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The Al Fresco strip of Robinsons Place GenSan is also doing something special this Valentine’s weekend for their diners and patrons.

For every P500 worth of food purchases from any of their restaurants and  coffee shops, the diner is entitled  to a “RED ROSE” from Robinsons!

Participating outlets are Big Ben’s Steaks and Grills, Bigby’s Cafe & Restaurant, BluGre, Coffee club 101, Grab A Crab, Sunset Bistro, MandarinTea Garden,Giacomino’s and Piyesta KTV & Resto Bar.

A simple yet meaningful gimmick from the most happening  food strip in town!

For more details, please refer to the poster above!

Harvey’s Restoribs and Grill has just celebrated its First Anniversary in a grand way but there’s no stopping it in coming up with a Valentine’s Day package for couples.

Check out their treat below!

As it says, “Roses are red, Violets are blue, Make your Valentines complete, With Harvey’s dinner for two”, they have prepared a romantic night for couples.

Costing only P600, Harvey’s Restoribs and Grill’s to-die-for Valentines treat consist of Soup, Surf and Turf Dinner, Dessert and Drinks.

We are pretty sure that the “Surf and Turf Dinner” will include a little of everything in Harvey’s list of best-sellers.  Hopefully it has their famous grilled baby-back ribs!

For reservations, please call Harvey’s immediately at telephone #s (083) 552-9838.  Or visit them at their outlet at corner Tiongson Street and Lagao National Highway.  Look for Malot.  She will definitely take care of you and ensure your partner will love you more for bringing her there.  Promise.

Zheztah Chicken and Burgers is out to prove that it is no pushover in coming up with ingredients to a perfect Valentine’s Day treat for its patrons.

For the Day of Hearts on Monday, it has cooked up what it wittingly calls “Eat Steak 2 to Tango’!

Yes!  Valentine’s Day being a special occasion for lovebirds, they have prepared their decades old family recipe and for a packaged price of P550, a couple could avail of a gastronomic feast all exclusively Zheztah’s!

This Valentine’s dinner consists of soup, a choice of T-bone or chicken or fish steak, dessert, red wine and red roses for the ladies.

So for those who are on the lookout for a lovely dinner in an intimate setting on Valentine’s Day, Zheztah’s “Eat Steak 2 To Tango” should be on the top of your list.

For reservations, you may call Zheztah at telephone #s (083) 301-9425.  Or visit them at their location at Balimbing Street, General Santos City.

One of the premier dining establishments of General Santos City which is open 24/7 is East Asia Royale Hotel’s ROYALE LOUNGE.

Ever since this restaurant cum coffee shop of GenSan’s prime business hotel reopened, it has been the choice diner of traveling businessmen and GenSan’s movers and shakers who want a quiet yet classy ambience and of course, great food.

For Valentine’s Day, Royale Lounge’s Valentine Dinner Buffet has gone even further by offering Sushi and Maki Selections in its array of sumptuous delights at only P350 a pop!

Royale Lounge serves the best Japanese sushi’s and maki’s in town, as far as Bariles is concerned. He is therefore recommending this for partners who want to have a taste Japanese on an intimate Valentine’s night.

For reservations to Royale Lounge’s Valentine’s Buffet, please call (083) 553-4119 or 553-4124.

Of all the holidays in the Philippines, none comes close to Valentine’s Day in terms of the degree of participation  of restaurants and other dining establishments with regard to promotional gimmicks.

In fact, GenSan News Online Mag just found out that not only the usual restaurants have cooked up something to entice diners on the Day of Hearts here in General Santos City but even fastfood giant Jollibee has joined the fray.

Yes, Virginia!  The 6 branches of Jollibee in GenSan wants us to try their Jollibee Valentines Treats.

According to their tarp above, for every purchase worth P200 with Pies-to-go on Valentine’s Day will entitle the buyer to a FREE HEART BALLOON with a Valentine’s GREETING CARD!

Not bad for partner couples who usually spend P200 every Jollibee outing… they get an exclusive Jollibee freebie!

This Jollibee Valentines Treats is available in their branches at the corner of Pioneer and Magsaysay Avenues, RD Plaza, National Highway, Gaisano Mall of GenSan, KCC Mall of GenSan, and Robinsons Place GenSan.

Thanks to Marc of Jollibee RD Plaza for their promo poster above. 

Firenzo Deli is not even one year old but it has reinvented the way the people of General Santos City dine over fine food. This Valentine’s Day, Firenzo Deli is set to reinvent the way we celebrate our Valentines day with a very tempting feast of fine food on the night of February 14.

For only P450 each person or P890 with your significant other, you get to enjoy your heartiest Valentine’s Day dinner, yet, with a sumptuous four-course meal and a glass of wine.

To make the night even more romantic, the deal includes a long-stemmed rose, and your Valentines Day a tad sweeter with heart-shaped chocolate lollipops. Not only that! You get to have snaps with your partner at the Love FotoBooth and be serenaded by Firenzo Deli’s in-house violinist.

How is that for the ultimate Valentines Day date? Let Firenzo Deli be a part of your celebration and have a Valentine’s Day date like no other!

For inquiries and reservations, you may visit Firenzo Deli at the ground floor of the SunCity Complex, National Highway, General Santos City, or call 552-3333/554-3333/09228009739.

Ever since Andrea Ticia Resto Bar, located inside Family Country Hotel Convention Center opened to the public 3 years ago, it has been coming up with events quite unlike those concocted by other restaurants and bars in General Santos City.  It was where Bariles first had his chance to witness sexy firedancers perform in one of their themed events and so far, no other establishment in the city has done the same.

That is the reason why we are excited for their February 14th party and why not?  There’s gonna be firedancers once more and this time with  tequila body shots sessions plus other sexy stuff to heat up Valentine’s!

For February 14, 2011, anybody who can shell out P300 may avail of Andrea Ticia’s VALENTINE DINNER BUFFET from 7pm onwards at their poolside location.

Entertainment shall be provided by two bands from Davao City who will be performing back to back along with Andrea Ticia’s famous firedancers.  Diners may also join “tequila body shots” and get free souvenir photos in the process.

Aside from that, one can either drown their lonely hearts or celebrate with their partners by being inebriated with their Buckets of Beer at P150 each.  Just be careful not to fall into their swimming pool.

For reservations to Andrea Ticia’s Valentine’s Dinner Buffet at the Family Country Hotel Convention Center, please call telephone #s (083) 552-8895 to 97. And yes, exciting prizes are in store for lucky diners.

Although most establishments in General Santos City have conceptualized Valentine’s Day promotions for lovers and partners, one hotel is doing it differently by putting the limelight on the family – the parents and their kids.

And thus, Iced Castle Experience Hotel and Restaurant, GenSan’s only theme hotel, has dubbed their February 14 gimmick as one “Happy Family Valentine’s Day Party”!

For only P300 per person, each family member can choose from the following appetizing menu which are definitely for dieters.

Consider these:  Fruit & Veggie Dips, Kisses, Crab & Corn Soup, Caragi Chicken, Beef Stew, Fried Tilapia Fingers, Veggies with garlic cream sauce, White Rice, Fresh Fruits, Iced Tea and being the “Ice Castle”  — ICE CREAM!!!!

With all those tempting dinner fare, I suggest you go reserve your tickets now!  And while there, see if they have vacancy in any of their well-appointed rooms and maybe spend the night there with your family.  Who knows?  Mr. Rey Billena, its generous owner might just give you a nice Valentine’s Day discount!

For enquiries and reservations, visit Ice Castle Experience Hotel and Restaurant at Provido Village, Aparente Avenue or call them at telephone #s (083)

Uptown at Sun City Complex, one of their newer dining establishments, Ocean Cave Seafoods and Steaks is also joining the Valentine’s Day bandwagon.  For its part, it has come up with something called OCEAN CAVE’s SUSHI VALENTINE’S.

This time, Ocean Cave is giving away FREE SUSHI for every meal totalling P500.  Simple.  No frills.  Just delicious, mouth-watering sushi.

And yes, did we tell you that Ocean Cave now have regular acoustic performers?  Check them out soon and find out why it now has its own regular share of habitues.

Ocean Cave Seafoods and Steaks is located at the B-2-01, SunCity Complex, National Highway, GenSan.  You may call them for reservations at (083) 302-0561.

With the city’s 72nd Foundation Anniversary in the offing, then the Search for the Lakan and Lakambini ng GenSan 2011has also gone full gear!

For the past three years that GenSantos.Com has been in existence, it has followed each and every exciting search proceedings.

Most notable for Bariles though was the 2008 Pageant where a Maranaw beauty won the title, Ms. Jehan Untao together with Mr. Milton Samilin, both Nursing students of GS Doctor’s Medical Foundation and Holy Trinity College, respectively at that time.  This means that the pageant honors the best and the brightest among the city’s youth, irregardless of religion and creed. (Check out the 2008 winners’ photo below.)

For this year, the Search for the Lakan at Lakambini ng GenSan 2011 has been up and running since January last month.  Below is the poster designed by Macmac Pilapil of Print Depot,  featuring last year’s winners:  Lakambini Caroline Lim and Lakan Gevic Romero.

The organizers behind this year’s pageant have released the REQUIREMENTS for interested applicants and they could be accessed by clicking this—> LAKAN AT LAKAMBINI REQUIREMENTS.

Here is the schedule of events for the Lakan at Lakambini ng GenSan 2011:

• Screening & Elimination Show – February 12, 2011, 3pm @ Gaisano Mall of GenSan Atrium

• Talent Presentation & Fashion Show -  February 19, 2011, 4pm @ Gaisano Mall of GenSan Atrium

• Pageant & Coronation Night – February 23, 2011, 4pm @ Gaisano Mall of GenSan Atrium

For more information, check out their Facebook page by clicking here—->  Lakan at Lakambini ng GenSan Facebook Page.

The Search for the Lakan at Lakambini ng GenSan 2011 is brought to us by Project O! Consultants, Gaisano Mall of GenSan, AMA Group of Companies.  It is also supported by Ever Bilena, SMART, STI, Coca-Cola, Asia United Bank, Print Depot , GandaEverSoMuch.com, and the Soccsksargen Bloggers.