The Choice Is Yours—German Oktoberfest With Beer And Sausage Or A Trip To Istanbul For Exquisite Turkish Delights

Monique F. Suzara

October 11, 2018, 02:05 PM

IMPORTED BEER AND SUSHI AT NIKKEI

71 Rockwell Drive, Makati City

Frabelle Business Center, 111 Rada, Legaspi Village, Makati City

G/F The Podium, Doña Julia Vargas Avenue, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong

Manila’s first Japanese-Peruvian sushi bar and restaurant aims to spoil you this weekend with a special Beer and Sushi offer, in time for Oktoberfest. For just P899, you can enjoy up to six imported bottles of beer plus your choice of available sushi rolls, flamed edamame, or fried cashew nuts that’s good for sharing.

Causa Roll

Ceviche Roll

This Beer and Sushi offer is available daily at Nikkei’s Rockwell branch and from Thursdays to Sundays at the Rada and Podium branches. For more details, check out Nikkei’s official Facebook page.

FREE SAUSAGE PLATTER AT SINGLE ORIGIN

C3, Bonifacio Highstreet, 7th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City

18 Amorsolo Drive, Rockwell Center, Makati City

Greenbelt Pedestrian Walkway, Makati City

You can’t get into the Oktoberfest spirit without some beer. And if you spend P1,500 on beer at Single Origin, you get a sausage platter on the house. This promo runs throughout the whole month of October for Oktoberfest season and is available at all Single Origin branches.

To know more, check out Single Origin’s official Facebook page.

A TASTE OF ISTANBUL AT CUCINA

24/ F, Marco Polo Ortigas Manila, Meralco Avenue, San Antonio, Pasig

Now until October 15, Marco Polo Ortigas Manila’s Cucina celebrates the vibrant taste and sensual aromas of Turkish cuisine. Guets chef Gürsel Keles flew in from Istanbul to prepare the true flavors of his hometown. Currently the chairman of the Eurasian Chefs Association, Chef Gürsel has organized food festivals in Turkey, Germany, Lebanon, and Belgium, to name a few. He also runs his seafood restaurant Fish of North in Istanbul.

On Chef Gürsel’s menu for Cucina are appetizers like Circassian Chicken Salad and hot-off-the-grill chicken, lamb, red snapper, and eggplant skewers. His signature dishes include Steamed Sea Bass in Paper with Vegetables and Herbs (Kagritta Levrek), Pan-Roasted Lamb with Smoked Eggplant Purée (Hunkar Begendi), and Spiced Chicken with Olive Coriander Relish. For dessert, he makes the sweet Turkish staple of Pistachio Baklava (Ore Baklava), as well as Candied Pumpkin with Walnuts (Kabak Tatlisi), and Fried Dough Balls in Rose Scented Syrup (Lokma).