Thank you, McDonald's!

So we made it to McDonald's for National Breakfast Day. RL and I left the house at 5:15 am. We wanted to make sure we had a spot in line for FREE McMuffins at the new McDonald's store two minutes away. Whew! I hardly ever get up this early. Well, I do, but it's usually just to wake A up for school, then I go back to bed and snooze. Haha!

But waking up before the sun comes up sure has its perks. We were first in line at McDonald's today!

Thank goodness the McDonald's store near us now operates 24 hours!

Little boy is pleased that he is first in line!

Excited to get his FREE McMuffin! (Excuse the fashion fail!)

Getting his FREE McMuffin coupon!

RL got his FREE McMuffin coupon...

... and I got mine!

Yaya J came 15 minutes later (she had to wait for A to get picked up by the school bus), and then we only had a few minutes to go.

The line at 10 minutes to 6 am!

Pretty soon, it was time to head in for our FREE McMuffins! Hooray!

Our #NationalBreakfastDay coupons right before redemption!

"I want an Egg McMuffin and some Hotcakes, please!"

Yaya J and I got McCafe Premium Roast Coffee (only P25 each!) with our FREE McMuffins!
What is #PERFECTCOMBO? 

This, my folks, is a perfect Egg McMuffin! #omnomnom

At 6:46 am, the branch we were at had served 430 FREE McMuffins! 30 minutes later, they had already served 1,000!

Thank you, McDonald's! 

RL happy with his 2-pc hotcake meal (with Hot Choco) and his Egg McMuffin!

#HoorayforToday! We can't wait for next year!


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National Breakfast Day - Year 2!

Hooray! It's National Breakfast Day!

After the success of last year's first-ever National Breakfast Day, McDonald's will be celebrating National Breakfast Day once again. Happening on the 17th of March - that's on Monday - McDonald's will be giving away FREE MCMUFFINS!

Yes, that's FREE MCMUFFINS to the first 1,000 customers per participating store, from 6AM until supplies last. This year, close to 320 McDonald's breakfast stores will be participating in this event. Free McMuffins will be given away as appreciation to customers who make it a point to start their day at McDonald's.

“Breakfast is a significant business for McDonald’s. And we know the convenience of a hot McMuffin on-the-go makes breakfast so much more accessible for people who are often caught up in the morning rush,” says Andrew Hipsley, Chief Brand Officer of McDonald's for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

With National Breakfast Day, McDonald's aim is to have Filipinos get the filling meals they need, especially in the morning. We all know how essential a full meal is to anyone. A good breakfast can make or break your day. McDonald's understands this very well, as it has incorporated more and more breakfast items in their menu.

McDonald’s Philippines has been serving breakfast since the 1980’s, but this was re-launched in 2008 to include local products like the Hamdesal. Iconic menu items, like the Egg McMuffin - made with lightly grilled Canadian bacon, freshly cracked Grade A egg, and melty American-style cheese sandwiched between warm perfectly toasted English Muffins - have become a breakfast favorite (it is mine!) for Filipino customers who are on-the-go and prefer a no-fuss handheld meal.

“We continue to see potential growth in our breakfast business – and want to demonstrate that our delicious, quality breakfast is a convenient way to start the day,” says Kenneth S. Yang, McDonald's Philippines President and Chief Executive Officer.

I don't know about you, but there sure is something about starting the day with McDonald's. The smell of hotcakes and syrup or their iconic Longganisa Meal... omnomnom! I overslept last year and failed to make it to a McDonald's store on time. This year is going to be different! A new store opened two minutes away! I'm going to get that McMuffin on Monday. I will!

I can't wait for Monday! I want a FREE McMuffin!

NATIONAL BREAKFAST DAY (YEAR 2)
March 17, 2014
6AM until 1,000 McMuffins have been given away!

For a list of participating stores, click here.

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Don't Say I Didn't Warn You!

I wrote parts of this post yesterday, but couldn't finish it as lunch break was over. Then wrote a few more parts last night after work (coded on humpdays) and found myself being tempted to call home just to tell the nanny that I wanted tapa for dinner instead. Haha! I had to stop because I went searching for a few lost tapa photos. So yes, finishing this post today. Anyway... I must warn you. This post will make you crave for Tapa. I think I made a mistake by following JAM FOODS on Instagram and on Facebook, because every time they post, or IG, or repost a pic, I get serious hunger pangs for their tapa (and salpicao). 

Now don't say I didn't warn you.

I just had brunch. Or early lunch. Basta, I had another round of Angus Beef Tapa with one Sunny Side Up and garlic rice. This isn't your ordinary tapsilog, mind you. It is a treat. But I shouldn't be doing this review, as I am not quite the tapa expert. My brother KM is. He is the tapa connoisseur. Once, he made a list of the best tapas in the city - Rodic's, Jollibee (when it was still the dry kind, and not the beef with mushroom crossover), Tapsi ni Vivian, etc. We always went for the dry tapsilog... as anything wet wasn't tapa in our books.

Tapsi ni Vivian in Quezon City

Ang Tapsilog ni Vivian, BOW! 

But then Tapatouille came along, and we got addicted to their Korean Tapa (theirs is the wet kind, like a Tapa stew of sorts, but it kept us coming back).

Jenny and Raffy Javier were the ones who managed Tapatouille at Banchetto Emerald.
Jenny's parents developed the tapa for them.

The line for tapa at Tapatouille. 

Tapatouille serves their tapa with egg (any way you like it), garlic rice and homemade potato chips!

Sadly, Tapatouille stopped joining Banchetto, and you can now only get their tapa packs (frozen) via special order. (Curious? Order from Jenny Javier at 0917.5029107)

One of the best tapsilogs in town for us today would be that of Every Nation's canteen (I don't know if they have a name but yes, the canteen at the basement of Victory Fort). My brother makes it a point to order to-go whenever he'd have a meeting there. I don't know what their secret is, but they have one of the best-tasting tapas!

Every Nation Canteen's Tapsilog! Sarap!

So there I was minding my own business when one day in October of last year, I met Michelle c/o my good friend and stalker-extraordinaire, Mia. We went to watch Wilson Phillips and the rest, as they say, is history. LOL! Okay, okay, well it turns out she and her husband, Chef John Cu-Unjieng, own JAM FOODS - makers of the Angus Beef Tapa. Like I said, this isn't your ordinary tapa. You can't even compare this to Tapsi ni Vivian or even Every Nation's. This is a cut above the rest.

So my siblings and I would make our way every weekend to Mezza Norte or Mercato (they used to sell their tapa here) to catch one of their distributors. Then the inevitable happened, Michelle gave me a 1Kg pack of her Original Angus Beef Tapa for Christmas, and I cannot get enough of it since then!

Look at that! JAM Foods Angus Beef Tapa served perfectly!

My friend Mia and I posing with my pack of JAM Foods Angus Beef Tapa!

Let me tell you, IT IS THE BEST TAPA EVER! I am talking best-tasting, best ulit-ulitin, super-addicting, AWARD-WINNING (!!! They won the Ultimate Taste Test 4.0!), I-CAN-HAVE-IT-EVERYDAY TAPA! And even if Michelle says not to, I've had it everyday, so far (yes, yes, except Monday), since getting a new pack Friday. Teehee.

Raymond Lauchengco with his Angus Beef Tapa monster, N.
Photo from the JAM Foods IG Account.

Rivermaya showing off their Angus Beef Tapa.
Photo from the JAM Foods IG Account.

It's so good, even celebrities rave about it.

And my brother? My brother, who knows his tapa so well... well, he took a bite from my Angus Beef Tapa brunch two days ago, and just had to go and order his own pack. Haha!

JAM Foods has changed our qualifications for best tapa. This one here is special. And truthfully, it is the best in my books. Why don't you give it a try? I am sure you will agree with me (and my brother's tummy).

Try their different Angus Beef Tapa variants and their Salpicao (also award-winning having conquered the Ultimate Taste Test 8.0!). Their burger patties are also bestsellers!

ANGUS BEEF TAPA - Original, 1Kg, P550
ANGUS BEEF TAPA - Hot & Spicy, 1Kg, P650
ANGUS BEEF TAPA - Korean, 1Kg, P650
ANGUS BEEF TAPA - Premium Lean, 800g, P650
ANGUS SALPICAO, 800g, P650
ANGUS BURGER PATTIES, 4 - 250g (approx) Patties/ pack, P550

To order, call 02.6229740 or text 0917.5331371 (Look for Michelle, Alabang area) or any of the distributors nearest you.

Want to be part of the JAM Foods family? They are still open for distributorship!
Shoot them a text (via 0917.5331371) with your name, email and mobile number or send a letter of intent to mncuunjieng@gmail.com.

Saturday Power Brunch before my daughter's swimming party!

Sunday Brunch! I was actually dreaming about this at 1am!

Yesterday's Brunch Baon. 

JAM Foods Angus Beef Tapa. Wow! I never thought Tapa would be this addicting! Alas, they have just proven me wrong.


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FREE McMUFFIN!

I hardly ever get to eat breakfast, but whenever I do, it's usually a cup of coffee with either hotcakes, cereal or toast. When I'm late, which is mostly the case (oops), I usually just swing by McDonald's (a block away from the office) to get myself either Hotcakes (a family fave!), their classic Longganisa Meal (my college comfort food) or an Egg McMuffin. With coffee, of course!

I can now see how important breakfast is. My mom would always tell me that if I'm skipping meals, I shouldn't skip breakfast, regardless if it's the easiest to sacrifice out of breakfast, lunch or dinner. Nutritionists would agree that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It keeps you going throughout the day, aids in proper metabolism and helps you concentrate. My kids aren't breakfast eaters either, but we've been changing our eating habits lately, and have started to practice eating breakfast on a daily basis.

National Breakfast Day

McDonald's understands how important breakfast is, and initiates the campaign to educate Filipinos on how to start their day right. McDonald's President and CEO Kenneth Yang said, "McDonald’s realizes the importance of breakfast and the role it plays in the lives of our customers—seen with our ‘Hooray for Today’ campaign. With National Breakfast Day, we are taking ‘Hooray for Today’ to a new level by giving Filipinos an opportunity to taste just how good breakfast at McDonald’s really is.”

With that, McDonald's Philippines joins over 5,000 McDonald's restaurants in Asia, Middle East and South Africa in staging the region's first and biggest breakfast activation to date - National Breakfast Day. On this day, over 5 million McMuffins will be given away in celebration of this event.

And yes, Filipino customers will join in the fun and have another great reason to cheer ‘Hooray for Today!’ On March 18, 2013, approximately 300,000 FREE McMuffins will be given away nationwide to encourage customers to start their mornings on a positive note - that is, with a delicious breakfast at McDonald’s.

All* McDonald’s restaurants serving breakfast in the country will be offering 1,000 delicious McMuffins from 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM via dine-in, take-out, or drive-thru. 

MECHANICS:
• On March 18, all McDonald's Breakfast stores* will issue coupons to their first 1,000 customers, which entitles them to a FREE McMuffin, valid between 5:00am to 9:00am on the same day only. 
• Coupon must be surrendered to the crew upon redemption. Redemption does not require any purchase. 
• The coupon is valid for dine-in, take-out and drive-thru only. 
• Only one (1) coupon will be giver per customer. Only one (1) McMuffin can be claimed per coupon. Only one (1) coupon can be redeemed in a single transaction.
• No coupon, No free McMuffin.
• Coupon/Offer is not exchangeable to cash and/or other McDonald's products.
• McDonald's reserves the right to refuse redemption if coupon was found to be tampered with. Only original McDonald's issued coupons will be accepted.
• Free product may vary from illustration. McDonald's reserves the right to replace the free product at its discretion, without any prior notice. 

Come celebrate National Breakfast Day with us! Set your alarm early on March 18 and head over to the nearest McDonald’s breakfast store* from 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM! Together, let's enjoy that FREE McMuffin and start our day right!

*For a complete list of participating McDonald's restaurant, click here.


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