Banzai goes beyond Japanese for Christmas

MANILA -- Christmas comes to Banzai at the SM Mall of Asia complex, as the country’s biggest Japanese buffet offers its new holiday menu starting on Saturday, December 20.

Aside from its extensive Japanese offerings, which include sushi, sashimi, ramen and noodles, tonkatsu, tempura, yakitori, takoyaki, and even Japanese pizza, the expanded Christmas menu will have other cuisines from the sister restaurants of Banzai in the Sumo Sam group.

Menu additions to their salad section include the Smoked Chicken with Fuji Apple and Walnuts, as well as Marble Potatoes with Crispy Panchetta.

Main courses will include an array of chilled seafood like prawns, mussels and clams; the porchetta, which is their version of the ever popular belly roll with spices of rosemary and fennel; the roast stuffed turkey with bread stuffing and turkey gravy; homemade slow-cooked meatloaf with mushroom gravy; and the Mediterranean favorite, moussaka, layered with eggplant and cheese.

Other Asian influences are also present with roast Peking duck crepe, peach-glazed chicken and honey-glazed pork.

Christmas cheer comes to the dessert table with the green pistachio cheesecake; the cute and festive cherry blossom cake; the matcha and black sesame cake; strawberry green tea mousse; and strawberry butter sponge cake.

Sister restaurants Dekada and Balboa will also be adding to the Banzai spread.

Balboa, which serves Italian food, will be offering four pizzas (all meat, seafood, pesto, four cheese) as well as four sauces (alfredo, aglio olio, truffle mushroom, puttanesca) with twp choices of pasta (penne and spaghettini).

Dekada, meanwhile, will serve Filipino favorites such as sinigang na miso, adobo rice, Bicol express, kare-kare and, for dessert, Filipino misa de gallo favorites bibingka, puto bumbong and palitaw.

OFW promo

In addition, Banzai has a welcome promo for overseas Filipino workers who are home for the holidays.

OFWs, who are accompanied by at least three full paying guests, can eat for free. They just have to show their passport and a valid ID.

 Other promos include the 5+1 promo (one free for a group of six), the birthday promo (birthday celebrants eat for free in a group of four), and the senior promo (an additional 30% discount to their 20% discount).

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Food shorts: New offerings, TV shows

MANILA – Here are some announcements that may make food lovers happy.

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Easter treats at Banzai

A new trick art gallery will be launched at Banzai: The Great Authentic Japanese Buffet on Easter Sunday, April 20.

The new trick art gallery will feature three settings featuring Japanese scenes, props and costumes – a samurai enclave, a sumo wrestling area and a colorful Japanese street scene. Customers can use these for photo ops to make their dining experience more memorable.

 

Meanwhile, Banzai offers a 5 + 1 free promo – for every five full-paying adults, one gets to dine for free. There are also prizes in store for customers at the Easter Egg Hunt at the restaurant, as well as different activities for the kids.

Banzai, owned and operated by actor-restaurateur Marvin Agustin, is located at SM Mall of Asia By the Bay in Pasay City.

The 300-seater restaurant offers different Japanese dishes such as tempura, steak, ramen, okonomiyaki, takoyaki, katsudon, gyudon and soba, among others.

Tuna Panga at Siklab

Siklab, the signature Filipino restaurant of The Bistro Group, has added Tuna Panga to its barbecue selection.

At P395 for a one-kilo serving, Siklab’s Tuna Panga is ideal for sharing with friends and family. The fish is marinated and grilled to perfection and served with Siklab’s special sauce.

 

Siklab’s Tuna Panga is available not only during Lent and Holy Week, but also all-year round.

Siklab is located at the third floor of Greenbelt 3 mall in Makati City.

New show: ‘Shane Delia’s Spice Journey’

Award-winning chef, restaurateur, author and TV personality Shane Delia takes viewers on a spice journey across the Mediterranean and the Middle East to explore its heritage and discover food traditions that go back thousands of years.

“Shane Delia’s Spice Journey,” which premiered on April 15 on TLC, airs every Tuesday at 7 p.m., with replays every Wednesday and Sunday at 10 a.m.

New show: ‘Recipes that Rock’

Alex James and Matt Stone head west of Australia to take a journey of discovery around the Margaret River region in a new series on TLC titled “Recipes that Rock.”

Together, they will discover unique produce, meet the people behind them and take inspiration from what they find for some uniquely Australian recipes.

“Recipes that Rock” is a six-part series that will premiere on April 28. The show airs every Monday at 7 p.m., with replays every Tuesday at 10 a.m.

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