This little monster is called the longga pizza. You can tell that the crust is hand made and it was delish!

Great with manila beer. Met or is it Mets, Sports bar is located inside Metroclub just outside of rockwell.  Check it out. Cheers!

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I think in my previous post I forgot to mention where the hell is dillingers. Its on the 3rd floor of Greenbelt 3 Makati. You’ll pass by yakimix and red box on your way there.

Anyway, if I get drunk at dillingers, first choice will probably still be the steak. But if i spent too much already on booze, this western bacon cheeseburger can satisfy any food trip you’ll probably have after a full nigt of dwinking. It has onion rings and the western flavor is mighty good.

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Just tried out Casa Marcos at Burgos circle. I ordered the pan ala cubana. Its basically like your arroz ala cubana but this time its on bread.  I’m a rice person but this filled me up good. For 122 bucks, its falls under sulit meals for me. Ground beef, egg, fried bananas sandwiched between 2 big fluffy pieces of pandesal, how can you go wrong? Hehe

We also had the calamares, it was ok. Hahaha. But its not their main thing anyway.

Looking forward to trying out other dishes.

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Love the buffet. Mousakka was to die for. Perfect fluffy tempura. Tenderloin beef, cantonese style waa tender yummy. Roastbeef to seal the deal.

Oh and desserts. . . Love vanilla ice cream.

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They are conveniently located at one of the many entry points of MOA. I don’t know how to tell you exactly where they are but I’ll try – ground floor, walkway entrance, to your right, near Ace or was it True Value. Hahaha. Just ask.

A few interesting points from this dining adventure:

• According to our waitress – one of the owners is Japanese and the partner is Chinese. Interesting ey?
• This is the tastiest looking menu that I have ever seen. You will be overwhelmed.
• They have plastic renditions of their dishes laid out behind a glass window – looks amazingly real
• Cozy and lighting – excellent

Moving on the food, we ordered the following:

• Chicken teriyaki salad
• Garlic and Shrimp Pasta
• Forgot the name of the Burger – but its the one with the meat sauce
• Pork Cutlet
• Burger Steak

The chicken teriyaki salad good. I just hoped it had more teriyaki flavor. I could taste it, but I wanted more. Haha

Garlic and Shrimp Pasta… hmm. I guess I’m used to having garlic pasta paired up with really tasty items like steak or something grilled. Normally, if its paired with shrimp, I fancy having a tomato based sauce paired with it. Reason I’m saying that is because the shrimp got easily overpowered by the garlic – this is literally garlic, pasta, and a few additional ingredients – so if you love garlic, then go for this one. But I would still recommend that you pair it with one more dish. That’s just me.

Burger with meat sauce – this is your typical Japanese burger. I like it. It tastes like the one from Sango at Milelong but I like that one more. It has that distinct pepper taste that I find common in Japanese hamburger versions. Its not that big, but it satisfies your pallet. It comes with fries – not much, but we all know it pairs great with burgers.

Burger steak – hehehe, I was still hungry so I decided to try it out. 2 burger patties will fill you up quick! Same pepper taste that I love but this time it came with a tonkatsu like sauce sprinkled with spring onions. By the way, japanese rice was excellent!

Breaded pork cutlet (ordered by Jojo) was exactly what you would expect. There’s nothing extraordinary about it. No big deal, you can order it if you want a safe order that satisfies your cravings – you can never go wrong. It comes with a simple sauce so ask for some tonkatsu sauce to make it a bit more interesting.

Biscotti (Jhanki) ordered hot choco to finish the deal – as usual, chocolate is chocolate… yumyum.

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Last Saturday after waking up at 2 in the afternoon with a nasty hang over, I started to crave for some good old beef mami noodle soup. And I was really hungry so it had to be some place with huge servings or a buffet! All you can eat! Or Eat all you can! Whatever! Haha

Good thing I remembered the merienda buffet of Dads that starts at 3pm and ends at 5pm. Yahooo! Just in time. So I hopped in the shower, and before you know it, I’m on my way to a great buffet. I must say that not all dishes served in their merienda buffet are good but at Php139 pesos I think it won’t hurt to try it out – look at me, I fell in love with their beef mami. Simple and tasty.

If you do decide to go and check it out, the beef mami noodle soup is right beside the gyoza and dimsums. You’ll see small bowls filled with noodles and beef – I like the beef because they are using Pares (Filipino Beef Stew) which is really good. All you have to do is add the hot soup. And don’t worry about the small serving, its a buffet, no one’s gonna stop you from getting more. Yumyum.

I apologize for not putting up some photos – I forgot. Ha ha ha. Maybe next time – I’ll just update this post.

Anyway, other items included in the buffet (note: only food served on the right side wall are included in the buffet)

• kakanin
• pandesal with ground beef
• spaketchup (kiddie spaghetti)
• carbonara (eks, tastes like cream and sugar)
• siomai
• siopao
• gyoza
• BEEF MAMI
• bananaque (fried bananas with brown sugar)
• arrozcaldo
• Lumpiang Togue
• Tofu
• Many more

Php 139 only at Dads. I tried the one at Glorietta (Kamayan, Saisaki, Dads)

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Secret Recipe started in Malaysia and has setup shop across Asia. They have excellent baked goodies and they take pride in their Asian dishes.

We went there on a Saturday night at around 10pm and good thing for us they were still open. It was raining and I was craving for some soup. We passed 32nd street and saw the name tickled our curiosity – Secret Recipe.

I ordered the Noodles in Tom Yum Kong – it just felt right because of the weather. It was delicious! Spicy with a sour tamarind taste and you can also clearly taste the lemon grass. A good mix of flavors that is truly Asia. It also had 2 big prawns – Yummy!

The Chicken Cordon Bleu was undercooked so we sent it back. The ham (I think) over powered the flavor of the chicken. It became a ham and cheese dish. That’s just me.

Oooh Lasagna! I know.. I know… chicken cordon bleu and lasagna aren’t exactly asian dishes but we just had to try them. If you saw the pictures you’ll surely understand why. Anyhow, the lasagna was cheesy! Too cheesy. If you love cheese, then you’ll probably enjoy this one. For me, its a bit on the bland side – I kept looking for that tomato taste.

Here’s a list of their award winning recipes – I only tried the tom yum soup and it satisfied me so I’m assuming that the rest in this list are truly award winners. Oh and I tried the marble cheesecake – superb!

• Irish Lamb Stew
• Marble Cheese
• Noodles in Tom Yum Kung
• Choc Mud Cake

And of course, dessert! Classic cheesecake, marble cheesecake and Chocolate cake. Cheesecakes gets a thumbs up! Chocolate cake – too fluffy for me… But who am I to turn down chocolate. It rests happily in my belly.

They also have this promo – for 100 bucks you get a beverage and a slice of cake! Yes!

There might be a store near you:

Ground Level, 32nd St. cor. 5th Ave.
Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines
TEL NO: (+632) 856-2953

Level 4 Robinson’s Midtown,
Ermita, Manila
TEL NO: (+632) 567-2042

Level 5, Shangri-La Mall, EDSA corner Shaw Blvd.,
Mandaluyong City.
TEL NO: (+632) 637-0367

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If you’re planning to order the caesar salad and just salad for your meal – you should order the “to share” one because the single order, well, its not much if you ask me.   But the dressing was good and tasty.

Here are some shots of my Arroz ala Cubana.  It tasted real good and I wish I had more.  I remember when I first fell in love with this dish in the canteen of CSA when I was still in grade school.  It was served with fried eggs and fried bananas.  The bacon was a bonus – I think.  For those of you who have no idea what Arroz ala cubana is – its groud beef or pork cooked with raisins and some tomato sauce and spices.  I tried cooking one yesterday and I’ll post that later.

Most of the items on their menu range from 150 to 300 bucks.  For dessert, New York Cheesecake! Yummy! Just right.

Salad: Php 80 (not much)

Arroz ala Cubana : Php 150

New York Cheesecake : Php 100 plus (I forgot)

Conti’s first opened their doors in BF homes Paranaque, its sad that I lived for more than 20 years in BF Homes but was not able to try it out.  Ha ha ha.  But that’s ok.

I heard that their pasta is really good so I’m planning to try that out next.  Looking at their menu, I think its cheaper if you order the family size and just share.  For example, Angel Hair Puttanesca is 160 bucks a la carte, but if you order the family size good for 6-8 persons, its only around Php 340.  Amazing right?

Anyway, they have tons more of dishes that you can choose from.  You can order family size, take outs, frozen foods, baked goodes, and set menus.

BF Homes Parañaque
(02) 842-5265

Serendra
(02) 856-2352

Greenhills
(02) 774-4184

Trinoma Mall
(02) 900-5013

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Yesterday, the Bistro Group hosted a benefit dinner for Carewell at the opening of their TGI Friday’s restaurant at the Mall of Asia. Proceeds from the dinner all went to Carewell so that they can continue to support persons with cancer and their loved ones free of charge. A set dinner was available for adults at P1,000 per person, and a kiddie meal for children 10 years old and below went for P500 each

For the P1,000 ticket price, we were entitled to a FULL MEAL: salad, appetizer, main course and dessert from their set menus.

Here are some pics of the food served:

Crunchy chicken with a sweet tangy sauce! yum and nice with the caesar salad.

Half slab ribs with java rice. I want more sauce!!!

Spicy Pasta with chicken and bellpeppers. I didnt like this so much, but Arn loved it coz it was simple and peppery.

And ofcourse, DESSERT, my favorite part of the meal!!! Twas a night of good food and good vibes. Burp!

If you want to volunteer at Carewell or you need Carewell’s assistance, check out their website for details: http://www.carewellcommunity.org/

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