It was beautiful night of bonding with family and friends as the grand lady
Amparo del Rosario celebrated her 90th birthday recently. Helping her welcome her very special guests were her children, the well-respected US Ambassador
Albert del Rosario and his lovely wife
Gretchen, elegant lady
Ginny del Rosario-Abello with her husband top doctor
Emilio Abello, Luis and
Barbara del Rosario, Alice Ong, Aying Palenzuela and
Joanne del Rosario.
Ging de los Reyes of Flower Farm transformed Le Soufflé with her beautiful flower arrangements. The food was excellently prepared by
Billy King and
Jesse Sincioco – pan-fried goose liver and grilled shiitake mushroom salad and a choice of either a duo of grilled duck breast and duck confit sautéed spinach and potato lyonnais or poached Chilean sea bass in mustard dill sauce with sautéed spinach and parsley marble cubes. For dessert, it was demitasse of chocolate-coffee crunch soufflé or canonigo.
The night was made even memorable as renowned violinist
Jay Cayuca together with
Joe Nicolas and his orchestra serenaded the guests with beautiful songs. Notable personalities that evening were Defense Secretary
Angelo Reyes, Manny Pangilinan who came in euphoric over the victory of Ateneo basketball game, Senate President
Franklin Drilon and wife
Mila, former BIR Commissioner
Rene Bañez, DFA Undersecretary
Frank Edbalin with wife
Cora and Ambassador
Nena Manalo.
In lieu of gifts Amparo del Rosario, a lady with a golden heart, requested that a donation be made to her favorite charity, the Foundation of Carmelite Scholastics.