Shopwise's Roasted Pork Belly, is it good?

Previously, the Roasted Pork Belly has been featured as a discovery at Shopwise and has been reviewed. Recently, there was a major price bump in all of the grocery’s food meals, including the rice meals in general, and the roasted meals from the rotisserie that was recently featured here as a new addition to the meals. It’s no surprise that the Roasted Pork Belly has become a personal favourite to the point it was always sold out because it was affordable. Incomparable to the past featured Pork Bellies, the one at Shopwise was always an immediately sold out that it took them days to restock the rotisserie until the price bump changed all that and only produced a limited number of stock for the week.

Shopwise Deli | Price Changes Everything

The Deli section at Shopwise is buzzing, not because of the meat or wine being sold there it’s because of the diverse takeaway food that they have produced. The rice meals and other snacks that include fresh-cut fruits and salads are not manufactured in-house. But they have kept this part of the supermarket getting quite the attention for the past months by introducing their rice meal takeaways. In the last six months, they have continued to keep the Deli section relevant and challenging their competitors. You might think they are competing with other leading supermarkets. They are also competing with convenience stores like 7-Eleven, and surprisingly they keep those options available for consumers on a tight budget.

Shopwise Grab & Go | Roasted Pork Belly

Sometimes Good Feedback is a way to improve your product, and it makes the store respond in its most subtle way. Recently, Shopwise Grab & Co was featured in this segment as rarely does it get a spotlight due to the product's potential to be a “hot item” in a way nobody would notice until they see it on social media or stumbled upon it by accident while casually shopping inside Shopwise. Shopwise Grab & Co section inside the Deli has been there casually putting out roasted chicken that you don’t need to cook. But they slowly expanded the menu with their rice meal that only featured roasted chicken, and then they had Roasted Pork Belly putting them on notice and getting some sort of a spotlight.

Shopwise Grab & Go | Pork Belly

Shopwise is not just a supermarket and has proven to constantly reinvent its portfolio by having a Deli section that not only sells fresh meat or frozen goods. But also, adding snacks and rice meals that do not need to be cooked and only need to be heated in a microwave by a consumer. They already have this since adding a Rotisserie section, but the shelf that has the fried chicken on special packaging is not skewered and is not being cooked in front of you. The display has a see-through blind that you can flip up to open to pick up the food. It’s a shelf that has a hot surface and it is not exactly a Rotisserie.

Shopwise Meal | Vegetable Marinara Pasta

Sometimes there’s an opportunity you least expected, and that is finding a new dish at the Deli section of Shopwise Supermarket that stands out. Namely, the Vegetable Marinara Pasta, which just happened to be chillin’ in the chiller all of a sudden, and yet you can’t get enough of the Pesto Salmon Pasta that is considered a “Grail Meal.” But this Vegetable Marinara Pasta will do by snapping it and heading to checkout is the snappiest way to find a good meal that has been mostly that’s with the word “Rice.” This is the second Pasta Meal in the ever-growing Shopwise Meal range and they are impressively getting quite an attention besides the fruits and salads.

Shopwise Meal | Pork Adobo

There have been many variations of the “Adobo” that the Spaniards introduced while colonizing countries all over the world. This would include the Philippines with their version of an Adobo. There have been indigenous cooking methods, and to this day the Adobo is a highly adored cuisine that is synonymous with the country. Of course, in modern times the Philippines continued to re-invent the adobo and has made it into Filipino households as an instant rice meal without the need for the lengthy preparation. With Shopwise Supermarket introducing their range of rice meals they would of course this includes the most adored Pork Adobo.

Shopwise Meal | Pesto Salmon Pasta

There are so many variations of what is pasta, but the Pesto Pasta is the one that needs to be complimented with the No Knead Focaccia Bread. It looked and sounded fancy as it is one of the classy pasta that Italianni's serve on their menu. If you haven’t been to that Italian restaurant it is a bit fancy that you will find in Metro Manila. The Pesto Salmon Pasta, its name alone has sprinkled Salmon in it and you can say the dish is unknown to those who ever heard of it. But in Shopwise, it is the most sought-after meal and it is the one meal that is not served with rice. But it is highly regarded as a must-have dish since it is the only pasta that is in their dish.

Shopwise Meal | Braised Pork Belly

The Braised Pork Belly is a gaifan dish found in Fujianese cuisine and Taiwanese cuisine. Although subject to regional variations, dishes are typically made of pork belly cooked in a process known as lu (boiled and marinated in soy sauce and sugar) and served on top of rice. Chinese pickles are often eaten with the dish. However, the version Shopwise is offering uses local ingredients that fit the budget of low-income consumers. But they don’t scrimp on quality over quantity, which is another reason why this dish is always sold out along with the Meatballs that are not usually seen on the display. The Braised Pork Belly is one of the dishes you should try from Shopwise, and you won't disappointed taking a closer look at this meal.

Shopwise Meal | Arroz à la Cubana

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.

Shopwise Meal | Meatballs with Sweet & Sour Sauce

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.