YUMMY EATS is here!! - Congrats to the winners of the invites!!

Talks, Demos, and a Cook-off!

Featuring Gasul Kitchen Safety Tips, McCormick Cooking Demo, Hunt's Cooking Demo, Hunt's Culinary School Cook-Off, Sarangani Bangus Cooking Demo and Yummy Food Business Ideas!

What else to expect:

• Get connected! Visit YUMMY.ph, tweet and update facebook at computer terminals at the event.
• Complete your Yummy collection! Back issues of the magazine and books will be available for you to purchase.
• Be a true Yummy fan! Show some Yummy love and pick up our merchandise-buy aprons, buttons, pins and a limited-edition Yummy bag from Envirosax.
• Freebies! Our friends from Fruits in Ice Cream will be giving a free scoop upon entry.
• Be a winner! Admission entitles you to a raffle coupon that could win you delicious goodies, gift checks and merchandise! So stay as long as you can. 

And here are the winners of our previous YUMMY EATS contest, where you can win FREE invites to YUMMY EATS, the following people will go to YUMMY Eats for FREE.  

Thank you YUMMY and The Food Alphabet.

1.) Han Abello
2.) Ma. Laarni Berdan
3.) Vanessa Salosagcol
4.) Rochelle Mauricio
5.) Josephine Bahala

Congrats to the winners!! Please go to the event itself and proceed to the registration counter to confirm your your name on the guest list under The Food Alphabet, please do bring along with you an I.D. for identification. 

If you want to bring with you your friends and relatives, just bring a copy of YUMMY magazine May 2011 issue, and pay only P100 instead of the P150 entrance fee.  SEE YOU THEN!!!  Scroll down to find out more of what is to come this May 21, 2011.

Ersao... the best in Taiwan food snacks

 

Ersao (二嫂) has been in the country for a couple of years, they started as a small food shop nestled  along  Banawe St. in Quezon City, serving a variety of fresh fruit shakes and the ever so crispy and yummy Spicy Chicken and Spicy Pork which I totally love.

Through the years they have since expanded to the new and improved Ersao food chain, opening branches in different parts of the metro and invading our local malls one by one.  They are sure making waves to the general public.  They have recently opened a new branch along E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave. near corner Banawe St., Quezon City.  

Once I saw this I could not resist myself not to dine in at that moment, and so there I was tempted by my hunger and cravings.

My appetizer - 10 pcs. yummy steamed dumplings (P75)

coupled with dumpling sauce perfect pre-meal indulgence

my friend ordered the pork steak rice, crispy fried to the taste

P75 ala carte 

P120 with a fruit shake

my fancy - Meat ball noodles 

P 85 ala carte 

P 130 with a fruit shake

my favorite Ersao fresh fruit shake - Watermelon (P45.00)

It was a very fulfilling meal indeed.  Their menu lineup just keeps getting better and better, giving us more of the taste of Taiwan, with prices easy on the budget. 

Before I left, I did take out and what you may wonder, of course the classic Spicy Chicken (P45.00)

Can't wait to try the other combos on offer.  Definitely a treat for all ages.  See you here sometime soon.

Ersao

#82 E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave.

near corner Banawe St. 

Quezon City

Tel No. (632) 5-168-168

For their other menu items and combos

BEWARE...The Best Lechon Kawali in town...

This time we trek through the side streets of Manila to find a gem among the vast array of restaurants all over the great metro, there are many places in Manila such as Chinatown, Malate, Pasay that offer lots of food choices... but here in Santa Cruz, Manila there is really one that caught my attention... and my taste bud's attention as well.

CHADES Tapsilog - OPEN 24 HOURS

located along Remigio St. near 

corner Felix Huertas St., 

Sta, Cruz, Manila

Instead of the usual burger fastfood chains, try this place out and yes it is cheaper than you think and I assure you, you will be full with less than P80.00.  You may have at least once in your life stepped into a tapsilog chain... but I will guarantee you if you come by and taste what they have to offer here in CHADES, you will be back here again with any chance you get. This may be your typical tapsilogan, with a couple of food choices, but the taste, the aroma and the freshness of the food will surely tickle your taste buds and take you to wonderful gastronomical experience.

There are quite a lot in the selection of this 

Tagalog fast food:

* Chicken chops - Chiksilog (P52.00)
* Tocino             - Tosilog
* Bangus            - Bangusilog

* Longaniza        - Longsilog
* Hotdog            - Hotsilog
* Corned Beef    - C.Beefsilog (P38.00)
* Adobo            - Adobosilog
* Tilapia             - Tilapiasilog (P40.00)
* Tapa               - Tapsilog ( P38.00)
* Lechon Kawali - Lechon Rice (MY FAVORITE) (P52.00)

Now after all the intruduction on to my favorite the LECHON RICE.

OH SO CRISPY!!

OH SO YUMMY!!

Oh so fulfilling.... and unlimited Mang Tomas Lechon Sauce

CHECK THE PRICE!! P52.00

So let's cut to the chase, I guess the pictures speak for themselves

My rating for CHADES LECHON RICE - out of 5 stars

Taste             - 5 stars (very crispy skin), yummy lechon sauce

Service          - 5 stars very fast service, order and food is ready in 5.

                        best of all served hot!!!

Ambiance      - 4 stars, it is a fastfood carinderia....clean, very clean

Price             - 5 stars!! all out.... you can have a complete meal for less than 80.00, that is extra rice included a bottle of soda, or juice. You'll come out happy, I guarantee it!!!

And one more thing you can buy a chunk of that lovely lechon kawali for take out.... they weigh it and sold around 200 up.... depends on the grams... enjoy it at home - PULUTAN. Yum!!

I came back the next day I had a taste of this exceptional tapsilog place, I'm sure you'll be back for more too, by the way don't expect to have a seat at once... as the place gets really packed even during the wee hours of the morning!!  ENJOY!!!

My mouth-watering burger from HOTSHOTS!!!

Recently I won a GC from a promo from http://hitabargain.com/, and it was for a free burger and drink meal at HOTSHOTS flame-grilled burgers.  Actually, I always pass by this place but never really dropped by since I never really had the chance since we are always busy with our engagements.

So this time I was obligated hah... to visit this particular branch at Tomas Morato.  I was handed my GC and upon looking at their menu, looks yummy indeed.

My GC gave me a choice of 11 burger sandwiches, all of them look sinfully delicious... why sinfully?? Hmmm, quarter pound burger patty, loads of cheese and even though it's flame-grilled it does still have the juices from beef which I call cholesterol.  But how can I resist such, arrrggghhhh.

 

After a look at their menu.... one did caught my eye

I love quarter pound patties, mushrooms, crispy bacon bits, mayo and lots of cheese sauce!!!

So I gave in to my heart's desire, and used my GC for this eye candy... Crispy Burger Melt.

And after a few minutes of waiting here it is...

It was neatly wrapped with free potato chips garnished.... I did order the extra twister fries to complement my order of this wonderful burger sandwich

And wow does that look yummy....

The sight of the burger surprised me, the quarter pound patty looked small in diameter, just like any ordinary burger but the patty is thicker than the ones you see in fast food chains.  At first bite the juices started flowing out of the flame-grilled patty, it was evenly cooked, then this kicked in...  the crispy bacon bits (really crispy as in you can hear them crack on your teeth), the bits of mushroom, the soothing mayo and finally the delectable cheese sauce. Yummy! I felt like I was lifting up the ground and heading to the heavens with the monstrous bites I was taking, devouring the burger like there's no tomorrow mixing it up with chips and twister fries (tastes like the ones in your favorite fastfood chain).

And after a few minutes of hardcore action.... it was done.  All of it gone and the sad thing is I wanted more... but I had to compose myself before I regret gaining another few pounds.  I wanted to taste the other burgers and stuff such as:

There were pastas, chicken, buffalo wings, fish and chips, lots of potatoes, tacos and much much more....  I had to get myself out of there before I head once again to the counter and order again, at least I have a reason to return to this burger joint next time around.

My rating for the the Cheesy Burger Melt

Taste            - 4 stars, the burger buns should have been warmer than what was served to me, though the patty was hot, the cheesy sauce and the bacon bits complemented the tasteful burger.

Ambiance     - 3 stars, it is a fastfood burger joint, but it sure needed some maintenance work especially on the outside as the colors were starting to get worn out.

Service         - 4 stars, as this is supposed to be a self-service one, let's based it on cooking time, yes it was fast

Price            - 4 stars, I believe it is fairly priced at P175.00 as its flame-grilled with potato chip as sidings.

Overall, I would recommend this place to everyone who loves eating outdoors and would like to have food adventures, the food here is very tempting and just like me, maybe you would come back again to try out their other offerings..

Stone

HOTSHOTS flame-grilled burgers

238 Tomas Morato Ext.,
South Triangle, Quezon City
(near ABS-CBN)