Hotdog Festival: The Great Hotdog (and Sausage) Cooking Challenge

Part of being in a team (in the workplace) is the regular weekly meeting. However, our team does a monthly meeting, when we are all complete and we have some presentations on top of the usual topic or agenda.

But what sets our team apart, is the most exciting "pot luck." Yes, you've read it right. In so much more that we are excited about games and stuff, we are more fond of eating. We actually just finished one last Tuesday and here are some of the foods we brought and munched on together (Photos credits goes to Kilven Ablaña):

  

There was so much variety that you don't even know which one to eat first. In the middle of the conversation while eating, one member of the team uttered that he like any dish that has HOTDOGS in it. 

And so another pot-luck was set, and the main ingredient is:

 

Each member of the team would need to cook something, with HOTDOG as the MAIN ingredient. Yup, hotdog was the KING. 

The potluck become more exciting when our boss sent an email that this potluck would be a contest and the best dish will win Php. 500.00 gift certificate. 

And now all the people from the team were searching for best dish to cook. Competitive Mode turned on. 

Presenting the dishes by the Master Chef contestants:

Hotdog Crepe with Olives and Cheese - named  DOGGY CREPE ala OLIVIER, by Junjie Aves.

Menudo-Hotdog wrapped - named WRAP-AROUND HOTDOG, by Arvy Liana Baluyot

 

Spicy Hungarian Sausage in Red Spicy sauce, named SPICY SAUSAGE ala BOGART, by Kris Zabala

The self-titled dish, AFRITADA HOTDOG, by Rich Chua

 

Another self-titled dish, Cheesy Garlic Potato Hotdog, minus the "ala Valdez" as the dish includes Basil as an ingredient, made by me. :)

Hotdog Hamonado, named HAMONADOG, by Vhia Carla De Dios

Hungarian Sausage Sushi, named HOT FUSION, by Brian Sotelo. FUSION is pronounced differently, you may just ask the owner how. LOL

Hotdog Embutido, named EMBUTIDOG, by Leah Mantaring.

Named CORNDOG, is a Corned Beef-Hotdog fusion by Vic De Guzman

 

Another fusion dish, Tuna and Hotdog named as NA-DOGGING TUNA by Raymund Austria.

 

Crunchy Hotdog in Menudo Salsa sauce, named CRUNCHY DOG by Kilven Ablaña.

Although some did not have the luxury of time to prepare, Ate Lalaine brought pizza and Cho Nor (Vince Balba) bought some rice:

 

Now the time has come for the judges to do the tasting and determine which dish tastes the best:

 

We had 3 persons who judged the Great Hotdog Challenge: Lorraine Banzon (IGS Director), Ruby Miquiabas (S3 Tech Manager), and Rhea Mendoza (INFOR ION Tech, Lead).

Prior to the announcement of winner, we enjoyed this yummy desert prepared by our manager Diana Macalino.

And the winner of the Great Hotdog (and Sausage) Challenge is  ( do you hear the drum roll? ):

 

My  CHEESY GARLIC POTATO HOTDOG ala VALDEZ!!! wohooooo... Thank you so much judges. hahaha.. 

Please leave a comment if you want to get the ingredients of all the dishes presented here. I will, on the other hand, create another blog for my dish' ingredients and cooking instructions. 

I hope that you were able to get an idea of what to cook for your family especially for the kids. Happy cooking! :)