The food-filled summer weekend food fair is back on it’s 3rd year – Best Food Forward! It will fill your tummies on April 20-21, 2013 at the NBC Tent in Bonifacio Global City.

Opening as early as 10am,  Best Food Forward is expected to house over 6,000 food-lovers in this two-day stint. It will showcase various specialty food stalls, cooking demonstrations, celebrity chefs, showbiz guests, and of course, foodies like you and me!

Best Food Forward 2013

The events’ beneficiary will be the Unang Hakbang Foundation who hosts a weekly feeding for program kids. Chef Bruce Lim will also be doing a cooking demo on Saturday, April 20 at 2pm!

7 Food Stalls to Check Out

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  Earl Grey Almond Crips

  Delicakes by Joy

I love 2 things from Delicakes by Joy, the tea-infused pastries Flavored Macarons and the Earl Grey Almond Crips.

The former looks like a fusion of the traditional Filipino macarons and cupcakes which are moist to the taste inside and out. A box of original macaroons box of 12s mini costs P160; the assorted one is P180.

The latter is even better with its crispy texture hihglighted by my favorite almond slivers. It’s not cheap at P150 per 80 grams but the experience eating ’em is worth the amount.

Delicakes by Joy Tea-Infused Macaroon Flavors

• Kalookies

As simple as it looks, these fudge-centered cookies will grab your taste buds at first bite and leave you wanting for more. It comes in 3 flavors too!

Kalookies

• Our Kitchen

Our Kitchen provides varied food offerings but hihglighted their brownies and microwave-ready meal packs.

Our Kitchen Brownies and Meal Packs

• Mrs. Graham’s Bakery

Mrs. Graham’s Bakery has a gamut of macaroon surprises in different flavors.

Mrs. Graham’s Bakery Macaroons

• Kewpie Salad Dressings

And just when you thought, you’ve got ye our favorite salad dressings at home, wait ’til you taste Kewpie Salad Dressings in bottles.

Kewpie Salad Dressings

• Curly Pepitas Magic Drinks and More (Butter Beer)

From the creators of the famous Butter Beer in Mercato Centrale, they came up with new products such as the Speculoos Pulvoron, Speculoos Shake, and Speculoos Milktea

Curly Pepitas Speculoos Variants

• Eat My GF (Garlic Fries)

It’s not just the burger, the bacon or the ingredients, it’s the combinatin of them all which makes Eat My GF (Garlic Fries) stand out form the others. Take a big bite!

Eat My GF servings with Gold Leaf Tea to balance the fight 🙂

Best Food Forward Tickets:

Tickets to the event will be available on the day itself! Just go to NBC Tent to purchase your tickets! Entrance fee is just P 75 or get some tickets for free from NomNom Club! 🙂 Reminiscing about Best Food Forward 2012. 🙂

Partners and Sponsors:

Best Food Forward is partnered with Electrolux, Alaska Milk Corporation, Kewpie, Flyace Corporation, Jolly and Philips. Special thanks go to Gastro Chef, Mac Graphic Carranz, Outcomm, Gourmet Farms, Enzo’s Shawarma and Tapa King. Media partners include ClicktheCity, Lifestyle Network, Crossover 101.1, Nuffnang, Food, Appetite, Flavors, Yummy, Yummy.ph, the Asian Food Channel, Openrice.com, BusinessWorld, Highlife, Wedding Flavours, MyWeb.ph, Media Magnet, Herword.com, Zodio and When In Manila.

Delicakes by Joy

Best Food Forward
NBC TENT
8th avenue corner Katipunan Circle, Bonifacio Global City
(across the FORT STRIP, walking distance from ROX,Bonifacio High Street)
0917.8871933 or 2119644
www.bestfoodforward.com.ph
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Best-Food-Forward/148077355228746

See you at the NBC Tent for the Best Food Forward 2013 Summer Food Fair this weekend!

What do you call the act of devouring food at the Ultimate Taste Test event? – ‘Ultimate Taste Testing’. 🙂

Anton Diaz of Our Awesome Planet, NomNom, & Tricie (R-L)

Ok, I made that up.

A week after the Ultimate Taste Test 6.0, people have been asking how many food stalls was I able to try. And when I answer 51, they seemed to be amazed and ask how I did it.

It’s simple actually.

If you approach it mathematically, ~50 stalls in 5 hours is equal to 10 stalls per hour or 6 minutes per food stall. Thinking about it, 6 minutes is already a good rate which includes taking photos, lining up, and asking  a little background about the food from the owners.

Here are some tips on how I was able to make it through 51 of the 55 food stalls in Ultimate Taste Test 6.0:

1) Skip Breakfast – this readies your tummy with maximize space available. 🙂

2) Come Early – I came 15 mins. ahead of time. There were only a handful of people and you’ve got the food suppliers pulling you by the arm just to try their delicacies. You’ll never feel unwanted. 🙂

Conquering 51 Food Stalls at the Ultimate Taste Test 6 (2011)

3) Relax, Don’t Panic – Eat in pace, one at a time. You’re not in a race. Get rid of the greedy mentality and trust the organizers that they prepared enough food for everyone and that you will not run out of food to taste.

4) Take a Sip after every food stall visit – this helps clear your palate for objective tasting of the next, and pushes down the previous. You can also bring a water bottle just in case the event lacks beverage suppliers.

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5) Eat in Line – when rush hour strikes, you might find yourself waiting in line specially if the stall is a blockbuster hit. This is the best time to eat your haul from the previous stall. By the time you’re finished, your’re in front of the line. Efficiency is key. 🙂

6) Bring an Eating Buddy – (preferably with the same level of appetite)  nothing beats peer support. If you see your friend eating along with you, you will be more determined. Although I came by myself, we didn’t fall short of having the other food bloggers around for company (and critique).

7) Strategize – being my third UTT, I already learned from my previous mistakes. I utilized a different strategy this time. For the first hour (11am-12nn), I just took photos. The title should actually be 51 Stalls in 4 Hours. 🙂

8 ) Alternate Main Dishes and Desserts – my first approach was from left to right, but there came a point when there was a series of dessert food stalls which overwhelmed even my sweet tooth. I decided to drop my sequence and just remember to go back to the ones I skipped.

6 Ultimate Finds from the Ultimate Taste Test 6.0

This was my alternate title for this article. But since a lot of food bloggers already came out with theirs days ago. I surmised mine was old news.

Anyhow, so here’s NomNom Club‘s Top 6 Ulitmate Finds from the Ultimate Taste Test 6.0 last week:

Symphony of Flavors

6.)  Symphony of Flavors – Best Leche Flan Cheesecake ever! The goodness of Lech Flan and Cheesecake combined.

Carmen's Best - Holly's Milk and Ice Cream

5.)  Carmen’s Best – Using 100% fresh cow’s milk, I love the Salted Caramel Ice Cream.

Chef C's Paella

4.)  Chef C’s – I can’t remember if they served other dishes but I was extremely satisfied with their Paella De Andaluz.

Dek A Thai Authentic Cuisine

3.)  Dek A Thai Authentic Cuisine – The Popia and Thai Milk Tea were indeed authentic and very good. You’d want to dine in and ask for a full serving. 🙂

Luigi's

2.)  Luigi’s -  They almost made my top spot with their awesome Phillychangas and Chicken Cordon Bleu with Aligue Mayo. Yummy!

PinakBest

1.)  Pinakbest – Aptly named, Pinakbest was my pinaka-best pick with their Bagnet and Ilocos empanada. They also got the longest line.

But…but…I have  more recommendations! Allow me to give my next 6 as well:

Spring By Ha Yuan

7.)  Spring by Ha Yuan – Their Ka-Pao variants Pulled Pork, Beef Shortrib, and Monk’s Dream were a sight. I was only allowed to try one though – Beef Shortrib – and it was good!

Theo & Philo Artisan Chocolates

8.)  Theo & Philo Chocolate – these Artisan Chocolates come in interesting packages and chocolate flavors combined with the not-your-usual chocolate partners. 🙂

5 Loaves & 2 Fish

9.)  5 Loaves and 2 Fish – not sure if I should call it nachos or tortillas, but the baked chips were crunchy and the dips were interesting and flavorful

Chori Chori Burger Joint

10.)  Chori Chori Burger Joint – they got the Chori Burger taste from Boracay. You should try the Chori Burger with Egg.

The Sweet LIfe's 'Sweet Surrender'

11.)  The Sweet Life – You should try their “Sweet Surrender” which is a frozen soft meringue with custard and French Vanilla ice cream. It is held by a graham cracker crust.

Eat My GF (Garlic Fries)

12.)  Eat My GF – Aside from the interesting name, it’s basically Garlic French Fries at it’s best.

An additional special mention would be  Chef Bruce Lim’s Chef Table’s Buco Pie Martini for its creativeness. 🙂

Chef's Table Buco Pandan Martini

For more photos of the other exhibitors, check out the photo albums in our NomNom Club Facebook fanpage.

Ultimate Taste Test 6

And those are my 13 Top Picks form the recent Ultimate Taste Test 6 and how I made it through 51 of them in 5 hours. See you next year! 🙂