The promise of new flavours beckons from Banawe.
After all our experimenting in the kitchen, we’re bound to desire more than what our cooking skills can offer. We’re missing all our favourite restaurants, too! This is why we’re oh-so-grateful for the following restaurants in Metro Manila that have come up with frozen meals and ready-to-cook food packs. Prepare to make space in your fridge for these mouth-watering products!
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What they’re offering: Take-home packs and ready-to-cook meals
Let’s start this list with one of our front-runners when it comes to quick and easy meals. True to its brand as a convenience store, 7-Eleven has opened its doors for take-home packs and ready-to-cook meals. You can now buy their famous siomai, siopao and Big Bite buns and hotdogs (all variants available) separately. As for their ready-to-cook meals, their menu includes chili con carne, laing, ginisang monggo, beef with oyster, and more!
More info on their official website and Facebook page.
What they’re offering: Meats and dry ingredients
Don’t we all miss steak? Lucky for us, Alternative Food Corporation specialises in exactly that! Expect to see high-quality meats in various cuts in their menu. They’re even delivering fries to go on the side — wrapping up the perfect meal for your next fancy Zoom date with the bae. Aside from beef, they’re also offering easy-to-cook lamb, pork, poultry, and seafood.
More info on their official website, Facebook, and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
Amber continues to deliver party staples to our doorsteps amid the quarantine period. This time, though, they’re serving our birthday favourites in ready-to-cook food packs; so, we don’t have to consume all of our orders in one go. Craving for their spaghetti and pichi-pichi already? Hurry up, because this promo only lasts for a limited time!
More info on their official website and Facebook page.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
What better way is there to enjoy our K-drama marathons if not with soy garlic chicken, mandu, and bulgogi? BonChon is delivering all of those, and more, in ready-to-cook food packs. So, stock up on your favourite Korean fast food dishes that will stick with you through many more K-drama shows!
More info on their Facebook page.
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What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
This summer heat has got us craving for halo-halo. Thankfully, Chowking has got us covered! During this quarantine period, the fast-food chain is offering its frozen halo-halo toppings for delivery. We can also order our other Chinese fast-food faves from Chowking like its chicken, siomai, and siopao.
More info here and on their official website, Facebook, and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Frozen bread and meals
Make your quarantine mornings more bearable with Chuck’s Deli + Bakery’s heavenly bread. Aside from fresh bread, the deli-bakery is also serving frozen bread that lasts a lot longer in the fridge. Chuck’s Deli + Bakery is also producing frozen comfort food like their empanaditas, chicken tikka, and guava pork adobo. Yum!
More info on their official website, Facebook, and Instagram pages.
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What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook food packs
Besides their Taiwan snow ice, Cold Layers Café is also home to other delicious international comfort food. For the quarantine period, it’s come up with ready-to-cook versions of its famous meals! That includes their homemade beef tapa, Korean beef stew, and meat lasagna. They’re also delivering a yaki udon and gyudon kit — perfect for the rainy days that demand hot noodles.
More info on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
While Conti’s Bakeshop & Restaurant regrettably doesn’t accept online cake orders, they’ve come up with an equally appetising menu for deliveries, anyway! Their garlic longganisa, rellenong bangus, and Shanghai rolls are now all available in ready-to-cook form. This menu is as hearty as all the other Conti’s meals get!
More info on their official website, Facebook, and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Frozen dim sum
Wish you could have easy access to high-quality dim sum? We have good news for you: DECS delivers! Their frozen siomai platters of various flavours are just the thing we need to make these crazy times a little more bearable. Other things on our DECS wishlist? Hakaw, mini asado siopao, and kikiam!
More info on their Facebook page.
What they’re offering: Frozen sauces and pizza toppings
We sure miss the super satisfying meals of Greenwich! With this, we’re super happy to know that the fast-food restaurant is giving us access to their delectable frozen sauces and pizza toppings. Their marinated chicken is also available for delivery. If we can have those for our next online pizza party, we ain’t complaining no more!
More info on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
Bida ang saya knows no limits when Jollibee lets us cook our favourite chicken joy, fries and tuna pie in the comforts of our own homes. There’s no time to waste! Jollibee products are only available until supplies last.
More info on their official website, Facebook, and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook food packs
KFC finally joined in the ready-to-cook bandwagon on 22 April. Frozen packs of their crispy fries and nuggets are now available in selected branches. Honestly, we’re still waiting for KFC to drop a fryer-friendly version of their original fried chicken; but for now, these well-loved meals will do.
More info on their Facebook page.
What they’re offering: Family frozen meals
Want to fancy it up in the kitchen? How about serving your fam bam a set of French-inspired Filipino meals? Locavore Kitchen & Drinks mostly offers set meals good for the whole family. Don’t miss their sizzling sinigang, green curry Bicol express, adobong baka sa gata and kimchinigang!
More info on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Frozen meals
Mozzarella sticks. Clam chowder. Beef stew. Roast chicken. We don’t know about you, but we’re in dire need of some of Mama Lou’s Kitchen’s homey dishes right now. Fortunately, they’re now offering frozen versions of these meals during the quarantine period. Deliveries are made via Foodpanda, GrabFood, LalaFood, and Angkas.
More info on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook and frozen meals
What do Manam, Ooma, 8Cuts, Din Tai Fung, Mess Hall, and Mo’s Cookies have in common? Besides all offering mouth-watering dishes, they’re all under The Moment Group! For this period, The Moment Group has come up with ready-to-heat, ready-to-cook, and ready-to-eat versions of our favourite meals! Included here are Manam’s sinigang na beef short rib and watermelon, and Mo’ Cookies South Cotabato Fudge, among others.
More info on their official website, Facebook, and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
Make sure to cook up enough carbs for this announcement: Mang Inasal is offering its famous marinated chicken products. Whether you prefer paa or pecho, they have got you covered! Their bangus sisig and pork barbeque are also available for delivery. Extra rice, please!
More info on their official website, Facebook, and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
Here’s a warning: We’re going to have a run-down of some of our most loved comfort food, so be ready to drool. Max’s crispy pata, kare-kare, and cream cheese ensaymada. Pancake House’s adobo sulipan and all-meat Spaghetti. Teriyaki Boy’s brined tonkatsu. Krispy Kreme’s original glazed doughnuts. Hungry yet? These all-time favourite dishes are all available for delivery to selected places!
More info on their official website.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
Last time, we asked you about what you’ll be eating once the quarantine ends. Most of you answered ramen, and we can totally relate. After all, who isn’t craving for ramen right now?! And we can hardly recreate its umami flavours with our pastry staples; so having Japanese restaurants like Mendokoro Ramenaba offer take-home ramen kits and side dishes practically saves our bellies.
More info on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
We’ve said this before — McDonald’s is selling ready-to-cook food packs! The menu includes our most loved chicken McNuggets, breaded chicken fillets and marinated chicken cuts. Because the popular fast-food chain is only selling these crowd favourites until supplies last, we recommend that you call your nearest McDonald’s branch before driving through.
More info on their official website, Facebook, and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Take-home packs and ready-to-cook meals
At long last, Ministop is now offering its remarkable crispy Uncle John’s fried chicken in frozen form! Aside from the fried chicken that launched a thousand ships, the convenience store is also delivering their ready-to-cook packed hotdogs, nuggets, chicken inasal, kariman, siomai, siopao, and empanadas.
More info on their Facebook page.
What they’re offering: Frozen meals
Jazz up your dinner at home with some of Mulberry Door’s mouth-watering dishes. Known for their luxe comfort food, this restaurant offers gourmet heirloom recipes. During the quarantine, Mulberry Door is rendering us various frozen meals — definitely something to be excited about! To know what they’re currently cooking up, shoot them a message on their social media pages.
More info on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook food
Our Netflix parties can’t be complete without iconic cinema food. Potato Corner and Nacho Mucho are now delivering ready-to-cook food packs, including our go-to movie house snacks! Yes, that includes our much-adored Potato Corner shoestring and loopy fries, as well as Papi’s mozzarella sticks and cheese sausages. They’re even selling ready-to-drink Okinawa milk tea sachets — complete with nata de coco sinkers and pudding powder kits!
More info on their Facebook page.
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What they’re offering: Frozen deli products and meals
We sure do miss Old Swiss Inn products, and they know it! With that, they’re providing us with frozen deli products like baked gnagi and sauerkraut; “snap and zap” meals like goulash soup, bolognese sauce, and corned beef caldereta are also available! You can pick up their products at their Makati branch or have them delivered via Lalamove or Angkas.
More info on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook snacks
Just like the original movie house experience, we have more than one cinema snack house on this list. On the menu for Taters are hotdogs, nacho beef, chips, munchers, and more! They also have ready-to-eat items like their taco shells, and popcorn. Don’t forget to order your favourite dips as well! White cheddar, Texan barbeque, and salsa dip are all available for deliveries.
More info on their official website and Facebook page.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook food packs
Budget Japanese food is all we can ask for during this quarantine period. Fortunately, Tokyo Tokyo knows the desires of our hearts. It’s offering ready-to-cook beef misono, chicken karaage, Wagyu cubes, beef yakiniku, and chicken gyoza! These items are all marinated in Tokyo Tokyo’s signature flavours. Other than take-outs, deliveries for these items can be made via Grab and LalaFood.
More info on Facebook page.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
Another Japanese restaurant treasure, Ramen Nagi has its kitchen open for delivering ramen to-go boxes. As of writing, we have four flavours to choose from — Butao, Red, Black, or Green King. Besides luscious ramen bowls, the restaurant also offers chicken karaage, chashu rice boxes, and gyoza boxes. Itadakimasu!
More info on their official website and Facebook page.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
This quarantine has had us partying over Zoom video calls, making Recovery Food an essential go-to for most of us. Offering feel-good breakfast food at any time, Recovery Food now has ready-to-cook food packs for their signature Tapa de Morning, Barcia strips, Amadobo, Doc Sisig, and more!
More info on their Facebook page.
What they’re offering: Frozen barbecue and deli items
Hardly any restaurant does barbecue like Reyes Barbecue! We’re happy to announce that some branches in Metro Manila are serving frozen barbeque — boneless chicken BBQ, liempo, pork BBQ, marinated bangus, tuna belly, etc. They’re even selling their bottled BBQ marinade sauce, peanut sauce, atchara, and pica-pica sauce!
More info on their Facebook page.
What they’re offering: Frozen meat cuts
Meat Plus Group has spoiled us with top-of-the-notch restaurants: Meat Plus Cafe, Tender Bob’s, Kettle, and Fireside all serve us flavourful meals. During this quarantine period, they’re providing us with premium meat cuts. So whether an occasion calls for an Angus Ribeye or a salmon fillet, these restaurants have got us covered. Deliveries are made via Grab, Lalamove, or Angkas.
More info on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
What they’re offering: Ready-to-cook meals
Have you started your Spanish series marathon yet? We highly recommend pairing your Netflix time with some Wobbly Pan faves. For us to savour their meals anytime this quarantine, they’ve frozen some of their must-try dishes: Iberian chicken, lengua estofada, callos, salpicao, or marinated garlic beef tapa.
More info on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
Also read: 50 Cafés & Stores Offering Coffee Delivery & Pick-up in Metro Manila
Now, our bellies are rumbling. What’s next on the menu for you? Let us know by dropping a comment!
Featured image credit: Ramen Nagi, Nacho Mucho, Chowking PH| Official Facebook pages.
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