June 17th, 2011 — Affairs, Bar/Grills, Buffet, Casual, Cravings, Cuisine, Dessert, Filipino, Fine Dining, Fusion, Greenhills, Hotels, Italian, Japanese, Makati, Malaysian, Mandaluyong, Manila, Ortigas, Promos / Events, Restaurants, Steakhouse, Sweet Shops, Western, Where To Eat
It’s Dad’s turn! After Mother’s Day last month, wives, children, and families are thinking of places this weekend where to spend time with their Dads on Father’s Day!
Aside from home, you may choose to catch the special offers by these restaurants specially for Father’s Day:
Corniche (in Diamond Hotel)
Corniche in Diamond Hotel will serve a Father’s Day special buffet called “Celebration of Filipino Flavors” by Chefs Roland and Jackie Laudico of Bistro Filipino at P1,588 net per person or P1,888 with unlimited beer, house wine or any standard drink of your choice.
Father’s Day brunch at 22 Prime will be a feast on cold appetizers, salads and soups, entrees, and Prime Rib Carving at P1,295+ per person, available from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Dads get special souvenir items like men’s fragrances from Hayden Paris Fragrances, gifts, products from Belo For Men, and selected men’s wear from Gold Toe.
Café d’Asie (The Bellevue Hotel)
Brunch or dinner seafood buffet with Asian and Western favorites, fresh seafood, carving station, and desserts at P2,000 net per person.
Dine at Marriott Café, Cru Steakhouse or The Lounge on Father’s Day and get a chance to take home a mini cooper and drive it to anywhere for three days.
Bizu Chocolate Cigars
Astralis (by Diamond Hotel)
Astralis in Power Plant Mall offers brunch buffet for P758 net per person featuring one signature dish plus salad and dessert buffets.
Dine in a group of 5 and Dad dines for free plus a surprise giveaway!
Bizu Chess Cake
Bizu Patisserie
Get free items upon purchase of Sugar-free Chocolate Cigars and Checkmate Cake in Bizu. The former is a premium handmade gourmet chocolate cigars made with sugar-free milk chocolate and croquantine wafers in a piano finished cigar box. The latter are made of layers of Almond Dacquoise, Italian Gianduja Ganache, Feulletine Wafer and Lime White Chocolate Mousseline.
Free gift for Dad when you dine in. You can also get a special Serye mug & Barako Coffee with P2,500 purchase
Free set menu for dads with a reservation for 6 or more persons in CAV.
Father's Day at CAV
Agave Mexican Cantina
Get a chance to win a free dinner for two or a bottle of wine in Agave Mexican Cantina. Father’s Day coloring pages for kids will also be given away.
Café d’Asie (The Bellevue Hotel)
Fathers get special gifts (Men’s Health and Top Gear magazines) from The Bellevue Hotel and Summit Media
What a huge set of choices, and there are more as restaurants take the opportunity in this family affair. Happy Father’s Day to your Dad wherever he may be!
June 1st, 2010 — Bar/Grills, Casual, Cravings, Fine Dining, Hotels, Restaurants
By good fortune and friend Rowena, I recently had a satisfying lunch at 22 Prime in Discovery Suites at Ortigas, Pasig.
22 Prime Wines
I was ecstatic when the invitation came as I am aware of 22 Prime‘s reputation including a recent distinction including the recent Gold Spot Awards recognizing Manila’s Best Restaurants which I also covered. 22 Prime won in the Best Steak House category, as they also did the previous year.
The star of the day was 22 Prime’s Australian Tomahawk Chop.
It all begun when Discovery Corporate Chef – Chef David Pardo de Ayala, presented the Tomahawk Chop in its raw form and enormity – including the extra-large rib bone (in photo).
“Wow, that’s what we’re having for lunch in a while!” I said in my mind. 🙂
Australian Tomahawk Chop
It’s a 1 kilogram 6-star tenderplus Australian Beef Rib Eye Steak. You don’t actually order it by ‘serving‘ since each individual will have varying capacity to consume the Grilled Tomahawk Chop. But I say, on the average, you could share it with 4 of your other friends. 🙂
Chef David Pardo de Ayala
Chef David adds that meat should be prepared in room temparature before cooking.
This helps the cook have more control on the cooking temparature and hence achieve the desired browning of the outside meat.
When asked about his secret, “It’s all about the meat – quality, sourcing, and how it’s prepared“.
And so the Grilled Tomahawk Chop was finally served.
It came sliced with a casserole of baby vegetables and a bowl of Caesar Salad of which 22 Prime is also famous for.
Grilled Tomahawk Chop with Vegetables and Caesar Salad
Verse 1 by Brookland Valley
As expected, the beef rib eye steak was juicy and its prime cut meat, tender.
The sides and the Caesar Salad are also commendable.
At P4800, this specialty menu is paired with a bottle of Verse 1 Cabernet Sauvignon wine by Brookland Valley to complete the meal.
22 Prime in Discovery Suites
Get your power lunch or filling dinner of the Grilled Tomahawk Chop as this is only available starting today, June 1 until June 15, 2010.
22 Prime is located at the 22nd Floor of Discovery Suites. For reservations, call 683-8222.
March 24th, 2010 — Affairs, Appetizer, Bar/Grills, Beverage, Casual, Coffee Shops, Cravings, Dessert, Fine Dining, Hotels, Makati, Ortigas, Pizza / Pasta, places, Promos / Events, Restaurants, Sweet Shops, The Fort, Where To Eat
From a list of almost 500 restaurants endorsed and nominated by Spot.ph readers last year, the judges thereafter shortlisted the nominees. This lead to the announcement of 13 admired restaurants in each of their categories recently concluded at the Nescafe Gold Spot Awards 2009.
Encore (previous Embassy Superclub) was filled with food industry players, food enthusiasts and the media for an afternoon of foodie glamor and tasty anticipation for the would-be winners of Nescafe Gold Spot Awards 2009.
Nominees, Foodie Enthusiasts and Guests
This year’s judges include Chef Aileen Anastacio, Yummy editor-in-chief Becky Kho, Chef Him Uy de Baron, award-winning blogger Franco of Table for Three Please, food writer and blogger JJ Yulo and actress Cherie Gil.
Ms. Myrza Sison, Editr-in-Chief of Spot.ph with Jonel Uy of NomNomClub.com Food Blog
Mr. Logan O’Brien, Consumer Marketing Manager, Coffee Business Unit, Nestle Philippines
Sponsored by Nescafe, online voting via Spot.ph ended last January 31, 2010. With more than 250,000 votes cast for 55 restaurants in 11 categories (2 categories were purely by the judges), without further adieu,
Manila’s Best Restaurants for 2009 are:
Best Japanese Restaurant – Inagiku
Best Filipino Restaurant – Abe
Best Steakhouse – 22 Prime
Best Delicatessen – Santi’s Delicatessen
Best Bar – Cav Wine Bar and Bistro
Best Chinese Restaurant – Shang Palace
Best Italian Restaurant – Paparazzi
Best Buffet – Spiral
Best Dessert Place – Cupcakes by Sonja
*Best Restaurant Chain – Cibo
*Best Service – Cibo
*New Restaurant of the Year – Lusso
*Restaurant of the Year – Lolo Dad’s
*Best Restaurant Chain and Best Service was solely determined by readers through mobile and online votes while New Restaurant of the Year and Restaurant of the Year were purely from the panel of judges.
22 Prime - Best Steakhouse
Inagiku - Best Japanese Restaurant
Cav Wine Bar And Bistro - Best Bar
Santi's Delicatessen - Best Deli
Abe - Best Filipino Restaurant
Cupcakes By Sonja - Best Dessert Place
Best Buffet - Spiral
Best Chinese Restaurant - Shang Palace
Paparazzi - Best Italian Restaurant
Cibo is the only one which brought home the bacon for two categories while Lolo Dad’s got the most coveted title of Restaurant of the Year.
I have tried Lolo Dad’s Brasserie in Makati where I met Chef Ariel Manuel but I haven’t been to their main branch in Malate. I hope to do so soon.
I shared these information earlier online on-the-spot during the event through my twitter, plurk, and facebook network accounts. Among my networks, Shang Palace got the most cheers which tinkled my fancy about the restaurant.
I want to visit Shang Palace very soon! Congratulations to this year’s Nescafe Gold Spot Awardees!