Quick lunch after doing some errands. Used a gift certificate for this meal. The Food: Pecho Value Meal Breast/wing inasal , garlic rice, atchara, iced tea. Inasal taste is similar to Inasal Chicken Bacolod (another Inasal restaurant in the area with similar pricing). You get that inihaw (char grilled) taste, flavor was more on the sour side rather than sweet bbq. Puto Ordered this to … Continue reading Food: Bacolod Chk-n-BBQ House – GC dine in
Holiday takeout at this relatively new restaurant (Dec 2019) that primarily serves Cebuano specialties, primarily seafood just as a fish pattern is used in their logo. While waiting for the food to be ready, I sat on one of the couches. The interiors feature the weave pattern a lot. The windows had a wooden accent similar to capiz windows (without the capiz). The Food: Pancit … Continue reading Food: Chika-an sa Cebu – holiday take out
Have a veranda view of the Manila Bay and the mini park at Abe by the LJC group of restaurants while you dine. This is one of the popular restaurants to watch the Pyromusical competition back when fireworks were not banned yet. You can cross order from Café Adriatico, also by LJC, which is just located next door and is connected by a doorway. Both … Continue reading Food: Abe – Family Meal
Burgers? Yeah, they put burgers (patties) on rice too. Decided to get my lunch here one time when the officemates decided to have a lunch out. Perfect, since I am used to having rice during lunch. The Food: Zark’s Signature Burger steak Garlic Mushroom Generously sized beef patty with a good amount of sauce and actual mushroom pieces atop seasoned rice. As for the sauce … Continue reading Food: Zarks – Burger on Rice
A food hall that focuses on the type of food sold, not the brand name – The Grid at Rockwell labels their stalls with numbers and a description on what they are selling. The store name is also there but in a smaller font. Bun Appetit at Stall #11 sells mainly seafood filled buns/toasts and a few others. The Food: Lobster Roll Overflowing lobster meat … Continue reading Food: The Grid Food Hall – Bun Appetit
Dining out with a friend and paying using GCs at Sizzling Steak. Tried out the budget offering of this restaurant which come with a serving of soup and iced tea. The Food: Cheesy Beef Rice The cheese lover got cheese on beef and rice. Beef strips similar to gyudon cuts and strips of bell peppers top off the rice. You have to mix it up … Continue reading Food: Sizzlin Steak – lunch dine out
The Food: The drink, rather. Mango and Coconut juice with Aloe Jelly You could taste a hint of creaminess from the coconut and the aloe flavor form the green jelly slush at the bottom of the cup. Previously tried the one with crystal jelly. It was a less sweet option and the jelly was more firm. Brown Sugar Milk Tea with Mini Chewy balls and … Continue reading Food: Hui Lau Shan – Mangoes and More
Ordered take out and the GC was accepted as payment (hooray). Waiting time for takeout was reasonable. The interiors had the usual browns and reddish brown shades of a steakhouse/meat house type of restaurant. The Food: Both orders have a nice grilled flavor, and the amount of meat is sufficient too. Neither was overly seasoned. Country Chicken Quarter Grilled Pork Chops Actual dine in date: … Continue reading Food: Hogs and Cattle – grilled chops take out
When your schedules finally align and coincidentally there’s also a buy 1 take 1 on Xiao Long Bao, better have that reunion at Din Tai Fung! My former officemates and I met up for dinner. They are have also resigned and our new offices are quite close to each other. Oh, we also celebrate our birthdays on the same month. The Food: Hot and Sour … Continue reading Food: Din Tai Fung – Belated Birthday Meet Up
Happy to have discovered Chef Jessie when we used a gift certificate to try their Lunch set for 2. I called in advance to reserve seats on a Saturday since it was required when availing the GC. The set is composed of a salad, soup, and a meal where you choose to have a meat or fish viand, or a combination of both. Complementary bread … Continue reading Food: Chef Jessie – A Pleasant Discovery
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