Aged Angus Beef Roast (Photo by RUDY LIWANAG)
MANILA, Philippines — There are places that always take your breath away no matter how many times you’ve visited. The Manila Hotel’s Champagne Room has that effect: each time always feels like the first time.
The Champagne Room is not just a restaurant; it is an experience. It is a perfect combination of meticulously planned and executed gourmet dishes, excellent accoutrements, grand architecture, impeccable furnishings and efficient service unmatched anywhere else in the metropolis, if not the entire country.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 1:00 pm
MANILA, Philippines — Who says stars are the biggest sourgrapes? At least, not the ones I know.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 1:00 pm
Pan Fried Dumplings (Photo by NOEL PABALATE)
MANILA, Philippines — Multitasking is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it would (or should) allow a person to be more productive. On the other hand, doing too many things at the same time sometimes means getting a mediocre result for each task. But consider Buddha Bar, the international fixture known for combining music, food, drink and overall merriment under one roof. Over the years, it has managed to do well in various countries and continents. Now, it has opened its doors in Manila.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 1:00 pm
JUST A THOUGHT: Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. – Anthony J. D’Angelo
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MANILA, Philippines — TOP 3 SURVIVORS: The Top 3 Survivors named in last Monday’s (Feb. 6) Tribal Council decision are not hiding their materialistic side after having endured 36 days of hard labor and deprivation from food and the good life on an island in Palawan.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 1:00 pm
John Lloyd Cruz and Angel Locsin
MANILA, Philippines — John Lloyd Cruz and Angel Locsin are at their best in “sexuality” in the movie “Unofficially Yours,” a Valentine presentation from Star Cinema.
“Angel Locsin is the sexiest woman I have ever met,” John Lloyd said of his partner.
Returning the gesture, Angel said that John Lloyd is also the sexiest man she has ever met. From a rating of one to 10, Angel said John Lloyd gets a perfect 10.
The two revealed their scores for each other during a recently-held presscon.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 1:00 pm
MANILA, Philippines — When Frank and Dolores met, they knew it was love. As the classic song by Jo Stafford says, “No other love can warm my heart, now that I’ve known the comfort of your arms.” It became a love in bloom and adding sparkle to their relationship were six beautiful children who brought a new adventurous beginning to the couple. And after 50 years, it’s time to recollect and share the joy of beautiful memories.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 1:00 pm
MANILA, Philippines — Just before the Aurora flyover in Katipunan right past Blue Ridge is a beer guzzler’s best kept secret called Countryside. It has been known to people who don’t really mind roughing it up drinking by the roadside but having good ‘beer chow’ to go with the decently cold beers that the place has been so well known for for the past two to three decades.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 1:00 pm
MANILA, Philippines — It wasn't just love that filled the air. It was glitz and glamour too.
After more than five years of being together and a year of being engaged, the son of Juan Ponce-Enrile and Ambassador Cristina C. Ponce-Enrile, Juan Rodrigo (JR), finally tied the knot with Danielle Anne Tabuena in a star-studded ceremony held at the groom's residence in Dasmariñas Village, Makati last January 5.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 1:00 pm
MANILA, Philippines — The peso exchange rate closed higher at P42.215 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx) from P42.41 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P42.284 from P42.541. Total volume amounted to $1.331.47 billion.
G.D.P. growth better in Q1
The country’s economic growth in the first quarter will likely be stronger than the 4.6% growth in the first quarter of last year amid accelerated government spending, Economic Planning Secretary Cayetano Paderanga said Wednesday.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 10:30 am
MANILA, Philippines — Sales of all imported Hyundai cars jumped 40 percent in the first month of the year to 2,153 units over 1,541 units sold in January 2011 boosted by brisk sales of its passenger car (PC) models.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 10:30 am
