Everytime I look at this photo I still keep on salivating, our favorite Sariwon Korean Barbecue Restaurant and The Food Alphabet is having a giveaway! 1 Winner will get to win P5,000 worth of GC's!!!
Reminiscing my first experience at Sariwon Korean Barbecue always bring back good memories, good food, good service and best of all, authentic Korean delights!
Get to enjoy authentic Korean bulgogi, Seng Galbi and more offerings only from Sariwon Korean Barbecue. And don't forget and witness the rising tissue, what's that? Go to Sariwon to find out.
It's the season of giving, the season of happiness and the season of hope. And I am so happy to be able to give you the chance to win yourself a Starbucks 2012 Planner and more!!!
Thank you to our good friends from Starbucks Philippines for being so so generous, and they just love The Food Alphabet readers. So here is what is at stake:
Everyday, I always take the route of Dapitan St. passing by University of Santo Tomas (UST), going home. I always take notice of the many food stalls, many food shops and fast food joints serving the student populace of UST, thinking oh I miss student meals, student foods and you know junk foods such as fish balls, squid balls, tukneneng (fried quail eggs in orange batter), even the scramble (crushed ice in flavor with powdered sweet milk) which is again making waves.
Then something caught my eye. A small store along Dapitan St. named Simple Line. A long cue line scaled from the already crowded store opening. I keep on thinking and wondering what was in there? Is there a lotto selling outlet there? Haha, I though it could not be as the place was near UST. And so I gave in to my curiosity and finally parked my car near it after weeks of just passing through.
Finally, I got there and alas it is a milk tea place. Hmmm... I keep on thinking how can such a small place selling milk tea variants have so much customers and don't even have a place for their guests to sit it, and yet having crowds of students lining up to have a sip. And so I was thinking, it must be good.
Upon entering and fighting my way through the line, there I was surprised on how small the store was indeed, but they had all they need to serve up milk teas for take away that is.
First thing upon entering, I was able to browse around their menu, and just in case you are a milk tea virgin, they have also on their boards their best selling milk tea variants and their fruit tea concoction variants which you could choose from. Their milk tea and fruit tea variants are either Black Tea or Green Tea based, and everything else is almost customized, as in other milk tea stores you have the option to choose your sweetness level. So if you want it not so sweet, you really have to tell it upon ordering of you will be getting your milk tea in 100% sugar.
Other options are the add ons which you would like your milk tea to have such as tapioca (sago), Herbal jelly (pudding), coconut jelly (nata de coco) and coffee konjac (P10) (coffee jelly). Your milk tea add-ons all depends on you and you can always have more add-ons with your milk tea, well for a little extra charge of P5.00 that is.
My top favorites for the Simple Line milk tea place includes Tapioca Black Milk Tea, Caramel Black Milk Tea and Coffee Konjak Black Milk Tea and more. I have yet to taste all the other flavors which include Oolong tea but hopefully soon. The Coffee Konjak Black Milk tea was perfect for me during my sleepy afternoons as it gave me that kick (caffeine from coffee jelly and black tea) that I needed to finish a fruitful day at the office.
My usual milk tea place, offers good milk tea at fairly a premium of a price which most students in fact cannot afford, even me as a part of the working class may limit myself to only a few servings in a month. But with Simple Line (a.k.a. Simple Life), I can have my daily milk tea serving at only P60.00 for the large cup. Yes P60.00!!! really great price for great tasting milk tea, P45 for medium cups. Just a warning though and don't say I did not warn you guys... it is very addicting. And my favorites for now? the Coffee Konjak Black Milk Tea and Caramel Black Milk tea with pudding (gelatin).
Simple Line has 2 branches in UST, one in Dapitan Street, the other in V. Concepcion Street. They have 2 other branches in the metro, one in CEU (Centro Escolar University) along Mendiola St. and one near St. Scholastica's College in Leon Guinto St. Have a taste of great milk tea for less at Simple Line milk tea.
And so with that let me announce the winners of Boulevard Diner GC's, as I have browsed through the entries some were not able to do the proper tags, while other profiles were set to private even on their twitter accounts so I was not able to check them and therefore, they were not included in the selection. And so without further delaying the winners are:
Lucky you!!
1.) Vivian Aguilar
2.) Ma. Elinor Semira
3.) Madelin M. Galvez
Congratulations to the following winners, expect an email from me soon, informing of your winning entry and how to receive the prizes. Thank you all for joining and hoping you could join in future giveaways of The Food Alphabet.
So here we are in the mighty Boulevard Diner, it is such a cool and cozy place to chill, adding to the excitement the scent of freshly grilled beef patties and eagerly waiting to kick off that one heck of a food feast!!!
SHA-ZAM!
Now to kick off things we present to you SHA-ZAM! (P195) A one-of-a-kind burger! Feast your eyes on 1/3 lb 100% beef burger patty sitting pretty with lettuce, tomatoes, eggs over medium, white cheese, beef, crispy cured bacon, hickory sauce and a stack of fried potato strings! The question on your mind I would think is how do you eat this 3-inch high burger? Well, the best thing to do is to stack the upper bun and press it down, til you can hold by your hands, then its SHA-ZAM time.
Also on their side orders menu we have Freedom Fries (P90) or Justice Fries (P110) - with Parmesan cheese and Cheddar Charles (P170) - stuff spuds with chipotle mayo
I would like to showcase some choice burgers that will surely tickle your taste buds, let me take you to a tour of gastronomic proportions.
The Hero Burger(P120), the original customize your burger, with choices of toppings such as cheese, bacon, mushrooms, eggs over medium, potato strings, grilled pineapple, sauteed pepper and onions and even Parmesan cheese. Or you can choose from Boulevard Diner's signature burgers.
Gorgon-zola (P180) with your classic TLC, beef, gorgonzola dressing topped with sauteed oyster mushrooms
Larry Lana'i (P175), all the goodness of burger with a little twist of sweetness, thanks to that pineapple slice.
The Notorious NutJob (P180), nutjob is definitely the word, with peanut butter and bacon and red onion rings, this will surely melt things in your mouth.
The Buffalo Blob (P170)
chicken thigh fillets, TLC and coleslaw, one of the other chics in Boulevard Diner.
The Grinch (P190) another great creation with guacamole in mind.
Volcanic Viktor (P170), one of the deadliest and the most tasteful of them all, with bacon, fried onion rings, and chipotle mayo, is a masterful combination of crisps and bites.
They also serve buffalo wings called Wingerangs, with hot levels from hotter than hell to the sweetness of hickory, 1/2 lb. wings at P130, 1 lb. wings (any 2 flavor) at P255
Now have I made you hungry? Haha, sorry about that, now here comes the exciting part of this post, the Boulevard Diner GC giveaway!! Yes, after looking at all those delectable burgers, here is your chance to taste them for FREE!! Three (3) winners will be getting P400 worth of Boulevard Diner GC's each.
2.) Visit the Boulevard Diner FB and browse over the menu, after which using the FB SHARE button on top of this post, Type "I want to have a taste of (your choice of burger) at (tag) @Boulevard Diner with my friends @Friend1, @Friend2, @Friend3, Thanks to @The Food Alphabet." - if you want to check if you have done this correctly, your post must be visible on Boulevard Diner's Wall and The Food Alphabet's wall.
3.) Tweet this promo on your twitter "I want to win Boulevard Diner GC's from The Food Alphabet http://bum.ph/s"
4.) Post a comment below with your FB post link and Twitter post link with your full name and email address so that I can contact you when you win. Remember you have to have both links to be eligible to join the giveaway.
5.) The Boulevard Diner GC giveaway from The Food Alphabet will be ongoing starting today to Aug. 15, 2011 (Monday) 12MN. Only one entry per person. So post those comments now!!
It's that simple! I will deliver the GC's to you at no cost. So that means only NCR residents can join unless you always come to Quezon City, since Boulevard Diner is located in Xavierville Av., Loyola Heights Q.C.
So if you can't wait for these GC's or you just want to try Boulevard Diner right now. Go give in to your cravings, but just in case you may get lost like I did, here is the map going to Boulevard Diner. Enjoy and have a great feast!
Since we're talking about burgers... here is one burger joint I would definitely recommend you to take a bite of. Other than having their very own special recipe of their patties, they do name their burgers quite exotically, such as Nuclear Bean, Notorius Nut Job, The Gorgonzola to name a few.
And so to spice things up, we are coming up with a giveaway, A Boulevard Diner giveaway of course! Stay tuned in the next few days, as we showcase their burger specialties and give you a heads up on what you will be winning for yourself. So stay tuned!
Everyday, I always take the route of Dapitan St. passing by University of Santo Tomas (UST), going home. I always take notice of the many food stalls, many food shops and fast food joints serving the student populace of UST, thinking oh I miss student meals, student foods and you know junk foods such as fish balls, squid balls, tukneneng (fried quail eggs in orange batter), even the scramble (crushed ice in flavor with powdered sweet milk) which is again making waves.
Upon entering and fighting my way through the line, there I was surprised on how small the store was indeed, but they had all they need to serve up milk teas for take away that is.
