Traditions Holiday Gifts 2008

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Share the flavors and traditions of the Yuletide season with your loved ones via Rustan’s Supermarket’s stress-free holiday shopping strategy which presents perfectly packaged gifts to delight the senses and fill tummies with holiday cheer.

 

Stumped about what to give? Let Rustan’s Supermarket’s Corporate Sales help you find gifts that’ll leave family, friends, clients and business associates impressed this season. With the supermarket’s holiday services, customers can purchase corporate and personal gift bundles loaded with an assortment of gourmet goods, specialty items and imported sweets at surprisingly affordable prices.

 

For more personalized presents, browse from an extensive Baskets of Goodies selection —custom-designed themed baskets for every preference and purpose. Customers can have their pick of perfect combinations that include quality wines, classic ingredients and premium treats. For those who want to share the healthier side of Christmas, Rustan’s also offers holiday fruits baskets, decked out with the season’s freshest fruits.

 

Those leading a fast-paced lifestyle will love choosing from the Food to Go series, platter packages of sushi, cold cuts, seafood, cheese and many more, specially made for gatherings, parties and entertaining guests; while the Baked Delights range of scrumptious brownies, dessert bars, cookies and cakes makes for enticingly sweet endings.

 

Shoppers may even opt to avail of Special Gift Certificates that are valid for use for an entire year. That way, everyone on your gift list can get whatever they want all year round. By taking shopping off your hands, Rustan’s Supermarket also helps you plan a perfect holiday celebration with its Grocering Service. Just phone in or fax your grocery list and the supermarket will take care of the rest. They’ll even deliver the goods to your doorstep for a minimal fee.

 

If throwing the best Christmas party is more your style but you want none of the worries, avail of Rustan’s Catering Services and enjoy the international flavors of Le Gourmet. For more details and information, contact Le Gourmet now at telephone number 666-6682.

 

Enjoy a worry-free holiday season with Rustan’s Supermarket’s line-up of products and services. For more information on Corporate Sales, Gift Certificates and Grocering Services, you may call the following branches: Makati Branch: 8928394 / Fax 8927277; Rockwell Branch: 898-1271; Shangri-La Plaza Branch: 633-4423 / FAX 634-7466; Gateway Mall Branch: 912-0598 / FAX 912-0686; Katipunan Branch: 928-3119 / FAX 928-3101; Magallanes Branch: 852-8090; Forbes Park Branch: 840-5491 / FAX 817-8379; Greenbelt 1 Branch: 815-9155 / FAX 815-9162; Corinthian Hills Branch: 638-0643; Tomas Morato Branch: 332-1426; Cebu-Banawa Branch: (032) 262-6201; Cebu-Ayala Branch: (032) 238-1130.

Rustan’s Supermarkets are located in Glorrieta-Makati; Rockwell Powerplant Mall; The Gateway Mall in Araneta Center; The Shangrila Mall, Edsa; in San Antonio Plaza Arcade, Forbes Park, Makati; Greenbelt, Makati; Paseo de Magallanes, along South Superhighway; Corinthian Hills; Ayala Center, Cebu; Arcenas Estates, Banawa, Cebu, and soon in Tomas Morato, Quezon City.    

 

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Christmas Goodies at Starbucks

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Chocolate Toffee Nut Loaf

An intensely rich chocolate Loaf frosted with smooth, creamy chocolate icing with crunchy toffee on top. A great Christmas treat for chocolate lovers.

 

 Caramelized Hazel Chocolate Loaf

  A rich hazelnut loaf featuring an indulgent combination of toasty caramelized hazelnuts creamy chocolate chunks.starbucks-421.jpg

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 Italian Pocket

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Weekend Brunch at Mamou

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As part of my birthday gift to Mom, I wanted to treat her for brunch since I know her favorite meal is  breakfast and eggs benedict. So last Saturday we went to Mamou and I invited my sister as well.  Malou suggested that we go on a Saturday since Sundays can get crowded.  It was a YUMMY and nice brunch with the “sisters”!  People always mistake us as sisters 🙂

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French Press Benguet Coffee 

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Egg’s Benedict 

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Rau’s Platter 

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I love the bacon!! 

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Not from the brunch menu- Duck Adobo Flakes 

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Tartatan – As Mom describes it – ” TO DIE FOR! ” 

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Tenement Feeding Program at Beacon

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This is one of the reasons I am happy my son is at Beacon.  Beacon has a way of bringing out the creativity in each one which is why there are always great ideas which are not the ordinary or the traditional way of doing things.

Not only are they doing the outreach but they work hard for it too.  They learn not only to share but to be able to share something that you worked hard for or something which you made with your own efforts.  

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Dampa by Mall of Asia

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Thanks to Mart and Sam for inviting us for dinner.  What an adventure to eat “Dampa” style behind Mall of Asia.  Mart bought so much, we had plenty to eat for 6 people.

Looking forward to our next adventure!!

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STEP 1:  Choose/Buy your seafood 

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Step 2:  Pick a Restaurant 

 

 

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Step 3:  Choose how you would like to cook your seafood 

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Step 4:  Eat!  Eat!! and ENJOY!  🙂 

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Some mime characters entertaining the diners and the passers by

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Some tips:

1.)  When shopping for your seafood, be careful not to point!  Once you point, they will put the item right away in the bag! Rhett ended up buying Salmon when he was just asking how much it was 🙂dampa48.jpg

 

2.)  When you have chosen the restaurant, Stay outdoors since it is not as crowded as being inside the restaurant.  It won’t be as hot during the evenings so it is more pleasant being outside than inside squeezing with everybody else

3.)  Choice of cooking/”paluto” – Sam suggested that:

a.)  grilled or steamed is the best ( and the healthiest ) way of cooking

b.)  having it buttered or with cheese may not be good because they use margarine as butter and the cheese is just quick melt type so it might not be good.  Rhett’s salmon was buttered and we ended up not eating it, the margarine smell was very strong 

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4.)  Tip from Edward – Choose a restaurant with plenty people – that means it is good.  To me, it looked like all the restaurants were full!  🙂

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Tillie’s Garden

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My good friend and neighbor, Tillie, will soon be renovating her house.  So I made sure that I invited myself over to take photos of her beautiful garden which I love so much. I like the animal figurines which she put all over the garden.  Whenever I see her garden from her cozy living room, I feel so happy and peaceful.

I was feeling so bad that it will soon be gone but I am sure she will have a more beautiful one when she has her new home 

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Chef’s Banquet

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I visited Chef’s Banquet last Wednesday and how I wish I did not have a dinner that evening because I wanted to order everything that they had on display!  Their menu this week will be different from last week, so do check it out  

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Give in to the mouthwatering samplers as 10 of Power Plant Mall’s restaurants come together in this one-of-a-kind appetizer buffet at the Level P1 Concourse Center Aisles. Chaffing dishes are open from 5PM to 8PM on the first three Wednesdays and Thursdays of December (3-4, 10-11 and 17-18).Choose your favorites from Cafe Mediterranean, Figaro, Kaya, Kulinarya, Myron’s, Piazza Pazzo, Pho24, Sugarhouse, Wild Ginger and Zaifu as they concoct special appetizers only available at the Chef’s Banquet. chefs-banquet-poster.jpg chefs-banquet1.jpgchefs-banquet2.jpgchefs-banquet3.jpgchefs-banquet4.jpg

Chef’s Banquet at the Concourse

 Dates: December 3-4, 10-11, 17-18 (first 3 Wednesdays and Thursdays of December), 5PM-8PM

Venue: P1 Concourse Center Aisle

We will be featuring restaurants from the P1 Concourse Level

The set-up will include a 8 buffet tables which will hold 3 appetizers from each participant and a lounge set-up.

The goal is to recreate a hotel lounge. Furniture is provided by Home Mavericks (exporter based in Cebu)

It is something people can go to after work, sit back, have appetizers and drinks. If they want to have dinner, they can visit the restaurants in the area.

One of the goals is to showcase the wide range of restaurants in the P1 Level.

There are 10 participants. These include:

Café Mediterranean

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Kaya

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Kulinarya

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Myron’s

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Piazza Pazzo

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Pho24

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Sugarhouse

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Wild Ginger

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Zaifu

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Here are the mechanics:

  1. Customers of the Chef’s Banquet will be given menus as they go through the buffet tables.
  2. Waiters from the participating restaurants are tasked to mark the food items claimed by the customers on the menu. 
  3. 2 cashiers will be stationed at the end of the buffet tables to tally and receive the payment for the customer’s purchases.
  4.   Customers are discouraged from ordering entrees that are not part of the Chef’s Banquet menu. If they seek food from the participating restaurant’s menu, they should be politely advised to dine at that restaurant
  1. All participants (excluding Figaro and Sugarhouse) will contribute 3 appetizers and 1 drink. These may change on a weekly basis.  The appetizers must be easily consumed and should not require full plating.

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