Pancake House Classic Cheese Burger Makes A Tasty Comeback!

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The mere mention of Pancake House is a welcome invitation to a heartwarming home, where friends and families come together for a good time over delicious comfort food.

Fans of the well-loved restaurant would remember its very first branch in Magallanes, where all-time favorites like the Spaghetti with Meat Sauce and the 2-pc. Pan Chicken were born. Another crowd-pleaser from over 40 years ago is the Classic Cheese Burger which is—SURPRISE!—making a comeback at Pancake House Paseo de Magallanes for a limited time only.

The  Classic Cheese Burger is headlined by two high-grade ground beef patties made fresh in limited batches every day – the reason why it is available in just one branch. Lightly seasoned then grilled to a slightly charred perfection, they are tucked in between soft but yielding buns, alternating with two good ol’ American cheese slices.

For PHP299, the burger can be enjoyed by diners of all ages with a side of homemade potato chips, Pancake House’s special coleslaw, pickle relish, tomato ketchup, and mustard. A classic in every sense of the word.

“We are happy to announce the return of the Classic Cheese Burger,” said Pancake House Chief Operating Officer, John Amante. “It’s one of those familiar specialties that speaks of the heart of our very first store. We hope the return of this delicious offering gives our diners more reasons to Choose To Feel Good at Pancake House!”

Boasting of the same delicious recipe, the same simple presentation, and the same homey goodness from decades back, the Classic Cheese Burger is definitely worth the trip to Pancake House Paseo de Magallanes. Order it until September 2019!

For more information, please visit facebook.com/PancakeHousePhilippines.

Hot and humid days ahead according to PAGASA? Here are some tips to keep yourself refreshed at home!

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The summer heat and humidity brought by frequent thunderstorms can definitely be felt. But don't worry— according to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), this is not yet rainy season. Temperatures in Metro Manila and the rest of the country would continue to rise in the days ahead despite the unpredictable thunderstorms.*

It’s usual to drink water, wear light colored clothes, and eat fruits and vegetables that have high water content during this season. But in this scorching tropical heat, what else can we do to be summer-ready?

Here are some useful home tips:

● Consider replacing old air conditioners at home.

If your old aircon still cools slowly even after thorough cleaning of a professional, then maybe it’s time to consider replacing it with a new one. Samsung Air conditioners has a Digital 8-Pole inverter technology, that can give faster cooling speeds with more energy savings compared to conventional inverters.

● Block the heat source!

Bring blinds and curtains down to keep the sun rays from entering the room.

● Avoid using oil-based lotion or sunscreen

The humid weather gives a sweaty and sticky feeling in the skin, especially with oil-based products. Switch to water-based gels or aloe-vera to ensure a hydrating and fresh feeling. Keep these products in the fridge for an extra cooling sensation once applied into the skin. 

● Bring or create a face mist

Freshen up with a face mist to keep cool all-day. Create one by mixing some essential oils and water in a spray bottle. Keep them in the fridge before leaving for the day to keep it chilled.

● Cook strategically

Cooking using the Samsung Smart Oven emits less heat than stove cooking. With its six cooking modes – microwave, convection oven, grill, slim fry, steam, and yogurt maker – you are sure to get meals prepared faster and with ease.

● Prevent Food Spoilage

Improper food storage is a leading cause of food spoilage, especially in hot and humid weather. But there’s no need to worry about food spoilage because Samsung Refrigerator’s Twin Cooling Plus Technology keeps food fresh at up to 2x longer. Only Twin Cooling Plus creates a favorable environment for preserving fresh food in the fridge with 70% humidity.

● Avoid drinking sugary and caffeinated drinks

Sugar and caffeine decrease the ability of the body to store water. Stay cool with a trusty refillable water bottle to bring around everywhere. Extra tip: Fill an insulated water bottle halfway with water and freeze overnight. Once ready to go, fill halfway with cool water. This trick functions as an additional cooling method to achieve all-day icy water.

● Store more fruits and vegetables to turn them into a healthy smoothie 

Store fruits and vegetables in containers and leave them in the fridge or freezer for a healthy smoothie later! Easily store bulky fruits, such as watermelon, pineapple, melon, and papaya with the Samsung Smart Conversion. It has a Fridge Max feature that allows extra storage by converting the freezer into a fridge. Extra tip: Try blending coconut water or peppermint in your smoothie to naturally cool down the body.

● Use white cotton bed sheets

White absorbs less light and heat, so it’s more advisable to use white sheets or clothing. Keep them clean and fresh using a Samsung Fully Automatic Topload washing machine. With its various automatic settings, there’s no need to sweat while doing laundry!

Let Samsung Digital Appliances help you ease the summer heat! Visit the nearest authorized dealer, check Samsung PH on Facebook, or visit www.samsung.com/ph/offer/summerreadyhomedeals to know more.

* (source: ABS-CBN News)

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SM Prime & Hamilo Coast: Defining Beach Resort Living in the Philippines

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Recognized as one of the largest integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, SM Prime offers innovative and sustainable lifestyle communities. Under its portfolio of leisure developments is Hamilo Coast, a master-planned seaside community located along Nasugbu, Batangas. 

SM Prime's Hamilo Coast is a master-planned development, a sprawling beach resort community that encompasses 13 coves. Its maiden development, Pico de Loro Cove, is home to residential condominium developments and a variety of leisure amenities.

Hamilo Coast is a sprawling coastline residential resort town that encompasses three major mountain peaks and 13 coves, three of which are Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Its unique location at the head of the Nasugbu coastline makes it the gateway to the so-called “Philippine Riviera”.

Bounded by the vast West Philippine Sea and misty cloud-covered Pico mountain ranges in the east, Hamilo Coast carefully integrates residential, resort, leisure, commercial, and institutional land uses into its communities, wherein beach resort living will eventually be spun into an everyday lifestyle choice. 

Hamilo Coast's latest residential development is Freia, a contemporary tropical inspired beachfront condominium with encompassing vistas of the West Philippine Sea and Mt. Pico.

Pico de Loro Cove, Hamilo Coast’s maiden development, is a vibrant community where environmental sustainability thrives. It boasts of a 1.5 km. stretch of fine white sand beach, a 4-hectare man-madelagoon centerpiece with pocket gardens, and a Beach and Country Club that features the most extensive land- and sea-based recreational facilities in Nasugbu. In 2007, Hamilo Coast teamed up with the WorldWide Fund for Nature-Philippines, a partnership that continues to thrive up to this day. One of itsenvironmental programs included declaring Pico de Loro Cove as one of its Marine Protected Areas. Conservation efforts under this partnership include ridge-to-reef management, the use of renewable energy, and guidance on the responsible and eco-handling of solid waste.

The Pico de Loro Cove Beach and Country Club is a lifetime membership club that provides exclusive access to the most extensive land and sea-based recreational activities in Nasugbu, Batangas.

A membership at the Pico de Loro Beach and Country Club is a pass to a whole new world of excitingrecreational adventures. A member has access to aquatic sports like sailing, kayaking, windsurfing and scuba diving and outdoor activities such as hiking, trekking, and birdwatching. Members can also enjoy indoor activities such as billiards, bowling, basketball, tennis, badminton, and swimming.

To enhance, Hamilo Coast continues to elevate beach resort living through its latest residential offering, Freia. Rising a few steps away from Pico de Loro Cove’s beachfront, Freia gives its future residents a breathtaking vista of the serene blue waters of the West Philippine Sea and verdant Pico mountains.

Upon entering Freia, residents are welcomed by a grand, high-ceiling lobby designed by acclaimedconsultant Budji+Royal. The beach condominium will offer 214 superior two-bedroom units and nine bi-level three-bedroom penthouses, each designed with living spaces, large picturesque windows, and spacious balconies, that open up to the owner’s chosen view.

Only a 90-minute drive from the SM Mall of Asia, Hamilo Coast is the premier sustainable beach resort town of the Philippines. 

Hamilo Coast is the SM Group’s premier beach resort town in Nasugbu, Batangas. It is now approximately 90 minutes from Manila via Cavitex and the new Ternate-Nasugbu Road. For inquiries, call (632) 945-8000 or visit www.hamilocoast.com.

Healthy Eating Lifestyle at Jar’d IN Salad House

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Healthy eating is one of the most important to stay healthy to enjoy life to fullest. We make choices about the food we eat and our lifestyles. We can make choices for ourselves and for our families that make a real difference to our ability to remain healthy and active, and enjoy life.

Eating salad may be one of the most healthy eating habits you can adopt.

Jar’d IN Salad House held its grand opening on May 31, to offer easy, fresh and healthy salad that can be on the dinner table in no time.

Jar’d IN Salad House has an open salad station that customers  see their orders being made on the spot. 

The salad station has a selection of fresh vegetable -  lettuce, chopped cherry tomatoes, assorted raw, sliced cucumbers, carrots, celery, olives and green or red bell peppers, Feta cheese, dried bread croutons, chopped bacon, cooked cold meats, chicken breast, ham, shrimp, tofu, walnuts, sweet corn, cooked beans, boiled eggs, nacho chips, crispy noodles, fresh cut fruit slices  as grapes, pomelo, watermelon and various types of salad dressing.

 Jar’d IN Salad House  owners  Ed Paras,  Paul Gan and Edmil Chan 

The  Jar’d IN Salad House owners Paul Gan, Edmil Chan and Ed Paras shared to us during the exclusive interview, "to ensure the quality and freshness of the ingredients, the source of their lettuces, vegetables and fruits is from Benguet Growers Association." The ingredients of the salad  are fresh from the Baguio farm guaranteed! 

Some of their easy, fresh and made-to-order signature salad are : “Greek Salad,” “Cowboy Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad,” “Cancun BBQ Burrito Bowl”, “Vietnamese Banhme Pomelo Salad”, and “Amazonia Grain Powerbowl”.

“Cowboy Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad”  ( Bacon Caesar dressing pored over the sliced fried Chicken Finger with Romaine lettuce, cherry tomato, halves hard boiled egg and topped with parmesan cheese)

“Amazonia Grain Powerbowl” (Basil Pesto Yogurt dressing, mixed with romaine lettuce, red and green cabbage, cucumber, carrot, turnip and pomelo and garnished with peanuts, cilanto and dressed with their special Hoisin sauce. And a scoop of red rice makes it a poweful meal)

“Vietnamese Banhme Pomelo Salad”  ( like the common Bahnmi sandwich, this salad can have chicken or ham or tofu or shrimp, your choice. Mixed with sliced veges and pomelo, and topped with crispy sotanghon noodles, nuts, dressed with pineaple nuac cham)

 “Greek Salad”  (Mixed of specialized Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing, Romaine lettuce, arugula and topped with bell peppers, Red onion, Sliced cherry tomato, halves Grapes, watermelon and garnished with crunchy walnuts and crumbled feta cheese)

“Cancun BBQ Burrito Bowl” (Mexican salad with cherry tomatoes, red onion, corn, Nacho chips and drizzled with BBQ sauce and dressed with Basil Pesto Yogurt- Caesar dressing, or Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette, Roasted Chicken Breast is tossed in bbq sauce)

You can choose and made-to-order Fresh Healthy Delicious Salad in a clear Jar

Price range: P220-P330 per bowl or takeout with a transparent jar. If you chill the jar right away, the salad can last up to two days.

Soon to be available in GrabFood, Zomato and FoodPanda!

Jar'd IN Salad House has seating for 30, and have limited outdoor seating. It is open daily 10AM to 8PM. 

They also serve refreshing specialty drinks: Lemonade Chili Juice, Carrot-Ginger-Orange Juice, and Ampalaya Mango Juice. Hot tea for sharing, good for four!

Jar'd IN Salad House is located at MC2 Building in 177 Congressional Avenue, Barangay Bahay Toro, Project 8, Quezon City 1106 Metro Manila.

This healthy, flavorful salad comes together so quickly, and it is guaranteed fresh and to be a hit with your entire family and friends!

Visit and Like Jar'd IN Salad House Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jardinsalad/ and https://www.instagram.com/jardinsalad/ 

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Lalamove Embraces GCash for Partner Driver Payments, Explore More Opportunities for Cashless Transactions

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Local logistics provider Lalamove Philippines have partnered with the nation’s leading mobile wallet GCash to secure payments for their partner drivers. This move comes after the company’s push for a more efficient disbursement method for their drivers, who are usually on field 24/7.

Logistics personnel usually encounter challenges when withdrawing their salaries, as some still depend on cash envelopes, in which, by late afternoon, their head office is already closed. Meanwhile, some do not have ATM cards at all. GCash solves this with the GCash App and its GCash Mastercard. 

The GCash App empowers the user to be able to use money in the app real-time: customers can purchase discounted prepaid load, send money to other GCash users for free, pay utility bills without actually setting foot in payment centers, or pay using GCash QR in over 60,000 GCash Partner Merchants nationwide, including restaurants, apparel, and other product and service brands. The GCash Mastercard, on the other hand, is a card directly linked to a customer’s GCash App, and can be used for swipe, ATM, and online transactions.

“Madali talaga gumamit ng GCash kasi hindi ka masyadong mahihirapan pag magcacash-out ka, kasi kahit nasa labas, kahit disoras ng gabi, 24 hours pwede ka magwithdraw, tsaka safe yung pera kasi nasa telepono mo lang,” said Charlie Cabilangan, a Lalamove driver who has been with the company since 2017.

Lalamove is also looking forward to expanding their partnership with GCash by adopting more services, such as offering GCash QR acceptance for delivery payments.

“Lalamove is the pioneer in on-demand logistics services in the Philippines, and have been leading the industry since 2016. We’re very happy to have partnered with GCash as they were able to make our partner driver disbursements more efficient,” said Dan Marajocon, Managing Director of Lalamove. “We’re definitely looking forward to exploring more opportunities with them,” she added.

Anthony Thomas, Mynt’s President and CEO, meanwhile said, “GCash’s payroll solution is designed for quick and easy disbursements for SMEs, and even big corporations. This service features a GCash Mastercard, which doubles as an ATM card and a debit card all in one, available for use in over 5,000 POS terminals and over 12,000 ATMs nationwide.” “GCash and Lalamove share the same startup mindset, and we’re very happy to continue working with them on working towards a more convenient and financially-inclusive employee payroll ecosystem,” he added.

Originally known as EasyVan, Lalamove was launched to satisfy a specific logistical need - van hiring. Started in Hong Kong in December 2013, Lalamove now operates in 100+ cities across China and Southeast Asia. Today, the company unceasingly matches 15,000,000 registered customers with a pool of 2,000,000 drivers of vans, trucks and motorcycles. Lalamove is also the leading app-based logistics provider in the Philippines.

Getting a GCash account is easy. Just download the GCash App for free from the App Store or from Google Play and sign up for an account. Alternatively, you can look for @gcashofficial on Messenger and sign up.

To fund their GCash account, a user can visit over 16,000 GCash partner outlets nationwide, like 7-Eleven, SM Business Centers, Robinsons Business Centers, Puregold branches, and Villarica Pawnshop branches, and tell the cashier to cash-in to their GCash account. Cashing-in to a GCash account is free.

For more details about the promo, customers can visit the official Facebook page of GCash at www.facebook.com/gcashofficial.