What’s on the Menu: Doussant croissant-donut at The Raffles Makati

MANILA, Philippines -The Raffles Makati offers the Doussant at its Café Macaron. The dessert is a hybrid of two treats — the croissant and the cream-filled donut. Choose from an array of Doussant flavors: raspberry, with a dusting of snow powder; Valrhona Guanaja, filled with rich Valrhona dark chocolate, dark chocolate-glazed and sprinkled with dark chocolate pearls; cinnamon sugar-coated, with a creamy vanilla custard; honey-glazed, topped with local honey, almond slivers and premium white chocolate; and pistachio, with a delicate pistachio-cream filling, a glaze of white chocolate and a topping of chopped pistachios. Utmost freshness is a guarantee, as only 200 are prepared daily.

For information, call 555-9365.

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XO chocolate truffle and ‘kape barako’ mooncakes at Makati Shangri-La

Makati Shangri-La, Manila celebrates the Mid-Autumn festival with a variety of classic, Snowskin and custard mooncakes ongoing until Sept. 20. The traditional mooncake flavors include red bean, mixed nuts and Yunnan ham and white lotus. For a healthier alternative, guests may choose the white lotus with 30 percent less sugar in mini or traditional sizes. The new mooncake flavors are creamy custard with mashed salted egg, and the mini Snowskin with a selection of green tea, Chinese plum and baiju, kape barako or XO chocolate truffle. The mini mooncakes are priced at P388+, a single traditional mooncake is P588+, eight pieces of mini mooncakes in a rectangular box is P1,988+, four pieces of traditional-sized mooncakes in a square box or the two-tier deluxe mooncake box is at P3,688+. At the Lobby Lounge there is the Mooncake High Tea that includes an assortment of steamed mantou with crabmeat salad, Chinese Peking duck salad in pie tee, baked BBQ chicken bun, and sesame prawn ball with ginger sauce, together with mooncake flavors such as mixed nuts and Yunnan ham, white lotus or Snowskin green tea and XO chocolate truffle. Avail of the special early-bird discount of 25 percent for their mooncake orders until Aug. 24. A special discount will also be offered for orders of 25 or more boxes.

For information, call 813-8888 or email rric.slm@shangri-la.com.

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Margherita Mondays at Amici

 Amici offers its Margherita Pizzas every Monday for only P250. This offer is valid for dine-in and takeout orders every Monday until Sept. 30.

Amici is located at Don Bosco, Makati 818-4444; Tomas Morato, Quezon City, 376-6458; SM Megamall Atrium, Mandaluyong City, 636-1340; Greenhills, San Juan, 724-4804; Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati City, 621-6111; Venice Piazza, Taguig City, 555-1000; Alabang Town Center, Muntinlupa City, 403-9373 and UP Ayala Technohub, Quezon City, 709-0999.

For information, visit www.amici.ph or the Amici Philippines Facebook Fanpage.