Thursday, January 26, 2012

" What happened during CNY "

PART III

uh oh, I think by now, you're getting tired of CNY posts.
I assure you this is the last piece of it. ^0^
While I wasn't able to attend our dinner reunion last week,
blame it on the terrible traffic and no available valet service from a 5star hotel
and literally no parking space. tsk, tsk.

Thankfully, Pepperoni did all the shooting for me. ^-^
If the last two days were about the streets,
today, let's head inside Manila Hotel's CNY version.

a feisty dragon welcomes you as you enter the main lobby,

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the twelve animal signs, there's me! year of the monkey.
okay, pls. don't count the age... ^0^

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cocktails...
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Hours before the event, the stage was still empty
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quintessentially Manila, the resto's name: Mabuhay..
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a Gaijin who was also dining that night,

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its interior, very elegant and chic.
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brace yourself for the Lion and Dragon dance...

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before heading to the dishes,
a very nice centerpiece on our table.

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I will not describe each dish, let the pictures do the talking... ^0^
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and hours later, the lobby looks like this...

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I don't mind people wearing masks or in mascot outfits,
but this guy in his dragon ensemble?!

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5 comments:

  1. a more elegant way of celebrating CNY :D i love those food photos, just me thinks I need to indulge once in a while...maybe if I go out of my vegetarian way.

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  2. Thank you for all these great images Arabesque. Beautiful celebration.

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  3. I'm not getting tired of these photos. So beautiful and the hotel is just incredible.

    I have a vague recollection that once upon a time I was in the lobby. I was too young to appreciate the history and the architecture of said hotel. Now I want to go there :)

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  4. Everything in here looked so beautiful and elegant. The food looked so yummy too. Hope you have a great time celebrating CNY.

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  5. Fantastic series of images Arabesque, beautifully captured so that we almost feel that we are there. (would have been better if we actually had been haha!)Nice work indeed.

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thanks for sharing your thoughts! :)

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