20 Best Heat-and-Eat Homestyle Meal Delivery Services You'll Love
These ready-to-cook meal kits let you enjoy good old fashioned home cooking without the fuss
Are you longing for some good old fashioned home cooking but are too tired to cook? Do you dream of lovingly prepared lutong bahay with fork-tender meat and rich sauces slow cooked to perfection? There’s no need to live on takeout because — good news! — there are now a great selection of ready-to-heat-and-eat meal kits that you can order. They save you the hassle of shopping for all the necessary ingredients, and take the pain out of cooking — no need to chop, mince, measure or marinate. Instead, just open the nifty little packets, boil or microwave, assemble and serve.
You can find heat-and-eat meals for every budget and cooking expertise, in a great range of cuisines. Check out our curated list in the gallery below.
Easy Peasy Meals
Easy Peasy Meals
Cibo di Marghi
When Chef Margarita Forés added ‘Margarita’s Home Kitchen’, a line of frozen homestyle dishes to her brand Cibo di Margh, we loved it. Finally, we can get a taste of the superb homecooking of this amazing chef — even her ordinary lutong bahay is elevated. Margarita’s Roman Oxtail Stew (in photo), for example, gets a lovely punch from a little pinot grigio. While family favorites like Wawa’s Cubao Chicken with Butter or Wawa’s Lamb Kaldereta with Vodka have lovely richness that comes only after long hours of slow cooking. Browse the menu at @cibodimarghi on Instagram. To order, call (02) 7729-0030, (0917) 513-8932, (0917) 711-4326, email cibo@margaritafores.com, or send a DM to @cibodimarghi on Instagram.
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Kitchen City Frozen Meals
If you’re looking for delicious meals at reasonable prices and lots of options, go no further than Kitchen City Frozen Meals. Their menu has over 60 chicken, pork, fish, beef and vegetable dishes to choose from. Best sellers are familiar lutong bahay like Beef Caldereta, Pork Menudo, Chicken Pastel (in photo), Pinakbet, and Monggo Guisado. Available in 600-gram family size tubs or 300-gram regular tubs. Some dishes are also available as single-serve rice meals. They observe strict safety protocols and service Makati Medical Center and Medical City. To order, visit www.kcfrozenmeals.com or check out @kitchencityfrozenmeals on Instagram.
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Quisina
Salcedo Sunday Market stalwart Nina Co makes small-batch frozen meals that come to you in nifty little kits, often deconstructed with ingredients stored in small separate packets. All you have to do is assemble and heat or cook. It’s a great way to quickly achieve fresh, delicious meals that you can just pop into a microwave and serve in under 20 minutes. Enjoy home cooking with a twist in such dishes as Smoky Dinuguan (in photo; so good with hot rice!), Salisbury Steak with buttery mushroom gravy, or Kalamansi Chicken Inasal. To order, check out @quisina.ph on Instagram.
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Giddiyap Goodies
Get frozen meals from popular brands like Bibigo Market, Casa Reyes (the barbecue is to die for), or Dayrits. They even carry take-home ramen kits. To order, visit @giddiyap.goodies on Instagram.
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Prep’d Cooking Kit Delivery
Cook like a chef at home with the help of Prep’d cooking kits. Every kit contains pre-measured and prepared fresh quality ingredients, and a menu card with a QR code that you can scan to watch a video of how to cook the dish. No chopping, measuring, slicing or dicing necessary. It’s a fun and easy way to get delicious meals in 15 to 20 minutes tops. To order, text (0917) 632-4925 or check out @prepd.ph on Instagram.
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Kusinette
A collaboration by the women of the Morato family, Kusinette’s menu features beautiful slow cooked recipes from one of Manila’s oldest families. Nostalgic, familiar, delicious, get your fill of classic Corned Beef and Cabbage, Beef Sinigang with Watermelon, Barbecue Spareribs, and Peri Peri Chicken. For a special treat, pick up their heirloom Callos. Check out @kusinette on Instagram.
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Real Girl, Toy Kitchen
Johanna Garcia makes artisanal quality homestyle meals so easy and accessible. Stock up on her pantry essentials like hummus or her pasta sauces. Then grab some of her heat-and-eat meals, of which the best sellers include a fantastic Sous Vide Porchetta, Homemade Ravioli, and a Cuban Picadilllo (in photo) with organic ground pork and beef, Spanish chorizo, olives, capers and raisins. Can you tell it’s our favorite? Don’t miss her creamy velvety Lasagna Bolognese, too, and the homemade ice creams. Order from @realgirltoykitchen on Instagram.
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Old Swiss Inn
We absolutely love Old Swiss Inn’s Snap and Zap Frozen Meals. Beef Lasagna, Corned Beef, Goulash Soup, Chicken Pastel, and more. All very easy to prepare with minimum fuss. Simply defrost, heat and serve. We recommend that you stock up on their frozen meats, sausages and soup stocks, too. Check out @oldswissinn on Instagram.
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Gastronômade
If you’ve ever wanted to whip up the kind of meals that you find in a French bistro, pick up one of Chef Aron Isip's exquisitely-crafted meal kits. The best selling Sole Meunière Kit (in photo), for example, features a yuzu meunière sauce good for three to four people, with instructions that help you assemble it as easy as pie. The Hokkaido Scallops Kit has a tamarind anchovy sauce, while the Steak Frites Kit comes with entrecôte sauce. The Duck à l’Orange is a best seller. Each kit comes with a printed recipe, and pre-portioned and prepared ingredients, matched with a signature sauce. Check out @gastronomademnl on Instagram.
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Stock at Home
Stock at Home specializes in cozy comfort food with a delicious twist. Easily one of the best food kits in town, they offer fast, efficient, delicious meals. You’ll love the Khao Soi Noodle Kit (in photo), which is the first of its kind in Manila. The Crispy Chicken Arroz Caldo Kit serves four to five, and don’t miss crowd favorites: the Four Cheese Lasagna and the fresh baked Portuguese Egg Tarts. Same day orders available. Call 09175833881 and check out @stockathomeph on Instagram or Facebook.
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happyfoods delivery
The team behind Korean restaurants Sariwon, Soban K-Town Grill, and Sibyullee put together a limited menu of your favorite ready-to-cook Korean items including barbecues, kimchi and sauces. Same day delivery as long as you order by 6 pm. Browse happyfoodsgroup.ph and Viber (0956) 340-5674. Check out @happyfoodsgroup on Instagram.
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Growcery MNL
This one-stop shop lets you choose frozen eats from a variety of restaurants like Chuck’s Deli, Din Tai Fung, Mamou or Recovery Food. Some of our personal favorites are Recovery Food’s Doc Sisig, Menya Kokoro’s Mazesoba Ramen Kit, and Chuck Deli’s Callos. Check out @growcerymnl.ph on Instagram.
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Lowbrow Casual Restaurants
Following the philosophy that the same ingredients can be used in lowbrow and highbrow dishes, these four restaurants — Fowlbread, Bad Bird, Beefier, and Flowerboy — are pioneers and revolutionaries in the restaurant scene. You can now enjoy their signature dishes at home thanks to cook-at-home kits. May we suggest Ultramen’s restaurant-quality ready-to-cook tonkotsu ramen, Bad Bird’s umami fried chicken, or Beefier’s ready-to-eat slow roast beef strips or burger patties? And that’s just for starters. For more options, check out @eatlowbrow on Instagram or visit lowbrowshop.com
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Xáncho
You may be stuck at home, but you can certainly travel through your tastebuds with the help of Xáncho. The home of world cuisine, they bring gourmet comfort food to your door in nifty frozen tubs. The menu is seasonal so you won’t tire of their offerings. Right now they have a bacon-wrapped meatloaf (in photo), braised beef in balsamic pomegranate gravy (yum), among many other delicious stuff. Check them out at @xanchoph on Instagram.
Photo Credit: Xáncho
Frozen MNL
An online grocery that specializes in all things frozen, they carry frozen meals from brands and restaurants like Eat Fresh, Adobo Connection or Cook Express. You’ll even find such specialties as Khanzhu’s Beef Brisket, Adobo Connection’s Classic Pork Sisig, and Inasalan sa Dalan La Paz Batchoy. Browse @frozenmnl on Instagram or frozenmnl.com.
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Que Rica
Get healthy, delicious Bicolano dishes like Laing Longganisa, Pineapple-cured Chicken Tocino, Vegetarian Laing, or even Pinangat. We highly recommend the bottled Sinantolan crafted in small batches with coconut milk, salted baby shrimps and aromatics. The menu selection is great, and everything is easy to use and flavorful. Browse @querica.ph on Instagram or visit querica.ph.
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Rare Food Shop
In addition to the meats, seafood and deli items, Rare Foods Shop carries some really good ready-to-cook meals from Brotzeit, Din Tai Fung, the Relish Group (the Char Siu Ramen set), and Casa Reyes (Wagyu Mechado or Kare Kare). Browse @rarefoodshop on Instagram and rarefoodshop.com.
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The Pork Project
Awesome Chorizo Patties, an easy Pancit Luglug DIY Kit, La Paz Batchoy in a box with all the trimmings from noodles, broth, offal, delicate bits of pork belly, chicharon and garlic bits. Everything is prepared right down to the garnish, and all you have to do is a little soaking, boiling, or a quick toss in the pan. Chef Redd Agustin obviously made these kits with love and you can taste the difference. Check out @theporkproject on Facebook or Instagram.
Photo Credit: The Pork Project
Mimi & Bros
If you’ve got kids, you’ll love the convenience of Mimi & Bros frozen food selections. Made fresh daily with no artificial preservatives and extenders, you’ll be glad to know you’re serving just 100% comfort food. The menu is full of classics like homemade chicken nuggets, corndogs (a best seller!), snapdogs, hand-cut fries. Deep fry till golden brown and crispy. Order via @mimiandbros on Instagram or Facebook.
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Thomson Road Kitchen
Thomson Road was a restaurant in Molito, Alabang before the pandemic. These days, it’s a food delivery service that specializes in a fusion of Cantonese, Singaporean and Filipino cuisines. They make the best handmade siomai and laksa. Their signature dishes like the inihaw na liempo, Pampangueño pork sisig, and Korean beef stew are superb. Browse @thomsonroadph on Instagram or thomsonroad.ph.
Photo Credit: Thomson Road Kitchen
Lead photo: Old Swiss Inn, Stock at Home, Frozen MNL
