SO you think you can only feast on waffles, pancakes and French toasts for breakfast at IHOP Restaurant? Not anymore. Beginning today, March 17, 2014, IHOP makes five Filipino breakfast meals available in three of its metro locations.
This special menu of five homegrown Filipino favorites include Savory Pork Longganisa, Breakfast Beef Tapa, Classic Chicken Tocino, Lean Chicken Sausage and Classic Pork Tocino. Each is served with garlic rice and two eggs, any style, with atchara and seasoned vinegar on the side.
“These Filipino breakfast favorites will be exclusively offered in the Philippines for a limited time. We’re proudly introducing a menu that expands our appeal just as we’re expanding our locations,” explains Archie Rodriguez, president and CEO of Global Restaurant Concepts Inc. (GRCI), the Philippine partner of IHOP Restaurants.
These meals were developed locally by the chefs of GRCI and approved by the mother company of IHOP, thus making IHOP Restaurants in the Philippines – located at W Global Center in Bonifacio Global City, UP Town Center in Quezon City, and Entertainment Mall of SM Mall of Asia in Pasay – not just American breakfast places serving pancakes, waffles, French toasts, omelettes and sandwiches, but also a haven for classic Filipino breakfast food. The idea is to cater to Filipinos who are craving for Filipino breakfast meals and to introduce Filipino breakfast food to foreigners who know IHOP Restaurants and are in Manila for a visit.
Savory Pork Longganisa (Php375) consists of two big chunks of juicy longganisa served with garlic rice and eggs. Breakfast Beef Tapa (Php375) is classic Filipino-style marinated beef tapa served with garlic rice and eggs. Classic Chicken Tocino (Php345) is caramelized chicken tocino served with garlic rice and eggs. Lean Chicken Sausage (Php295) has got four pieces of lean chicken sausage on the platter with garlic rice and eggs; while Classic Pork Tocino (Php295) boasts of deliciously caramelized pork tocino served with garlic rice and eggs.
Diners who order any of these five Filipino breakfast meals at IHOP Philippines restaurants can also opt to enjoy them with IHOP’s world famous Buttermilk Pancakes, Stuffed French Toast, Waffle or Brioche French Toast at a discounted price. Buttermilk Pancakes, originally priced at Php195, can be had for Php125 with a Filipino breakfast meal, for instance. The Brioche French Toast, whose regular price is Php285, is priced down to Php200. The Waffle, which is priced at Php225, shall be only Php200 with a Filipino breakfast meal; while Stuffed French Toast, which goes for a regular price of Php275, can be enjoyed at Php175.
With the introduction of the new Filipino breakfast meals also come four new ice cream parfait flavors that are now available in time for summer. Co-created with Nestle Ice Cream, these four new flavors are Mango Peaches and Cream Parfait (Php195), which has generous scoops of mango and vanilla ice cream served with peaches and IHOP’s special granola; Childhood Memories (Php195), a taste of childhood in a cup filled with vanilla ice cream layered with strawberry and blueberry syrups and topped with crispy golden hash-browns and cheesecake bits; Chocolate Decadence (Php245), which has IHOP’s very own butter pecan syrup with dark chocolate and white chocolate chips and maple candied bacon perfectly topped on scoops of decadent chocolate ice cream; and Mixed Berry Parfait (Php245), which is chocolate ice cream smothered with cool strawberry and blueberry toppings, drizzled with creamy yogurt and finished with oatmeal streusels on top.
Delightful Filipino breakfast items and new decadent ice cream flavors… It’s a stunning combination that’s just perfect for the summer season.
