After the successful sold out of Megaworld's first two Residential Clusters in its township in Mactan Island: One Pacific Residences and 8 Newtown Boulevard, The Mactan Newtown once again will welcome the 3rd Residential Condominium cluster- One Manchester Place.

One Manchester Place Function Grand and Elegant Lobby

One Manchester Place is a 3-tower condominium cluster highlighted by the spectacular views of heritage sites like the Mactan Shrine or Liberty Shrine, the Magellan Bay and Hilutungan Channel. One Manchester Place condo will have a direct access to a Mall which will soon be built in The Mactan Newtown. Each One Manchester Place condo unit is fitted with pre-fab closets for beedrooms, sleeping dens, and kitchen cabinets. One Manchester Place kitchen will be pre-furnished with burner cooktops as well as oven and range hood.

One Manchester Place residents will have exclusive access to the second-level amenities floor which includes:

• 25-meter lap pool with sunbathing deck
• In-water pool lounge
• Pool spa
• Children’s pool
• Pavilion
• Reflexology path
• Indoor spa
• Fitness and Taichi area
• State-of-the-art fitness gym
• Jogging path
• Dry zen garden
• Children’s playground
• Reading nook
• Day care center
• Business center
• Function room

One Manchester Place Function Rooms Amenities

Megaworld Cebu Properties, Inc. President Noli D. Hernandez says “We see a growing demand for residential condominiums in the island so we are aggressively expanding the residential component of our township. During the past year, we have easily sold out our two residential clusters, 8 Newtown Boulevard and One Pacific Residence. This is clear indication of a string, vibrant market for residential condominiums in Mactan Island.”

One Manchester Place High-end Gym Amenities

“One Manchester Place is another highlight of the Mactan Newtown. The first tower that we are selling will be the most accessible to our exclusive township road network connected to Punta Engano. Comfort, convenience and sophisticated condo living are the things that our future residents will enjoy,” he adds.

One Manchester Place 2 Bedroom Master's Bedroom

The Mactan Newtown has a land area of more than 20 hectares, is Megaword’s first masterplanned mixed use development in Central Visayas. The township will be composed of Residential Condominiums, Office Towers, Retail and Commercial strips, Malls, a Hotel as well as Leisure and Entertainment amenities inspired by the Megaworld's ‘live-work-play’ lifestyle concept.

For more information, appointment and viewing, you may contact:

REDD CARINO HECHANOVA
Junior Property Investment Consultant
Megaworld Corporation

Sales and Marketing Office - Cebu
Ground Floor, Zenith Central, Cebu Business Park, Cebu City, Cebu 6000

Mobile No.:
+639.17.620.6455
+639.43.443.7274

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Summer is about to reach its peak but it seems that people are yet to savour the Scent of Summer with different activities ranging from hitting the beach, excursion on adventure and camping sites, island hopping, countryside stay-cation and many more.
Of course food treats discovery is always there in any of these activities and adventures. Food adventure formed the flavour of your summer activities. Julie's Bakeshop joined Summer by offering colorful, delicious and healthy treats for the family and friends. See below their latest addition their offered wide variety of products adding to their bread, pastries, cakes, beverages like coffee and chocolate portfolio.

Julie's Bakeshop Yummy Yoyo, with four varieties to choose from: Orange, Buko Pandan, Pineapple and Strawberry.

Rainbow Cake from Julie's Bakeshop is a 6-inch round butter chiffon cake with festive layers of red, yellow and green hues. Rainbow Cake is topped with sweet creamy whipped cream. Available also on another size with different packaging.

Julie's Bakeshop Rainbow Cupcake reveals four tropical flavors of Pineapple, Strawberry, Buko Pandan and Ube.

Julie's Bakeshop new Fruit-filled Breads, flower-shaped breads with luscious fruit filling with choices of Guava, Mango and Pineapple.

My all time favorite Empanada, one of Julie's Bakeshop new product offering, a delicious snack filled with flavorful chicken meat. Best eaten hot and paired with your favorite ice-cold beverage.

Now available at your largest neighborhood bakeshop in the country, Julie’s Bakeshop.
For comments and suggestions, you may contact Julie’s Franchise Corporation at (032) 261 7117 to 19 or email at marketing.cebu@juliesbakeshop.com.ph.

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It has been observed in the Filipino Culture that if someone from the family is working, every time he went home, he will always bring something for the family as "Pasalubong", like a "Balot of Pancit" or anything that everyone in the family could share of.

It is important to note that you should buy only from food shoppes with trusted quality and of top of all, the most delectably prepared and cooked.

Hotline Foodshoppe is a Dine In-Take Out-Delivery food haus with eye of quality food service to its customer. Hotline Foodshope is located at Hernan Cortes St., Subangdaku, Mandaue City, Cebu.

Hotline Foodshoppe Lumpia Shanghai (15 Shanghai rolls, Price: P98.00 )

Hotline Foodshoppe Menu is growing with the ongoing experiments from their owners, mastered before being offerred to their customers.
One thing unique for their food preparation is the native approached on their offering. Their roots is in Barili Cebu, a traditional way of preparing food to make it tasty is expected from their craft.

Hotline Foodshoppe Pancit Bisaya or Bam-i (Good for 4 persons, Price: P110.00)

Free Food Delivery within Cebu City and Mandaue City area and some parts of nearby city is catered by Hotline Foodshoppe through delivery phone number 0922-487-1887 and a guarantee that food is still freshly made and hot.

Hotline Foodshoppe Grilled Pork (Good for 4 persons, Price: P150.00)

And for one of Hotline Foodshoppe specialty, the "Pancit Bisaya" ideal for Pasalubong and great partner for Bread or go carbo-loading paired with rice. Taste the difference of your regular meal with the special offering from Hotline Foodshoppe.

Hotline Foodshoppe Pancit Canton (Good for 4 persons, Price: P110.00)

For updates, like Hotline Foodshoppe Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Hotlinefoodshoppe

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In my insights, all MISS CEBU 2013 candidates are Winners! Meet the Miss Cebu 2013 Candidates that will compete for the Miss Cebu 2013 Title. Miss Cebu 2013 Coronation Night will be held on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:30 pm at Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino.

Miss Cebu 2013 tickets to the Coronation Night are available at Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino and the Cebu City Tourism Office at the 2nd floor of the Rizal Museum and Public Library in Osmeña Boulevard.

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 1 Marie Ann G. Maraon

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 2 Therese Christine E. Llamada

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 3 Janessa Fe M. Alcarez

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 4 Jehanne Frances R. Dy

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 5 Marivee Ann C. Velasquez

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 6 Reinalyn A. Nonol

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 7 Patricia Ann T. Estuart

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 8 Namrata Neesha L. Murjani

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 9 Ely Rose Apple S. Angcon

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 10 Maria S. Gigante

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 11 Maebelle Erica C. Barro

Miss Cebu 2013 Candidate no. 12 Mary Lorens V. Goyenechea

Miss Cebu 2013 Pageant Night will be in Live steam telecast at Studio 23.

All Photos appeared in this post is taken by Dan Douglas Ong for Miss Cebu 2013.

For updates on Miss Cebu 2013 Like Miss Cebu page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/misscebupageant.

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A recent heritage and culinary tour in Olango Island with Cebu Bloggers and friends from the City of Lapu-Lapu exceeds our expectation to the Island located East of Lapu-Lapu City or Mactan Island. The tour summary in distance was approximately 25km by motorcycle ride and by bicycle. This blog will share you some pictures taken from the tour and will give some tips on Olango Island Tour.

Sta. Rosa Wharf Docking Area in Olango Island from Hilton Port in Mactan.

There's a regular motor boat schedule trip daily from the mainland (Lapu-Lapu City through Hilton Port next to Movenpick Hotel Mactan Island Cebu) to Sta Rosa Port in Olango Island.
As of this writing the fare is 15 pesos, if you're bringing with you a bike just add 10 pesos. The Hilton Port also serves trips bound for Bohol via Getafe town.

A shade on our pathway to the 360 degrees observatory in Olango Wildlife Sanctuary.

After the sumptuous breakfast in Brgy Tungasan, we headed to Olango Island Wildlife Santuary in Brgy San Vicente. Rates for Olango Bird Sanctuary observation is 20 pesos for Adults, 10 pesos for Students and Foreigners at 100 pesos. The best time to go for bird watching is when water 2/3 of the scheduled high tide level.

Vinegar-soused sea cucumber or Kinilaw nga 'Bat' in local toungue.

Seafood is abundant in the island, Kinilaw is a a method commonly performed by the locals to cooked their food.

Lapu-Lapu City Hall Extension Office in Brgy Talima, Olango Island.

To sustain the needs of the Oponganons in the Island, a Lapu Lapu City Hall is situated in Brgy Talima. The compund also includes a Police station.

Puto Balanghoy/Tingkahoy Kinamayan ug Tab-ang (white and sugar flavor), or Cassava.

Adelicacy delight that is abundant in Olango Island specifically in Brgy Baring is the local version of Cassava Cake. Locally it is called Puto Tingkahoy or Puto Balanghoy.
Puto Tingkahoy is last resort for locals if catches from the sea is limited due to bad weather.

A Popular edible Sea Shells in Olango Island called Saang is mouth-watering.

Saang is usually priced at 5 pesos for small size in Brgy Tingo. You can placed your order and just wait for 15 minutes for your order to be served.

An open space in the Central Olango Island provide bliss to tourist in the Island.

On our way to Brgy Sabang you can pass by some vast green pastures like the one above.

Salpu, a local cuisine cooked from sauteed sea Cucumber fried to crunchiness.

Salpu is served as we step by Brgy Sabang. This another culinary tradition that people in the island does when there are abundance of Sea cucumber and less in sea shells or fishes.

An abundant fruit in Olango Island is Coconut or Lubi/Buko in local dialect.

The last stop of the tour is the refreshing coconut buko juice making or Lam-aw still in Brgy Sabang with hundreds of coconut trees racing upwards providing a country-side theme while having siesta for after all day fruitful tour.

To give you idea on some of the activities we have and what part of the island you can do it, I created a graphical summary above which shows our tour trail (data from my GPS tracking app on my android phone) and some of the photos that can represent the whole Olango Island Tour Activity. If you have questions, comment them down below and I will try to answer all of it. Thanks to the guys from Lapu-Lapu City PIO Office and the people in Olango Island for preparing the commendable activity.

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Crimson Beach Resort and Spa Mactan is everyone’s dreamed vacation hub in the country’s prime tourist destination at Mactan Island in Cebu. On top of the resort’s personalized service is Crimson’s 250 suites & rooms, 40 villas each with private plunge pools and a 2000-square meter Spa called Aum. Skim to the shore on kayak or on a speed boat tour or rediscover water sports like wake boarding, knee boarding, jet skiing, scuba diving, parasailing, snorkelling or banana boat riding. With just 15-minutes drive from Mactan International Airport, Crimson Resort and Spa is the desired spot for world-class accommodation.

Crimson Resorts and Spa - Mactan Cebu

Saffron Café is the home of popular Cebuano dishes Pritong Lapu-Lapu na may Escabeching gulay at adobo sauce (Fried Lapulapu with vegetables andvinegar-tart stew) and Kalderetang Kambing na may Gata (Goat chops in tomato-based stew with coconut milk). Chef Lemuel Algabre, Chef de Partie of Crimson Resort was inspired to cook because of his late mother. Every fiesta or any family gathering, he assisted his mother in the kitchen. Escabeche, Adobo and Kaldereta are the main specialties they cooked together. As a tribute to his mother, he combined the dishes to enhance the taste and to create a modern Filipino dish.

Crimson Resort and Spa Saffron Restaurant's Caldereta

Kaldereta is a tomato-based goat stew, although Pork, chicken or beef can be used as an alternative of goat meat. The meat is simmered until it is tender, mixed with potatoes, carrots, liver and cream. Kaldereta is known as a Tagalog dish, the use of Gata (coconut milk) instead of creamed milk which is commonly used makes the dish a Cebuano variety.
Kaldereta is prepared by searing the goat meat, frying it quickly in hot oil while in a separate pan, saute garlic, onion and tomato paste. Add the goat meat, soy sauce, sugar, star anise, bay leaves, pineapple puree, tomato sauce and water. Chef Lemuel prefers using pineapple puree over pineapple juice because they differ in the concentration which adds flavour to the dish. He also limits the use of herbs to prevent overpowering the taste and flavour. The atchuete gives a bright orange color to the dish, you can opt to add some. Add gata and give it one time to simmer only. As garnishing to your kaldereta, fry ananas (plantains), carrots, wedged potatoes and bell peppers.

Crimson Resorts and Spa Saffron Cafe's Escabeche

For his next dish, Escabeche describes as a method of preparing a whole fish after soaked in hot oil then cooled down and topped with water, vinegar, bay leaves and salt. Crimson Resort’s Escabeche version is head turner, the fried lapu-lapu (or Pugapo) is never soaked in sweet-sour sauce, instead an adobo sauce moistens it. Beneath it is the sugar-sweetened long strips of carrots, ginger, onions and red bell peppers which are separately cooked in vinegar and soy sauce. The adobo sauce is a separate saute of onions, garlic and ginger, add the soy sauce and fish stock for flavouring. Mizzle adobo sauce on the plate and garnished with fresh spring onions. You can taste the contrasting flavours of saltiness of adobo and sweet and sourness of escabeche perfectly twined for modern Escabeche with Adobo Sauce.

Crimson Resort Chef de Partie Lemuel Algabre

Crimson Resort’s four restaurants serve continental and Asian cuisine at your preferred setting. Saffron Café will entice you with sumptuous buffet and the view of the infinity pool in a new angle while Azure Pool Bar keep your beach vibe while on a chaise lounges built for two. Score Sports Bar lets you play billiard and darts or top off the night with the soothing rhythms in the Tempo Lounge in an unwinding ambient.
The Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) Sooo Pinoy Food Tour spans 12 key cities from different regions to discover the roots of popular Filipino cuisine and learn from the variety of processes in preparing the best regional dishes The Sooo Pinoy campaign is launched by UFS to help promote Filipino pride by spreading the love for Filipino cuisine. Like the Sooo Pinoy Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SoooPinoy or follow @SoooPinoy on Twitter.

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