What’s on the Menu? Luk Yuen opens fifth branch

MANILA, Philippines - Luk Yuen opened its fifth outlet on the second level of Glorietta 2, Ayala Center, Makati City. The new branch has a high ceiling with a verdant wall depicting a wandering deer in a garden (Luk means “deer,” Yuen is “garden” in Cantonese). It has a seating capacity of 160 diners, including a cozy mezzanine and a sidewalk café-like nook. Diners with a minimum P500 single receipt, dine-in only, have until Dec. 12 to avail of the opening coupon offer of a free noodle soup or mixed congee.

Luk Yuen is located at Greenhills Shopping Center, SM Megamall Bldg. B Basement, Cash & Carry Mall and Alabang Town Center.

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Lettuce-wrapped burger at Brothers Burger

Brothers Burger offers its lettuce-wrapped burger. This new, delicious concoction wraps the signature 150-gram, flame-grilled Brothers Burger patty in lettuce. It’s also paired with fresh tomatoes and raw onions and done burrito-style. There’s also the Grilled Chicken Sandwich, which packs in two grilled chicken breast fillets, marinated, drizzled with cilantro cream, topped with lettuce and tomatoes, and served on a warm, toasted, oatmeal bun. The crispy fish sandwich includes a breaded fish fillet topped with dill mayo, served with farm-fresh lettuce and tomatoes on a perfectly toasted oatmeal bun. Also try the Green Delight Salad and Grilled Chicken Salad.

Brothers Burger’s Metro Manila branches include Pasong Tamo, Convergys Makati, Petron Dasma Makati, Westgate Alabang, Greenhills, Alimall, Paseo de Magallanes, RCBC Plaza Ayala Ave., Hobbies of Asia, 2Ecom, Il Terazzo, Ortigas, Lucky Chinatown Mall, The Hub Mandaluyong, TriNoma, Bonifacio High Street, and Katipunan. Outside Metro Manila are Davao, Nuvali Sta. Rosa Laguna, Ayala Technohub Baguio and Mile-Hi Baguio.

For Metro Manila deliveries, call 756-5656. Follow Brothers Burger at www.facebook.com/OfficialBrothersBurger and www.twitter.com/brothersburger for promos and updates.

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Cravings offers ‘My Holiday Cravings 2014’ 

Cravings offers its “My Holiday Cravings 2014” menu, starting with the Savory Bundles: Bundle 1 is Organic Mixed Salad with Green Goddess Dressing, Roast Beef with Mushrooms, Steak Fried Rice, Seasonal Vegetables, Baked Ziti and Chocolate Caramel Cake; Bundle 2: Organic Mixed Salad with Green Goddess Dressing, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Mashed Potato and Seasonal Vegetables, Spaghetti Bolognese with Garlic Herbed Bread and Devil’s Food Cake; and Bundle 3: Organic Mixed Salad with Asian Vinaigrette, Lengua Estofado, Mashed Potato and Seasonal Vegetables, Lasagna Supreme with Garlic Herbed Bread and Dulce De Leche Cake.  All Savory Bundles are ideal for 10 to 12 persons. There are Cater Trays (good for 10-12 persons) available for takeaway or delivery. Specialties include Roast beef with Mushroom Sauce, Roast Turkey Stuffed with Chorizo and Chestnut Filling, Chicken Galantine, Chicken Galantine Roll, and Four Cheese Lasagna. Cravings also offers bottled deli items (salad dressings, pasta sauces, dips and spreads) as well as gift hampers for foodies.

For information, visit Cravings at Cravings Center in Katipunan, 441-6529; Shangri-La Plaza Mall, 635-6087; Fraser Place Hotel, Makati, 815-4269; and Molito Lifestyle Bldg. in Alabang, 556-0927.

For information, like the official Facebook page (cravingsphilippines) and Twitter (CravingsPhils).

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Kouign-amann ‘Ka’ by Cicou

Kouign-amann is a cake made with several layers of in-house-made bread dough, butter and sugar. It is slowly baked until the butter puffs up the dough and the sugar caramelizes.

Kouign-amann “Ka” by Cicou is available at SM Megamall, Mega Fashion Hall, (0917-790-0589) and at Brasserie Cicou on Annapolis St., Greenhills, San Juan.

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Christmas set menu at Jade Garden

Jade Garden offers its Christmas set menu (P15,380+, good for 12 persons) prepared by executive chef Ho Chi Kwong. The menu includes a suckling pig combination with three assortments: fish lips with shredded chicken and dried scallops soup, baked prawns with superior sauce on e-fu noodles, stir-fried fresh scallops with broccoli, deep-fried lapu-lapu in Thai sauce, roasted garlic-flavored chicken, fried crabs with spring onions and ginger, soaked seasoned vegetables with Yunan ham in chicken broth, seafood fried rice and for dessert, chilled mango shake with sago.

Jade Garden is open for dinner on Christmas Day and lunch and dinner on New Year’s Day.

For information, call 955-1808, 955-1728 or 0905-374-2785.

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Marvelous Combo at Burgoo

Burgoo offers its “Burgoo Marvelous Combo.” For only P999, enjoy extra Supreme Nachos, Country-Style Fried Chicken with rice pilaf and potato wedges or any two side dishes of your choice, and Tomato-Basil Spaghetti with special garlic bread. The meal comes with a liter of Coca-Cola.  Burgoo offers free delivery at its Tomas Morato and Rockwell outlets.  Just call 927-7396 or 898-1815. Burgoo dishes for delivery include the Shrimp and Ribs Platter, Seafood Caesar Salad, Chicken Dianne, supreme pizzas and pastas and desserts, among others. 

Burgoo is located at The Podium and Robinsons Galleria in Ortigas, SM Mall of Asia in Pasay, Gateway Mall in Cubao, The Block at SM City North EDSA, SM City Marikina, Fairview Terraces Mall, The District Ayala Mall in Cavity, SM Southmall in Alabang, and Starmall in Taguig.

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Holiday feasts with Taggo

Taggo, a loyalty rewards program for restaurants, recommends its first round of merchants in Favorite Manila Restaurants plus a 10-percent discount on the total bill for MasterCard users.

New Orleans Bourbon Street Ribs, Steaks and Oysters offers a collection of most-favorite grilled items from its Taste of Nawtins’ Smokin’ Barbecue Platter (P1,749), with smoked beef brisket, baby back ribs, and smoked chicken barbecue, blackened pork belly served with grilled corn on the cob and southern coleslaw with barbecue sauce. Other dishes are sautéed white shrimp in garlic Creole butter, blackened salmon fillet and spicy calamari, the seafood platter (P1,249); seafood jambalaya (P435) features an assortment of meat and vegetables like okra, Andouille sausages, calamari, white shrimp, and fish fillet, with a distinctive blend of jambalaya spices in a creole rice.

Clawdaddy Osteria Americana offers an assortment of shrimps, prawns, mussels, and clams, the Seafood Boil in a Bag (P1,495). The Kansas City ribs (P395) and a pasta entree Louisiana style with shrimps, Holy Trinity and linguini finished with étouffée cream sauce, shrimp étouffée pasta (P385).

Peri Peri Charcoal Chicken offers its peri-peri chili, a whole butterflied chicken rubbed with lemon, garlic, and herbs oven-roasted and grilled (P525). Rio (P655) comes with four side dishes such as java rice, hummus, corn and carrots, or a tortilla that will have everyone reach for second helpings. 

Shrimp Shack offers seafood delicacies such as garlic shrimp scampi and chili-garlic scampi (P245). The Angus pot roast belly (P285) is slow-cooked, braised beef belly served with mashed potato and gravy.

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Classic medley at Pancake House

 Pancake House brings back its Classic Medley — a combination of two classic pancakes, a side serving of three country sausages and a cup of freshly brewed coffee. Also try crispy waffles, fresh salads, creamy milkshakes, floats and other delectable desserts like the jumbo banana split and waffle fold-over.

For delivery, call 588-2468 from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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