MEAT MY DAY

I've been out of the blogging grid for so long, because of, ugh, work...

Now, I finally had the time get my creative juices going!

Around mid December of 2015, I finally got the chance to visit Meat Depot in Banawe.

I was so excited that right after our filling lunch at Tea Rock, we went straight to the Meat Depot.

The Entrance to Happiness:

MEAT HEAVEN!

Freezers fully packed with wonderful meat cuts! Local beef, pork, lamb, and look, Black Mountain Angus and Wagyu Beef! Moreover, they have other items such as sausages, longganisa, tocino, and probably, the best tapa we've ever had!

They also have a separate chiller for fresh, unfrozen meat selections.

I just have to say that the quality of their meats are amazing! The steaks have a wonderful marbling and very affordable.

My meat haul on different dates:

 

My creations (with just your basic salt, pepper and garlic butter):

 

Aside from their uncooked meat selections, they also have a dine in area on the second floor wherein they charge Php 100 cooking fee and already includes a sidedish. They have a unique Do-It-Yourself (DIY) ordering method wherein you get to pick your meat (based on the items available in the chiller), select the doneness, sauce, sidedish, and any thing additional that you wish to add. 

Just recently, we tried their dine-in service. For our dinner selection, hubby got the Black Mountain Angus Ribeye (medium well) with mashed potato, while I went for the Liempo with french fries. We didn't bothered ordering drinks since we still had our orders from Tea Rock.

It took a while for our order to be served since there were a lot of people dining that night. We really didn't mind the wait since we were excited to finally try their cooking.

Both the steak and the liempo tasted heavenly!! Flavorful and very tender. Worth every peso spent!

The steak was perfectly seasoned and was cooked exactly as we wanted. The liempo boasted of it's barbecue glaze and was a delight in every bite. The only mistake I did was to get fries instead of rice.

We will definitely come back for more.

TIP: I suggest to order a big cut of steak and just share, since the price of your meal will depend on how much the price of the meat is,

What's Hot? Hot Star!

Been craving for the Taiwanese style chicken-chop, so we had our late lunch at Hot Star Large Fried Chicken.

I'm so happy that they opened up a branch in Banawe, so much more accessible for us, yey!

Hotstar's menu is quite limited and straight to the point, so you won't have a hard time choosing. :D

We got the HS1 (Original Large Fried Chicken) and the HS2 (Crispy Large Fried Chicken), each costs Php 110. We also ordered their Almond Ice Crush (Php 40) since it looked promising in their menu.

Serving time takes about 10-20 minutes. They have a designated pick-up counter for ready orders.

So here are the stars: HS1 (left) and HS2 (right)

  

Huge and intimidating chicken chops! Do note that these are not deboned, so expect to find the bones while munching over these giants.

I personally loved the HS1. It had the right amount of seasoning and the perfect crunch! I found the HS2 a bit bland, it lacked that umami taste that HS1 had. The meat inside both flavors were tender.

Overall, I am very happy that we went here for lunch.

SM Supermalls Mobile App

So I came about the mobile app of SM Supermalls in Google Playstore and downloaded it to see what they have for their customers.

Once you open the app, a "LOG IN" / "SIGN UP" page will appear:

After finishing the signing up, you'll be sent a "VERIFICATION CODE" in your email, which you'll need to enter in the pop-up window that will appear.

So the app has 4 main tabs:

               
The first tab contains updates brought to you by SM Supermalls, basically about upcoming sales and events.

The second tab is like a Mall Directory, wherein you can get a detailed listing of the establishments in the mall selected.

 

In the "Profile" tab, you 'll find the "Coupons" sub-tab, which I think contains on-going offers that we can avail. As of the moment, my tab is empty. >.<

Well, that's basically the contents of the app. Overall, I found it easy to use and very informative. You'll never miss an SM Supermall event with this app!

As a bonus, SM Supermalls partnered with Krispy Kreme, and they're giving away  3 Original Glazed® Krispy Kreme doughnuts each to 100 unique SM Supermalls mobile app registered users every day from April 30 to June 30, 2016. 

Upon signing up in the SM Supermalls mobile app, a digital scratch card will appear on the app and you are to scratch off the gray area to find out if you won.

Well, I wasn't that lucky, hehe.

So dough-nut forget to download the app now, and you might be one of the lucky users to catch their prize!

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