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 afternoon while waiting for the LBC package bound for delivery to our place, I got a call from my sister, who wanted me to come over to Ayala to eat lunch with her and our mom. They gave me instructions to head quickly to …
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One drizzling evening, my siblings and I decided head back to David’s steakhouse for our dinner, but much to our dismay we found it locked down permanently. After several disappointed moments and careful recalculation of plans, we then decided to scour the uncharted corners of E-Bloc for a new dining experience. Lo and behold, Everything Yummy located beside Charlie Chicken saved our dinner plans.
It was a quaint place, spacious and homey with ample amount of chairs for the its patrons. We were greeted by the servers and had the doors opened for us upon our arrival. Interestingly, the menu was composed of only a few items in stock, not to mention a whole page for sardines.
But it didn’t disheartened us, no. We ordered a leg quarter of chicken inasal, a plate of home made burger, a set of adobo called adobomb, and a large plate of ribs.
The flavors were intense and very flavorful, totally different from my expectations of this restaurant. The burger steak was made of meat and bread. The leg quarter was cooked just right, juicy inside but crisp on the outside. Their adobo tasted like it was slow cooked and very tender. The meat managed to absorb most of the flavor of the sauce. The ribs that we had were fall off the bone.
Very delicious. The burger steak sauce tasted a little salty, but everything fell into place. Affordable enough too.
Worth going back to.
We visited Manila Foodshoppe’s latest branch after months of being in operation at the third floor of SM City Cebu. We arrived there just minutes before the throng of people flocked the place for dinner. We started with a huge bowl hot and sour fish …
Soon after the arrival of our dearest mother, we came here one night to visit the newest branch of Italliani’s at Ayala Center Cebu. Of course, I had class during that time so by the time I got there my mom and sis were already …
“Finally!” I exclaimed as we were walking by the top floor area of Ayala’s new wing. Before us was a brightly lit store named Pepper Lunch, with all its shining glory and bright lights. I remember it like it was yesterday, the memories of our first dining experience back in Makati. Aaaaah, after so long a time that we set our taste buds on a quest to rediscover the delicious taste of thinly sliced beef (of course, Yoshinoya still takes the top spot in my heart 🙂 ).
We ordered teriyaki beef pepper steak and a plate of sizzling pepper steak and then we were seated by the corner of the restaurant. The place was fairly new, and it was pleasant to the eyes. The air conditioning was just right and the ambiance felt cozy.
A few minutes later, our order arrived and we were reminded that we should stir the meat immediately on the still sizzling hot plate before us. We were also given the option to use two of their sauces on the table, soy garlic and honey brown (which, i think were both salty-ish.) It was kind of strange to see the amount of meat on our plates though, since we upgraded our meals to the next size, we somehow feel that it feels… lacking.
But otherwise, I felt content with the food we had here. It’d be nice to come back to this restaurant to check how much exactly the upgraded meals look like compared to the regular ones.
Pepper Lunch
Ayala Center Cebu
Verdict:
A: 3.5/5 A restaurant worth revisiting once its soft opening is finished.
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 company located in IT Park; it opens at 5 pm and closes at 2 am. Moreover, due to its recent rise to popularity, it is recommended to secure a reservation beforehand to make sure you don’t run out of tables.
Access to the restaurant is granted at exactly 5pm, and it even has its own dedicated lift for patrons and staff. The restaurant itself is pretty barren at opening hours, but life starts to flourish as soon as the sun hits the the sack and the moon rises in its place. This sky lounge’s true worth lies in dusk where lights start to shine and a beautiful cityscape roars to life with a variety of colors and sounds.
Even if we came here at exactly 5pm, we were informed that the kitchen opens at 6pm, so the staff attending us told us to order ahead to avoid the rush of customers coming later. We ordered stuffed squid, seafood curry, bangkok express, sisig and crispy pata. For refreshments, my brother had a bottle of light beer, my sister got a glass of Thai iced tea, while I had a refreshing glass of frozen iced tea.
Our orders arrived one by one at around 630, when people have started claiming their seat reservations. The staff were slowly going around and placing light fixtures and these nifty changing lights on every table to provide a colorful display for the diners.
I find it weird that the food served here tastes different from the main branch, like a clear deviation from the traditional taste that Blue Elephant was known for. The sizzling squid was saucy and we couldn’t taste the stuffing so well. The seafood curry tasted sweet and had a very subtle taste of curry in it, as if the curry was added late. The sisig was tasted different, and wasn’t sizzling as advertized. It did have unusual ingredients that regular restaurants don’t use: pork ears and liver. The crispy pata also paled in comparison to the one from IT park (which had softer meat and crispier skin, served with three types of sauces).
A: 3/5
The crispy pata almost didn’t arrive, and it tasted different from the usual taste I was so used to. The staff were courteous enough though, and very attentive. The drinks tasted too sweet, as if the barista wanted us to catch diabetes.
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. This place specializes …
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, it isn’t just your ordinary pork slices. It’s from the rare Berkshire breed that originally came from England. Think of the finest quality pork available in the world that has marbled meat and a good amount of fat well suited for deep frying as well as long cooking.
We arrived at the restaurant’s doorstep a little past four and got ourselves seated in one of their booths. Immediately, we were given their menu cards and was told that someone will be taking our orders in a few. There was an assortment of tonkatsu meals written, some of which are curried, while others were mixed with shrimp (ebi), white fish, and Japanese oysters. Of course, as stated, all of them come with all you can eat cabbage, sticky rice, and miso.
My sister had a mixed katsu set that had oyster, shrimp and kurobota meat while I sported a homemade katsu curry (being the curry enthusiast that I am.) Soon thereafter, house tea was served while we embraced the soothing modern ambiance of the place with traditional folk songs of Nihon artists in the background. The walls were accentuated with stylized calligraphy scrolls of the names of their menu and everything was well lit, but not overly so.
The food arrived in a timely manner, and we were given some friendly advice how to enhance our katsu dining experience. We were both given a tray (for the sauces, to taste) and two separate containers of spicy and sweet sauce.
The food here is delicious, albeit pricy. At first I thought that the pork on my plate was tender but when I sampled my sister’s kurobota slice, lo and behold! I was surprised to find that it was even softer and juicier than the one I had! The oyster was quite different from local ones too, as the ones they serve had a much more distinct and deeper flavor.
Seriously, I think this restaurant is overrated. I simply can’t pay 500 pesos for a piece of deep fried pork. For the same price, I would probably run down to wakamatsu and enjoy more dishes aside from tonkatsu. Another gripe is that manager (?) guy who was fixing himself at the kitchen mirror and getting iced tea for himself from the drinks dispenser, very unsightly and unprofessional in my book. And what’s with those flies or Mosquitos hovering around my table, minus in hygiene. Another minus is the long wait for my cabbage refill, just give me a head of cabbage and I’ll shred it myself, how difficult is that?
Verdict: