Happy 8 offers new crab dish Tatatito launches baked goods line
FRESH seafood can’t get any fresher than when it’s caught live and set straight to the wok as it now is at the Newport Garden Wing’s signature Chinese restaurant, Happy 8. The sweetsavory Wok-Fried Wok-Fried Live Crab in Vietnamese sauce Live Crab in Vietnamese sauce is available for the whole month of September for P550 net per 100 grams. For more information on Newport World Resorts offers, visit www.newportworldresorts.com.
Guevarra’s offers sweet treats
GUEVARRA’S by Chef Laudico can brighten a day with its sweet treats. There is the best-selling Brigaderos Cake (P1,080), a dark chocolate cake, frosted and filled with truffle ganache and creamy dulce de leche; the Ube Macapuno Cake (P1,199), a light and fluffy macapuno-filled chiffon cake with ube buttercream frosting; the Mango Sansrival (P1,080), made with layers of cashew meringue and buttercream topped off with fresh mangoes; and Brazo de Calamansi (P880), with its layers of cake, calamansi curd, and torched meringue frosting. For bite-sized treats, there are Kalabasa Pastillas Balls (P99 for six pieces), milk and squash candies rolled in sugar; and Butterscotch Bars (P179/12 pieces). Order these desserts and a whole lot more at www.guevarras.com. Guevarra’s by Chef Laudico is at 387 P. Guevarra corner Argonne Streets, Addition Hills, San Juan. For inquiries and reservations, call 8705-1811, 8705-1874, 0998-881-3200 or visit @guevarrasph on Facebook and Instagram.
Annual storytelling contest accepting entries
MGA Kuwentong Pagkain (MKP), an annual storytelling contest, has extended its deadline for submission of entries to Dec. 31. Launched in 2012 by the Mama Sita Foundation to celebrate Philippine culinary traditions and foodways, MKP has built a repository of gastronomic narratives from all over the country. On its 10th year, MKP is inviting even non-Filipinos to join the conversation on Filipino food. Anyone from anywhere in the world who has a Filipino food story to tell can now participate in the contest. To make room for more creativity and style in sharing food stories, separate categories have been set up for essay, photo, and video entries. Participants can win up to 20,000 in prizes. To join and learn more details about the contest, visit https://tinyurl.com/MKP2022Form or e-mail community@mgakuwentongpagkain.com.
SINCE Tatatito Filipino Home Kitchen opened in Legazpi Village in February 2022 as the lockdowns ended and restrictions eased, diners discovered its signature dishes like Bamboo rice chicken tinola, Sarsaparilla BBQ liempo, Himalayan salt lechon kawali, 10-hour beef kansi,
as well as Tuna belly inasal, Crispy binusog na pusit, and Pares-style US short ribs. Now Tatatito has launched its own line of baked goods inspired by classic Filipino breads and Western pastries. It includes several versions of the pan de sal: Classic Pan de Sal, Raisin Pan de Sal, and Malunggay Pan de Sal. It also has several doughnuts — Sugar-raised donuts, Ube-glazed
donut, and Pandan-glazed donut — plus their interpretation of streetside bakery staples as croissants — Pan de pula croissant, Pan de coco croissant, and Spanish croissant. Tatatito Filipino Home Kitchen is at the ground floor of OPL Building, 100 Don Carlos Palanca St., Legaspi Village, Makati City. It is open daily (Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m). For online orders, call 0917-711-3005 or order through GrabFood and FoodPanda (available in select locations).