Top 12 Yummy Food Gifts

’Tis the season to eat, eat, and eat some more! It’s the only time of the year we all have license to indulge. And with all the food finds in bazaars and food markets, it’s tough to find something your loved ones have never tasted. But we can try!

While we cannot assure you that your loved ones have never tried it, we can guarantee that these goodies cannot be found in supermarkets and department stores. Enough of that, let’s get shopping now! 

Here are 12 yummy food gift suggestions:

 

1. Macarons from Alchemy

Perhaps the prettiest treats to look at from any store window are French macarons. Through the Yummy Eats 2013, we discovered super delish macarons at affordable prices. Must-tries are the Salted Caramel (P35/piece) and the Dark Chocolate Ganache (P40/piece). 

Other flavors are available, too. Regular flavors like Salted Caramel, Chai Spice, Banana Walnut, and Peanut Caramel are P35/piece; and premium flavors like Mint Chocolate Ganache, Passion Fruit Milk Chocolate, Coffee Caramel Ganache, Green Tea White Chocolate, Dark Chocolate Ganache and Raspberry White Chocolate are priced at  P40/piece.

E-mail: alchemybakingmagic@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alchemybakingmagic

Website: twitter.com/alchemybymeryl

Mobile no.: 0917-896-3795

 

* For pickup only at 24 Lark St. Greenmeadows Subdivision, Quezon City

* Please call at least three days in advance before pick-up date.

 

2. Churros with a Twist with Amanda’s Hot Chocolate Dip from Pio’s Kitchen

Mostly famous for their wonderful-looking and uber-yummy paellas, Pio’s Kitchen makes mean churros, too.  Its churros are stuffed with Manchego cheese, deep-fried, rolled into powdered sugar, and served with Chef Chin Gallego’s grandma’s recipe for rich hot chocolate. The chocolate dip is made of carabao’s milk and ground chocolate, made using  a wooden rod called a batirol until it forms into the perfect thick consistency. 

P125/set (2 pieces churros and a shot of hot chocolate)

Website:  www.piospaella.com

E-mail: pios_kitchen@yahoo.com

Phone no.: (02) 509-4529

Mobile no.: 0917-532-2892

 

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3.  Hot Sauce from Aeta Organics

If you like it hot on everything you eat, we highly recommend the Aeta Organics Hot Sauce. Why choose this? Because it’s made with 100% organic products such as chilies that have been organically and proudly grown by the Aetas in Central Luzon using the age-old traditional style of their ancestors. That means all the products they sell are free from chemicals / pesticides. Not only does this make your food yummy, it also helps our country’s first inhabitants live with dignity and pride.  Get a bottle for P295 at Wild Ginger, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center, Makati City.

To know more, visit:

Website: www.aetaorganics.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/aetaorganics

 

4.  Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes from Cupcake Lab

Giving or eating a full-size cake would be both expensive and gluttony -- enter cupcakes. And since there are cupcake stores on every corner with their red velvets, Cupcake Lab doesn’t sell kiddie and pa-cute cupcakes, like this no-nonsense Chocolate Caramel Cupcake. Other must-tries are the Ferrero Cupcake and the Pecan Pie. They’ll turn choco-holics into cupcake devotees! Figure-conscious sweet tooths can munch on the little versions, their mini cupcakes.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CupcakeLab

Tel no.: (02) 400-2296

Mobile no.: 0918-445-1749 

E-mail: cupcakelabph@yahoo.com

Twitter/ Instagram: @cupcakelabph 

 

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5.  Peanut Butter M&M Cookies from Think Wink

Owner Winky Sagenes did not scrimp on the good stuff with these cookies, we must say. These just-baked, chewy, cookie-dough-y cookies are peppered with Peanut Butter M&Ms, so every little nibble has at least one chocolate candy. Think Wink also sells a bunch of other home-baked cookies like Salted Caramel Cookies, Oatmeal Choco Chip (their bestseller!), and Nutella. 

Ways to order:    

•    Drop an e-mail at winx_sagenes@yahoo.com   

•    Call (02) 567-0730 or call/text 0929-614-3471   

•    Write a PM or post on FB fan page   

•    http://thinkwink.wix.com/thinkwink

 

6. Bagwang from Manila Q

Meet the pumped-up version of the bagnet, the bagwang by Manila Q. It’s a wonderful combination of three of our favorite things: chicharon, bacon, and crispy fried pork belly (liempo). It can be eaten alone like you would a chicharon or like bacon/or crispy fried pork belly (liempo): with egg, rice, and vinegar on the side.

As a Christmas gift, you can take-out cooked Bagwang or buy a frozen pack for the recipient to fry at home.  To order, drop by their take-out restaurant at 196-B Katipunan Avenue, Barangay Blue Ridge, Quezon City (beside Route 196 Bar).  

To know more, visit their Facebook page.

 

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7.  Leche Flan Cake from Patisserie Caroline

A unanimous winning decision from the Yummy team back in 2011 and still one of the staff’s favorite dessert is the Leche Flan Cake. It tastes like a light, fluffy cake soaked for hours in a beautifully jiggly and delicate leche flan. We can’t quite decide if it’s more of a cake or more of a flan, but we all agree that it’s 100% melt-in-your-mouth yummy-ness.

Pickup address is at No. 17 M. Paterno St. Pasadena San Juan City.  Call (02) 722-6839 or 0917-9072093; or e-mail patisseriecaroline@yahoo.com.

 

8. Bacon and Gruyere Mini Quiches from Simply Pie

The heart of every pie is the crust, and Simply Pie’s crusts are to-die-for! Think delicate, flaky, and fresh (not frozen) crusts filled with Tyrolean bacon and Gruyere cheese. The possibilities are endless! They also have quiches and desserts like apple pie, buko pie, and more.  For more information, check out their pies on their Facebook page.

To order,  call 0922-882-2194 or 02-4123677. Pickup address is at 9C Victoria Ave. near cor. 5th St., New Manila, Quezon City.

 

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9.  Authentic local sausages from Sonsi Longganisa

True to our silog tradition, we love waking up to a just-fried longganisa, garlic rice, and egg. And there’s nothing like the taste of authentic, so we suggest giving your friends and loved ones a great morning with the longganisa from the province of their choice: Alaminos, Lucban, Vigan, Calumpit, Cebu (pork and chicken), Negrense (Bacolod) Recado and Hamonado, and Boneless Bangus. Order  at Unit 4, Madison Square Complex, Pioneer Street, Mandaluyong City.

You can also get them at the supermarkets of Rustan’s, Shopwise, Robinsons, Waltermart, and the Alabang Country Club.

 

10. Mango Torte from Dulcelin 

A hall of famer in most (if not all) dessert lists in Metro Manila, the Mango Torte from Dulcelin is a dream come true. Its quality has been the same since we at Yummy first tasted it in 1997. It’s made with a crispy-chewy nougatine, peanut brittle-like crust with a mangoes and cream filling, topped with mango balls, and finished off with whipped cream. It’s not a classic for nothing!

Order from these locations:

• 36 Times Street, West Triangle, Q.C. - Tel. (02) 374-2165 or 67 / Mobile: 0917 535-2592 or 0917 513-8822   

• Delicacies Village Tiendesitas, Pasig - Mobile: 0917 810-2288   

• Food Choices, Glorietta, Makati- Tel. 0917 519-2288   

• 11 Garfield Street, Greenhills West Village, San Juan - Tel. (02) 584-2185   

• 324 Cadena de Amor St., Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa - Mobile: 0916-3827892    

• 165 Ramona Tirona St. BF Homes Paranaque - Mobile: 0917 843-4917    

• Pelican Fresh Store, Market! Market! Mall, Taguig - Tel. (02) 889-6696   

• Tea Republic at Pacific Star Bldg. & Enterprise Center , Makati -  Tel. (02) 848-0270

•    UP Town Center, Katipunan Ave. Q.C. - Tel. (02) 955-2306

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11. Blue Fruitcake from Ju.D's

Ju.D's Blue Fruitcake has the traditional elements of a fruitcake — candied oranges, cherries, dates and walnuts, but it's anything but 'regular'. This rich, dark fruitcake is prepared with Blue Mountain Coffee and packed with glazed fruits and nuts, then soaked in Kahlua coffee liquor. It’s a real treat for those who enjoy strong flavors.

Order from:

Call 633-1188 or 633-0260, or visit their Facebook page. Ju.D’s Fruitcakes is located at 50 Greenmeadows Avenue, Quezon City, near Christ the King Church.

 

12.  Custaroons from Gigi Gaerlan

These melt-in-your-mouth Custaroons from Gigi Gaerlan are little bites of heaven! They’re creamy, chewy, and buttery; and is a cross between a leche flan (filling) and a coconut macaroon (crusty topping). The worst thing about this is you can’t eat just one piece. 

Order from these locations:

• The Custaroonery at the parking lot of the St. Pio Chapel Compound, 188 E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave. Bagumbayan, Quezon City

• 8 Temple Drive, Greenmeadows Subd. Phase 3, Quezon City

• 46 Tomas Arguelles Street Sta. Mesa, Manila

*  For delivery within Loyola Grand Villas or meet-up in Petron Station, La Vista or anywhere within these vicinities,  please contact Therese Martinez at (02) 435-2459 or 0917-834-8846.

* Delivery/meet up in Makati is every Monday and Thursday after 1 pm.

 

Aimee Morales is a staff writer for Yummy.ph.