Events | The French Invasion: Sofitel is bringing in 101 cheeses from France for Bastille Day!

No need to go to Lyon this year. Sofitel Philippines is bringing in cheeses - a hundred and one varieties! - from farms around France to Manila.


I imagine this is what they are bringing in ... 

The Cheesy French

 

Around this time a couple of years ago, I went to France and got to see Mussidan (home of Cyril and Anna Soenen of Brasserie Cicou) where I got to visit a farm where monk trappist cheese was made, Lyon where the Paul Bocuse Hall is, Bordeaux and Paris. 

Paris was beautiful but for the cheese, the best places were Lyon for the choices for cheese and Mussidan for the uber fresh cheese. 

If you get to visit, make sure to head over to this giant deli by the airport, Les Halles de Paul Bocuse.

Not so far from the entrance is this cheese stall: 

Check out their selections: 

All. That. Cheese.

That you can't fit into your luggage. :P

Good news for this month: Sofitel is bringing cheese from all over France to Manila starting this week.

J'Adore le Fromage 

On Thursday July 10, they are having a wine and cheese buffet at Le Bar. 

Le Bar is the hotel's kinda sorta lobby lounge on the ground floor. Fell in love with this bar since Sofitel opened and if this were near my house I'd probably be here everyday. Thankfully, traffic into Manila seems better nowadays so by minutes, it has become much nearer! 

The wine and cheese buffet event is entitled J’ADORE LE FROMAGE AT LE BAR which simply translates to "I love cheese at Le Bar". 

The best thing about it is that it comes at just PHP 1,800 nett per person. For a cheese buffet that is not expensive. Plus, you get 20% off if you use your Visa.

Note though that the wine and cheese buffet is only on July 10, 2014 (Thursday), 7pm to 10pm.  

But if you miss that, here are other options to indulge your love for cheese: 

1. Wine and cheese tasting lessons

This runs from July 10 to 13 by wine and cheese "masters". Pierre Marie David from France will be around (at various events).
4.30 to 5.30 p.m. at the Spiral Cheese Room 
Maximum of 8 persons per class only
P1500 net

2.  The Cheese Room

If you miss the wine and cheese buffet on the 10th, don't worry. 101 - yes, one hundred and one - types of cheeses are being flown in. However, since there are only 31 slots for cheese in the Cheese Room, only 31 will be presented everyday so you have to be wise in choosing which days to come - ask the chefs to make sure you don't repeat cheeses! These are all from different farms across France. 

Count on Sofitel to bring a taste of France to us instead of having to fly all the way there just to get a taste of cheese! 

As Marius said: May the wine - and cheese - of friendship never run dry! 

Sofitel Manila
02 551 5555
Barangay 1, Ccp Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay - Manila

To book a table for the wine and cheese buffet, call or visit  https://www.facebook.com/SofitelManila/app_324616744236031.