What's keeping the metro busy lately, no it's not the elections, it's not the politicians who fill up our newspaper headlines, what do the people always talk about?
We value our time, our earnings and put them into good use, but most of all we give in to our basic needs as a human being, the desire to eat! Nowadays it's not just to fill in our tummies with food, but to fill our tummies with great tasting, mouth-watering treats to satisfy our cravings. With that comes the diversity of our foodie community and every month, every week, and almost every day, it seems there's a new restaurant opening somewhere in Metro Manila.
There are a lot of great new dining choices, old habits that never fade away, the classics that we grew up with. As food bloggers, writers, and members of the F&B industry, we're always very curious about the crowd favorites, and we literally don't let them just pass by.
We value our time, our earnings and put them into good use, but most of all we give in to our basic needs as a human being, the desire to eat! Nowadays it's not just to fill in our tummies with food, but to fill our tummies with great tasting, mouth-watering treats to satisfy our cravings. With that comes the diversity of our foodie community and every month, every week, and almost every day, it seems there's a new restaurant opening somewhere in Metro Manila.
There are a lot of great new dining choices, old habits that never fade away, the classics that we grew up with. As food bloggers, writers, and members of the F&B industry, we're always very curious about the crowd favorites, and we literally don't let them just pass by.
The Choice is the most popular vote. Together with Our Awesome Planet and the Blogger Collective known as the KTG (Kain Tulog Gang) which I am proud to be part of, have partnered to conduct the first ever People's Choice for their Favorite Food, Restaurants, Bars, and more~ or simply, "The Choice".
Let your voice be heard, answer the survey and click on the link below, remember there is no wrong answer here, only the best answer for you.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/
About The Awards
We conducted an intense first round of voting among ourselves, and our resulting Top Tens have
made us very pleased: we feel it's a very diverse and fair
representation of all our Metro Manila favorites. The categories are
very broad, as they should be in a democratic vote.
However, we'd like to emphasize that this is NOT a "Best of..." list. Our good friends and respected colleagues from The MBKRS are doing an excellent job of recognizing the restaurants and restaurateurs in their prestigious bi-annual awards.
However, we'd like to emphasize that this is NOT a "Best of..." list. Our good friends and respected colleagues from The MBKRS are doing an excellent job of recognizing the restaurants and restaurateurs in their prestigious bi-annual awards.
The MBKRS are rightly regarded as the Oscars of our ever growing foodie community. So we'd like "The Choice" to be the Golden Globes~ a bit more irreverent, surely less formal, and yes, it ought to be greatly biased. After all, YOU will be voting for your favorites, this is YOUR CHOICE!!!
The Survey Parameters
1. For
the Favorite New Restaurant category, our coverage period includes
restaurants that opened between May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015.
2. For the Favorite Out-of-Town Destination, the restaurants must be reached by land in 5 hours; thanks to the TPLex, that includes Baguio!
3.
There are 45 questions in this survey and answering this survey should
take around 5-10 minutes. It is best to give a definitive answer on each
question and feel free to skip if you can't decide.
4. All answers are treated confidential and final once you click on the submit button. One survey response for one person only.
5. Please give us your name and email address for our random validation of the survey responses.
So who are "The KTG":
"The
KTG is a group of friends who all just happen to be some of the top
food bloggers in the Philippines; every one of their individual blogs
ranks among the highest ranking and most influential online publications
dedicated to food, entertainment, and travel.
The KTG is composed of some of the more senior food bloggers in the country,
including Richie Zamora of "The Pickiest Eater in the World', and
Richard Co of 'Tales from the Tummy'. Representing the younger
generation are "The Hefty Foodie", "The Food Scout", and "Nines vs.
Food". And from the world of showbiz, Mr. Chuckie Dreyfus, a foodie
who's also a respected tech blogger.
The
KTG's objectives are not limited to discovering the best restaurants,
however. While it's affectionately called the "Kain Tulog Gang", it's
officially participated in relief efforts in Tacloban and Iloilo after
Yolanda; and in Metro Manila, this "Kapatiran sa Tulong at Ginhawa" is
on a constant mission to contribute in providing joy and comfort to the
less fortunate."
The KTG Blogs:
The KTG Blogs:
http://www.thefoodalphabet. com/
http://www.chuckiedreyfus.ph/
http://www.thetummytraveler. ph/
http://www.sugargospice.com/
http://www.talesfromthetummy. com/
http://ericjazfoodies. blogspot.com/
http://www.themommist.com/
http://www.chuckiedreyfus.ph/
http://www.thetummytraveler.
http://www.sugargospice.com/
http://www.talesfromthetummy.
http://ericjazfoodies.
http://www.themommist.com/
http://heftyfoodie.com/
http://www.thefoodscout.net/
http://www.thepurpledoll.net/
http://www.lynne-enroute.com/
http://www.foodreviewsmanila. com/
http://blogalag.com/
http://bertoinbrogues.com/
http://www.foodinthebag.com/
http://thehungrykat.com/
http://rochkirstin.com/
http://www.ninesvsfood.com/
http://www.pepesamson.com/
http://babeforfood.blogspot. com/
http://www.anotsopopularkid. com/
http://www.googlygooeys.com/
and our fantastic foodie friends from:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/
http://www.clickthecity.com/
http://www.juice.ph/
and the Philippine Star's "Let's Eat" magazine,
now nationwide every last Sunday of the month.
http://www.thefoodscout.net/
http://www.thepurpledoll.net/
http://www.lynne-enroute.com/
http://www.foodreviewsmanila.
http://blogalag.com/
http://bertoinbrogues.com/
http://www.foodinthebag.com/
http://thehungrykat.com/
http://rochkirstin.com/
http://www.ninesvsfood.com/
http://www.pepesamson.com/
http://babeforfood.blogspot.
http://www.anotsopopularkid.
http://www.googlygooeys.com/
and our fantastic foodie friends from:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/
http://www.clickthecity.com/
http://www.juice.ph/
and the Philippine Star's "Let's Eat" magazine,
now nationwide every last Sunday of the month.
BLOSOMEX
Our Awesome Planet, the Philippines #1 Food and Travel Blog and Kain Tulog Gang (KTG), a collective of the top food and lifestyle bloggers in Manila, in partnership with World Food Expo (WOFEX), the Ultimate Food Show Experience
in cooperation with Vikings, NIU, and Four Seasons restaurants
in cooperation with Vikings, NIU, and Four Seasons restaurants
present the first
BLOSOMEX
(Blogging and Social Media Expo)
on August 8, 2015 Saturday at the SMX Mall of Asia.
Blogging and Social Media Expo (BLOSOMEX), co-located event of the country's biggest and most effective food show, WORLD FOOD EXPO (WOFEX), focuses on exploding the commercial activity in the blogging and social media scene in the Philippines in 2015 and beyond. Blosomex aims to be the catalyst in preparing both the businesses and the bloggers/ social media practitioners to take commercial advantage of the digital opportunities.
Early Bird Registration - P1,497
Regular Walk-In Price - P2,000
To register and purchase tickets for the BLOSOMEX Summit,
please email Blosomex@gmail.com.
PROGRAMME:
8:00am - 9:30am - Registration
9:45am - 10:00am - Introduction
10:00am - 10:30am
ANTON DIAZ, Founder, OurAwesomePlanet.com
Keynote: "State of Food and Travel Blogging in the Philippines"
10:30am - 11:15am
VIP Guest Speaker : Mark Wiens, Founder, Migrationology.com
Keynote: "Food is the Reason YOU Should Travel :
Viral Video Blogging in the YOUTUBE Era"
11:15am - 12:00nn
Panel Discussion with Department of Tourism Secretary "Mon Jimenez"
The Global Filipino Fiesta:
"The Value of Social Media and Blogging in Promoting
Philippine Tourism Worldwide"
*** LUNCHBREAK : 12nn to 1:00pm ***
1:00pm to 2:00pm
VIBER and INSTAGRAM Presentations:
"The Future is on The Move: Social Media's Dominant New Directions are on Instant Mobile Apps"
2:00pm to 2:30pm
Spanky Enriquez, Marketing and Social Media Consultant
"Restaurant Industry Engagement in the age of Digital Influencers"
2:30pm to 3:00pm
Richie Zamora, Founder, www.thepickiesteater. net
"Romancing Generation NeXt : Reaching out to the Millennials"
3:00pm to 4:30pm
THE CHOICE:
THE OAP/KTG RESTAURANT FAVORITES AWARDS
4:30PM to 5:00pm: Closing Program
Future residents of Treasure at Tampines . We were talking about this earlier on. Share this with your family & friends! :)
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