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NIU by Vikings Opens Second Branch at The Podium

It took almost four years, but NIU by Vikings has finally opened a second branch that is much closer for those living in the northern part of Metro Manila. While Vikings Luxury Buffet has continued its conquest of the entire country with several new branches from Pampanga to Metro Manila and all the way down to Davao, its more sophisticated and elegant brother has been content with its base in SM Aura Premier ever since it opened in late 2014. That changed last August 14, 2018 when NIU by Vikings finally opened its second branch at the busy central business district of Ortigas, even bringing with them their signature award-winning Binusog na Lechon.

You can find the new sparkling branch of NIU by Vikings at the fifth level of The Podium Mall in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong. The Hungry Kat was invited to visit this new dining destination last week but since I am still recovering from my recent hospital procedure, my blog partner had to go on his own to sample all those amazing dishes that Vikings luxury buffet is known for. He says it’s a tough job but he will gladly do it for me.

The main difference between NIU and Vikings is that NIU offers an even classier and more elegant setting that feels like dining inside a hotel rather than just at another restaurant. It offers a wide selection of cuisines that ranges from Mediterranean, Chinese, Japanese, French, and Italian. Expect a truly evolved dining experience as you feast on these distinctly appetizing dishes from all over the globe. I can spot Richie, aka The Pickiest Eater in the World getting ready with his first of many rounds at the buffet.

“NIU” actually means nine in the Viking language and is a significant number in Norse mythology. The restaurant also has nine different stations with a variety of meals from appetizers to main courses and desserts. You can have a romantic dinner buffet here with your special someone or gather the entire family for a luxury feast of epic proportions.

It may not look so at the entrance, but NIU by Vikings Podium is a huge restaurant that can handle big groups and more. They also have two semi-private dining rooms that offer a great view of the busy streets of Ortigas below. I fondly remember all the times I have enjoyed my lunch or dinner at NIU in SM Aura Premiere (Read: Niu by Vikings Celebrates 1st Anniversary with “Niu” Dishes) so I am really excited to dine at their Podium branch soon.

The buffet lineup at NIU is so long that it is quite hard deciding where to start. That is always my problem when I visit NIU or any Vikings luxury buffet restaurant. I usually head straight to my favorites like tempura and hakao, but guests can start their battle at the appetizers station which offer cold seafood, salads, cheeses, hams, and other bite-sized items.

Make sure to get a plate of their Baked Oysters which is loaded with lots and lots of melted cheese. They also have breads, soups, and other interesting items to start your buffet.

The Japanese Station is also a good place to start with its extensive sushi and sashimi selection. Enjoy all the salmon and tuna sashimi you like, or get some of their more unique creations like the barbecue roll, dynamite roll, California maki, and many more.

But the first item I usually get at the buffet is their crunchy Tempura. One thing I really appreciate when dining at NIU by Vikings is that the tempura does not usually run out, unlike in other buffets where you might have to wait in line for the tempura to be refilled. 

Those who like Shawarma can make their own servings at the shawarma station which actually features an automatic chopping machine. If you don’t feel like making your own shawarma, then just ask the servers to prepare one for you. That is another advantage when dining at NIU, you can ask the servers to deliver items to your table instead of getting them at the buffet. Now that is true luxury.

Spanish cuisine is also represented at NIU by Vikings with the Paella Valencia that comes loaded with seafood toppings. There’s also the Italian Station which features a couple of pizzas including the Spicy All Meat Pizza.

The Pasta Station is another tummy-filling area where you can ask the chefs to prepare carbonara, bolognese, spaghetti, and other specialties. During dinners and weekends, NIU has more premium items on the buffet that are not available during their weekday lunch service, like the Foie Gras Ravioli with its decadent duck liver. 

Head over to the Chinese Station and have fun choosing from all the dimsum items on the table. When I get to visit here, I will definitely grab all the Hakao I can handle. The other dimsum all look interesting like the Xiao Long Bao, Pork and Shrimp Siomai, Phoenix Dumplings, and others.

These Penguin Chocolate Buns are just so cute! They are filled with yummy and gooey chocolate inside so these will be great for appetizers or dessert. The Chicken Custard Buns are also delightful so kids will love these items as well.

They also have some Filipino dishes including the Grilled Pork Liempo, Chicken Inasal, and Lechon Kawali. These favorites are always appreciated in any occasion.

Several Chinese dishes are also available so make sure to get the Steamed Suahe, Ginger Onion Crab, and Szechuan BBQ Fish. Aside from these, you can find a roasting section featuring Roasted Duck, Asado, Sausages, and more.

But the highlight at NIU by Vikings would definitely be their Carving Station that offers a plethora of meats and savory dishes that will truly make your mouth water.

The Rib Eye Steak is the centerpiece of this station and rightfully so. Ask the chef for a slice or two and he will cook it on the spot according to your preferred doneness. When you are finished eating this glorious beef, ask for some meaty servings of the Angus Chuck Eye steak and Angus Belly.

Another can’t-miss dish is the award-winning Binusog na Lechon which you can find at all Vikings, Four Seasons Buffet & Hotpot, and NIU restaurants. This stuffed lechon belly was an awardee at the 2015 Philippine Culinary Cup and thankfully Vikings has included it in their buffet ever since. Other items you can find at the carving station are the Stuffed Turkey, Beef Ribs, and Leg of Lamb.

Just as in any Vikings restaurant, drinks and beverages are already included in the buffet, so you can find a wide selection of juices and sodas including tea, coffee, fruit shake, beers, wines, and even sake.

What makes NIU more interesting is that they also offer several signature cocktails like the Acapulco Drift, Cloud 9, and the Classic Margarita. Yes, you can have as many glasses as you want, so the celebration never ends.

Make sure to leave room for dessert because there are so many sweet options to choose from. Head over to the Dessert Bar for their cheesecakes, chocolate mousse, fruit salad, coffee jelly, and more.

Kids and adults will enjoy getting their donuts and topping it off with candies, brownies, cookies, ice cream or whatever combination they want. Bibingka and puto bumbong is also available for an early taste of Christmas. The Death by Chocolate is one cake that will really delight all the chocolate lovers.

For those with birthdays coming soon, you can avail of NIU by Vikings’ Birthday Promo where you can get a FREE buffet on your birthday just by bringing along one other paying customer. Just like at Vikings, they will serenade the birthday celebrants with a special song and their own birthday cake.

The rates for NIU by Vikings at The Podium are P938 (+5% service charge) for Weekday Lunch and P1,438 (+5% service charge) for Dinners and Weekends plus Holidays. But here’s a special opening treat! From August 21 to September 2, 2018, all guests who will make prior reservations on their landline 845-4647 will get 15% discount upon dining. Better yet, if you have a Vikings Reward Card, members and their companions will get 20% discount upon dining. Now those are the perfect reasons to visit NIU by Vikings this week so you can enjoy this grand buffet celebration at these fantastic rates.

NIU by Vikings

5/F The Podium Mall, 18 ADB Ave, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong 

845-4647 / (0917) 854-2888 / (0939) 901-8888

www.niu.ph

www.facebook.com/niuthepodium

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What We Eat In A Day ♥ Easy Vegan Recipes For Everyone

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What We Eat In A Day ♥ Easy Vegan Recipes For Everyone

Hello friends and welcome to our little home in Costa Rica We have had so many Requests for us to do another video like this one So we decided that it's time for us to do another what we eat in a day is your Pura Vida style This video and all super food and packaged products in our recipes today were sponsored by thrive market Thrive market is an incredible online grocery store that makes healthy living easy and affordable they carry thousands of Non-gmo and natural products at twenty five to fifty percent below retail price find Everything from vitamins to healthy snacks to supplements and tons of great plant-based options on an easy to use website Ships straight to your door use our promo link to get 25% off your first order and a 30-day free membership Every morning when we wake up we love starting our day with a very nutritious meal, that's gonna Give us energy for the whole entire day, so we've decided for this video

It's going to be the boho superfood smoothie So the base of this movie Bowl today is going to be bananas with pineapple so we start by first cutting the pineapple Once you have your fruit cut and you have usually about a cup of ice drop it into a blender for this We're using a coconut They're very very easy to find here They literally grow on trees so Don't be intimidated If you don't have a coconut just use coconut milk or almond or even water or even that's that's so true even water and you Throw that all together It's that's your main base for the smoothie Bowl and just blend that baby up So the super foods we added today We're a maca powder

They're a spirulina There's also an incredible mix of greens that we use which has like algae wheatgrass There's lots of great powders like this you can throw in and hemp hearts and that I love that because it's a super amazing plant-based protein So we put all our superfoods in the blender with all of the base and blend it up for a bit And if it's not thick enough add more banana So once you got the base the smoothie base Then that's this is where the fun part comes We like to first layer the base of the smoothie bowl with some granola for Juliana This is like an art form I love it and looks so much fun and like you're creating a masterpiece Perfect, but we like to use some kind of organic Not on sweeten granola You can find it in here grocery stores as well So we'll line the bottom with it and then it will place all our fruit so today We're using mangoes and pineapple games, so we line it up Then you pour the smoothie, and so this is where it fills up, and then you finish it off with very similar structure So we put more kernel and so it gives it a little bit more of a base for the fruit to sit on Then you put the fruit we like to stack and make shapes out of it sometimes Oh, we have time We get creative we use cacao nibs to place on top for that little bit of chocolate tape and then also one of my Favorites for foods

Goji berries aka rank raisins They're so good for you right now to me They're always gonna Be rank raisins So pretty much that is your smoothie bowl, and we like to call our masterpiece For lunch today, we are going to make the tropical tahini summer rolls Which are one of my favorites is just a great different way to still consume your veggies But in a different format than just a salad bowl, and these summer rolls are so healthy It's so good for you and pretty fast to make so if you were on the go You can look them up So we're gonna start by cutting up all the veggies first now remember We're gonna cut them lengthwise so you want to get your pepper out your lettuce your cabbage avocado tofu And let's just start slicing it, and then we also like to add in our mango Which will give it that sweetness and a little flavor of the Tropic that's right tropical everyone the last step before assembling is to soak the rice paper and the thing about the rice paper is you just want to dip it for a second and Pull it out as soon as all of it has touched some kind of moisture we like to lay it out on top of the rice paper and a nice little method where everything's kind of has its place and Then from there, you roll it up kind of like a burrito a gardeny fresh Burrito garden burrito, just like a little baby I'm just wrapping it up

Oh baby that you're gonna eat later Which is really weird I don't think you've got your rolls ready This is where you want to create your dipping sauce now we love dipping our summer rolls into our homemade Which is not as intimidating in a sense It's really really easy You can actually make it look like three ingredients if you want to but we had a couple different ones just to Make it our own, so you go, and you get your tahini paste Which you can find in almost any grocery store or little food market? so if you get your tahini you get some raw garlic and some lemon some lemon juice into it and then also we add a little bit of maple syrup just to give it that little bit of sweetness you don't have to But that's something we like to do and then once you got all these ingredients just throw it into a blender or a food processor And just start blending it up So that's pretty much it so you make your tahini sauce you got your summer rolls and there you have it enjoy a tropical Tahini summer roll For dinner today We're going to make something really yummy and something that we don't eat too often But when we do it's a real treat for us so dinner tonight is pure vegan veggie burgers with spicy yam fries For today's burgers what we're gonna be using our Patties that we got from our friend Fabrizio who owns Love burger out here in samara, his burgers are amazing because they're lentil based they're fully organic Super natural We are obsessed with them Yeah, but the wonderful thing about veggie burgers these days is you can either go online and research? And it's really easy to make your own patties, or you can go to your grocery store and in 2018 there are so many different options So you think you can have a lot of fun experimenting with the different brands the ones that taste exactly like me Or it goes all the way back swings to the other side of the pendulum where it almost feels like a veggie patty It's a lot of fun to have a veggie burger night and really try and make it healthy and try to experiment with the different Types that are available we're using sourdough buns today We usually use gluten-free, but Juliana actually she's not even eating a bun today just to show you guys that it's just as good and just as tasty to have it on a Leaf of lettuce and to dress it the same way almost like an open-faced down So let's talk about how we make these incredible put a vegan burgers So pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees and then chop up those yams guy now our yams look a little Different than North American yams, and we were so confused when we first came to Costa Rica I was like this is not a yam because it's kind of purply and when you cut it

It's white we thought there we thought it was yuca for a while, but it is yam fries so don't be confused We are cutting yam fries here and for our fries We actually kind of make like a an oil base for it That's a really nice organic olive oil with some garlic chopped up minced garlic that will bake really well with it and we add a little bit of chili powder on top just to Give it that spicy kick then just cover the pan that has yam fries on it with it and mix it really well, so All the potatoes have some dressing on them And then just stick it in the oven for I would say 30 minutes or more after 30 minutes I'd like to start checking in just to try a fry make sure it soft but 30 minutes or more It's usually time you want to give for the yam fries for the veggie burgers We're actually in our frying pan using a little bit of organic coconut oil And that's just to give it a little bit of that tropical taste that pure of vegan taste And then you put the patty on the frying pan We're also gonna be using some pineapple today So it'll cut a ring of pineapple and put that as well on the pan just to fry it Lightly don't keep it there for too long so once you've got the Patty and the pineapple fried Then we move on to the dressing, so we're gonna dress our burger today with guacamole It's really easy to make your own guacamole at home all you're gonna do is just take a really ripe avocado slice it in half dump the goodness into a bowl and We like to use some coconut milk even a little bit of lime as well like to squeeze it tiny bit of that just to give it a little bit of a Zest and then just start blending it with a fork to create your guacamole and then from there we chop up our tomatoes for condiments We're gonna be using our tahini sauce that we actually made for lunch So put that on the bun or the leaf and then you put your patty on there and then start to dress your burger and Then get your yam fries out put some fries on the side And maybe a little more tahini sauce if you like to dip your thighs into something And like mark would say it's it's in burger time or burger burger part You never said either of those burger time Alright guys well there you have it This is our what we eat in the day pura vegan style If you'd like to recreate any of these recipes at home we have included Everything that you need to know in the description of this video So just click the little read below Button and let us know your tips and tricks to expanding on these recipes or what worked for you Or what didn't go have fun with the recipes to eat healthy food enjoy the outdoors, and we'll see you soon alright guys See you later Thanks again thrive market for sponsoring this video today Remember use the promo link to get your free 30-day membership and a 25 percent off discount

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Know about the Health Benefits of Cherry

Cherries are available in various sizes and shapes. However the factor is that this fruit is extremely delicious as well as tangy. Thus virtually it's much-loved for everybody. Cherries could take part in numerous dishes as well as it definitely is one of the very best sources of nutrients. It is a low calorie food as well as helps in weight management diet plan too. Cherries give you great deals of health and wellness related advantages. Right here are several of the very best wellness benefits that you could bring from cherry. Attempt them and see.

The Health and wellness Advantages of Cherry Fruit

- Cherries are abundant in anthocyanins and also they assist in great blood circulation and appropriate oxygen absorption in the body.

- If you have sleep issues then possibly cherries could be the very best fruit that you could have. It is extremely rich in melatonin as well as so it would certainly aid in rest promo. Cherries could be the very best resource to combat off insomnia as well as other sleep related concerns. Individuals who deal with jet lag need to consume cherries so regarding bring back the sleep pattern to normal.

- Cherries aid in battling off cancer. It is abundant in antioxidants as well as hence keeps the body devoid of cost-free radicals. Apart from that it cherries are also suggested for solving joint discomfort troubles. It is an anti-inflammatory agent.

- If you are encountering stress then having a dish loaded with cherries can help you obtain remedy for anxiety and also migraines. If you have issue of hypertension after that having cherries would naturally control the high blood pressure levels.

- Cherries assist in keeping the ideal pH equilibrium in the body. They are alkaline in nature and therefore could battle level of acidity generally. It likewise assists in helping digestion.

- If you are looking for the all-natural remedy that would certainly combat ageing then you must consume some cherries everyday. It is an all-natural method to stay healthy and also young.

- Cherries are rich in vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C as well as E. Therefore, it is great for skin's health and wellness along with hair's health and wellness. If you have completely dry scalp or undernourished hair after that taking cherries daily in your diet regimen would certainly give you with lots if benefits.

Due to many health and wellness benefits of cherries you must try to include the very same in your everyday diet. Right here's just how you ought to use cherry.

Using Cherries in your Diet

1. You could eat cherries raw much like you eat other fruits. The preference is sweet as well as appetizing so you would simply love that.

2. You can use cherries in simulated tails as well as this would be the very best method to obtain the wanted levels of refreshment.

3. If you are making any backed recipe like cake or muffin, after that using cherries in the very same would certainly enhance the taste of the meal. It would likewise include the nutritional worth to the dish.

4. Cherry can be utilized in fruit salads as well as this would certainly make your salad yummy in addition to healthy.

In room temperature level, cherries should be consumed within 2 days.