What's on the Menu: GotSoul at M Café

MANILA, Philippines - Museum Café, more popularly known as M Café, along with M Sessions, transports you to a global party that fuses electronica, house, soul, jazz and other vibrantly organic sounds every Friday at 10 p.m. with GotSoul. GotSoul Recordings has deep ties with artists worldwide, including those from New York, San Francisco, Montreal, as well as Singapore and now Manila. M Café features the soul-induced dance-floor funkiness of DJ Kristian Hernandez and other notable guest DJs. Museum Café is a concept by Raintree Restaurants along with sister bistros within the metro: Chelsea Market & Café, Mr. Jones, MoMo Café, Stella and Rocketroom. For more information, call 757-3000 or 757-6000 or visit www.raintreerestaurants.com/museumcafe or www.msessions.com.

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Kung Food Dimsum Double deals at Super Bowl of China

Super Bowl of China offers its “Kung Food Dimsum Double Deals” promo. Ongoing until Aug. 31 on weekdays, diners may order any of the restaurant’s regular dimsum menu items (except for the dimsum combination platter and dimsum add-ons) and get another order of the same dimsum item for free.

The promo is for lunch between 12 noon and 2 p.m. and dinner between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. available on all weekdays. Choose from its dimsum menu of hakao (four pcs. x 2 of fresh steamed shrimp dumpling) for only P 130, steamed pork siomai with meat and shrimp (four pcs. x 2) for only P120, BBQ pork siu pao (three pcs. x 2 of steamed sweet buns with tasty pork asado filling and rice sauce) for only P110, double servings of chicken feet in semisweet and mildly spicy taosi sauce for only P95, crispy vegetarian spring rolls (six pcs. x 2) for only P95, and deep fried wonton filled with seasoned ground pork served with sweet-and-sour sauce (six pcs. x 2) for only P120.

Visit Super Bowl of China at the fourth level of SM Megamall Atrium Mandaluyong City; second level Glorietta 4 Ayala Center, Makati City; third level Chef’s Avenue Festival Mall, Alabang; third level Gateway Mall, Araneta Center Cubao Quezon City; ground floor, South Wing Main Mall SM Mall of Asia Pasay City; first level, TriNoma North Edsa Quezon City; and at the ground floor, Midtown Wing of Robinsons Place Manila.

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Spider-Man donuts from Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme rolls out the Spider and Spider-Man Donuts, which put an epic spin on the melt-in-your-mouth donut: one is filled with chocolate cream rolled in carat chocolate and crushed Oreo cookies then dusted with a Spider-outlined coating; the other is charged with strawberry filling and coated with Spider-Man’s face using vanilla-colored icing and satin iced candy. Available Until July 15, these latest additions to Krispy Kreme’s line of premium products allow everyone to enjoy a blast of Spider-Man mania.

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Kinilaw na hipon at Gerry’s Grill

Gerry’s Grill offers kinilaw na hipon with diced chili pepper, onion and vinegar as a favorite appetizer. Other new offerings include sinigang na hipon, cara-beef tapa and sinigang na hipon sa bayabas. The leading grill restaurant chain’s slew of Pinoy favorites has made it a top foodie destination with 52 branches nationwide.

For more information, visit www.gerrysgrill.com.

Seafood teppanyaki set at Dusit

Dusit Thani Manila’s Umu Japanese Restaurant offers teppanyaki specials fresh off the grill. Available are the seafood teppanyaki set inclusive of lapu-lapu, salmon and prawns; and the beef teppanyaki set featuring US rib eye priced at P1,100 per person. For P1,400 net, guests get the ultimate treat with a complete serving of the four teppanyaki items (lapu-lapu, salmon, prawns and US rib eye) in one serving. All sets are inclusive of three choices of dips, miso soup, salad, rice, pickles and ice cream.

For information, call 238-8888.

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Business lunch at Buddha Bar

Buddha Bar Manila serves lunch from 12 noon to 2 p.m., Mondays to Fridays. With its business lunch menu starting at P750 and up per person, the starter dish is Salad Mesclun with Shiitake tossed in Japanese vinaigrette. For the main course, diners can choose from grilled pork belly in Asian BBQ sauce with vegetable keba, the Malabar-spiced hanger steak with cucumber raita with herb butter vegetables or chicken curry with mango chutney and vegetable pakoras. They can also choose salmon teriyaki with vegetable tempura or the vegetarian vegetable curry with vegetable pakoras. For dessert, there are coco pandan crepe or the warm chocolate or butter custard cake.

For information, call 856–6859 or 856–6719 or visit www.buddhabarmanila.com.

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Inulukan at Kabisera ng Dencio’s

Kabisera ng Dencio’s introduces its brand of Filipino cuisine with dishes from the Bicol region like classic laing or inulukan, Kabisera’s take on the dish of gabi leaves and coconut milk stew simmered with crab and buko strips. Other dishes include the Bicolano version, the Kandingga. This unique mix of sautéed minced beef lungs is given the right spark with chopped siling labuyo and diced onions and simmered in vinegar with a hint of coconut. Sinanglay is fresh pink tilapia stuffed with onions and tomatoes steamed in a spicy ginger-coconut cream sauce and served on a bed of sautéed sigarilyas or wing beans.  

Kabisera ng Dencio’s is at Bonifacio High Street, Ground Floor, B3 Quadrant, Bonifacio Global City. For information, call 856-5545/5543.

Rib eye at Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse offers its “Ribeye Steak Out,” where the steaks are marinated for 24 hours before they are cooked. There’s the seasoned and seared Ribeye (P1,455), grilled over an open flame using Outback Steakhouse’s secret 17-seasoning blend; the Chargrilled Ribeye (P1,455), steak with a rich hint of espresso seasoning for an extra kick. There’s also the Tuscan Marinated Ribeye (P1,495), an Italian-inspired steak marinated in olive oil, rosemary, burgundy wine and spices; and the Garlic Ribeye, a steak for true garlic lovers (P1,495), topped with marinated, sweet, roasted garlic cloves. All are served with a choice of two freshly made side dishes.

Outback Steakhouse is at Alabang Town Center, Glorietta 4 Makati and Acropolis. Follow Outback Steakhouses’s Twitter account (@GoOutbackPH) and like its Facebook account at www.facebook.com/OutbackSEA

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Black pepper crab at The Red Crab

The Red Crab Alimango House offers its crabs cooks in many innovative ways like the black pepper crab, Thai chili crab, crab Maritess, and typhoon shelter crab. Other dishes are the sinugba, world queen and king seafood platter, pinausukan steamed pla pla, live shrimps cooked in citrus boil, sinabawan bangus belly sinigang sa bayabas, pinirito bacon wrapped camaron rebosado Jum-Bangus ala bistek, seafood in curry and chilli, and kare kare.

The Red Crab Alimango House is at the ground floor, Piazza Venice, Mckinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, 403-8011; 104 JSB Bldg., corner Sct. Delgado, Tomas Morato, Quezon City, 412-4323; second floor, Resorts World, Newport Mall, Pasay City, 856-0087; the second level, Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center, Makati, 757-4716 and Lucky China Town Mall Binondo.