Mother's Day Specials from Max's Restaurant.

Mother's Day is just around the corner, and as we all know, it's also the busiest day of the year for restaurants and food establishments. After all, it's the day when we all want to take our moms out for lunch or dinner so that she wouldn't have to cook, clean, or slave away in the kitchen.

If you want to avoid crowded places or long restaurant waits on Mother's Day, how about ordering from Max's Restaurant and opt for delivery instead?

Mother's Day Bundle, Php 1899.

For this special occasion, Max's Restaurant is offering a Mother's Day Bundle and it comes with Max's bestsellers and crowd favorites - Regular Whole Fried Chicken, Lechon Kawali Kare-kare, Lumpiang Shanghai, Large Plain Rice, a tub of Buko Pandan, and 4 bottles of Sago't Gulaman. 

Regular Whole Fried Chicken.

Lechon Kawali Kare-kare.

Lumpiang Shanghai.

The price for this bundle starts at Php 1,899 and will be available at all Max's Restaurant branches from now until May 31. 

From the Max's Corner Bakery. :)

Aside from the Mother's Day Bundle, you can also show your love for your mom by surprising her with the Max's Troubador Cake. This soft and buttery cake is finally making a comeback on the Max's Corner Bakery menu just in time for Mother's Day, and I'm hoping this fluffy and yummy cake is here to stay. 

Max's Troubador Cake, Php 799.

This cake retails for Php 799 and you can also have this delivered as well. Orders can be made through the Max's Delivery website, or you can call directly to their stores. Check out Max's official Facebook page for the contact numbers and Viber hotlines.

If you still want to keep up with the timeless tradition of taking mom out to eat this Sunday, you'd be glad to know that both the Mother's Day Bundle and the Troubador Cake are also available for dine-in and take out.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and Happy Mother's Day!

Cooking with my Air Fryer | Crispy Fried Chicken (ala Max's Restaurant).

This is a recipe that I've been wanting to experiment with ever since I got my hands on my Hanabishi Air Fryer Oven. It took me quite awhile to actually try it, since chicken leg quarters were always out of stock whenever I do the groceries (which is actually like, twice a month at the most).

Luckily, I chanced upon some chicken leg quarters at SM Supermarket's Bounty Fresh section on my last grocery run. Yay! And so finally, here it is - my Crispy Fried Chicken, Max's style.

Crispy Fried Chicken (ala Max's Restaurant)

Ingredients:

4 chicken leg quarters (or 1 whole spring chicken)

4 cloves garlic, chopped (or crushed)

6 slices ginger

4 pieces bay leaf

3 Tbsps fish sauce/patis

1 tsp salt

1 tsp ground black pepper

4 cups water

Procedure:

1. In a large pot, mix the water, fish sauce, garlic, ginger, and bay leaf. Stir, then bring to a boil.

2. Place the chicken in the pot and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.

3. Remove the chicken from the broth and drain using a colander. Let it cool for 15 to 20 minutes and rub with salt and pepper on all sides of the skin.

4. Set your air fryer to Air Fry mode and air fry at 190°C for 20 minutes. Flip the chicken at the 5-minute mark. 

5. Flip the chicken again at let it rest for 10 minutes.

6. Air fry the chicken again at 190°C for another 3 to 5 minutes for added crisp. You may adjust the length of time depending on how crispy you want your chicken to be.

7. Serve with fried sweet potato or french fries and tomato ketchup with Worcestershire sauce.

Foodie Goodie | Max's Kare-kareng Pinoy.

Mother-in-law turned 60 yesterday, and in celebration of her birthday, Yue and I had dinner with the rest of the family at Max's Restaurant.

Eyes bulging in hunger? Haha!

Four out of the seven grandchildren were present, so mealtime was rowdy as usual. It would have been chaos had all of the kids were there.

Mom-in-law, Yue, Cholo, Cass, and Lei (at the back).

Yue was famished by the time we got to Max's and didn't have to think twice about what to order. Along with their signature fried chicken, the Kare-Kareng Pinoy is our favorite dish at Max's.

Max's Kare-kare FTW!

Again, on Instagram. :)

Too bad I wasn't able to take photos of the other dishes we had last night. Yue and I were so focused on this kare-kare, lol. And when he was full, he went back to playing with his cousins - something he doesn't get to do very often.

Onlookers dot com. :)

Getting a decent photo of Yue was quite a challenge, as he was distracted by Angry Birds and Pororo and Raw vs Smackdown. Lol.

See what I mean?

At least he was smiling, lol.

Happy Birthday, Mama Gigi! More birthdays to come! :)

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