Sweet X Manila | The Last Burger Run

When news came out that one of the local burger joints in Makati would be closing its old location after 12 years of serving their loyal customers, and today was the last chance to have that nostalgia again is something you had to do to support them. This was one of Sweet X Manila’s older branches. They’ve been in this location since opening it as their second store in 2014. Most of their current locations are now set indoors. This one had the outdoor feel to it, and yet the experience should be upgraded to be set indoors as well. Basically, they are moving this store to a location a few doors down on Jupiter Street.

Legazpi Sunday Market | Celebrating 21 Years!

The Legazpi Sunday Market is one of the two weekend markets serving the Makati CBD suburbs. The other is the Salcedo Saturday Market, organized by a different group founded a year earlier, in 2004. The Legaspi Sunday Market, a local event, has faced many challenges over the years. Originally located at the old Legaspi Car Park, where the modern elevated parking lot now stands. It bounced around from the old location to the Legaspi Active Park before finding a permanent location at the Corinthian Car Park. It’s now one of the best places to find good food and socialize.

Purefoods | Chicken Drummets

There’s nothing like an instant cook to have some Chicken Drummets. From the looks of it, they are unfamiliar, as they are the first section of a chicken wing, attached to the main body that resembles a small drumstick. They could be mistaken for slightly meaty Nuggets, but they aren’t what you thought they were until you pop them in the oven to have them for lunch. Purefoods has a list of interesting snacks in its portfolio that most consumers are not familiar with. They must have some of these only sold in select locations that are seemingly unfamiliar to the locals who get them. Well, if you live in a remote area, they are as ‘out of this world’ as they are for being an interesting treat.

Purefoods | Letters & Numbers Nuggets

Chicken Nuggets are the best; they’re the easiest finger bites to cook. There are brands out there that produce them, but if you live in a remote part of a rural area, the choices are very limited when it comes to frozen food that you only need to cook with your toaster or even a microwave oven would be enough to have it without wasting time. Also, the selections with having what type of Chicken Nuggets is something of a preference. Most who would have them prefer the simple nuggets. But for this one, there were no other types of nuggets, and they only had the Letters and Numbers produced by Purefoods, which is kind of wholesome to even appreciate it's good natured idea that this type of nuggets would appeal to everyone in general.

Street Food Eater | B & C Flavors

A start-up business does not become an immediate sensation; like any other business, there are growing pains and challenges that they must endure and learn, at the same time, listen to those who have experienced it, and apply what they have learned from all the mistakes they have to deal with in putting up something sustainable and consistent. It’s not only having the skill, but also the knowledge to keep going. In the case of a new business, B & C Flavors is the type of business that recently started and still has A LOT to learn about putting up something like a mobile food trailer to make money. It has to make good relationships, and make sure the products they produce are consistent with the way the trailer was crafted from sheet metal.

Rural Street Food | Kinablangan Pop-up Snacks

Food is the language everyone can understand. It’s something that nourishes our minds and bodies; at the same time, it is something we enjoy. Living in a rural area poses some challenges with limited ingredients and choices to make something to appreciate when it comes to snacks. Others would make food accessible to these regional places, as they make a livelihood for themselves. This month, the small town of Kinablangan in Davao Oriental is getting into the festive season to celebrate the municipal town of Baganga by having sports competitions at the nearby compound, where the town council is located, with basketball and volleyball.