Seafood nights at Diamond Hotel
MANILA, Philippines - Diamond Hotel serves an array of seafood dishes complemented with free-flowing white wine in its “Seafood Nights” at the Palm Court Café.
Every Friday, indulge in a spread of lobsters, crabs, scallops, mussels, shrimps, prawns and fish entrees. Have them cooked your way — with garlic, buttered, steamed, fried or spicy. The dinner buffet also features Diamond Hotel’s regular sections like the Japanese corner, a salad bar and a dessert buffet, with an ice cream station. The buffet is P1,500+ per person.
Diamond Hotel Philippines is located at Roxas Boulevard, cor. Dr. J Quintos St., Manila.For information, call 528-3000 / 305-3000 or e-mail bizcenter@diamondhotel.com.
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P180 breakfast at Bagoong Club
Bagoong Club now serves Bukang Liwayway breakfast selections from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. daily.
For P180, start the day with either inihaw na manok tocino, tapang baka with bistek sauce, longganisa espesyal with hamonado sauce, paksiw na bangus tiyan, sinaing na tulingan prito or adobong lechon paksiw.
All dishes are served with a choice of egg, garlic rice, coffee, tea or iced tea.Bagoong Club is located at 122 Scout Dr. Lazcano, Sacred Heart, Quezon City.
For details, call 929-5450 or 929-0544.
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Dutch clog praline at Manila Pavilion Hotel and Casino
Manila Pavilion Hotel & Casino offers a variety of delectable delicacies for January.
There’s strawberry malakoff, creamy layers of crunchy ladyfingers and strawberry cream topped with lush strawberries and fresh kiwi.
The Patisserie’s cake of the month is available at P688+. The Dutch clog praline (P48/piece), is the praline of the month.
At the Boulvar, indulge in Chinese spring rolls with a zesty dip for P280+ per order.
The frozen mudslide, a fusion of vodka and Irish cream liqueur blended with coffee liqueur, chocolate syrup and whipped cream, is Boulvar’s drink of the month for only P288 per glass.
The Manila Pavilion Hotel & Casino is located at UN Avenue corner Ma. Orosa St., Ermita, Manila.
For inquiries, call 526-1212 or visit www.waterfronthotels.com.ph.
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Crispy pork callos, putanesca negra at Rocksalt
Rocksalt is chefs Rob Pengson and Benny Ledesma’s new restaurant on Timog Avenue in Quezon City. “It’s common, it’s down-to-earth, it’s quintessential,” chef Rob explains, and yet it has the ability to turn “familiar dishes a notch higher to cure sinful cravings.”
Some of the dishes on the menu are crispy pork callos which is lechon kawali in callos, the traditional Spanish stew of beef cheeks, honeycomb tripe and chorizo. Other interesting dishes are the Rocksalt cheeseburger, Angus cheese burger and Angus cheese steak. Putanesca negra is putanesca in paella negra.
The prices are also family-friendly with entrees that begin at P350; pastas, P325; and salads, P255.
Rocksalt is located at Unit 7-8 Timog Commercial Complex, Timog corner Panay Ave., Q.C. It is open for dinner from 6 p.m. onwards, from Tuesday to Sunday. It is also open for lunch on Saturdays and Sundays.
For more information, call 332-6821 or 332.6751.
