Free Shanghai Rolls from Astro

Here’s a treat for the CD, DVD and Blu-Ray lovers!

Get a free Classic Savory Shanghai Rolls when you purchase CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray from Astro!

Promo Mechanics:

-For a minimum purchase of PHP500.00 from Astroplus/Astrovision (single receipt), customer will receive a “Free Savory Shanghai Rolls” with any amount purchase at Classic Savory.

-To redeem, present Astroplus receipt at the following participating Classic Savory Branches.

-Customers must purchase at Savory with no minimum required.

-Promo is valid for dine-in and cash transactions only.

LIST OF PARTICIPATING SAVORY BRANCHES:
1. SM Mall of Asia - GF entertainment mall
2. Robinsons Ermita - Level 1, adriatico wing
3. SM North - GF Main building
4. SM San Lazaro - UGF near entertainment plaza
5. SM Pampanga - GF main building
6. Ali Mall - GF along Time Square Ave.
7. Glorietta 4 - 3rd Flr. Food Choices
8. One E-com Center - GF Mall of Asia
9. Landmark (Makati) - Upper Basement
10. Greenhills - 2nd Flr. Greenhills theater mall
11. SM Clark - GF
12. SM Sta. Mesa - UGF
13. SM Hypermarket Pasig - GF beside watsons
14. SM Lipa - GF
15. SM Baguio - UGF
16. Cash & Carry - Level 1
17. Alabang Town Center - 2nd Flr. Food Choices
18. Festival Mall - GF
19. SM Center Las Piñas - UGF
20. MarQuee Mall - Level 2 facing marquee park
21. The LINK - GF beside landmark makati
22. Robinsons Metro East - GF
23. SM Rosario - GF
24. SM Manila - UGF
25. SM Megamall - Bldg. A Lower GF
26. ETON Cyberpod Corinthian - UGF
27. Robinsons Cybergate Cebu - Level 1, near Chong Hua
28. SM Cebu - 2nd Flr. Main Building
29. SM Tarlac - 2nd Flr.
30. Pavilion Mall - Bldg. B GF
31. SM Bicutan - Bldg. B UGF
32. SM Adriatico - GF beside harrison plaza
33. SM Rosales - GF
34. SM San Pablo - GF
35. SM Calamba - GF
36. SM Novaliches - GF
37. Landmark (Trinoma) - Food Center
38. SM Marilao - GF
39. Robinsons Forum - 2nd flr
40. SM Davao – GF

Promo period is from April 2 to June 2, 2012!

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For the Love of Lomi

The first time I had a taste of a Batangas lomi was when Danilo and I traversed Mt. Maculot last year. We arrived so early in Cuenca, and with grumbling stomachs we walked inside the only open karinderia at that time. The lomi wasn't so nice, though, at least according to my taste buds. Thick, thick soup topped with big pieces of chicharon baboy wasn't really my type.

So when I attended a wedding in Rosario last April and the group I was with decided to try the lomi at the karinderia near the church while waiting for the wedding to start, I refused to order upon seeing that it was the same as the one I have tasted in Cuenca.

It was a different story in Anilao, though. I actually Googled about the place the night before I went there and read about how good Anilao lomi was. And since I was going near Philpan Dive Resort, someone recommended that I try the lomi of the karinderia to the left of Philpan. Knowing that it was different from the Cuenca and Rosario lomi, I ordered a bowl for P35.00 and was surprised.

The "presentation" made it look tempting, and the taste was as good as it looked.

Eggs, pork liver, veggies, chicharon... I was even surprised to see of hotdogs on it. The lomi came with slices of calamansi which you could use as much depending on how asim you prefer your lomi to be.

My small appetite wouldn't usually finish a bowl of noodles that big, but this one I almost did. And it was so heavy in the tummy that I passed on lunch that day.

Savoring the taste of Anilao lomi beside the window with billowing curtains overlooking the sea on a rainy Friday morning is something I would like to do over again.

And I guess I would really be coming back that part of Anilao someday soon. For the lomi, yes, but also for something else I failed to do while there.

PS:
Happy end of Ramadan to my Muslim friends and to all the Muslims out there!

No More Minimum Purchase Order

If you're like me who is so tamad to cook and almost always doesn't like what's inside the ref, then you're probably fond of food delivery, too. But sometimes like when I'm alone late at night and only want a burger and fries, parang it's so hard to have something delivered because of the minimum amount of purchase these food stores usually have for deliveries. Like sometimes I have to order 5 cheeseburgers (even if I can only consume 1) just so I can have it delivered.

I need not grieve anymore, though, because McDonald's has lifted the minimum order for delivery! And no matter how small or big your orders are, the delivery charge is just Php 40! Yes, it is fixed.

Now I don't have to order 4 extra burgers. I can order just one and have it delivered!

It's not nationwide yet, though. This is only limited (for now) to the following areas: Metro Manila, Antipolo, San Pedro, Laguna, Laguna Bel-Air, Tarlac, Lipa, Batangas, Cebu and Davao. But of course they'll expand it to more areas soon.

To enjoy no-minimum-order delivery, just dial 8-McDO (8-6236) or log on to mcdelivery.com.ph.

No More Minimum Purchase Order

If you're like me who is so tamad to cook and almost always doesn't like what's inside the ref, then you're probably fond of food delivery, too. But sometimes like when I'm alone late at night and only want a burger and fries, parang it's so hard to have something delivered because of the minimum amount of purchase these food stores usually have for deliveries. Like sometimes I have to order 5 cheeseburgers (even if I can only consume 1) just so I can have it delivered.

I need not grieve anymore, though, because McDonald's has lifted the minimum order for delivery! And no matter how small or big your orders are, the delivery charge is just Php 40! Yes, it is fixed.

Now I don't have to order 4 extra burgers. I can order just one and have it delivered!

It's not nationwide yet, though. This is only limited (for now) to the following areas: Metro Manila, Antipolo, San Pedro, Laguna, Laguna Bel-Air, Tarlac, Lipa, Batangas, Cebu and Davao. But of course they'll expand it to more areas soon.

To enjoy no-minimum-order delivery, just dial 8-McDO (8-6236) or log on to mcdelivery.com.ph.

A Dead Rat

The worst "foreign object" I found in food was a strand of kinky hair in my pancake. Oh well, it was in Jollibee where I've experienced other food mishandling prior to that. I keep on coming back, though, because it's the nearest fastfood I can go to everytime I'm in that area.

But the kinky hair is nothing compared to what a Romanian found in his salami.



A dead rat! Waaaaa! Ewww!

The company (Tabco Campofrio Romania) who made the salami says it's a sabotage! I would have that as a reason, too, had that happened to me.


Via Ananova