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Friday, January 27, 2017

#CNYatCOD: Chinese New Year at City of Dreams Manila's Crystal Dragon

Abundance and overflowing blessings, celebrate the Chinese New Year with a sumptuous feast at City of Dreams Manila...

City of Dreams Manila welcomes the year of the Fire Rooster with luck, happiness, and prosperity...and Chinese New Year-themed ala carte and set menus from January 16 to February 11, 2017. From its luxury resort's integrated premium restaurants to 24-hour casual dining outlets, retail shops and clubs, City of Dreams spreads good cheer and festive flavors throughout the Chinese New Year. To get you in the mood, here's a sneak peek at Crystal Dragon's special Chinese New Year-themed menu...

Slabbed. Rubbed. And They're Back. Pitmaster's Smokehouse BBQ Re-Opens in Kapitolyo.

The undisputed masters of the pit in Kapitolyo are back...

After nearly a four-month absence due to repairs and renovation, Pitmaster's Smokehouse BBQ is once again open for business serving its signature BBQ dishes. And it's about time too...

#ProudDavao: A Sumptuous Seafood Feast at Blue Posts Boiling Crab and Shrimps

Durian, mangosteen, and pomelo, just some of Davao's iconic flavors. You can now add another to your must-try list when you're in Davao...

Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps formally opened their third location at SM City Davao with a grand dinner for over 300 guests in an epic seafood feast, marking another chapter in the on-going and inspiring story of a local, homegrown concept making it big. Before the massive dinner, crews began making their final checks on the stage...

My Kind of Crab Mentality: Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps Opens Third Davao Branch at SM City Davao

Crab mentality takes on a local, homegrown and flavorful spin...

...it's time to get messy at Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps. Davao pride is alive and well with the opening of Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps' third branch in SM City Davao. Day two of a memorable Davao adventure gets into high gear with even more crabs and shrimps...

Flavors of Davao: Good Times at Antonio's Bar & Grill

They say the best way to experience the heart and soul of any city is to go where the locals eat. And it just keeps getting better in Davao...

After a full day of crabs and shrimps at Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps, macaroons at OHSAA, and durian at the local market, we cap our first day in Davao with a sumptuous feast of local flavors at Antonio's Bar & Grill (for more on Day One of our Davao adventure, see my earlier post, From Sea to Table: A Taste of Davao's Best at Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps).

From Sea to Table: A Taste of Davao's Best at Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps

Three days of succulent crabs and shrimps and the best of local cuisine, it's a taste of Davao like no other...

Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps, a local, homegrown concept from Davao, recently opened their third branch in the King City of the South, the Crown Jewel of Mindanao, at SM City Davao. It's time to get messy...at Davao's Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps.

Sustainable, Traceable, Fresh and Right at the 2nd Sustainable Seafood Week Launch

The continued demand for fresh seafood comes with a call for increased responsibility and accountability. Overfishing and marine degradation pose real threats and a cause for serious concern among food, hotel and restaurant businesses. Industry leaders need to come together to address the rapid depletion of the ocean's finite resources, and they did for a second time at the launch of the 2nd Sustainable Seafood Week, an industry initiative created to find a better way in the management of marine resources.

At the very core of the Sustainable Seafood Week's initiative is an adherence to doing things right, from traceability, the protection of endangered marine species, sustainable practices without the use of destructive and harmful fishing techniques, and harvesting right-sized catches and excluding juvenile fish. Harvesting the freshest seafood, and doing it right were once again reiterated at the launch of the 2nd Sustainable Seafood Week last January 16, 2017 at the Marriott Grand Ballroom. It's an advocacy that continues to gain ground, and just in time too...