Island Pacific Sends Off Manny Pacquiao in Style!

11 March 2010

IT was a meal fit for royalty.

What do you expect when you cater for the Pound-4-Pound King Manny Pacquiao and his guest of 170 people as they prepared to take off to Arlington, Texas, the site of Pacquiao’s next fight against Joshua Clottey this Saturday.

The chartered plane to Texas

At a private terminal near LAX, about two hundreds guests and the King Pacquiao himself   ate trays of delicious Filipino food including Tinolang Manok with Malunggay Leaves & Green Papaya, Grilled Salmon Filet with Soymansi Glaze and washed down with signature cocktail drink that Chef Cecilia created called “PacPunch,” a mixture of VuQo Premium Vodka and cantaloupe.Chef Cecilia de Castro, her crew from ACE and with the ingredients provided by Island Pacific, “We wanted to send of Pacquiao in style,” said De Castro. “We all want Manny to win and we hope this food will fill him with nutrients to do so.”

Chef  Cecilia De Castro with Manny Pacquiao's
personal cook, Nonoy

Chef de Castro and Pacquiao’s personal cook, Nonoy worked together for the sumptuous meals. The dishes were prepared according to the request and specifications of Nonoy, who is in charge with keeping Pacquiao in shape especially in this fight where the pound-4-pound king has to maintain his 147-pound frame. Nonoy instructed de Castro to serve Pacquiao a high protein diet, not to prepare any pork dishes and serve his favorite soup, Tinolang Manok.“When we received the instructions from Nonoy, we really wanted to get the best ingredients so we went to Island Pacific,” said de Castro.And the food came out great, with many of the guests at the send-off party coming up for second and third trips to the buffet banquet. The wonderful meals from de Castro and Island Pacific didn’t stop there. The lucky 150+ guests on board also were served personal meals for the two-hour trip to Arlington, Texas.About Island Pacific Island Pacific offers the most complete line of Filipino and Asian food.

Island Pacific has been a long time supporter of Manny Pacquiao everytime time he trains for a fight here in Los Angeles. Panalo talaga sa Island Pacific! A whole new shopping experience awaits Island Pacific Supermarket customers with the opening of its new branch in Canoga Park. Located at the western side of San Fernando Valley along Roscoe Blvd corner De Soto Avenue, Island Pacific offers a wide range of the freshest foods, grocery items and home essentials at very affordable prices. Presyong Sulit talaga! Island Pacific Supermarket now, has 9 branches to serve our kababayans: Union City, Vallejo, South Vermont and North Vermont in Los Angeles, West Covina, Cerritos, Panorama City and the newly opened one at Canoga Park.

Chef Cecilia De Castro and her team from the
Academy of Culinary Eduication

About Chef Cecilia De Castro 
Chef Cecilia De Castro is an award winning chef and Filipino   Culinary Expert and owner of the Academy of Culinary Education.For over 25 years, Chef Cecilia has collaborated with world renowned Chef Wolfgang Puck and was a culinary producer for the Emmy Award-winning Wolfgang Puck Show for 5 seasons at the Food Network. She continues to work with Chef Puck with his cookbook developments, product/recipe development for the Home Shopping Network and Spago, as well as food events such as the Oscar Awards Governor's Ball and American Food & Wine Festivals.

VuQo Premium Vodka and Haliya Lightfruit wine provided the cocktail drinks to the guests

Swirl's sumptuous cupcakes

Other sponsors for the send-off were Manila Town Restaurant and Goldilocks Bakeshop for the in flight food, Swirl's Desserts for the cupcakes, VuQo Premium Vodka, Haliya Light Fruit Wines, Jana Bottled Water, Roaring Lion Energy Drink and Bonada Juice Drinks.