At Applebee’s Grill and Bar ®, where there’s always a reason to celebrate, the next wave of celebrations is about to begin with the launch of their NEW Menu replete with NEW Appetizers, Salads, Pasta, Chicken, Seafood, Burgers, Handhelds, & Desserts. What’s more, they are tossing in a bit of local flavor into the celebration pot with their All New Local Favorites infusing the Applebee’s celebration culture into Philippine homegrown culinary favorites!
“Applebee’s Grill and Bar is all about having fun, enjoying great food, sharing a few laughs over drinks with friends and family, and focusing on what’s really important: creating memories with people that truly matter in our lives. At Applebee’s, we encourage people to #celebrateeverything as this provides us an opportunity to take stock not only of our own accomplishments, but the significant milestones of people nearest and dearest to our hearts. With how hectic and fast paced our lifestyles are now, it’s important for us to take these breaks and stop to smell the roses so to speak. And at Applebee’s, we provide you with that oasis you need to relax, enjoy yourself, and leave your cares outside the door.” reflects Bob Vallar, Marketing Manager of Applebee’s Philippines.
“Simultaneous to the launch of our NEW Menu items for Applebee’s Philippines, we are likewise rolling out our new look menu straight from the USA containing our New Brand Promise: Serving Up Good Times. And of course, a big part of keeping that promise is a delicious array of NEW dishes that our NEW Menu is absolutely loaded with.” adds Vallar.
A great meal always commences with an auspicious start and the same will hold true when you get things going with Applebee’s All New Appetizers broken down into Team Beer – Fried Sweet & Spicy Pickles, Bacon Jalapeno Potato Croquettes, and Calamari; and Team Cocktails & Wine – Southern Beef Brisket Quesadillas. But don’t take their word for it, try and pair them out for yourselves!
For ladies who lunch, their NEW fresh seafood & fruit Salad creation will provide the perfect flavor accompaniment to animated girl talk tackling a whole range of juicy issues and the latest current events. Their NEW Grilled Watermelon and Spicy Shrimp Salad has fresh greens, cucumbers, feta cheese, toasted almonds, spicy grilled shrimp, and grilled watermelon cubes in a creamy mint yoghurt dressing.
Pasta lovers will have additional reasons to celebrate with Applebee’s All New Pasta dishes. If you adore creamy pasta dishes, try either their NEW Spinach Artichoke & Grilled Chicken Cavatappi with chicken breast, cavatappi pasta, spinach artichoke cream sauce, grape tomatoes, & fried spinach or their NEW spicy Firecracker Shrimp Cavatappi with breaded shrimp, cavatappi pasta, & grilled vegetable relish in a Sriracha Parmesan Cream Sauce. If tomato based pasta dishes are more your thing, try their NEW Grilled Sausage Marinara Pasta with grilled Schueblig sausage, mushrooms, bell peppers, sun dried tomatoes, & spaghetti in a savory marinara sauce.
Applebee’s also boasts all NEW Seafood creations: Sizzling Skillet Shrimp Fajitas, Teriyaki Balsamic Glazed Salmon, Beetroot Curry Salmon, and Hand Battered Fish & Chips. For Applebee’s NEW salmon dishes, you could either go the sweet route with the Teriyaki Balsamic Glazed Salmon or the earthy & exotic flavor route with the Beetroot Curry Salmon with predominant red beet flavor notes and hints of curry. For seafood perfect for sharing with your buddies over a couple of beers, choose between their Sizzling Skillet Shrimp Fajitas with shrimp, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, Mexi-rice, sautéed onions & peppers, and white cheddar or the Old English Favorite Hand Battered Fish & Chips served with coleslaw & lemon aioli on the side.
There are Handhelds aplenty with Applebee’s All NEW Sandwiches, Tacos, & Burger! The Nashville Fried Chicken Sandwich is Nashville hot sauce brushed breaded chicken with coleslaw in a Brioche bun. The Southern Beef Brisket Sandwich is shredded Southern style beef brisket served with a jalapeno dressing on the side. You can either go soft with their NEW BBQ Beef Brisket tacos of shredded beef brisket, honey BBQ Sauce, Mexi-ranch dressing, coleslaw, & cilantro in a warm flour tortilla wrap or hard with their NEW Cheeseburger Tacos of grilled ground beef with cheddar cheese & pickle relish in crispy corn tortilla shells. Applebee’s latest burger creation is their meatiest yet! Their NEW Triple Meat All-In Burger packs a lot of heat with their USDA beef burger patty, double smoked bacon, shredded beef brisket, cheddar cheese, & honey BBQ sauce in a Brioche bun.
It’s been two years in the making but Applebee’s will swear you’ll find it’s well worth the wait with the introduction of their All NEW Local Favorites! Their NEW Applebee’s Pork Liempo Adobo is succulent pork belly steaks drizzled in a tasty soy-vinegar sauce topped with crispy fried onions. It’s a fiesta on your plate Filipino style with their NEW Fiesta BBQ Pork Liempo drizzled in a sweet & savory Asian BBQ sauce topped with colored tortilla strips. And it’s good old Pinoystyle Chicken BBQ with their NEW juicy Grilled Chicken served with Mexi-rice.
As all good things must come to an end, make it as sweet as possible with Applebee’s All NEW Desserts! Dig in to their NEW Banoffee Cheesecake of toffee cheesecake on a coffee graham cracker crust drizzled with Dulce de Leche & Hot Fudge Sauces topped with fried banana chips. And feel like a child again with their NEW Smores Crème Brulee of sugar glazed chocolate crème brulee topped with banoffee crumble & toasted marshmallows.
“Our NEW dishes for Applebee’s Philippines are a combination of Applebee’s USA recipes and original creations we developed locally. We took it as a singular challenge to develop NEW dishes bearing the Applebee’s culinary imprint while also creating festive, unique, & unforgettable dishes that will make people swoon as they savor their different layers of flavor. For us, it was all about fashioning out dishes that people will crave for again and again because after all, a satisfied craving is always a reason to celebrate.” muses Applebee’s Philippines Executive Chef Aldrin Ortile.
“We are particularly proud of our all NEW Local Favorites as we took the homegrown local flavors of our ubiquitous adobo and BBQ and we gave them the Applebee’s celebration treatment, so to speak, and we can now call them our very own. You guys will absolutely love our NEW Applebee’s Pork Liempo Adobo, our NEW Fiesta BBQ Pork Liempo, and our NEW Chicken BBQ.”