What’s on the Menu? Free function room use at Museum Cafe and Terraz Bistro and Meetings
MANILA, Philippines - Museum Cafe and Terraz Bistro and Meetings offers use of a function room for free until Oct. 15. Enjoy a minimum consumable of P700+ per person at Museum Cafe and P1,000 per person at Terraz Bistro and Meetings. Museum Café Lofts can accommodate 10-30 persons and Terraz Bistro and Meetings rooms can accommodate 5-30 persons. The consumable rate is applicable for both a la carte and set menu packages. All bookings require advance food arrangement. Should the meeting or function go beyond three hours, an hourly rate of P2,500+ will be added. Museum Cafe has two function rooms on the second floor offering a wonderful view of the busy metropolis. It is located at the Ayala Museum Complex, Makati Ave corner Dela Rosa St., Makati.
Terraz Bistro and Meetings is on the third floor of the Zuellig Building, Makati Ave cor. Paseo de Roxas. Open for lunch, cocktails and dinner, Terraz also has six conference rooms ideal for social events, meetings and romantic dinners.
For information, call Mimi Loyola at 0917-816-6061 or email mimi@raintree.com.ph.
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Salisbury steak for two at Pancake House
Pancake House offers a new #DoubleyourLove menu item. Savor the serving of 1/3-pound Salisbury steak, topped with creamy mushroom gravy and bacon bits served with steamed rice and vegetables. It’s good for two for only P350. The promo runs until Oct. 15.
For delivery, call 588-2468, from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
For information, like Pancake House on Facebook (PancakeHousePhilippines), Instagram (pancakehouseph) and Twitter (@pancakehouseph).
50 percent discount at Club Paradise
Enjoy a 50-percent discount on Club Paradise’s rack rates when you book and buy every Wednesday. Travel period for Club Paradise’s “Wow Wednesday!” is ongoing until Oct. 15.
For information, call 719-6971 to 6974 or e-mail cp.reservations@discovery.com.ph.
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P495 happy-hour promo at Discovery Suites
Discovery Suites offers a happy-hour promo at its Serendipity Lounge. For only P495+ per person, get bottomless San Miguel Pale Pilsen, Draft, Light, Dry and Dark Beer, Vodka Tonic, Vodka Sprite, Gin Tonic, Rhum Coke and a menu of the lounge’s signature cocktails from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. For the month of September, Lounge performer Tricia Rivka Garcia performs a repertoire of mellow jazz and standard tunes accompanied by guest artists KA Antonio, Lougee, Julian Savaard and Abby Clutario every Wednesday and Friday.
For information, call 719-6822 up to 24.
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Filipino halo-halo delight at Dusit’s Devarana Spa
Devarana Spa at Dusit Thani Manila hotel offers a new treatment inspired by the popular Filipino dessert: the Filipino Halo-Halo Delight, a skin treatment complemented by ingredients from the famous halo-halo.
The treatment first replenishes the skin with a 30-minute Halo-Halo Body Scrub that mixes sweet corn, red bean, banana, coconut, and the exotic scent of vanilla to make the skin soft, silky and hydrated. A 60-minute Aromatic Sampaguita Massage to further enhance relaxation completes the experience. After this treat, the skin is left glowing and nicely scented with jasmine and vanilla essence.
Priced at P3,900++, Devarana will offer the Filipino Halo-Halo Delight until Oct. 31. Dusit Thani Manila is located along EDSA, Makati City. Call 818-7081 for information and reservations.
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All-you-can-eat Weekends at Traders Hotel
Traders Hotel, Manila, offers an eat-all-you-can weekend at Kitsho Japanese restaurant for lunch or dinner at P888 per person every Saturday and Sunday. There is a wide range of sushi and sashimi, such as maguro (tuna), Norwegian salmon, tamago yaki (egg roll), kappa maki (cucumber roll) and California maki, alongside such dishes as tori karaage (deep-fried chicken), vegetable and ebi (shrimp) tempura, Japanese curry, yasai itame (stir-fried vegetables) and many more. The action station offers tender US beef sukiyaki mixed with vegetables boiled in a rich, savory broth. Complement a meal with chahan (Japanese fried rice), miso soup and mugicha, a traditional Japanese tea made of roasted barley served hot or cold.
Kitsho is open from Tuesday to Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch and 6 to 10:30 p.m. for dinner.
For information, call 708-4888 or email food&beverage.thm@tradershotels.com.
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Crab-topped chicken at Gumbo
Gumbo offers its crab-topped chicken (grilled marinated chicken breast fillet topped and baked with Creole crabmeat; served with two lagniappe), Parmesan-crusted USDA steak (USDA steak, grilled to perfection, topped with parmesan and cream sauce; served with two lagniappe), halibut pesto (pan-seared halibut, drizzled with pesto sauce and served with two lagniappe), and penne pescatore (a combination of shrimps, fish cubes and clams in half shell with broccoli and tomatoes, cooked in tomato and white sauces and tossed in penne pasta). Other dishes include seafood jambalaya, Bayou’s stuffed crabs, shrimp etouffe, bourbon-style baby back ribs, southern-grilled chicken Caesar, cajun-style fried chicken and seafood feast, aamong others. Get P500 off your P1,000 food purchase with an order of any Coca Cola products.
Gumbo is located at the second level Entertainment Hall, SM Mall of Asia in Pasay, 556-0238; third level Robinsons Manila Midtown, 442-0106; second level SM City The Block, North EDSA, 635-3015; Gateway Mall in Araneta Center, Cubao, 567-1820; Robinsons Magnolia, 440-4632; and at the second level Atrium Bldg. in SM Megamall, 527-1925.