What’s a Love Got to Do with Eats?
Well, everything. Dates are usually about movies and eating, a stroll in the park and eating, or dining out (eating!). So that’s why falling in love makes you fatter. According to studies, more than 60 percent of couples put on weight when they are in a happy, comfy relationship. But then again, true love transcends the physical. No matter how fat your partner looks, he or she would still be your one and only.
If you have not yet planned anything for Saturday (which is Valentine’s Day, in case you haven’t noticed), here are ways to fan those flames of love whatever the current status of your relationship is.
Till the End of Time
Best for: For the jaded lovers
Walang Forever. One of the most often used hugot hashtags on social media. Don’t you love seeing old couples HHWW with the famous Manila Bay sunset in the background? It’s the best love photo ever. They make us believe that, well, there’s forever. For a date that’ll make love lovelier the nth time around, check out Manila Hotel’s renowned Champagne Room. Or buy a Valentine’s cake made of fresh strawberries and set in layers of hazelnut meringue and whipped cream at the hotel’s Deli. Cue in: “Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko.” www.manila-hotel.com.ph
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Taste It, Love
Best for: Seriously Dating
It’s the season to be extra cheesy, mushy, and sweet. Flowers for V-days are so meh. Women want something edible, and fulfilling, and memorable. At Bellevue Manila, chocoholics will melt over the hotel’s irresistible Chocolate Truffle Heart Cake, a moist chocolate cake with praline croquantine and Belgian chocolate ganache. Whatever sweets you choose, it’s guaranteed to transport you to heavens. 02 771 8181, tbmnl@thebellevue.com
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Go French or Go Home
Best for: More than friends but less than lovers
Your relationship is complicated. But who cares about labels? While a trip to Paris is too much in your current, confusing status, not to mention too expensive, travel with your eyes, taste buds, and noses at Le Jardin Manila and dine on French fare amid a setting that is both enchanting and delectable. Treat yourself to the view of the city’s bright lights as you finish a full French meal. Recently nominated as “Manila’s Best French Restaurant” by Manila’s Best Kept Restaurant Secrets 2014, the special menu offers a duo of walnut crusted foie gras and duck confit with mango passion fruit coulis and beetroot salad. The names are too long and too French to even read, but who cares as long as you’re with your lover… or best friend? www.lejardinbgc.com.
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Call Me Your Home
Best for: Couples rekindling their vows
The Tagaytay breeze is a sweet excuse for extra cuddling. Plus, the ambiance and food fare are too good to resist. At Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay, you can discover home sweet home, away from the bustling and overcrowded metro. Fill your tongue with sublime culinary creations like asparagus and arugula velouté with kesong puti; basil oil andfried capers; and Chilean sea bass poached in aromatic lobster oil with basil and tomato couscous, marinated olives, and fresh strawberries and end the buffet on a sweet note. 046 4134567 dcsrsvn@discovery.com.ph.
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Eat Your Heart Out
Best for: First dates
Impress your date with a romantic rendezvous she’ll never forget. Movie dates and a stroll in the park are so cliché. Drop the bomb and treat her to Café in the Park at Century Park Hotel. Indulge in a wide selection of food and fill your plate with your favorites, both hot and cold, Western and Chinese. End the night with a special sweet Valentine cake at the deli. 02 528 8888,www.centurypark.com
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Up in the Sky
Best for: Couples married for 20 years
Heaven is a place on earth whenever, wherever your better half is with you. But this Valentine’s Day, you can take your partner to a little piece of gustatory heaven. Located at the 24th floor sky lobby of Manila Polo Ortigas, Cucina is the perfect romantic setting to fall in love again. Get acomplimentary glass of strawberry Bellini while you indulge in the restaurant’s lavish spread of sinful entrees and desserts.
manila@marcopolohotels.com, www.marcopolohotels.com
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Eat Thy Flowers
Best for: Creative lovers who want to amp up the second date
Edible flowers? Yes please! Make a mad dash to Dusit Thani before its edible and beautiful rose-shaped dessert knom khularb runs out. The flowers are too pretty not to IG and share with your man. 02 238 8888, dtmn@dusit.com
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50 Shades of Treats
Best for: Couples on honeymoon
Cannot wait for the hottest movie this love month? Imagine yourself dining a la Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele at Marriot Café. Hold nothing back and be seduced by the Café’s delicious,luscious treats. Feeling kinky and curious? Go straight to Marriott Café’s red room of sinful,sensual and pain-filled desserts. Do you want a bite of Oh My Vanilla? Or if you want, you can go take a bite of Mr. Grey, err, his dom dessert cake of warm chocolate ganache poured over achoco dome with a trio of dessert: hazelnut cake, truffle gandua, and choco sorbet at Cre Steakhouse. You’d even get the chance to recreate one of the sweetest moments in the novel and win a Pandora charm bracelet, just like Christian’s surprise birthday gift to Anastasia. Awww, sweet. 02 9889999, manilamarriott.com
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Stay With Me
Best for: Married with kids
While you can certainly go on a romantic V-day getaway anytime, there are responsibilities (kids) to consider. You can’t just pack your bags and leave for a week. The solution? Book a weekend getaway with your better half at a more intimate, secluded place without leaving the city. Treat your special someone with hefty servings of Australian meats and seafood treats (aphrodisiac!) at the Acacia Hotel Manila. End your date with a luxurious, sensual couple massage at Lurra Wellness Spa. www.acaciahotelsmanila.com, 02 720 2000
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Best for: Couples nearing the seven-year-itch
Think nothing sets the mood right but a candlelight dinner? It’s said that the closer is one to a fire, the higher the romance meter gets. Rekindle the seemingly dimming fire of love (and lust) with a dinner buffet that promises to stoke the flames of love. Express your amour for each other on Valentine’s Day at Peninsula Manila’s The Lobby. The dinner buffet offering’s too good (and too hot) not to resist. diningpmn@peninsula.com, reservationpmn@peninsula.comor,www.peninsula.com.
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