Tag: Food

Dessert, Filipino, Food, Mandaluyong, Sponsored

Bebang Halohalo – 24 Karat Gold Shavings on Creamy and Fresh Pinoy Dessert with a Twist

Edible Gold. Perfect if you are looking to add a little glamour and prosperity into your life through eating. Prefer the classics with various twists? They have both at Bebang Halohalo. The weather these days is quite unpredictable – today was a hot weekend morning with a cloudy afternoon. Good thing we can enjoy this treat rain or shine! Hot weather go-to snack or dessert? … Continue reading Bebang Halohalo – 24 Karat Gold Shavings on Creamy and Fresh Pinoy Dessert with a Twist

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Burgers, Food

Food: Zarks – Burger on Rice

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

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Food, Sandwiches

Food: The Grid Food Hall – Bun Appetit

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

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Food, Megamall, Ortigas

Food: Hogs and Cattle – grilled chops take 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

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Chinese, Food, Megamall, Ortigas, taiwanese

Food: Din Tai Fung – Belated Birthday Meet Up

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

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Food, Makati, Rockwell

Food: Chef Jessie – A Pleasant Discovery

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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Chinese, Food, Ortigas, Podium

Food: Paradise Dynasty – Chinese Fare on GCs

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

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Food, Megamall, Ortigas

Food: Frankies – Flavored Fried Chicken

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

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Food, Ortigas, Robinsons Galleria

Food: Mad Marks – lunch

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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Food, Megamall, Ortigas

Food: French Baker’s Salon de The – Family Dinner

What makes dinner with family better? Discounts! Used the Zomato Gold privilege here for 1+1 on food. Two of us have accounts and we were able to use it for our group. The Food: Baked Chicken The usual quarter cut of chicken roasted and served with gravy. The side of corn and carrots are put on top of the rice. Chicken Cordon Bleu Mushroom sauce … Continue reading Food: French Baker’s Salon de The – Family Dinner

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