Quick lunch here at Bowl’d by Uma uma after a failed errand. Rice serving was a lot, perfect for hungry corporate workers around the area. Quite a number of employees arrived a few minutes after 12nn. This store also has that food court type of build your own meal by choosing a viand / veggie combo to go with rice for less than a 100 … Continue reading Food: Bowl’d – lunch bowls by a ramen brand
The Food:Power Steak Butchers steak, corn puree, grilled romaine lettuce, cooked medium. Steak was tender for this cut, a good level of doneness. Serving size is okay too. An interesting alternative to mashed potato is this corn puree. It’s a bit lighter in consistency and a bit sweeter. Actual dine date: late 2019 Continue reading Food: Bad Bird – steak (take) out
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
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
Some days I just crave for chewy rice cakes in a sauce. Had lunch with a friend visiting Manila at Soopong, a Korean restaurant on the ground floor retail area of Grand Emerald Tower in Ortigas. The Food: Ramenbokki Good enough for sharing for two people with medium appetite. I ordered this for the tteokbokki!! Originally wanted the Jjanjjangbokki, the one with non spicy black … Continue reading Food: Soopong – Korean lunch food trip
Weekend Foodie Meet Up! Did you know that Merry Moo Ice Cream has a shop inside Podium’s Corner Market? Look for the sign that says – “Sundays”! Sampled some of their items today. The Food: Build your own Sundae “Should I go for photo aesthetic? Or should I go for the taste I want?” – the question in my mind at that moment. Step 1: … Continue reading Food: Sundays by Merry Moo – Sundae at Sundays
Got some GCs and used them! There are some items I wanted to try for the first time in this restaurant, and some to reorder. The Food: Xiao Long Bao Black Truffle Of their 8 xiao long bao flavors, Black Truffle is one of my favorites aside from the Crab Roe variant. The taste of the truffle is strong enough to be noticed but not … Continue reading Food: Paradise Dynasty – Chinese Fare on GCs
Been a while since I’ve heard people rave about Frankies. Didn’t have a branch near us before so it took a some time before I got to try it. So here it is! I passed by this branch at Megamall Food Hall one day. There was a short line considering that it was a non peak time. Perhaps they still get a little long during … Continue reading Food: Frankies – Flavored Fried Chicken
Working near commercial centers makes it easy to go out for lunch whenever you want to try something new or when you aren’t in a tight budget or even when you just crave for something. The Food: Had Cajun chicken set for lunch. Choose two sides to complete the meal. This time I decided to get greens, and bacon potato salad since I wanted to … Continue reading Food: Mad Marks – lunch
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