Mmm. Doesn't that chocolate lava cake look scrumptious? The desserts were the only things I liked from my visit to Roy's Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine - Newport Beach four years ago. I'd love a chance to revisit Roy's myself, but instead, you get to go.
That's right!
The PR folks at Roy's are generously giving me a $50 gift certificate to give to you so that you can experience chef Roy Yamaguchi's Hawaiian fusion cuisine for yourself.
Here's the PR spiel:
"From now until August 31, 2010, guests are invited to visit three SouthernThe $50 gift certificate may be used at any of the above-mentioned Southern California Roy's locations so please make sure you're either within driving distance or will be in the area some time soon.
California Roy’s restaurants to receive dining rewards and to be entered to win
an all-inclusive trip to Hawaii, where guests will enjoy a personal dinner with
founding chef Roy Yamaguchi.
The Roy’s L.A. Ohana Tour details include:
- An inaugural trip to a participating Roy’s restaurant, where guests are awarded an Ohana Tour card to present at the next Roy’s location
- On the second visit, guests will receive a complimentary Chocolate Soufflé (with purchase of entrée)
- At the third location, guests will receive a $20 gift card (with purchase of entrée) and entry into the Hawaii sweepstakes
- Restaurants participating in the tour include Roy’s Anaheim, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Pasadena, and Woodland Hills locations"
In order to win:
Leave a comment with an email address. Deadline is next Monday, July 5, at 11:59 p.m. I will pick a random winner after that and update this post with the announcement.
If I don't hear from you within three days, I will pick another winner. So, please make sure you leave a valid email address or check back to see if you've won. Yes, it seems silly, but I've had several winners of previous giveaways who never responded to my emails, or who didn't leave a way for me to contact them. Only one comment with your email address. I will delete duplicate comments. And if you have a common name, please make sure you have some type of identifier to distinguish you from other commenters.
You get two chances to win.
- Leave a comment with your email address
- Tweet: Win $50 gift certificate to Roy's Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine from @wanderchopstick http://bit.ly/bcyYoE
Got that?
Comment once + Tweet once = Two chances to win a $50 gift certificate to Roy's restaurant.
Thank you to Roy's Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine restaurants and Allison of Formula PR Inc. for sponsoring this giveaway. And much thanks to Allison for correcting my name. For some reason, the folks at Formula PR kept addressing me as Veronique. Huh! Random! That's about as far from my real name as you could possibly get!
Good luck!
(Seriously, folks. Read the rules. I've deleted comments that weren't valid so they don't impact the drawing.
The gift certificate is only valid at the Southern California Roy's locations listed above. Which means that even if you live in a state with a Roy's restaurant, you cannot use the gift certificate there. Unless you tell me you'll be coming to Southern California to specifically eat at Roy's, you won't be able to redeem the gift certificate anyway.
The second entry of the tweet needs to permalink to your exact tweet, not your twitter handle, and not a generic comment about Roy's. It also needs to include the link back to this post. Just copy and paste what I told you to tweet.)
July 6, 2010 Update:
Thanks everyone for entering the Roy's Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine giveaway. Entries are now closed and the winner chosen from random.org is #33 - Marie! Congratulations!
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Wow! THis is fun! Thanks for hosting! kirstenmlindquist@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteYay! I like Roy's a lot. Hmm..could definitely use some of that lava chocolate cake right now. littlepiggie818@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteBwahahahahaha. I'm going to enter your contest, too.
ReplyDeleteRoy is my homeboy! (and do I need to actually type my address in this section ...?)or do you see it from my commenting profile already?
ReplyDeleteI loveeeee Roy!
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ReplyDeleteI wanna go to Roys!!! Count me in, sista!
ReplyDeletethanks for holding this wonderful giveaway! I've heard so much about Roy's, but it's always been a wee bit out of my budget. this would be a great way to finally try it out!
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This restaurant is down the street from my work and I could sure use a free meal. Especially if I can have dessert for lunch! :D
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Ha, my experience at Roys was OK. Desserts were very good, appetizer ok, entree ok. Why they didn't find me to do a giveaway? LOL.
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i hope i win. :D it would be great since i'm not really lucky. :/ d.lawrence1121@gmail.com
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i want to try it! never been there before.
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I'd love to take my girlfriend there! dpeng8@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteMy son and I owuld love to dine there. Hope I get the opportunity.
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this would be perfect because we are planning on going to Roy's for my birthday dinner in a few weeks! yingchen7@gmail.com
ReplyDeletehi veronique (just kidding WC!),
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Thanks for holding the great giveaway!
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That looks delicious! Tinker181@gmail.com
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ReplyDeleteWe love Roy's! Been going there for years now. Please, please pick us!
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thanks again wc!
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I would like to give it a shot. Cool! mimims56@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI'd love another crack at that chocolate lava cake. :) I also tweeted. abby@pleasurepalate.com
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mmm!! tlynnpham@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteOh! I've heard so much about Roy's and would love to go!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this contest!
awesome.... lava cake sounds yum!!! email: duckie0106@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteTeehee! I came by to look up restaurants to eat at and saw this giveaway. I must enter :)
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Let's go Roy!!
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Fingers crossed! starchymarie@gmail.com
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Mmmm... chocolate. Count me in! neathamasque@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteLove Roys and this might cover my half of a dinner cuz I like wine, too :) pwillis@socal.rr dot com.
ReplyDeleteI tweeted it and now follow you! http://twitter.com/shescookin/status/17729650541
ReplyDeletevery nice! hope i win. i thought roy's was pretty good although when i went, it wasn't on my dime!
ReplyDeleteI've experienced Roy's in Hawaii, but never on the mainland. Thanks for the chance to try them here.
ReplyDeleteTweeted http://twitter.com/scrapperal/status/17758167985
ReplyDeleteJust looking at that molten lava cake makes me melt!
ReplyDeleteHello!!! That cake looks delish! :) cristina129@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI love Roys!!
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Thanks everyone for entering this giveaway. Entries are now closed.
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