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AUSPICIOUS MENU OFFERINGS ABOUND AT CITY OF DREAMS MANILA TO WELCOME THE YEAR OF THE WATER RABBIT

AUSPICIOUS MENU OFFERINGS ABOUND AT CITY OF DREAMS MANILA

TO WELCOME THE YEAR OF THE WATER RABBIT

Crystal Dragon’s opulent twist to the traditional yu sheng is the Prosperity Roasted Duck with jelly fish, crispy vegetables and plum dressing, a must-have dish in the Year of the Water Rabbit.

City of Dreams Manila hops into the Year of the Water Rabbit, signifying peace, prosperity, and fertility. To celebrate the lunar new year, auspicious specialties await diners at Crystal Dragon, Red Ginger and TungLok Signatures.

Crystal Dragon’s Chinese New Year Festive Menu

From January 16 to 29, the award-winning Cantonese restaurant Crystal Dragon highlights its festive lunar new year menu available for lunch and dinner. For the traditional dinner table yu sheng (or yee sang) toss ritual, the salad is offered with a twist: Prosperity Roasted Duck in lieu of herring or salmon, with jellyfish, crispy vegetables, and plum dressing. Good for a group of five persons per serving (P1,600++), the ritual augurs good fortune for the group, as they stand and toss the ingredients high up with chopsticks while reciting auspicious phrases to bless all present with well-wishes.The roasted duck symbolizes wealth, abundance, and fertility; the flour crisps, prosperity, while the plum dressing denotes sweetness and harmonious family relationship.

For more abundance, Crystal Dragon offers Steamed Duo Flavor Live Grouper with signature tofu and Roasted Crispy Spring Chicken with supreme soy sauce. For luck and togetherness, the Crispy Taro and New Year Cake Pillow is not to be missed.

Other auspicious Crystal Dragon specialties to welcome the new year are: Buddha Jumps Over the Wall; Braised Sea Cucumber and Pork Trotter with black moss and brown sauce; Wok-tossed Creamy Prawns with fragrant shredded coconut; and Wok-fried Fragrant Glutinous Rice with Guangdong cured pork.

Usher in happiness and good luck in the lunar new year with Crystal Dragon’s Wok-Tossed Creamy Prawns with Fragrant Shredded Coconut
TungLok Signatures highlights its lunar new year offers with the iconic Chinese New Year classic yu sheng salad with salmon and symbolic ingredients for prosperity and abundance

TungLok Signatures’ Yu Sheng

Singapore’s famous TungLok Signatures also highlights the quintessential Chinese New Year staple fare.  The yu sheng salad, which was popularized in Singapore, and known as lo hei in Cantonese, signifies blessings and fortune. Tung Lok’s salad is prepared with salmon, a medley of fresh vegetables, fruits, and other ingredients, each representing a wish during the toss while huat ah! or lo hei! is being recited. It is believed that the higher the toss, the greater will be one’s fortune. For direct reservations, call +63 917 7024024.

TungLok Signatures’ Prosperity Yu Sheng Salad (P2,888) is available from January 16 to 24and can be shared by a group of six to eight.

A feast for the palate, Red Ginger’s Braised Pork Knuckle with king mushrooms also signify prosperity.

Red Ginger’s Festive Lunar Menu

The season’s flavors can likewise be savored at Red Ginger from January 17 to February 5, which offers five auspicious dishes symbolizing fortune, longevity, prosperity, happiness, and harmony. The ala carte dishes are: Fortune Lao Sheng, a chicken salad with plum dressing; Longevity Noodles  consisting of egg noodles with crispy pork belly, and quail eggs; braised Prosperity Pork Knuckle with king mushrooms; Happiness Prawn and Squid, a medley stir-fried in curry XO sauce; and for dessert, Harmony Coconut, a mix of coconut jelly and ice cream.

For inquiries and reservations in Crystal Dragon and Red Ginger, call 8800-8080 or e-mail [email protected]. For more information, visit www.cityofdreamsmanila.com. Explore more of City of Dreams Manila’s promotional offers, rewards, or instantly check Melco Club points with the new Melco Club App, available for free download on iOS and Android. 

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About City of Dreams Manila

City of Dreams Manila, which opened in February 2015. is at the gateway to Entertainment City in Parañaque and part of the Aseana City township development.

The resort features: modern gaming spaces including VIP and premium mass gaming facilities Qi Long and Sky Gaming; three Forbes Travel Guide-rated  luxury hotels: Nüwa Manila (Five-Star since 2018), Nobu Hotel (Four-Star since 2018) and Hyatt Regency Manila City of Dreams (Four-Star since 2017); health and wellness facilities that include Nuwa Spa (FTG Five-Star since 2020) and Nobu Spa; more than 20 restaurants and bars; The Shops at the Boulevard; and distinctive entertainment venues — DreamPlay, the world’s first DreamWorks-themed family entertainment center; and CenterPlay a contemporary entertainment bar at the focal point of the main gaming floor.

FTG also named City of Dreams Manila the winner of the Work Here, Work Happy accolade in the 2022 Best of the Year Awards, which is designed to recognize exemplary properties and staff members in the hospitality industry.

The three luxury hotels are recipients of the prestigious ASEAN Green Hotel Award for 2022-2024 for upholding sustainable tourism through environment-friendly principles, resource consumption reduction and local community involvement.

The resort is also recognized with RG Check for Responsible Gaming through the accreditation received by Melco for its properties in all its jurisdictions of operations.

For more information, please visit www.cityofdreamsmanila.com.

About Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corporation

Integrated casino developer Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corporation (“MRP”) is a subsidiary of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ:“MLCO”), the developer, owner and operator of casino gaming and entertainment casino resort facilities in Asia and Europe.  MRP’s subsidiary, Melco Resorts Leisure (PHP) Corporation (“Melco Leisure”), which developed City of Dreams Manila together with SM Investments Corporation, Belle Corporation and Premium Leisure Amusement, Inc., operates and manages the luxury integrated resort.

For more information about Melco Resorts and Entertainment Philippines please visit: melco-resorts-philippines.com.

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