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Taste and Learn About Filipino Cuisine — For Free
Remember I told you two weeks ago in my Weekend Musings that There is Such a Thing Called Free Lunch? Well, here is the plan.
We had known Rey almost a year already. When we met, he was working in promoting the Filipino culture through raising awareness. Being a foodie too he brought us to Filipino restaurants and introduced us to Filipino cuisines.
Suanne and I always enjoyed learning about food and its associated culture. So we looked forward all the time to meet with Rey to learn from him.
Well, you can too … and believe it or not, FOR FREE!!
Crispy Pata from Pinpin Restaurant on Fraser
There is no catch, no selling of anything — so you don’t have to worry about this arrangement. It’s a long story how Rey end up with free lunches but he has quite a bit to use up. So Rey thought he might as well share it with chowtimes’ readers. What he wants to do it to promote Filipino culture and Filipino food. For Suanne and I we thought it would be another great idea to provide value to you readers and get to know some of you more.
Here is the arrangements:
Restaurant: Goto King
Address: 5183 Joyce Street, Vancouver (google map)
Date: March 6th, 2010 (Saturday) at 12:00 noon
Yeah, that is this coming Saturday. So time is a bit tight to arrange things (all thanks to my procrastination due to the Olympics!). Location wise, it is perfect because it is just next to the Joyce Skytrain station for those of you who don’t drive.
Pancit from Little Ongpin in Richmond
If you are interested, … More on following page. Click here to continue reading
Results of Draw — Vancouver 2010 Olympics Opening Ceremony Dress Rehearsal
The response was simply overwhelming. When Arkensen and Nanzaro donated three of their precious Dress Rehearsal tickets to chowtime’s readers we did not think much about it. After all, we had too many tickets and the event is held on work and school hours.
Credit metronews.ca - stig nielsen/for metro vancouver
It was in the news yesterday that thousands of volunteers were lining around the block in downtown Vancouver to get hold of just one ticket (with the option to buy another one at $50). Between Nanzaro and Arkensen, they were given ten without having to line up for it.
You know …
I want to say a heartfelt thank you for all the unexpected kind words you had for Arkensen and Nanzaro. We even received a long moving email from a reader just thanking the boys for putting the tickets out there. Those words meant a lot to Suanne and I because this allows us to demonstrate to our boys what it means to share and how people out there who truly appreciates such unselfish act. I want to let you know they are pleased and are proud of what they had done even though they did not say it. I can see it in their eyes. :-)
Thanks a lot!
It goes without saying that particular post generated the most number of comments ever. We had recorded a total of 308 comments. As expected, there are some frivolous submissions (i.e. 24 comments coming from one IP within a space of 30 minutes) … sorry to say we removed the entire swath of these emails from the draw.
We ended up with 272 email addresses which we ran through the Randomizer.
Here are the results: More on following page. Click here to continue reading
McDonalds Mac Snack Wrap — Have One On Us!
Freebie time again!
McDonalds USA sent us another stack of “Be Our Guest” cards for give away to chowtimes’ readers.
This time it is for McDonalds latest addition to the new Snack Wrap Line — the Mac Snack Wrap.
Look at the picture above. What a beauty isn’t it? That is the official media picture of the product. They always look better than the real thing they sell in the restaurant.
I picked up the Mac Snack Wrap on the way home from work today. I just got to taste for myself how it is. Each one costs about $1.90 … or is it $1.60?
You know, I just can’t remember how much I paid for this. Suanne always says that I don’t check each time I use the credit card.
I must admit, I don’t. It’s a guy thing. Most guys never check these sort of things, don’t you think so?
Peeling open the warm flour tortilla, there is half of a normal beef patty. I think it is made with a normal quarter pound patty cut into half.
In it too are the same Big Mac sauce, shredded lettuce, some traces of cheese, a little bit of pickles, and chopped onions. It does not quite look like the official media picture.
I don’t know if you know this. The difference in the Big Mac from the other burgers is … More on following page. Click here to continue reading
Vancouver 2010 Opening Ceremony Rehearsal — Free Tickets
Update 04Feb: This contest is now closed. Will announce the winner of the 2+1 tickets later on today.
Some of you who follows chowtimes.com will know that Arksensen and Nanzaro will be performing in the Vancouver 2010 Closing Ceremony. Until today, Suanne and I still do not know a single thing about the closing ceremony. Any question we had always been met with “I am not commenting” response followed by a change of topic.
The Vancouver 2010 organizers surprised the boys by giving them 10 tickets to the Dress Rehearsal of the Opening Ceremony. Frankly, Suanne and I were more excited than them. Arkensen and Nanzaro is more excited about their other freebies than the the tickets.
This is NOT from us. This is from Arkensen and Nanzaro. They have decided to donate 3 tickets to chowtimes.com as a give-away!!
We went and check if anyone is selling the tickets. Oh yeah, people are selling it at upwards of $250 per ticket on Craigslist (see here). But you are going to get it for free on chowtimes. Here is how … More on following page. Click here to continue reading
Complimentary Dessert from Tamarind Hill in North Vancouver
Hi All:
How would you like desserts like this … for free?
Coconut Crepes from Tamarind Hill
Tamarind Hill will be giving a complimentary dessert for every $35 spent in their new restaurant in North Vancouver.
We visited the Tamarind Hill on Lonsdale Ave about two months ago mainly because we wanted to check out if this new restaurant was as good as the popular restaurant in New Westminster. It was … even though the North Van restaurant is smaller than the first one in New West. We had blogged about our experiences here:
- The first Tamarind Hill on 6th Ave in New Westminster
- The new Tamarind Hill on Lonsdale Ave in North Vancouver
I wanted to let you know that our visit to the Tamarind Hill in North Van was unannounced. The staff did not realize who we were during the visit even though they noticed our camera. I think they assumed we were tourists because they asked us where we were from.
We paid for our meal. We are not paid in kind or money for this arrangement. We did because we wanted to give value to chowtimes readers — that reason and that reason only!
Tamarind Hill only realized that we had visited their restaurant after we posted our experiences on chowtimes and wrote to us about it. We took the opportunity to propose something that will benefit all parties … a free dessert to drive chowtimes readers to go out of the way to give Tamarind Hill a chance to show what they have to offer.
The details are simple: … More on following page. Click here to continue reading
New McDonalds Product – The Angus Third Pounders
Hi All:
Chowtimes were informed by McDonalds USA that they were launching a new burger nationwide yesterday. Please note that this is currently being launched in the US and not in Canada. Normally we would not be interested because it’s for the US but since they offered to provide us BOG (Be-Our-Guest) cards, we jumped on it and said yes.
The new products are called the Angus Third Pounders. Obviously from the name itself it is large … a third larger than the quarter pounders. As a matter of fact, this is the first new burger launch from McDonald’s since the Big N’ Tasty burger was added to the menu in 2001 … eight years ago.
The Angus Third Pounders are available in three offerings: Deluxe, Bacon & Cheese and Mushroom & Swiss. The big-big difference between this and the other McDonald’s burgers are the introduction of ingredients never seen before on a McDonald’s burger:
- Red onion rings
- Full slices of bacon
- Sauteed murshrooms
- Natural Swiss Cheese
- Bakery-Style sesame seed roll
It seems like McDonalds is upgrading their burgers to offer More on following page. Click here to continue reading
LetsGoForDinner.com … to Joe Fortes
Suanne and I first came across letsgofordinner.com Restaurant Loyalty Card during the EAT! Vancouver event. They got our fleeting attention with their claim of giving away 50% off dinner with the use of their Restaurant Loyalty Card. We did not think much about it until a few days after we got home while sorting through the stuff we collected at EAT! Vancouver.
The LetsGoForDinner card will certainly appeal to foodies, especially those who wishes to dine out at fancier restaurants. LetsGoForDinner offers half price certificates to some of Vancouver best restaurants. It’s as simple as that. Here are some of the the restaurants covered under this program (click on the links to see what they had to offer):
- Cloud 9 Revolving Restaurant
- Joe Fortes Seafood and Chop House
- Italian Kitchen
- Trattoria
- Coast Restaurant
- Sanafir Restaurant and Lounge
- Goldfish Pacific Kitchen
- Glowbal Grill
- Zin Restaurant and Lounge
In addition the card will give you an automatic $10 discount without having to purchase discounted certificates at the following restaurants. More on following page. Click here to continue reading
