What's on the Menu: Grilled mackerel at Octoboy Restobar

MANILA, Philippines - Octoboy Restobar offers unique fusion dishes like okonomiyaki (Japanese sizzling pizza), takoyaki and yaki-udon at affordable prices. New product offerings include grilled mackerel, fried gyoza, grilled squid with uni sauce, deep-fried stuffed tofu skin, spicy baby squid, sizzling beef teppan, and sizzling beef asparagus roll with cheese.

Octoboy also offers regular acoustic nights every Friday from 9:30 p.m. onwards. A special promo is their bucket of beer for only P240 with free Japanese pulutan.

Octoboy Restobar is located at the corner of Tomas Morato and Scout de Guia Sts., Quezon City. It is open from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. during weekdays; from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Saturdays; and 11:30 a.m. to 12 midnight on Sundays. For inquiries, call 384-8506. The Octoboy Food Express, take-out and delivery service is along Banawe St., Quezon City. For food deliveries, call 409-2704.

Time for a snack: The Coke and burger combo for P290 at Pancake House

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Coke and burger combo at Pancake House

Pancake House customers can enjoy a more affordable jumbo house burger and Coke combo for only P290. Get a 1/3-pound beef patty topped with fresh mushrooms, bacon and cheese and colored with lettuce, cucumber and tomato sandwiched in a toasted bun with fries, side salad and Coke. Promo is valid until supplies last. Pancake House has branches all over the Metro and the provinces. Its newest outlets are located at Makati Medical Center, Asian Hospital, and in San Fernando, La Union.

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P500 beer-all-you can at Manila Pavilion Hotel

Grilled right: Sausage mania at Manila Pavilion

Celebrate Oktoberfest at Manila Pavilion in its interactive lifestyle-themed restaurant Seasons, which features eight open buffet kitchens offering a wide selection of appetizers and salads, Asian and Continental cuisines, steaks, and desserts for lunch (P1,200 net) and dinner (P1,300 net). “German Guten Appetit!” is at P1,300 net every Thursday; and “Seafoods Ahoy!” at P1, 500 nett every Friday.

Boulvar Bar offers sub-zero beer-all-you-can drink at P500 net with a buffet spread of sausage from 9 p.m. to 12 midnight, Mondays through Saturdays.

For information, call Manila Pavilion Hotel at 526-1212 local 2408 (food and beverage), 937-6688 (rooms reservations) or visit www.waterfronthotels.com.ph.

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Krispy Kreme is 5, opens in Cebu

Now in south: On Saturday, Oct. 22, Krispy Kreme opens in Cebu.

On Oct. 22, Krispy Kreme opens its first branch in Cebu City in time for its fifth-year anniversary in the Philippines. “We’ve heard a lot of clamor about Krispy Kreme going to Cebu and that’s why we decided to finally expand south of the Philippines, just in time for our fifth- year anniversary,” explains Mark Gamboa, marketing manager, Krispy Kreme Philippines.

The very first person to pick up a box of donuts gets a yearlong supply of the brand’s original glazed and signature coffee. The second person wins six months’ worth of the same treats while the third placer will get three months’ worth of Krispy Kreme’s famous creations. The fourth to 100th buyers will all be treated to a month’s worth of Krispy Kreme Original Glazed donuts.