| With so many convenient stores offering their take on some famous rice meal dishes, you might rarely stumble upon bigger supermarkets that offer the same alternative at an affordable price that is just right if you know where to look. This past week was quite a discovery by accident and its popularity is taking off.
Shopwise is best known for being a big grocery offering products and even ingredients to make your food. But offering rice meals was not one of them, and it was quite a surprise that something like this would find its way to their Deli area, which is a newly renovated image for Shopwise that’s been around. |
The version that is served in the Philippines is a combination of variations of picadillo and arroz a la Cubana as understood in other countries. It typically consists of ground beef sautéed with onions, garlic, tomato sauce, diced potatoes, raisins, and diced carrots, plus white rice, a fried egg, and a ripe native banana, sliced length-wise and fried. This is the version that was sold at Shopwise as one of their popular rice meal dishes that is always sold out.
This is a unique dish that Shopwise has as one of their top tier rice meals that have good portions of the viand and rice in a rectangular bowl divided into two portions with “no frills, no thrills” shape to fool their consumers that the food they’re having is being stingy as for the reason why the demand for Shopwise rice meals have become so popular that there were no restocks today.
Latin Flavour of Goodness
The Arroz à la Cubana dish is unfamiliar to most locals who haven’t tried this dish as most familiar with the traditional Filipino everyday dish that has become a staple in local households in the country. This dish is not common as most would have said they haven’t heard of this meal and most would know it from the middle class.
The viand itself is straightforward just like its packaging, and it is unique to even wonder what’s in it. The thinly sliced bananas are a good companion to match the flavour of the ground meat and beans and that’s really good Cubana.
A New Addition to the Lunch Menu
A wide variety of food makes the world go round and adding the Arroz à la Cubana to the list of choices is great not to keep being redundant with the usual dish. It is impressive to already the way it is presented, and the taste of having it for the second time makes it even better when you try it.
The white rice when heated does not look or taste like it was been frozen for so long and when you pour the sauce that came with the Arroz à la Cubana it makes a compliment worthy of another lunch meal.
Overall, Shopwise Meals are getting quite the attention with the Meatballs and now this Arroz à la Cubana is certainly flying off their display. It is worthy of some second serving if you find one at your nearest Shopwise supermarket.
You can never be wrong having some Latin-flavoured dish that defines not only culture but is also part of your everyday lunch adds some uniqueness to the usual list on your menu that you get your money’s worth.
- Food Quality: 4.5 out of 5
- Affordability: A-
- Overall: Shopwise needs some serious supply of their rice meals as it becomes challenging to come by and grab one.
Arroz à la Cubana | Retailed at: ₱ 129.00 Pesos [ $ 3.55 AUD | $ 2.33 USD]**
** - Currency Converter via Google.com
*** - Some description of the food courtesy of Wikipedia.
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