Alab - Chef Tatung's new place near Shakey's Morato

We finally got to try Chef Tatung's new resto near Tomas Morato last night.  I had eaten at Chef Tatung's place in Sikatuna several times before and liked his food but found his BGC place to far so regretfully, we dropped eating at his place.  We - my close friends - are Kyusi kids and dont like driving through endless traffic just to eat out.  There are, of course, exceptions.

 My balikbayan cousins, Baby Pilar and hubby Phil - chose 2 unusual dishes, one with chicken, the other with shrimps and coconut noodles. twas very good.  i will try to cook a reasonable facsimile sometime and see if i can approach the flavor.

Our chosen appetizer was ampy (short for ampalaya, that is, bitter lemons), with radish, red onions, and thinly sliced tomatoes, and a very good blend of vinegar.  really very good vinegar.  i will try and blend my vinegar similarly.  this was an excellent appetizer indeed.

my choice -- morcon and crispy pata. let me tell you about it.....

i have to say that the family recipe for morcon beats his by a mile, at least.
but then, ours is a classic recipe and his was meat with a boiled egg inside and tomato-based sauce.
very tender though.

his crispy pata had lemon grass  cooked with it, which reduced the "umay" factor but also changed its classic favor.

the bibingka was fine and his chocnut cake was the same - as when he was in Sikatuna,,,, same recipe no doubt.

King One Hot Pot - Saturday, 16 May 2015

I availed of one of these promo thingamabobs and bought 3 vouchers.

The place is on the second floor - right opposite chili's (a place i know very well as i love their fajitas), nice, relatively new and the staff are polite and courteous, and not just that, but eager to serve.  It was equipped with an elevator, which was a plus for me since i am disabled.  stairs can be difficult for me, particularly narrow, steep ones.

The winner in the appetizer section was the fresh ampalaya.  It had a dash of salt and garlic, some acetic acid (vinegar, that is).  The adobo eggs were alright but some were a tad burnt.  The tofu was fine, but my bro's fried tofu is much better.

We had a choice of soup, so we got the split version - but neither one satisfied me the way Luk Foo's soup did.  The viands were fine - the shrimps (my nephew who is allergic to shrimps was not with us) were small, but was okay.  The meats were not as interesting.

They were billed as the best hotpot.  not quite, not for me.
but it wasnt bad.

i'd have to vote Luk Foo still.
i must remember to eat at David's Tea House. I think i already forgot the taste - that is, if it is better than Luk Foo's or not.

Muang Thai - a favorite resto

It is almost 11 and i am getting hungry.

I am thinking of food, glorious food.

Muang Thai is a Thai restaurant that is behind Heart Center.

My favorites there -

Fried Catfish Salad - yum, the best so far that i have tasted, and we've ordered the same in a lot of other restos.  the catfish was crispy, the green mango was perfect, and well, they used to have separate sauce, but now they have blended it with the dish.  i prefer it separate because i can season the dish  with as much as i like......

Sizzling Squid - yum.  really, really good food.  The squid was tender, and didnt taste .... fishy, in tagalog, one would say, it doesnt taste malansa.  A taste of tart with soy, and a wonderful blend of spices.  the veggies with it were delicious as well.  i had a good time eating them.

and of course, the Spicy Shrimp Soup - what is it now, Tom Yum (camt remember) which i have been trying to duplicate at home.

and the rice.  There are several that i like, the Muang Thai Rice, their banner rice dish, and the Bagoong Rice.  Either one is good.

The Massaman Curry is okay, and their Satay Chicken/Beef is good, but not as spectacular as the first 2 i mentioned.

hmmmm.

i already have my lunch.  i will try to catch dinner there sometime second week of May, after my laboratory examinations....  

A Korean Hot Pot - Nowana U&I

Ensogo offered a deal for Nowana U&I - unlimited shabu-shabu for 2 and an order of Bulgogi.

Our family loves hot pot - so i bought a voucher and brought my nephew to this new place ,,, along Mother Ignacia.

It is a new resto, but if you are disabled, you must be prepared to negotiate the stairs.  I had a bit of difficulty and asked my nephew to hold on to my cane.  The stairs are a bit narrow, like some of the old houses in Manila.

The Bulgogi was too sweet and too liquidy - and this didnt match the hot pot.  I would have preferred it a little less watery, with perhaps a thicker sauce, and with a little bite.  Moreover the meat was practically the same one in the hot pot.

The hot pot ingredients were pretty standard - tofu, veggies (2 kinds), some shrimps. fish balls, fresh eggs, and meat that you had to ask for.  For seasoning there was garlic, onions, red hot pepper (red sili), green hot pepper.  Then they served a concoction they had prepared.  We requested for soy sauce and calamansi, since both of us like soy and the tartness of calamansi.

Once you've layered the taste, the soup was good.  we had a lot of it.  we had 2 servings of the meat, and we went to get ingredients twice.  as my nephew puts it, there was nothing special.  it was okay, but not special.  

The soup was good - after we added spices.  i can go there again for the soup, but i have to think about the stairs.

and oh, the bathroom was clean and nice.  Of course, we were the only guests there....... as the resto had just newly opened....

i wanted to say that you should take advantage of the ensogo offer.

and oh, i told the servers that their pot was too shallow.  i mean hot pots were meant to contain lots of soup, and their pot just didnt do it.  also, their tables didnt have the sunken thing for the hot pot, so the pots were on the table, with this cookware that uses gas in a canister.  The disadvantage, hard to get the soup

Hot Pot recs - Luk Foo and David's Tea House

i love hot pot, i think they call this shabu-shabu, a term i confuse with shawarma.

yes, i know. totally different but sometimes word associations can be iffy

but hot pot, yummy.  nothing to beat it.

we are a family who love soup, so hot pot is a favorite with us.

Luk Foo's hot pot is, to my -our taste, one of the best.

Unfortunately, not all Luk Foo places have hot pot.

In Luk Foo - you have to choose the items you want in the hot pot, there is regular beef, imported beef if you wish, pork, veggies (corn, bok choy, pechay, chinese cabbage, young onions, leeks), mushrooms (several kinds), fish/shrimp/squid balls, squid, shrimps (we couldnt have any as my nephew is allergic)....

There are only 2 - the one along E. Rod (cor. Araneta ave) and the one near the airport

The one near the airport has a ghost,and when we were there in 2011 (it really is too far otherwise) to have dinner with my brother - who was returning to the USA

I also tried David's hot pot - oh, also very good.  will visit again and this will probably be sooner than later since this is much nearer.  David's tea house is in the corner of morato and timog and is in the 2nd floor -----

at David's i was on solo flight so i couldnt have a lot of stuff as i wouldnt be able to finish it.  Still, it was good..

if you know of other hot pots, let me know.  Oh yes, i've tried tong yang - when it was along Quezon Ave.

Alba and Annabel

Two lovely restos at Morato with very good food, both had lunch buffets - and  i indulged a bit, i must admit

the thing is, Spanish food - though very good - is a tad cloying

at Alba's buffet - i tasted their callos, which was ok, but i prefer my mom's Callos a la Madrilena
because my mom tamped down the richness a bit.  their callos was deeply rich, and i couldnt eat more than a spoonful of it.

- their paella was okay, and well, i just have to try my hand at cooking it

the lengua was very good, very rich, but less cloying than the callos - must be the way the tripe tasted .....

the mushroom .... i forgot the actual name was just right and so was the spaghetti
the lechon cochinillo (did i spell that right?) was simply good, but i couldnt eat more of it -
i couldnt even return to the buffet!

i loved the salads and the breads though - similar lovely taste as that of Annabel's

and Annabel;s - i loved the balance of flavors of the food they served in the buffet
i enjoyed the baked oysters - and you could taste the pimiento flavor in it
the beef steak that i had to have well-done because i am a KT, the gorgeous pork belly

i enjoyed the shrimp, but not as much as the oysters
the lengua was delicious, i thought it was a tad better than Alba's but this may been due to the fact that Alba's version was toooooo rich.  The fish was alright, but it was nothing special -

the soup at Annabel's was very delicious, it beat Alba's by a mile.  i should have indulged in another cup of soup - it was that good, yes.

the spaghetti at Alba's was a tad better than Annabel's, i dont quite know yet what made it special

i'm going back to Annabels soon but both restos are good, just make sure you dont overdo it on the richness ............ like i said, Annabel has a better balance of tanginess and richness but you will enjoy both places.....

Friday nights: At Ba Nois and Bonfire, a little spot by the Riverbanks...

It isnt so much Sabado Nights (i still remember that San Miguel ad....) but Friday nights that are popular with us.  Why?  Really quite simple.  Easier to sleep in on a Saturday morning as there is Sunday worship....

anyways. it is always easier to catch me when i am already out of the house...than to invite when i am already at home.  simple physics at work - Newton's law if you remember about a body at rest ....

anyway, Ba Nois.  It is a Vietnamese resto found at the ground floor at the UP Town Center.  We spent over 4K pesos. Food galore for 4 people- batch 75 classmates.  Alice Sibal-Lim, the birthday celebrant, Manny Lim, her hubby, me, and Joey Dumandan.  Others were either out of the country (Benita), out of town (Amihan) or had previous commitments.

4 dishes were really outstanding.  i dont remember their names but i can certainly remember their taste and their image so though i can point to you the dish, i cant say the name.

Joey Dumandan cooks (he used to have a resto in Tacloban - before Yolanda or Haiyan) and i told him to try putting the red chile (and grinding it down) in one of the sauces to make one of the dishes a lot more delicious.  The food itself was bland so the sauce had to do double time to make the food great.  when done, so it was much better.

the fried thingamajig was better than the fresh one, and they had this thing about wrapping lettuce over the viand....   one thing though, i learnt a new sauce ad i wil be trying it out soon.

later on we went to Bonfire, by Marikina's riverbanks.  We had expected the band to be able to sing Skylight Pigeon... but they couldnt so it appears we have to go back on a Sunday for the band who can.
Food was okay, btw.

Office Companions meet .... after times apart

it is always nice to touch base(s) with companions after a spell of distance of time and space

Last Friday, 17 October
At Sambokojin West - the following gathered to catch up with news about each other
Emily and Chito; Tina; Ging, Paulie, and Justine; Clare and Annabel; Hermie; Aris and family;
Fred; Albert; and the man-of-the-hour who handled the bill, Horace; and me

Albert was off farming, HT was working with an HMO in Makati (near STI where i used to work!), Fred was relaxing (nice to be retired), Emily and Chito were recharging, and Aris shared a bit of news about GSIS (he still has to share some more); and the rest were still with the same agency they were with, but perhaps with some changes.... in their lives.

I had cooked and eaten shrimps, loved the wrapped asparagus and mushrooms, enjoyed the fresh salad, and of course, the miso soup and the tempura.  Ging got a huge vat of ice cream that she shared.  That was the only sweet i got.  Good eats.

Payment time, 6 of us had discounts - Fred, Albert, Emily and Chito, HT, and I (i am a PWD, the rest were seniors) so a 20% discount for 6 wasnt bad at all....

pics to follow

Dong Juan - a Mother Ignacia place

i was off on forced leave Monday 13 October ....
so after Alfarsi, the three of us --- Manny, Alice, and I - proceeded to Dong Juan
she said the dessert was very good .......

as this picture will show -
i found a drink called Happy Bong whose details read .... a larger drink than your Happy Drink
so i ordered the 99-peso Happy Drink..... it was an alcoholic drink with orange slices and marashino cherries

indeed.  a happy drink.  i will try to recreate it with a bit of bourbon and the oranges and the cherries this coming weekend - any suggestion for the bourbon>

my happy drink, some free peanuts, and Alice's coffee ... i also ordered fries but it hadnt arrived yet

my happy drink, the dessert, the fries, and Alice's coffee

Saturday evening, the 13th of September - 2 Maginhawa restos

I had gone to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute when the laboratory opened. to have blood extracted. so when i got home, i hit the bed for some more Zzzs.

At about lunch, my friend Alice texted me to ask if I was inclined to go out for dinner.  So i said yes, but i would sleep first.

I had to have my car wipers repaired so i asked the mechanic to drop by (it was most likely a replacement), and get the wipers so he can buy the correct one.  Alice and Manny are so nice that they asked me if i was attached to the car, and if i wasnt, to just sell it and borrow theirs (they have 2) when i needed one.  Really wonderful people, dont you agree.

Anyway, we went off to Maginhawa - supposedly to Black Bean and Soup place.  We all have been there before, when we had an Arts and Friends exhibit.  We were meeting another school mate, Joey, or Dr. Joel.  Alas, Black Bean was closed and they started thinking of the resto right beside it, which was Van Gogh is Bipolar.... however, we didnt have Robert (of Papemelroti) so we decided to try the nearby Jeepney Stop.

Interesting Place. We got the Ayala Special - that was good for 2-4 people. We were at 2 tables that were joined so they divided the viands into 2.  It was alright, but the chicken ass could have been better.
See, the thing is, Joel and I cook quite extensively so we tend to be a tad more critical.... so we were slower to eat.  And well, yes, Joel and I could have cooked better .... but like i said, it was alright

they didnt have coffee and dessert so we hied ourself to Cool Beans, a library cafe.
The library part did not register with me .... see, a library to me means books can be borrowed and taken out, it was more like a reading room - that means  you can only read in the room, right?
See, they brag that they are the only library cafe .... hmmm, not quite - unless i was wrong and you can take books home (i dont think i am wrong because people returned books to the shelves).

The Sweet Spot also has books.  The ambiance in Sweet Spot is more my thing.  See, no one complains if the groups are a little loud.  If I am with a group, the automatically, this is a social event, and social events tend to make me behave noisily, laugh loudly, and talk loud, expecially if there is big table between us.  So, I got shushed.  Mea Culpa indeed, but to me, a coffee place and a group is about talking and laughing, and NOT being shused.  I was shused for talking too loud .... but like i said, a social place, a social outing, makes for noise.  So i doubt if i will bring myself and my friends there again.

If you are alone, and want to read - this is a good place to be.  But no pika-pika food, just pastries - and of course, coffee.  In Sweet Spot you can order tiny burgers and fries (pika- food!)  So maybe no also.  I wouldnt read or study in a social place.  And if no one buys food and drinks, how long do you think this place will last?

However we did meet a fellow Sayans grad, her name is Glo, lives 2 blocks away from me, and is the third batch to graduate from Philippine Science High School.  That was good.

I also discovered there that i can no longer read Avengers and FF4 and the like.  Too much violence,  See, i was able to read the early stuff, and no way was it this way.  Poor Logan looked bestial, and this should not be the case.  what with his healing power, why would he look bestial. Yuck.  Probaby I am just a purist.

So, Jeepney stop rates a 5 for me, Cool Beans - for the loner,

but hey if you want to study there, your pwers of concentration should be excellent.  I have that kind of concentration from youth (my lola used to get angry at me for not hearing her when she would call me for lunch and i was right beside her, yet i would not here)

So Cool Beans - for the food 6, for the books - 8  (the graphic novels are plentiful... but i have my own, for those i like), for the shushing - 3 --- they should call themselves a Cafe Library.  Because food seems to be incidental.  Would i recommend Cool Beans, maybe for the loner - like Glo was, and that guy who was studying -

I always study at home - except the group work for my Master's -

Incidentally - I'd rate Sweet Spot higher than Cool Beans because there is nothing better than reading and eating, unless it be eating and reading (see a previous post)

A New Resto - Maximo's

August 25, National Heroes Day
we celebrated by eating out - Alice and Manny, and i

at Maximo's who was having a soft opening -
i believe this resto is along E. Rodriguez Jr.  - but see we were chatting and i lost track of driving -
Manny's driving, that is

we had baby octupi, iberian chicken, and slow roasted belly, and unusual buchi
the unusual buchi is pretty good, try it.

the cook there must love Balsamic Vinegar - just like Kat - the female Iron Chef
because i could taste it.

Resto Rating from 1-10, maybe a 7?

edit::::
i think this is along Katipunan, not E. Rod Jr.

Food Notes --- Bahay Kubo at Maginhawa

Their specialty is Bulalo and Ulo-ulo

two dishes i rather like so ever since i saw the sign ... i've been wanting to eat there...
see we go to Tagaytay to have satisfying Bulalo - which is rather far

the place is small and feels like the old-fashioned carinderias that we find in Manila (or Quiapo)
simple tables, plain chairs, with no particular ambiance.

the food though tastes like home cooking, not as good as my mom's or my lola's who had excellent cooking skills (oh yes, i still remember the taste of all the food they've ever cooked except Dinuguan, Kilawin Librillo, and the Lungs dish - i dont eat any of these dishes)

we - had dinner with Alice and Manny - who were celebrating their wedding anniversary (14 August) a day ahead - had 2 servings of tawilis - nicely crispy so we ate it like chicharon, bulalo and ulo-ulo of course, bistek tagalog (i thought it needed a few more onions), and chicken curry.

not much choice for desert so we   stopped by etc. for some bubble tea.

it was one of those nice cool evenings

Food trip -Chicken burger when i dont want to cook in Maginhawa

Naturally,  this would fall on delivered goods.

i like burger so i've tried everything burger out there

For example, there's Burger Project - the one i go to is along Maginhawa. I like the fact that one can have jalapenos, Or take Big, Better, Best Burgers.  I like the char-broiled ones..........

but well, let us face it, beef is heavy on the stomach.  So i remembered that there's Good Burgers
you have a choice of chicken patties or veggie patties.

i prefer the chicken patties.  i like my veggies to look like veggies although i have enjoyed vegetarian restos.
so here's the menu for Good Burgers

Burger Name                                                                        good         better      best
Just Burger                                                                             70             80           95
(mayo, ketchup)
Garlic Burger                                                                          90             100         115
(coleslaw, bq sauce)
Salsa Mex - yes with coleslaw so + 15                            90             100         115
(salsa, cheese)
Cheesy Mushroom                                                                90             100         115
(mushrooms, cheese bq sauce)
Silly Burger                                                                              90             100         115
(sour cream, garlic chilli, cheese)
Persian Burger - yes                                                              90             100         115
(roasted onions and peppers, garlic aloli sauce)
BLT - yes                                                                                  105            115         120
(cheese, mayo, bacon bits, lettuce, tomatoes, onions)
Bacon Mozza Melt  -yes                                                      110            120         135
(bacon bits, mozzarella, mayo)
Margherita Burger  - yes                                                      110            120         135
(roasted tomatoes, cheese, mozzarella, basil)

3-Cheeses                                                                                  110            120         135
(cream cheese, mozzarella, cheese sauce)

you can add on stuff - choose one for the peso value listed on the left 

like for 15 pesos - salsa; garlic chili; alolli sauce; bbq sauce; mushrooms, coleslaw; lettuce, tomato, mayo

for 20 pesos - bacon bits; sour cream; herb cheese; garlic cream cheese

for 25 pesos - cottage cheese, mozzarella

the telephone at the Maginhawa place IS 435-4663

those marked with yes are burgers i've eaten and enjoyed -

and well, thought you might enjoy it too.

and THEY DELIVER!  at least to where i live, and where i work 

try it

i didnt list the side dishes but i like the chx and chips too

A short, partial list of food places we''ve been

Roberta's Flavors of Asia - Maginhawa Street - cant remember when

The ambiance is that of a canteen, but the food is good.
we had the lamb, the 3-choice appetizer, and of course, the watermelon tinola, and the shrimp salad.
the price is terrific for the pocket, and the taste is superior,

i've been able to duplicate the shrimp salad - although mine is a bit more tangier, something i did deliberately.

Scorecard:  Food a 7, Place a 5

Chercio - 76 Scout Limbaga, Morato area
Sometime Feb or March this year

The food was good. I especially liked the platter, because it allowed a smattering of  the different dishes. The tadyang was pretty good, too.  Dessert was alright.
The plac was another one of those white places, some with black couches and white wooden chairs

Scorecard:    8, 7

Nomama - Scout Tuason, near Morato

after the hype we received about this resto, my friends and i were excited about eating there.

The place was interesting    =   bright, all glass, sparkly

unfortunaely the food didnt live up to the hype.  The food was just
The best dish - and we spent a lot of money there - was shrimpt temputa, an old standby with me

Mesa - 254 Tomas Morato cor. Scount Fernandez.  Sharon Cuneta is part owner?

The place  comes across yellow-gold, but if you look around, you will find that the resto is no longer new.  The wait staff are equipped with tiny that holds a lighter (for those diners who need a light), pencils for taking orders, and a small pad. i just found it interesting.

The food was alright, and we indeed got catfish in a food - a signature dish.  But Muang Thai's catfish still beats the flavor.  I had to mix several sauces to complement the catfish better, and when i got it, i asked my friends to add it to the catfish.

i rather liked the butterflied tilapia, liking its crispy texture.  

Quezon - Maginhawa

Quezon favorites are available here to take home.  The smoked tapa is very good, but dont buy too much of it to take home because you will lose the flavor with satiety.

More next time -

Food Trip - Renato's Resto located at South Triangle Barangay

Renato's.  17B Scout Borromeo. South Triangle Barangay. QC

The place is beautiful, lots of white surfaces and a rather nice inviting alcove.

This is a good place for a small wedding reception, or a small batch reunion or a small party.  It would look fabulous with flowers for a wedding reception - and the white surfaces can only complement whatever color scheme of the bridal party.

When you enter the place, the left side has a large mirror atop a built-in table with large vases. Reminds of Thailand, probably because of the plants - which i've seen in Thailand.  This alcove has a very unusual shape, but very attractive and draws one eye towards a white wall - must have been feng shui when the place was still a home.  There's a bar on the right side and a music box on the left - would have been nice to have a piano bar, but well, the music was alright. the chairs were done in padded creamy gold and matted orange.

and then there's the food.

we had okoy - which was so-so, tawilis - which was very good, thai spring rolls - ho-hum, i think, crispy catfish - which was rather dry. Muang Thai (behind Heart Center) still holds the record for the best catfish in town for us , Fish balls a la Kieve - which had a very intriguing taste, stuffed chicken - which i didnt like at all and Crispy Pata - which was not as crispy as Ana Lisa's although the flavor was alright.

The score, from 1 - 10, 10 being perfect - it would score an average 6-7.

One thing though. The Groupon AD is NOT accurate about the prices.

Food trip - Ilocano food: Victorino's and Comida Ilocandia

weekend start.

we went to Heny Sison's Victorino's at Jamboree cor. Rallos

my friend Dale had her birthday last month, but she was off the country and we couldnt manage to meet

except for last Friday.  Our friend Jer chose the resto, as he's hip about new restos.

the ambiance at Victorino's was okay. i like the white walls, and the block of yellow tiles, and the easy comfort of the chairs, which was a surprise, really because they were simple chairs.

Click here for Victorino's menu

we had lots of food, all good, but i have tasted better.

we had the following
Pako, Warek-warek, Lomolomo, Karabasa soup, Longanisa Platter, Bagnet (of course)

First of all, i have tasted authentic Ilocano food, there in the heart of Marcos country - Batac. And well, that is superior Ilocano food. Cooked Bagnet there is uber delicious, if a trifle bad for the heart.  and the orange lumpia thing - i forgot what they are called .....Empanaditos

in comparison with Comida Ilocandia located along Timog

Comida Ilocandia

Timog Branch
33-D , Timog Ave, Quezon City (Infront of McDonald)

Tel. 709, 9041, 0918-925660

Click here for Comida Elocandia's menu

more next time.  will update you on what we ate.....

food is one of my faves.  food for the body.  food for the soul. food for the heart. and food for the mind (books generally).

2 Foodtrips at Maginhawa and a resto near SSS

we've had several visits to Maginhawa since then ...

we went to Krazy Tonkatsu - where they serve a rather limited Japanese menu, all of which were tasty.
well, we tasted each other's food, that is how we know.  but, if you have a hankering for sweets after meals, they dont really have desserts.

and just yesterday we had an early birthday celebration of a classmate at Sancho-Churreria, 122 Maginhawa.  we had paella (they have at least 2 sizes so it depends on the size of your party/group) and then we had beef stew, which i liked because i like the onions.  We also had lengua, a favorite of several members of the party, and then we had fish wish mash potatoes.  i've had better mash potatoes, but that was done at home, following rachel ray's recipe.

the resto near SSS was called Linkin' Pork
they had lemonade that tasted as if there was sukang paombong - very good for the throat it seems, but be careful - it is an acquired taste.
i had the thursday special ... which was Shish Kebab, which was rather good. my friend had the combination sausage and salad.  She tried the Cincinnati sausage.  it was not quite to my taste but the third member of our party put mustard (it came with the dish) and it was tons better.  So beware this sausage if you do not like mustard.  The salad was fresh, and crispy.  it was very good.
i plan to taste a few more things, but particularly their all-day breakfast fare with vigan and lukban sausages.

i just have to space out all these eating because it is very bad for my diet

Food Trip at Maginhawa - Quezon

my friends like eating out.  actually, who doesnt?
they met me at a place called Quezon.  and this place is also along Maginhawa .....
more or less near Bayantel.

i love the stuff you can eat there, plus, what you can take home - products from Quezon actually.

i liked the dried tapa.  Just the thing for breakfast.  only. dont overdo it.

food trip as halloween dinner at Cafevegis

i asked who was interested in having a halloween dinner

dale was iffy, boboy had xeres visiting, paeng's family tired, jerry was leaving early morning the next day, but alice and manny were free. we had dinner at Cafevegis, located in Moomba Plaza, Mother Ignacio cor Roces

food was good. the liempo tasted like the bad-for-people-with-hypertension one.  but since it was veggie, we ate a lot and enjoyed the food.  i liked the lumpiang shanghai t although alice didnt think it wasnt anything special but i liked it a lot and i order shanghai in many restos. the salmon sinigang was asim or sour the way i like it.  the fried rice was really good but we didnt want to eat too much carbo


the drinks were healthy. i got a carrot-cucumber-celery shake, manny had a similar one sans carrot. alice had an apple shake. 

rosel, try this place if you havent tried it