Max's Create Your Own Merienda Mixes for only PhP 95!

December 9, 2012

Max's Fried Chicken

Level 2, Robinsons Magnolia Branch

Quezon City

Ever since my my mom saw Max's tarpaulin on the second floor of Robinsons Magnolia, she eagerly awaited for its opening day. She mentioned something about "Max's Create Your Own Merienda Mixes" and her operating word is "mura lang!" 

When we visited the mall two Sundays ago, we saw that the restaurant was already open. It was buzzing with families having their afternoon snack.

 Champorado Petit - a Max's Classic Merienda

Step 1: Choose from Max's Corner Bakery Treat

Step 2: Add a Max's Classic Merienda

Step 3: Complete it with a drink

All for only PhP 95! What a treat, right?!

For Max's Classic Merienda, aside from Champorado Petit, you can opt for Pancit Canton (small) or Pancit Luglug Plain.

The Champorado Petit I ordered was chocolate-y good! The downside is its size, it was bitin!

To know more about the other combination available, read after the break...

Via Mare Cafe Express And Oyster Bar in Shangri-la Plaza

May 27, 2012

Via Mare Cafe Express And Oyster Bar
Unit IS-10 Shangrila Plaza Shopping Mall
EDSA cor. Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City

Last weekend, my family and I were in Shangri-la Plaza Mall. A Sunday trip to a mall is not complete without dining inside one of the fancy restaurants for merienda.

Puto Bumbong PhP70

Via Mare is a popular choice among us siblings. It's a no-brainer to pick this restaurant every time we crave for our favorite Filipino kakanin like Puto Bumbong (shown in the photo above).

Puto Bumbong- A variation of steamed rice cake. Traditionally made from a special variety of heirloom glutinous rice called Pirurutong which ahs a distinctly purple color, soaked in salted water and dried overnight and then poured into bumbong or bamboo tubes and then steamed until the steam rises out of the bamboo tubes. It is usually served topped withe butter or margarine and shredded coconut mixed with sugar.

We order Puto Bumbong every time we dine in Via Mare. In fact, we like this way better than bibingka, another steamed rice cake variation, that Via Mare is well-known for.