A Delightful Dinner of Sustainable Seafood & Wine Pairing at 22 Prime

For the whole month of October, get to experience a sumptuous Sustainable Seafood and Wine Pairing dinner treat for less than Php3,000.

You'll definitely dine with heart at 22 Prime  of Discovery Suite as it now offers an elaborate Sustainable Seafood Menu featuring artisanal fishing seafood products, in partnership with Meliomar Sustainable Seafood Solutions.

At a media launch held just a few days before the month of October, selected members of the media, together with the peeps from Discovery Suites and their partner brands, were invited to try their proud dinner offering.

I have to say that the night was not only filling but tasty as well for both meals and wine servings. Add the ambiance of the 42nd floor which is the highest point of Discovery Suite, you'll feel the elegance rarely experienced by the average person. At an amount justifiable as a reward for a good day's work, you'll never think twice of coming to dine on this fabulous treat.

The four-course dinner was worth the traffic congestion afterwards as the taste of both wine and seafood still lingered making it a very memorable night of gastronomic delight. We have to thank the chef for such a magnificent dinner, and the three kinds of wine as your choices to be paired with every dish except the dessert.

I  must admit I was already anticipation of the next dish after tasting the fresh Mackerel Fish Carpaccio and Spanner Crab Fritters with Compressed Fennel Salad, Micro Greens, and Seaweed Pepper. All parts of the dish offer distinctively unique tastes which prompts you to also try them out individually or in combination.

Second dish served was the Seafood Volute with Saffron Foam served Parmesan Herbs. Now this soupy dish has mutually complementing solid and liquid ingredients that you'll want to come back to have more.

The main course is a succulent Surf and Turf, Sous Vide Fillet Mignon and Grilled Selva Prawns, with Cauliflower Puree, Baby Carrots, and Mushroom Dust, served with Truffle and Garlic Compound. You'll be amazed with the size of the two pieces of prawn. One would already fill you up but they have two to further satisfy you. But wait there's more so make room for the meat that's perfectly cooked as tender and juicy just the way we like it.

Head on to dessert with a delightful Fresh Strawberry Soup with Grilled Peaches and White Chocolate Mousse. Of course, all great meals must end with a great dessert. It is not very often that I get to experience sweet endings that has soup combined with Chocolate Mousse and my favorite fruits like peaches and strawberry.

The special line-up is paired with a choice of Renmano Chairman’s Selection Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay, or Anakena Sauvignon Blanc distributed exclusively to hotels of Futuretrade.

Thank you Discovery Suite for inviting us at your special intimate event. I feel honored being part of it.

Sustainable Seafood The Discovery Leisure Company envisions that all menus across their hotels and resorts will serve only seafood sourced from sustainable fishing by 2020. An effort to address seafood depletion and artificial seafood cultivation, artisanal fishing involves small scale fisheries that perform natural breeding and traditional fishing techniques, having low impact on aquatic habitats and high catch selectivity. Hence, not only is the aquatic environment preserved, but also are the seafood products organic and fresh.

This Sustainable Seafood Specials and Wine Pairing promotion runs October 1 until October 30, 2017. Delight in these sumptuous seafood specials while supporting a good cause for the country’s aquatic environments and noble fishermen. 

22 Prime at the 22nd floor of Discovery Suites, 25 ADB Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, and is open daily from 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM. For inquiries and reservations call +63 2 719 8888, e-mail reservations@ds.discovery.com.ph, or visit http://www.discoverysuites.com/bars-restaurants/22-prime/



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Five Davao Aguilas FC Players Get Called Up for Philippines Squad AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers Match VS Yemen

Five Davao Aguilas FC (DAFC) players, have been called up to be part of the Philippine men’s national team squad for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Qualifiers Match between the Philippines and Yemen.  The match will take place on October 10, 2017, at the Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

This will be the second time that Azkals and Yemen will face each other for the qualifiers.  Their last encounter ended in a 2-2 draw last September 5, 2017, at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, which saw top Davao Aguilas FC players Phil and James Younghusband contributing 1 goal each, for the Philippine side.

The five (5) Davao Aguilas players are as follows:


    1.    DE BRUYCKER, Dylan
    2.    O’DONNELL, Nicholas
    3.    ROTA, Simone
    4.      YOUNGHUSBAND, James
    5.    YOUNGHUSBAND, Phil


This is also the second call up for 19-year old Fil-Belgian Dylan De Bruycker, who is also a key player in the U22 Philippine men’s football team.

Head Coach Marlon Maro of Davao Aguilas FC says, “The call up is a confirmation that DAFC players have quality.  As a football club, we are committed to helping Philippine football.  My best wishes to Azkals and to all DAFC players.  Make our country proud!”



For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/DAFCofficial.


Photo Caption: Davao Aguilas FC Team Captain Phil Younghusband going for the goal,
at one of their recent matches in Tagum City, which ended in a draw.

Online Property Hunting in the Philippines Continues to Grow

Global property marketplace Lamudi revealed that Pinoy’s online behavior grows more aggressive each year

As Internet and mobile usage in the Philippines continue to grow, their impact and influence to Filipino consumers have likewise expanded not only in our social media habits but also in other life applications, including house hunting. People continue to embrace technology, specifically e-commerce, that everyday solutions are a mere tap away.

Transportation services, accommodation, and even grocery shopping can now be done via mobile applications. Instinctively, going online is also the initial reaction of most shoppers today. If something piques one’s interest, people search online first before buying a product or availing a service.

In preparation for the upcoming Lamudi Housing Fair on October 13–15, global property website Lamudi studied its data to find out the online behavior and demographic of its users. Lamudi has been in the Philippine market for four years, and from its inception the number of Filipino homebuyers who go online even for their investment initiatives is evidently growing.



Online Behavior of Lamudi Users

Real estate is considered the biggest purchase a person could ever make in their lifetime. As such, it is hardly surprising that people start their research online, even when the actual buying will take place months after.

A study by Lamudi in 2015 revealed that close 80 percent of potential house-hunters use real estate portals, search engine, or social media to look for property. And being the most visited real estate portal in the Philippines, Lamudi’s onsite data can show how these online property hunters behave.

In 2014, Lamudi recorded 2.4 million visits to their website, which more than tripled in 2015 to 8.08 million visits. The year 2017 is yet to enter the fourth quarter and Lamudi already have recorded close to 11 million visits to its website, indicating that this year could easily surpass 2016’s 12.37 million visits.

In terms of age, a large chunk of Lamudi users are in fact millennials (or people between the age 25 and 34 years). People from this age bracket comprised 39.15 percent of all Lamudi users in the first 9 months of 2017, followed by the 35–44 age group (20.16 percent) and the 18–24 age group (16.84 percent).

Meantime, close to a quarter (24.2 percent) of Lamudi searches in the first 9 months of 2016 come from overseas, specifically from the USA (6.78 percent), the UAE (1.79 percent), Singapore (1.58 percent), Canada (1.48 percent), and Saudi Arabia (1.33 percent). In addition, as revealed even in the first years of Lamudi’s operation, women dominate online property-hunting in the Philippines. In the first 9 months of 2017, 59.6 percent of Lamudi users are female compared to 40.4 males.



Lamudi Housing Fair 2017

However, for the traditional homebuyer, Lamudi has something for you. As property purchase is a such a tedious process that face-to-face interaction with a seller is a must, the global property website is organizing the 2017 edition of its very popular Lamudi Housing Fair. Slated to be held on October 13–15 at the Megatrade Hall 1 of SM Megamall, this year’s edition is putting together property auctions, homebuying seminars, and talks from government officials. This unique event of everything real estate will not only make property hunting safe and easy, exclusive discounts to homebuyers will also be made available by Lamudi’s partner developers during the event. To know more about the 2017 Lamudi Housing Fair, visit www.lamudi.com.ph/housing_fair.