Dads Graduation Spices of the Earth buffet showcases everything exotic and flavorful. Festival dishes laced with the passion that spices invoke include Pork Cinnamon with Green Peas, sautéed pork tenderloin cilantro, garlic and oyster sauce; Red Curry Chicken stewed in rich coconut milk, spiked with Thai red curry paste and cinnamon bark; Squid Chili stir fried, simmered in red curry paste; and Stuffed Prawns Masaman, pan grilled prawns stuffed with prawn meat, carrots, celery, potatoes, and coconut milk. The menu's biggest star brightens the dessert table the mouth-watering Chocolate Fountain.

Festivities at Kamayan begin with the Cocina Pampangueña. The Pampangueños are renowned throughout the archipelago for their rich and flavorful culinary creations. Elements of Spanish and Chinese cuisines, famed for their highly seasoned, lavish dishes have been ingeniously combined in Cocina Pampangueña.

Stellar dishes at the Kamayan buffet include Pesang Dalag, fresh water mudfish boiled with rice water, ginger, cabbage and pechay; Tapang Damulag, carabeef marinated in salt, pepper and sugar, boiled, then fried; Costillas Adobado marinated pork ribs simmered in tomato sauce, catsup and soy sauce; Dinaldalem, stewed pork innards in ginger, garlic, onion and bell pepper; Hito sa Ginto, stewed catfish in coconut milk with fresh mushroom and yellow ginger; Guisadong Labong Saluyot sa Gata, stewed bamboo shoots in coconut milk, sweet corn and saluyot leaves.

Japanese fusion cuisine with its colors, textures and flavors fashioned by master chefs await diners at Saisaki. Nouvelle sushi takes a bow, captivating the senses via Rainbow Batera, salmon, tuna, lapu-lapu, crabstick and egg omelet layered on rice paper; Kani Aspa Chiisu Maki, crabstick asparagus, and cheese rolled in rice paper; Kani Tempura Sushi, crabstick tempura; Bunzen Maki, crabstick and cheese; and Ika Ebiko Ae Gonkan or Squid with Shrimp Roe Gonkan.

Saisaki also unveils the New Flavors of Japan with a scrumptious selection of dishes like Tori Niku Bacon Aspara Maki, breaded beef with bacon and asparagus rolled in chicken; Fruit Salad Furai, breaded chicken balls with fruit cocktail; Ika Shake Zume Age, breaded stuffed squid; Shake Kawa Niky Teppan, beef, vegetables and cheese rolled in salmon skin; and Sakana Niku Teppan, beef rolled in fish fillet.

DADS Ultimate Buffet is available in all DADS branches: SM Megamall, Glorietta 3, EDSA, Padre Faura and West Avenue.