FESTIVE CHINESE NEW YEAR

– A modern Prosperity Garden, an art installation created by renowned designed Rachy Cuna, adorns the main lobby of The Manila Hotel as it ushers in the Chinese New Year on February 5 with special treats and unforgettable experiences.

Are you ready for the Year of the Pig?

Blessed with beautiful personality and good fortune, the Earth Pig will bring in the Chinese New Year on February 5, 2019. It promises to be an auspicious period of prosperity and success in many spheres of life.

Already, the magic of the coming New Year can be felt at The Manila Hotel. The grand and elegant Main Lobby shimmers with golden bamboo bending in graceful arches, adorned with pretty red lanterns – a modern Prosperity Garden. This ethereal display is an art installation created by renowned designer Rachy Cuna.

To delight our guests, The Manila Hotel has prepared a series of special treats and unforgettable experiences to properly kick off Chinese New Year.

Shop for the special nian gao, also called tikoy, available at The Lobby from January 14 to February 6. The pigshaped cakes, with their adorably chubby faces and big ears, are the perfect traditional gifts for family and friends. They are available in two flavors: Pandan and white sugar.

The traditional Chinese New Year festivities will kick off at the auspicious time of 10:15 a.m. on February 5, 2019, with a Lion Dance performed by the renowned Golden Lion dancers. The dance will begin with the Dotting the Eye Ceremony at the main entrance, after which the lions will parade around the hotel to the rhythmic beat of drums – a tradition designed to scare away evil spirits. The God of Fortune, in his colorful garb, will spread prosperity and good hotel.

At Red Jade, the premier Chinese restaurant, the chef and his team will enchant diners with two set menus comprising 10 dishes each, including such gastronomic treasures as Long Life Crab Claw with Minced Shrimp, Crispy Fried Pigeon, and Baby Rock Lobsters in Cheese and Butter with E-fu Noodles. The Chinese New Year set menus will be available from February 3 to 6, 2018 at Red Jade, for both lunch and dinner.

More festive dishes will grace the Chinese station at Café Ilang Ilang,. Special dishes will grace the buffet station on the New Year’s Eve dinner on February 4, 2019, and New Year’s Day lunch on February 5, 2019.

Chinese New Year at The Manila Hotel is so colorful and delightful, that you will most certainly wish to stay. Recommended is the Chinese New Year Staycation Package at net per night in a Superior Deluxe Room from February 1 to 4. An overnight stay includes a buffet breakfast for two adults and two children (ages four and below), a complimentary box of tikoy, and a dining voucher worth

for Red Jade.

For inquiries and reservations, call 527-0011.