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In conclusion to the recent Yummy 2010 Planner giveaway, Yummy Magazine Associate Publisher Ms. Fran Haw has sent her winning choice comment-entry earlier.

She was initially torn between three entries including Stonibert Lim‘s and Don‘s. However, there should only be one winner, and that is — Ms. Iris Pulga with her winning comment-entry as early as the first day of the contest:

Yummy 2010 Planner Contest Winner

Congratulations Iris! You will be contacted via your comment & subscription  email (which means you will also be receiving this email post  🙂 ).

Thank you all for participating, subscribing and being Facebook Fanpage and Facebook group members! You will be updated with the latest nomnom adventures, contests, and tips for the whole of 2010!

Happy New Year 2010!

Ok, it’s nowehere near physical birthpains, but NomNom Club freshly started September 09, 2009 (09/09/09). And just like giving birth, starting a new blog has it’s own share of quirks and smirks. But thanks to your support, we have managed.

And as we start the new year of 2010, I foresee a bigger and better NomNom Club. 🙂 With more than 70 blog subscribers and more than 100 fans in Facebook and our  Facebook group in barely four months, we are thankful for your appreciation.

We plan to give more servings of your favorite restaurant features in the metro. Sharing recipes is also on our wishlist. Expect more contests as well to make things more exciting for you guys. 🙂

Nomnomnom....food

And hopefully, a food tour for our first anniversary on September 2010.

Please do continue to support NomNom and I as we dine and share with you our nomnoms.

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Bigaten sa 2010!

That is NomNom Club’s slogan for this year – ‘Bigaten’ sa 2010! 🙂

‘Bigaten,’ a conundrum or play of words from ‘bigatin,’ can literally mean ‘to get Big.’

I think this is an apt slogan for the year as it imbibes a positive outlook, plus the fact that this is a food blog where getting physically big is not a far-fetched result. But we’ll make sure to keep watch of our weights to stay healthy. 🙂

Happy New Year!

Mini Stop's Ube Halaya Sundae

While walking along the streets of Makati the other night, I passed-by Mini-Stop along Pasong Tamo to satisfy my usual craving for cheap soft serve ice cream.

The last one I had was when it was still the Hershey’s Chocolate sundae flavor (which is yummy by the way).

To my surprise, I saw an ube colored poster and asked details about it. It turned out that it’s a new flavor which just started last Dec 28 in all of their branches – it’s Ube Halaya Sundae!

However, it’s on a Limited offer basis and most probably would only last for a week or two. So hurry up!

It seems that Mini-Stop is just testing the market for the flavor. It may come back later on if it does well.

Ube Halaya or Halaya Ube is a rich dark lavender purple color of sweet yam-jams usually stored in bottles found in local grocery shelves. It is  made from a variety of sweet potato called purple yam (ube)

almost done 🙂

more Ube Halaya Sundae

It almost tastes like its real ice cream counterpart.

At P15 (USD 0.33), Mini-Stop‘s Ube Halaya Sundae is love. 🙂

Just have it in moderation though; powder-based soft serve ice-cream/sundae are not exactly healthy food. One Ube Halaya Sundae per day would do. 🙂 (kidding!) Nomnomnom….

As we greet the new year of 2010 in a few days, Yummy Magazine and Nomnom will be giving away a Yummy 2010 Planner to a Nomnom email subscriber participant!

You must have been seen a Yummy Planner 2010 in most bookstore magazine stands recently together with their new released cookbooks Yummy Meals in Minutes, So-easy Sweets, and Weekend Cooking!

Yummy 2009 Cookbooks

Simply answer “What’s your favorite Yummy magazine issue for 2009 and why?” 🙂

Leave your reply in the comment section below from today until 11:59pm of January 2, 2010. Make sure to put your subscribed email address in the comment form so we can check your email addy if you are indeed a NomNomClub.com subscriber as part of the requirement.

If you are not yet a NomNomClub.com subscriber, submit your email below.

You may also want to become a NomNom Club Facebook Fanpage member here =>

or NomNom Club Facebook Group here =>
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Yummy Magazine Associate Publisher Fran Haw herself will be selecting the winning comment/answer on January 3! Winner will be announced in this blog as a new post on the evening of January 3, 2009.

Or how about a Starbucks Limited Edition USB or Starbucks Planner 2010

Have a happy new year with a new Yummy 2010 Planner! 🙂

Together with three fellow food bloggers Az, Melo, & Arpee, we guested in a cooking show entitled “Secrets of the Masters.” It was an honor to be one of the food tasters for the dishes prepared personally by Chef Sau Del Rosario.

Chef Sau Del Rosario

Briefly, Chef Sau Del Rosario is one of the country’s young top chef who first came into light when he was with M Cafe back in 2004. He now has his own Thai restaurant in Angeles called “Kingdom“.

Secrets of the Masters audience

He prepared 4 dishes namely

• Century Tuna Thai Fish Cakes
• French Brie Cake with Candied Fruits and Nuts
• Roasted Duck with Creamy Orange Sauce
• Mixed Berry  Trifle with Mascarpone Cheeze

Century Tuna Thai Fish Cakes

However, we were only able to stay for the first two since we have another errand to attend to.

Nonetheless, the experience was something else as we sampled the Century Tuna Thai Fish Cakes fresh from the chef’s kitchen. The tuna was chunkier as expected from a premium red label century tuna (the one used by Chef Sau).

French Brie Cake with Candied Fruits and Nuts

The French Brie Cake with candied fruits and nuts was a real eye candy and fitting for the holiday season.

There was no cooking involved. Chef Sau simply placed the fruits and nuts at the bottom followed by the French Brie filling the whole container. he finally turned it upside down, removed the tin and taraan…the Feench Cake with candied fruits and nuts. 🙂 I loved how the French cheese was slightly sweet and not eccentric.

Above is a collection of short clips from the show.

Chef Sau Del Rosario at 'Secrets of the Masters' Cooking Show

So please do watch out for the airing of this show on December 20, 2009 at QTV 11, Sunday, 7:30pm. Secrets of the Masters air at this time every week. See us savor Chef Sau Del Rosario‘s Century Tuna Thai Fish Cakes and the French Brie Cake. 🙂

Choco Walnut Fudge

I was ecstatic a few weeks ago upon knowing that Red Ribbon will be releasing their second ‘premium’ cake – the indulgent Choco Walnut Fudge.

The first one – Coffee Walnut Bavarian – became my instant favorite when it came out early this year.

Aside from the fact that it’s from Red Ribbon, the Choco Walnut Fudge was made more special since it used Hershey’s dark chocolate.

All these premium qualities earned this new cake from Red Ribbon the title “a 5-star  Indulgent Dessert.”

Red Ribbon's Choco Walnut Fudge

Slice of Choco Walnut Fudge

A creamy layer of chocolate mousse rests on the lower brownie cake both loaded with fudge and chopped walnuts all over.

Surrounding the cake is Hershey’s  dark chocolate ganache. Even the sprinkles on top and long chocolate curls around it are all made with Hersheys.

Yumm…

Aside from Hershey’s dark chocolate, I think it’s the chocolate mousse which caught my tastebuds. I’ve always loved the chocolate mousse cake.

Choco Walnut Fudge Cake with Hershey's Dark Chocolate

Hurry! Catch your own Choco Walnut Fudge soon since its only offered this holiday season! It retails at P680 in one size. Nomnomnom…

Last night’s dinner was made of Yummy, figuratively and literally. Yummy foodie magazine invited a group of foodies, including Nomnom, for an intimate dinner at Tosco in Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City.

Tosco, Dusit Thani Hotel

And who would say no to an intimate dinner invite by a food magazine? It’s almost sure, the food would be great. And I was not mistaken.

Potato Sour Creme Soup

Potato-Sour Creme Soup

For soup appetizer, we had potato-sour creme soup.

It was good and creamy. The lemon grilled shrimp slices even made it better.

I found the initally served bread complimentary to its rich taste and I cleaned up my bowl to the last drop.

I think the leaves on top is tarragon – an aromatic Eurasian herb for seasoning.

Tosco Bread

Stuffed Chicken Breast

Chicken Breast with a Surprise

The main entree looked like a simple chicken breast but I found a surprise marinated apricot and orange cinnamon couscous at its center. The serving of rice is also worth mentioning with its citrus-like aftertaste and scent. It was something new to my taste buds and I found it pleasing. Stems of green asparagus lined the plate.

Couscous is a north African dish usually characterized by steamed semolina and meat; in this case chicken meat.

Chicken breast with Orange Cinnamon and Apricot

Trilogie

Yes, you read it right – it ended with ‘gie.’ The dinner was concluded with a trilogie of vanilla, red wine creme, and caramelized mango. It was the goodness of dessert times three.

Tosco Trilogie: Vanilla, Red Wine Creme, & Caramelized Mango

The vanilla was prepared light and covered with shreds of crispy barquillos. Lovely.

It was my first time to taste a red wine creme and I loved its softness with hint of strawberry. Although I think I’m alone with this conclusion since the plates of those around me left the red wine creme half-consumed.

The caramelized mango was, well, caramelized mango.

Although a combination of three desserts sound overwhelming, I surprisingly found it wanting. The three were all sweet but it was not overdone. Simply said, I cleaned the plate.

Tosco's Caffe Latte

And just like after any sweets, a good cup of coffee is always appreciated after.

Yummy Planner 2010

Yummy Magazine - December Issue

It was a good way of celebrating the holidays and the blessed year of 2009 for Yummy Magazine as they release the Yummy 2010 Planner and 3 new cookbooks namely YUMMY Meals in Minutes, YUMMY So-easy Sweets, and YUMMY Weekend Cooking.

The Yummy Planner 2010 is now sold in major bookstores at P250 while the cookbooks are at an affordable price of P100 each.

Their December issue is also now out with cooking tips for Christmas like how to have a delicious and inexpensive Noche Buena. They are also adding new sections to the magazine and website Yummy.ph. Something to look forward to in 2010. Check it out here.

Tosco Wine Bar, Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City

More photos of Yummy Christmas Dinner.

We also shared a good chat over dinner with fellow foodies Fran, Az, and new friends Oggie & Ferdz of HappyFoodies.com, among others. It was also nice to see Anton of Our Awesome Planet again and Joey of Table for Three Please, for the first time. It was a Yummy dinner indeed!

Merry Christmas! Indeed, cold mornings and hot coffee for breakfast is in season! As a treat for the holidays, NomNom Club is giving away a Limited Edition Starbucks USB thumb drive simply by creating your Christmas Wishlist of 5, similar to Facebook’s Wishlist which is five.

Simply create your wishlist consisting of 5 items and post it in your own blogs. In not less than 100 words, give it some story or narration for that creative touch. Place a link to NomNomClub.com and you’re good!

Submit your full name and blog’s URL/link to admin<at>NomNomClub.com anytime from today upto 11:59pm of  January 4, 2010. I’ll choose the best entry based on the following criteria:

White Starbucks USB Thumb Drive

Creativity of Story & Writing Style -  60%

Overall Impact – 30%

The Uniqueness of your 5-Item Wishlist  – 10%

The contest is open to anyone residing in the Philippines with a valid local address. The Starbucks USB 512mb thumb drive will be couriered to the winner anywhere in the Philippines for free.

The winner will be contacted through the email address he/she will use in sending the link.

Starbucks Christmas Wishlist Contest

If you’re not much fond of the original Limited Edition Starbucks USB, you may want to participate in the Starbucks Planner 2010 contest; or better – join both!

So what are you waiting for? Create that short blog entry, link to NomNomClub.com, and send that email to join NomNomClub.com’s Christmas Wishlist Contest and get that Limited Edition Starbucks USB!