Pinay is TGIFriday's first female world bartending champ

MANILA -- Rizza Umlas became the first female to win the TGIFriday’s World Bartender Championship held recently at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas.

This is the first time in 25 years that a female has won the prestigious bartending contest.

The 21-year-old who works at TGIFriday's Glorietta was also the competition's youngest winner.

According to a statement released by TGIFriday's Philippines, Umlas impressed the judges with her "accurate pouring skills, guest interaction and engagement, flawless bottle flipping techniques, suave moves, and winning personality."

She topped both the compulsory and freestyle rounds, where she bested 10 of the best mixers from around the world.

"This is such a great honor not just for myself but for TGIFriday's Philippines and for the whole country as well," Umlas said.

"I am so overwhelmed with joy right now especially after what I had to go through to get to this round. It was a really tough competition," she added.

Placing second was Peru's Alex Barrenechea from Peru, while Russel Ward from the UK finished third.

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Do you want video games with your chicken wings?

MANILA -- The newest branch of Buffalo Wild Wings in Glorietta takes its “wings, beer, sports” mantra seriously.

The American chain's second Philippine branch after Estancia Mall in Capitol Commons, Pasig is a restaurant, a bar, a stadium and a gamer’s paradise all rolled into one.

The Makati branch is the first among the 1,100 Buffalo Wild Wings locations worldwide to feature a gaming wall equipped with Xbox One with Kinect. Guests can test their skills with the latest Electronic Arts games for free.

This is on top of the flat-screen TVs for more traditional sports fans to watch football, boxing and other sporting events from here and abroad.

As for the food, start with bar chow like the Jalapeño Poppers, Pretzels and Nachos before attacking Buffalo Wild Wings’ hand-spun chicken wings.

Choose from 18 different sauces ranging from mild Smilin’ for timid taste buds, to tongue-incinerating Sizzling for those who like their wings extra hot. Be adventurous and check out unique sauces like the Asian Zing, which is like having Thai Red Curry Wings.

Buffalo Wild Wings also boasts of giving customers the most pleasant beer drinking experience that can be found anywhere. This is due to their proprietary nucleic beer glasses that virtually removes the froth and that unpleasant bloated feeling from downing too many mugs of beer. The bar is stocked with both local and foreign beers. Craft beers, for the more discerning beer drinkers, are also on the beverage list.

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Free bibimbap as Bulgogi Brothers opens in Glorietta

MANILA -- Korean restaurant chain Bulgogi Brothers will be giving away free bibimbap as it opens its new branch at Glorietta 2.

According to the restaurant's Facebook page, the new Makati branch will open on Monday.

"Everyone's invited to join us on our opening day on September 1! #BulgogiBrosPh," it posted on Saturday.

To mark the opening of its Glorietta branch, the first 100 guests lined up will get bowls of bibimbap for the whole year for free.

"That’s a total of 24 bowls of bibimbaps each for 100 persons," it said in a statement.

"You will be given your first bibimbap which you can avail of on your next visit until September 30, 2014. On your succeeding visits, purchase any dish in the menu to avail of the other 23 bowls for free, redeemable until August 31, 2015," it explained.

Bibimbap is a complete meal consisting of meat, vegetables, sauces, a raw egg over hot steaming rice and a dollop of hot pepper.

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