Hotel sets the spotlight on the star of Thanksgiving — turkey — with a special buffet spread at Market Café. Roast turkey will be served along with its flavorful side dishes, plus roast prime ribs, porchetta, and croissant stuffing with sausage and apple at the carving station. Cap off the meal with pumpkin tart, apple cranberry crumbles and other desserts. The Thanksgiving lunch buffet on Nov. 28 at Market Café is priced at P2,400 per person while dinner is at P2,600 per person. Club Epicure members are entitled to 50% off on the buffet. For reservations and inquiries, call +632 8252-6888 or e-mail dining.manilabay@newworldhotels.com.
Crimson Hotel’s Thanksgiving dinner buffet
THE hotel’s Café Eight will offer a buffet spread with the traditional roast turkey and ham, seafood paella, and other treats for Thanksgiving on Nov. 28, 6-10 p.m., for P1,460++. Meanwhile, the Christmas Goodies Corner is up until Dec. 31, with parties and hampers on offer. Over at the Lobby Lounge, Sparkling Afternoon Tea is being served daily from 3-5 p.m. until Dec. 31 for P868++ for two persons. Also being served is a Kakanin Sampler, a platter of native Filipino desserts, until Dec. 31. Rate for two persons is P456++. Over at the Deck bar, Santa’s Poptails — boozy ice pops dunked in a glass of cocktail — are being served until Dec. 31. For inquiries and reservations, call 8863-2222 or e-mail alabang.info@crimsonhotel.com.
Yellow Cab’s Potluck Holiday Bundle
This year, Yellow Cab offers all-new Party Trays for the holidays. These include a Baked Mac Pasta Tray (macaroni and savory ground beef in a sweet and tangy tomato sauce), a Mac & Cheese Pasta Tray (oven-baked macaroni and cheese topped with crumbled bacon), and a Wings Tray (32 chicken wings with a choice of up to four variants per tray, which include the original Hot Chix, Garlic Parmesan, Sweet Soy, Sriracha, Lemon Pepper, and Smoked Chipotle). One can get all these new Party Trays and more with Yellow Cab’s Potluck Holiday Bundle, a deal which includes one pasta tray of your choice, one 32-piece Wings Tray, two 10-inch cheese pizzas, and two 10-inch pizzas with flavors of your choice — all for P2,799. Customers can avail of Yellow Cab’s Potluck Holiday Bundle promo until Jan. 15 for take-out, delivery, or curbside pick-up. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/YellowCabPizzaOfficial/.
Golden Goose at Lung Hin
The Golden Goose returns to Marco Polo Ortigas’ Lung Hin this November. Coming from a century-old recipe of guest chef Billy Cheong, the Hong Kong classic roasted dish in comes in quarter, half, and whole portion sizes. A specially crafted set menu is also available together with Lung Hin’s signature dishes, including Steamed Seafood Dumplings with Caviar, Steamed Whole Japanese Scallop with Minced Garlic in XO Sauce, and Poached Garoupa with Wild Mushroom in Fish Stock. The Golden Goose is currently available until Feb. 3. For details visit www.marcopolohotels.com.
SaladStop! partners with WWF
SaladStop! Philippines celebrates its fifth anniversary with some good food, and by doing a little good for the world. It is partnering with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines to that involves not just eating well, but also taking the environment into consideration. The good food comes in the form of the latest featured menu item, Mo’ Green: romaine lettuce, red and white cabbage, a pumpkin quinoa patty, cage-free eggs, roasted peanuts, capsicum, cucumber, mandarin orange, and green miso dressing. This vegetarian-friendly option can be enjoyed as a salad (P375) or a wrap (P365) in all SaladStop! stores (except at Ayala Tower 1) until Jan. 11. Ten percent of the profits from every order of Mo’ Green is a donation to the WWF-Philippines to help fund the organization’s environmental efforts. SaladStop! and WWF-Philippines have also come out with a limited edition T-shirt that will be available in all SaladStop! stores (except at Ayala Tower 1). Every purchase of the shirt, which costs P595, provides another way to help the environmental cause, with 10% of its sales donated to WWF-Philippines. In addition, since 2017, customers who bring their own bag or refuse the SaladStop! paper bag get a P10 discount for a minimum of P250 on take-away purchases. SaladStop! has branches at Central Square, Power Plant Mall, Greenhills, Glorietta 2, Ayala Tower One, Burgos Circle, Alabang Town Center, Salcedo Village, SM Megamall, SM Mall of Asia, U.P. Town Center, Robinsons Cyberscape Gamma, Ayala Center Cebu, Oakridge Business Park Cebu, and TriNoma.
Taittinger Comtes de Champagne in 1st Class
Singapore Airlines (SIA) customers can now enjoy Taittinger Comtes de Champagne in First Class. Produced by the prestigious family owned champagne house Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs is produced only in the best years, composed exclusively of chardonnay grown in five Grand Crus vineyards, and only first press wine is used to give it an absolute guarantee of quality. The bottles are not produced in large volumes, making it a rare and celebrated wine. In selecting the champagne, SIA’s Wine Panel conducted blind tastings of wines from many of the world’s most famous wine regions, before deciding upon Comtes de Champagne for its exceptional quality and taste. Each year, more than 350,000 bottles of champagne are served on SIA flights. Comtes de Champagne joins two prestige cuvées in First Class, Dom Pérignon and Krug Grand Cuvée. Comtes de Champagne will first be served on flights to Auckland, Beijing, Delhi, Dubai, Melbourne, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo (Haneda) until February 2020, before being rotated to other routes.
