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Eat like a Viking on your very special day! Vikings is giving away a free birthday feast whenever you celebrate your birthday not just during the day or the week of your birthday, but for the entire month!

Isn't that exciting? Read more below the mechanics for their new birthday promo.


Mechanics:

1) Birthday celebrant of all ages can avail the birthday promo on the day itself and on their birthday month.

2) Celebrants can eat for free ON THE DAY of their birthday on both lunch and dinner, as long as accompanied by ONE FULL PAYING ADULT.

3) Celebrants can eat for free for ONE MONTH on both lunch and dinner per day, as long as it is within the month of his/her birthday and accompanied by FOUR FULL PAYING ADULT.

4) One full paying adult are adult guests who will be paying full rate without any discounts.

5) Requirements for Celebrants: Celebrant must bring an ORIGINAL and VALID government issued picture I.D. with the birthdate imprinted on it, both local and foreign I.D.s are accepted, for proof (such as S.S.S., N.B.I., Driver’s License, Pag-Ibig, P.R.C., Barangay, Unified, Police Clearance I.D. and Passport) In the case that the celebrant doesn’t have a government issued picture I.D., he/she may bring his/her birth certificate supported by any picture I.D. (school I.D., parent’s I.D., company I.D.).

6) This promo can’t be used in conjunction with our current promotions or discounts.

7) Gift certificates to avail this promo is not honored.

8) This promo is available across all branches.

9) This promo is available until December 31, 2014.

For reservations and inquiries, kindly call their hotlines (located on the bottom of our website and the left tab on Facebook) or PM them on Facebook. For more information on other promotions and our current rates, please visit http://vikings.ph/

*Price and promotions are subject to change without prior notice.


I truly enjoyed having my birthday celebrated at Vikings and I'm giving away this piece of information so that you can also have a great time as well. 

Enjoy the feast and eat like a viking! 




Most people say that if you want to learn about the world, go out and travel more because what's written in the books is only an understatement. But, if you want to get the most out of your travel, there is no other better way but to immerse yourself and get lost in your destination's grassroots.

To some, planning a travel provides a sense of fulfillment but to others, it can be a daunting task. Guide books and travel blogs may seem to help a lot but a lot of hidden secrets are best discovered through the eyes of  a local. 

Good thing there's a new traveler's market place online, Withlocals, which offers a more convenient and strategic way of reaching out to locals and establish a connection between travelers and locals with unique and and personalized experiences.


Withlocals is a peer-to-peer marketplace wherein local people can offer their experiences, services and skills to travelers. These experiences fall into three categories:

  • EAT Withlocals - The best food that a certain destination offers can not be found in the most expensive restaurant but can be experience from a home of a local. Taste the country and savor its culture by dining in a home of a local family. 
  • TOURS Withlocals - Nobody knows a place better than a local. Be prepared to discover more a lot about a certain destination through the guidance of local hosts, that even guide books do not offer.
  • ACTIVITIES Withlocals - Take part in activities and learn new skills from local hosts by living a day in their usual lives.

Withlocals has already been established in Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia to name a few but in the near future, Filipinos will be given the chance to showcase their hospitality to the world because Withlocals will soon be launched in the Philippines. Register as a host or a traveler because now is the perfect opportunity to show the world what Filipinos are truly made of. 

To learn more about Withlocals, check out their website HERE.





It's a given fact that a person can't function properly on an empty stomach. But I guess this blog post may serve as an exception to that considering that I've been starving myself in preparation for the upcoming food coma I am going to experience this weekend.

No, I was just kidding. Starving isn't true but the food coma certainly will be.

Lo and behold, it's the time of the year again for the Davao Food Appreciation Tour (DFAT) 2014. This is an annual event geared towards recognition and promotion of the best local food and dining establishments here in Davao City. Seventeen bloggers are all set for an unforgettable gastronomic adventure and for this year, the following are the participating food and drink establishments:


Park Inn by Radisson Davao | Mam Bebs Bakeshop | 
Yellow Fin Seafood Restaurant 
San Miguel Brewery | Balik Bukid  
Dulce Vida by Tiny Kitchen | Lachi's Sans Rival Atbp.
Claude's Cafe 
The White House Fusion Cuisine and Wine Lounge 
Aling Foping's | Sea Green Cafe and Lifestyle Shop | 
Rophe's Restaurant | The Greene Dare


To have a better understanding of this event, you may refer to my first DFAT experience last June 2013. 

To get real-time updates from me and my co-participants, please follow these social media accounts and the following hashtags:

‪#‎DFAT‬ ‪#‎DavaoFood‬ ‪#‎DavaoDining‬ #DavaoDesserts #ShutterCravings #MissLitratista

Instagram / Twitter: @misslitratista

DFAT 2014 Social Media Accounts:

I wish I could take you all with me to this event but I don't have the powers to do so, therefore, just sit back and wait for my posts as I share to you my experiences. 


Being a big fan of anything made up of cheese, a cheesecake is sort of a pot of gold for me. I don't know if it's just me but I recently encountered certain times when you get tired of consuming a full pan of cheesecake with only a single flavor. I sometimes prefer to explore different flavors of cheesecake in one sitting.So, if there's one thing I appreciate from creative minds out there, it's coming up with a dose of ingenuity in creating cheesecake bites!

Strawberry Cheesecake | Blueberry Cheesecake
Dulce de Leche Cheesecake | Peach Mango Black and White Cheesecake
   



If there's one thing to be proud about being a Filipino, I think one of which is our ingenuity in coming up with new ideas most especially in food. Say for example, a typical Filipino street food called Ginanggang na Saging, which is an unripened banana grilled over charcoal, coated with margarine and sprinkled with white or brown sugar. As to why it is called such, I absolutely don't have an idea. Not advisable for the faint of gut though, as this street food may cause intestinal upset since some starch content of the banana may not be thoroughly cooked.

Spotted this street food outside Ateneo de Davao University along Claveria St and for only Php 15.00, you get to enjoy a stick of delectable goodness. Best paired with an ice-cold bottle of soda on a hot day, always.

Grab a bite.