START your day with a Filipino breakfast at Mario’s. Traditional breakfast comes with garlic fried rice and two eggs plus a choice of crispy danggit Cebu, boneless bangus served as daing Bonoan, tinapang bangus or paksiw na bangus belly.
Those who love longganisa can choose from Vigan, Lucban, Alaminos or Tuguegarao. Also on the menu are Twice Cooked Quezon Chicken Adobo, Batangas Beef Tapa, Tapang Usa, Baboy Damo, Bistek Filipino and Arroz a la Cubana.
Mario’s also offers continental breakfast favorites like Corned Beef Hash, Designer Omelet with a choice of fillings, Steak and Eggs, and Scrambled Eggs with Dill Smoked Salmon, Seafood Roulade or Omelet Stuffed with Shrimp, Crab, Mushroom and Tomato served with hash brown and toast. Mario’s is at 191 Tomas Morato cor. Scout Gandia, QC; tel. 3720360 or 4153887.
Sweet Halloween treats from J.CO
J.CO gives us two reasons to celebrate Halloween: Nutty Dracula Donut, which has peanut butter filling, is garnished with dark chocolate and strawberry sauce, and is topped with a hint of white chocolate; Trapped in a Web Donut is filled with tiramisu cream, and capped with a mix of dark chocolate and chocolate tiramisu. Available until Nov. 2.
Set menu at Modern Shanghai
Modern Shanghai introduces Shanghainese dishes at affordable prices. Shanghai favorites include Shanghai Fried Noodles and Deep-Fried Squid with Spicy Salt and Pepper; and Sweet and Sour Chicken and Sauteed String Beans with Minced Pork and Chili. Sets 1 and 2 are priced at P698 apiece and are good for 2-3 persons. Each set includes their signature Xiao Long Bao and Egg Rice. Modern Shanghai also offers three mains and their signature soup dumplings for P998 per set good for 3-4. Choose from Sauteed Egg White with Seafood and Sauteed String Beans with Minced Pork and Chili or Deep-Fried Squid with Spicy Salt and Pepper and Sweet and Sour Chicken.
Order a salad, get a steak for free
On all Mondays and Fridays of November, Nostalgia Dining Lounge will offer a prime steak for any order of a freshly made salad, all for P699 net.
Nostalgia Dining Lounge is at Oakwood Premier Joy-Nostalg Center Manila along ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center; tel. 7191160, 6377888; or e-mail [email protected].
