Chowking offers authentic, HK-style siopao
CHOWKING has a new and improved Chowking Chunky Asado Siopao that’s filled with Hong Kong-style pork filling and is saucier. For an authentic dining experience of Hong Kong-style pork buns one must first remove the wrapper and peel off the paper from the soft bun, then break the bun in half before digging in. The Chowking Chunky Asado Siopao is available for P39 each in all Chowking stores nationwide for dine-in, takeout, and delivery via the Chowking App, ChowkingDelivery.com, the #9-88-88 hotline, Grabfood and foodpanda.
7-Eleven, Lugang Cafe team up for budget-friendly dishes
CONVENIENCE store chain 7-Eleven has a new Chef Creations collaboration with world-renowned Chinese restaurant Lugang Cafe. Customers can choose from two variants: the Three Cup Chicken (P99) which has tender chicken cooked in a sweet and savory glaze of sesame oil, soy sauce, and rice wine; and the Sweet & Sour Chicken (P105), 7-Eleven’s take on crunchy fried chicken strips coated with Lugang Cafe’s signature sweet and sour sauce. Both are served with steamed white rice. These single-serve, microwaveable versions of Lugang Cafe’s best-selling dishes are now available in 1,600 select 7-Eleven Luzon stores.
New Detroit Style pizza flavors from Corner Pizza
CORNER Pizza has new flavors of its Detroit-Style pizza: Super Hawaiian and The Everything Pizza. The new Super Hawaiian, is baked with 50% more cheese and topped with pineapples, ham, and bacon bits for that sweet and savory flavor. Then there is The Everything Pizza: generously topped with premium ground beef, ham, bacon bits, sausage, and pepperoni. These are still the classic Pepperoni pizza, topped with 50 pepperoni slices on a chewy and cheese-crusted pizza layered with rich tomato sauce. The Detroit Style pizza sets itself apart from traditional style pizzas with its distinctive rectangular shape, cheesy crusted edge, and layers of mozzarella and cheddar cheese. The pizza crust is made extra thick and has edge-to-edge toppings. Corner Pizza’s Detroit Style Pizza is available through take-out, pickup, and delivery. Call 8-555-9000 or visit www.cornerpizza.com.ph or order via Grab Food and Food Panda.
PIA webinar on ‘Technology Tastes’
THE PHILIPPINE Italian Association presents a webinar on Technology Tastes: How Engineering Nurtures Traditions on Feb. 18, 9:30 p.m. The lecture explores the correlation between production technologies, sensorial properties, and food preservation. The role of engineering advancements in supporting the food sector will be elucidated, providing examples from the Politecnico di Milano research groups. To register, visit https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=K3EXCvNtXUKAjjCd8ope6_hs-MUMwINNlvF5alsb2txUQUswTjlMSDVRS0FJVEdITjRYRjZKTTJNTy4u
East-West Seeds launches VeggiEskwela program
IN A 2020 SURVEY by the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) during the pandemic, it was found that 62% of Filipino households experienced either eating less than they should, lacking nutritious food, skipping a meal, or not being able to eat at all for a whole day. This indicates a big problem in food security and malnutrition in the country, requiring a collective effort from both the community and various stakeholders to address it. East-West Seed Philippines (EWS), one of the biggest vegetable seed companies in Asia, is helping address this problem through its VeggiEskwela initiative. EWS, through the East-West Seed Foundation, aims to create awareness among Filipino families of the importance of eating nutritious food, encourage them to plant their own vegetables, and to make vegetables part of their daily meals by learning to enjoy eating them. Launched in 2012 and formerly known as Oh My Gulay – Tanim sa Kinabukasan, the VeggiEskwela program has already trained 27,508 student beneficiaries, 2,849 teachers, and has established partnerships with 242 barangays and 1,323 schools nationwide. When the pandemic hit in 2020, VeggiEskwela shifted to an online learning initiative to reach more people while ensuring the safety of its participants. This led to the introduction of the VeggiEskwela Home Gardening Webinar series that offers 15 webinar topics on vegetable production, all designed to provide participants with knowledge and skills to successfully build their own vegetable home garden. EWS has also partnered with the Department of Education (DepEd) to expand the training capacity of the program with the introduction of VeggiEskwela: Training of Trainers initiative. This program was developed to train teachers by expanding their skills and empowering them to become trainers not only to their students but in their respective communities as well. This also supports the DepEd’s Gulayan sa Paaralan program which addresses malnutrition among school children by promoting vegetable production and consumption. EWS Foundation also provides free online training modules on vegetable gardening at: https://www.eastwestseedfoundation.ph/veggieskwela. Learn more about the various programs of East-West Seed at https://ph.eastwestseed.com.
