Jasmine

I was invited for a fast business dinner at the Jasmine Chinese restaurant at the second floor of the New World hotel.  The restaurant is an elegant and quiet place, suited for business meetings and guest entertainment, a little different compared to the family-style Chinese restaurants more commonly found in the Metro.

We had a fast meal consisting of spareribs topped with mayonnaise, prawns & scallops with broccoli in egg, and dried fish fried rice.  I was looking at the set menus for the tables, and the starting prices came to around P1,500 per head, going all the way to P6,000 per head for the exotic menus.

The food was tasty and served in the authentic Cantonese manner--as I understand it, since both the Hyatt and the New World hotels are owned by the Chow Tay Fook holding company of HK billionaire businessman Cheng Yu Tung, the chef of the restaurant was actually seconded from his original posting at the Hyatt's Lili.  Thumbs up for the food and serene dining atmosphere!