Winter WonderDADS

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD AT WINTER WONDERDADS
Sleighbells ring, in the lane snow is glistening, and holiday diners are all walking to WonderDADS Ultimate Buffet, the sumptuous gathering of beloved dishes from Christmas past and present.
Regaled as the only three-in-one buffet wonder, DADS Ultimate Christmas Buffet, dazzles and dashes through the season with ham roulade, smoked tanigue, beef ribs in hickory sauce, pork mardi gras, seafood thermidore, and the favorite Dads classics line up of turkey, ham, roast beef, callos, lasagna, lengua plus the addition of contemporary celebration dishes of SAISAKI and the Filipino “noche buena” all time favorites of KAMAYAN. Japan is big on celebrations and, with the Japanese people's penchant for gift-giving are very much into Christmas, so back in full holiday regalia are these popular fare as SAISAKI greets everyone Kyujitsu Omedeto with ebi gyoza (prawn dumplings), saisaki steak (beef tenderloin), tori teppan (grilled chicken), ika chili (stir-fried squid), kani bacon maki (broiled crabstick rolled in bacon), the varied line up of sushi, sashimi and a lot more.
KAMAYAN'S PASKUHAN goes into full gear Christmas mode with the stellar attraction Kamayan Lechon de Leche. Lending color, flavor and texture to the holiday table are perennial native specialties l and an amazing line-up of sizzling and grilled items, vegetable and salad dishes. Feast with embotido, chicken honey, pancit molo, pork asado, pusit aloha, guisadong boneless bangus, pinaruparong isda sa bawang, sinukmani, tapioca and more!
DADS ULTIMATE BUFFET, priced at P 590 and P 490 during scheduled promo days, VAT inclusive. Hailed as the undefeated VALUE FOR MONEY buffet package, DADS rewards loyal patrons with a slew of gifts: a chance to win a FREE PARTY raffle, for every group of 10 diners, ONE is FREE! Happy Diner Cardholders with completed cards get to claim their free buffet. Great food, great rewards, great freebies. We're happy today and tonight cause we're dining at WINTER WONDERDADS SM MEGAMALL (636-3785), GLORIETTA 3 (892-8898), EDSA (722-8125) and PADRE FAURA (528-1723).

PASKUHAN sa KAMAYAN

PASKUHAN: KAMAYAN CHRISTMAS BUFFET
When it comes to Christmas, the Filipinos out celebrates them all. As early as September, Christmas carols blare on the airwaves. Right after Halloween, department stores and malls explode with the brightest, biggest and most creative holiday décor. The official celebration starts December 16, the first day of the 9-day dawn masses, and ends on the first Sunday of January, the feat of the Three Kings.
It’s possible that the recent calamities may dampen festivities for the forthcoming Christmas season, or it could even bring about a deeper, stronger, and more meaningful observance of the season of sharing. Excessive spending may give way to expressive generosity for the less fortunate. Throughout the holidays, the one true thing that will remain constant, the only semblance of festivity that we all cannot do without will be food. The gifts will be practical, modest even, but the food; the traditional noche buena fare will be painstakingly prepared and lovingly served.
Kamayan celebrates this spirit of coming together and sharing the dishes we all love in its forthcoming Christmas Buffet festival, aptly called, “Paskuhan”. All the fervor of the holidays, a savoring of sentiments, cheered and celebrated only this time of the year.
Kamayan Christmas Buffet presents a most delectable line up of dishes: Kamayan lechon de leche, embotido, pork asado, mechadong karne, pancit molo, pusit aloha, pinaruparong isda sa bawang, sinukmani, tapioca and many more!
Kamayan buffet is priced at P335, VAT inclusive. Available in all the Kamayan branches, SM Megamall (636-3785), Glorietta III (892-8898), EDSA (726-5870), Padre Faura (528-1723) and West Avenue (413-6359).

SAISAKI's BEST

KYUJITSU OMEDETO : SAISAKI HOLIDAY BUFFET !
Slowly and surely, Christmas has now become extremely popular and meaningful holiday in Japan among the festival-loving Japanese whose gift-giving nature is indelibly rooted in their cultural psyche. The nativity story greatly appeals to little girls who are fascinated with a baby in a cradle (as Japanese babies don’t traditionally sleep in cradles).

Almost all of Western Christmas customs have been adopted by the Japanese, like exchanging gifts, Christmas Day turkey dinner although chicken is still the most popular fare. In some places there are even community Christmas trees, houses are decorated with evergreens and mistletoe and in some homes Christmas carols are sung gaily.

The Japanese god or priest known as Hoteiosho closely resembles Santa Claus and is always pictured as a kind old man carrying a huge pack. He is thought to have eyes in the back of his head. It is well for the children to be good when this all-seeing gentleman is abroad. New Year's Day is the most important day of the whole calendar in Japan. Not only are houses cleaned thoroughly from top to bottom and decorated, even the people of the house dress themselves in their finest clothes. A ritual of driving away the evil spirits wherein the father marches through the house, followed by all the family members, begin the celebration.

Every year, Saisaki celebrates Christmas in Japan with a holiday laden buffet. A festive finale of dishes bursting with flavors and colors expressing the warmth of Christmas and at the same time, welcoming all the bounty and prosperity of a new year. Spend a Japanese Christmas in Saisaki, feast on holiday versions of Ebi Gyoza, Ika Chili, Saisaki Steak, Shake Teppan, Tonkatsu, Ebi Tempura, Kani Bacon Maki, Lettuce Sarada Maki, Kaisen Sarada Maki, Crunchy Roll, Kani Aspa Chiisu Batera and much more of the Season’s best dishes.

The widest sushi bar and buffet choices, cooked on site, this Christmas! Saisaki buffet is priced at P 555 and P 455 during promo days, VAT inclusive. Available in all the Saisaki branches: SM Megamall (636-3785), Glorietta 3 (892-8898), EDSA (722-8125), Padre Faura (528-1724) and West Avenue (413-6359).

PACQUIAO - COTTO LIVE TELECAST

DADS ULTIMATE BUFFET POWERS UP PACQUIAO-COTTO MATCH
The much awaited power match of the foremost Filipino fist, Manny Pacquiao versus Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto, WBO’s welterweight titleholder, will glue boxing fans to their screens come November. Filipinos who cannot make it to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas are in a frenetic search for the closest ringside or front row seat in cinemas, hotels, and other pay per view places.
For only P750, get into the firepower ring at DADS, KAMAYAN AND SAISAKI branches in Padre Faura, West Avenue Edsa and at Somethin' Fishy restaurant in Eastwood. LIVE telecast starts at 8am, Sunday, November 15, so you can fill up from breakfast till lunch from the curtain raisers to the main event.
DADS Ultimate Buffet ushers in the grand and traditional Christmas cuisine, showcasing the world’s beloved holiday dishes in WINTER WONDERDADS. In all its merry, sumptuous splendor, KAMAYAN lays out our very own Noche Buena favorites such as Kamayan Lechon de leche, embotido, mechadong baka, pork asado, pancit molo, sizzling seafood, baked tahong, pusit aloha and more. SAISAKI, welcomes everyone to the season’s best of Christmas feasting with a hearty KYUJITSU OMEDETO, which means Happy Holidays! Feast on holiday versions of Ebi Gyoza, Ika Chili, Saisaki Steak, Shake Teppan, Tonkatsu, Ebi Tempura, Kani Bacon Maki, Lettuce Sarada Maki, Kaisen Sarada Maki, Crunchy Roll, Kani Aspa Chiisu Batera and a lot more.
The P750 ticket includes a breakfast no-left-over buffet with refillable coffee and an Ultimate No-Left-Over Lunch Buffet with refillable iced tea.
TICKETS FOR THE FIREPOWER LIVE are available in DADS, Kamayan, Saisaki branches in Edsa, Padre Faura, Megamall, Glorietta III and West Avenue. For information you can call the following numbers: SM Megamall (636-3785), Glorietta III (892-8898), EDSA (726-5870), West Avenue (413-6359), Padre Faura (528-1724). Tickets are also available in Somethin' Fishy in Eastwood where the match can also be viewed live on November 15. For inquiries call 421-6412.

DADS ROMA : Italian Buffet Festival

SAISAKI New Fusion Buffet

CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY at DADS

Mediterraneo Ultimo: Way to a Happy, Healthy Dads Day
A region so vast, the Mediterranean encompasses Morocco, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Spain, France and Italy thus melding a cuisine of unsurpassed textures and flavors. Interestingly, albeit not surprisingly, its claim to fame rests on its reputation as one of the world’s healthiest. Epidemiological studies show that Mediterraneans suffer less heart disease than people from northern Europe. Nutritionists attest that the typical Mediterranean diet reduces fat and increases the level of natural antioxidants such as Vitamin C and E, significant risk reducers of heart attacks.
This Father’s Day, the healthiest way to Dad’s heart is through his stomach if you treat him to the nutritious array of DADS Mediterranean buffet festival, an abundance of foods from plant sources, beans and grains, cooked with olive oil, the cuisine’s prime ingredient and whose health effects benefit the heart, kidney, gall bladder and the digestive system.
Rich and exquisite, the various festival dishes showcase the vibrant culinary regions that surround the Mediterranean sea from appetizers to desserts: Ottoman mussels, oven baked cheese mussels, chicken gyro wrap, chicken wrapped in soft tortilla served with four kinds of sauces, porchetta balsamico, grilled pork belly in basil, garlic and olive oil, souvlaki chicken, charbroiled skewered boneless chicken thighs, poseidon seafood bundles, poached asparagus bundle wrapped in fish fillet, souvlaki vegetables, charbroiled skewered mixed vegetables, moussaka, eggplant lasagna, horiatiki salad, Greek salad, Mediterranean cake, chocolate sponge cake with butter cream filling, Medea’s Mud Pie, delectably moist brownie topped with chocofudge and whipped cream, plus the all time favorite DADS classics, roast beef, turkey, ham, paella, callos, lengua, pastas, salads, and more.
Ongoing accompaniment to the DADS’ Mediterranean Festival are equally health-friendly Sushi in the City of Saisaki and the festive offerings of Kamayan’s Grande Fiesta Buffet Festival.
DADS Ultimate Buffet is priced at P590 and at P490 during scheduled promo days, VAT inclusive. Available in all DADS branches: SM Megamall (636-3785), Glorietta 3 (892-8898), EDSA (722-8125), Padre Faura (528-1724) and West Avenue (413-6359).

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Foody Picks at DADS Glorietta 3

FOODY PICKS. When it comes to food, convenience is convenience and great taste is great taste. Never the twain shall meet. Not anymore. Now enjoy the real zing of Kamayan adobong pusit, the delight of Saisaki sushi, the real zest of DADS lengua, and more ! Great tasting, home cooking is all boxed up in DADS, Kamayan and Saisaki Glorietta 3. Homebound foodies in a rush can grab their Kamayan, Saisaki or DADS favorites. For inquiries call 892-8898.

KAMAYAN FIESTA BUFFET

You’ll get oooohs and aaaahs for being the perfect host! Party now at Dads, Kamayan, Saisaki EDSA.
Ultimate party food! Incomparable taste, unbeatable value for money, three in one cuisine choices. Go Filipino with Kamayan’s all time favorites, regional specialties from the country’s culinary regions. Or turn Saisaki with the widest array of authentic Japanese specialties. Get the best of three culinary worlds with Dads! Continental classics, plus all new festival fare, together with both Kamayan and Saisaki buffets.
Ultimate party place! More and bigger functions rooms! From intimate gatherings to grand receptions, you can party in comfort and style. Free amenities for P20,000 party packages and above. Color and décor theme your party, discuss details with the EDSA partyXperts.
Ultimate parking convenience! Valets will spare you from the usual parking hassles.

SAISAKI PRESENTS SUSHI IN THE CITY

Sushi beginnings never end at Saisaki, the breakthrough Japanese restaurant and sushi bar which is credited for turning the cityfolks into hard core sushi-ers.

This summer, weight watchers and wellness disciples can go heavy on light eating with Saisaki’s buffet, a health buff’s dream of fresh, raw, bite-size sushis, rolled, pressed or coned.

Saisaki sushi bar has a variety of authentic Japanese delicacies - made fresh to order - including a delectable variety of sushi and sashimi that are artistically prepared and presented.

Enjoy an array of the freshest and authentic sushi delights and more! Maguro hana (flower shaped tuna sushi), ika cherry blossom (flower shaped squid sushi), maguro plum (tuna with vinegar flavored rice), shake ebi batera (molded vinegar flavored rice layered with salmon and prawn), daikon gonkan (radish), ninjin bonkan (carrot), kyuri gonkan (cucumber), sakura roll (tuna, avocado, and mango roll), capital roll (egg omelette, cucumber and romained lettuce roll), una kyo (eel and cucumber roll), green romained California maki (crabstick and mango roll with green romaine lettuce), California temaki lettuce (crabstick, mango and iceberg lettuce).

Saisaki Buffet is priced at P555 and P455 (during promo days), VAT inclusive. Available in all Saisaki branches: SM Megamall, Glorietta 3, EDSA, Padre Faura and West Avenue. For reservations or inquiries call 636-3785, 413-6359 or 528-1723.

ASIA’S GOLDEN CUISINE AT DADS

Like the many-faceted countries and cultures of the region, the cuisines of Asia are as exotic, intriguing and tantalizing. Undeniably, the mother palate is China, her exquisite influence pervading the cooking of imperial powers and island nations. Thailand, whose vibrant culture and violent extremes are mirrored in the complexity of its dishes - clear, innocent broths laced with bird’s eye chilies which bring tears to the eyes and sweat to the brows. Indonesia’s cuisine, which is as elaborate as her architecture. The elegance and discipline of Japan’s culinary artistry, all enhanced by European and American culinary influences. All these for the buffet habitué who relish the ultimate gourmet adventure of the one and only three-in-one main feature of DADS!

Dubbed the Feast of Gold, DADS Asian Buffet lays out a sumptuous culinary collage of all new colors and flavors to complement the DADS’ mainstays-roast beef, turkey, ham, paella, callos, lungua, pastas, salads and desserts : Macau siomai, Macau spareribs
Chinese cold cuts, Thai hot sour soup, Kashmir Curry chicken , Hong Kong Chicken hot salad (hong kong), Thai Tod lad prik, Mumbai mixed green, Chinese garlic kangkong, Korean Chap chae, Tropical vegetable salad. With yummy desserts of Red Velvet cake and Banana cream with meringue.

DADS Ultimate Buffet includes both Kamayan and Saisaki buffets which also feature sumptuous holiday fares : Kamayan’s Coco Loco and Saisaki’s Seafood Festival.

DADS Ultimate Buffet is priced at P590 and at P490 during scheduled promo days, VAT inclusive. Available in all DADS branches: SM Megamall (636-3785), Glorietta 3 (892-8898), EDSA (722-8125), Padre Faura (528-1723) and West Avenue (372-8845).

SAISAKI "LOVE SEAFOOD" BUFFET

At the very heart of Japanese cuisine, lies the beautiful and bountiful fruits of the island nation’s seas. The Japanese consumes 66 kg of seafood annually, four time more than the world average consumption. To the Japanese, love for seafood is more than just a palate affair. It is embedded in the country’s culture, culinary and everything else. It is enshrined in the altars of the nation’s temples, worshipped as homage to the Shinto gods and goddesses. In Japan’s ancient mythology, Benzai-Ten, the goddess of the arts, love, wisdom and everything that flows was originally a sea diety. Seafood, together with all of the sea’s bounty stand for love, romantic and filial. This relationship sets the tone and taste of Saisaki's buffet festival for February, the world's month of love. Saisaki buffet, incomparable in its variety and Japaneseness, showcases the Seafood of Japan in all its sensous richness and seductive pleasures, truly a feast of love for seafood lovers.

The all-new seafood buffet brings together a myriad of sushi selections and main course attractions, combining contemporary cooking styles with classic Japanese culinaria.

Kaisenyori Yakimeshi (seafood fried rice), Kaisen Chili (stir fried spicy squid and tanigue fillet), Sakana Kudamono Sarada (breaded salmon served with mashed potato and fruit salad), Ika Somen (squid with vegetables), Kinshi Kaisen (seafood and vegetables rolled in egg omelette), Kaisen Kushi Furai (breaded seafood cubes) and more.

Saisaki Buffet is priced at P555 and P455 (during promo days), VAT inclusive. Available in all Saisaki branches: SM Megamall, Glorietta 3, EDSA, Padre Faura and West Avenue. For reservations or inquiries call 636-3785, 413-6359 or 528-1723.

KAMAYAN BUFFET GOES CRAZY OVER COCO !

As the world’s largest coconut exporter to the world, the Philippines boasts of an unsurpassed array of coconut dishes, quite a number of which will be featured in KAMAYAN’S COCO LOCO, the restaurant’s maiden buffet festival for 2009.
Considered as the “tree of life” for its plentiful properties and uses, this wonder fruit which is a truly a seed (the world’s largest), boasts of a history just as distinguished and colorful. The New Guineans believe that the palm tree spontaneously sprung from the head of the first man. Coco, which means “monkey face”, literally resembles one with its roundness and brown husk covering. “Kalpa Vrikaha” is the Sanskrit term for the “tree which gives all that is necessary for living”, also a fertility symbol to women who want to conceive. However, in Bali, women are forbidden to touch the coconut tree lest the fertility of the tree may be drained. In the Nicobar island of the Indian Ocean, whole coconuts were used as currency until the early 20th century.

Not true that the coconut as a cooking ingredient began and rests solely in the culinary hands of the Bicolanos for the Southern Luzon province is only one of the 14 coconut producing regions in the entire country. Fact is, one sees a coconut tree or plantation from Aparri to Jolo. Thus, KAMAYAN, the country’s foremost Filipino restaurant brings together the various popular regional coconut dishes from all over the country.

Truly a mega culinary achievement, a first of its kind Filipino buffet selection. All these in addition to the KAMAYAN all time favorites, namely, Lechon de Leche, Kare Kare, Grilled and Sizzling Choices, Appetizer, Salad and Dessert sections.
Taste the Kapangpangan’s cooking prowess with KILAWING TANIGUE SA MANGGATA (green mango gives extra spike to cocomilk thickened vinegared fish),
BISTIK LUBI LUBI (Southern Tagalo’s classic beef steak enhanced with coco milk),
Bicol’s deliciously boasts of TINUTUNGANG COCOROKOK(chicken coco dish), TINILMOK (shrimp, pork and coco meat wrapped in yam leaves). From the Visayas, comes Aklan’s PINAYUKANG BABOY (pork coco dish), Iloilo’s SINUWAANG BABOY AT BUKO (Binakol style sour soup), Samar’s HINATUKANG TARONG (eggplant coco dish) and KINAYOD NA BUTIG (yam fruit dessert).

Kamayan Buffet is priced at P335, VAT inclusive. Available in all Kamayan branches: SM Megamall (636-3785), Glorietta III (892-8898), EDSA (705-1807), Padre Faura (528-1724) and West Avenue (413-6359).

DADS 2009: All New Ultimate Buffet Adventure

The world’s best cuisine is truly at your fingertips when you choose to fill your plate at the Dads Ultimate Buffet. You can go continental and serve yourself roast beef, turkey, pasta, salads and at the same time, your cravings for Filipino favorites and Japanese specials can be fully satisfied as both the Kamayan and Saisaki buffets are included in the Ultimate Buffet experience.
This diversity makes DADS the only three in one buffet phenomenon that gathers together the best cuisines. From around the world and across time, Dads brings you your most favorite dishes, the classics which are tried and tested by generations of buffet lovers and the adventurous, fusion cuisines of the world’s culinary cultures.
This year’s buffet festivals, DADS showcases the best cuIsines of Asia, Italian-Med, original Chefs creations, and the world’s most poplar Christmas fare. Saisaki’s buffet features Japanese seafood, Sushi Bar Fusion food, and Saisaki’s exclusives. Native fare goes regional with Kamayan’s coconut festival, Grand Fiesta, all new regional specialties and Filipino holiday favorites.
DADS’ Ultimate Buffet is the most value for money buffet selection for only P 590 and at P490 during promo days. For reservations and inquiries call the following DADS branches : SM Megamall : 636-3785, Glorietta III : 892-8898, EDSA : 722-8125, Padre Faura : 528-1724, West Avenue : 413-6359.

JOZU Celebrates Year 1

From the elegant play on colors and texture to the enticing aroma and mouthwatering flavors, Japanese cuisine is in a class of its own. Unique to the heritage is a distinctive style of cooking that is highly revered to be a delicate art form.

The story behind the name Jozu (meaning skillful in English), which aptly describes how the Japanese conduct their business in the kitchen, harks back to the ancient days of Japanese craftsmanship. Whether winning battles or creating dishes, the Japanese have set high standards for their blades of choice. What the sword is to the Samurai, the knife is to the Japanese chef. And yet no matter how sharp and supple, a sword or a knife is only as good as the one who wields it. The kitchen experts, as demanding and exacting as their warrior counterparts, wield these culinary blades with as much perfection and skill.

With its team of Japanese chefs, Jozu brings to the table a vast selection of Japanese food ranging from perennial favorites Jozu Sashimi Tokujo, Jozu Sushi Tokujo, Kani Sushi and Futo Maki to signature dishes like Jozu Jumbo Platter, Gyu Kamameshi, Teriyakidon, Tonkatsu, Katsudon, and other grilled fare. Celebrating year one, Jozu’s evolution is ushered in by additional and new dishes showcasing Japanese fusion cuisine. The hot dishes selections aptly and collectively described Crisp on Fire boasts of vibrancy in colors and flavors. Cooled by Tranquil Water, Sushi Bar collection dazzles the eyes and taste buds with intriguing and interesting combinations.

In keeping with the restaurant’s character, the design scheme ―from the interiors down to the cutlery ―conspires to create a hip and modern dining scene that’s very much in character with Quezon City.

For your Japanese cravings, head to Jozu at 233 Tomas Morato cor. E. Lopez Jr. Near ABS-CBN Compound, QC. For inquiries call 376-6351 or 376-6352.

EVERYTHING SMELLS GOOD IN Somethin' Fishy

Wafting through the halls of Somethin’ Fishy are the aromatic scents of the many all time favorites of native cuisine. The latest feature of this popular seafood resto is the LUNCH ALL YOU CAN BUFFET priced at only P 195. An attraction for night owls who prowl the foodscape to satisfy cravings of nocturnal appetites is the MIDNIGHT TO MORNING BUFFET, priced at P 119. Providing big enjoyment for big eaters is the BOUNTIFUL BUFFET ALL YOU CAN for only P345, served for dinner from Monday to Sunday and Sunday lunch.

All these dining options cater to 24/7 call center lifestyle of Eastwood scene. Somethin’ Fishy is located at Unit B2 & B3 Eastwood Citywalk, Bagumbayan, Quezon City. For reservations call 421-2121.