Happiness in hampers
These hotels offer bliss packed in a basket. So whether you’re checking in a hotel or just checking out its goodies, here are Christmas cookies, chocolates, cakes, and other treats for the holidays.
Wines
Resorts World Manila Maxims
Give hope, love, and joy this Christmas—in their most literal (and sweetest) forms. At Resorts World Manila’s Café Maxims, share the spirit of the holidays with this season’s sweets and signature treats. Indulge in yuletide hampers like the Joy basket with a bottle of WR Rocca Chianti DOCG; the Hope basket with a Beringer Stone Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon; and the Love basket, which comes with a Beringer Stone Cellars Chardonnay. www.rwmanila.com, tel. 02 9088833
French delicacies
Sofitel
Eenie meenie miney mo! At Sofitel, choose from baskets filled with handcrafted chocolates, premium French delicacies, and wines and delight your friends and family. Go dig your hands into this treasure trove of aromas and heavenly flavors. www.sofitelmanila.com
Jams and biscotti
Marco Polo
Christmas hampers are supposed to be sweet—but at Marco Polo’s Café Pronto, they can also be sour. Offering two kinds of Christmas hampers, but both including balsamic vinegar, you can swim among English fruit cake, Dresden stolen, Christmas cookies, pralines, assorted macarons, salami, mustard de Meaux, Alexander Fields Merlot, marzipan Christmas stolen, pistachio biscottis, cookies, chocolate Santa Claus, ham slices, jam, and macaroon. What to choose? Tel. 02 720 7777, www.marcopolohotels.com
Chocolate pralines
Manila Hotel
The goodies are a treat themselves but the goody pot is a treasure, too. At Manila Hotel, each hamper comes in a luxurious, exquisite leather vessel fit for the goodies inside. Share the joy with sweet treats like chocolate pralines, cookies, and fruit cake among others. An ideal gift for your loved ones as well as corporate giveaway, each package is unique with hard-to-find delicacies tailored to suit everyone’s palate. Tel. 02 5270011 local 1261, www.manila-hotel.com.ph
Pistachio double cream cheese bread
Richmonde Hotel
Never go wrong with the classics: Oreo mint mouse, assorted breads like pistachio double cream cheese bread, salted swirl bread with bacon and cream cheese, dark and white chocolate bread. All these are available at Richmonde’s café lobby. But if you want more, get your wallets ready to horde more frosted holiday donut, fried cinnamon donut, craquelin cream puff, and choco chip hazelnut cookies. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Mango chocolate
Manila Peninsula
Drown yourself to the tempting goodness and sweetness of festive chocolate box, tea, 12 pieces mango chocolate, white chocolate cranberry cookies, gingerbread tree, two fruit garden jams, traditional Christmas stolen bread. Oh! The Pageboy hamper also includes a cap, polo shirt, and a cute bear. Tel. 02 887 2888, www.peninsula.com
French macarons
Diamond Hotel
Everybody transforms into a discerning gourmand during the holidays. Your diet? It can start next year. But for now, dig into the goodness of bestsellers ube ensaymada and French macarons in festive hues. Other holiday goodies perfect for giveaways include chocolate pralines and truffles, German stollen, dried fruit kouglof, and minced pies. The cake enthusiasts, meanwhile, will go gaga over a slice or a whole box of Le Royale supermoist chocolate cake, baked cheesecake, anddelice chocolat are always a delight.
Hazelnut chocolate cake
Heritage Manila
Surrender to the tempting layers of moist sponge cake filled with a mixture of milk chocolate, butter, fresh cream, roasted hazelnut ground that Heritage Manila hotel offers this November only. Served at Riviera Café and lobby lounge, this piece of heaven is overlaid with reddish chocolate brilliant and garnished with chocolate Poinsettia flowers. Very Christmas-y indeed!
Pies and chocolates
Intercontinental Manila
If life is a box of chocolates, then get ready to go to chocolate heaven! Go ahead and satisfy your sweet tooth with cutesy pralines in gift boxes, breads, pies, and beautifully packaged hampers that offer traditional holiday staples alongside teas and wines. www.intercontinental.com/manila, tel. 02 7397000 ext 771
Yule logs
Makati Shangri-La
How do you like your holiday gifts? Handmade, prepared with TLC, and hotel-bought? Yes, yes, shoppers! Makati Shangri-La grants your wish with its Christmas handcrafted hampers designed with handstitched trim, brass handles, and silk linings. Each hamper’s filled with homemade pastries like cupcakes, chocolate Santa Claus, marzipan stolen, festive flavored tea, pudding, fruitcake, jam, panettone, and a bottle of Perrier Jouet. But if hampers aren’t your thing, go for a box of cake instead. There’s Yule Logs, fluffy and moist roll cake with flavors like vanilla dream, lemon espresso, chocolate Tonka, and berry fusion. www.bit.ly/timelesschristmas
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