ARJO ATAYDE and Partners Open New INASAL REPUBLIC MASINAG

It's a Sunday, a fun day to gather with friends and family. During these days, there's nothing more comforting than a great plate of hot white rice, with a few slivers of garlic on top, then drizzled with a whole lot of chicken oil. Then you try and stop yourself from actually enjoying a thick, juicy, smoky chicken inasal pecho, or paa anytime.

We've enjoyed it in INASAL REPUBLIC Tomas Morato and West Avenue, and this time, the folks from the EAST side of Metro Manila will have their own as Arjo Atayde, and his partners Ivan Villamar, Mark San Diego, Director Richard Somes, his cousin Gab Atayde opened their newest branch in Masinag, Antipolo.

This sits right beside SM Masinag (on it's left side) and is a stone's throw away from the Antipolo LRT2 Station if you are coming from the north. This branch is a little special because it veered away from the regular restaurant look they had from their previous branches. They've managed to have a long driveway where you can park to eat. The grill masters are on the left side busy preparing your chicken inasal and other grilled products they have on the menu. The actual restaurant is at the back, air-conditioned, with a little around 16-20 tables, very comfortable, with attentive staff all around. The interiors are adorned with artwork, tropical looking light bulbs in every sector. It certainly looks super festive, something they did on purpose because yes, they plan to have different personalities reflect on their design in future restaurants which they plan to do this year and a lot more in 2025.

 

 Here's a preview of the place and the food which we saw yesterday, let's just say, we loved the new look!

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 We then talked to the young representative from the 1st District of Quezon City and Arjo says "This comes from a family recipe that was prepped by Direk Richard Somes, the usual gathering of friends, and it was so good I had to ask him if he'd want to make a business out of it, and he agreed! We really do believe in the product, we really do believe that we can give authentic Chicken Inasal for people who dine in INASAL REPUBLIC. Hopefully by next year, we would have 15 to 20 branches. We wanted to have this different from other locations, so we curated this with an artist and do the same in future locations. The Chicken Inasal here is authentic, my taste, I traveled to Bacolod and know this is what it tastes like when I was there. I love the Chicken Inasal Paa, and Liempo, those are my favorites! We also have Inasal Flakes, made of Chicken breast meat, and a new item on the menu Chicken Inasal Dynamite where we have those Inasal Flakes in (which I tried later, and it was hot, just the way I like it!)."

He adds "We're all hands on, you can see me and my partners manage operations. Why did I enter the Inasal industry? It's not just because it's a big industry, but I really trust the product. I won't just jump on a business if we don't believe in it."

 

 

Now YOU have the chance to taste it if you are in the Marikina, Pasig and Rizal areas. I would advise you get the Chicken Inasal Pecho, the Sizzling Sisig, the Halo Halo. It's become accessible, but they kept the quality of their food good and prices very reasonable. They also have a variety of Ilonggo favorites like KBL, Kansi, Pansit Molo and more on the menu, it's time you take the trip in INASAL REPUBLIC Masinag and have your share of good comfort food, in this side of town! 

FUTUREWORLD Opens Second Store at SM Masinag

A couple of minutes away from Quezon City is SM Masinag, located at Sumulong Highway in Antipolo City. This is one of the places quite frequented by residents of Rizal, Marikina and nearby neighborhoods. They of course are mostly residential and these are real deal shoppers. They need something to satisfy their Apple and Apple accessory itch and with nice gusto FUTUREWORLD put up shop on this mall. 

Of course since this is the opening, we had to get the place blessed and dedicated to God.

Executives and partners of the store made this bit more special by cutting the ribbon and starting the event with dedicating the place with the Lord first. For giving them the resources to put this up, I don't think they would do anything less because they were given the chance to have this awesome franchise. The Apple products, accessories and some other branded gadgets were there. Let's take a look!

It was colorful, remarkably design wise they have one of the best selections of sleeves and covers. The headphones from brands like Monster, Beats, Marshall,  Marley, Bose were all there. I'm sure the choosy  audiophiles would find this place like their second home. There were also docks of different shapes, sizes and brands which I had a lot of fun taking a look at for my IPAD2. The other Apple devices just had all of us salivating on the latest models and they even got training available for free if you purchase one from them, they've got you covered!

Some of the gadgets which I find SO USEFUL is this wireless charger. You just need to have a receiver attached to your phone and put it on top of that black pad and your phone would charge like magic.

There were also small but POWERFUL speakers systems, Smart TV's that connect to the Internet and several Mac's that you'll find so amazing. I wanted one for myself of course!

Gorgeous celebrities like Ms. Kelly Misa and Anton Del Rosario was there too. We had games with them inside the store and won some iphone cases too ^_^

Best of all, before you buy anything on the store you can actually try out the ones on display so if you are up to purchasing high ticket items like  Mac's and IPAD's it's a better deal if you try it out first right? Even headphones are there too!

Gerald Senolos country manager of FUTUREWORLD said SM Masinag is a promise for those who are in other areas that have not been serviced by an Apple retailer. Their first branch was SM Bicutan and soon to open more stores in untapped locations nationwide.

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