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6 Christmas dining deals, menus, and promos to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year!
Christmas is in 12 days, and if you still don't know how you'll celebrate, below a few restaurants with delicious dining deals for the holidays.
Consider placing your orders and booking your tables already. Where you can, opt for al fresco seating. And please follow all safety protocols!
1. Spiral at Sofitel
Sofitel's Spiral has returned in a big way! For Christmas, it has what it calls "an elevated dining menu," with a spread that includes truffle and foie gras wellington, a cheese fondue, a crude bar paired with champagne, wine, cocktails, and juices. On Christmas eve, Spiral offers lunch (P3,200), two dinner seatings (5pm is P3,999), a Christmas Brunch (P5,000) and Christmas Day dinner (P4,300).
Alternatively, you can choose the Spiral at Home offering: A specialty-curated menu of the restaurant's signature dishes from across its 21 dining ateliers. It comes in two sets: The Christmas Christmas Dinner (P18,000), which includes a whole roasted turkey, her bread stuffing, potato gratin, French beans with pickled mustard seeds, and bread rolls; and the Ilustrado Christmas Dinner (P22,000) with includes a cochinillo, paella valenciana, roasted Mediterranean vegetables and pan con tomato as sides. It's a lot to take on but consider: This is best enjoyed with family and friends.
2. Buffet at Corniche, Diamond Hotel
Diamond Hotel's Corniche Restaurant is still has lunch and dinner buffet on Christmas eve, Christmas day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. If you're not quite there yet, the hotel's Japanese restaurant, Yurakuen has set menus good for 4 or 6 persons. Alternatively, you can opt for an intimate Holiday celebration at home and take out delicious platters like Slow Roasted US Choice Rib Eye, Honey Glazed Leg of Ham, Lechon de Leche. Call +632 85283000
3. The Test Kitchen by Chef Josh Boutwood
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This intimate restaurant in Rockwell by the incredibly talented Chef Josh Boutwood has prepared a special Christmas menu that guests can enjoy as a takeout or dine-in. Off the cuff, we're already eyeing the Crispy pork belly with asian tamarind sauce and pineapple hoisin (P1,600), and the whole roasted atlantic cod fillet (P2,600). We're a bit on the fence with the Roast Duck breast with wild honey and miso glaze and charred peach — a piece costs P1,900 — but you know, it's Christmas and we survived this year. Call +63 9772885751
4. Misto at Seda Residences, Makati
The hotel in Makati's Legazpi Village has a five-course set menu for Christmas lunch (P1,300) or Christmas Eve dinner (P1,500). The menus feature different items (Parmesan and Chorizo Croquettes for Christmas Eve, while Christmas lunch has Basque Jamon Croquettes, for instance) all guaranteed to bring festive Holiday cheer. Call +63917 8751871
5. All-you-can-eat Feast at Cafe 1228, New World Makati
For Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, Cafe 1228 at New World Makati offers all-you-can-eat a la cart dishes, including roasted turkey, grilled herb and garlic stripling steak, lamb chops, and more. There's also a selection of salads, pizza, pasta, as well as local favorites like lichen de leech with paella rice, oxtail kare-kare, beef caldereta, and more. P2,000 nett.
6. Tapenade at Discovery Primea
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The Mediterranean restaurant at Discovery Primea has prepared a Christmas Eve Dinner (P1,800) from 6-8pm. The menu includes the Holiday Prime Rib specialty, Soda de Ajo, a sampler of tapas and side dishes and to end the meal, a serving of Netlla Semifreddo.
If dining out is still a bit too risky for you, consider their holiday platters for takeout. They're good for 8-10 persons and includes are roasts (Sugar-crusted Christmas hHamm at P2,500), paellas (starts at P2,500 for the Chicken and Chorizo), a variety of pasta dishes (starts at P1,800) and dessert. Website.
— LA, GMA News
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