Spiral @ Sofitel Manila: Albert Andrada's Orient Express

Sunday, February 17, 2013

If you haven't been been able to visit Spiral at Sofitel Manila lately, you are missing a lot. Aside from the excellent food and mouthwatering choices on 21 ateliers, they show more things other than just plain dining. A totally whole other worldly experience showed itself a few days ago as they set the bar high for their Chinese New Year celebration. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Albert Andrada's Orient Express.


They started with the models traversing down the side escalator which leads to the main lobby of Spiral. The actual restaurant will be their catwalk. I was seeing whites, golds, silvers, grays, ceramic broken onto the dress and sheer fabric.


Structured construction and embedded with studs, layered and kept in the theme of a Shanghai traveler, he opens with these 4 creations starting with what seems to be a pretty good example of his vision... the Orient Express!

OPM Means: We Are One at the 18th Philippine Hot Air Balloon Fiesta!


This weekend was great. I saw some of the most reputable OPM stalwarts this country has ever known in one place. Good enough to spark my interest in singing again but that's another story. Well it looks like they are putting their foot where their mouth is when they launched "OPM Means We Are One!" at posh Annabel's Restaurant in Tomas Morato in Quezon City.


Fresh from the success of their Valentine's day concert, Ogie Alcasid the current President of OPM (Organization ng mga Pilipinong Mangaawit) together with 7 other music and industry orgs is proud to announce that they will be having a 2 day all OPM music festival coinciding with the 18th International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta at the OMNI Aviation Complex, Clark Field Pampanga. The concert will start at exactly 6PM and will be done after the air shows and balloon launches then ends at 9PM. This will benefit a couple or more charities that OPM and their partners have been helping these past few years. You know they can't do it alone. This is a good cause and you have the power to help them help others just by watching the show. Tickets are going to be sold at only PhP 250.00 only which you can purchase at the gate. It's that easy!

Sky Cable's Official Press Statement

Saturday, February 16, 2013

For all Sky Cable subscribers just like me, I just got hold of their official statement regarding the problems encountered after a systems update on their digibox a few weeks ago. This also has something to do with the GMA and 4 other channels who had issues encountered after that update. 

Apparently they have it now fixed!

Now make sure you go ahead and update your digiboxes to the latest one so you would have these channels back. I know some of you still watch programs on these channels, so thank the one above we're back in regular programming. Now where's that remote control when you need it...

Call 381-0000 if you are still having problems with it. Which reminds me... I need to have another digibox for my cable line too.

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Pan Pacific Hotel Manila's Pacific 360°

Friday, February 15, 2013

It's a weekend and the day's so slow. You don't know where to go to start partying and the night is young. You could have gone out but its too early, and that's a big problem. Good thing there's a place called Pacific 360° at the beautiful Pan Pacific Manila.

It's high time we check it out!

The Interiors



An overwhelmingly desire for drinks, cheese, meat and other proteins actually lead me here. A couple friends and people from the hotel sat down with us like clockwork. I love the ambiance, quite upscale and classy. A little dressed up but easy. Wooden walls, clean glass tops and a view that would be the envy of same classed hotels. So this is why it's called Pacific 360'!

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A spectacular view of the Malate district and a glimpse of Manila bay. Something definitely that's so good to set the mood just by looking at the window of this five star hotel.Pan Pacific Hotel Manila is also home to a lot of tourists/businessmen who actually turn out to have stayed at this place a long time. They've got that arranged, which is something that I haven't seen in other parts of Manila.



Mood music? Don't worry. This awesome lounge actually has performers on weekends. You won't get bored because aside from this, you can still be busy with a billiard game or two while having a smoke or barbie outside the rooftop garden.It's that cozy.

The Food


Food is a plenty in this place. The cheese selection might be minimal but the triangles on this plate melts in your mouth. I loved it on breadsticks. It's not that funky but quality wise it's at par with the big restaurants I've seen. Good suppliers I'm sure.


This one's like an oriental version of Deviled eggs. It's more of savory rather than spicy. I liked it.



You won't run out of horsd'oeuvres because they have sushi, salads, nachos to pair with your favorite beer or hard drink. They also have cocktails and fruit shakes so you can make your friends a little woozy if you plan to get rowdy later on. Nice plan huh? =))


I also munched on the garlic sticks but they have a multitude of these, crackers and breads. The Salmon tartare, the chicken kebab, the mongolian chicken and the heavenly cakes for dessert was divine. 


Choices of red and white wine, local beers, mixes were all but natural for this place. It was overflowing and we enjoyed that part VERY much. They serve lunch and dinner. The Pacific 360° Weekend is available every night from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and only costs PhP900 net per person. It's surprisingly affordable. Sundays to Thursdays at PhP 650 net per person, so imagine what bang for the buck events with friends and family you can hold here. I don't have to convince you do I? =)

Pan Pacific Hotel Manila is one of this city's most luxurious places. The culture and this melting pot of a city gets personified in a five star hotel that is clean, classy and luxurious within proper city limits. It can't be perfect without a grand place for entertainment and more like Pacific 360°. Come visit them one of these days before you go out and experience Manila by night. It won't foreshadow your experience, but it'll start something so good... that I'm sure!

For more information

Please call (02) 318 0788
Or walk in at M. Adriatico corner Gen. Malvar Streets,
1004 Malate, Manila Philippines

Visit their website

http://www.panpacific.com/manila

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