First
things first! Here's what I wore to the Spiral dinner with my family
two days before Christmas :) Since it was still Christmas time, I opted
to wear red and because we were going to a buffet, I had to wear
something loose! :P
[Dress: MISS 60, Shoes: CHARLES & KEITH, Necklace: SM ACCESSORIES]
Now
that's done, let's move on to the dinner! I had such a hard time
editing and blogging about these pictures because it made me hungry
every single time. I would choose to skip doing this first because I
would just get fat! haha! I would crave what I see! Anyway, it's 4 am in
the morning and I'm doing only because it's too late (and scary haha)
to go down and get something to eat :) But I've been looking forward to
blog about this because I know you, my dear readers would enjoy it as
much as I did making it! :)
Spiral Buffet is located at the ground floor of Sofitel
Philippine Plaza Manila (behind CCP and near the Mall of Asia for those
who are not familiar). It is a world class hotel that offers endless
dishes and drinks that's inspired by different cuisines around the
world. They actually just recently renovated the place after a typhoon
destroyed the venue awhile back. I've been to the place a couple of
times before and I swear, you really have to come in hungry! Everything
is LITERALLY endless and everything from the taste, presentation,
service and everything in between is world class. The buffet has a total
of 21 ateliers (Salad and Appetizer, L’Écailler, Sushi Sashimi, L’Epicerie, Hot Japanese, French Stove, Rotisserie,Wood
fired Oven, Churrasco, North Indian,Asian Noodles,
Peking Duck Oven, Steam Baskets, Chinese Wok, Filipino, Thai, Korean, La Boulangerie,
La Patisserie, Chocolaterie and Creamery), seats 452 and total area of 2, 921 sqms.
Thank
you Blessy and Sofitel Manila for this welcome cake! :) Eating it as we
speak! (Okay fine, I am eating at 4 in the morning! haha)
The place was redecorated and even if it was designed by a
Design Studio Spin from Japan, everything from the tables, chairs and
decoration is sourced and Filipino inspired :) Check out the
chandelier!
Not
only does it offer seats inside but if you opt for a warm breeze, you
can take the veranda seats as well! If you want to have your own private
dining, there are 6 private rooms for your use. You just have to
reserve in advance :)
They
have all kinds of breads you can imagine! This is probably one of the
20. haha! I didn't take pictures of everything so that it won't give the
place away :)
One
of the newest features of the New Spiral Buffet would be the cheese
room. I died. I've developed a love for cheese since my Bordeaux days
with my friends and I was in my happy place when I entered the room! The
size of the cheeses reminded me of Lizzie Mcquire the movie :P Bella!
The salad bar. All vegetables are sourced from the best places you can find them here in the country :)
Even the fresh seafood is sourced locally too! They only source from the best :)
The cuisines are endless! They have chinese...
Indian.. (A little trivia: The tandoori stove was flown in all the way from India to get the authentic Indian taste)
Just a quick trivia, the uniforms were designed by Rajo Laurel. I love how they patronize and support local :)
Japanese...
Filipino...
Thai...
for the carnivores station (like me!)...
American... and alot more!
The
1 million peso stove. It's the first in the country. Yup, you better
enjoy that food of yours.. it's cooked in a 1 million peso stove! haha
One of the newest features of the new Spiral would be that all food are cooked to your preference. Name it, they'll cook it!
And my favorite part of the whole thing.... DESSERT STATION!!
That's not even half of the dessert they had!
Another new feature would be their Parisian inspired bar :)
The best wines from around the globe are available in Spiral! And yup, it's included with the buffet!
Here's
what I ate... well half of it. I probably had 6 or 9 more plates! haha I
just forgot to take pictures in between! My tip when eating there? Just
got a little bit of everything so you can taste every single thing :)
I
don't want to spoil everything so I only showed you half of what's
instore for you so that when you enter Spiral, there's still something
to look forward to! :) I hope you enjoyed my tour of Spiral Buffet! I came in hungry and came out satisfied :)
xx, Vern
P.S. Here's the opening hours:
Breakfast: (Daily) 6:30
am - 10: 30 am
Lunch: (Mon- Sat) 12 noon - 2:30 pm
Brunch: (Sun) 12 noon - 3:00 pm
Dinner: (Daily) 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Supper at La Veranda: 11: 00 pm - 1:00 am
