MANILA, Philippines - The Peninsula Manila celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival by bringing in The Peninsula Group’s famous mooncakes. Exclusively available at The Peninsula Boutique, these Chinese delicacies are made with a sweet dense filling and covered by a thin soft pastry skin, and typically have a whole salted egg yolk center to symbolize the full moon. These sweet morsels are available until supplies last.
Special mooncakes at The Peninsula Boutique are priced at P2,880 for Mini Mooncakes (8 pcs.), P2,880 for Assorted Mini Mooncakes (8 pcs.), and P3,880 for Large Mooncakes (4 pcs.)
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Angus beef burger and lechon kawali at Acacia Hotel
Acacia Hotel offers a la carte dining at The Lobby, which is open from 6 a.m. to 12 midnight. There are 45 food creations, which can be ordered any time of the day. Bestselling dishes include the triple mushroom soup, triple-decker sandwich (two layers of grilled prawns, seared chicken fillet, smoked salmon, iceberg lettuce, avocado relish, and sundried tomato on toasted black pepper brioche served with French fries on the side), Angus beef burger (six-oz. US Angus beef burger patty with trimmings and served with choice of cheddar, blue cheese, fried egg or crispy bacon); Acacia Supreme Pizza, charcoal-grilled prime rib eye (tender and cooked the way you like it); gyuniku teriyaki bento (grilled beef tenderloin in teriyaki sauce served with Japanese miso soup, Japanese fried rice, crab meat salad, salmon and tuna), nasi goreng (stir-fried rice served with chicken satay), lechon kawali, and Oreo mud pie (vanilla ice cream and crushed Oreos). From 5 to 9 p.m., guests may indulge in a wine buffet or beer buffet for only P549 and P500, respectively.
Acacia Hotel is at 5400 East Asia Drive cor. Commerce Ave., Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa. For information, call 720-2000 or email enquiry@acaciahotelsmanila.com or visit www.acaciahotelsmanila.com.
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Buffet all you can at The Blackboard
The Blackboard restaurant offers its Blackboard Smorgasbord, starting with the Continental Buffet All-You-Can (P518 net for Blacklist Card holders), which features recipes inspired by the four corners of the world. There is the Mix and Match Buffet (pay-per-serving), which includes a choice of soup, salad, main course, side dish and dessert. Also try the Cioppino, fish stew made from available catch of the day like crab, clams, shrimp, squid, mussels and fish, combined with fresh tomatoes in wine sauce. It also comes with toasted or French bread.
The Blackboard is at CCA Podium, fifth floor, The Podium.
For reservations, call 696-9083 or visit www.theblackboardbychefmichel.com.
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Bottomless merienda at Casa Roces
Casa Roces offers Filipino-Spanish-style indulgence for its “Rainy Day Specials” promo. Check out its bottomless refills of merienda favorites — arroz caldo with tokwa’t baboy, loming Batangas, guinataan halo-halo, La Paz batchoy and champorado with danggit — until Aug. 31 at P199. Also try the grilled ensaymada con hamon y tsokolate. The Rainy Day Specials promo is available every day and for dine-in only from 2 to 6 p.m.
Casa Roces is at 1153 J.P. Laurel corner Aguado Sts., San Miguel, Manila.
For reservations, call 735-5896, 488-1929, SMS 0917-5509743 or email reservations@casaroces.com.