Orange chicken for P69 at Chowking

MANILA, Philippines - Chowking refreshes those tired taste buds with its latest offering — the Orange Chicken. With its sweet and spicy taste sauce with Mandarin orange bits, Orange Chicken is the perfect way to enjoy a well-deserved lunch and dinner break.

It is available in three sets: the rice chow meal with a generous portion of orange chicken and rice at P69; lauriat, which includes crispy noodles, chicharap and buchi at P99; and salo-salo set for sharing at P125.

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Morocan seabass at BluFish

BluFish offers new ways to enjoy the freshest fish, oysters, shellfish, crabs, lobsters, and other seafood items.

Freshly caught local sea bass, grouper, and sole are baked, grilled, or steamed.

Must-try is the Moroccan sea bass stuffed with couscous, and served with roasted vegetables.

The chefs have also come up with several sweet-tooth sensations like Grandma’s Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Dream Cake and Dulce de Leche cheesecake.

BluFish and The Flying Pig is at the ground floor, new Eastwood Mall.

For inquiries, call 900-0886.

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Kare-kare, crab Maritess at The Red Crab Alimango House

The Red Crab Alimango House offers one of its specialties — the Sinugba World Queen and King Seafood Platter.

Also try the pinausukan steamed pla-pla and live shrimps cooked in citrus boil; sinabawan na bangus belly; sinigang sa bayabas, pinirito bacon-wrapped camaron rebosado; jumbangus ala bistek, and seafood curry.

Best-sellers include the kare-kare and crab Maritess, Szechuan crabs, Fidel’s pepper crab, Raymund’s salt and pepper crab, and the typhoon shelter crab.

The Red Crab Alimango House is at 104 JSB Bldg. corner Sct. Delgado, Tomas Morato, Quezon City.

For information, call 412-4323 and 374-8406.

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Live-in meeting packages at Pan Pacific Hotel

Pan Pacific Hotel introduces its live-in meeting package that guarantees worry-free, productive gatherings in any of its seven fully equipped function rooms with broadband Internet access and a comprehensive range of audio-visual equipment.

The package includes overnight accommodation on single- or twin-sharing, eight-hour use of the function room with LCD projector, lunch, and morning and afternoon snacks at a starting rate of P3,500 per person on twin-sharing in a superior room.

A minimum of 10 rooms per event is required to avail of the package.

Pan Pacific Manila is located at M. Adriatico corner Gen. Malvar Streets, Malate, Manila. For inquiries, call 536-0788.

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Carpaccio de boeuf at Manila Pavilion Hotel

The Rotisserie, Manila Pavilion Hotel’s premier fine-dining restaurant, continues to serve hotel guests with a selection of Euro-Continental cuisine complemented by the restaurant’s great service.

The menu includes dishes like carpaccio de boeuf, thin slices of imported beef tenderloin marinated in basil oil, dijon mustard topped with forest mushroom spring rolls; cream of scallops, Southeast Asian scallops, and young onion leeks flavored with saffron; sea bass and Boursin cheese, pan-fried sea bass served with steamed vegetables and peppered Boursin cheese sauce; veal Perigord, young tenderloin medallions with nutty butter, whipped potatoes, garlic spinach, and black truffle sauce; and lamb rack Provencale, served on potato rissole with field vegetables and rosemary jus, among many other exquisite creations.

The Rotisserie is located at the third floor of the Manila Pavilion Hotel and is open for lunch daily except on weekends from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Dinner is served Monday to Saturday from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.

For inquiries, call 526-1212 local 2305 or visit www.waterfronthotels.com.ph.

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Eat, cook and play at Hyatt Hotel and Casino

Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila launched a Cook ‘N Play area designed to enhance the enjoyment of Market Café and Li Li guests dining with their children. Taking place every Sunday, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., until March 28, parents can dine at Market Café and Li Li while their kids can engage in fun activities such as advanced balloon twisting, glimmer tattoo, face painting, the kiddie salon and the kitchen laboratory, which is the highlight of the play area.

In the kitchen laboratory, kids can engage in summer-shaped cookie decorating on March 14; cupcake decorating on March 21; and Easter egg making on March 28.

For inquiries, call 245-1234.