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On The Tummy Spot: Tasty Dumplings Hong Ma!

2013-05-16T23:12:00.000+08:00

I’m sure by now you guys know that I am an avid fan and Binondo food addict. There is just something comforting about delicious and well-prepared dim sums and other Chinese dishes that I just can’t resist them. It’s a lifelong love affair from eating at my Angkong’s table with the dishes he has prepared when I was still a little kid to the weekend Binondo forays with the mum. It’s in my

On The Tummy Spot: 2 Tasty Yabu Adventures

2013-04-22T00:29:00.000+08:00

You are probably wondering why my title says 2 Tasty Yabu Adventures. It is quite accurate though! After arriving from a short weekender in Bacolod last March I met Mum and Zoe in Church at PICC then after church, we proceeded to MOA where I told Mum that I will take them to a nice katsu place. I’ve wanted to get mum and little Z there for a while now and see how they like the food at Yabu

Our Annual Family Get Together – Daddy Joe & Mommy Zabeth’s Place @ CDEO

2013-04-19T00:05:00.001+08:00

Long postponed post already so my apologies dear readers as I have been the busy bee lately. My childhood memories were rich with family gatherings every holiday season and as the years passed and people grew up and moved away, they became less complete in attendance but the tradition has always continued to exist. Regardless, family always made it a point to meet up and celebrate another

Eating My Way in Vietnam: My Foodie Explorations In Saigon Part III (Cuc Gach Quan)

2013-03-19T22:33:00.000+08:00

Part 3 is the last installment of my Vietnam foodie chronicles and here I take you to another charmingly designed place in the heart of Ho Chi Minh’s District 1 area. Friend K told me and my friends that this restaurant had celebrity guests like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and with this I would think that they really have good food in store for us. Looking at their menu I am again

Eating My Way in Vietnam: My Foodie Explorations in Saigon Part II (Nga Hang Ngon)

2013-02-23T00:02:00.001+08:00

Our first official dinner was for some Vietnamese street food but the street food that we had was one of the best meals I had so far. I and my friends had them at this restaurant called Nha Hang Ngon which was situated at 160 Pasteur St, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was like an open restaurant setting in an old colonial-style yellow Vietnamese house and the food was sold at the sides with

Eating My Way in Vietnam: My Foodie Explorations in Saigon Part I

2013-01-28T19:41:00.001+08:00

Last August 2012 I went on my very first overseas trip to another country. I made it to the shores of Saigon aboard Cebu Pacific and upon the invitation of my very good sister from another mother – friend K. I safely made it in and out of that beautiful country in a week. The trip was eye-opening and just added more for my fuel to travel and travel more. When I had the chance to go

Another Korean Lunch: Kogi Bulgogi @Lucky Chinatown Mall Binondo

2013-01-13T22:15:00.001+08:00

I just can’t stop eating Korean although my dentist told me to lay off on the spicy and salty foods for a bit as they are unhealthy for my gummies. I did do a break but I still sneaked in some Korean food loving but just not as often as before. This time while we were in Binondo for our regular trek, the mum, sister, little Z and me decided to eat some Korean at Lucky Chinatown Mall since we

On The Tummy Spot: Baek Yuen Korean Restaurant in Silang, Cavite

2012-12-17T22:49:00.000+08:00

If you remember a previous post I had a while back featuring a good Korean restaurant in nearby Dasmarinas, then I introduce its sister restaurant in Silang (a place on the way to Tagaytay) also with the name of Baek Yuen. Here the banchans given to us were more than what was given in their Dasma restaurant, but basically the prices were the same and offerings were the same although the space

On the Tummy Spot: Yabu: House of Katsu @ SM Megamall

2012-10-29T17:51:00.000+08:00

I have been hearing about raves on this latest Katsu place in Megamall so one afternoon after a work meeting, I decided to bring some colleagues there and try out this praise-worthy katsu everyone has been talking about. We got there after the lunch hour crowd because our meeting was a bit long but it was worth it because the place did not have a hurried atmosphere at that time and we got

On The Tummy Spot: Good Eats @ Chilli & Ink

2012-10-25T15:00:00.000+08:00

It’s been a while now that I have written any review and forgive me for being remiss about it. A lot of work has just piled up but I will try to really update on a regular basis since I have a lot of material right now which just begs to be blogged about. Last week, I was invited to shoot for an event – Estee Lauder’s Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign by a friend of mine. She asked me to step in

Foodie Event: YUMMY Eats 2012!

2012-09-23T13:07:00.000+08:00

I know it’s probably quite late but hey better late than never. Last May 2012, YUMMY held its annual YUMMY Eats event along with 53 concessionaires all showing off their new items/products and selling off their bestsellers. It was a blast and this time I made sure that I got all the food items in order. It was a full course meal loaded with lots of different and interesting

Eating My Way in Cebu: Surfin’ Ribs

2012-08-21T11:37:00.000+08:00

During usual Cebu holidays, the only sure way I could get my rib fix is via Casa Verde with their humungous plates of tender and soft ribs with that melt in your mouth meat and just the right amount of barbecue sauce slathering those soft and tasty rib morsels. Friend V told me that there was a new rib place somewhere in Gorordo/Lahug. We decided to check the place out (Surfin' Ribs) and see

A New Food Craze: Cebu’s Lechon Belly (All Meat, No Bones!)

2012-07-24T11:39:00.000+08:00

When people say Cebu, the very first thing that comes to mind would be the delicious and mouth-watering lechon (roasted pig) that the island is known for. I would really agree with this statement as I know for a fact that friends and family here in Manila pay to have their lechon shipped over here. I had 1 shipped just recently myself for my Papa and Lolo’s birthday from Rico’s lechon.

Brunching on Crepes, Café Breton style at Greenbelt 3

2012-07-20T12:03:00.000+08:00

You can either have them savory or sweet and there are numerous combinations and recipes which are sure to suit anybody’s palate. Crepes are great that way. They are like a blank slate and you get to decide what you want in that slate. My very first experience with crepes came at a very young age; I think I was in elementary then. Me and the family together with our French grandaunt celebrated

A Taste of Japanese at Teriyaki Boy

2012-07-16T15:33:00.001+08:00

I am a lover of Japanese cuisine. I just think the sushis are great and their food artistry is superb. Teriyaki Boy is not really a Japanese fine dining restaurant but sort of a Japanese fastfood which can cater to all levels of Japanese food-loving customers and can give good value for money. I remember the first time I tried it with friend G back in Cebu. We had a lot of fun eating and

On The Tummy Spot: Kanin Club @Ayala Triangle Gardens

2012-05-22T12:53:00.001+08:00

On the rare occasions that I eat all Filipino outside my home, I really try and pick restaurants that can give me value for money – great taste, good prices and I must say eating at Kanin Club has been good so far. Their innovation on several of their dishes are well received by I think almost everybody that comes inside their doors. The very first time that I tried them out, I ordered it

My Binondo Foodie Adventures Part VIII: A 2nd Foray into Tasty Dumplings

2012-04-28T22:55:00.000+08:00

Binondo, how I love thee? Let me count the foodie trips! J Chinese New Year is something that we really look forward to every year and what’s best is that we get to celebrate it in the Philippines Chinatown capital – Binondo. This year, the streets were packed as usual with tsinoys, foreigners, dragon dancers and visitors trooping straight to Binondo to take part in the New Year festivities

On The Tummy Spot: C2, Classic Cuisine On View

2012-02-24T19:55:00.000+08:00

Love Love Filipino food! I think it is a very unique and versatile cuisine very adept at adapting to other cultural flavors yet somehow still retaining its identity. I mean, we are known to be one of the most adaptable cultures around simply because we strive to survive wherever we are. The same can be said of our cuisine as well. Aside from that we have our own great specialties of which

Tokyo Tokyo Reinvented!

2012-02-21T00:00:00.001+08:00

A few years back, I used to say that TokyoTokyo was falling behind in the food chain race. They had the same food items on their menu and there were no new additions for long periods of time and their stores were getting a bit old. They were really behind in the times but just recently they’ve discovered their MOJO back it seems. Last February 16, I was invited for their blogger event at

On the Buffet Table: Manila Pavilion’s Lunch Buffet

2012-02-09T16:56:00.000+08:00

Before Sister T headed off to the land of milk and honey, we had a sumptuous lunch buffet at Seasons (the restaurant in Manila Pavilion). She got some vouchers from Ensogo so we decided to have a post Christmas date and have lunch together at the hotel. She got a good deal from Ensogo. Groupon’s are the in-thing nowadays. She invited her friend but they were late so we proceeded to fill

A Mini Christmas Pre-Dinner @ Witchy Crazy Mommy’s House

2012-02-05T07:36:00.000+08:00

Things have been really hectic lately and so busy that it has taken me a while to get this posted. Blame it on the post Holiday stress. Hopefully I’ve gotten my bearings back and will post more regularly since I do have a lot to write about. I mean, we just finished with the Holiday season and I don’t have much to show for it where my posts are concerned. Forgive me dear readers and friends.

On The Tummy Spot: Mango Walnut Torte

2011-12-28T14:55:00.001+08:00

After that fulfilling Zensho meal, friend L and I trooped down the streets of Tomas Morato in search of our dessert stop. Oh yes, we still had a dessert stop in spite of all that we ate. Goodness, how I packed all that delicious food into me I can only wager a guess. J Anyway, it was quite a way off so we walked and did a bit of exercise which somehow helped loosen up our full tummies a bit.

On The Tummy Spot: Eating Japanese at Zensho’s Eat-All-You-Can Buffet

2011-12-20T17:47:00.000+08:00

When I hear Japanese food, I always equate it to great food with more than the average price, after all they use good and fresh ingredients so I always expect to pay more than the average when eating in a Japanese restaurant. I’ve had Japanese in Cebu and here in Manila and they don’t disappoint. They rarely do! Just a few months back (so sorry for the late post), me and friend L decided to

Italianni’s With Long Time Friends

2011-12-11T12:37:00.001+08:00

Who hasn’t heard of Italianni’s? With its great big servings of Italian inspired dishes that will have you panting after eating, that is in essence Italianni’s. I have eaten in Italianni’s countless times but haven’t really reviewed or written about them until now. Recently I got in touch with really old friends way back in college and we agreed to meet at Italianni’s at Alabang Town Center

On The Tummy Spot: My Cebu Zubuchon Experience

2011-11-19T20:03:00.001+08:00

I have been hearing rave reviews about MarketManila’s Zubuchon that I decided to check it out on a Cebu trip I recently had. I asked my friend A to guide me through Zubuchon’s menu items and introduce me properly to what Anthony Bourdain has tagged as one of his greatest food finds. Being a foodie, of course I was looking forward to the experience. Friend A decided to bring me to their