SugarHouse

'Twas a dull and boring afternoon at school waiting for masteral class. Too stubborn to wait I just asked my friend to roam the mall and have a snack outside. The nearest by far mall from our school is Rockwell, about 5 minutes car drive distance, and so we skipped our class. :P

Bye Green Building, I'll go malling

Rattling around the mall, we noticed Sugar House which that time was not crowded, that would mean we can kibitz as much as we want without causing any disturbance to other diners. 

carbonara

Chat time with my friend, if you guys want privacy choose this sugar house food parlor, the ambiance was calming and peaceful.  But their food didn't satiate my craving for a great afternoon snack :(

Only in PH:Chicken Pork Adobo Laguna Cheese Pizza

Food lounge @ RW Casino

With the onset of the viral blog with rowdy comments on Filipino food, all I can say is that the bloggers are entitled to their own opinions, after all they are just humans who just want to share their experiences and travails. But I believe that travel humbles people. They, being an experience wanderlust and proclaimed vagabond travelers should have considered the cultural aspects of the food they ate and not just the taste and appearance of it.

Filipino food is not tatty and tasteless, ipso facto:

Resorts World Manila’s (RWM) signature dish, Chicken Pork Adobo Laguna Cheese Pizza or “CPA,” is fast becoming a favorite among foreigners and locals alike for its unique Filipino taste.

A regular carbonara

The pizza, a popular dish around the world, serves as a platform to introduce Filipino adobo to the world.

A hand-tossed pizza crust is topped with strips of chicken and pork adobo that rest on a creamy layer of melted mozzarella and Laguna cheese, the latter named after the Philippine province where it originates, known for its carabao-milk soft cheese called “kesong puti” (white cheese).

Next time you visit Philippines, feel free to explore every restaurant that serves ADOBO and you'll discover the diversity that depicts the mixed cultural influence in our pinoy dishes presaged by the taste, presentation and recipe. :)

lil adventure at brittany

Located South of Manila is a distinctive castle like commercial building with great landscape design. The place is located in an area known as Brittany Estates in Alabang. It serves as the gate to Italian inspired castle like Brittany houses.

The place is serene and the view is really captivating. It would make you feel like you are in Tagaytay when in fact you are in a busy city of Manila.

College days with my best friends. The building has various restaurants available to cater great food overlooking the magnificent landscape of the estate.

Dencios restaurant, their coffee was very classy and worth the price.

Nasi Lemak Singapore Food Republic

Food here is great and the ambiance perfect. Had my 20th bday celebration here, the manager H.K. Tan is very accommodating, his staff-NOT. Also been to their branch at the fort, which I think is a very much improved version of Nasi Lemak Restaurant.

I love celebrating my birthday with my best friends. We were still in college in these pictures. 

TOM YUM SOUP

HAINANESE CHICKEN

SWEET AND SOUR PORK

LEMON CHICKEN

BABY SQUID

The Cafe Mediterranean

The Cafe Mediterranean Flavors of the Sun

 This restaurant gives you the fashion of eating and the simple but powerful taste of spices from Mediterranean countries. Mediterranean dishes derive deep flavor from simple ingredients prepared simply. After energy-annihilating thrill from watching TAKEN 2, Arene and I without volition searched for this restaurant in Megamall. The place is aesthetically decorated, colorful, vibrant, and extraordinary with designs of earthenware-like ceramics on the walls and tables. You'll defnitely fall in love with the comfort, and view feels like you are dining in Mykonos... only you're not surrounded by waters.

 Anticipating my kebab dish.

Hummus (Arabic: حُمُّص‎) (Hebrew: חוּמוּס‎) a Middle Eastern appetizer which I love the most, it is an Arabic food dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic. Today, it is popular throughout the Middle East, Turkey, North Africa, Morocco, and in Middle Eastern cuisine. It is scooped with flat bread, such as pita and is also served as part of a meze or as an accompaniment to falafel, grilled chicken, fish or eggplant. 

Grilled Chicken Kebab with Moroccan Rice Pilaf + wine

Kebab is a wide variety of skewered meals originating in the Middle East and later on adopted in the Balkans, the Caucasus, other parts of Europe, as well as Central and South Asia. In English, kebab with no qualification generally refers more specifically to shish kebab (Turkish: "şiş kebap") cooked on a skewer. In the Middle East, however, kebab refers to meat that is cooked over or next to flames.

Taste the sweetness of life with Moroccan Rice Pilaf consists of basmati rice sprinkled with cinnamon, raisins that add some honeyed sweetness and almonds that provide flavour, texture, and crunch.

Krazy Garlik

Krazy Garlik definitely deserves a plaudit. We've accidentally discovered this when I was with my friend together with her parents in Resorts World, another branch is located in Greenbelt Area where we last ate at. The settings of the restaurant in Greenbelt was a lot more nice and crowded than RW. That night since it was very crowded inside we decided to dine at the back part outside where the view were buildings, some artsy restos and slew of people. The tables outside were very small made of wood and the seats were benches with nice cushions. Since it was just me and my friend the place outside was decidedly conducive to relief.

The table, the menu and the cutlery look awesome.

Bruschetta (garlic and anchovy affection)

Pork rib adobo cooked in olive oil and premium soy sauce with generous amount of garlic.
Being a finicky eater, I never liked some ways of how adobo is cooked. I get headache when I don't like a food. But this one was really a must taste, the aroma was appetizing, and the meat sort of melts in your mouth.

Krazy Garlik's Hara Kiri (₱225 single, 365 to share) is their house specialty spicy fried rice with chilies, squid, shrimps and bacon. Bery spicy like you wanna commit hara kiri. Oddly, I don't know why the food was named as hara kiri-ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practiced in Japan by members of the warrior class when disgraced or sentenced to death.

This could just mean that maybe it's implying that rice is bad. It is sinful, it is starchy, and it is bloating. Or maybe the food is really to die for.

Tuna Belly, fresh hot-off-the-grill prime tuna belly chopped with sauteed green chillies and garlic. Served with special soy-vinegar sauce.

My coffee very creamy all foamy and delicious-looking. This is now my favorite coffee ever, not just delicious looking but it tasted great as well.  

'Til next time again :)

Mongkok of Kowloon West

My first two days in Kowloon West were spent strolling around Tsim Sha Tsui TST, without any itinerary plans and definitely nowhere to go. Two days were a routine of walking around with my friend Arene, going to the supermarket to shop for food and eating at McDonalds and KFC. It was fun getting lost in HK in the middle of nowhere 'cos amazingly you won't really get lost in the city as the transportations are tourist friendly. In our travails of lazily trying to find a hole-in-the-wall restaurant we ended up going to Mong Kok, one of Hong Kong's liveliest districts that includes popular markets, shopping streets, stalls and malls, a mixture of old and new multi-story buildings, with shops and restaurants at street level and commercial or residential units above.

As soon as we embarked off the bus, extreme heat evoked languid feeling so we ended up eating at the first restaurant that caught our eyes. All the tables were customized were you can find the utensils and condiments  in a drawer slid under.

I forgot the name of the restaurant, the staff though they do not speak english were very hospitable. The drinking water served to every customers was hot as in chinese medicine, they believe that drinking cold water will drain your energy because your body will have to use energy to warm it up. Where if you drink hot water, it helps aid in digestion, breaks down the fatty things you consume, and prevents heart attacks.

The usual, I won't eat before I take photos of my foods. Too hopped up on happiness of seeing my dishes I never give a rats ass about remembering the name of what I eat. All I can remember was the pork was ovened and fried and it comes with a hot lemon juice, appetizing for 65 HKD :)

fate

-and it's sad when you know it's your heart they can't trust

Rain and Song Hye Kyo my favourite and their OST

Hoagie The Philadelphia Style

I first have known of hoagie from reading the biography of Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) who was originally from Philly. Her dad owned a sandwich shop and Gia used to help her dad together with her brothers serving hoagie. The term hoagie originated in the Philadelphia area. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reported, in 1953, that Italians working at the World War I–era shipyard in Philadelphia, known as Hog Island where emergency shipping was produced for the war effort, introduced the sandwich, by putting various meats, cheeses, and lettuce between two slices of bread. This became known as the "Hog Island" sandwich; shortened to Hoggies, then the "hoagie".

First international franchise from the makers of the original Philly Cheesesteak sandwich in California just along Amorsolo.

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is known for its arts and culture. The cheesesteak and soft pretzel are emblematic of Philadelphia cuisine, which is shaped by the city's ethnic mix and developed by German and Italian immigrants.

Vintage radios and music set, an American diner style

Heinz katsup and mustard

The Cheese Steak Shop uses also the same rolls from Amoroso’s Bakery as well as peppers  imported from Philadelphia. Most of the ingredients are imported from the US, among them the steak meat, the white American cheese, and the sweet and chili peppers from Delaware.

Coke, with floating vanilla icecream on top.

The cheese inside was totally hot, chewy and cheesy

TACOS

This was the first time I ate at Cheese Steak with my friend Arene during my 22nd birthday.

Eduvigis with Daddy

When I was younger, my dad would sometimes take a halt from cooking and take me and my mom to Hacienda Inn for dinner. I have loved that place since I was just a kid. They serve good food and offer a superb dining experience at night, the place actually turns from an ordinary restaurant in the morning to a hotel-like dinner place during the night with live bands, dim light and professional service. But that was over a decade ago, the last time I went to Lucena, hacienda inn doesn't hold night banquet anymore. Instead, my dad took me to Eduvigis which according to him is a cool place where local people hang out and eat.

Outside the resto were tables set up for people who wants to smoke and inhale the smoke coming from others cigarette. There was a band performance that night so the outside of the resto looked like a typical bar for people who wants to drink.

I preferred it inside than to smell of smoke outside. I ordered cheese quesadilla and tacos. The garlic mayo was awesome but the quesadilla tasted bland and cold.

Chicken cordon bleu was perfect even the sauce was very savory

Me and my Dad 

Wow, the cake looked so nice but when I started to eat it it was like eating a soft stone lol I didn't even bother to caffeinate instead I ordered a refreshment that was served with a dead mosquito in it. :(