Gastronomic Galore buffet at The Heritage Hotel

MANILA, Philippines - The Heritage Hotel Manila offers the “Gastronomic Galore Marché-style” buffet dining experience for lunch and dinner until July 31. The menu is prepared by executive chef Alex Chong. The buffet includes an assortment of breads, thin- crust pizza fusion of tom yam, black pepper mayo, secret of spice, tandoori; Southeast Asian fusion of Vietnamese beef salad, tofu salad with ginger in Thai sauce, Indonesian gado-gado and Chinese drunken chicken; Italian sampler of roasted eggplant, green and red bell pepper, tomato and mozzarella with balsamic vinaigrette and virgin olive oil, asparagus and smoked salmon salad; chef’s grill and Tex-Mex fusion of spicy citrus marinated shrimp skewers, cheese nachos with toppings of beef, shredded lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream, pollo loco chicken, tacos with a slice of steak and special sauce, Cancun T-bone, Mexican rib-eye steak, Texan barbecue with a choice of Kansas City or South Carolina mustard, honey Dijon, Alabama white, or California-Asian barbecue sauce, among others. Desserts include apple and raisin strudel, apple crumble, choux a la crème, lemon mousse, marbled chocolate mousse, white-chocolate crème brulee, heritage cheesecake of creamy cheese and dark chocolate, West Coast lemon cheesecake and black forest cake. 

For more information, call 854.8888 or e-mail marcom@heritagehotelmanila.com.

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Gindara at InterContinental Manila

Hotel InterContinental Manila’s Prince Albert Rotisserie offers a special a la carte menu of gindara dishes until July 31. Prince Albert Rotisserie’s culinary team demonstrates this with a lineup of main courses such as roasted fillet of gindara with tallegio potatoes, tangy shallot sauce and mango crisp briouate; gindara rossini with pan-seared tournedos, grilled duck liver, truffle and Champagne vinegar sauce; simmered gindara fillet of young leeks and potatoes fondue with truffle oil and mild cow cheese, and golden gindara fillet on garden green asparagus coated with herbed crumbs, garlic croquette and shallot wine vinegar sauce, among others.

For more information, call 793-7000 loc. 777. Prince Albert Rotisserie is open for lunch Monday to Friday, 12 noon to 2:30 p.m., and for dinner from Monday to Saturday at 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

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LA salad, Hawaiian chicken at TGI Friday’s

TGIFriday’s “American Taste Tour” offers dishes that represent America. There is the LA triple salad treat; Hawaiian chicken breast; Louisiana shrimp and chicken a la Baton Rouge; New Orleans with shrimp and chorizo skewers and ribs New Orleans-style and San Francisco citrus cooler. The promo runs until Sept. 30.

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Party packages from Tia Maria’s Cantina

Tia Maria’s Cantina offers a wide variety of party packs. Choose from their Tex-Mex cuisine, which is good for eight to 12 persons. The pack includes pasta, rice and drinks with all-time favorites like nachos grande, tacos, flautas, quesadillas, mini burritos, enchiladas, spareribs, buffalo wings and their newest addition, chicken peri-peri.

 For more information, call Tia Maria’s Festival Mall Alabang, 659-2832); Cantina Katipunan, 4262350; Cantina Mall of Asia, 556-1730 and Cantina De La Rosa Makati, 817-3478.

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Coffee and Wi-Fi at Le Bistro

While waiting for your flight announcement or when you are in between flight connections, there is a place in Terminal 3 where you can while away the time, send e-mails or surf. Le Bistro serves freshly brewed coffee and offers a Wi-Fi connection. Le Bistro is located at the arrival lobby of Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. For more information, log on to www.lebistro.ph.