PDInquirer: Dec. 8,2004
Star; Dec 7, 2004

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, ‘tis the season to be jolly! It’s Christmas once again, doesn’t time go by in a blink of an eye. To start of the glorious season’s events, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino (WCCHC) held their Ceremonial Lighting of the Tree last November 30. This ceremonial tradition commemorates the start of a jeweled Yuletide season at WCCHC with events that are sure to guarantee happy holidays. (more…)

Manila Pavilion Hotel spreads good tidings and holiday cheers in conjunction with its ‘A White Christmas’ theme by laying out a bountiful array of delightful Yuletide treats and activities beginning December 01, 2010 until January 04, 2011, to celebrate the merry season of gift-giving.

Yuletide Take-Aways and Hampers

A fine selection of holiday goodies and treats, delectable cakes, and confectionery products such as chocolate Santa Claus and pralines, Christmas fruit cake and stollen cookies, gingerbread house, chocolate bell and chocolate boot with pralines, German chocolate cake, Saint Honore, Swiss chocolate pralines, among many others, will be available as splendid take-aways at the hotel’s French-style pastry shop Patisserie.

Some of your favorite Christmas carvings seasoned with the most delicious herbs and spices that are ideal for grand family celebrations include honey pineapple glazed ham and roast turkey with stuffing. Deluxe and premium holiday hampers filled with splendid treats and festive goodies available at Php4,500 nett and at Php5,500 nett respectively are perfect for this season’s gift-giving revelry.

Native Yuletide Favorites

Savor the familiar holiday warmth and relish the traditional yet delectable flavors of all-time favorite native Christmas delicacies puto bumbong and bibingka served al fresco in the cozy ambience of Patisserie’s nipa hut and pair it with a delicious steaming cup of tsokolate-eh.

Festive Gourmet Dining Options

Gourmet holiday set menus and buffets beckon in Manila Pavilion’s exquisite restaurants on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, to host time-honored grand family reunions and parties.

On December 24, the hotel’s interactive lifestyle restaurant Seasons, features holiday lunch and dinner repasts at Php1,600 nett per person. On December 25 Christmas Day, partake of a lavish spread with the finest holiday specialities available for brunch and dinner at Php1,800 nett per person. Holiday buffet offerings at Seasons are inclusive of free-flowing wine, soda, or local beers.

Peony Garden offers a marvelous selection of festive a la carte dishes for lunch and dinner for the whole month of December starting at Php399 nett. The festive a la carte menu proffers steamed prawns and bean curd kerin-style, barbecue turkey meat with honey sauce, barbecue turkey fillet with sate sauce, cold beef fillet with special Chinese sauce, and fried rice with minced pork bean curd and bean chili sauce.

Manila Pavilion’s signature fine dining restaurant The Rotisserie will indulge holiday revelers with sublime four-course dinner set menus on December 24 and 25. Gourmet holiday set menus that come with a complimentary glass of red or white wine at Php2,750 nett per person include: salad of prawn asparagus sphere with balsamic vinaigrette; consommé of guinea fowl with vegetable confit and ravioli; roast turkey with potato gratin and seasonal vegetables; and, oven-baked pumpkin pie with homemade chocolate ice cream; or, salad of prawn asparagus sphere with balsamic vinaigrette; lobster bisque; surf and turf roast beef and sea bass marmalade of shallot with polenta cake; and, freshly baked chocolate or lemon soufflé.

On December 24 and 25, chill out with a splendid holiday selection of cocktail mixes and spirits at the city’s most happening sports bar Boulvar. Toast the joyous season in the company of your family and friends for a most memorable celebration.

Yuletide Room Packages

Specially designed accommodation packages to celebrate the Season provide a merry respite with the whole family. Delightful Christmas room packages start from Php4,000 nett, single or double occupancy for a standard room inclusive of breakfast and dinner for two (2). Available from 15 November 2010 to 15 January 2011 and is applicable only to local residents including ACR holders.

Yuletide room packages are inclusive of complimentary use of the gym and swimming pool, NDD/IDD telephone access, cable TV with pay-per-view channels,
complimentary wi-fi access, personal safe, coffee and tea-making facilities, among others. Rate for an extra bed with buffet breakfast is at Php1,500 nett per person.

Yuletide Events

Fulfill your children’s fantasy of meeting and greeting the jolly old Saint Nicholas in Manila Pavilion’s ‘Moments With Santa.’ Santa Claus comes a-visiting at the lobby, Seasons, The Rotisserie, Peony Garden, Patisserie, Boulvar, and regales children with Christmas candies and treats. Bring the kids and a camera to capture this magical moment with Old Saint Nick on December 16 to 25, between 12 noon to 3 pm and 7pm to 10 pm.

Listen to time-honored Christmas hymns and carols and relive the joyful tale of ‘A White Christmas’, as the Ramon Magsaysay High School Choir serenades this season’s revelers and fill the lobby with their angelic voices on December 16 to 24 from 7 pm to 7:30 pm.

In the spirit of the Yuletide season, a misa de gallo will be celebrated on December 24 at 9 pm, in the Saint Lorenzo Chapel located at the fifth level.

For inquiries and reservations, call Manila Pavilion thru its local toll free # 1-800-10-WFRONT8 (9376688) or (02) 526 1212 extension 2335 to 2337 for room reservations; extension 2408 for food and beverage; or via email at wphc@waterfronthotels.net or visit www.waterfronthotels.com.ph.

It is never too early to plan ahead and book a holiday stay with family and friends this Yuletide season. Manila Pavilion Hotel, with over 500 guest rooms and suites designed with a distinctive fusion of comfort and functionality to suit the needs of business and leisure travelers, has come up with special holiday room packages for local residents in conjunction with its ‘A White Christmas’ theme in this season of gift-giving and celebration.

Holiday accommodation choices for local residents including ACR holders for single or double occupancy start at Php4,000 nett in a standard room; Php4,400 nett in a superior room; and, Php5,000 nett in a deluxe room beginning November 15.

Yuletide room packages are inclusive of breakfast and dinner for two (2) at Seasons interactive lifestyle restaurant, complimentary use of the gym and swimming pool, NDD/IDD telephone access, cable TV with pay-per-view channels, complimentary wi-fi access, personal safe, coffee and tea-making facilities, among others. Rate for an extra bed with buffet breakfast is at Php1,500 nett per person. The package offer is valid until January 15, 2011, for those who wish to let the jovial holiday mood linger a while longer.

For the ultimate weekend bonding with your loved ones, book two nights at Php8,100 nett in a superior room and enjoy an additional complimentary night inclusive of breakfast for two (2) at Seasons with ‘Pavilion Triple Treat’, offered until December 31, 2010. Up to two children below 12 years of age are free of charge when sharing room with parents.

For booking inquiries and reservations, call Manila Pavilion thru its local toll free number at 1-800-10-WFRONT8 (9376688), or (02) 526 1212 extension 2335 to 2337, or via wphc@waterfronthotels.net, or visit www.waterfronthotels.com.ph.

Exquisite live seafood culinary creations of some of the ocean’s marvelous

bounty that have been steamed, baked, pan-fried, or wok-fried will be the piece-de-

resistance in Manila Pavilion’s signature Malaysian-Cantonese restaurant Peony Garden

for the month of November.

Prepared with the most delightful of ingredients and seasonings by Peony

Garden’s Chinese culinary team led by executive Chinese chef Lee Yan Feng, the

exciting and vibrant flavors of the ocean’s fresh catch surface in their finest form.

‘Eating fresh, live seafood is nutritionally more beneficial as compared to those which

have been frozen or harvested by chemical means’, says Kok Fai Ho, director of food and beverage.

A delectable harvest of the day’s freshest catch that can be enjoyed daily in a

special a la carte menu for lunch and dinner starting at Php300 per order include: deep-

fried mussel with crispy flavors; pan-fried mussel with special prawn sauce; steamed

scallops with shell and garlic sauce; seafood vegetable salad combination; stir-fried crab

meat with two kinds chicken egg; steamed sea mantis with soya sauce; deep-fried sea

mantis with salt and pepper; stir-fried prawn with hunan sauce; two kinds garoupa fish

with soup and soya sauce; and, stir-fried clam with special dried shrimp sauce.

Regular a la carte and Chef’s Recommendation menus also beckon. Set menus

good for ten persons start at Php5,888.

Peony Garden delights diners at the third level of Manila Pavilion Hotel

and is open for lunch daily from 11:30 am to 3 pm; dinner is served from 6:30 pm

to 10:30 pm. For inquiries and reservations, call 526 1212 extension 2303 or visit

www.waterfronthotels.com.ph.

Manila Pavilion Hotel prides itself with two gold medals in the recently concluded culinary competition, The National Food Showdown 2010 held at the A.Venue Events Hall in Makati City.

The cold kitchen team led by demi chef Michael Baet together with Eduardo Layug, Jr and Randy Aligora of The Rotisserie, took the top spot in the gourmet cold buffet challenge with their impressive lineup which included among others: goat cheese flan with balsamic reduction, pesto oil, and roasted beetroot; Asian duck confit with raisin and celery stalk; U.S. turkey with dried mango and pumpkin seeds; baby leeks and bay scallop terrine; mackerel saffron oil; and, Asian-cured kingfish with sweet mustard sauce.

Chef de partie Willar Eustacio took another gold for the plated desserts category with his delightfully unique and tastefully sweet creations of bavarois spiced red wine with sour cream parfait, organic green apple, and apricot sauce; flourless chocolate cake with white ganache, pistachio praline, and peach and raspberry sauce; pandan peanut butter crepes with nougat mousseline sauce; and, trio chantilly with anise sabayon and blackberry sauce.

The Rotisserie’s Michael Macalalad and Randy Aligora received a diploma for displaying their innovative culinary skills in the modern chef entry.

Partake of these splendid gustatory specialities in any of Manila Pavilion’s five exquisite restaurants, as specially prepared by the hotel’s award winning creative culinary team. Manila Pavilion Hotel is part of the Waterfront group of hotels and is located at United Nations avenue corner Ma. Orosa Street, Ermita, Manila.

For inquiries and reservations, call 526-1212 extension 2408 or visit www.waterfronthotels.com.ph.

Manila Pavilion Hotel’s gourmet cold buffet entry baby leeks and bay scallop terrine in the recently concluded National Food Showdown 2010.

Manila Pavilion Hotel’s plated dessert entry organic green apple with smith jelly wrap in the recently concluded National Food Showdown 2010.

Manila Pavilion Hotel’s pastry sous chef Arnold Manzano with gold medal awardee for plated desserts category chef de partie Willar Eustacio.

Photo shows L-R: director of food and beverage Ho Kok Fai, sous chef & head chef artist Melecio Avino Jr., cold kitchen demi chef Michael Baet, Rotisserie cook II Randy Aligora, cold kitchen cook I Eduardo Layug Jr., pastry chef de partie Willar Eustacio, Rotisserie cook II Michael Macalalad, cold kitchen sous chef Robert Chin, pastry sous chef Arnold Manzano, and executive chef secretary Michelle Amores.

Photos shows L-R: Manila Pavilion Hotel’s creative culinary team winning gold for gourmet cold buffet challenge and plated desserts category cold kitchen demi chef Michael Baet, Rotisserie cook II Randy Aligora, and cold kitchen cook I Eduardo Layug Jr. together with pastry chef de partie Willar Eustacio, and Rotisserie cook II Michael Macalalad in the recently concluded National Food Showdown 2010.