| 7 Eleven’s Chef Creations had showed that you can have the dining experience of some of the best Philippine-based restaurants as well as creations by Celebrity Chefs from this country. Of course, it’s like having a ‘Branding’ for the product that gives you a sense of comfort and confidence that you are having the best food on a budget.
The Chef Creations range is mostly gives spotlight on the food creations by a Celebrity Chef. Sometimes it doesn’t need the “Chef Creations” label in some of their products like the Siopao Adobo, but when it comes to well-known restaurants it is emphasized with the theme and colour of their product that has a definitive identity. In the case of The Pancake House it is immediately noticed due to the aesthetic. |
The Pancake House, not to be confused or mistaken to the one founded in 1953 in Portland Oregon as “The Original Pancake House.” In the Philippine there’s is a “Pancake House” restaurant that first opened in the 1970s serving not just ‘pancakes’, but also Filipino Breakfast that has now 94 branches all over the country. They also have opened some branches in other countries such as in the Middle East, which have future plans to open stores in Indonesia and China.
Noticeably, the Pancake House have their stores in local malls in the country and the food they served is well enough to have foreigners trying out Filipino dishes that they have in their menu. But taking their middle class branding to a convenient store to produce budget friend dishes needs more of convincing with the range of dish they have recently rolled and started appearing in 7 Eleven.
Beef Tapa
The Filipino dish is dried or cured beef, pork, mutton, venison or sometime using horse meat, although other meat or even fish may be used. Filipinos prepare tapa by using thin slices of meat and curing these with salt and spices as a preservation method. With 7 Eleven Chef Creations it has to be something produced by Pancake House, and sometimes image and actual product is not everything.
The convenient store have their take on the “Tapa” dish and it is very similar to this product, but that one is marketed for a more ‘in-house’ product just a “7 Eleven” branding that is familiar and common. Pancake House version of a Beef Tapa has a different take and aesthetic that is not just the appearance the restaurant’s colors.
Sweet Vinegar Deep
The dip would probably the one that makes it all different with how the Tapa is taste like, and it is not the branding. We don’t know how that would make any different from the ‘regular’ breakfast Tapa that 7 Eleven have in their usual list in the menu. This one of course might not be convening.
But the one the dip is presented might be the tip of your tongue that says… Ah! This might be Pancake House at all. Even a gravy that came from a fried chicken meal can’t say it is from that restaurant. But let’s not make the dip the convincing factor as Pancake House did not only collaborate to product this, but also have the Spaghetti bowl and the Tacos with the same orange packaging that needs a look too.
Overall this is not a bad Beef Tapa, but you can be easily convinced that it is from Pancake House. But if you have dined in their restaurant you will see the difference not only the sweet vinegar dip that makes the dish tasty. We can’t say or confirm it would be the same thing, but it is subjective to those who would try this.
With all honesty it still need more convincing that you’re have a Beef Tapa from Pancake House. There so many varying factors to even say it is not, but there’s no measuring stick or way to see it unless you’ve been to the actual restaurant other than this is a passable way to have that similar experience.
- Food Quality: 3.5 out of 5
- Affordability: B-
- Overall: The product still needs convincing and price should be a little lower than what it is sold for.
Beef Tapa | Retailed at: ₱ 125.00 Pesos [$ 3.32 AUD | $ 2.26 USD]**
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Some Reference & Description Acknoledgement via Wikipedia
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