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We hereby declare this whole week a Nomnom Promos Week. We will be featuring five food and restaurant related promos, discounts and freebies within these seven days!

We’ll start with the soon-ending Coca-Cola Jollibee UAAP Bottles Promo.

Even with the recent UAAP season concluded, continue to flaunt your school spirit with 72^nd UAAP season’s hot collectibles, the limited edition Coca-Cola Jollibee UAAP bottles!

Jollibee has extended this offering until October 15 31, 2009. UAAP fans and supporters can take home the eight uniquely designed bottles for free by simply ordering any Jollibee Burger Value Meal with Double Go Large upgrade of your fries and Coke!

The limited-edition Coca-Cola UAAP bottles eye-catching designs  are inspired from the competing UAAP squads—the Adamson Falcons, Ateneo Blue Eagles, De La Salle Green Archers, Far Eastern University Tamaraws, National University Bulldogs, University of the East Red Warriors, University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons and the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers.

Complete your Coca-Cola Jollibee UAAP bottle collection now!

Krispy Kreme Philippines initially provided relief efforts for victims of typhoon Ondoy in their own simple way by giving away free doughnuts to typhoon victims and relief operation volunteers as part of its immediate action.

As a follow up, they are holding a special day tomorrow in their branches. They are encouraging everyone to help them in their fund raising efforts to provide relief for Ondoy victims, by simply purchasing an Original Glazed doughnut this coming Sunday, October 11, 2009.

For every Original Glazed doughnut you buy, the sale will automatically go to Krispy Kreme’s relief fund which will distributed to the Philippine National Red Cross–Rizal Chapter and ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya.

Krispy Kreme is inviting you to join hands with them in rising from this occasion and prove that heroism is truly a Filipino trait.

You may visit the following stores on October 11 to join the fund raising –

• Bonifacio High Street
• SM Megamall
• Greenhills Drive-Thru
• Trinoma Mall
• SM Mall of Asia Main Mall and Drive-Thru
• Robinsons Galleria
• Gateway Mall Ground Floor and Cinema Level
• Glorietta 4
• The Annex SM North EDSA
• SM Fairview Annex

I”ll be at the KK BHS branch. 🙂

Here in the Philippines, the Chinese community is usually in a festive mood even a week before the Chinese Mooncake Festival. But this year, I hardly saw mooncake in our dining table.

October 3 passed just like any usual Saturday.

Aside from the given economic crunch, the gloomy atmosphere is part of the recovery phase from the recent typhoon Ondoy.

Nonetheless, that doesn’t stop this food blog from sharing a bite from the Chinese’s Mooncake Festival culture.

The Mooncake Festival, also referred to as the Mid-Autumn Festival, marks the end of a good harvest season for the farmers.

Regarded as a legal holiday by the Chinese, it is annually held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar. This year, it fell on an early October on our local calendar.

Wikipedia.org describes it as

“…a date that parallels the autumn and spring Equinoxes of the solar calendar“

The festivity references to the ‘moon’ in the famous Chinese pastry in festivals – the ‘Mooncake‘. The Chinese term is pronounced as “yuèbÄ­ng” with a literal English translation of “Moon biscuit“. Generally about the size of a palm and half way thick. Dense, heavy and regularly rounded. Sweet in taste and at about Php 60 a piece, fillings vary from ordinary mongo to the premium lotus seed paste. It’s never a real mooncake without the egg yolk inside symbolizing the full moon.

Last Year’s Mooncake Festival

Last year, we ate out at a Chinese restaurant and played the traditional Mooncake Festival Dice Game after meal. Yes, at the restaurant; they allowed us. 🙂

The Mooncake Festival Dice Game is characterized by a group of people surrounding a round table throwing 6 dice in a glass bowl. The players take turns. Each numeric and die-color combination results has corresponding values with all-four dice (all six dice has the mark of four red dots in each) as the highest.

Prizes are traditionally mooncakes and hopia while more affluent families give away bigger prizes or ampao (cash in red envelopes).

I remember during that time last year, it was the height of the the melamine issue. Despite that, we still used hopia. We just made sure we got it from a credible melamine-free source.

* Mooncake image and some info sourced from Wikipedia.

All our relatives enjoyed the Chinese Mooncake Festival. Hopefully, we could have a repeat of that next year.

In celebration of the launch of its newest cake, Red Ribbon is once again holding an online writing contest for the online community. Simply share an experience you and your family had with the new Red Ribbon White Forest cake with the theme “A Deliciously Memorable Dessert Experience with the new Red Ribbon White Forest cake“.

Entries will be accepted from now until Oct 17, 2009. Announcement of winners will be on Oct 24, 2009.

Qualifications:
1) This blog writing contest is open to all Philippine-based bloggers and online writers who love the Red Ribbon White Forest cake.

Mechanics:

1) Write a blog about an experience you and your family had with the new Red Ribbon White Forest cake with the theme “A Deliciously Memorable Dessert Experience with the new Red Ribbon White Forest cake“.

2) The blog entry should contain at least 250 words.

3) The title should contain the words ‘White Forest’.

4) The words ‘Red Ribbon’ and ‘White Forest’ should be present, at least once, anywhere in the whole article/blog. At least once, the word ‘Red Ribbon’ should be a link to http://www.redribbonbakeshop.com.ph

5) The blog should contain at least one photo relevant to the article. The White Forest cake should be inclusive in the photo. The product could simply be part of a bigger picture. (e.g. Mother feeding her daughter with a slice of the cake).

By uploading the photo in the blog, the writer/blogger guarantees that he/she has the copyright to use the photo. This is to avoid any copyright issues. Many photo may be placed in the article, but only the first one would be considered in judging.

6) One blogger can only post one entry in one blog. But he/she can post many different entries in his /her different blogs. One blog- one entry policy. However, a blogger can only win once and win the higher price.

Criteria for Judging:
Concept & Creativity : 40%
Writing Style : 20%
Photo Relevance : 20%
Over-all Impact : 20%

Prizes:
1st Place: P3000 worth of Red Ribbon Gift Certificates
2nd Place: P2000 worth of Red Ribbon Gift Certificates
3rd Place: P1400 worth of Red Ribbon Gift Certificates

Judges:
Red Ribbon Management

Submission:
The entries could be posted in your blogs anytime from Oct. 01 to 17, 2009. The winners will be announced on Oct 24, 2009.

Submit your specific blog entry URL to admin@NomnomClub.com and carbon copy mari.aldecoa@redribbonbakeshop.com.ph with the subject: “A Memorable Dessert Experience” Also include in the email body your Name, Blog, & Mobile Number/s for easy communication when you win.

The winning entries or their links may also get published at the official Red Ribbon Website and White Forest Facebook Fan Page later on.

Dates to Remember:
Oct 01 – 17 – Contest Proper
Oct 17 – Last Date of Submission
Oct 19-23 – Judging
Oct 24 – Announcement of winners

Winners shall be contacted through their email to indicate in which Red Ribbon branch nationwide they wish to pick up the gift certificates.

Start sharing your experience with the new Red Ribbon White Forest cake now!

The “Best about C2 Life” music-video making contest finals night was an evening of music and finalist video viewing!

Hosts Nikki Gil and Monica Yncierto

C2 Cool and Clean Green Tea’s create-your-own music video competition enjoined crowds with great music last Friday at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall. The event showcased the creations of the country’s young and talented minds, as well as dynamic performances from some of today’s top bands Sinosikat, Pedicab, Kyla, and Imago.

Kyla

C2 Music Video finals night was hosted by MYX VJs Nikki Gil and Monica Yncierto and aired via the Myx channel Along with the exciting live band performances. Audiences got to watch their top 10 favorite music video entries that featured C2’s Best About Life song by Sinosikat and expressed living life to the fullest through various ways.

The competition drew massive interest and participation through the contest portal in Multiply.com (www.thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com).

Winners

The winning entry “Experience the C2 Life!” (alternate  video source) with the highest score from the judges and the highest number of online votes took home P150,000 in cash and C2 products worth P20,000. It was submitted by the group of Peter Ian Mancao and Angelo Agojo . The group is from Cebu. Included in the team is fellow blogger McBilly.

The winning video:

The 1st runner up received a P100,000 cash prize and P10,000 worth of C2 products, while the 2nd runner up took home P50,000 cash and P5,000 worth of C2 goodies. The other 7 finalists walked away with P10,000 each.

Best About C2 Life - 1st Runner Up

Best About C2 Life - 2nd Runner Up

Here are the links of the other 9 winners:

Sinosikat

• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/202 C2_VIDEO_CONTEST_BEST_ABOUT_C2_LIFE_Mindanao_Cagayan_de_Oro
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/70/Ballad_Version_-_Best_about_Life
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/39/The_Best_about_C2_life_0001.wmv
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/220/Best_About_Life_by_Matthew_Baguinon
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/30/100_Best_About_Life
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/159/The_Best_About_Life_by_Barong_Tagalog_Inc.mp4
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/90/Very_Nice
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/54/C2_Life_even_these_tough_times_Pinoy_Style_ver.2_by_REPACOL
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/199/Loving_the_C2_Life

More photos HERE. Want to use the photos? You may contact admin@NomnomClub.com

C2 Cool and Clean Green Tea’s create-your-own music video competition music was inspired by the appeal of online video in today’s generation. It’s theme was celebrating creativity, music and the best things in life, as C2 advocates holistic well-being and encourages consumers to live life to the fullest with simple yet meaningful joys and inspirations. Although it was the night before typhoon Ondoy came, it was memorable for all and the winners. 🙂

This article was created in response to the recent Philippine tropical storm Ondoy (International Name: Kestana) which intensely hit Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

These are the times when you are caught unaware or unprepared. Typhoon Ondoy hit the Philippines Sept. 26 and in a few hours, most of Metro Manila is in deep water.

It received more than a month’s amount of rain in less than 24hrs.

Either you were stranded in school, in the roof of your house or simply can’t get out of your house due to floods (like in my case), you would want to have enough supply of food nearby while waiting for rescue.

I always advise my relatives to stock up on extended-perishable goods like canned goods, biscuits and bottled water or juices.

I grew up with my over cautious mom who would stock up more than a month’s worth of grocery at home; always. Our cabinets were always full of powdered canned milk, canned goods, instant noodles, supplies, and the likes.

She was like that because she went through World War II in the Philippines. They experienced how be frightened amidst bombing and soldiers’ guns. Situations where you would not want to get out of your house. Food is one of their blanket of security.

Stock up in your Homes

Going back to the main topic of this article, you should also learn how to stock up food in your house. Since we know food is perishable, we can store products with a longer lifespan such as canned goods (meat loaf and sardines), instant noodles, biscuits (crackers), bottled water, and juices.

Most of these products might not be as healthy as fresh cooked food, but in times of calamities where electricity is out and your cooking gas supply is running low, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Others may argue that these storms usually just last a day or two. With the ongoing climate change, who knows?

Or perhaps what if a war breaks up. Less likely and hopefully not, but nonetheless possible.

Just remember to check the expiration dates of the products at least about once a month since these are still perishable goods. Use them up and replenish with new ones when necessary.

Stock up in your Cars

The Philippines is known for its heavy traffic in the metropolis. Aside from these, you would be thankful for a ready food when you are stuck in your car during flood for an extended amount of time.

The same items are applicable for your storage in cars like biscuits and water bottles. Just note that the plastic water bottles do expire; and the chemical reaction with the plastic occurs much faster in heat (since cars are usually exposed to daytime heat especially when parked). You just have to change them in shorter spans of time.

Canned goods are a definite no-no in cars. The metal encasement will react with the food, hence, “do not expose to direct sunlight”

Others may complain that it’s hard to maintain. But when the time comes that you need one, it’s better to have food than none.

In another note, click here for Emergency Numbers and Current Relief Operations.

These kinds of storms and calamities will happen again. And it can be stronger and worse than what we just experienced. I hope that is enough of a wake up call to all who pollute the environment and abuse mother nature.

Nomnom is 1-week old! And for your support since 09-09-09, we are thankful! Thank You! 🙂

Nov.12 UPDATE: Check the winners here!

With the upcoming National Thank You Day on October 20 November, 2009, NomnomClub, with the support of Toblerone and GeiserMaclang, is sponsoring a “Thank You” themed online photo contest for Nomnom readers. 🙂

1. 

   Thank You Day

   Simply submit a photo shot by you which answers ‘How do you spread the sweetness of gratitude?‘ (1 Photo is 1 entry).

2. Upload your entries in your own sites (facebook, multiply, blogs). You may link to this blog contest entry.
3. Post the link of your photo entries/article in the comments section below so I can check them out.
4. Register in www.thankyoudayphilippines.com and post your photos in the gallery section as well. (read site competition mechanics).

It’s that simple!

This contest will run until OctNov.10. By OctNov.12, I will select my 5 winners who would each receive a TY kit.

The organizers would then choose their Top 3 from all who will submit in the website.

On October 15November, 2009, the Top 3 winners will be announced in thankyoudayphilippines.com and receive a Toblerone gift pack each. They will also be recognized during the TYDay awards 🙂

National Thank You Day with Toblerone and Nomnom

Lastly,  join Toblerone and Nomnom as we celebrate the National Thank You Day Awards on October 20 November 20, 2009 at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall.

For more information on the National Thank You Day and Toblerone, visit www.thankyoudayphilippines.com HERE or the Thank You Day Philippines Facebook page here.

The Peninsula Manila turns 33 this Monday, Sept. 14, since it started in 1976. They decided to commemorate their roots by going back to it. The old prices, that is.

From 12:01pmam to 11:59pm, The Lobby of The Peninsula Manila brings back the prices of their signature Halo-halo Harana to P33 only – just as it was way back then!

Other than their Halo-halo Harana, they are including Pancit Luglog, and Schueblig from its menu as these three represent the hotel’s iconic items. Nomnomnom!

Halo-halo Harana, Pancit Luglog, and Schueblig has been offered in the Hotel since 1976. You could say that these are their classics.

“It’s what keeps our patrons coming back year after year. It’s actually an extensive list but we wanted to keep things simple so we decided to trim it down to something more manageable.” adds hotel food and beverage director, Laurent le Deu.

Pleas do take note thought that:

The Lobby 1976 Price Rollback promotion accepts reservations but will be on a first-come/first serve basis. Added conditions to the promotion: drinks and items not on the rollback list will be regularly priced; transactions will not accept marketing tie-up discounts, there will be no takeout; all three items must be ordered and consumed at The Lobby, and orders will not be shared.

News Source:
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/219814/rollback-1976
http://www.tribune.net.ph/life/20090912lif6.html
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=503743&publicationSubCategoryId=81
Thanks to Arvin for the heads up.

Sept 14 12:01am Update: I just called up Manila Pen and there are a number of people right now (start of the  promo). The one who answered also confirmed that there is no phone reservation as of that moment and solely on fist-come, first-serve basis. The P33 halo-halo would total to about P40 including tax and service charge.

Manila Peninsula

*Halo-halo photo is not actual product. For illustration purposes only.

Reserve now! For any inquiries on The Peninsula Manila P33 promo, you can reach them at, 887 2888 extension 6694 or email diningpmn@peninsula.com.