Wow, I can't believe it, we're less than a month away from Christmas 🎅. Holiday season here in the Philippines starts with BER months and as usual people are very busy by this month, but for the past year and this year is different because of the pandemic. Well, it doesn't mean we should celebrate these festive occasions without a proper feast.

Lately, I found myself taking a break from cooking. I don't know, I just got tired doing kitchen duties. My mother turns 79 years old, and she was my idol in cooking. She also got tired and I told here, why not we start ordering online for our food. There's no shame in ordering online, it's now the normal way of living, right? ☺️ So, we list different home owned local food store who render their service in a different food dishes for the holidays:

BILAO NI LOLA DAVAO 

This Bilao ni Lola is a medium size Bilao with pancit canton guisado and cordon bleu. They have many Bilao food options available, as well as Food Tray Package.

HOW TO ORDER: This Bilao Medium Size with Pancit Guisado and Cordon Bleu (P799) plus delivery fee will depend on your location.  Just send a message on their Facebook Page.

KAKANIN IN A BOX

Why Kakanin is so famous in the Philippines?  Because these delicacies remind us of simple life. It's comforting to eat, especially with coffee, softdrinks, etc. And its a constant presence during celebration and special occasions.

HOW TO ORDER: At KAKANIN IN A BOX, they added Lumpia and Empanadas aside from Puto Cheese and Palitaw (P499). For delivery fee, depends on your location. Visit KAKANIN IN A BOX Facebook Page or call the numbers posted in my video.

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GINA'S GIFT - EMPANADAS & KAKANIN

Gina's Gift - Empanada & Kakanin is famous of their empanada. But I order their famous "Choosy Bilao", because I got to read the reviews that they serve delicious kakanin too!

Choose your own kakanin in 1 Bilao (you need to select 4 kakanin they offer):

1. Kutsinta
2. Puto Flan
3. Puto Cheese
4. Yema Palitaw (A must try!)
5. Plain Palitaw 
6. Cassava Cake (highly recommended)
7. Pichi Pichi
8. Biko
9. Sapin Sapin

HOW TO ORDER: I choose BIKO, CASSAVA CAKE, SAPIN SAPIN and now my favourite YEMA PALITAW (P499) good for 6-10 people. Available for PRE-ORDERS, DELIVERY or WALK-INS (until supply last). Direct Message Gina's Gift - Empanada & Kakanin Facebook Page.

That's it for now, maybe I have to make Part 2 of this post, to give you more ideas, or you can message me if you want help promoting your food store (for free), just share your dishes and who knows what the rest of the community will say about your food.

There are things that we can't control even if our city is on Level 3 GCQ category now. Though some restaurants are open and ready to serve dine-in, people are still hesitant to go out of their houses. So why not make your own restaurant at home with SUNPRIDE FOOD.

Yes, you've heard it right! Sunpride Food Inc., a fully integrated meat processor with operations covering slaughtering and preparation, all the way to the production of fresh frozen pork, frozen processed meats, canned products and mixes.

Last October 27, I've attended a zoom meeting called, COOK WITH PRIDE, HOME COOKING WITH SUNPRIDE with the renowned Celebrity Chef Myke "Tatung" Sarthou organized by Sunpride. The event began with Chef Tatung show stopper recipes,  #sunpridefood CORNER BEEF wrap in Turks, followed with #sunpridefood BACON and #sunpridefood LONGGANISA, HAM & BACON ala fiesta carbonara.

It's an online cooking demo, part of Sunpride's 50th year anniversary celebration.

Watch Online Cooking Demo HERE

 

Easy to cook plus it's healthy and budget-friendly recipe. I'm sure you will love this recipes prepared for us by Chef Tatung and Sunpride.

You can also prepare this for Noche Buena and New Year!

SUNPRIDE Corner Beef Turks

Shrimp, Chicken Breast, and Mushroom wrap in SUNPRIDE Bacon

SUNPRIDE Longganisa, Ham & Bacon la Fiesta Carbonara This simple, practical, and doable recipes touted as Sunpride's anniversary culinary creations in line with the company's vision and mission of giving Filipinos delectable yet affordable meal ideas for the whole family to love and appreciate. Let's create a restaurant dining experience in our own home using SUNPRIDE FOODS. Again, Happy 50th year anniversary and Daghang Salamat Sunpride Foods, Inc.

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It was in 2016 that someone introduced LOTUS BISCOFF to me during an event here in Davao City. From then on, it's one of my favourite snacks.
A Little About Lotus Biscoff

Lotus Biscoff pair with hot chocolate drink

Lotus Biscoff sprinkled on my Oatmeal top with banana.

Lotus Biscoff pair with Rooibos Tea

Lotus Biscoff sprinkled on my Banana with Crumpy hazelnut spread for dessert.

SemBreak! #kdrama marathon with Lotus Biscoff and Taho

Do you know that there's a place where breads are baked in a different way? And I really appreciate how cute and artsy the area is. The Bread Shack located at the City Hall Drive, Davao City, a new place where you can feed your senses with lots of sweet vibe all year round.

Now that Christmas is fast approaching and thinking for "pasalubong" for your family and friends, this bread is a feast for the eyes indeed. The smell of fresh baked breads will surely make you crave for more, especially their delectable bread itself is a treat for the rumbling tummies! The place is also nice to hang out, but due to pandemic certain protocols are followed.

I just passed by on their new location, as I have an appointment at Sanggunian Panglungsod and decided to go inside to check what kind of bread they offer in the market that people keep on coming back. BTW,  I learned about the Bread Shack through social media in their old location at the Pryce Business Park, Bajada branch.

Now, a few minutes walk away from our home and I can reach my destination in no time. The Bread Shack itself is a pop-up bake house where they serve all kinds of fluffy bread, the like of Fluff Cheese and Fluff Ube-Cheese, these two are always on the top list of their bestsellers.

I order their P299 with 12 Fluff Classic Assorted Rolls plus added their famous Classic Kopi Bun for take out. And because I also love to eat their Fluff Mango Roll, so I ate it while I'm waiting for my take out.

Photo credit to BREAD SHACK

I was entertained by how consistent the interiors, from the color preference which is yellow and orange, it is very inviting from the outside to the inside, they also have a friendly staffs that answer your queries.

Just before I went out, looking around the whole place, I can sense that this bread cafe will last longer, because the location was great and very accessible. It has a great parking space also and very near to offices and residential spaces.

They also serve Kopi Bun and milk tea. I haven't tried their milk tea, but it was nice to have some refreshments after. I bought some bread for take out and it was so good. I'm not a fan of breads, because of my GERD, but I can't resist to taste it all, from the smell I know that this fluff bread taste very good, the density and tenderness, it was perfectly baked!

It's worth to visit, because like what I mention before, it is near to our house and it's in the heart of the city downtown. Overall, about their Fluff bread, it's super yummy for me. I super love their Fluff Mango Roll, it's like a mango float in a bread and also their Durian Roll.

That's it! I'm going to post my TikTok video here, to sum up my Bread Shack experience. Hope you enjoy this feature post I have for this month of September. Comment below if you have questions and I would love to read all your thoughts about BREAD SHACK.

My mom use anchovies on a regular basis, but she uses the old style anchovies that can be bought in the local wet market or "palengke". There was a grocery store that regularly carried anchovies, but they have disappeared from the grocery shelves for several months. Surprisingly, Doña Elena collaborates with the Davao Social Media Influencers with the help of the Fly Ace Marketing Manager, Ms. Lormy Papa.

This Doña Elena Anchovy brand is very new in packaging. I love the packaging, it's very handy and storing is not a problem anymore, compared to the old box that they had in the past. It is my favourite so far as they are full of flavour, plus it is easy to cook because it's already very thin and flatten, very perfect for pasta also let them melt into sauces and whatnot.

Honestly,  I thought that I HATED anchovies. The smell and the taste bought into a negative thoughts because of how they use to make it unsafe and unhealthy. When my friend got anchovies on part of the pizza, I thought he was insane. He told me to try it, I was wrong, anchovies can actually save mediocre pizza. But the usefulness of anchovies it goes way beyond pizza. I feel betrayed and dumb that I didn't eat anything for years based on what the other people say, especially since I'm generally willing and eager to try new foods because of what I love doing in my blog. Doña Elena Anchovies need a positive PR campaign stat.

Pasta is my favourite thing that uses olive oil and Anchovies and next best is Oats Arroz Caldo for my GERD life plan meal.

ANCHOVY PASTA WITH FRIED BREAD CRUMBS Recipe here 👉👉👉 ANCHOVIES

 

Anchovies are actually pretty good for you since they're high in calcium, potassium and good fatty acids. Eating them can help to lessen your cholesterol level by reducing the bad stuff that can clog your arteries. It helps your bone stronger.

And for us that has Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), this is good for our diet plan meal. Because they're high in protein, which makes us feel full. Plus they're low in calories (but eat in a moderate way).

OATMEAL ARROZ CALDO with DOÑA ELENA ANCHOVIES Recipe here 👉👉👉 ANCHOVIES

Using Doña Elena Anchovies to your daily meal is a good option. Anchovy is now one of my favourite partnered food. If you are a big anchovy fan and you are looking for a great match for your food, the Doña Elena brand should be one in your list, good value and very good quality. And there are more than 15 delicate little fillets in the tin, stuck to each other and packed in a delicious Doña Elena Olive Oil (that I also love to drizzle on my crackers or in my salad). Salted perfectly and not at all overpowering in their salty flavour profile.

Luckily, we were given 6 tin cans of Doña Elena Anchovies for own consumption and for product taste as well. I may have to make more recipes every two months, the way I'm gobbling them up with my viand, on crackers, in my salads, and piling them on my favourite oats, and etc...

Here's are some examples of my other recipes added with Anchovies.

CRISP STRING BEANS & EGGPLANT WITH ANCHOVY GARLIC CRUMB TOPPING AND SIDE DISH with vinegar

MALUNGGAY SOUP WITH ANCHOVIES

You can also visit my YouTube Channel 👉👉👉 Raine Pal
    

This pandemic opens a wide coverage for online delivery and mobile delivery apps, and in changing the perspective of people lifestyle and sustaining online businesses. And yes, many consumers download apps for groceries,  services, and meals during this crisis. The Government Protocols which hinder people to go out and do their normal routines like buying things from the groceries, etc. and to avoid long queues in lining, made people to shifts to delivery apps for everything they need. In fact, most of my feeds I've seen in Facebook are now more in online transactions.
And because I'm craving for Burrito and my two young adults are craving for burger & fries, I choose G BISTRO CATERING SERVICES.
As of now, you can pay either COD or by Points(or the money inside your July Two account. 

July Two CSR will call you after placing your order. And they will be the one to tell you how much is your DELIVERY FEE. In my case, I pay P70. They will also send you a text messages confirming your delivery details.

Thanks JULY TWO RIDER!

Online service right now has the uptick in demand growth in both customer acquisition and business reorder rates. July Two is still new in this business and more room of improvements both chains of supply & delivery, not to forget that they still have to stick to their goals and that is to continue meeting the demands and ensure to give their customer needs.