HAVE YOURSELF A VERY RAMSAY CHRISTMAS

Contrary to popular belief, chef Gordon Ramsay does not go ultra-violently humbugging during the Christmas season like Scrooge in tidy whites, leaving a trail of idiot sandwiches, vampires killed by garlic, and errant Monday motivators in his wake.

- IGAN D'BAYAN

Contrary to popular belief, chef Gordon Ramsay does not go ultra-violently humbugging during the Christmas season like Scrooge in tidy whites, leaving a trail of idiot sandwiches, vampires killed by garlic, and errant Monday motivators in his wake. Instead, the commander of Hell's Kitchen talks about preparing heavenly Christmas meals with centerpieces such as turkey, beef, or sea bass, as well as selecting wines and curating cheese boards to go with that one hell of a feast. ("Christmas would not be the same without a beautiful, delicious, honey-glazed ham," he gleefully shares.) Yes, the man speaks for us all as to how we need to sit down with loved ones, and eat the cares away during the most wonderful time of the year even as the skies of the world turn apocalyptically red with our collective dread.

So, when Newport World Resorts invited us over to sample Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill Philippines' festive menu to be offered to diners on Dec. 24 and 25, we couldn't say, hell no. Bring it on! So we said to the chefs at the restaurant's helm. And what they brought out was a bespoke six-course menu featuring dishes steeped in quintessential British flavors.