Pasta Fiesta this May at Avenue Plaza Hotel

Naga City - May is for fiestas and Avenue Plaza Hotel is making it a festive summer at the Heart of Bicol. The latest offering of Cafe Plazuela for this month of May is the #PastaFiesta for our afternoons. While we have varied choices of restaurants in the city, we are always controlled by the menu in front of us. How do you like your pasta? Technically speaking, restaurants dictate what we can eat, but at the at the Cafe Plazuela of APH, we will have the freedom to choose the ingredients of our own plate of pasta. Perfect, right?

I'm more of a white sauce person and oil-based too. I like mushroom, bacon and seafood too! But hold on! These can't be in one plate of course. The chefs of Cafe Plazuela will be able to help you with that, they can always recommend which of the ingredients will perfectly blend together depending on what you like. And if you are careful with your allergies, have a conversation with the chef once your pasta is being prepared too. 

If frappes gets to be customized in some coffee shops, the #PastaFiesta of Cafe Plazuela is now your source of personalized / customized pasta with the freshest ingredients and live cooking. 

There are 3 easy steps on how you can enjoy the #Pasta Fiesta.

STEP 1: Choose your PASTA

Fetuccini, Penne, Linguini, Spaghetti

STEP 2:Choose your SAUCE

Al Freddo, Marinara, Vongole, Al Pesto, Bogolgnese, Putanesca

STEP 3: Add on your favorite INGREDIENTS

Ham, Bacon, Mushroom, Garlic, Onion, Parmesan Cheese, Olive Oil

And oh, don't forget to choose your BREAD

The breads of Cafe Plazuela is always freshly baked, but just in case you want your bread to be reheated, you may ask them to do so. And a little tip, you can also ask for a vinaigrette. 

It's really a nice experience having your food being prepared right in front of you. 

Available from May 1 to 31, 2017

Available for walk-in or reservations.

Choices of bread.

The #PastaFiesta is 180++ per guest, available from 2pm to 5pm. 

  

My base sauce was the Al Fredo, with bacon bits and mushroom. 

It's time to celebrate the colors of summer with a #PastaFiesta! Don't forget to share your pasta fiesta experience on your social media accounts and use the hashtag #AvenueStories #PastaFiesta #CelebratetheGoodLife

For reservations you may call at (054) 473 9999

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Buffet Breakast at the Avenue Plaza Hotel

Naga City - Breakfast has never been this satisfying ever since I was able to try the buffet at the Cafe Plazuela of Avenue Plaza Hotel. Whether you are staying at the hotel or not, walk-in guests can avail of the buffet breakfast at a very reasonable price.

The menu is a combination of local and international breakfast options. There's an egg station where you can request for an omelet with garnishes of your choice. Cold cuts station plus a bread, butter and cheese station. Assorted fruits and fresh vegetables with special dressing and a cereal station at the center.

CLICK HERE for a list of other Eat All You Can Restaurants in Naga City

On the left wing are the heavy, carbo and protein loaded breakfast options. The menu varies from time to time. The first time I was able to try the buffet (story HERE), the left wing dishes where slightly different.

If you're staying at the hotel, you'll have the buffet breakfast as included in your room package. All worth it! If you're planning to do a staycation at the Avenue, check out bit.ly/avenuepromos for promos and you might get a good offer (sometimes as low as P2,678.57 per night!)

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Two New Sets of Afternoon Tea
Bicol's Star Shines Brighter

*Rates are subject to change without prior notice. For updated rates visit bit.ly/avenuepromos

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Facebook Page: Avenue Plaza Hotel 

Instagram: @AvenuePlazaHotel #AvenueStories #AvenuePlazaHotel 

Twitter: @AvenuePlaza 

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Contact Number: (6354) 473-9999 / (632) 250 8088

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PXC Laban MMA in Naga City this Peñafrancia Festival 2016

PXC Laban MMA Spices up Bicol in Search of the Ultimate Oragon

CLICK HERE for the Penafrancia Festival 2016 Schedule of Events

“ORAGON.” The Urban Dictionary defines it as a “Bicol slang for somebody who is feisty, determined, principled, fighter, unafraid of consequences, and one who stands up for his principles.”

Raymond Doliquez from Sarangani Province

On September 10 at The Tent, Avenue Plaza Hotel in Naga, Camarines Sur, a total of 12 “oragons” will see action in the latest Laban MMA offering. Fresh from its successful staging in Cagayan de Oro, PXC’s developmental league invades Bicol to banner the region’s homegrown mixed martial arts fighters who are expected to live up to the “oragon” moniker by giving their all against equally capable opponents from different parts of the Philippines.






Spearheading the Bicolanos’ battle is CBD MMA gym’s Arlan Faurillo (photo on left) of Naga City, as he goes up against Laban MMA veteran Reymond Doliguez from Sarangani Province and fighting out Submission Sports Philippines. The co-main event is equally as explosive as Legazpi’s Joey Miado of Lions Den MMA clashes with another familiar Laban MMA name in Team Lakay’s Jaybee Ban-eg of Mt. Province.

Two CamSur sons open up hostilities at 7 PM, making his MMA debut is Naga City’s Diego Offemaria from Bicol Athletics-Legazpi Gym, but he will surely have his hands full tackling 22-year-old Danilo Sarmiento Jr. of Naga City and CBD MMA gym who comes in with an impressive 8-0 record. Then it’s the turn of Legazpi City’s Niño Mondejar of Bicol Athletics to grapple with Negros Occidental’s Jessie Salvador of D Elements Real Men Fighters. Taking the next crack is another Legazpi native, Jupiter Lora of Lions Den MMA battling fellow Bicolano, Tabaco City’s Jonathan Noble representing Lipata Fight Club.

Seventeen-year-old Khen Marques of Guerrero/Fighters Den-Naga City looks to add one more victory to his 2-0 amateur record when he takes on also unbeaten Mark Fabriga of Davao City and Safehouse Fighting Academy who’s toting a 4-win streak. Fight #5 features two more Bicolanos, Naga City’s Bryan Ayao of CBD MMA against Tabaco City’s Joven Baclao of Lipata Fight Club. Fight #6 with Jake Baylon from the Guerrero Muay Thai MMA gym against 17-year-old John Lloyd Libuit of Davao City and Safehouse Fighting Academy who comes in with an impressive 4-0 record.

Two very promising amateurs get on the ring next, as Herbert Locre of Daraga Albay and Lions Den MMA matches his 7-1 record with the 8-1 record of GenSan’s Jimboy Panlita representing Submission Sports Philippines. The final appetizer before the main events pits two grizzled warriors in Jason Margallo of Naga City and CBD MMA fighting Cavite’s Crisz Aplicador of Hitman Gym/Biagtan Muay Thai.

MMA fans from the land of the Mayon Volcano and the Bicol Express are surely in for one hot and spicy night, and PXC may very well find the ultimate oragon in this stacked card that could go on to the professional level and bring the region to Philippine MMA prominence.

PXC Laban MMA Bicol is presented by Red Horse Extra Strong, the #1 Beer, “Ito ang tama!” and Sports 5, in cooperation with the City of Naga, Camarines Sur. Sponsors are Beer Below Zero- The COLDEST beer ever, Premiere Condoms, Hayabusa, Coca Cola-Femsa Philippines, Hyundai – New thinking. New Possibilities, Bicol Isarog Transport System, Inc., Smart Communications, KOHL Industries, Squarefoot Graphics and Ads, AGN Solutions, Bunny and Piggy Distributors, Hypertech, SAFE-Stop and Fill Express, Piaggio, Woodstone Kitchen & Bar, New York Bakery-The Original Pugon Pandesal, Red Ribbon, Bigg’s Diner, Kina’Mon Resto Bar & Grill, Peri Happy and DGL Glass & Aluminum Supply.  Official hotel partners are CBD Plaza Hotel, Orange Dormitel, and Lemon Residences. Official Presscon and Weigh in venue Casa Soriano Family Heirloom Cuisine. Official media partner is 106.3 Energy FM while local gym partner is CBD MMA. Ticketing partners are SM Tickets and CBD Plaza Hotel. Matches start at 7 PM, gates open at 5 PM.

For more info and updates visit Laban MMA Facebook page, or follow them on IG: @pxclabanmma.

CLICK HERE for the Penafrancia Festival 2016 Schedule of Events

For more information:
Carmel Carpio / Salve Escalante
Tel.: +63 920 9797257 / +63 917 3324996
E-mail: ccarpio@tpiguam.com
sescalante@tpiguam.com

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Father's Day Specials in Naga 2016

On this page you will see offers for Father's Day this June 18, 2016 in Naga City.

It's time to reward our hardworking Dads! Celebrate a feast on ocean fresh succulent Lobsters and high-grade Steaks meticulously prepared just to your liking. A culinary haven for your family to delight in this Father's Day. Treat him to a one-of-a-kind buffet spread in Naga City that's fit for a King!

Reserve your tickets for Avenue Plaza Hotel's SUPER DAD LOBSTER AND STEAK Buffet Dinner! Call 473 9999 for ticket reservations.

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Olympia Gym, Now Avenue Fitness

Naga City - Avenue Plaza Hotel upgrades its Olympia Gym to Avenue Fitness. Always the first of its kind from the first premiere lifestyle center in Magsaysay Avenue. Where fitness isn't just muscles and more than being healthy, but having fun as an important value in the equation.

Got lucky to have a sneak peak in this beautiful gym. To begin with, pastel colors are in every corner of the gym. Industrial type of design but trendy and worthy of a selfie and not just having a background of a makeshift gym like what others do. Avenue Fitness still has this minimalist type of design in my point of view. Sweating it all out in a gym is beauty in itself. You will not only feel good and your gym as your environment contributes a lot to your overall state of balance after every workout. 

Follow the lines

Avenue Fitness is a three level gym, with lockers, sauna, shower rooms and including the infinity pool.

This time, there are lots of motivational lines and quotes on the wall.

With topnotch and upgraded gym facility. 

"Instagrammable" backgrounds are all around. 

Introducing the Synrgy360, the first of its kind in Naga City. Where you and your friends can definitely enjoy the facility altogether. 

CREATES A FUN, EXCITING AND ENERGETIC WORKOUT ENVIRONMENT

Life Fitness pioneered the SYNRGY360 concept to create transformational and inspiring fitness experiences for a diverse audience of exercisers. It is ideal for dynamic small group training, one-on-one personal training, and for individual exercisers.

Each unit is modular, which means that a facility has nearly limitless options of how to build the optimal solution for its exercisers. The groundbreaking concept provides opportunities to offer exciting small group training to anyone in your facility.

Read more at: https://www.lifefitness.com/facility/products/synrgy360

The following are the Avenue Fitness Gym Equipment

Cardio Equipment: Treadmill, Crosstrainer, Recumbent Bike, Lateral Octane, Water Rower, Spinning Bike.

Selectorized Strength Equipment: Hip Abduction and Adduction Machine, Smith Machine, Leg Curl Machine, Chest Incline Machine, Pec Deck Fly Machine, Shoulder Press Machine, Bicep Curl Machine, Leg Press Machine

Free Weights and Benches: Solid End Rubber Dumbbells, Loose Plates, Abdominal Benches, Flat Bench, Inclined Bench

Functional Training Equipment: 

Life Fitness USA Synergy 360 XL with Accessories such as: Jungle Gym XT, Medicine Ball, Resistance Bands, Battling Rope, Kettlebelle Set, Punching Bag

Group Exercise Studio

They always have a water rower, which I was really amazed of. Ever wonder how it is to be a member of the Dragon Boat team? Well, Avenue Fitness has that experience for you. 

Forgot to take a photo of the group exercise studio. It has a surround sound system that will pump your every move with good music. Plus full length mirrors which will allow you to video your dance if you want to. 

Now we have here the membership types and privileges.

Register for the Premium Membership with lots of privileges like: 

• A-Fitness Premium Membership Card
• A-Fitness Gym Kit, Apparel and Accessories
• Ten (10) Complimentary Starter Training Sessions with Fitness Coach
• Complimentary* Use of Infinity Pool
• Complimentary* Use of Sauna
• Complimentary* Day Sessions for up to Eight (8) Guests
• Customized Big and Small A-Fitness Towel
• Membership to Avenue Plaza Hotel The Luxe Club (with loads of perks and discounts in the hotel)
• Exclusive Discounts on Personal Training and Health Activity Programs
• Access and use of Standard Fitness Locker

Notice that the premium membership is highly personalized with perks not only for you but for your guests as well.

The Quarterly Membership has the following privileges: 

• A-Fitness Premium Membership Card
• A-Fitness Gym Kit
• Four (4) Complimentary Starter Training Sessions with Fitness Coach
• Complimentary* Use of Infinity Pool
• Complimentary* Access to Aerobics and Group Classes
• Complimentary* Use of Sauna
• Complimentary* Day Sessions for up to Five (5) Guests
• Access and use of Standard Fitness Locker

They also have the Monthly Membership just in case you just want a different experience in your life for month. All membership includes fitness assessment and health Screening and complimentary use of parking space.

Other programs available are Personal Training, Swimming Program, TRX® Suspension Training

Be a premium member and get The Luxe Card with loads of perks and privileges from Avenue Plaza Hotel

There's a whole lot more of exciting and fun stuff at the new upgraded gym of Avenue Plaza Hotel. Come visit to appreciate. Be an A Fit Member today!

Operating Hours:

Monday to Saturday: 7:00 am to 10:00 pm 

Sunday: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm

For inquiries regarding membership and privileges: 

Call (054) 473 9999

Facebook: Avenue Fitness

RELATED POST:
Buffet Breakfast at Avenue Plaza Hotel
Where to Stay in Naga City: Avenue Plaza Hotel
Avenue Plaza Hotel Launches New Menu of Cafe Plazuela
Avenue Plaza Hotel's Afternoon Tea
Two New Sets of Afternoon Tea
Bicol's Star Shines Brighter 

*Rates are subject to change without prior notice. For updated rates visit bit.ly/avenuepromos

AVENUE PLAZA HOTEL 

Facebook Page: Avenue Plaza Hotel 

Instagram: @AvenuePlazaHotel #AvenueStories #AvenuePlazaHotel 

Twitter: @AvenuePlaza 

http://www.theavenueplazahotel.com/

Contact Number: (6354) 473-9999 / (632) 250 8088

GENERAL INQUIRIES : info@theavenueplazahotel.com   

ROOMS: reservations@theavenueplazahotel.com 

BANQUET & EVENTS : sales@theavenueplazahotel.com

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Easter Events in Naga City 2016

Fun filled Easter events in Naga for this year! Check out the following activities for your long weekend.

If you've got no plans for the coming Lenten season, Avenue Plaza Hotel has something for you and your kids. Indulge on a delicious snack feast perfect for the kids and kids at heart plus your kids SWIM FOR FREE! Make your break worthwhile and fun!

Available from March 24-26 only! For table reservations, call 473 9999.

 Take your family to a meaningful escapade and spend a meditative time and bond with loved ones. Feel free to call this your home for the Lenten season.

 You can book your rooms here:http://reservations.directwithhotels.com/reservation/availCalendarFlexi/10969/2016-03-09/30024/0/0/en/0/0/0/0%3E/

 Let the EASTER EGG-CITEMENT of your kids be felt this coming Easter Sunday! Enjoy an enticing brunch buffet while your kids delight in our joyous activities.

Celebrate Easter Costume Contest this March 27, 2016 at The Event Center of SM City Naga! Get your application form at The Event Center now!

Like SM City Naga on Facebook for updates

 

 

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Easter Bunny Costume Contest

1PM LCC Mall Naga

Registration is open until March 26, 2016 6:00 pm at the Customer Assistance Center or Marketing Office at LCC Malls

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Graduation Promos in Naga City 2016

Hello fellow graduates!!! Yes, batchmate po tayo! Hehe As I have also achieved a personal milestone in earning my second stripe, here are the graduation promos available here in Naga that you can also consider for this important celebration for you and your family and friends.

Your milestone deserves a celebration! Avenue Plaza Hotel has the perfect Graduation blowout just for you. Feast on a gastronomic getaway of your choice of menu set carefully prepared by our culinary team.

Have your tables reserved now! Call us at 473 9999

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Que Pasa Naga's QUEngatrulations!

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Woodstone Kitchen at Basilic Road, Magsaysay is now accepting reservations for Graduation Parties

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Where to Stay in Naga City: Avenue Plaza Hotel

 
Naga City - Why would I stay in a hotel in my city if my home is just a ride away? Perhaps it's not the usual thing to do but I know some of you have also wondered how does our hotels in Naga do their role in making others feel at home while away from home. Whenever I go to other places and check in a hotel, what I'm always excited about are the the food, the bed, the sheets and the bathroom. Obviously because everything is so posh and way too far from the appearance of my own bedroom too haha.

A staycation in your own city may not be your usual activity. But how can we tell our guests if which hotel offers the best if we ourselves have not experienced them yet right? So let me share to you how was my experience in Avenue as an ordinary Nagueña. Sabi ngani kaiyan sa Bicol, "Mateon mo, i-experience mo para dai ka maisturyahan".

Upon checking in, a refreshing welcome drink will be served. All staff carry warm smiles throughout the day. They are also very particular with the names of the guests, making every conversation light and candid.

Last year, before the school year started, I availed my complimentary overnight stay at the Avenue Plaza Hotel and brought my sis and mom with me. I took that opportunity to just relax both from my day job and as a blogger. Given the blessings the I've been receiving because of this blog, sharing it with my own family is something that I prioritize. Considering that I have a full time work, the patience and support that my family gives me is something that I cherish especially that I stay up late at night most of the time. I remember saying to them back in 2009, I know that everything that I'm doing in this blog will have its purpose one day. I may not be receiving enough credits but the overwhelming response and happiness of the Nagueños and Bicolanos is something that I will not exchange for anything else. Testaments and posts of appreciation pour out saying that they feel like they they're home whenever I post daily updates about Naga.


Staycation. I capped my last two days of August staying at the Avenue Plaza Hotel but this time with my fellow Bicol Bloggers and the Nagayon Team. It was a Bloggers' Meet Up plus all the goodness of a staycation for two days and one night. Last year, the room that was given to us was with a poolside view. This time it was at the front facing Avenue Square. The balcony was spacious, I would want my own couch here at night but then it's a shared balcony together with the occupants of this wing.   

Avenue is all you need. Aside from the welcome drink upon checking in, there's more in your room. Pili tarts and apples plus a personalized welcome note. Everything you need to know about the hotel amenities and Naga City is in your room. 

All you need is in the area, Avenue Square has everything you need, restaurants, drugstore, coffee shop and spa.
 A little walk will bring you to Naga's Dining and Entertainment District, Magsaysay Avenue

Our room, Spazio (Superior) Twin. Shared it with my contributor,
Kookai of 13BlackandWhiteScribbles.wordpress.com 

Avail Avenue Plaza Hotel's Hometown Specials! Bicol Residents get a 20% off on published room rates. Your weekend bonding with your family will be extra special here, I assure you that. 

The room has an individually controlled Split Type Air-conditioning unit, carpeted floors and plush furnishing, electronic room lock system with top-end security and privacy systems. You also have a personal refrigerator with minibar, and coffee/tea making facilities.

The room is also equipped with flat screen LCD TV with cable channels, high speed internet connection, clock radio. Lucky for us, the WiFi router is actually installed in our room. As a blogger, the ultra fast internet of the hotel is really a plus point and pretty much needed by businessmen, no need to go to the lobby. For working people, there's a desk, electronic safe for your valuables, telephone with IDD and NDD functions and pencil and letter stationary with envelope. 

My favorite part of the room, THE BED. Relaxing Dew Foam Posture Pedic® bed with luxurious top-of the line Pillows & Bedding. 

The hotel has a business center, with an iMac, WiFi, fax machine and printer just in case you need them for your transactions and deadlines. 

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Relationship goals with guests. With Avenue to help you achieve your fitness goals, they also have the Olympia Gym and Sauna. It's been here for quite some time, so to better serve the guests and gym members, the gym will undergo renovation starting this October to January 2016. This will definitely be an exciting comeback for the premiere gym in Naga City with the top-of-the-line facilities. The infinity pool is just perfect these El Niño days. 

An all around kind of menu but never leaving out the goodness of Filipino food. For dinner we got to try the re-launched menu of the in-house restaurant of the hotel, Cafe Plazuela. CLICK HERE for the review. Fine dining food plus live classical music playing in the background will fill your night with glee.

After dinner, I decided to take a shower because we were given a complimentary massage. 

En-suite Bath with hot and cold “Rain Shower” and Bathtub, 

Avenue toiletries and wall mounted hairdryer.

Waiting for my turn for the massage.

I'm not really into body massages, basically because I'm thin, but hey it's complimentary why would I not avail it right? and the therapist was really good in convincing me to experience it. The verdict? Definitely worth my first time! I really felt relaxed physically and mentally. Literally went for a GOOD NIGHT SLEEP. 

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Waking up in the comfy bed of this hotel is like the '5 minutes more' response of a child in the morning, only that it's multiplied a dozen times! But I had to get up early, because breakfast at the Avenue is one hell of a bountiful harvest of all sorts. American, European, Classic and Filipino type of breakfast are all here. Comfort foods here we come!

Complimentary Breakfast
Breakfast buffet starts as early as 6:00 am until 10:00 am

For those who are not checked-in at the Avenue but would like to experience this bountiful breakfast buffet, you are most welcome at the Cafe Plazuela for only P349 per pax.

Fresh bread and pastries

Fresh fruits and different kinds of cheese

Cereals 

Aside from "Abo", this "New Look" is a dried fish here in Bicol that you should not miss to try.

Cold cuts

Reserve your staycation now! For inquiries and reservations, please call 473 9999.

What a wonderful weekend it has been. You too can experience the best of Avenue Plaza Hotel. If they give their best services to the locals, what more for the toruists and business men? For a memorable weekend or special occassion with your family, why not have a staycation at the Avenue Plaza Hotel. 

For the nth time, Dios Mabalos Avenue Plaza Hotel, GM Allan Cu, Marketing Manager Jerome Fernandez and the rest of the kind staff for giving us the locals the chance to experience the best of Bicol hospitality. More power!  

Click the link below for reservations: http://reservations.directwithhotels.com/reservation/availCalendarFlexi/10969/2015-09-22/26439/0/0/en/0/0/0/0%3E/

RELATED POST:
Buffet Breakfast at Avenue Plaza Hotel
Olympia Gym, Now Avenue Fitness
Avenue Plaza Hotel Launches New Menu of Cafe Plazuela
Avenue Plaza Hotel's Afternoon Tea
Two New Sets of Afternoon Tea
Bicol's Star Shines Brighter 

AVENUE PLAZA HOTEL 

Facebook Page: Avenue Plaza Hotel 

Instagram: @AvenuePlazaHotel #AvenueStories #AvenuePlazaHotel 

Twitter: @AvenuePlaza 

http://www.theavenueplazahotel.com/

Contact Number: (6354) 473-9999 / (632) 250 8088

GENERAL INQUIRIES : info@theavenueplazahotel.com   

ROOMS: reservations@theavenueplazahotel.com 

BANQUET & EVENTS : sales@theavenueplazahotel.com

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