Sizzling steak and more at Richmonde Hotel

MANILA, Philippines – The Richmonde Grill features a delectable collection of exquisite dishes this May to satisfy your cravings any time of the day.

The tangy calamari salad gives diners a prelude to the main attraction — the beef or fish entrées.

The US beef hanger steak churrasco served with potato puree, chimichurri and grilled corn salsa, or the seared salmon fillet served with beet puree, asparagus and dill cream sauce are both tender, flavorsome and enjoyable.

Available for only P675+, each set menu comes with blueberrycheesecake.

For reservations, call the Richmonde Grill at 689-8419 or 638-7777 local 3409. The Richmonde Grill is at the second floor, The Richmonde Hotel, 21 San Miguel Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

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Pinakbet, bagnet and igado at I-Republik

I-Republik is short for Ilocandia Republik, a new Ilocandia –inspired grill along Tomas Morato in Quezon City.

I-Republik is a sequel to the Red Crab group’s Blackbeard’s Seafood Island (with flagship stores in Market! Market!, Araneta Center, and Eastwood City Walk). In I-Ilokano, Filipino cooking goes regional. 

The Ilokano dishes include bagnet in binagoongan, bagnet in pinakbet and adobo, as well as clay pot comfort food like igado and imbaliktad. The rest of the northern connection is established with items such as Session Caesar salad, strawberry salad, and Camp John Hay American cobb salad.

Other must-try items in the menu are the pinakbet classic and pinakbet sili. There’s chicharon fried rice and longganiza fried rice and Ilocandia’s famous clay pot rice (usually cooked with a secret peanut butter concoction).

The kitchen is powered by two young Ilocano chefs Jerome Ragojos and Nell Badere.

For inquiries, call 376-4503 or 376-2674. 

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French bread selections at Lartizan Boulangerie Française

Tucked in the corner of an establishment called Mickey’s Delicatessen is an airy, blonde-wood-and-brick bakery called Lartizan Boulangerie Française, where the bread selections are baked in batches throughout the day.

The tiny bakery showcases its baked goodies in warmly lit shelves.

What makes Lartizan bread special is its secret ingredient: the levain, a French sourdough-enhanced base.

Lartizan Boulangerie Française is located in Mickey’s Delicatessen at 144 Jupiter corner Orbit Streets, Bel-Air II Village, Makati City. 

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Ilocos Sur comes to Intercon Manila

The InterContinental Manila’s Ilocano food festival at Café Jeepney is ongoing until May 31. Food lovers will be treated to the best of Ilocano cuisine as prepared by guest chef Peter Nic Rodriguez of Bistro Candon Restaurant in Candon City, Ilocos Sur.

Traditional and heirloom as well as the guest chef’s personal recipes will be part of the Jeepney’s lunch and dinner buffet spreads. Collaborating with the hotel for this festival in celebration of Philippine Heritage Month is the Office of the Governor of Ilocos Sur.

Among the Ilocano food classics offered are the different versions of dinengdeng, which chef Nic says should have “compatible vegetables,” bagnet, (deep-fried pork belly), pipian (a chicken dish of Mexican origin), higado, imbaliktad (an a la minute dish of beef tenderloin, spinal column marrow, liver and tripe), lomo-lomo (a dish of pork tenderloin, heart and liver), sapsapuriket (chicken and pork blood dish), lechon manok stuffed with carimbuwaya (an edible native cactus), dinardaraan (dinugoan), poque-poque (grilled eggplant dish), pinakbet, dinakdakan (sliced grilled pork face and liver), radish pod salad, pochero, sinanglao, tinolang manok, Vigan empanada, ginataang palaka (frogs’ legs in coconut milk), chicken afritada, canotillo, and masa podrida.  

Cafe Jeepney’s lunch buffet is available everyday from 12 noon to 2:30 p.m., while the dinner buffet is offered from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

For reservations, call 793-7000.

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Surf and turf at Discovery Suites

22 Prime of Discovery Suites was selected as “Best Steakhouse” in the First Gold Spots Awards by on-line Metro dining guide SPOT.ph.

The restaurant received the most number of on-line and SMS votes from a shortlist of premier establishments in Metro Manila and Tagaytay.

Diners can enjoy the restaurant’s popular surf and turf, a set meal that features a 200-gram rib eye steak and jumbo prawns with the chef’s soup of the day, Caesar salad and dessert for only P1,195+ per person.

22 Prime is open from Monday to Sunday for lunch (12 noon to 2:30 p.m.) and dinner (from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.).

For inquiries, call 683-8222 loc. 3702 or 3722 or e-mail \t “_blank” fbds@discovery.com.ph.

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Hot Loops Funbox on Cebu Pacific flights

Passengers can now enjoy the Hot Loops Funbox on every Cebu Pacific flight. The Hot Loops Funbox is a fun-filled box of pre-packed, bite-sized donuts oozing with a medley of flavors.

Available in boxes of three, it’s the perfect inflight snack as passengers await touchdown. As an added treat, the Hot Loops Funbox comes in flavors exclusively created for Cebu Pacific: Choco Mucho, Strawberry Thrill and Rainbow Drop. 

The Hot Loops Fun Box is offered for only P60 on every Cebu Pacific flight.

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Sizzling meals at Goto King

Goto King celebrates its 25th anniversary celebration this month with a new meal called budbod rice.

Chopped beef tapa, tomatoes, spring onions are sprinkled over Java rice.

Other toppings include pork tocino, skinless longganisa and longganisang Lukban.