| Noodle Soups are not commonly served as an instant frozen meal, but with 7 Eleven they definitely a few steps ahead of the competition when they collaborate with Chef Claude Tayag to produce a range of Filipino dishes that he presented and prepared for local convenience under the Chef Creations branding.
There are five dishes that features Chef Claude Tayag, and it is not under a theme. But it large dishes that are not sold in other convenient stores, and if one of them are like from 7 Eleven’s competitors it is likely be a different take and presentation. One of those five dishes is the Batchoy a well-known dish originated from its native region of Iloilo City where it was widely known as La Paz Batchoy. |
There have been many iterations and iterations of how a Batchoy is made, and it is a Noodle Soup consist of pork offal, crushed pork cracklings, chicken stock, beef loin and round noodles. For years, there have no definitive origin who really invented this dish but you will see this being sold by local street carts.
The Batchoy doesn’t have a definitive ingredient, but it has the basic steps and concoctions that’s needed to produce that distinct aroma and taste that is known for. With this version by Chef Claude Tayag it takes the basics of a Batchoy and turned it into a premium convenient food that doesn’t need to be cooked.
A Warm Noodle Soup
Usually, a Batchoy is best served during the cold and rainy seasons. It is a noodle soup that has various meat parts. The Chef Creations version is a frozen meal ready to serve that only needs to be heat up with a microwave oven. The packaging is the usual bowl type that doesn’t have the ingredients separated they’re all there.
Of course, presentation and branding can be seen on a cardboard slip that includes ingredients, and other details that you may find for a nitpicky individual. The product is not would you expect to be the exact one you see in the product photo, but sometimes 7 Eleven gets it and when they do that’s add some street cred to this dish.
Aesthetics VS Taste
You heat it up for 60 minutes an viola! Instant Batchoy as your warm noodle soup that looks like the authentic dish. But the challenge is the reaction of the consumer if it really captures the essence of what the dish is all about. For this one is pretty much a critical perspective the way it was prepared and also the portions.
The need for balance between affordability and quality hasn’t been perfect in most of dishes sold by a convenience store. This one was a bit salty on the side, but really captures the aesthetics of a genuine Batchoy. It has the right ingredients save that the slice of a hardboiled egg can be mistaken as something else until you see it.
Overall the price for a Batchoy is just right, but the taste maybe a little bit salty though they nailed all the aspects with the flavour that have pork, offal, beef loin, and cracklings to compliment the milki noodles.
- Food Quality: 3 out of 5
- Affordability: B
- Overall: A little bit salty and it only has a piece of the round egg due to budget cost.
Bicol Express | Retailed at: ₱ 95.00 Pesos [$ 2.46 AUD | $ 1.63 USD]**
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Some Reference & Description Acknoledgement via Wikipedia
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