Holy Week Recipe

Holy Week calls for an entire week of fasting and abstinence. This means that your list of meal choices gets drastically trimmed down. But there are still plenty of meals you can whip up at home that are still scrumptious but guilt-free. Here are some great dishes with their corresponding recipes to try out courtesy of Philips.

Prepare a simple pasta dish with portabello mushrooms for the family this Holy Week and stay true to your fasting and abstinence duties. Usually an extender for meat dishes, the mushroom will surely provide a healthy alternative from the usual meaty pasta. Definitely this will be one of the go-to dishes for an entire week.

But just because you have to abstain from meat, doesn’t mean you have to forego nutrients. Seal in all the nutrients of all the ingredients of the pasta dish as well as every meal you wish to cook with the Philips Induction Cooker HD4932.

IFC : I Food Card , the Ultimate Card for Dining

We love to eat buy why stop there when you can get more while dining.Restaurant now a days offer different rewards that goes with our dining. But it would be more wonderful if you could hold onto a single card for all those famous restaurant and with different cuisine as well. 

For more than a decade now, I-Foods Inc. has been taking Filipinos on a gastronomic journey.  Its portfolio of restaurants offers diners a taste of world cooking at reasonable prices.  When I-Foods Inc. president BRYAN TIU opened his first concept restaurant in 2001, it was to be the first in a number of fast casual restaurants he was to develop in the coming years.  These restaurants brought to a bigger market segment what were then considered to be expensive concepts.

TERIYAKI BOY, TOKYO CAFÉ, STACKERS BURGER CAFÉ, PERI-PERI, KOGI BULGOGI PARMIGIANO RISTORANTE PIZZERIA, they now have a common denominator as they say with I-F. Enjoying these world-class dining becomes even more exciting with the soon to be launched I-F CARD- your guarantee to a great dining experience coupled with big savings.

Decadent Graduation Cakes at Café 1771

Our children’s graduation is the sweetest memories that a parent can cherish. A celebration is never amiss during these occasions of joy and  no occasion is complete without  a cake to partake. And with the coming graduation celebration, Café 1771 has prepared the sweetest thing of all.

From the smooth and velvety to the sweet cakes without the guilt, Café 1771 presents its homespun cake creations by Pastry Chef Arnold Bautista that will surely make your beloved graduate say that life is sweet. Available in 2-inch round sizes good for 2 persons, this petite cake is perfect for gift or when you want a cake dessert that tastes good as it looks.

Ponder No More: Get You're Pon de Ring at Mr. Donut Cafe

Well, 

From Japan to the Philippines, the ring of chewy, fluffy, irresistible little balls know as Pon de Ring is now being served at Mr. Donut Café. Outside, it looks liked a ring of donut balls stuck together, but inside the slightly crunchy exterior is something words can’t explain.  When I heard that the Pon de Ring is chewy, my question is “How can you make a donut chewy”. Well Mr. Donut Café is serving Pon de Ring, so it can be done. But just because Mr. Donut Café can do it, it doesn’t, mean that others could do it. Mr. Donut is the only who could give their donut that chewiness and it’s a secret ingredient that I can’t find out because, if I did find out about it then I’m dead (just joking).

 Different Flavors to Choose From:

Fely J's Kitchen: The All Time Pinoy Resto

It’s often said that if you’re a Kapampangan, you are definitely a good cook.  If ever you are looking for an authentic Filipino restaurant then you better head on to Fely J’s Kitchen located at the 2^nd Level of Greenbelt 5 in Ayala Center, Makati. Having a mom who’s also a Kapampangan, I’m always on the look out for Filipino restaurant that served truly Pinoy dishes. 

Being a food adventurist who tasted different cuisine, nothing beats the Pinoy food. Fely J’s Restaurant is nothing but ordinary. The setting of the restaurant may simple but that simplicity embodied a woman who is graceful, natural and true.

I grew up loving the dish, sinigang. Fely J’s Restaurant Sinigang Pork Ribs should not a miss in our order. Fely J’s Sinigang Pork Rib soup is made up of natural bayabas fruit. The bayabas was puree to make as the base soup main ingredients, no artificial flavoring was used that’s why its so ______ (I don’t know how to explain it, but you really have to taste it so that you too will be speechless, this dish top my list).

Next, the Kare Kare Klab. To tell you the truth; with just the sauce itself and its vegetable, I’m done. Done meaning,” buhay na buhay na ko “. The sauce is made from scratch, meaning the peanut was grinded to serve as the sauce. The vegetable still maintain their crispiness. The meats are tender and I actually didn’t use the bagoong since it’s still flavorful. Five thumbs up to this dish.

For health conscious, there’s the Gule Magalang. So simple yet flavorful. Combining the leaves of three different vegetable with the pumpkin was a hit.

For meat lovers like my friend, she recommends the Lamb Kaldereta.

And don’t forget to order the Fely J’s Temple Crab, its spiciness will hit you like a bomb and you will ask for more.

Now, lets go to our dessert. Do ask for the Sikreto Ni Maria. The good old combination of manga and suman will never go wrong.

Fely J’s Kitchen, a restaurant dedicated to the memory of Felicidad de Jesus-Cruz, mother of the late restaurateur Larry J. Cruz, features Fely J’s treasured recipes which she picked up in her travels. The restaurant offers a variety of Filipino and Asian dishes served Fely J’s style: fresh, natural and attractive, just as she was herself, a pretty, adventurous woman who grew old gracefully without artificial touches.

2nd Level, Greenbelt 5, Ayala Center, Makati
Phone: 728-8878 or 728-8858
Business hours:
Monday – Sunday / 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
Seating capacity: 160

Rufo's Famous Tapa A. Venue: Now Open to take your Orders

If I say the word Rufo’s Famous Tapa, you will immediately think of tapa or tosilog or tapsilog right?

We are all familiar with their famous Rufo's Tapsilog when ever we dine in or have our take out at their Rufo’s Famous Tapa Makati in Kalayaan Branch for 29 years which was closed down recently because the landlord no longer renew the lease agreement. Well, wipe our those sad faces of yours because, Rufo’s Famous Tapa found a new home which is bigger and better in A. Venue Mall along Makati Ave.

 

Rufo's Famous Tapa A.Venue 

Yes, Rufo’s Famous Tapa can now be found in its current location in A. Venue Mall, Makati Ave 24/7. It’s a 2-level restaurant which can accommodate 150 people with multiple aircon and alfresco sections, function rooms for parties and seminars and a 2^nd floor balcony. Rufo’s A.Venue commits to maintain the same affordable prices, 24/7 operations and laid-back ambiance of the Kalayaan Ave. store while offering a safer (24-hour Security), more mainstream site beside well-known international cafes and restaurants.

Espressemente Cafe : Hot or Cold , It's the sure way to a Good Coffee

A good coffee seems to be the best way to end a feast. It seems I’m becoming addicted to coffee now a day. With so many variants to choice from whether hot or cold, Espressamente is a good place to go. Espressemente located in Rockwell is one of the four branches that you could find in the Metro. Placed near some of the other coffee shop, this dainty café reflects elegance and class. With an outdoor ambiance and comfortable setting, having a cup of coffee is a sure delight. I’m not surprised that even celebrities dine in Espressemente..  I was having a hard time choosing what to drink that we decided to let the smiling staff served their best. I got to taste almost everything that was put in our table. We shared everything for us to be able to get a taste of the best from Espressemente.

Chef Gusto's Pizza Plus : Everything served is at Plus Sizes

They say that we sometimes judge based on what we see this I beg to disagree. Based on my experience you have to have the courage to try or test or get to know one particular something before you say your piece and in this case, the restaurant.

Chef’s Gusto Pizza Plus is located at Concord Bldg. 2020 Salcedo Road cor Benavidez Legaspi Village Makati. The entrance door  is the first thing that I noticed immediately for it was not those I found in regular restaurant that’s made of glass and with all the fancy trimming, this door is made of fine solid wood that welcome every guest that comes in. The entire restaurant is oozing with class, elegance and sophistication and I would not argue if you will feel intimidated. But I have to say that intimidation is the least thing Chef’s Gusto Pizza Plus wants you to feel.  The intimidation stops on the set-up for the food is reasonable and there’s a big Plus that’s waiting for every guest that comes in.

Name that Binagoongan Contest by Binalot

Binalot, home of the ultimate Filipino food experience, recently added three new Pinoy meals to its menu: Kare-Kare, Binagoongan and Chicken Inasal. It has been Binalot's tradition to baptize its meals with witty, funny, catchy, and creative names -- names such as Sisig na Makisig, Tapa rap Sarap, Sinigang with a Bang, and so on. These names, while adding recall to Binalot's products, also reveals the Pinoy characteristic of being humorous and creative.

Stephanie Zubiri for HUROM SLOW JUICER

No one is ignoring Hurom and everyone who knows health would definitely know Hurom.

One of the country’s reputable Chef, Lifestyle Columnist and Business Entrepreneur Ms. Stephanie Zubiri recently inked a contract of endorsement for Zinven International Corporation, the exclusive distributor of HUROM Slow Juicer in the Philippines.