The Food: Lunch Buffet: A deal is a deal. Lunch buffet with old friends even it’s around a year later than scheduled. At least we pulled through! Enjoy a more intimate setting here at Alba Spanish buffet without the crowds of the major buffet chains. Perfect for catch up sessions. Dark wooden chairs or red couches replace the common light weight plastic chairs in other … Continue reading Food: Alba buffet – a deal, a treat
Redeeming Citibank freebies! Industrial inspired interiors after the renovation at this branch – lots of silver metal and bare ceiling setup. The seats were bit cold though because of the material. And the air conditioning was a bit too much at some areas, while the area near the door / window was a bit hot. Charlie Chan Pasta The classic yellow cab favorite. Asian flavor … Continue reading Food: Yellow Cab – credit card freebies
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
Shifting to a steak house + bar vibe from than the previous American diner + bar ambience after the renovation here at Friday’s MOA branch. Prominent usage of browns and wood patterns replaced the red and white, and pop culture décor. Availing the Citibank 50% off your total bill at Bistro Group restaurants promotion this Saturday lunch. The Food: Ribs and Shrimp Fried butterfly shrimp … Continue reading Food: Fridays – after the renovation
Talked about as a comeback of one of the popular go-to places in Makati way back in the ‘90s before it closed shop, Hard Rock café found a new home in S’Maison Pasay in 2018. Now under the Bistro Group of restaurants, you could use the BFF card perks here. List of perks change every year so better read up first when buying or renewing … Continue reading Food: Hard Rock Cafe – It’s Back
Took the chance to try this fine dining restaurant with a discount – 50% off the total bill with a minimum purchase, thanks to a credit card promo. The minimum purchase was quite a sum so we were able to order a number of items. Here’s what we had. House Specialty Steamed Truffle Mushroom Buns Mimicking button mushrooms in shape, complete with the cracked brown … Continue reading Food: China Blue – Classy Chinese Cuisine
Just like an epilogue at the end of a book, we had a coffee break at Epilogue after the discounted meal at Red Lobster. This time, with Zomato gold 1+1 on drinks. Promo after promo, huh? An interesting piece in the décor was the ceiling, looking like stained glass in an oval pattern. Even the tables were designed with a mosaic pattern of small tiles. … Continue reading Food: Epilogue – Dessert and Coffee
Fresh live lobster! Grabbed this chance to try a steamed lobster – fresh, not frozen – when Citibank offered a 50% off on the total bill. The Food: Cheddar Bay Biscuits Like in other Bistro Group restaurants, there’s free bread while waiting for your order. But for this one, they serve their Cheddar Bay Biscuits! Make sure to eat this straight out of the oven … Continue reading Food: Red Lobster – Live Lobster and Cheese Biscuits
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