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Dive into a seafood spectacle — see the lobster up close and celebrate James & Carmina’s birthdays at Fresh International, Solaire Resort.

While traveling around the world, the family visited the Philippines and decided to combine a double birthday dinner with James. In our chat group, we discussed which restaurants we’d like to dine at, and Mom Violy has been eager to try the all-you-can-eat lobster her best friend recommended at Solaire. Carmina took charge of making the reservation through Solaire's Resort  website and asked the family which seating time they preferred, choosing between two options with different time frames. Carmina registered it under Mom Violy's name and phone number. She received an email for our confirmation, and a week beforehand, a reminder was sent to Mom Violy's mobile to confirm if we were going ahead or not. Carmina replied to the SMS since Mom Violy wasn’t sure how to do it. We were told to arrive fifteen minutes before our scheduled entry time, which was 5:30 p.m. on February 12, 2026. When we arrived, we were informed we couldn’t enter the dining area until exactly 5:30 p.m...

Pair Up Your Merienda Together


Merienda is a snack often served from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Everyone always looks forward eating merienda that also comes before dinner is served.

Pair Up Your Merienda Together
  1. Filipino Pancit with pandesal with butter spread or puto with coffee
  2. Dinuguan with puto (steam sweet rice cake) with soft drink
  3. Chicken Arroz Caldo with takwat baboy
  4. Turon with vanilla ice cream
  5. Palabok with puto
  6. Champorado with dried tuyo
  7. Chicharon (pork skin) with vinegar
  8. Halo halo with palabok
  9. Pandesal with ice cream 
The drinks for merienda is always served with coffee, tea or soft drinks but other people recommend drinking fresh buko juice in a coconut shell.

To get my recipe click on the pink highlighted and it will direct you to it.

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