a little bit about travel, a little bit about food, a lot of everything in between; as seen, tasted and experienced by different points of view..
One of the more daring additions to the Casa Verde business is The Suite Room in Ayala’s newest wing. Just across several other newly established restaurants there, The Suite Room boasts its calm, relaxed ambiance for the business-casual appointments and meetings complete with rhythm …
Situated on the 19th floor of Apple One building within walking distance from Ayala, Blue Elephant Sky Lounge is one of the more recent happenings especially for the opening for the year 2014. This restaurant-bar is said to be a nightly extension of the parent …
Among the number of restaurants in the newly renovated Ayala mall as of yet, Seafood island has got to be one of the better places to grab a meal with your friends looking to experience their first hand experience in native filipino dining.
Part of a collection of international casual dining brands, Tonkatsu by Terazawa’s new branch in Ayala Center Cebu has almost everyone rushing to get a taste of its newest offer. From the name itself, the shop’s specialty is tonkatsu, or breaded pork slices. Plot twist, …
they say that if you ever visit los angeles, you shouldn’t miss stopping by at any korean bbq all you can eat resto. not only is it cheap but the quality and variety of meat is impressive. the resto we picked didn’t have a very decent sign from outside. a very loud music was also booming from outside that will make anyone deaf. i guess it’s the restaurant’s way to advertise itself through loud and distracting music. we waited around fifteen minutes before we got a table considering it was lunch time on a work day. we chose set c which had 16 options of meat, the most options of meat they had for $15.99. the bad thing i didn’t like about this place is customers are limited to 4 meats per order. we probably ordered almost all in their menu except for three items.
| 1. Beef Brisket |
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| 2. Sliced Pork | |
| 4. Pork Chop with marinate | |
| 5. Sliced Beef with marinate | |
| 6. Squid with marinate |   |
| 8. Sliced Beef | |
| 9. Pork Steak | |
| 10. Spicy Sliced Pork | |
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| 12. Skewer Fresh Steak | |
| 13. Boneless Ribs | |
| 14. LA Short Ribs | |
| 15. Shrimp with marinate | |
| 16. Boneless Ribs with marinate |
the beef brisket was like bacon. i like it the most maybe because it was so easy to eat. i enjoyed the squid and shrimp too. the sliced pork, boneless ribs and steak were good too. after our last order, i felt i had too much already that it was difficult for me to finish the food even though i barely touched my rice.
Castle II Korean BBQ
3600 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Verdict: 4/5 (-1 for limiting customers to order 4 meats per batch)
out of the blue, i finally tried mountain mike’s lunch pizza and salad buffet for $6.99 which is offered everyday from 11AM to 2PM. this is conveniently located to almaden cinelux which offers $5.50 for all movies before 5PM. i got in the restaurant by …
we ordered their fried oysters for appetizers considering that we went there for dinner. it was good. the sauce complemented with the fried oysters. given the restaurant’s name, we stayed away from ordering steamed crabs or shrimps. we ordered one pound of steamed crawfish in cajun garlic sauce. the waiter asked us how hot we wanted it: mild, hot, or fire. we made a mistake in picking hot since it was burning our tongues. i only managed to eat around 4 pieces of crawfish since it was too much and getting the meat from the crawfish is such a challenge. this is probably we noticed many customers there were having shrimps. they’re easier to descale. as for the cajun sauce, it was good but i like the take from boiling crab better. in addition to the crawfish, we requested corn and sausage. i wanted more of the sausage. it was probably just around two inches long! the portion was so little.
This is my first encounter with the crawfish, are they really this small? Had I known that they were going to be tiny, I would have opted for shrimps or prawns instead, less hassle and more meat. Anyways, it was an experience trying to wrestle with this crustacean. Good thing there were fried oysters to keep my hunger at bay, I would definitely order them again if I make the same mistake of revisiting this restaurant. One good thing they have going for them though is the sauce, which was truly HOT in every sense of the word, I was crying buckets when I took a spoonful to taste it, I haven’t been overwhelmed by hot sauce before this.
Crawdaddy at San Jose
779 Story Rd
San Jose, CA 95122
Verdict:
in search for a bbq and ribs place, we found this place. it has a decent amount of parking space but it was full when we came. the good thing is it has more parking space in the adjoining lot. as appetizers, we tried their …
the long line outside this restaurant has always made me curious to try this place. it has great reviews too so me and my friend ventured out to have a very early breakfast at this cafe. its menu has a wide selection of american breakfast items. i chose the fresh lox and bagel which came with eggs and pancake for additional cost. it also came with some veggies, not so salty capers and cream cheese. i enjoyed the lox and bagel but was only able to finish half of the bagel since i had the pancake for dessert. my friend ordered bill’s steak and eggs. the steak wasn’t that remarkable to me but it was tender and juicy.
Bill’s Cafe
1115 Willow St, San Jose CA
Verdict: 4/5 (-1 for the steak)
