Poging GOUD - Vrij
A Simbang Gabi-inspired cocktail
Business World Philippines
|December 24, 2025
SIMBANG GABI, the devotional nine-day novena of dawn Holy Masses attended by Catholics in anticipation of Christmas, has become a distinct Filipino tradition of faith.
This holiday season, beverage specialist Martin Ben Protacio was inspired by this profound religious-cultural experience and sense of community to come up with a festive, deep-purple highball dubbed as Noche Buena Star.
For this original after-dinner drink, the Hospitality Management graduate from the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management blends the warm, comforting spirit of dark rum with a custom
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