Cebu’s 'chocolate queen' Raquel Choa collaborates with Manila Hotel

Afternoons at The Manila Hotel will never be the same again, as the country’s Grand Dame offers “Afternoon Chocolate and High Tea,” at its equally grand Lobby Lounge. Making the sweet and luxurious offering even more special is the historic hotel’s collaboration with non-other than Cebu’s famed “Chocolate Lady,” Raquel Choa.

Choa, the provincial lass with humble beginnings in the province of Balamban, Cebu, has long been a proud purveryor of elevating the status of the country’s very own tablea, once known, as the “dirty chocolate.”