Press by Fullybooked presents Holiday Meal sets and Holiday Pastries

Do you love books? Do you love food? Why not both have at Press by Fullybooked, a place where it reminds you of home with its relaxed setting, food offerings and the aroma of books surrounding the dining area.

Just in time for the Christmas Season, Press by Fully Booked launched Holiday Meal Sets inspired by the staple menu items found on a Filipino Noche Buena table. These sets are good for three to four people so a group of friends or a family can share and enjoy them.

Set A -- Php999
Arroz Valenciana, Homestyle Fried Chicken and Press Iced Tea

Set B -- Php1499
Arroz Valenciana, Homestyle Fried Chicken, Lechone Belly and Press Iced Tea

Arroz Valenciana, a Filipino dish made with glutinous rice, chorizo, shrimp, bell peppers, egg and spices.

Homestyle Fried Chicken, deep-fried buttermilk chicken.

Lechon Belly, slab of pork belly rolled in seasonings and then slow roasted in the oven for a crisp skin and moist meat.

Holiday Pastries, assortment of festive cakes and pastries for 'salo-salo' and perfect as holiday gift.

4 Seasons Cheesecake Php1350

Baked cheesecake which comes in 4 flavors: Original, Caramelized Banana, Quezo De Bola and Hazelnut. Garnished with chocolate, fresh strawberries and honeycomb.

Ube Custard Php850

Fluffy ube cake topped with creamy leche flan.

Chocolate Cake Php1250

Moist chocolate sponge cake filled with layers of chocolate ganache and salted caramel. Coated with cashew crumble.

Cookie Sampler Php440

An assortment of mini cookies in 4 different flavors: Chocolate Chip, Cranberry & Raisins, Double Chocolate Chip and Double Mint Chocolate Chip. Each tub contains 20pcs., 5pcs per flavor.

Bar Sampler Php550, a mix of mini barsnin 2 flavors: Food for the Gods and Butterscotch. Each tub contains 24 pcs., 12pcs per flavor.

Press by Fullybooked also improved some of our favorite heartwarming dishes to strengthen the taste and flavor: Aglio Olio, Mushroom Soup, my favorite Carbonara and Caesar Salad.

Through its wide range of offerings, Press by Fullybooked is sure to capture everyone's taste. From sandwiches, heartwarming dishes to a hot cup of coffee, you'll surely want to stay and grab that book that you're meaning to read for the longest time.

Come and experience a positive full dining experience at Press By Fullybooked

PowerPlant mall
Level R3, Rockwell Center, Makati

Santolan Town Plaza
GF, Col. Bonny Serrano Ave., San Juan

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A UNIQUELY PINOY CHRISTMAS WITH NEW DISHES AT MAX’S RESTAURANT

When it comes to the holidays, no one celebrates it better than Pinoys. In fact, we are known to have the longest Christmas season in the world kicking off in the -ber months when the fun starts and the countdown begins. As Christmas day is fast approaching, Max’s Restaurant offers the Philippines sumptuous new treats that will truly ignite your festive spirits—the new Nilagang Pasko and Bibingka Cheesecake!

Uniquely Filipino traditions are very much alive especially during Christmastime as Pinoys start organizing reunions with families and friends as early as September. This year, make the festivities twice as merry, vibrant, and colorful with the new Nilagang Pasko, Max’s own take on the well-loved pochero dish. Dig into a tender trio of beef bulalo, cured meat, and chicken submerged in a rich annatto oil-infused broth with potatoes, pechay, squash, sweet potatoes, green beans, and saba banana. Partnered with eggplant salsa, this dish will certainly light up your Christmas dinners.

Come together and reminisce the good times with the people who matter in your life, because Nilagang Pasko is also available for sharing with the Holiday Classics Supreme Bundle—a jubilant spread consisting of one (1) hearty bowl of Nilagang Pasko, one (1) regular whole Sarap-To-The Bones® Fried Chicken, a choice of one (1) Pancit, Chopsuey, or Lumpiang Shanghai, one (1) Large Plain Rice, five (5) glasses of iced tea, soft drinks, or sago’t gulaman, and five (5) regular Buko Pandans. This feast for five can be yours for just PHP1,799.

With Simbang Gabi just around the corner and the year almost ending, cap off every get-together with Bibingka Cheesecake, Max’s Corner Bakery’s unique take on the classic Filipino Christmas staple. For only PHP249, this extraordinary kakanin and cheesecake concoction is a marriage of soft, fluffly vanilla chiffon and smooth and silky cheesecake, generously topped with salted egg slices. Wrapped in aromatic banana leaves, the Bibingka Cheesecake is definitely a nostalgic yet ultra-modern treat for you and your loved ones. Max’s Corner Bakery also has its heavenly Caramel Fudge Cake available for only PHP687, which is an incredibly moist and fudgy chocolate cake elevated with luxurious caramel icing and piped chocolate fudge.

Indeed, Max’s newest dishes and treats especially made for the Christmas season will have diners come running to their nearest store despite the holiday rush!

From November 4, 2019 till January 3, 2020, the new Nilagang Pasko and Holiday Classics Supreme Bundle is available in all Max’s Restaurant branches nationwide, and Bibingka Cheesecake and Caramel Fudge Cake in all Luzon stores only. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/maxsrestaurant.

BDO EMBARKS ON NEXT PHASE OF UPGRADE

FOLLOWING last month’s successful implementation of key improvements involving its electronic banking services, BDO Unibank will launch the next phase of its system upgrade this coming Holy Week.

As a result, the following services will be temporarily inaccessible to clients starting 8PM on April 19 (Good Friday) to 12nn on April 20 (Black Saturday):

·      ATMs
·      Mobile and Online Banking
·      Debit and Cash Card transactions

Branches, meanwhile, will be closed from April 18 (Maundy Thursday) to April 21 (Easter Sunday) in observance of the Holy Week. Regular operations will resume Monday, April 22.

“We are advising our clients and the general public to perform their banking transactions ahead of this scheduled activity to avoid any inconvenience,” BDO said in an advisory.

Once completed, the system improvement will allow BDO to provide better service to its growing number of clients and offer banking convenience to even more Filipinos.