King Bee Chinese Food Opens at Fisher Mall

My very first dining experience at King Bee Chinese Food in Commonwealth was so good that I told my family they just have to taste their food. All of them loved the food, too, and since then, whenever we talk about Chinese food, King Bee will always come to mind.




Last Sunday (16 February), King Bee Chinese Food expands its operation and opened their seventh branch at the upper ground level of Fisher Mall in Quezon City. Attended by its owners, family members, close friends, special guests and friends from the media, we were all treated to a sumptuous spread of food which included:


Pancit Canton
Sweet and Sour Pork


Deep Fried Squid with Salt and Pepper
Shrimp Balls with Salted Egg


Steamed Fish Fillet with Garlic
Beef Brisket with Radish


Pork Siomai
Chicken Feet


Roast Chicken
Masachi

All of which can be ordered at any King Bee Chinese Food branch. I really, really love their Pork Siomai (one of the best I have tasted if you ask me), as well as the Shrimp Balls with Salted Egg. Comparing this branch to the Commonwealth branch, this looked a little modern, but it still has the Chinese feel to it. This branch also has big aquariums for fresh seafood needed in some dishes, although I didn't get to see any function room for office meetings and private parties. One good thing about this branch is that they have a small al fresco side.

As with the other branches, they cater for all occasions and at the moment, they are offering 20% discount on dimsum items and 10% discount on ala carte items. Their dishes are good for sharing, and if there are dishes I would recommend, do try their Bird's Eye siomai (it is my favorite) and any of their prawn dishes. This promo is until 15 March 2014, so take advantage of that offer while it's there. Of course, this promo is not valid in conjunction with sales, disability, senior citizen's and other discounts and privileges.

If you want to have a satisfying Chinese dining experience, do visit any of their branches:

Manggahan Branch - Newhall Commercial Center (General Trias, Cavite)
Cepza Bacao Branch - Diversion Road (General Trias, Cavite)
Sta. Rosa Branch - Sta. Rosa Estate (Sta. Rosa, Laguna)
Marcos Highway Branch - Kingsville Arcade (Marcos Highway, Antipolo City)
Daang-Hari Branch - Parklane Square (Almanza Dos, Las Pinas City)
Commonwealth Branch - Commonwealth Avenue (Quezon City)

This new branch is located at the upper ground level of Fisher Mall. If you're not familiar with this mall, it is located along Quezon Avenue, near Capitol Medical Center. For more information about King Bee Chinese Food, feel free to visit their website - www.kingbeefood.com.

Ramen Craze Plus at The Maya Kitchen

Japanese food is something I am not widely familiar of, but is something I want to explore more as there are only a few Japanese dishes I know of. When I found out that The Maya Kitchen is going Japanese for the month of February, I was very excited to tell my mom about it as my mom has been my classmate for the featured class at The Maya Kitchen since she first attended.


Our teacher for the Ramen Craze Plus class was Chef Seiji Kamura, who has written two Japanese cookbooks with The Maya Kitchen, and has been teaching Japanese cooking. For this class, we were taught four Japanese noodle dishes:


Hiyashi Chuka, a cold noodle dish, perfect to be eaten during summer. Topping the bed of noodles are Japanese cucumber (which I learned is a great kind of cucumber as it has less seeds compared the locally grown cucumbers), crab sticks, crepe egg, wakame, and chasu (pork belly seared in little oil and boiled in shoyu base). It also has a dressing made from soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, garlic and Ichiban.

The dressing was very flavorful and the combination of the noodles, pork, and cucumbers was amazing! It was my first time to taste wakame and I really loved it!


Yakisoba, which I dubbed as Japanese pancit canton, but tasted very different (of course) because of the ingredients used.


Miso Ramen, which had a very intense miso flavor as the base used had a combination of black and white miso. Personally, I am not a big fan of miso, but the ramen was very hearty and comforting.


Shoyu Ramen, my favorite of all the dishes prepared because the soup base was thinner than the Miso Ramen, and also because it had wakame, egg, and big slices of Chashu (yum yum).

Aside from making the noodle dishes, we were also taught how to make the soup base and other secrets to Japanese cooking, allowing us to make our own at home. I realized preparing the dishes weren't as challenging as I thought it would be, but sourcing the ingredients will be the most difficult part.

I am still learning how to fully appreciate Japanese food, but slowly I am getting there.

Foodgasm IV

Are you ready for the fourth serving of FOODGASM?

Since it was organized, I have wanted to attend this event, but was only able to attend once. It is a happy news to know that the UP Economics Society is once again organizing its main fundraising project, which will take place on the 8th of March 2014 at the Mercato Centrale in Bonifacio Global City.

If you're not familiar with the said event, Foodgasm celebrates the joys of being a foodie through its food tasting and friendly competition between concessionaires. Around the venue, 30 promising food businesses will set up their booths, allowing attendees to sample their food and rate them. The business with the highest grade will be the season's grand champion.

800 foodies - including bloggers, guest chefs, students, young professionals, and families will take part of this event, and I hope you can also attend it. It is going to be a fun filled event where you can get to taste innovative food products. If you want to be a part of this, please visit their official facebook
page: http://www.facebook.com/UPEcosoc.Foodgasm.

See you there, fellow foodies!

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