Cabalen honors graduates with a 10+1 free buffet promo

MANILA, Philippines - Cabalen, the premier buffet restaurant in the country, salutes the graduates with its “10+1 Free Buffet” promo until April 30. Cabalen is an ideal family celebration venue as it offers this year’s graduates the best Capampangan cuisine and other Filipino gastronomic favorites at the most affordable price. There is a wide array of festive dishes to enjoy from the all–time favorites crispy crablets, kare-kare, lechon paksiw, dinuguan, gatang kuhol, pork BBQ, sizzling sisig, grilled hito with burong hipon and for sweet ending, try the famous dessert buffet which includes sampelot, minatamis na saguin, make–your–own halo-halo, guinomis and mais con yelo. Savor the new dishes like pata bihon, maruya espesyal and turon with langka.

For reservations and all kinds of functions, visit Cabalen Restaurants located at 67 West Avenue, QC; third level, Bridgeway, SM Megamall; ground floor, Robinsons Place Manila; ground floor, Robinsons Starmills, San Fernando, Pampanga; ground floor, Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall; ground floor, SM City Clark; second floor, Chefs Avenue, Festival Mall, Alabang; ground floor, Paseo de Sta.Rosa, Laguna, and the newly opened Cabalen restaurant at the North Wing, SM City Cebu.

Visit the following branches for a wider buffet selection that includes not just Filipino favorites but also Asian– Japanese, Chinese and Thai specialties at the second floor, TriNoma Mall; ground floor, Glorietta 3; ground floor, Entertainment Mall, SM Mall of Asia. For details, call 372-3515 or 893-9884. For your catering needs, call 373-2914.

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Buy four Wagyu steaks, get one free at Melo’s

As part of Melo’s Steakhouse’s graduation day promo, every order of four Wagyu steaks gets you a prime-cut 8-oz. Wagyu ribeye steak for free.

The offer is available at Melo’s Alabang, Makati and Quezon City and runs from March to April.

Other special dishes are the full-flavored Wagyu striploin (Grade 8) 8-oz. steak with exquisite quattro fungi pasta; Wagyu tenderloin (Grade 8) 4-oz. steak with al fungi porcini; Wagyu tenderloin foie gras (Grade 8) 4-oz. with red wine cranberry sauce, and a Wagyu striploin (Grade 8) 8-oz. steak, and Chilean seabass served with creamy potato, spinach and hollandaise sauce.

Melo’s Steakhouse is located at 22 Jupiter Street, Bel-Air Village, Makati City, 899-2456; 58 Sgt. Esguerra St., Quezon City, 924-9194; 41 Precinct, Westgate Alabang, Muntinlupa City, 771-2288; and Burgos Circle, the Fort, Taguig City,403-5968.

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Special room rates for grads at Diamond Hotel

Diamond Hotel offers graduates plush rooms for P6,500. The room package includes buffet breakfast for two at the Palm Court Café, free selected items in the mini bar, complimentary three-hour daily Internet service in the room, 20 percent off on massage and reflexology treatments, 50 percent off on beverage at the Sky Lounge and Poolside Bar, and free use of the pool and gym. Promo runs until March 31.

Diamond Hotel’s Palm Court Café lunch and dinner buffet starts at P1,420 per person.

At Yurakuen Japanese Restaurant, the meals start at P1,650 per person.

Dine with a group of six at Palm Court Café or Yurakuen and the graduate dines for free. 

Get a complimentary gift certificate if you spend P5,000 or more per table. The promos run until April 30. 

Diamond Hotel Philippines is located at Roxas Boulevard, cor. Dr. J Quintos St., Manila.  For inquiries, call 528-3000, 305-3000 or e-mail bizcenter@diamondhotel.com.

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20-percent discount for a party of 10 at Crowne Plaza

Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila celebrates with the graduating class of 2010 by offering a 20-percent discount for every party of 10 who will dine at the hotel’s two premium restaurants — the Seven Corners or Xin Tian Di Restaurant.

Seven Corners Restaurant boasts interactive food stations that offer Japanese, Western, Italian, Indian and Asian cuisines.

For dessert, check out the tepanyaki ice ream station. Seven Corners’ salute to the graduates of 2010 lunch buffet promo goes for only P1,165+, while the dinner buffet is offered at P1,335.

At Xin Tian Di Restaurant, savor the restaurant’s roast duck, known for its aromatic and crisp skin and succulent meat achieved by hours of roasting in a beech-wood fire oven.

Executive Chinese chef Sam Lee has also created a special set menu. Promo runs until April 30. Graduates are required to present their school ID indicating grade or year level or bring a copy of their graduation certificate upon dining to avail of the promo.

For information, call 633-7222 or e-mail f&b.reservations@ihg.com.