What's on the Menu for Graduates:Celebrate graduation day with Cabalen's Ilonggo Food Festival

MANILA, Philippines - Cabalen salutes this year’s graduateswith its “Ilonggo Food Festival.” Savor the mouthwatering chicken inasal (wings, drumstick, chicken neck, breast, liver, gizzard and heart), pusit inasal, inasal na hito and bangus.  Other offerings include gising-gising, laswa with halaan and sweetened glazed camote. Cabalen’s “Ilonggo Food Festival” runs until April 30.

Cabalen branches is located at 67 West Avenue, QC; third level, SM Megamall Bridgeway; ground floor, Sta. Monica Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila; ground floor, Robinson Starmills, San Fernando, Pampanga; ground floor, Sta. Lucia Mall, Cainta; third floor, Chefs Avenue, Festival Supermall, Alabang; Unit 6, Paseo de Sta. Rosa, Laguna; ground floor, SM City Cebu, The Northwing Area; Glorietta 3, Ayala Center, Makati City; second floor, TriNoma, Edsa corner North Ave., Quezon City; ground floor, Entertainment Mall Bldg., SM Mall of Asia (Near Imax Cinema); and ground flor, SM City Clark, Clarkfield, Pampanga.

For information, call 372-3515 or 893-9894. For catering needs, call 373-2914 or visit www.cabalen.ph.

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Ready, set menu, go: The selection of delectable and affordable dishes at Luk Yuen

Three special set menus at Luk Yuen

 Luk Yuen offers three affordable set menus. Set 1, for eight to 10 persons at P300 per person, includes seafood soup with bean curd, deep-fried taro puff, steamed pork siomai, spring rolls, stir-fried shrimps with cashew, braised bean curd with mushrooms, boneless chicken in lemon sauce, e-fu noodles with quail eggs, Yang Chow fried rice and layered mango gelatin. Set 2, for six to eight persons at P275 person, includes chicken and corn soup, Shanghai buns, stir-fried string beans with minced pork, fish fillet in taosi sauce, sliced beef with broccoli, stir-fried udon noodles with beef, and layered mango gelatin for dessert. Set 3, for four to six persons at P200 per person, combines chicken and corn soup, stuffed eggplants, deep-fried bean curd, stir-fried beef with kangkong and bagoong, braised e-fu noodles with seafood, Yang Chow fried rice, and layered mango gelatin.

Luk Yuen is at Glorietta 5, Ayala Center, 856-5199, 856-2081; Cash & Carry Mall, 856-5778, 856-5779; Greenhills Shopping Center, 721-2620, 721-2685; SM Megamall Bldg. B, basement, 633-4396, 933-1610; and Alabang Town Center, 772-4967, 772-3028.

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Puff pieces: Deep-fried shredded beef with sesame puffs from Peking Garden

Deep-fried shredded beef at Peking Garden

At Peking Garden, for a minimum food order (a la carte only) of P5,000+ or more, graduates receive a P500 gift check for use during the next visit. Promo runs until April 15.

Peking Garden is at the third level, TriNoma Park, Quezon City, 901-0502, 901-0507, and fourth level, Greenbelt 5 Phase 2, Ayala Center, 729-0567, 729-0820.

Sushi, yeah: The mixed sushi platter at Kimpura

Free mixed sushi platter for graduates at Kimpura

Kimpura offers graduates its mixed sushi platter of Dalmatian rolls, New York rolls of smoked salmon and cream cheese mayo, and kakiage maki for free, with a minimum food order of P3,500+ and above. The promo runs until April 15. 

Kimpura is located at Greenhills Shopping Center (721-8816, 721-8869), 3/L TriNoma Park, Quezon City (901-0803, 901-0692), and 4/L Greenbelt 5 Phase 2, Ayala Center (621-6791, 621-6793).