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April 26th, 2010 — Affairs, Coffee Shops, Cravings, Dessert, Makati, Ortigas, places, Promos / Events, Restaurants, Sweet Shops, The Fort, Where To Eat
After the two weeks of guessing game among NomNom Club subscribers, NomNom’s favorite is finally revelaed – the Starbucks Apple Fritter Doughnut! 🙂
Thank you to all the 87 subscribers who participated. They had a 33% chance of getting the right answer having to choose from among the 3 doughnuts.
Starbucks Doughnuts
I loved the apple fritters because of the apple bits and flavor and the hint of cinnamon combined. The old fashioned glaze was fine but I fancied the apple fritter more. The chocolate old fashion glaze was really just the chocolate version of the former. 🙂 It tastes ok too, nonetheless.
If the sugar coating is too much for you, I have a tip – take some off literally, to feel less guilty. 🙂
The Starbucks Top Pot Doughnuts will be available in all Starbucks Philippines Coffee shops starting May 3, 2010.
The Winners
From among the 87 entries, there were a number which had missing wall posts so they had to be validated. About 10% had to be disqualified. And From among the 70++ remaining, 23 guessed the Aple Fritters choice.
That’s about 30%! More than half of the answers were the original Glazed Old Fashioned Doughnut and the chocolate version came in last with the least number of guesses.
Starbucks Doughnuts Finalists A
Starbucks Contest Finalists B
So the 23 entries were subjected to the random list generator in Random.org where three winners were selected from those coming out on top of the list (click images above for larger image).
Congratulations to:
1 Michelle – hushbaby**@yahoo.com
2 Myla Naig – mylasue**@yahoo.com
3 Roy Kabiling – troy_machinto**@yahoo.com
Guess My Fave Starbucks Doughnut Contest
You will be notified by email based on your email subscription next week where your Philippine-based addresses will be requested. Starbucks Philippines will then courier the Starbucks Gift Certificates each of you will receive.
Starbucks Top Pot Doughnuts
Thank you once again for participating in our NomNom Club contest. If you haven’t subscribed in our email list, please do so HERE. You would get updated on our latest foodie news and contests. You may also want to join our Facebook Page and join the NomNom Club.
The Starbucks Doughnuts will be available in all Starbucks Philippines coffee shops starting May 3, 2010. Try the Apple Fritters! 🙂
April 25th, 2010 — Appetizer, Cravings
Pringles recently introduced three new ‘Flavors of the Sea‘ for the summer.
Pringles Crab, Seaweed, Shrimp Flavors
In time for the season’s road trips and beach vacations, theĂ‚Â three new flavors from Pringles are the Soft-shell Crab flavor, Grilled Shrimp, and the Seaweed flavor.
Ok, at first, they really sounded weird for Pringles to have seafood flavors that we usually order from a regular restaurant. Imagine a crab and shrimp flavored Pringles? Much more – seaweed?
Nonetheless, I braved the unfamiliarity and tried it out. 🙂 By the way, my favorite Pringles is the original flavor.
And so it was.
Verdict: thumbs up for the Grilled Shrimp and the Seaweed. The soft-shell crab flavor needs a lot more crawling to and from the ocean. 🙂 While Pringles‘ Seaweed flavor obviously tastes like what the name implies, the Grilled Shrimp is said to be seasoned with sugar, onion, garlic, ginger, and lightly spiced with paprika and white pepper.
Pringles Summer Flavors of the Sea
Try them out and share your favorite flavor here in the comment section. 🙂 . Let’s see if we have the same taste. 🙂
April 20th, 2010 — Affairs, Appetizer, Bar/Grills, Casual, Coffee Shops, Cravings, Makati, Pizza / Pasta, Promos / Events, Restaurants, Street Fare, Sweet Shops, Where To Eat
Another adventure in Legazpi Sunday Market is set as they organize the first “Grilla In Manila” grilling contest and festival on April 25, 2010.
Although registration for the contest is already closed, you can still join us as we witness the actual contest this weekend from 8am to 11am. Teams just had their debriefing last Sunday. Aspiring cooks, chefs and entrepreneurs are encouraged to attend.
Here is a backgrounder on the contest:
The contest is open to non-professionals, foodies, student chefs, starting out entrepreneurs, etc. (amateurs).Ă‚Â Teams with a maximum of 3 members will be allowed.
a. The teams will submit a total of 3 dishes prepared in its entirety at the market (preparation and cooking time is a total of 3 hours).
- Grilled Beef Dish – 2.5 kilos of AngusĂ‚Â beef will be provided by the LSM courtesy of sponsor Tenderbites.
- Specialty Grilled Dish (choice of team)
- Side Dish (produce to be purchased at the LSM by the team). Produce (vegetables, fruits, protein etc.) must be purchased at the LSM by the team on the day of the event for only P200 (to be sponsored by the market). It must also be prepared in its entirety at the market (preparation and cooking time is a total of 3 hours)
b. Preparation and cooking time is a total of 3 hours. All 3 dishes should be ready for tasting at 11am.
c.Ă‚Â All grilling and cooking equipment, unless specified, will be provided by the team. No electricity will be provided.
Legazpi Sunday Market's Grilla In Manila
d.Ă‚Â All ingredients will be provided by the teams except where specified.
e. 5 gallons of water will be provided for each team’s use.
f. Teams should be at the venue by 8:00 am.
g.Ă‚Â Teams must provide all cutlery, dish towels, utensil , grillers and any appliances or Ingredients not specified.
h.Ă‚Â Cleanliness and safe food handling is of at utmost importance.
i.Ă‚Â The amount of food prepared must be enough for:
– 40 small tasting portions
-Ă‚Â 5Ă‚Â full portions for judges (plated)
Judging Criteria
Presentation/Visual Appeal      15%
Palatability/Flavor         50%
Tendreness            15%
Originality/Creativity         20%
Awards
The Market Griller (people’s choice)
The Grill King (overall winner)
For inquiries on Legazpi Sunday Market‘s “Grilla In Manila“, you may call Maan at (632)425.0851 or email Legazpi_SundayMarket@yahoo.com
April 10th, 2010 — Affairs, Appetizer, Coffee Shops, Cravings, Dessert, Makati, Ortigas, places, Promos / Events, Restaurants, Sweet Shops, The Fort, Where To Eat
Starbucks will be offering Top Pot Doughnuts in select Starbucks Coffee outlets in the Philippines come April 12, 2010, Monday.
What's inside the box? 🙂
Background
Top Pot is a family owned business started by two brothers Mark and Michael Klebeck. With its unique, old style signature “hand-forged” doughnuts, Starbucks hand selected Top Pot back in 2005 to carry their doughnuts in western Washington.
The Top Pot doughnuts are made using little automation giving each doughnut a hand crafted taste and look that fits Starbucks® hand crafted beverages and coffee.
The Doughnuts
With zero grams trans fat, the three doughnuts are the Glazed Old Fashioned Doughnut, Chocolate Old Fashioned Doughnut, and Top Pot Apple Fritter.
Starbucks Glazed Old Fashioned Doughnut
The ‘Glazed Old Fashioned Doughnut‘ is considered a “classic” inspired through a recipe from the 1930’s. Inside the golden exterior is a moist, cake with hints of vanilla and some nutmeg. It’s covered with Top Pot’s own proprietary “Air Sped” glaze while it’s hot .
Starbucks Chocolate Old Fashioned Doughnut
While the ‘Chocolate Old Fashioned Doughnut‘ is the chocolate version of the classic Glazed Old Fashioned doughnut.
Starbucks Top Pot Apple Fritter Doughnut
The ‘Top Pot Apple Fritter‘ is made of hand chopped apples mixed with cinnamon and spices and cooked golden brown and covered with “Air Sped” glaze.
The Contest
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April 19, 2010 Update: the Contest is UPGRADED & EXTENDED!
The prizes just leveled up from 1 GC to 3 GCs! And because of this, NomNom is also extending the contest another week from April 19 to April 24! The three raffle winners from those with the correct answer will be announced on April 25. Thank you to Starbucks Philippines for the prizes.
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If you noticed, the article’s direction is more descriptive than a recommendation. That is because I’m gonna let you guess which among the three Starbucks Top Pot doughnuts caught my fancy best.
Top Pot Doughnuts
Mechanics
Simply create a Facebook wall post (shared with ‘everyone‘) indicating which Starbucks doughnut you think NomNom liked best. Include this link (https://nomnomclub.com/restaurants/2010/starbucks-top-pot-doughnuts/) in your message as well.
Finally, place the URL of your facebook wallpost on the comment section below and you’re done!
Rules
One comment per person only. Multiple entry cheaters will be turned to stone by Medusa then swallowed by the Kraken.
Contest will start from now until April 17 24, 2010.
All valid and correct answers will be included in the electronic raffle using Random.org. Winner will be announced on April 18 25, 2010 on this blog.
For any inquiries or clarification, please don’t put in the comment section (it’s for the answers and URL links), instead you may email admin<at>NomNomClub.com.
Top Pot Doughnuts
Prize
A Three (3) Starbucks gift certificates for a free drink of your choice at any size.
It All three will be couriered to your choice of address anywhere in the Philippines.
Qualification
Starbucks Top Pot Doughnutd
The contest is open only to anyone with a valid Philippine address where the prize will be couriered. It is also open only to NomNomClub.com Email Subscribers. If you are not yet an email subscriber, you may do so by clicking here.
So, which could be my favorite Starbucks Top Pot doughnut? Is it the old fashioned glaze? The chocolate version? or the Apple Fritter? 🙂
April 8th, 2010 — Casual, Cravings, Dessert, Makati, Ortigas, Pizza / Pasta, places, Restaurants, Sweet Shops, The Fort, Where To Eat
Ok, this is actually not the freshest news, but I just had to point it out. 🙂 In the past few months, you may have noticed a lot of changes in Greenwich‘s food line and store make up.
Greenwich Levels Up!
And hence the commercial phrase: “dahil ang favorite pizza chain ninyo, nag-level up na!”
They ‘leveled up‘ a lot of things.
From the regular Hawaiian Pizzas, they leveled it up into a new premium pizza offering called the Ultimate Hawaiian Overload with 2x more Hawaiian toppings of ham, glazed pineapple, smoked bacon and 100% Mozzarella and Cheddar cheese.
Team Manila Designed Pizza Box
And it comes in a stylish generally-black-and-white pizza box designed by Team Manila.
More on food, Greenwich also introduced two new American Lunch Specials: the Quarter Slab Ribs and Thick ‘N Tender Chops. The Tender Chops comes at P179 with java rice, mixed veggies and a regular drink
I have tried the quarter slab ribs and it was good. Surprisingly, it’s only priced at P199 already with java rice, mixed veggies and regular drink. You wouldn’t find that price range for a slab ribs even in non fast casual stores.
Greenwich Quarter Slab Ribs
Greenwich Pizza Fries
The new Greenwich Pizza Fries also serves as a good partner to their pasta and meals. It comes in pepperoni and cheese & garlic flavors plus a special pizza sauce dip.
Wait, there’s more! 🙂
Greenwich Thick n' Tender Chops
You’dĂ‚Â see that almost all stores had a make-over as the new
Greenwich fast casual stores. In a press conference two months ago, they introduced
Tim Yap as its ambassador. The set up is now more young and fit as a barkada place for the adventurous and outgoing.
The crew also had a ‘level up’ with the stylish and colorful new store team uniforms designed by renowned Randy Ortiz. And finally, to complete the package is their presence on the web with the new Greenwich website www.greenwich.com.ph.
Greenwich Ultimate Hawaiian Overload Pizza
Greenwich started 2010’s first quarter with a bang! Expect to see more from your favorite pizza chain as they continue to ‘Level Up!’
April 5th, 2010 — Affairs, Appetizer, Bar/Grills, Beverage, Casual, Cravings, places, Promos / Events, Restaurants, The Fort, Where To Eat
The Venice Piazza‘s newly opened restaurants Kuse and Old Vine has a new alfresco dining promo.
Customers of both Kuse and Old Vine both gets 30% off on all drinks and pica-pica 9pm onwards everyday!
Kuse serves traditional Filipino cuisine while the term, which originated from the Filipino word ‘Kusinero’, means ‘chef’. Old Vine offers Mediterranean dishes with a wide variety of wine collection.
Among the pica-pica and dishes you could order for the alfresco dining include Buffalo Wings with tomato-coriander (P210), Hot and Spicy Dynamite Roll (P190), and Tokwa’t Baboy (P200), and of course, beer.
For inquiries on Kuse and Old Vine, call: 836.4966, 836.4969 or 0920.9243044. Email at larrycortez_chefsquarter@yahoo.com.
April 3rd, 2010 — Affairs, Appetizer, Bar/Grills, Casual, Cravings, Dessert, Makati, Pizza / Pasta, Promos / Events, Restaurants, Sweet Shops, Where To Eat
Tapella Restaurant will celebrate Easter with kids and family this Sunday – April 4, 2010.
Jump for joy and have a blast from 4pm-7pm with magics, mimes and clowns! Games and tricks, egg painting contests, balloon twisting, fun filled activities and loads of prizes await kids in the much awaited Easter Egg Hunt.
Tapella Restaurant Easter Sunday
Gather the most number of eggs and get prizes from Star Paper. Kids will be delighted with Dunkin Donuts upon registration. Spaghetti and other kiddie snacks will also be available during the event. For only Php500 nett, kids and family will have a holistic Easter Sunday.
Kids at heart will also enjoy a sumptuous Easter special starting from Php300 and delight in the comforts of Tapella’s serene ambiance.
Tapella is a Spanish dining creation by Gaudi located at Greenbelt 5. Headed by executive Chef Alexandra Cacho, the restaurant specializes in tapas and paellas with a wide range of salads, pasta ,dessert and wines. For inquiries and reservations you may call 7572710.
April 1st, 2010 — Casual, Cravings, places, Restaurants, The Fort, Where To Eat
Contrary to the usual business practice of closing shop during commercially low-profile holidays such as the holy week, Little Asia Restaurant will remain open even during Holy Thursday and Good Friday.
Little Asia Restaurant
“We are open 365 days a year“, adds Charlemagne Lim, Little Asia Restaurant Manger.
Their food service starts 11am until midnight. They currently have three (3) branches in Metro Manila namely Tomas Morato in Quezon City, Promenade Mall in Greenhills (San Juan), and the new Venice Piazza Mall in McKinley Hill (Fort Bonifacio, Taguig).
For the lent season, you can have Little Asia’s Crispy Codfish and Steamed Minced Shrimp Tofu as shown in the photos.
Little Asia Restaurant's Crispy Codfish
If you plan to stay home and can’t go to their branches, you may inquire to check if your area is covered by their delivery.
Little Asia's Steamed Minced Shrimp Tofu
Contact Little Asia Restaurant at telephone numbers (632) 727-5265,Ă‚Â (632) 727-5785, (632)3730609. Have a long, holy, and stomach-filled holiday weekend!