My fourth time in Sofitel Hotel's Spiral (1st was during the time when blogging wasn't a social phenomenon, 2nd was here, and third was here) was more than just a marvelous, it was mesmerizing. And with the season of a four-letter word L-O-V-E, this was the best dining experience in my 30 plus years of being an evolved homo horminidea specie.
After a year of earnest anticipation from its renovation due to the storm that hit Manila and consequently wrecked the stone walls that served as a protective bulwark of the crushing sea waves, flooding the entire restaurant floor to knee-deep, the 11million makeover finally pave way to feed some prurient gastronome like mine.
They opened its curtain once again into a 5-star restaurant hotel setting where 21 dining ateliers unveiled freshly cooked entrees right before the diners' eyes.
The interactive dining brims of a 2,921 sq meter wall that can accommodate 296 people. It connects to a veranda that is a prelude to the hotel's iconic lagoon-shaped pool facing the Manila Bay sunset.
Pralines and truffles section.
Bread section.
Wines, Whiskey, Rhum, Champagne, and Sparkling Water.
Japanese section. I was surprised the chefs greeted me in Japanese. I know I don't look like one but I digress it is their way of brandishing authenticity.
The bounty from the sea.
They have all in here.
I made my own salad. Look at how lovely it is.
I asked the chef to make me a buttered shrimp.
Grill request to the chef. Lobsters grilled to goodness.
Little bit of everything. That nice pinkish rib eye steak is such a behold.
Maki and Sushi. With a Wasabi, these will all makes sense.
Dimsum. Didn't I tell you that I like dimsum so much that I can live on a dimsum only meal?
Meats. I love the Rib Eye but I choose to have it in a small quantity so to accommodate other entrees or my return entrees.
An assortment of desserts.
Fruit medley composed of Watermelon, Dragon Fruits, and Pineapple.
I made my own halo-halo. A Filipinian's meal isn't complete without it.
I asked the chef to prep up a crepe topped with green tea ice cream for me.
To conclude my meal was a chocolate ice cream. Even if I still have the capacity to digest while on the fly, she restrained my intake to control my diabetic accolade.
She was apparently a happy camper in the salad section.
Although there were new things being offered, like the Cheese Room, which I really like(I am definitely a cheese person), there were other things that they curtailed too. One of them was the overflowing wine and champagne. It was supposedly a plus factor for every buffet just as it was in the Oakwood Premiere, but sadly they didn't offer it any longer.
Although there were new things being offered, like the Cheese Room, which I really like(I am definitely a cheese person), there were other things that they curtailed too. One of them was the overflowing wine and champagne. It was supposedly a plus factor for every buffet just as it was in the Oakwood Premiere, but sadly they didn't offer it any longer.
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