British Food Month: Jan-Feb 2014

To allow Filipinos the chance to experience the different aspects and wide variety of British cuisine without having to go abroad, the British Embassy Manila and its partners welcome the new year with British Food Month, taking place on January 13 – February 9. 2014.

Exciting food offerings by premier hotels in Metro Manila will be available throughout the month.

• The Dusit Thani will be holding a Great British Carvery Brunch at Basix all Sundays of January, and a traditional English afternoon tea at the Lobby Lounge. The hotel is also flying in one of UK’s most respected and award winning Chef Derek Quelch for a one week food promotion at Tosca. Visit  and get to know more about the English cuisine and Chef Derek Quelch. For inquiries, please call +63 (2) 2388888.

• EDSA Shangri-la will be hosting High Tea during The Great British Afternoon Affair at their new Lobby Lounge, and will be offering The Great British Feast by British executive chef Warren Brown at Heat. Executive Chef Warren Brown brings flavors of his motherland to the shores of Manila with a four-week invasion of HEAT's interactive theater-kitchens. Unlock the enticing culinary secrets to old English favorites: Fish and Chips, Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, and Sheperd's Pie. Sweet-toothed diners may also indulge on desserts fit for English royalty such as Victoria Sandwich, Queen's Pudding, and Eton Mess, among others. This is available for lunch and dinner. For reservations, please call (63 2) 633 8888 local 2738/ 2739/ 2777 or email restaurantrsvns.esl@shangri-la.com

• UK-based hotel chain Intercontinental Manila –will be having British Pub Grub at Gambrinus Bar and Sol Y Sombra.

• British-owned Mandarin Oriental will be offering British-themed Business Lunch at Tosca and a unique Anglo-Indian buffet at Paseo Uno to cap the promotion on February 3 - 9, 2014.

Iconic UK brands are also participating in British Food Month.

Enjoy easy British meals at home from Marks & Spencer, with 20% off on their frozen, ready-made meals and desserts from January 13 - 17, 2013 (available only at M&S Eastwood City, Glorietta 4, Greenbelt 5 and Shangri-La Plaza), and 20% off their breakfast cereals for the rest of the month. Watch out for The Singleton, Diageo’s new brand of single malt whiskies, which they are introducing in the new year, with a visiting whiskey expert later this month.

Further Information:

British Food Month is part of This is GREAT Britain campaign, a five month celebration of the best of British business and culture, which will culminate in March 2014 with the Great British Festival weekend at Bonifacio High Street.

Details of the various events and how you can get involved can be found at the British Embassy Manila Facebook page, Twitter: @ukinphilippines and website. Interested parties may contact the GREAT events team at GREAT@britchamphil.org.