To boost support for small, local, and independent food establishments that are gravely affected by the ongoing pandemic, UNKNWN launches a unique dining experience called HAIN: Takeaway, Together.
For HAIN’s first edition happening on September 17 to 19, 13 restaurants in Metro Manila have curated special takeaway menus and set meals exclusively for HAIN. The participating restaurants include Angel’s Kitchen, The Bowery NYC Comfort Food, Lampara, OTO, Borough, Nic’s Park Terraces, Hai Shin Lou, Futur:st, Square One Hospitality, Cheech & Chang Hong Kong Roasts, TETSUO, Mijo Comfort Food, and The Bistro by Element Boutique Hotel. For the HAIN weekend, HAIN has partnered with revolutionary indoor farm Future Fresh to provide the participating restaurants with hydroponically-grown and pesticide-free greens.
These curated set meals are available on HAIN’s official website, www.hain-mnl.shop, for P1,500. Fifteen percent of sales from the HAIN weekend will go to Rise Against Hunger PH in support of their projects to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives, and responding to emergencies.
“The idea behind HAIN stemmed from our desire to help the local food and beverage businesses that have been affected by these extraordinary times,” says HAIN co-organizer and restaurateur Samantha Nicole. “We also want to show that these struggling but surviving restaurants are endlessly creating and adapting and that ensuring our industry’s place in the future would require a collective effort.”
“One of our main goals for HAIN is to boost the morale of our community during these trying times. It’s really nice seeing everyone joining forces, from restaurateurs and chefs to diners and even our creative friends, to make this initiative possible,” says Ash Rye, HAIN co-organizer. “This is also our way of supporting our charity partners in their activities that put food on the tables of their beneficiaries.”
Each HAIN kit will also come with a complimentary Singleton of Dufftown 12YO Pocket Single Malt Scotch together with custom cocktail recipes concocted by each partner restaurant. A HAIN video-on-demand (VOD) accessed via the HAIN kits, will also take diners into an in-depth journey about HAIN, highlighting the offerings of each restaurant as well as the enriching stories.
